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Greetings /r/childfree, and a happy International Childfree Day to you!!!
Coincidentially, we are also scratching on the 600,000 subscriber mark, and as you've probably noticed, the number of trolls and forced-birthers is growing just as quickly.
To help maintain a healthy community as well as celebrate the day, we've got three brand new mods to introduce to you - warm welcome to:
Hey everyone! I'm so honored to now be part of this community as a mod as well as a user. I've officially been childfree for about 6 years, but I've disliked kids my whole life and was never keen on the idea of having them. I was yet another who thought it was something I was going to have to do one day. Then I discovered this sub and man, was it an eye-opener. I have since been much happier and have no problem "sharing the gospel" so to speak. I had a bisalp a few months ago and I've never felt so secure in myself or my choices.
I'm married to the most wonderful man in the world and have three lovely fur babies, two cats and a dog. I have a stupid amount of hobbies, so if you can name it, I've probably dabbled in it. A few of my more active current hobbies are cross stitching, gardening, crocheting, indie perfume, herbal remedies, and tea. I currently work from home as a freelance manuscript editor and really enjoy it.
I'm super excited to join the mod team and I hope to be someone who helps maintain this wonderful community for us all.
I am man in my mid 30s who lives on the west coast. I'm the younger of two children, though I guess many would say I'm the more spirited child in my family.
I'm an introvert and if you find me in a group, I'll usually be on the periphery of the main conversation. I don't talk much, though I've been told I can get intense when I'm interested in a subject.
In terms of hobbies, I'd say I like to spend my time reading or hitting up a solid brewery or wine bar.
On reddit, /r/childfree is my home sub, though my posting has gone down in recent years, though if I find a thread that interests me, I would have participated. Going forward we'll see what happens.
I'm Raveynfyre and I've been a member of this community for some time. I have been CF my entire life and cemented this decision at the age of 27 with a Tubal Ligation. My maternal instincts are reserved for my cats.
I'm owned by 4.75 fuzzy assholes, and you've probably seen me around posting the album of my tripod kitty when the conversation allows (we call her a 3/4 cat because she's missing a leg, shoulder blade, and part of her tail from abuse/ trauma -prior to adoption-).
I'm very vocal online, but in person I'm a reserved introvert. I enjoy tabletop gaming, reading, creating jewelry, and nail art. I've had purple hair for about a year and a half at this point.
Initially I'll be helping with the mailbox and queue while I get used to browsing Reddit on my browser in my phone instead of an app.
I love that we have a community as awesome as ours and I want to give back to it.
Aaaaaand now to the juicy part of childfreedom:
According to some online sources, with figures from 2015 in the US, it costs about $285k from birth to 17 years to raise a kid.
Which means: $284,570 / (17 years * 12 month * 30 days) = 284,570 / 6,120 = $46.50 per day on average.
We didn't bother to dig trough the source to see which cost are included, but... You get the gist. It's expensive as fuck. (No surprise here, duh).
Now, inspired by a comment from /u/clunge_mobile1 - how are you going to treat yourself today with the daily equivalent of not having that burden on your shoulders?
Let's get creative, we're all curious! :-D
Cheers, Your mod team
So I started filling nail/screw holes in preparation for redecorating, and there's way more than I realised. They had a lot of art hung up when we viewed the place but I didn't realise quite how many holes there would be 😬 Here's one wall in the living room (with shadowing for the art too!) https://m.imgur.com/zf4NadR
If you've seen me around, you'll know that I haven't been shy about my adoration of Kyoto Animation. They aren't just my favorite animation studio, or even my favorite artists who I admire and look up to, this is a group of people who have changed me as a person by expressing themselves through their art. It's through their work that I got into anime, it's through their work that I've gotten through rough spots in my life and grown as a person, their work has instilled lessons that I've taken to heart and applied to various areas of my life, and they are who gave me my passion for anime and animation in general. They aren't a group of nameless creators to me, I've gone out of my way to learn about them, their staff, and what makes them unique, I've taken things from their art, gushed nonstop about how much I love them to others, they mean the world to me. So it's no surprise that the recent arson has left me in a state I find hard to describe, and still nearly two weeks later each new piece of news is like a punch to the gut. I never expected to feel this much grief over people I've never even met. But that just speaks to how much these people were able to connect to me through their art. And here, I want to celebrate the legacy of the people at Kyoto Animation by sharing ten of those moments that connected with me on this level by scouring the internet and sharing some videos with others in the community. It's only a few moments from only 10 different shows, a tiny proportion of moments from KyoAni that have had an effect on me throughout my time as an anime fan so far, but I have a lot of pent up feelings and I really feel the need to let this out through this love letter of sorts. This isn't in any order, and I will try to keep spoilers to a minimum when writing about each clip, though obviously the clips themselves may have some spoilers and I can't necessarily avoid them completely, so please read this with caution. These moments may be funny, emotional, or just leave me with a sense of wonder and awe, but mostly, they're just some moments that make me think "this is what makes Kyoto Animation special" whenever I watch them.
Lucky Star is generally remembered for being an awesome time capsule into an era of fandom new school anime fans like myself never got to experience, but between the mundane daily adventures at school, relatable Otaku shenanigans, and loads upon loads of references to popular anime of the time, there's strong focus on each of the characters families. This incredibly poignant scene in particular snuck up on me and made me realize just how human the Izumi family really feels. Throughout the series, we get to see portions of their grief, how Konata's dad is self-deprecating, overprotective, and occasionally even a bit creepy towards his daughter as a way of feeling closer to his deceased wife, and Konata is often a caring girl who is close to her family for this very reason. But generally Lucky Star focuses on the comedy of these two characters, with the nuance of their characterization hidden in the background to appreciate. But here, it all comes gushing out in this beautifully poignant display of love and grief that almost comes out of nowhere, guiding us through this story of love, loss, and family in the span of just five minutes. Character beats that were initially played purely for comedy turn into something so much more, and it culminates in this intimate bit of mourning and family bonding. Lucky Star has a lot of great family dynamics, and this scene is one such example from one of KyoAni's classics.
There are few feelings quite like the sense of seeing something magical and despite knowing it can't be real, just almost believing that it might be. Chuunibyou is all about capturing the joys of these moments, with a wonderful message about how we don't have to give up the things we love as we grow older. Yuuta is embarrassed by his old chuunibyou ways and almost throws out his past, but this mysterious and magical scene reminds him of that sense of wonder. The way the rope swings down with Rikka's feet dangling, and the gentleness with which her feet land on his hands, the dialogue and the seriousness and sincerity with which Rikka gives her lines, her strange outfit and the perfect timing of the wind and sakura petals, and the ethereal music; I was absorbed in this moment's incredible atmosphere, made to believe in Rikka's delusion if for only a moment, and from the look on Yuuta's face it's obvious that he felt the same way. Chuunibyou's ability to consistently instill this sense of childlike wonder and apply it to a romantic comedy that's equal parts silly and heartfelt is what makes it special, and from this scene in the very first episode I knew that I'd be drawn into it's magic too.
I'm sure everyone was expecting this one. No talk about KyoAni's best moments is complete without mention of this stunner. Partially notable for sending KumiRei shippers (myself included) into a frenzy, what's far more valuable about this scene is just how much it leaves me in awe every time I watch it. The hike is an incredible build-up of perfect dialogue and awkward tension, filled with so much relatable conversation and quips that feel so real for these two teenagers who decided to spend the night of a festival hiking up a mountain to be special. But once they reach the top, much like Kumiko herself, I'm just in awe looking up at Reina's resolve during this transcendent character moment. Reina is going to be special, and she shares in this moment with Kumiko as they resolve to become special together, not going with the crowd and accepting the pain that it takes to really stand out. In that white dress, surrounded by the light of the festival, Reina glows like a star, and much like for Kumiko it takes my breath away. For the generally cold and aloof Reina to share in this intimate moment with Kumiko in this way just gives me chills. It's after moments like this that I forget I'm watching an anime, and as the credits snap me back into reality I always leave this episode feeling inspired.
While I'm on the subject of Sound Euphonium, I have to talk about Liz and the Blue Bird. While very different from it's parent series, Liz is a truly unique work, using it's arthouse style to create an unbelievably immersive, tactile world that elevates it's quiet, intimate story to something truly affecting. KyoAni is arguably best known for their visual storytelling, and almost no scene among their body of work showcases this talent better than this completely wordless moment from Liz and the Blue Bird. With less than two minutes and the only piece of dialogue being more of a sound effect, this moment conveys almost everything we need to know about the complex relationship between two characters purely through visuals and sound, creating this all-at-once delicate, happy, and heartbreaking moment that I can feel deep in my soul simply based on the nuance of Mizore's and Nozomi's facial expressions. The music and visual style changes only make the scene more heartfelt. KyoAni has proven that with few words, you can convey so many feelings and explore parts of the human condition, and this brief scene speaks volumes. I saw this scene even before I saw the film itself, yet this wordless story has never left my mind.
To shift gears from the stuff that leaves me in tears or wonder, lets get something happier, that takes my breath away in a very different way. Honestly there are way too many Nichijou gags that are among the funniest moments in, well anything really, but my favorite is this one. It's a long and evolving gag filled with smaller gags among the big moments highlighted by incredible animation, but which somehow culminates into a heartwarming message about humans and animals living in harmony (and also a gag). Rather than take my breath away, I think it's more accurate to say that I can't breathe while watching it, as like the show at large, it's uproariously funny, visually capturing how much more than you'd expect it hurts to get bitten by a dog. But I can't help but love the small stuff too, like how the small white dog just flops around from side to side like a fish, it just looks so stupid and it makes me laugh even before any punchlines come. The way things move and pose in this scene is what makes it, alongside perfect comedic timing. I've watched it over and over again and it's always just as funny as it was the last time, but still fits in that heartwarming message that makes Nichijou such an oddly grounded show among all the craziness.
Again, I'm sure this was probably expected, but with really good reason. KyoAni are the masters of putting us in the headspace of the characters, so scenes where they are swept off their feet tend to sweep me off my own feet as well. And much like with Chuunibyou and Hibike earlier, this scene from Hyouka leaves me awestruck every time I watch it, much like it does for Oreki. The cinematography on display is already excellent, with Chitanda literally blocking Oreki from exiting the room while trapping him in the corner of the frame, but once the visual style shifts and Chitanda gives her signature "Watashi, kininarimasu" it becomes something truly special. I hate having to repeat the words "awestruck" and "swept up" but I think they're the most appropriate words for this scene and for my feelings towards much of KyoAni's work. Oreki gets swept away by Chitanda's beauty and innocent curiosity, becoming trapped in her alluring, inquisitive eyes and washed away in the scent of her hair, visually represented by, well, this incredible scene that forces Oreki to act in ways he's never done before and reveal cracks in his facade. By the time Oreki sighs and we snap back to reality, I had to do a double take and process the moment. This is the power of visual storytelling, it's in this moment that I was able to feel like I truly understand Oreki as a character and feel exactly as he felt. It's no wonder he starts considering making changes to his mindset after experiencing something like this, such a memorable and powerful moment would inspire me too.
I chose to put two videos in this one because I wanted to give more of the scene. I wish there was a video that had the entire scene, and subtitled, but unfortunately I can't find such a video, so this will have to suffice for the purposes of this spontaneously written post. The second video (the YouTube one) doesn't have English subs unfortunately, but the scene is so perfectly constructed that you honestly don't even need them to be able to have a perfect idea of what's going on at all times. This moment so perfectly captures not only the anxiety of confessing, but also towards an uncertain future, as Tamako's world is turned upside down by Mochizou's reveal. With context, the flashbacks in the first video reveal a lot about the unique relationship Tamako has to mochi, her mother, and to Mochizou himself, and his body language and the shakiness of the camera as compared to when in Tamako's PoV really says a lot about the mood (alongside the incredible lighting and color design). We can see every step of Mochizou finding his resolve, and when he actually confesses, Tamako's reaction is simply brilliant, a perfect use of animation as a medium to convey the powerful shifting emotions that the moment creates. The way the jump cuts start slowly but grow more quickly, all of Tamako's shuffled movements, and of course the absolutely insane moment of the backgrounds dissolving into a sea of messy colors as Tamako drowns out everything in the background while immersed in her confusing and anxious thoughts, it comes together to create a meticulously constructed and emotionally powerful moment that makes my jaw drop. It nails that confusion of adolescent anxiety and awkward first love in a way I've simply rarely seen replicated to this level. It sets up the conflict of the film while expanding on the themes of the TV series, and it all comes together because of how much of an effect this single moment has.
The climax of a nearly 3 hour film really needs to deliver for it to be worth sitting through, but Disappearance goes above and beyond simply "delivering" with this grand, cathartic statement of everything the franchise stands for. A huge moment of growth for Kyon, but more importantly a celebration of the power of fun and the importance of expressing our feelings, such valuable things that I don't think people think about as often as they could, myself included. But what really puts this one a notch above is the visuals, which push an already incredible scene into one of the most epic, cathartic character moments you'll find in fiction, with imagery that sticks with you long after the movie ends. When I think about Haruhi, I think about Kyon stepping on himself, and all the toys pushing him out of the window, and the glorious soundtrack that just gives me chills. If I'm being honest, I'm not the biggest Haruhi fan, but this film and this scene single handedly sold me on the franchise and a character I had spent two seasons hating while making a 3 hour movie feel like 45 minutes. That's special.
I've made no attempts on this site to hide the fact that K-On is my favorite anime. It's a show that really means a lot to me, one that I watched at the most perfect time for it to hit me, one that inspired my interest in learning about KyoAni and the anime industry through wanting to understand Naoko Yamada's craft, and a show that generally just hit me on a level I've never experienced from a piece of media before. So when I say it was hard picking from the numerous scenes of K-On that made me realize KyoAni was special, I really mean it. In the end, I chose this moment from the Season 1 finale, because I think it really captures the ultimate core of the show and brings Yui's character arc to a poignant climax. Because I remember a girl back in episode one who was lost, confused, and had no drive. She made a run to school and accidentally arrived early, decided she'd take an easy path to doing something with herself and yet still took weeks to actually choose a club, and who had no confidence or motivation at all except when cake was involved. And here, after everything she's been through, is a very different girl. No longer the one who bounces up and down to contain uncontrollable energy, now she does so to channel it into reaching a goal she has motivation for. No longer does she get distracted by everything around her, she's found her place and runs to claim it. As her friends perform, they initially have determined yet sad looks on their faces, but when Yui triumphantly arrives, their looks of joy are contagious. But what always gets me most is when Yui tells her past self not to worry, and suddenly all of the anxiety and fear and that had defined her back then washes away as she realizes that she's overcome her own expectations and found something she truly loves and can dedicate herself too. This scene isn't K-On's most emotional or the one that widens my eyes in awe the most, but it feels really human and poignant. This was when I realized how much I love these girls, and how proud I was of them at how much they've grown, especially Yui. And it's that ability to create these human moments that make me love KyoAni so much, so I think this scene is a good representation of what makes them so special to me.
To end this list, I've chosen the moment that I think best encapsulates my feelings towards this tragedy. If you haven't finished After Story yet, be warned that this section is the one with the most major spoilers. Anyway, as I've said, KyoAni is truly important to me. Their works have taught me so much, made me feel so many things, and even changed my life. They've brought me joy, sadness, wonder, and so many amazing things, some of which I've pointed out here. And throughout these recent events it's dawned on me that I wouldn't be feeling like this if I hadn't watched KyoAni's work. If Hibike Euphonium didn't get me into anime, if K-On didn't get to have the effect on me that it did, if Hyouka and Haruhi and Chuunibyou and Liz and Tamako didn't get to move and wow and inspire me, I wouldn't have to write this at all. I wouldn't have seen any other shows I thought about placing scenes from on this list, from A Silent Voice to Maid Dragon to Amagi Brilliant Park to Tsurune. And especially if Clannad, a show that's had large, tangible effects on my personality, worldview, and relationships, hadn't been able to do so, I wouldn't be experiencing any of this grief that has had far more of an effect on me than I ever could have anticipated. But then I think back to this scene in the finale of Clannad After Story. Tomoya has gone through so much. He's lived a childhood in a broken family with an apathetic and occasionally abusive father, and as an adult he's lost both his beloved wife and his daughter to an unexplainable cruelty of nature. And even after all of that, after everything he's been through, he still says that it was worth it, and that a life of loving and losing those precious bonds is far more valuable than one where those bonds were never formed, and while the series has a happy ending, it's also one where Tomoya puts himself at risk to experience the same tragedies again. Every time I see this scene, including when pulling it up to link for this post, it makes me cry, not just because I love these characters and deeply empathize with their journey, but because this message is so important and so powerful. And it's never been more relevant, because I can't imagine a world where Clannad never changed me as a person. And the same is true for K-On, or Hyouka, or Maid Dragon, or anything I've seen that has KyoAni's name attached to it. My life wouldn't be the same, I'm confident in that fact, and for whatever this temporary grief is worth, their work has inspired so much of who I am, and I have confidence that KyoAni will only come back stronger than ever.
So basically, thank you Kyoto Animation. Thank you to all of your wonderful staff not only for these incredible works and more, but also for the ways you strive to make improvements for industry working conditions, for pushing the medium forward, and for connecting with me as you have. If you haven't seen some of these, consider it a recommendations list, though in reality I'd be confident recommending practically anything with KyoAni's name on it, as there's nothing I've seen that hasn't given me at least one of these moments that make me realize how special they are.
First post here so hopefully I'm not doing this wrong.
Unimportant background info: Next month I will be traveling to Japan and will be there for a year. Since I was very young I've wanted to get my nails done in Japan "Harajuku Style" so to speak (aka over the top and cute af). Nails like this: Cute Puppy Nails! or these My Melody Nails! or even something simple like these Pastel Rainbow Nails. Now, I don't get my nails done often... as in I've had them done maybe 3 times in my life, usually I just have naked nails or just do simple nail art on my own. Of course it quickly gets destroyed as I'm clearly not an expert and I actually do stuff with my hands, but still, it makes me feel nice to have nice nails.
Now to the point, does anyone know of any highly rated English speaking Nail Salons in Machida, Shinjuku, or Shibuya (honestly anywhere but those are the closest to my residence)? I've looked online, however I'm always nervous about trusting reviews I can't even read so I was hoping to hear from the members here about their experiences.
So this was our third date (cleshay I know). I (21m) was really excited to get to spend some time with her (22f). I had a crush on her for almost a year but held off because she was in a relationship. We started talking about a week after they ended.
Our first date was a movie date that ended with dinner at my house. Our second was a walk around the local University. Our third started at a local diner.
We talked for about an hour or two. I couldn't stop looking at her eyes and lips. She has the most gorgeous eyes I've ever seen. Truly one of a kind. Almost steel blue but with a pearlescent hue to them and a dark outer ring. Her lips are full and her smile kills me. She is light skinned with Raven hair. But her body, oh dear lord her body. At about 5'8" She had an athletic build. Curvy in all the right places. I swear the way her ass bounced when she walked could hypnotize me. And her breast are a little larger than grapefruit. My favorite size honestly, they fit so well in my hand. After diner we headed to a hotel.
A little about me. I'm about 5'11", I'm a rugby player and about 220. I'm a little bulky but I pride myself on having an athletic build while also having muscle. I have olive skin and dark wavy hair. Some say I look a like Brendan fraiser from the mummy.
The first thing we did when we got to the hotel was go to the indoor pool. There was only one changing room so I suggested she take it and I'd change out by the pool, (we snuck in after-hours). I was a little nervous, she was so awesome and I didn't wanna mess anything up. But when she came out of the changing room all my nerves dropped. I almost had to catch my breath. She was gorgeous, her bathing suit hugged her curves and fit like a glove. We met in a hug and immediately you could feel a spark.
We went into the hot tub first. We talked but neither of us were hearing what the other was saying. We were to preoccupied with testing our boundaries. We started small, rubbing each other's hands and arms casually. Me slowly adventuring with my hands. Pretty soon we shifted around and I was giving her a back massage. As I massaged her in the hot tub we kept moving closer and closer till she was practically sitting in my lap. I could feel each shift she made with her hips, getting harder by the second. As we moved closer I reached around and with one finger on her chin I turned her head for a kiss. She responded passionately. As we continued to kiss I kept massaging her lower back, her arms, her chest... I worked my kiss town to her neck, nipping her earlobe lightly with my teeth on my way. With one hand playing with her soft, yet firm breasts, the other started to lightly run my finger nails along her thigh. Making sure to squeeze and rub closer and closer to her lips. Her hand were in my hair, pulling me into her neck. I made sure to give her little bites now and then. We got lost in this for a little bit, getting more intense by the second.
Then suddenly we broke apart, catching our breath. We saw the hunger in each other's eyes but we had so much time to play with. With the heat of the hot tub driving us nuts we decided to switch to the pool.
I picked her up from the hot tub, one arm under her knees, one holding the small of her back. Her arms wrapped around me, she kissed me tenderly. I felt so powerful holding her like that and walking to the pool.
As I descended us into the pool step by step, we gasped at the rapid change in temperature. And just like that we were all over each other. Tearing at each other's swim suits, stripping naked in the middle of the pool, groping each other with abandon. When we were both fully nude we took a moment to absorb each other's bodies. Her body is something I'll never forget. She was a work of art. Then for another moment we embraced each other, holding each other tight, suspended in the pool, feeling like it was just us in the world. A moment later our want for each other exploded violently. As I squeezed her ass, she pulled my hair and wrapped her legs around me. We made our way to one of the walls and I slammed her into it. She reached for the railing of the pool latter for support with one hand and with the other she pulls my head to her chest. I gave my attention equally to her boobs. Licking and sucking on each of her nipples. Biting each softly as I played with the other in one hand. With my other hand I began to play with her lower lips. Circling her clit gently. Getting faster and faster and alternating between clockwise and counterclockwise circles. As I slowly started to press into her she grabbed my face and looked me in the eye shaking her head. Then she whispered in my ear, "I need you now". I asked her once staring into those gorgeous eyes, "are you sure?". Her simple nod was all I needed. I lifted her up and braced myself on the later. As she was now sitting in my lap, I held onto one of the bars and with my free hand I guided my cock to her entrance. As I entered her, stretching her out slowly, she took my face in her hands and kissed me deeply. With each thrust I moved a little further in, inch by inch. She gasped with each thrust. When I was fully inside her I took a moment to absorb the feeling of her. She was tight. Her legs squeezed me tighter. With her pulling my hair and clawing my back, our lips were fully at work, teasing each other with our tongues. And with that I slowly began to fuck her. Getting her used to the gentle in and out, acclimating her to my size.
As the minutes went on I got faster and faster. Using gravity to my advantage ever thrust was powerful and used all 8 inches of my length. One of my hands was playing with her body. Pulling her hair, massaging her breasts, squeezing her ass, and pulling her close while my other hand supported us both, helping me add power to each thrust.
When she came it was powerful, pulling herself to me, squeing us together as tight as she could I could feel her pulsing and squeezing my cockwith her right pussy. I slowed my thrusts to a gently in and out and we started kissing more passionately than before.
We started slowly regaining our bearings. When we were fully back to the real world she took me to the room she got through a friend. As we walked in we began to hold each other once again. We striped again and made our way to the bed.
This time we were tender and slow. We were exploring each other. We touched and kissed each other all over. When I got the chance I gave her ass a good bite and she squeaked in pleasure. Asking me to bite her again.
When I was about to enter her again she asked if she could be on top as that was her favorite. Of course I obliged. As she was gently riding me, taking her time to really feel my cock, I decided to try something that I always wanted to try. I started to twich my cock inside of he while we ground our hips together. She froze instantly. As I continued to twitch my cock she ground her nails into my chest. I grabbed her hips with both hands and ground her backwards and forwards against me, making sure to continue twitching my cock the whole time. Her orgasm built quickly and when she came she collapsed onto my chest. Quivering on my cock. She rolled to my side and wrapped one leg over me and layed her head on my chest. She was finished. We had been at it for hours.
While we didn't get the most sleep we did get a few hours. I woke up around seven. This was my favorite morning in a long time. When I turned my head I could see her still sleeping. I just looked at her like that for a while. She looked so beautiful and peaceful as she gently slumbered. After a while I have her a kiss on the forehead and she started to stir. We ebraced the morning by embracing each other. The morning was to be as intense as the night.
I kissed up and down her body. Taking my time getting to all the sensitive areas to torture her. When I could tell she was ready, she rolled into her stomach. I made sure to put a pillow under her belly. I entered her from behind, going slow but deep. As I sped up I began to spank her ass, leaving red where my hand stuck. Then in a change of pace to torture her orgasm, I shifted lower and reached under her to massage those beautiful breasts of hers, making sure to kiss and bite her neck as I fucked. I was hungry for her. And I was going to have my fun taking full control.
As I picked my pace back up I tangled my left hand in her hair and pulled it tight. My right worked it's way up and wrapped around her neck. I gave enough pressure for her to feel but kept it light enough that she could still breathe with a little effort. Her eyes started rolling backwards as I fucked her harder and harder. She eventually asked me to squeeze harder, and as I did her orgasm started coming down hard. As she started to scream in ecstacy I moved my hands and shifted my weight enough to pin her arms to her side. I whispered in her ear while she was still orgasming that I wasn't going to stop. And I didn't. I picked up the pace and fucked her through her orgasm and she came again right after her first subsided. Then I started to slow a bit to let her catch her breath. And as soon as she was breathing normally again I pumped my hips as hard and as fast as I could. I didn't stop till I felt my first orgasm hit, and I slammed my cock into her with everything I had and came violently, filling her pussy, then she came one last powerful time. Quivering on my cock, milking me for all I had.
We enjoyed each other for a bit longer, cuddling and making light pillow talk. Eventually we both had to go home to prepare for work so we walked together before making our separate ways.
That was our first time together, but it certainly wasn't our last.
This might be a long one so feel free to skip it altogether.
I've been a fan of iiluminaughtii for a while and I hesitated to watch one of her most recent videos; an r/TumblrInAction video if it wasn't obvious. This is not hate on the video by any stretch. I would just like to share with her and with anyone who cares to read it my personal experience on Tumblr. But first, a little backstory on myself.
I have two older sisters; one of whom sexually assaulted me when I was barely old enough to remember it and both of whom further mentally and physically abused me throughout my childhood and teenage years. At the age of ten, my father left (not uncommon unfortunately) and caused a mental break in the middle sister whom turned to cutting and five suicide attempts along with dating many older men, she was about 16 and would date 24-32 year old men, over the course of about five years. Because of this, my mother turned all of her attention to that sister and neglected me entirely. I didn't have either of my grandparents for help because my maternal grandparents were coddling the oldest and my paternal grandparents were in Mississippi (two states away.) So during this time up until even a couple years ago, I became my mother's mother and did it without complaining to her. I made sure she was fed, dressed properly, took her meds, and woke up/went to sleep at the right times.
Once the middle sister was 18, she ran away to Mississippi to live with our paternal grandparent under the guise of taking care of our now widowed, cancer-ridden grandmother and becoming a nurse. She did neither of these things, only convinced her to come back and steal everything from 'her' room and she even attempted to take two of our dogs back with her. She came back not even a year later, pregnant and begging our mother for help. However, she was still a bratty, manipulative teen inside so, due to an escalated event, our mother had to call CPS. The case is almost over as of the time of writing this; my mother is going to adopt the child and my sister couldn't care less because she's pregnant the child of a different man she claims forced himself upon her and is now claiming to be abusive when, earlier on in their relationship, she claimed that he was the sweetest man there was.
I am now 19, jobless, anxiety-ridden and struggling with RTS. My mother is still no mother to me.
Throughout this time, I have had two Tumblr accounts; both created and abandoned for similar reasons.
The first account was just for my art. I was a budding artist looking for approval and had done so and gained "mutuals" that I thought actually cared about me. Yet, when I revealed in a "Get to know me Q&A" that I was not only straight and white, but cis (identifying as the gender you were assigned at birth) as well, the toxic LGBT+ community, including people I thought were my friends bullied me off the platform.
The second account I had made a year later, a little braver this time. It was an account for Wizard101, a family MMORPG game that was my escape and second home since 2008. I tried my best to follow only Wizard101 and art-central content but it all started to slip a few months ago. Everyone around me slowly turned more political and toxic, causing my own anxieties to worsen. One day earlier this month (July), I discovered one of the people I had admired reblog a post saying something along the lines of "All white people are racist no matter what. All men are misogynists no matter what. If you were raised in America, you were raised under a patriarchy." This is what finally broke me and I had to leave for my own good, but I wasn't going out with a last word.
So I shared a slightly more detail version of my history along with the line "If this isn't hypocrisy, I don't know what is." stuck to the end, hoping it would be the last nail in the coffin. It was, for me. I decided I'd wait a day to see if I got any kind of reaction at all from anyone but, somewhat gratefully, I didn't save one single message. I got a message from another user sharing they're going through the same things being on the site and wishing me the best in life. I thanked them, wished them the same, then deleted my account.
I said it once, and I'll say it again, if this isn't hypocrisy, I don't know what is.
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These lines provide a reference for straightening the bottom plate of walls after walls are standing. Forming a nice corner with no frame being shown. Hang the doors from pocket door wheels that ride in track and snap into brackets mounted to top of the door. This adds strength to the roof and mounting points for the planks of wood being used for roof. Now we're getting there you could pop your glazed units in the window frame and hang your doors. Roof trusses are prefabricated framing units that are precisely engineered so that they could adequately support a building's roof while utilizing smallest amount of lumber possible.
Be sure to note that diagonal strut in door slopes toward the lowest hinge, kids. I'd also use cedar for the rim and band joists for added weather protection. Install rear top (http://shedconstructionplans.com/6x6-hip-roof-shed-plans-blueprints) plates flush to outsides of side wall studs. Adjust size of the door to suit your needs. Edge on sides and front with a metal drip profile. Align birdsmouth at the mark and toenail it into place. Many a carpenter has been frustrated by this seemingly dying art. Cables or straps go over the roof or in rafter channel and connect to anchors on each side of the shed.
The only real point of confusion is the interface between the roof and sides, which we dealt with by just having roof overhang by a couple of inches. Ask two assistants to position one ledger on face of block wall and align upper edge with the chalk line. And a rack (http://woodgears.ca/) and pinion would be just the solution for a very long latch. You'll have to brace wall accordingly to cut out wall studs and frame a new recess. Check for square, and then anchor the frame to skids with four joist clip angles. With a skid foundation, nothing is impossible.
Because you're adding a door, you'll also need to account for the door frame. Strip off surface flooring, such as carpet or linoleum, to gain access to subflooring. You should be regularly measuring between corners to make sure everything is square and this is also much easier with two people. First, cut all the rafters to length. Leave no gaps between overhangs and the siding, as to get a professional result. My father has one in his backyard he uses as a work outbuilding that is pretty well made. Rip this first piece down to size on groove side. Joist span refers to measurement covered by the joist between supporting structures, such as beams or foundation walls.
Our next step to do is add siding, ceiling joists, and loft flooring. With the openings marked, lay out stud locations. Use pocket screws to assemble each frame. Buy a masonry-cutting blade for your circular saw to trim the bottom of column to length because the material is extremely dense and hard. The roofing sheets should be nailed to the rafters using self-sealing nails and washers that have been designed for this use.
Okay, when I first started putting this together, I though, oh, I will just put a couple up on my profile, so that I can kind of keep track of the trends. Since there are a few thousand posts a month, culling through them there are indeed patterns. The pattern is that basically anything that you can think of can be made into a boundary stomp if the JustNO decides that they don't want to pay attention to what another person thinks, feels, or says.
So with that, let is get on with some more.
Second Post, more boundary stomps
Third Post, more boundary stomps
Fourth Post, even more boundary stomps
So the JustNO's smoke. No big deal. But, because recent studies show that the littlest ones can be impacted by second and third hand smoke, causing an increase in instances of crib death and other things, you ask them to wash their hands before you hand them over to their clutches.
Of course this starts WWIII, you are inconsiderate and disrespectful (you know that respect only goes one way, that is towards them, they don't havet to respect you.) Link
So you have to live with your JustNO, who is a hoarder. She is filling you and your kids room with "stuff." Every day there is more. You are enabling because you are paying rent, so this rent offsets the expense of what they can buy.
Hoarders have a huge emotional investment in their stuff. So in a way you attack their hoard, you are attacking them. Wanting to reduce the hoard, and moving stuff out of your son's room is an attack on her. Yes, the stuff is more important than the people around them.
so you should probably start making a move sooner rather than later, before it becomes a health, safty and security issue.
Is this right? No. Is this the way it is. Yes. Asking a hoarder to get rid of stuff is probably a non-starter.
One way to approach the problem is to make the issue about safety. It is absolutely that there be escape routes and paths out of the building. If there are two beds and blankets that are preventing an egress through the window, then that has to be remedied.
A second problem is the possible CPS visit. Growing up in a cluttered environment is not healthy for children, and they will remove the child from that environment. If the hoard is bad enough, then you should leave before that happens. You can say that it is unacceptable to have the hoard encroach on your living space, but it is really difficult to manage the encroachment to the other shared spaces in the house, like kitchen countertops and the dining room table, which is usually piled high with new purchases.
You get an invite from your friend/relative that you get along with well. You show up and sitting at the table is your JustNO. The friend/relative thought it was time for you two to get over it and mend your relationship. No. Just NO!
Or you drop your kid off to your relative who you trust to babysit for the 2 and a half hours while you and your SO go see a movie. You realize when you pick up the child that your relative has invited your JustNO parent(s) over while you were out to spend time with your little one, who you have expressly forbidden contact. While you are furious with the relative to allow such access, especially without discussing it, the real blame goes to the JustNO. Link
yesterday, my mom came in and saw I was trying to sleep. She grabbed my toe, started rubbing my nail (a feeling I cannot shake) and asked if I was sleeping, then asked about my toenails. I got angry and told her to stop, and she laughed, rubbed my toe again, then left. I was so infuriated I almost started crying because of how tired I was and how rude she was. She was picking fights with my dad all day yesterday.
She does this quite often (the sleeping thing). She’ll see someone is asleep, or at least laying down with their eyes closed, and she’ll go and wake them up to ask if they’re asleep. It makes me so fucking mad. I have sleeping issues due to my OCD and constant paranoia, so managing to fall asleep before 230 AM is a big deal to me, but she will come into my room and say, “Oh, you’re asleep already? Why? What’s wrong?” and touch me. The urge to clock her just grows more and more each time.
I don't have words. There is something seriously wrong with this JustNO. There is a reason why they use sleep deprivation as a form of torture. This is abuse, plain an simple. Since they are not beating you or berating you or calling you names, this JustNO is flying under the radar, but it is serious abuse, and the JustNO is getting off on making someone very upset when they are vulnerable.
So the JustNO's smoke. No big deal. But, because recent studies show that the littlest ones can be impacted by second and third hand smoke, causing an increase in instances of crib death and other things, you ask them to wash their hands before you hand them over to their clutches.
Of course this starts WWIII, you are inconsiderate and disrespectful (you know that respect only goes one way, that is towards them, they don't havet to respect you.) Link
I now have 12 levels uploaded on my maker account. For the sake of my own improvement, I went back and replayed them all, compiling a list of what I think I did well, what I think I did poorly, and what I learned. Hopefully some of my experiences are interesting to some of you, but if not oh well, it's still a good exercise for myself.
Oooph, this ended up being way longer than I intended.
This was my first level beyond just playing with the maker. Simply put, it was not very good. The idea was pretty simple: enjoy a thrilling freefall merrily bouncing off enemies as you go. The reality is it just became a mess.
The Good: There's a moderately cool bit landing and quickly running from some Thwomps: IMG IMG It's a decent moment where it feels a lot more dangerous than it actually is.
The Bad: Pretty much everything. The first screen gives a terrible impression: IMG The whole level is mostly just layers of enemies: IMG And when it's not layers of enemies, it's overwhelming chaos: IMG And worst of all, I think, is that to use the raccoon tail to slow your fall you have to mash the button CONSTANTLY.
Thoughts: I took this level down because if I had encountered it I would have boo'd it. I think it's possible to do a level with some cool freefall bits in it, but this wasn't even close. At the very least I would use the SMW theme so the player can glide by just holding down the button.
My first real level. Little Big World from SMB3 was always my favorite from that game, so I figured it would be a good place to start.
The Good: The core idea is solid. I think my level preview idea is a solid one: IMG IMG Most of the platforming bit are fine. I really like how I represented ? blocks and mushrooms in "big world": IMG IMG
The Bad: I figured that if players saw the whole level preview and then entered the "big world" from the start they wouldn't put 2 and 2 together, so to speak, so I had them look at the preview in reverse. Ugh, the door setup looks nonsensically sloppy. Much worse, though is that the first obstacle is crappy. Big Goombas pop into little Goombas, making it way easier to die than I really intended. IMG I bet a lot of people bailed right there.
Thoughts: Good idea to come back to, but next time a. go gentler and b. space out the previewing.
In some ways this may still be my best level. There are some definitely flaws, but I think the core idea is great and pretty unique, I'm really happy with the aesthetics, and I like the name I came up with.
The Good: I really like how Goombas hop up and keep pace with Mario. I think it's super neat and I like how my level starts off simple enough for the player to appreciate it: IMG I also really like how it steadily escalates from a mere annoyance to a major threat: IMG By the end it feels like the culmination of a steady progression. Plus, the Goomba carrying a cannon that shoots more Goombas is a moment of excess I'm proud of. IMG Also, I timed it so that the music goes into "uh oh" mode just as the tension ramps up, which is a bit of flair I'm proud of.
The Bad: I put a lot of effort into mixing up the aesthetics, but I think it ended up having too much going on. There's already a lot on the screen, having to parse what is and isn't a platform is too much. It's too easy to cheese the level by just hanging out on the left side of the screen where it's mostly very safe. The end bit is just way too chaotic. There's a pipe in the middle of the level that just doesn't fit at all: IMG There's no checkpoint, when there really, really should be.
Thoughts: This level took a ton of time to get working decently. The behind the scenes mechanisms are pretty simple, just blocks and springs to get the Goombas to hop up the right way: IMG But getting the timing right took a ton of trial and error. I wanted to try again, naively thinking it would be faster to get everything set up next time.
This was my first stab at a traditional style level. IMG The idea was just some simple platforming and moles.
The Good: It mostly works alright. The level mostly looks about right for a SMW level. IMG I like watching the moles spring upward. There's a pretty good secret if you're willing to wait for the snake block to circle back around: IMG
The Bad: Moles and springs is significantly more deadly than I expected. IMG It's not TOO hard, but it definitely feels out of place for a traditional level. The end bit is way harder than it should be and includes koopas for no good reason: IMG The snake block can kill you in a way that feels BS: IMG I hid a flower at the very beginning, but the one coin hint was probably too weak: IMG
Thoughts: It's not bad, but definitely pretty meh.
Another try at a pretty traditional level. The only real guiding idea was you can grab Goombas and throw them to make obstacles less deadly.
The Good: When you hit the Chain Chomp with a Goomba it feels pretty good. IMG
The Bad: I think a lot of people didn't realize you could throw the Goombas like that, making the Chomp quite a bit deadlier than intended. The climbing part doesn't have any real flow and just feels bland: IMG Worst of all, when you jump down you can blindly land in here: IMG This part is WAY more chaotic than it should be and doesn't fit the tone of the rest of the level.
Thoughts: Another pretty meh level. It justifiably has my worst like/play ratio.
The idea is simple, the platforms go down, you jump back and forth from them going through a different mini jumping challenge each time. IMG
The Good: The core rhythm has a simple charm to it. The arrows are clear as to where the player should go. The challenges are pretty fair without being too easy: IMG IMG The money grab bonus at the end is a solid enough denouement: IMG
The Bad: The main problem is that the buzzsaw timing is too tight. You're supposed to wait for the whole challenge to be visible before jumping, but that gives you very little time before the next buzzsaw comes up. I tried to make it more generous, but that just meant that if you went too quickly there was a good chance you'd hit the previous one when you landed after a challenge. In retrospect, I should have kept the platforms a bit higher off the bottom of the screen and used static, easily noticeable barriers between the 'layers'. The lack of a checkpoint is a bummer. I should have put in the effort to have a rest area right in the middle.
Thoughts: Not bad, but not great. I think I'll revisit this idea later.
This was my attempt at a puzzle-ish level. The idea was simple, use Bob-ombs to steadily blast your way to the bottom on the level.
The Good: It does a pretty good job teaching the player, starting very basic before moving up to meaningful challenges like these: IMG IMG IMG Each layer of the level is a nice steady progression from the previous. The boss room is decently interesting: IMG The first version of this level had a problem where it was too easy to blindly drop right next to the Bob-ombs leaving the pipes, but I think I mostly fixed that.
The Bad: The second and third layers are too similar, one of them should have been cut. There's one particular spot where I THINK I lost a lot of players: IMG The trick is that if you stand right there and hold B, the Bob-ombs will pop right into your hand for easy throwing. But if you don't figure that out, there's no way to proceed. The parts where you have to kill a bunch of Bob-ombs to break lot of bricks downward can be overwhelming / tedious: IMG The boss is probably a bit harder than it should be. I completely failed to think of the timer, it should have been much more generous.
Thoughts: Overall I'm decently proud of this level. It has a bunch of faults, but I think I did a really solid job with progression.
I'm pretty proud of this level. The basic idea going in was for players to be able to choose their own difficulty. Players who just want a quick run through can do so, players who want more of a challenge can tackle the harder jumps up high, and players who enjoy exploring can try to find all of the coins throughout the level. I think it mostly comes together pretty well.
The Good: I think the 100 coin objective works well. It encourages players to explore at least a little bit, but not so much that they have to scour every nook and cranny if they don't want to. The hard part of the level is adequately hinted at, but lightly gated by a decently tricky jump: IMG The aesthetics are mostly solid. IMG IMG My maker comments set the tone I have in mind: IMG It's a bit messy, but my ending area does a decent job of indicating how well the players finished the level while lightly encouraging them to try again: IMG
The Bad: Not being able to have a checkpoint sucks. I bet a bunch of people bailed in frustration after dying with a lot of coins. Both exploration keys as well as a few coins rely on carrying a Goomba over, which is repetitive: IMG IMG IMG
Thoughts: In spite of the problems, I'm quite happy with this level. It was my first one to make it onto Weekly Popular. Sure it got knocked off in just a few minutes, but hey, I still made it on!
The Treasure of Wiggly Woods was based around pretty standard platforming, so next up I wanted to try something more gimmicky. At one point I played an airship at night level and noticed Lakitus with Bob-ombs had a pretty good rhythm to it, so I figured I would try to build a level around it. Plus, "Dodgebomb" is the kind of name that's stupidly charming to me.
The Good: Tossing Bob-ombs upward is indeed fun. The tutorial area and starting with Buzzy Beetles instead of Bob-ombs is a good warmup: IMG IMG I think I did a pretty good job of making the arenas all feel like the same place, just reorganized: IMG IMG I like how the spectators steadily increase as you advance.
The Bad: The arenas have way too many enemies in them. Even blue pipes release enemies faster than I wanted. I should have come up with some kind of switch block regulator. Lakitus can't both be given Bob-ombs to throw AND keys, which drastically hurt the tone I was going for.
Thoughts: This one didn't really turn out as well as I was hoping. I wanted to have more interesting throwing techniques, but Bob-ombs explode too quickly to allow interesting positioning. Between the lack of Bob-omb throwing Lakitus and my inability to come up with a wider variety of interesting throwing twists, it ended up being pretty underwhelming.
I specifically set out to make a traditional style level on the easy side with this one.
The Good: The jumps feel appropriate to an early world Mario game: IMG IMG Butt sliding through icicles is fun: IMG I didn't go overboard with too many elements, and using the Buzz Beetles to get over this obstacle feels good: IMG
The Bad: I was going for the feeling of "go up one side of the mountain, go down the other", but I couldn't quite nail it: IMG IMG While riding the Beetle up is cool, it's way too easy to hurt yourself in a way I didn't intend by being a bit too slow. The sliding is merely alright. Despite a fair bit of effort tweaking them, the parachute Beetles still feel a bit unfair: IMG
Thoughts: This level is decent, but not great. I think it lacks that certain something that makes for a good sliding level.
At some point I played a level with Mucnhers and POW blocks stacked upon an enraged Wiggler. The contraption was pretty neat and so I thought "what about putting it on a Boo instead?"
The Good: The Boo Blimp works. It has a good tradeoff between size and maneuverable surface area. The tutorial section is pretty solid: IMG The level looks more deadly than it is: IMG The arrows are pretty clear: IMG
The Bad: The Boo Blimp is just too slow to be all that much fun. Players spend way too much of their time either struggling to figure it out or just waiting for it to go. I couldn't strike a good balance between having enough obstacles and not having too many to dodge: IMG Pretty much just touching the wall at all will doom you.
Thoughts: I think I did okay given the mechanic I was designing around. Building a whole level around these slow things is just too much, though. It would be much better to have a short interlude crossing a long gap with one of these things rather than make it a whole level. I might try an airship level that uses a few of these in more limited capacities.
This is an sequel of sorts to Princess, I Minimized the Marios and I think it's better in pretty much every way. It is by a fair margin my most popular level, even though it only managed to cling on to Weekly Popular for about an hour.
The Good: I applied most of what I leared from P,IMtM. Each regular world section clearly previews what comes next in big world: IMG IMG IMG IMG The platforming is on the easy side, but it's not trivial. The big pit becoming a small gap is a cool moment: IMG IMG I like the crack under the pipe and my interpretation of big springs: IMG IMG
The Bad: There's not a lot of challenge for the more skilled players to sink their teeth into. I would have liked to have many more optional side challenges, but the level size restrictions made that hard to pull off. The way you simply climb past the big final challenge is pretty underwhelming: IMG The level feels too short.
Thoughts: In spite of the problems, I'm still quite proud of this level. I really wish there were a feature to connect levels into a world, because this level would hugely benefit to be part of a larger little/big world collection. With some clever layout, it would have been possible to get a bit more space out of the level area.
Oooph, this level took a looooooong time to make. The Goombas Have Guns! took a lot of trial and error, but this was way more complicated. Compare some of the behind the scenes mechanisms: IMG IMG IMG IMG IMG IMG IMG
The Good: I think the first section is pretty tight: IMG It's still pretty manageable even when it ramps up: IMG I'm pretty happy with my technique for luring players to the safe area when the big turtles pop up: IMG I think getting saved from the threat of being squished it a cool moment: IMG I really suck at pixel art, but I still like my little coin turtles: IMG Watching the turtles get launched into the pit is a cool capper: IMG There's a checkpoint this time!
The Bad: I feel like it lacks that certain something from The Goombas Have Guns! I can't quite put my finger on it, maybe it's just because that was the original. It just gets too chaotic near the end. I really want there to be a steady escalation up to a cool climax, but I confess I just haven't found the right balance between chaos and intelligibility.
Thoughts: I felt like this level was lacking a distinct flair, so I ended up adding a bunch of silly Turtle Facts as maker comments throughout the level. I fear that some people who don't share my sense of humor (or language) will boo the level because of them, but oh well. Hopefully they're at least unobtrusive to those people. I actually worked a bunch on a similar level with a vertical component, before putting it on hold to make this. I don't know if I'll go back to it.
So there you have it. Those are my self-criticisms of my first 12 levels. Hopefully I'm getting better. If you have any thoughts on anything at all that I didn't mention I'd be happy to hear them!
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Nail the roofing sheets on with the self-sealing nails and washers designed specifically for this type of roof. Usually used in greenhouses this durable and translucent material offers some privacy and a lot of light. For example in model it includes a double top and double bottom plate compared to my single top and bottom plates. Many a carpenter has been frustrated by this seemingly dying art. Venting could be accomplished by placing gable end vents on both ends up close to your ridge, or a ridge vent could be installed. Where the second board crosses the first, use a speed square to make tight-fitting cuts.
The roof structure should be steep to outbuilding water fast and smooth so that there is no place for water to collect on the roof and set. A correctly made foundation will protect your shed and its contents, and any warranty your outbuilding may have. Frame and install (https://sheddrafts.com/saltbox-shed-plans-blueprints) the front and rear walls, leaving the top plates off at this time. Make yourself a small jig from scrap lumber to speed accurate spacing between each piece of flooring. In addition, plumb each components with a spirit level, before locking them into position. As you begin looking at outbuilding building plans, you'll find that many different options are available.
Heat and Ammonia are dangers in a coop, and could affect health of your chickens. Foundations are important but try to remember that this is just a shed. The success or (https://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/make-and-decorate/crafts/how-to-build-an-outdoor-firewood-shed) failure of any outbuilding relies heavily on its foundation. The trusses are nailed to blocks on the top plate for additional stability. Shed roofs are usually the easiest type to connect to an existing roof when adding on. At all times when building each wall and when assembling walls to floor, be sure to use a level and a square. Fasten a side down over these framing members. Only dig down as far as you need, the posts should sit on undisturbed soil.
When building a shed, you also need to look for any problems near construction site you have chosen. Mark the cut lines on the rafters and get the job done with a circular saw. Drive screws trough bottom plate into the floor. Apart from freeing up garage space, this outbuilding will help you to properly organize and store all gardening supplies and tools in a single place that is easy to access from the garden. Nail through ridge beam into the top-ends of the rafters. To secure shed, simply dyna-bolt outbuilding down to the pavers. Check the walls for any signs of damage from year.
Screwed it down and then cut off the excess with a chalk line. It's attached with roofing nails, but these nails should not be driven all way in, so that siding can slide back and forth a little bit. Oh well it looks much nicer now. Our 12' wide cottages all have a standard pattern which is shown in diagram below. If building site is high and dry, you could set blocks directly on the ground.
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Repeat this and install ties at every other pair of rafters. Build header and the trimmer studs as shown in diagram. The door opening that has been cut out will be used to make the door. If your ground is rocky, digging deep enough may be physically challenging. Now take your chalk line and snap a line from top of your 'b' line, down to outside end of your 'a' line. If it's not level, it will fail and damage your shed. Ceilings could be dirt if materials are scarce. Many a carpenter has been frustrated by this seemingly dying art.
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Later, in the winter, picking up one of sheds with the tractor to move it into garage. Checking to see if the rails and blocks are square is necessary for rest of platform to be square as well. As always be (https://www.doityourself.com/forum/greenhouses-sheds-sun-rooms/404109-building-shed-concrete-pier-foundation.html) careful when cutting recycled wood and watch for hidden nails. Look for a spot on the back of your house where windows and doors aren't in way. If you don't own a table saw, ask a woodworker or a full-service lumberyard to cut these pieces for you. Install end girts, positioning them flush with ends of side girts and then positioning them level.
It is very similar to Correx fluted plastic sheeting that is often used for signs. In basic gable roof framing, rafters slope upward from tops of building's exterior walls and meet at the roof's peak, or ridge. He injured his back pretty badly and had back trouble ever since. Remove sections of joist at each end. I'm thinking the handle and flange would be ok without it, but dowel is only maple, and maple is not that rot resistant. Once you've finished shell of the building, it's a simple matter of matching exterior siding and roofing materials to that of your cabin.
Throughout the steps, details in enlarging and altering example shed would be explained. Cut 2 x 6 stock to length for the subfascia, and nail the boards to the rafter ends with 16d common nails. If placed on the sand there's an extra step leveling before putting the pavers. Instead, most truss manufacturers will send out a rep to measure completed foundation before fabricating trusses. Cut header parts and nail them together. Begin fitting hinges by laying door and the window on saw-horses or other work platform.
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Hello there!
This will be a long post, so I will try to keep this lighthearted with a couple of possibly bad jokes here and there - as to not bore you with a wall of text :D (Oh and probably one-too-many emojis. I apologize about it in advance, but I simply can't help it)
I am not exactly new to MBTI, but I am not exactly an expert either (i know even less about the Enneagrams) yet have been obsessing over this for quite some time:
I type as an INFJ on a variety of tests (with -A for the dreaded 16p) but on the cognitive function tests I consistently have an abnormally high Te. It is always, and I mean ALWAYS higher than Ti. This is a problem because Te is supposed to be a blindspot for INFJs. I have read somewhere that the third function can apparently be of either I/E polarity, but the majority of the MBTI community advocates otherwise. Out of all the descriptions, the INFJ one is the closest to me, but I also relate to a lot of xNTJ things. It doesn't help that INFJs are supposedly contradictory to everything. For the Enneagram I also get 8w7 - 7w8 - 3w4 sx/so. I have researched a lot about those combinations but haven't found an abundance of reading material, especially about the 8w7 INFJ. The description that I found the most true to myself was about 8w7 INFJs being advocates of Darwinism and natural selection. It said that such INFJs care about people and want to help them, but don't hold hands, which gave me quite a chuckle as I tend to give unsolicited advice to people I care about. There was also apparently a study about cognitive functions and Enneagram correlations - and Te was linked to 8s. Do with that information as you will.
The more I learn about these things, the less confident in my past knowledge I become. This is all assuming I am a feeler in the first place. Maybe it's Fe that's the problem... Perhaps I'm an unhealthy version of something, or am not even an Ni-dom! I'd still bet on not being a sensor, tho :P
Anyhow, I know that even when answering the test questions honestly, self-typing is prone to mistakes and the chances are that I am either mistyping, or have a very skewered image of the functions and/or myself and/or the tests mistake Ti for Te. I, therefore, humbly ask you lot to help me clear up this pestering puzzle of my personality by typing me and, if at all possible, explaining whether and why I have Ti or Te (Kudos to you if you manage to nail-down my Enneagram while you're at it :D ). If you need any additional answers, let me know and I will provide.
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• How old are you? What's your gender? Give us a general description of yourself.
I am 21 years old and male of gender. I study engineering, and have a wide array of interests ranging from electronics and history to medicine and psychology, with my three main ones being engineering, video game development and the human condition. I would say that I am generally stoic, since I rarely ever worry about things. I also like to maintain an optimistic attitude whenever possible, albeit grounded in reality. I am an unintentional hypocrite. I have a love-hate relationship with humanity, and am constantly amazed by its limitless potential, as equally as by its demonstrated stupidity. I love to problem solve, but hate constraints about it (for example, I hate being tasked to solve a template school problem in the certain, already pre-defined, expected way). I like aviation, especially WW2 war-birds. I am generally fascinated by the mysterious nature of life. I also like to joke around and not take things too seriously.
• Is there a medical diagnosis that may impact your mental stability somehow?
None. At least I hope so. I haven't had any problems, nor was I ever tested for anything. Then again, most lunatics are perfectly sane in their own eyes :P
• Describe your upbringing. Did it have any kind of religious or structured influence? How did you respond to it?
Quite brutal, heh. Essentially, it was like the kind of stuff you would hear from your grandparents if you were to ask them what life was like when they were kids (thanks to the technological lag, it kind of was). I grew up as the youngest child of a relatively poor, morally-driven, Orthodox Slavic family of 6 (I typed them all as Sensors. 4 are quite stereotypical SJs, even by 16p standards, and the other one is possibly an SP) in a post-war, post-communism country. The town itself was festering, much like most of its residents. The dog-eat-dog mentality was prevalent and survival was the order of the day. Everyone was trying to crawl or claw their way to the top in the present vacuum, mostly via politics. My family was still stuck with the old state-party mentality and didn't really fare well because of it due to frequent changes of all the roosters wanting to be kings of their own piles, but they managed somehow.
As for structure, yes, it had a classic patriarchal structure and Orthodox Christianity was the religion I was brought up to follow. I was quite curious, and still am, so I responded by going with the flow at first, observing everything and everyone, and gathering "samples" before going my own way (based on my own rationale). I couldn't comprehend at the time, why people chose to blindly believe in things and not question them at all, why they chose not to take a detour from the beaten path and look for an even better way of doing things, why they liked and chose to live in a delusional world made-up of sugar-coated lies when facing an ugly truth would benefit them in the long run substantially, why some chose suicide, why some chose to selfishly pursuit their goals even if it meant ruthlessly hurting others, why very few liked to think for themselves, why so many wanted to simply be told what to do, and so on. Even today, I still can't comprehend all of those things... My different perspectives, interests, stances and ways of doing things quickly clashed with those of the majority and despite being so humorously in the right, was quickly shunned thanks to mob rule. An example of such things would be my warnings concerning certain choices which I gave to people I cared about, most notably my own family, and that were apparent to me because I had previously seen numerous examples of basically the same thing in different forms and instantly drew parallels - they unfortunately couldn't see my point (is this my bad Te or their bad Ni or something else entirely?) as it wasn't apparent to them, or simply thinking I was speaking nonsense because I was "young and inexperienced". They then proceeded to make said dumb choices and categorically ended up regretting them. In school, I was quick to notice that everything was in form of templates, and that students were quite shallowly taught to basically be drones who receive/recognize A and do B in response - to be cogs in a machine. I was described to be intellectually gifted, and excelled at any task handed to me, but I didn't flaunt it in anyone's face and was always open to hear out even the least intelligent individuals as even a blind chicken can manage to peck a seed every now and then. I do feel that this still did have an effect, at least indirectly, in my relations to others as I couldn't have real meaningful conversations with most people from my hometown and would only hang about holding shallow small-talk which I dreaded horribly but kept doing as to maintain harmony. The class, of course, wasn't keen on having someone "better" than them around for comparison, especially someone invulnerable to peer-pressure, but I wasn't bullied and was instead generally well-liked because I chose to help them around and teach them things. I also wasn't a teacher's pet, so I reckon that helped, too. (I didn't actually know at the time that I was that liked, as I stuck to my own business for the most part, or being an indifferent observer to most things. And thought people were, at best, indifferent towards me. I only learned about this after I heard a former classmate talk about me. My small heart grew three sizes that day :P )
As for the aforementioned religion, I immediately saw that people were only "publicly" religious. What I mean by that is that they would publicly display their faith and go to sermons and everything, but would do all sorts of shady stuff when they thought nobody was looking. I was very religious when I was young, did fasts and went to services and everything, but as I grew older and wiser I couldn't help but see religion as a man-made way of influencing the masses and amassing wealth for personal gain (which ironically are the things that religion teaches against). I found it nonsensical for someone to openly claim that they knew something about a higher deity/deities in a completely unknown and incomprehensible plane of existence and could therefore never believe in anything that other people tried to enforce on me. I do like discussing it, but with reasonable people who won't turn it into that type of theist-atheist type of debate. I am not an atheist, tho, as I have my own beliefs which I would say are closest to religious skepticism. As for my stance on religion in general: https://external-preview.redd.it/aVzuQwQ091vuKciWM8rAeUaPo\_ZUTAr233M-l5QOw7Q.jpg?auto=webp&s=e16fc31e7ca1dc0c673a89488304caaaf8f99abf
• What do you do as a job or as a career (if you have one)? Do you like it? Why or why not?
I don't have one as I am a student of engineering. I do like my profession because I am able to problem solve without external limits thrust upon me (aside from funds and laws of physics, of course) AND help people by either solving that problem or coming up with something new that eases their way of life. I don't like how certain things are implemented/organized with the schooling system and think they could be vastly improved.
• If you had to spend an entire weekend by yourself, how would you feel? Would you feel lonely or refreshed?
Um... Normal? :D
I would undoubtedly feel refreshed. It's not that I don't like being around people, it's just that I think better when I'm alone, with no external noises or annoyances. I like socializing to an extent, but it drains me over time and I just have to get away from it all and have some peace of mind. I can't go without social contact indefinitely, like some people can, as I start yearning for human contact after a certain while.
• What kinds of activities do you prefer? Do you like, and are you good at sports? Do you enjoy any other outdoor or indoor activities?
Generally, I like to do things on my own or with a tight knit of a few chosen friends. I like learning about anything and everything, playing video games... I dunno, standard stuff, I guess? Not really a fan of sports, but I do like the idea of paintball and airsoft (as long as people play fair). I also like martial arts, especially Tae Kwon Do. I'd say I'm definitely more indoor oriented, as video games are the sum of my leisurely activities. I like survival games and WW2 flight simulators the most (IL-2 Sturmovik). I also very much like War Thunder, the Metro series, Killing Floor 1 & 2, DOOM, Bungie's Halo, Resident Evil 4 and REmake2, The first Dead Space, realistic shooters like ArmA and Red Orchestra, RPGs like S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Fallout: New Vegas, Witcher 3, Mount & Blade. Not really a big fan of strategy games but I do like Generals: Zero hour and Age of Empires II. Don't really play strictly horror games much, but I loved Amnesia: The dark descent. As for board games, Risk is nice. Also, battleships :D
• How curious are you?
Yes.
• Do you have more ideas then you can execute? What are your curiosities about? What are your ideas about - is it environmental or conceptual, and can you please elaborate?
I would say I have a lot of ideas, most of which I cannot execute at the moment due to various constraints, but I do not forget about them. I basically push them onto the back of a mental queue and execute them when I can. Honest to god, I can't specify my curiosity. Man... I swear, when I go into the library I probably look like a child in a candy store... I really like learning about anything and everything. I use that information and feed it into my mind's virtual machine / simulator sandbox which synthesizes it and organizes into theses/ideas and tries to predict how things would behave in certain scenarios, which are then either reinforced or disproved by future learning/experiences. This results in a somewhat frequent occurrence of "Eureka!" moments. Realizations just pop out of the blue at seemingly unrelated moments and, to be frank, it creeps me the hell out. It's as if my own mind works separately from my consciousness and I have to backtrack to find out how I came to that conclusion and/or why I know that, which usually ends up being something I was curious/read about years ago. This can be a problem when someone asks me what i think will happen and afterwards asking me to explain why I think that (They don't take "I just know it will" for an answer, I tried) Now that I think about it, if I was to single out the things I am most curious about, they would have to be the human psyche and life. Like, why do people do the things they do? Why are they aware of it? Why are they unaware of it? Why do they like certain things but not other things? Why do some people care so much what others think of them? Why this? Why that? Why? Why why? What is life? How did life find a way? What was here before the big bang? Why is life so chaotically organized? How come we can't comprehend the time before we were born (not that we didn't exist back then, i mean how come we suddenly do)? Why do some people disregard their own life, that of others, or that of non-human beings? Does free will even exist or are all of our choices predetermined by our molecular make-up? So many questions, yet so few answers...
As for the ideas, I have no idea what you mean by environmental or conceptual... Sorry! English isn't my native tongue. Do you mean whether they are influenced by the environment or not, or whether they are practical vs theoretical or what now? They vary across topics and complexity. Sometimes they are about a mental attitude, other times they are about an invention. I would say that they are, for the most part, ideas about improving efficiency.
• Would you enjoy taking on a leadership position? Do you think you would be good at it? What would your leadership style be?
Yes, I would. In fact, I always find myself oriented towards it, in one way or the other. For the most part, people generally turned to me to lead projects, respond to unexpected things and so on. It happened during my school years to such a point that it now gives me a queasy sensation when I am not in control. I don't like being bossed around, even less being micromanaged. I feel at ease the most when I am in full control. I like having the freedom to do the things I want to do with no constraints and realize the visions I have made up in my mind. I don't mind having someone else in control as long as they are competent enough to do the job and utilize everyone and everything to the best of their potentials, have the right priorities set and can handle the friction that arises when different visions collide. I would be perfectly fine with being an advisor to a good leader, tho, and have more time for my own stuff, as being a leader is sometimes quite exhausting. But if I think I can do a better job, I gravitate towards becoming the leader. Well, whether I would be very good at it is not up to me to judge, but I reckon I wouldn't do that bad of a job. My leadership style? Hm... I would say it is military-flavoured. When I am in a leadership position, I try to lead by example and be as effective as I can (play our strengths by assigning certain people to the things they would be best suited for the task), but also share the group burden by doing as much of the work as I can myself, but not over the point that it takes so much concentration that I lose sight of the bigger picture. I also always try to make sure that morale is high and nobody is neglected, especially the people at the bottom of the command chain. One of my vexations is when leaders have no regard to the well-being of their men. I get that after a while of up-scaling, individuals have to be replaced by a statistic for the leader to be able to manage everything, but come on... They're still human, too! God damn! The well-being of the subordinates is neglected so damn much, and kings rarely ever bother climbing down their tower... Also I hate it when people expect everyone to respect them and be compliant simply because they are in the authoritative position. Respect has to be earned by actions, not by titles. Also, despise those who fail to take ownership of their mistakes and blame X, Y and Z, or anyone and anything other than themselves. This is really apparent in leaders because most people simply do what they are told, and the choices that lead to that failure are ultimately the leaders fault first and foremost.
• Are you coordinated? Why do you feel as if you are or are not? Do you enjoy working with your hands in some form? Describe your activity?
Physically? Well, I can eat rice with chopsticks! I dunno, dude, I can pick up stuff from the floor, and open doors with my feet, but will randomly stumble outta nowhere as if I suddenly forgot I had legs. I would say I am about just about average in coordination (when I put my mind into it :P ) I wasn't particularly good at physical activities when I was a kid, tho. Still bonk my head on things like bus suitcase compartments from time to time...
I like typing fast, does that count? I like working with my hands, assembling electronic, soldering and crafting stuff, I'd even go so for as to say I kind of liked sewing and cooking - but I wouldn't say I am really good at any one of those things. Generally I kind of grow tired of doing it after a while. The more monotonous it is, the quicker the rate at which my boredom grows. If something turns out really good, then it has more to do with my unhealthy level of perfectionism and revision than with actual coordination.
• Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particular artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.
Well, I wouldn't really call myself artistic, but I do certainly enjoy and appreciate fine art. I did like drawing and sketching and art class in school, but I would rate myself about average. I do not actively do it. I don't do it as a hobby either, as a matter of fact. If I could choose my artistic expression, I would probably choose video games and/or cinematography. As for art appreciation I appreciate all sorts of art, especially good music and architecture. I feel like architecture is often underappreciated (I am aware some don't even consider it art. To which I say: just as anyone can paint a picture, but few people can paint a picture well - anyone can build a bridge, but few people can build a bridge that barely stands yet still does its job. Then again, by that logic all craft is considered art - which is something I'm ok with). I also like good storytelling that has an overarching theme and morally grey characters.
• What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?
I'd say they're an interconnected whole of which neither part should be neglected. Think of our Past, Present and Future as view-ports through which we observe a moving track called Time.
Past - we should learn from and study, so that we improve upon it and make sure that bad history doesn't repeat itself, and so that we can see what caused the good one to occur in the first place. We should use that information and aim to avoid the bad and recreate the good in the future so that we can enjoy it in the present when it arrives, because when it does, what we now call past will be forgotten. And forgotten history repeats itself;
Present - is the fruit of our past work which we should enjoy to the fullest, if it's good, as its current form might unexpectedly disappear after we blink. If it's bad, we shouldn't waste it wailing about its state, as that is a direct consequence of the past and is out of our control. Instead, we should use it to plant the seeds of a better future, one that we can look forward to enjoying;
Future - is what we should strive for and pay most attention towards, as we are on a one-way street towards it. It is inevitable, but, unlike the past and preset, we can control what it will look like (for the most part, at least). The future is our legacy which we will leave for the generations that will come after us and who will call it present, and we should make sure that our legacy is worthy of admiration;
• How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?
If it's innocent and I can help in any way, then I do. Why wouldn't I? But it's quite obvious to me when someone requests "help", but actually just wants to pass on responsibility, or use me as an end to their means, and it is a request I politely decline (or if it could be beneficial to me in some scheme, I'll play the fool :P Hey, they started it - gloves are off!). If it's help with doing something, when I help, I aim to help by teaching that person how to do the thing they need help with, without my help, so that they will grow stronger and won't have to ask me for help again. The feeling of someone asking you for help, you taking them under your wing and helping them, and then later witnessing them taking care of a similar problem, alone, based on your mentorship is among the best feelings one can experience. If it's other type of help we're talking about, like material help, then I help if I can as I am fully aware that anyone get get into a bit of a pickle at any point, but I won't endanger myself for them (unless I really, really care about them). Help that I give, I give wholeheartedly and don't expect or count on being directly reciprocated, nor do I remind people that I did - but I do keep it locked up in the back of my mind somewhere, simply to be able to gauge if that person is really just using me. Of course, it sure is nice to be repaid, but I don't help with the aim to have it repaid.
• Do you need logical consistency in your life?
If by that you mean having everything make sense based on the previous facts/things it is built upon, then yes.
• How important is efficiency and productivity to you?
Yes.
Ok, jokes aside, it is very important. As an engineer, I want to be as efficient as I can in everything I do. Why wouldn't I want to be? Oh, but this is entirely dictated by what we mean by efficiency and productivity, as they are not clearly-cut terms. There are a lot of factors which one has to consider when evaluating efficiency, optimizing productivity based on the needs, current situation and so on. The only constant there is change. Sometimes, the cheapest/quickest option isn't optimal and hence not as efficient as it might seem at a first glance. In another case, for the same problem, one might just get too tired/lazy in which case doing the least tiring, quickest option and getting it over with would be the optimal solution. But yeah, generally, it's in my interest to get the best value out of everything and hence efficiency is a key word. It directly ties into productivity, so I don't think I have to explain it separately.
• Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?
I try not to (said probably every control freak ever) and I don't like people that do. I live and I let live. Sometimes, however, it is necessary, in which case I try to do it as discreetly as possible, and as little as possible. The best kind of control is the one in which the person thinks of their actions as products of their own choices. Go Littlefinger on their a- oh that came out wrong...
How? I dunno, comes naturally, I guess... Oh, and if, by "controlling others" you mean for my own gains, then I wouldn't do it. I would do it only if I have no other way of getting whatever-it-is-so-important-that-I-would-puppeteer-others-to-get-done done. The only reason I would really control others is if I cared about them to such a point that I really don't want them making an obviously extremely bad decision which will ruin a huge aspect of their life, and I am certain that they are simply unaware of all the consequences. Even in such a case, I would really rarely choose to do it, unless it's really, really, REALLY bad - because it's better for them to get a bit burnt and grow wiser from that experience, then to delude themselves into thinking they can't be burnt, do something stupid and get completely charred.
• What are your hobbies? Why do you like them?
Well, if video games count as hobbies then the answer is in one of the questions above, the one about activities. One thing I forgot to mention whilst listing the games because I was focusing on listing them, was the sandbox/mission-editors. Those are my jam! Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis' Mission Editor is what made me fall in love with video game development. I also like making various Arduino projects. What kind of question is that? Of course I like my hobbies! They wouldn't be my hobbies otherwise! Tsk, tsk, tsk...
• What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?
Oh, if you mean the style in which I would like to be taught: top-down! Definitely top-down learning style! I cannot stand the standard bottom-up style of learning a vast array of information with no end-goal in mind. I can tolerate doing it, but my mind will see them as unnecessary, garbage and refuse to remember them as soon as the class is over. Then, at the end of the semester, when I get the whole picture, I go and learn the whole thing based on a top-down approach. It's also awful because it cripples creativity by giving people tunnel vision based on the techniques they've learned to do. Top-down is the complete opposite. With top-down, I have a picture of what I am working towards and can think about the problem in its entirety, can see what I need and can see how everything will fit together in the end. I can also think about what I could do to fill a gap and come up with a solution that's different than what would otherwise come to my mind if I had previously learned templates.
If you are asking about the style in which I study, I utilize the Feynman technique.
I generally dislike the university learning environment. Too crowded, too many distractions, front-row-seat battles, professors having tiny handwriting/quiet voices, etc. I would prefer being home-schooled or in a smaller classroom. Generally, tho, I like learning things by myself the most. When I am interested in something, and research about it, I tend to remember it much more easily.
Oh, all hail creativity and logic! To hell with memorization learning and flash-cards! I hate memorization/factual-oriented subjects. Physical senses? I like mixing things up and involving physical senses sometimes, as it helps with creating "memory hooks" and easier memorization. Never really consciously focused on learning muscle memory, tho...
• How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go?
Well, I can't really judge it myself. I'd say I'm alright, tho, but it depends on the scale. The bigger the scale, the harder it becomes, obviously. Yeah, I can break them into manageable tasks but can't really juggle them / multi-task as well as some people I know can. Nah, I like to be prepared and plan whenever I can. No plan survives contact with the enemy and thus, once I start, I plan on the plans failing and having to improvise as I go :P (as for the plans, I go in-depth with them and therefore I hate having last-second changes. They're the bane of my existence)
• What are your aspirations in life, professionally and personally?
Professionally, to become powerful enough to not have to worry about being dependent on anyone and be able to pursuit my inventive curiosities, which in present day would mean climbing the corporate ladders and amassing enough passive income and wealth. Inventive curiosities are generally aimed towards improving quality of life for everyone (like biomedical advancements so that cripples could do everything a normal person could and so on).
Personally, to grow as a person and become the best version of myself and figure out the mysteries of life so that I can be and help others by mentoring them from my various experiences/knowledge and/or leading by example.
• What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?
Fears? Hm... I don't really have any huge fears aside from maybe being forced to serve under someone else's control and have them dictate my fate... Or, suddenly and irreversibly aging, like 50 years :P Yeah, lack of control makes me uncomfortable, but also being responsible for someone else's well-being (I get a kernel panic when someone hands me a baby over a hard surface. I avoid such events like the plague).
Hate? I hate incompetence and when people whine about their issues without solving them, when people ask me for insight / advice or present a problem and then get mad when I present to them the ugly truth that those things are all ultimately the consequence of their actions and that they will essentially need to change themselves fundamentally for those problems to go away (no matter how politely I do so), suck-ups and spineless doormat-people, people who refuse to accept that they are at fault, last-minute changes and the people who make them, people who shun anything out of the ordinary, mortality and biological limits or evolutionary left-overs, politics and puppet-masters, small-talk, loud parties and crowds, every bastard who lived in the apartment above and at the same time as me, religious zealots, warmongers, people who do weird shit for the sake of "being different" and most certainly not due to the intense cravings for attention, insensitive people / those who don't even think about thinking about how their actions will directly or indirectly affect other people, buzzing insects, and immature people (especially ENTPs :-* )... Among other things..
• What do the "highs" in your life look like?
Jolly, bubbly all around? I don't have to worry about a thing and can just enjoy what-is. I become more sociable/extroverted and interested in people and extremely tolerable.
• What do the "lows" in your life look like?
Generally down on all fronts without a will to really do anything. Even more withdrawn/introverted and don't really care for coming across as nice (bitter/no filter). Complete apathy and rationality/hypercritical towards everyone and everything. Cynicism. No long-term planning or thinking about the consequences, just doing whatever to get my mind off of it (that includes, binging junk food, oversleeping, playing way too much video games, etc. Essentially shutting off my brain and going apeshit for bodily sensations) and doing things I normally would probably never do.
• How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so?
I like to think that I approach things from a bird's-eye point of view. I feel like I am well attached to reality, but am probably not, at least not in the degree that I think I am. Remember those "samples"? Well, I realized that the consequences from having a bad sample can be rather enormous, so as much as I love to have my head in the clouds, I try not to float away too high and I do my best to remember to glance under them from time to time. I do daydream, especially when bored, especially during uninteresting talk. People pointed out to me that I am oscillating between either freakishly locking onto them with my eyes (not in a threatening way, but in a "somewhat seductive" way which nonetheless makes them uncomfortable), and between having a thousand-yard stare. I try to be aware of my surroundings at all times but I drift off quite often and subconsciously get into a thinking pose, at which point a part of me becomes aware of it but the entirety of me refuses to care xD I am generally not aware of my surroundings whilst I do so, however. I mean, it's not that I am completely unaware. I am still aware, especially about whatever is going on in my unfocused vision, but nowhere near the prior intensity. Some things jolt me out of it, like something weird in front of me, or a weird sound, but I quickly return to the internal thinking after a brief investigation of the external. I try not to do it whilst walking - learned not to after a head-bump-too-many...
• Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?
Either about humanity's quirks based on some recent thing I saw a stranger do in public, one of the things on my mental to-do-queue, how to solve a certain crisis/problem or if my mind really decides to give me a treat: one of, or a complete compilation of the humiliating/regrettable things I did X years ago when I didn't even know any better.
• How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?
I would like to answer that I try to take as long as I can, because in that time I might learn some new game-changing information, and then make the decision just before the time-limit expires - but the problem is that I go way overboard :D
I overthink it and take way too long. I don't necessarily change my mind, I just go "Well, this is my life now!" and try to make the best of it. I can't help but wonder, however, if I had made the right choice, and what would have happened if I picked a different option.
• How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?
Quite honestly, I have no idea what my emotions are like. I can only recognize the very basic ones in myself. I have no problems looking at a person and pinpointing the majority of theirs, tho. As for processing them, I think I retreat to my lair, lay/sit and "What the actual f\*ck am I doing?". I usually don't really pay attention to them until they're on the verge of bubbling over. Like, I'll only realize I'm actually pissed off when I notice my jaw is sore from being clenched or forehead muscles are cramped. Or, I'll only realize I'm feeling pretty down when I realize I've already wasted the whole day sleeping-in.
They're still pretty important, because even though I may not have any idea what I'm feeling, other people might not be like that for themselves, and I hate being someone's party-pooper. They're an essential part of the human condition. Some might even argue it's the only thing that makes us human. That might not be the case, but I'd argue that disregarding them would certainly neglect our humanity. I just wish I, and others, were more aware of our emotions and controlled them better (then again, would they even be emotions at that point?)
I have noticed that I generally, when making decisions (for example choosing what to buy), try to rationalize my choices and everything, but end up going with what I "like" half of the time xD
If I had to choose between a heart and a brain I'd do everything in my power to choose both as I think they're both essential for a healthy human - both figuratively and literally.
• Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?
I was guilty of doing this frequently in the past. I still do it, to a degree, but instead of outright agreeing with them I simply acknowledge their point of view and get them to expand upon it to better understand how they came to that conclusion. I still manage to keep the conversation going somehow, even if means shutting that topic down and moving to something else. (I don't really like hopping from one topic to another so rapidly). In the past, I'd do it as to "keep cool" with people, not endanger group harmony, and all that jazz - but I have learned over time to not really care if someone gets that butthurt about a simple disagreement in stances and that their inability to calmly debate about it is a sign of immaturity. Right now, I do it in the opposite case: I do it when I want to move the conversation along, convey a "I getcha, bro" and talk about something more interesting xD
• Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why?
Generally, I play by the rules, but if they make no goddamn sense, then breaking ensues. Authority always needs to be challenged! No man is above learning a new lesson, especially those with power over others and especially since times can change the ways of life. Rules designed for the world of today might not be a good fit for the world of tomorrow, therefore authority must be susceptible to change. When I break the rules, I break them because they are nonsensically restricting my freedom and I am not endangering anyone/anything, others had broken them and nobody is doing anything about it, or to save myself the time in a hurry. This is, of course not talking about things like competitions or games where everyone is playing fair and we just want to have a grand time. Tho, truth be told, I sometimes do it for shitz 'n' giggles :P
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That would be the questionnaire, now here are the cognitive function test results of two tests taken back-to-back. Te is ALWAYS typed as higher than Ti, and Ni is leading. What sometimes changes around are Te and Fe. For the most part, I have gotten Fe higher than Te, occasionally tied/close, and in such rare cases Te higher than Fe. There was one day a couple months back when I had to be very active with people and I typed having Te and Fe tied for first place, with Ni coming in second, but that was quite an anomaly. Se/Si are always the weakest of the bunch, with Se having a slight upper hand most of the time.
Thank you for taking your time to do this <3
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