My teenage girl episode 6

I figured I would watch the afternoon games today via MLS 360 since it is free for due to my season tickets.... they literally have commercials during the cast!?!?! There are 6 games running at the same time and they stop to show commercials??? No thank you. What a joke!! I couldn't imagine paying for this service just to watch commercials instead of all the games...

I know how bad the title sounds but hear me out. I 22 female in my last year to earn my masters degree and my friend group has decided to live in a house together. We have 6 friends including myself who planned to live together and decided we would each get a plus one in order to make a house of 12 which is the required number for where we want to live.
Note I am the one of two girls in our friend group this will be relevant later.
So I have other friends in my masters program whom has asked about living together and I have said i have a spot in the house we are planning but haven’t made a decision yet. One girl in particular we can call Vanessa. Vanessa is a year younger than myself in a similar program and has hung out a few times in our friend group. Most people in the group like her but she has hooked up with 3 of the 4 guys who would live in the house. During the summer we all stayed on campus as we had research in our masters programs and we had discussed living together and what that could look like. Knowing some planning was happening in advanced the guys pulled me aside separately and expressed their discontent if I were to choose her to bring into the house due to the uncomfortable environment she’s created. Such as she calls them every weekend begging to hookup or calls them to bail her out of a bad drunk situations, which they’re all super nice guys who always bail her out even though none of them are dating her or really Spoken to her in months. I also expressed I most likely wouldn’t pick her due to some issues we’ve involving my boyfriend. My boyfriend absolutely hates Vanessa as she’s made many comments about how infidelity is acceptable and has made many passes at him. Which understandably he has explain multiple times to her he isn’t interested and has gone so far as blocking her on all social media/ her phone number as he was sick of her harassing him. She also has expressed that she hates my boyfriend because he called her a hooker after a few drinks at the bar and her none stop tearing me down about the way I look. Saying that I wasn’t hot and my boyfriend would leave me which has just fueled the fire for my boyfriend as he doesn’t want me to hang out with people who continue to tear me down.
About a week ago she texted me ,after a particularly bad night out at the bars where she had basically specified that she wanted to hookup with my boyfriend, about when she would receive the house contract to sign. Being very confused I asked what she meant and she said “ oh for the house next year silly.” I said “oh we already have twelve “ and she responded “oh perfect no stress on us to find more people!”. I corrected her saying oh well I decided Jessica ,my close friend, would live with us as we have the same masters program finish date so it would be nice to have support. She replied saying terrible things about how I am screwing her over and she was under the impression I would pick her which I do sympathize with as I did say long before any of the drama that it was a possibility. I also tried to explain it wasn’t all up to me as we decided as a group who would be best of choices we have. I also left it open ended as two of the girls haven’t yet responded as they’re unsure about if they’ll live with us, which the other people have agreed if they don’t work out she could potentially live with us but only in the event we don’t have enough people. But Vanessa has taken this news terribly demanding to meet with the whole group to discuss the situation, which no one including myself thinks is a good idea. I also now I’m in the position that my friend group has said if I decide to live with her it won’t be in the house as they’ll find someone to take the two spots. Which I think is fair ,but I feel like I’m in an awkward spot because I am good friends with Vanessa but I really don’t want to live with her after all the drama. Now I feel like I’m in a sticky situation as I don’t know how to nicely say she cannot live with us without hurting her feelings as I for sure will have to deal with her next year. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!!

My life is falling apart. I've been on the housing list for over 5 years and my parents are selling the house soon. If I then become eligible for emergency housing for potential homelessness they will want to put me in shared accommodation or "spcosl housing" and with my mental health and physical problems it will just make things worse. Dealing with more people will not help. It will drive me into further distress. My home is a hostile environment for me and my brother is becoming more aggressive physically. Pretty sure he'll actually be hitting me soon as opposed to just putting his Fist against my face while screaming few cm in my face, if that. Trapping me against the wall while doing so made it worse.
I can't try and get housing based on my medical needs (I have constant pain everywhere over my body all the time. Have had blood test after blood test, seen different medical people etc) as I have no diagnosis to give the housing people and just saying "I have lots of pain including in all my joints and back" because that's not enough since anybody can just say they have pain so it isn't enough to have any medical grounds for adequate housing.
My psychiatrist is leaving and I'm going to be moved on to a man I've never met which makes me incredibly uncomfortable and amxious because I still struggle with being alone with men due to a negative history causing CPTSD.
I'm still on the waiting list for therapy and they don't know how long I will have to wait still.
My best friend has all of a sudden done a 180 on me after telling me that he's been talking with a girl in america for a couple weeks. Now he's being so cold and distant. A couple of weeks and suddenly he cares so much for her and is protective of her and wants to fob me off as he only cares about her now. After a couple weeks of talking. Compared to 9 years of us knowing eachother and seeing eachother almost every week for the majority of these 9 years. And now I'm just being dropped, told he doesn't want to talk to me, he doesn't like talking to me, he doesn't want my company, doesn't like anything to do with me, and the only reason he's been around all this time and strung along this friendship that apparently was never real is because he feels sorry for me and doesn't actually care for me or like me at all. 9 years of lies. None of it was real.
Samaritans doesn't have a texting service anymore and no Web chat yet. I've tried to use SHOUT earlier and I'm still waiting for a response. I'm at a loss. Phone calls are too much for me.
I'm actually at his house now, after all this came out today, laying here in the bed just losing my mind. While he's over there just sleeping fine.
I don't know what to do anymore. I'm at breaking point. Everyone hates me and are treating me worse and worse. I hate me too now. How am I so pathetic. Why can't I be anything worth anything. I just. I can't. I can't deal with any more. Fucking pitiful excuse of a person. Just. Fuck sake. Fuck. Sake.

Hello, I think I need advice. I am a 21-year-old female and have been talking to a 23-year-old male. We are not in an official relationship yet, but he has told me he plans to ask me to make it official.
We had been talking online for four months when we decided to meet in person. He was the one who suggested it, mentioning that he wanted a relationship before meeting up. He is very nervous, has low self-esteem, and is shy.
Currently, I am struggling because he stood me up last week. He said he would come over to my house, but he didn't show up because he stayed up late playing games the night before. Additionally, he had already postponed the date because he didn't feel like going out. When I said okay, he didn't apologize.
I asked him what was going on two days later when he didn't reply, and he told me that I triggered his fear of not being enough for me. He has doubts about us having a happy future where he can meet my needs. However, we connect very well, and he has mentioned that I fulfill all his needs. He also said that he followed his emotions without processing with logic, but he doesn't regret it because of his feelings for me. He thinks that I like him too much.
I was scared and asked him many questions to ensure everything was okay. Unfortunately, this only pushed him away more. He asked for some time and space because he is feeling very messy, and he couldn't make a deadline. I established a deadline of five days.
Yesterday, I contacted him and said good morning. I told him that I want to support him and that I don't see this as a dealbreaker. I want to help him through his fears and insecurities, he can trust me and open up. also, i said i want to respect his space but i need communication. Unfortunately, he left me on seen, and it has been one day without a reply.
What should i do? Should i take this as he is breaking up ? Or is he reconsidering while being shut down? Should i wait more days?
TL;DR! I have been talking with a guy for 6 months he has low self esteem and is anxious. He is afraid of not being enough and needs time and space through his emotions but is not replying after 5 days of space. What should i do?

This base had like 3 fire barrels and I want to say 5-6 regular barrels as well as crates. The crates were full of tier 1-2 loot like assorted machine guns and pistols of varying durability. Lots of cooked and building tools, a metric shit ton of ammo. Random clothes. My friends and I play on Livonia on an official server, so I'm aware that hackers exist on these servers but haven't personally run into one or died to one. But there was just such an insane amount of loot packed into such a small, poorly defended space.
If it was legit, is it possible they were just banking on the low footprint not giving them away and it being too far north for newbies to break in?

Hello everyone, quick question from new player here. I opened up the trader menu to see what perks I could buy, saw one which had biscuits at some buildings, and closed the menu to check if I already had biscuits available. I did, and opened up the menu to buy something else, but all my amber (20) was gone.
I definitely didn't buy anything from the trader, and I don't think I did anything else that removed all the amber (orders, glade events, etc). I've only got 2 glade events active, requesting 6 tools and 12 fabric, respectively. Does anyone know what may have happened or how to prevent this? Some images here https://imgur.com/a/w1ljzmS
I've got the game paused for a bit if you have any other questions about the game state that may help here.

Hi um idk how to start this but yeah I’ve had this friend for about 5 years at this point. In this time a lot has happened to the both of us But my friends bad behaviors have stayed constant for thsi whole friendship. My friends and family told me he’s just going through a rough patch it’s not a big deal. I’ve let go everything he’s done to make me feel bad. I made a joke once I said his calf’s were tiny and I said he had chicken legs.(we were always open and make jokes about things because we were besties) he took it really bad and got mad and flipped out on me telling me never to do it again. But he tells me almost every time I see him that I forget your not as curvy as you look and comment on mine and his own weight he only weighs 135/140 at most and all his weight goes into his boobs(I am a plus sized girl and I make comments on my own size but never do I say anything about him) he’s also very toxic to others which didn’t matter to me untill I now am getting treated this way. He has long interested conversations with everyone else but me… I desided to not text him untill he did me it was 2weeks and I sent a message to a group chat he is in he then asked the group if anyone would come help clean his room (I’m going this week to help) I said yeah and as soon as I said yes his texts shrunk and seemed like he didn’t care I’m sorry I’m the only one who will willingly come over to help you. When he has never done anything for me ever. He only started doing things for his now boyfriend which is a shock to me never would do anything for a best friend. Anyways sorry this is just me rambling but can anyone give there insight there’s a lot more to this aswell I just don’t wanna put to much out there if he finds this. Am I wrong or should I confront him. I’ve been crying and he has caused me to go in a depressive episode

Now before I go over this I’m not homophonic just kinda feel like I had to go over that. In the game when your playing the first time you see the last scene and you here about Riley for the first time and you think about everything way more like what Joel said and that’s the first person she killed how much the effects you second play through and know how to explain but not knowing about Riley the first time and then hearing about for the first it just gives a hole different perspective on playing in the game but in the show you’ll just be like oh yeah that happens to episodes ago and yes I know Ellie in the game mentions a best friend once or twice but I don’t think that really counts in my opinion

22M, 5'10", 150 lbs, Asian, 3 month duration, no existing medical diagnoses/medications, 3-4 drinks every 2 or 3 weeks, frequent nicotine use.
I'm legitimately worried about my cognitive function since December. I'm a senior in college and I'll admittedly say that I believe I had above average intelligence up until the noticeable decline in my cognition. I go to a top college, I'm studying a rigorous subject with a solid GPA, and I have prestigious internships under my resume. But ever since December, I can barely form thoughts. My brain literally feels "glossy." I have days where I notice I'm on autopilot the whole time - I'm like a zombie droning on and on without taking time to reflect or think about my experiences and decisions. This semester, I can't remember anything I've learned in classes. Studying is miserable. Before, I was actively thinking about the course subjects. Now, nothing clicks. I can't follow during lecture and when I review notes it's like I can't put anything together.
I don't think I'm depressed. I have aim and direction in life. I used to work much, much harder, and I will admit I work a lot less now, but it's not like I don't use my brain. I understand my brain is a muscle. I have to think at my internship and I do. I participate in class. I try to read challenging material in my free time. But now, I feel like my brain has gotten so much fucking weaker. My vocabulary has shrunk by probably more than 70%. I don't remember what I read. I don't remember what we go over in class. Before, when in bed at the end of the night, I would reflect on my whole day and try to piece together what I did in order. Now, I barely remember anything I did during the day. My writing style has changed for the worse. Writing used to be my best skill and I was damn proud of it. Now, I write absolutely nothing like how I used to. The way I structure sentences is completely different now, and I don't know how to go back to the way it was in the past. Even as I'm writing this, I'm deleting sentences and trying to think about how to express myself, and instead of coming up with a better sentence, I literally just buffer. I'm stuck. I'm not thinking of an alternative, my brain just stops. My vision becomes unfocused, and not one thought goes through my head.
A few reasons why I think this might be happening: poor sleep and nicotine. My diet is fine and I exercise. I am a healthy weight (although I would like to gain weight), and I eat healthy proteins and carbs, and rarely eat junk food. I don't exercise nearly as much as I used to, but I'm not out of shape by any means. However, my sleep schedule is horrendous. This isn't anything new, it was always bad, but in the past I still felt fine on 5-6 hours of sleep. Maybe it's because I'm getting older now and I can't get away with poor sleep, but I'm not sure this is the only reason for the way my thinking has just gone to shit. Regarding nicotine, I am fully addicted. I have been vaping for more than 2 years. This week, I finally quit the vape and I moved onto nicotine pouches, which will hopefully save my lungs. Over the fall, I was abroad and I smoked vapes of extremely dubious quality, which may have fried my brain, but I'm honestly not sure that the vapes could be the reason for my brain going to shit.
TL;DR: I used to be smart, and now I'm not. I've gotten so much dumber and I don't think I'm depressed. Possible reasons are poor sleep and questionable vapes. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

Hi there, I've got a 2-day-old newborn who's been trying to feed voraciously for the last 60+ hours. Her latching wasn't great for the first two days, and my boobs had been getting sorer, but she was definitely eating a lot based on her diapers. The lactation consultant told me her latch was actually pretty good this morning, and they discharged me. Then in the last 6 hours my boobs went from "tender and a little sore" to excruciatingly painful. I tried pumping - it's also excruciating. I don't think the problem is her latch now, since the pump also causes basically the same pain. She's going to wake up and want to feed any minute and I don't know what to do - breastfeeding seems impossibly painful, and/but I've got a hungry baby and also I assume my milk supply is going to arrive with a bang in the next 24-48 hours. (i'm not engorged - my full milk supply hasn't come in, and I remember engorgement from my first pregnancy and that is not what this is at all.)
I tried calling my lactation hotline but they just told me to pump and that pumping shouldn't hurt, and they seem to regard pumping as a huge concession and to be ideologically opposed to the use of formula under any circumstances so no one is going to tell me when or if I should use a little of it to keep her fed while I give my boobs a break. (I had always intended to combo feed, FWIW - I was just trying to establish a healthy base in breastfeeding first).
What do I do? I don't want to make a bad situation worse, but I need to feed my child and I assume I need to get a bunch of milk out once it starts coming in tomorrow or so. Do I just try to push through the pain? I can try to hand express some, but I just know that's not going to be enough for her. Should I bust out some of our emergency formula supply? Please give me your advice...

I cheated on my ex with another girl that came up to me at the bar while I was drunk and asked me to kiss we kissed for 2 seconds . I realized how much I had fucked up and headed straight back home and began to contemplate everything. The next day I was sent to the hospital then a rehab center where I would spend the next week (my ex does not know I’ve cheated on her yet). I leave the rehab center and then met with her and told her everything that happened (which I feel like was the worst mistake of my life now) She then leaves me there and tell me to never talk to her again. A week later I convince her to talk with me and I can’t help but cry and just admit I fucked up. She does not care and tells me that I need to get over her because we are not getting back together ever again. In addition she tells me she won’t be able to love anyone for the next 10 years . It has been a little over a year since this has happened and I still don’t feel the same and miss her so much but now she has a boyfriend. I’ve tried getting with other girls but I can’t because my hair has began to thin ever since this happened and I’m ugly now. I truly feel like she was the one and I completely fucked it up and ruined my life forever. I just want to text her but she has a new boyfriend. I hope someone can read this and help me out somehow. thanks for reading the whole thing

Hello, I think I need advice. I am a 21-year-old female and have been talking to a 23-year-old male. We are not in an official relationship yet, but he has told me he plans to ask me to make it official.
We had been talking online for four months when we decided to meet in person. He was the one who suggested it, mentioning that he wanted a relationship before meeting up. He is very nervous, has low self-esteem, and is shy.
Currently, I am struggling because he stood me up last week. He said he would come over to my house, but he didn't show up because he stayed up late playing games the night before. Additionally, he had already postponed the date because he didn't feel like going out. When I said okay, he didn't apologize.
I asked him what was going on two days later when he didn't reply, and he told me that I triggered his fear of not being enough for me. He has doubts about us having a happy future where he can meet my needs. However, we connect very well, and he has mentioned that I fulfill all his needs. He also said that he followed his emotions without processing with logic, but he doesn't regret it because of his feelings for me. He thinks that I like him too much.
I was scared and asked him many questions to ensure everything was okay. Unfortunately, this only pushed him away more. He asked for some time and space because he is feeling very messy, and he couldn't make a deadline. I established a deadline of five days.
Yesterday, I contacted him and said good morning. I told him that I want to support him and that I don't see this as a dealbreaker. I want to help him through his fears and insecurities, he can trust me and open up. also, i said i want to respect his space but i need communication. Unfortunately, he left me on seen, and it has been one day without a reply.
What should i do? Should i take this as he is breaking up ? Or is he reconsidering while being shut down? Should i wait more days?
TL;DR! I have been talking with a guy for 6 months he has low self esteem and is anxious. He is afraid of not being enough and needs time and space through his emotions but is not replying after 5 days of space. What should i do?

I have a WiFi-6 TP link router with only the 5ghz channel on, and my PC hardwire into it. I'm in the same room, with no obstructions between my headset and the router. There are literally only TWO devices on this router, my Oculus Quest 2 and my PC.
This used to work flawlessly and I praised Airlink. I booted up today after a break in VR and the airlink experience is terrible. It will initially connect to my PC, and display oculus home, but will quickly degrade into a choppy mess and then ultimately the Quest 2 will disconnect from my PC AND and the WiFi network entirely.
What's going on!?

Captain Janeway is stone cold, and Neelix is the surly bridge officer Starfleet needs! I think he could be my favorite. I'm hoping Neelix is the one who saves the Federation from the Changelings in Picard! What a fantastic cameo that would be!
What episodes should I watch after this, or should I start at the beginning?

Recently, a friend sent me a text about writing witty dialogue and I found it particularly illuminating. It made me a realize that my dialogue has a ways to go till it is good.
" Well, I wouldn't call [your dialogue] weak so much as pragmatic, as direct. It gets the job done in setting up tension, character etc., but sometimes the characters talk in an anachronistic manner that...breaks immersion, at least for me.
In addition to that, I think that the sometimes the dialogue is too direct or leans too heavily on formulaic exchanges. When I was surprised or captivated, it was exclusively when plot, tension etc. was the focus, but I would have also loved to delight myself with interesting/novel ways dialogue can develop
I rummaged through my collection of unused sentences and came up with a few examples:

• "You don't have to starve yourself. Come, eat." -> "Rye, stop martyring yourself at the breakfast table, there's enough jam for everyone."
• "You're going to be the death of me." -> "If you were a gift, you must have been given with malicious intent.""

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I'm still struggling on the following suggestions. If you think any of them are alright as is, or have ideas on how to dress any of them up, I'd appreciate it! I put everything I had doubts on here, although I definitely don't expect help on all of these--just some personal bookkeeping.
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1. "Well lookie here. The little foxie has run out of fox holes to hide behind. Give back that shiny law you pocketed, and maybe the King will only exile you for your kitsune blood." <- This guy is not supposed to be that smart, so maybe this one is fine. The kitsune blood bit is a bit direct though.
2. "Wait. That one seems strangely out of breath, doesn’t he?"
3. "You have the eyes of an eagle boss. Good catch!"
4. "Idiots. They lack the brains to make a simple fox trap, yet claim I am the helpless one."
5. "Honestly, this castle is truly filled with imbeciles."
6. "You heard what? I thought I was safe within these castle walls! Can’t you guards just double your numbers to keep me from becoming a martyr at the tender age of 15?"
7. "Three guards will come along and inspect the guide to make sure I really am safe, because Marshall is a paranoid old geezer. There, it’s all settled."
8. "The guide is another old man? Geez, the geriatric problem in this country is getting out of control."
9. " I needed the help of a peasant to disguise me as I run my investigation, and you’re as much as a dice roll as any of the peasants I already know--maybe even less so. All the ones I know hate me because they’re jealous of my glory."
10. "You have such a commoner stench that I think you’ll be able to disguise me nicely. You better not disappoint, and maybe I’ll consider tossing something shiny your way."
11. " Oh? You’re feisty. What, think you’re owed respect because you spent 60 or so years twiddling your thumbs on this Earth? Think again old man, you should be proud to stand next to my shining visage—I’ll accomplish more in this year than you ever have in your life."
12. "I assume you’ll keep my absence from the castle quiet while I’m gone? I don’t want to come back to see that seven hurricanes and a plague happened without me. Try to keep a lid on it."
13. "Yeah, yeah. The name is Isaac. I would demand [you refer to me with respect], but I don’t have to—people just naturally respect me. You’ll see, within a few days, you’ll be treating me like a god. "

Crossposted to Screenwriting