Hey all! Long post incoming, but tl;dr: Lets bond and flirt, lol.
A bit about me first: I’m a writer by trade, and work as an editor for a large ish tech firm. Not gonna doxx myself, but, I may have helped edit some manuals you never read. No big deal! Lmao. On the side, I also love to write fantasy and short stories. My favorite authors are Murakami, Vonnegut, and Brandon Sanderson!
I’m also hugely into horror and fitness. I love the gym, and have went a lot since losing 100 pounds. Horror is by far my favorite movie genre! Maybe.. we could be cuddle buddies?
I also play some games, mainly Stardew, OW, Diablo, FF14, etc :)
Now, on to the flirting / sexual stuff lol
So, yes, I’m looking for some flirting and talking, but it doesn’t have to be inherently horny. I’d rather have a real conversation, but with some good flirting and sexual stuff if it develops. It takes time! Like, a friends with sexting benefits? Or, even just a connection with a deep, real sexual tension and aspect, if that makes sense. Most importantly, I'd like to learn you as a person, build a connection, and form the sexual talk from there.
Talking about our lives and past, and slowly divulging our degenerate side as we go. Or, we can even skip personal stuff if we need. We can get right into our dirtier side, and that works just as well.
I love to chat with others across the world about, well, what makes us tick. Feel free to message me from anywhere - I'd love to get to know people worldwide. Also, that's somehow even hotter to me in some cases.
Flirting with someone across the world has this insanely romanticized feeling to me, lol. And, with that - I'm a sucker for accents. Send me a voice memo if you want to the front of the line, lol. I believe voice attraction is huuuuge.
I'm super sex positive, and always looking for others with a similar drive. I don't care if you're single, taken, or hiding this from someone, or any thing ng along those steps. Lets get to knowing each other on the most intimate level. We can bring it up, or skip your personal details. Or, if that's something you like - we can always get very descriptive on our past. I'm open to swapping info about each other, and more if it vibes. We can chat about our favorite movies, while simultaneously discussing what the best position is to get off fast. Truly, a connection, or a damn good conversation is what I crave.
Send me a PM with age, and a broad location if you'd wish, or any details about you.
For me, I'm 6'3", black hair, tattoos, glasses - a solid, average build. I'm also, in my fair opinion, packing some heat, lol. If you'd like, a physical description always helps.
I'm down with swapping pictures too, but not required by any means.
I'm a very open book, so feel free to ask any questions you may have.
Hope to hear soon:)

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Before we start yes I know it was very disrespectful of me to invade his privacy and read his texts with his friend. We were in bed together hanging out and he got a call from his friend which he ignored (this friend calls to see if he’s free to game or hangout, nothing to worry about there) and he then texted asking if he’s with the “mrs” (me) he doesn’t respond and leaves his phone to go the bathroom. He has an iPhone so I searched “mrs” to see what else he’d tell his friend about me. Turns out he was out Somewhere and saw an attractive girl and told his friend and his friend (idk in a joking way or not) told him to “risk it all” he said he couldn’t out of respect to the mrs (me). Before he said this he described what he thought was hot about this girl. I understand he’ll find other girls attractive on a day to day basis but it bothered me that he had to text his friend about it to let him know. If I found someone attractive I would just keep it to myself, I wouldn’t go out of my way to let me friend, who knows I’m in relationship, know about it. I’m bothered by it but idk if I have the right to be?

*on mobile and English is my first language so feel free to judge.
TLDR: I recently started budgeting and watching my money closely and because of it I am now annoyed having my partner not try and budget too.
After being with my partner for 2 years I am starting to be annoyed with his spending habits. He hasn’t changed but I have. A huge issue is his lack of frugality. We live together and he owes me roughly 500$ and our joint bank account 1000$, this isn’t new as he’s always lived in the red going pay-check to pay-check but now as of the past month it’s become a big problem for me. I have always been money conscious and in complete awareness of my financial situation, however this past month i have kicked it up a notch and I have started budgeting more and keeping a closer eye on my money.
I have been trying to help him save money per his request but It feels like he isn’t doing his part to try. I feel like his mom having to make his lunches and tell him no from making “big” purchases. It all came to head last night as I had to tell him not to buy a pack of booze that comes with a nice cooler bag for 50$ and then later on I watched him give 20$ to a musician….That wouldn’t be an issue if his card hadn’t declined for a 15$ purchase that same day.
I want to be angry with him for throwing money away yet this isn’t a new thing and I have always known him to be like this so I feel like I can’t be upset.
I’m young but i’m thinking about the future… how will we afford a house and kids if he has no money and i’m always footing the bill.
My question is: how can we make this work so it’s not a deal breaker? He’s great in many other ways but i’m tired of how we handle our money differently.

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Type Campaign
Length 6-8 Sessions
Session Duration 4 hours
Players 0/6 (minimum 3)
Cost 15 $ (Session 0 is free)
System Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition, Cthulhu by Gaslight, Cthulhu thought the Ages
Requirements Discord, Microphone
Session 0 20th June
Description
London 1888
Doctor Watson's "A Study in Scarlet" has changed the City, as lords and ladies, businessmen, traders and even simple workers are organising themselves in Gentlemen Clubs dedicated to "solving crimes".
Most of them are just wealthy people playing detective but not the "Gryphons' Club". At least, that's what you like to say and, according to the club's recent history, you aren't lying.
And as you meet once again, a letter come from your officially non existent Patron: "A Man killed himself, I disagree. Find the murderer"
Information and Setting
This is an investigation set in Victorian London. While we will use Call of Cthulhu 7E and Cthulhu by Gaslight, this campaign will have 0 supernatural elements.
It will be real 1888 London with a few tweaks (Sherlock Holmes, for example, is a real person)
As the historical period wasn't kind to many people (Racism, Homophobia, Misogyny, etc etc) during Session 0 we will discuss how present will such subjects be in the story.
Characters
Your Characters will all be people, wealthy or poor, who are members of the same Gentlemen Club. Your are all interested in ensuring that justice is served, either because of duty, morals or coin.
Character will be created by rolling and assigned the results. Full character reroll will be considered for particularly unlucky results Post Session 0, I'll be freely available for a short character creation private session
Players This game is open to all players, new or veterans, LGBTQ+
Payment Session 0 will be free
All other sessions will be paid through startplaying. This is also the link to the game
Me as a GM
I've been running games for the 9 years and for the last four I run four different Campaigns (including this one) a week. I have more than 1000 Sessions under my belt and I'll bring the accumulated expertise to the table.
I follow and enforece the Rules as they were Intended (RAI) more than as Written (RAW), but the Rule of Cool is an extremely rare occurrence, for the sake of consistency and realism.
Nearly all of my games are Sandbox and all are Open Worlds. In this campaign, you'll be free to run around London (or beyond its borders) and do as you please.
I'll be your number one fan but I will never make it easy.
I always try to make stories and NPC worthy of my players and their time.
Additional Info Fell free to contact me through Private Messages

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(I’m sure this has already been discussed, but…)
Star Trek provides example after example of how, when people have their basic needs met (food via replicators/shelter aboard a ship), they will fervently pursue academic/scientific interests, art, and exploration.
Anyone in the real world who opposes a universal basic income for food and shelter, or insists that it would deter people from working, has never enabled people to actually pursue their true passions.
The motivation to work and be productive is embedded into the vast majority of the human race. Examples exist all around us. Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedic database on the planet, operates almost exclusively on free contributions from passionate people. Look at what people build in Minecraft on their own time. Poke around any game-modding community, and see the time and energy people invest into building/developing things with no expectation of financial profit. Countless other instances can be found throughout history (and contemporary society) of people, with all their basic needs met, pursuing art, tech, and academia. Most people have a gene-deep desire to build, create, investigate, and explore.
Star Trek’s Starfleet continually gets this right: the ships’ engineers constantly work to refine processes to boost efficiency: not for profit or monetary gain, but as a matter of personal pride and satisfaction.
The scientists keep exploring even the most minor astronomical anomalies, the doctors keep studying the most niche biological phenomena, all out of curiosity. They are legitimately interested, and therefore personally invested. They want to deepen their understanding. They want to learn.
The interactions between various alien cultures are anthropologists’ and sociologists’ dreams come true: hence all the diplomatic cross-culture ceremonies and “duck-blind” study scenarios.
These characters are all personally invested in their work, because almost everyone has found the position where they receive personal satisfaction/fulfillment.
You might be thinking “what about the jobs like crate stacking or inventory cataloguing? No one wants to do those jobs in real life.” Oh yes they do. Some people live for it. Organizers come in all forms. Tell me you’ve never met someone who lives to be meticulously organized; or someone obsessed with Tetris; an archivist/librarian who lives to sort things.
“What about garbage collectors? Who’d want to be garbage collectors unless they had to?” Trust me, there are people motivated to keep their community clean. (Additionally, without profit/capitalism/consumerism, aka “waste culture” as the driving force behind most things including manufacturing, waste generation is significantly reduced: most things are built to last/be repaired, or generally recycled. Organic waste is composted, etc. I digress.)
In a galaxy that large, where people are encouraged to pursue their interests (not just relegate those interests to hobbies because “you can’t make a living doing that,”) means you get an incredibly diversified knowledge and resource base within your greater community.
Need an expert in the microscopic harmonic fluctuations of alien cell membranes? There is one a subspace transmission away. Need a specialist on the dietary habits of the yarn people of Nylar 4? They’ll be at the diplomatic brunch tomorrow.
Need a faster ship engine? Someone in a lab has dedicated the past decade to building one, and they’re excited to share.
(These hyper-specific academic/technical pursuits also suggest a greater tolerance/societal value placed on neurodivergence than most modern, socially-oriented capitalistic workspaces as well, but that’s a topic for a whole other post.)
And sure, with basic needs met, you’ll get a small subset of people who don’t want to “work.” Who just “exists”. But, as another point, is there something wrong with someone just enjoying being alive, and being content with that?
Whenever someone (usually older) refers to these hypothetical “unproductive people” as people who’ll just “lay around, playing video games all day,” I want to point out that this is a major fallacy.
Almost all video games are goal-oriented. Most gamers game to accomplish virtual objectives: to win battles, complete quests, rank up. Gaming is entirely objective driven, just like most other pursuits mentioned above: the reason we look down on gaming accomplishments is because “it’s not real,” or “it’s empty/hollow.” But! That’s because we’ve cultivated a societal structure in reality where these “Hollow Pursuits” are the only sense of satisfaction or accomplishment that most people can get, who are often laterally trapped along the professional ladder.
Research has shown that, Given the chance, and the right circumstances, people will direct that objective-oriented energy into something real/consequential in like 95% of cases. The reason “couch-potato” gamers are so common these days is because so many people are unsatisfied with the work/opportunities provided by their jobs/careers, and turn to gaming as alternative suppliers for these feelings of achievement and accomplishment. (Also, gaming allows fantasy/imaginative/alternative pursuits, but that’s another notion.)
“But universal basic income will encourage people to stay home and sleep/drink all day.”
Most healthy people, both ND and NT, find their own purpose to get out of bed each day and get something done. Left open, they’ll find it and chase it. That’s healthy people. Substance addiction and clinical depression are not indicative of healthy people. A more community-and-fulfillment-centric societal structure lends itself to better-developed resources for recovery and treatment. PLUS! Not having to worry about earning basic needs/pay rent to survive while struggling with addiction or emotional issues is a key factor to bettering mental/emotional health, and aids recovery. Studies (with lab animals) have also shown senses of community and support have significantly curbed addictive behaviors that otherwise flourish/metastasize in isolation.
I didn’t expect this post to end up this long. I’m curious to hear thoughts!

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An open letter to GameStop executive chairman Ryan Cohen
Today's Takeaway is by Brian Sozzi, Yahoo Finance's Executive Editor. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn.
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Dear Ryan,
In this former analyst’s humble opinion, you are failing mightily at GameStop and it's costing average investors major money.
Do better. Way better. This is painful to watch. You have a handpicked board of directors — mostly comprised of people you worked with at Chewy. At Chewy, you created an online retailer that millions of people love. Yet, the magic you found there hasn't fixed GameStop. Some would say the business has gotten worse!
First quarter 2023 sales: down 10.3% year over year. First quarter 2023 net loss: $50.5 million versus a net loss of $157.9 million a year ago.
In 2022 and 2021 combined, GameStop lost $694.4 million according to your latest annual report. You failed at picking a management team and developing them based on the turnover under your kingdomship.
For all his miscues, how couldn't a former Amazon exec in Matt Furlong find some form of success at GameStop? One good quarter maybe? The CFO you picked was canned in July 2022 after about a year on the job.
While I am at it, why isn’t there any list of C-suite executives on the GameStop investor page? Showing these bios are standard practice for public companies.
All of that's on you as a leader, Ryan.
The company remains structurally challenged because of increasing digital game downloads. You still have more than 4,000 retail stores open globally despite more people buying goods and services online. Your push into NFTs failed. Your move to open more fulfillment centers has arguably failed due to top line pressures that aren't going away.
Sales of collectibles — a key focus area by management — plunged 22% in the first quarter.
There is still no reason for the non-gamer to enter a GameStop store. That's a problem, in my view.
Of course, I have not created a huge business like you did at Chewy. Nor have I sold a large business to another company like you did when selling Chewy to Petsmart in 2017. I also haven't taken a company public, as Chewy went in 2019.
I commend you on putting in the late nights to make these things happen. I am a fan of heart and hustle stories.
I also don't have the vast wealth — which you earned through Chewy! — available to me, and that means I am unable to overthrow a public company's board of directors and treat a company like a personal playground. Which is what has happened at GameStop, in my view.
This bank account means you have more influence in public markets than I do, and could push around your weight. And have. Your past moves in Bed Bath & Beyond and Nordstrom — and bizarre tweets — show you are willing to put your money where your mouth is to make a point.
It's your money, and you may choose to do with it as you see fit. We live in a capitalistic system, after all.
But you are failing GameStop.
And perhaps your biggest failure is the lack of communication to the average investor community.
A series of 8-minute-long earnings calls the past two years led by Furlong, with no Q&A? Are you kidding?
Not a single investor-focused event detailing your grand plan?
I get being cryptic for competitive reasons, but you are a public company executive. Investors deserve to know about the vision for a company controlled by you personally and your handpicked board.
The average investor has placed a ton of faith in you, Ryan. They have spent hours upon hours reviewing GameStop's financials, supporting you on social media, and the comment sections on Yahoo Finance, among other places.
It's time you show them the respect they deserve. The Ryan Cohen we talked with at Yahoo Finance in 2019 seemed to be someone that would at least entertain the thought of caring about the average guy. Be that Ryan Cohen again. Investors deserve it… and have earned it by supporting you blindly for two plus years.
Note: A spokesperson for Ryan Cohen didn't return Yahoo Finance's request to make Ryan Cohen available for an interview for this piece.

Hi all, I’m searching for a free online course to deepen my knowledge about AI and its most recent and future developments.
I want to know more about it, but I don’t need to learn how to develop an AI and I don’t write code.
Is there a course which is sufficiently deep but not super-technical I can enroll to? (Udemy, Coursera, etc)