#but it applies in multiple and various scenarios and ways

[dandelion-wings]

Teyvat may not have anything like adequate therapy, but "apply Bennett directly to the traumatized individual" does do a reasonable amount of heavy lifting sometimes

[honeyspawn]

So this is something I've really appreciated about Paulkins for a while that I want to see if I can put into words (nightmare time spoilers ahead).

So in Forever and Always, Emma expresses multiple times that she never wanted to get married. Despite this, Android Emma did get married to Paul 23, and not only does original Emma express interest in Paul, but it's heavily implied that Android Emma and her will make the same choices in the same scenarios (aside from murder lol), and that marrying Paul is something original Emma would potentially want to do in other timelines. I'm usually not a fan of the whole "woman who doesn't want to settle down just hasn't met the right guy yet" trope, because I feel like it implies women can't find happiness in lifestyles outside of conventional gender roles, and it's just generally a heteronormative/allonormative trope. Despite this, I don't think that notion really applies to Emma and Paul in the same way. The thing about Emma as a character is that when we are introduced to her in tgwdlm, she has just gone through a major loss that made her reflect on what she really wants out of life and starts to head in a new direction BEFORE she even met Paul. Emma's entire character arc is about realizing that the things she thought she wanted out of life are not the things she wants anymore. And that may include her romantic life, but it is not the only thing she wants. She wants to go back to school and start her own business, she wants to reconnect with her remaining family. Emma now wants to put down roots, so it makes perfect sense that putting down roots might include getting married, especially now that she's met someone she really likes. Before Jane's death, Emma went through life having all these various adventures and life experiences to learn from with no concrete ambitions, and came out on the other side of it realizing that the things she wants out of life have changed. And change is normal. Change is valid. It's totally normal for what someone wants when they are fresh out of high school to be different than what they want when they're 30, whether their new goal is more or less conventional than their previous goal. It's okay to know what you want from a young age, but it's also okay not to know.

But what I really love about this is how Emma's experiences are both contrasted and mirrored by Paul. Paul is a guy who went through life doing exactly what is conventionally expected. He works a 9-5 at a job with no upward mobility, going day by day with the same routine, the exact opposite of how Emma spent those years. Like Emma, he never had any concrete ambitions, but was content to live a pretty mundane life. Except, he's actually not content to live a mundane life. In tgwdlm, Paul is forced to confront the fact that for all his talk about never wanting to leave Hatchetfield and his dismissal of any concrete wants outside of the usual stuff everyone wants, he's never truly been happy. Paul spends the entire musical avoiding the kind of self reflection that pursuing things outside of his humdrum status quo (like pursuing a relationship with Emma) would make him happier. In many ways, that kind of makes Paul and Emma perfect for each other; Paul represents the stability Emma was seeking when she returned to Hatchetfield, and Emma represents Paul's desire to open himself up to new experiences. Both of their stories are about how sometimes the things you want out of life change, and that those changes are normal and healthy, but you have to discover those changes on your own.

[accirax]

hey everybody! wanted to make a quick post to say that, due to various holiday shenanigans, i'm not sure how quickly i'll be able to get through the entirety of P:EG chapter 1. i really don't want to be spoiled, so i'll obviously be blocking the tag, but i also ask that nobody send me any asks related to the chapter until i'm done experiencing it! i'll probably either make an initial thoughts-y type post once i'm done, or reblog this post/someone else's art when that's the case. thank you :)

with that out of the way...

LAST MINUTE PREDICTIONS GAME JUMPSCARE!!! small explanatory blurbs under the cut :D

before i get into any of the individual selections: the third victim scenario. the basic formula of the predictions game requires that Chapter 3 contain two victims. however, even though i can't find the source, i'm 99% sure i've heard that Team: Eden's Garden (T:EG, if you will) has confirmed that they won't be following along with typical murder "tropes" such as the Chapter 3 double kill or Chapter 4's buff curse. therefore, Venus and i decided that, for P:EG specifically, we would not have two victims, and instead create an extra survivor slot. consider it a bonus rule applied in advance.

of course, the "fact" that there won't be two Chapter 3 victims doesn't mean that T:EG isn't planning to have multiple victims in a different chapter. however, if that's the case, we'll figure it out later. if anyone wants to play against Venus and I, do whatever you like ^_^

anyways!

Toshiko in the role of Chapter 1 Victim

this was obviously inspired by the fact that Toshiko isn't at all visible in the Trial portion of the Chapter 1 trailer. that feels to hint at her absence too obviously, but, does it...?

i'm really torn on whether i think the Ch1 victim will be her or not. on one hand, i think that Toshiko is a really unique and cool character concept that i hope T:EG has the opportunity to do more with. she was one of the characters that got the most focus in (the introductions part of) the Prologue, which might indicate that they're setting her up as a major player in the story.

however, it also tracks that one of the characters who got the most focus in the Prologue would then become the first victim, as the Prologue would be one of the best opportunities with which to give them focus. on the surface, it seems a bit random that they would make her so much younger than everyone else for just a role as the first victim, but it could be intentional. for instance, if the idea behind her character's creation was "what kind of first victim would make Wolfgang become the most aggro?", suddenly it becomes viable.

i swear, the P:EG cast is made up of half high variance characters (will either go super-Ch1-early or super-Ch5/6-late) and half characters that are definitely gonna die in the middle somewhere, but i don't really care where. the high variance characters are way more scary, because getting the coin flip wrong can land you with a bunch of points :( i totally think Toshiko has the potential to go far, which is why listing her first freaks me out.

what i will say is that, if Toshiko is the first victim, i think it's actually a good sign as to the quality of P:EG's writing. if even their first victim is as intriguing and clearly delineated as Toshiko, we're in for a good time!

Jean in the role of Chapter 1 Killer

at this point, i'm believing that Jean is the Chapter 1 killer (as per my theory) until canon proves me otherwise. which, actually, could be very soon‼

Venus and i just replayed the Prologue in order to fully refresh ourselves on the plot and characters before playing Chapter 1, and genuinely, nothing about what Jean did made me think that he wouldn't be the Chapter 1 killer. not to say that i'll be flabbergasted if i'm wrong, just that the theory holds up better than i thought through my admittedly biased lenses.

no idea where Jean goes if he's not Ch1 killer, also. we'll cross that bridge if/when we get to it!

Desmond in the role of Chapter 2 Victim

full transparency, this is probably the assignment on this sheet i feel worst about. Desmond was one of the last three people i placed, alongside Toshiko and Wenona. my initial vibe check would say that Desmond makes it further than this, more Ch4 or 5-ish.

however, i don't hate this placement. Desmond still hasn't totally clicked for me, and while i think that means his content might be back-loaded in the later chapters, it could also just be that he's not too important. i do like the allure of one weaponsmaster (Desmond) being taken out by another weaponsmaster (Eloise), and think that could be a fun Ch2-level puzzle. Desmond and Eloise also seem to have some sort of relevant relationship with one another, given how they were more-or-less introduced together and how, in the new main title sequence, Desmond's ammo shoots into Eloise. maybe that means they could be a killer/victim pair?

sorry, shippers.

Eloise in the role of Chapter 2 Killer

if anyone is wondering why i'm always calling Eloise that Chapter 2 killer, it's honestly more based on a meme/inside joke than anything at this point. however, that's not to say it has no basis in what i actually believe.

when Venus and i played the Prologue for the first time, we both individually got the strong vibes that Eloise would be, specifically the Chapter 2 killer. she seems fainthearted enough to crack under the pressure of the killing game, but sweet enough to be an appropriately surprising twist when it's revealed that she would kill. she has three separate instances of mentioning that she misses her family (her introduction, the investigation, and after the Class Trial) because you have to set up that early killer's motivation early. and, even if she doesn't use her swordswoman skills to carry out the murder, she has the strength and dexterity to take someone out, as well as directly telling us that she's very strategic and calculated.

ever since, we've joked to each other that Eloise is all but confirmed as the Chapter 2 killer. so, no matter what canon says, Eloise is my Chapter 2 killer <3 (/j)

Jett in the role of Chapter 3 Victim

Jett has big Chapter 3 oddball death energy to me. i think that one of him and Mark will probably survive, but, it could go the other way around! replaying the Prologue, he honestly had way more knowledge about horror and haunted houses than i remembered, which could make him a handy ally throughout the killing game instead. i just can't help but fear that Jett is too silly to live. so, my gut instinct is that Jett will die midgame to allow Mark to come out of his shell a bit afterwards.

Ingrid in the role of Chapter 3 Killer

i initially had Ingrid in the Chapter 3 victim slot before i moved Jett there instead. with Jett, i feel fairly confident that he isn't the type to kill anyone, whereas with Ingrid, i wasn't so sure. i just think that Ingrid has Chapter 3 death energy. i think it's the unique blend of sillyness (such that she wouldn't make it farther) and seriousness (such that she can be taken seriously for three chapters and believed as a killer) with which her character is handled that makes me think so?

she does seem to play by her own rules when it comes to blacksmithing, which could lead to her prioritizing her own belief and needs above the group's sometime down the line. Ingrid is 100% one of those characters who i believe will die in one of those middling chapters, so i don't think i'll score too high with her here no matter what.

Ulysses in the role of Chapter 4 Victim

perhaps if i were a smarter theorist, i'd continue listening to myself of the past and write Ulysses down as the mastermind of P:EG. however, i still just can't shake the feeling that he's important enough of a character to take on that role. not to say that Ulysses is a bad character, just that he feels more like one of the minor characters in the story to me. the only time he was of any particular importance in the Prologue was during his introduction, and i have no clue who his most important character relationship is supposed to be with. the only other character for which i believe this to be true is Ingrid (although, even she was one of the characters who got to participate in the investigation, and got to scold Damon at the end), and, well... you've already seen my thoughts on her. i can't help but feel that a character set up to be so important and late game would already be solidifying some important relationships, or at least bringing some comedy or specific insight to the table.

there's also his note-taking habit, which i believe i've said before totally feels like a victim gimmick to me. deciphering the notes Ulysses left to himself about where he went, who he talked to, what he'd been eating, etc definitely feels like something that would be used to create a unique murder case, with him as the victim. if not Chapter 4, then maybe Chapter 2?

Chapter 2 victim, Chapter 4 victim, or mastermind. what a weird space Ulysses exists in.

Wenona in the role of Chapter 4 Killer

hey, it's the third person i was struggling with.

i don't really know what to do with Wenona. she kinda gives me killer vibes, but that seems too obvious? she also kinda gives me late(r) game vibes, which is probably how she wound up in this late-game killer spot.

sorry, i don't have much to say here. hopefully this doesn't blow up in my face, lol.

Diana in the role of Chapter 5 Victim, Wolfgang in the role of Chapter 5 Killer, Eva in the role of Survivor (and also Damon in the role of Survivor)

quadruple combo!!! allow me to share that incredibly specific scenario i've been cooking up (that i really like) which puts these characters in these spots.

firstly, Diana, and her obvious mastermind-coding. the mastermind-coding is so obvious that it has to go somewhere, right? naturally, it could just result in her being the mastermind, but then i'm not sure why they would be so heavy-handed with it. therefore, i re-propose an idea i've discussed before: someone kills Diana because they think she's the mastermind.

in that case, this person is Wolfgang. the man hates killers and injustices, and believes himself to be a good judge of what's right and wrong. therefore, if he believed he had sights on the mastermind, i believe he could be willing to take a shot at them. of course, in this case, he would fail.

therefore, in the Class Trial, he needs to create a cover for himself. what better course of action than to weaponize his ethos as the Ultimate Lawyer to direct suspicions at the easiest scapegoat, the literal Ultimate Liar?

meanwhile, while Damon clearly has a lot to work through in terms of character arcs, one task on his checklist is surely to make friends. everything about the marketing of this game really makes it seem like Damon and Eva are the core relationship around which the whole story is based. they're Eve and the snake, the Debater and the Liar, and the only two who see through Wolfgang's BS from the beginning. thematically, i think Damon needs a support-type character to survive alongside him, to contrast against his initial lonely elitism. the game seemingly wants us to root for this protagonistic duo to have a happy ending-- and it might be a setup to get us to fight for their survival with all our might.

my vision is that the final Class Trial is where Damon has to put all of his character development to the test, to fully let his Ultimate Debater talent shine as he argues against the Ultimate Lawyer to prove that the Ultimate Liar is telling the truth in her innocence. it's a great setup because, although one might complain about how obvious it would be that Wolfgang would be the killer in this situation, it doesn't matter, because even if you figure out that Wolfgang did it, you still get the catharsis of kicking his ass. and as a bonus, we'd get to reap the benefits of the main antagonist actually getting to be the Chapter 5 killer, instead of circling around it without ever getting to hit the target.

Damon learns to argue for his friends instead of against his enemies, Eva learns that there are people out there who will trust her even when she's been called a liar, and Wolfgang has to reap the consequences of letting his own perceived intellectual superiority lead him to becoming the thing he hates most: a sadistic man who kills an innocent little girl. the end!

i know this idea goes against what i've been promoting-- AKA, a "more interesting" fangan where the authors are willing to kill off their stereotypical antag and support early in favor of surprising the audience with more unique antag and support choices. however, just because i've been asking for that doesn't mean that i actually think it's going to happen, lol. P:EG seems like a fangan to me that's deeply rooted in the Danganronpa classics (even if they won't do Ch3 double kill or Ch4 buff curse), which makes sense from a creative team that isn't otherwise active in the fangan scene, and therefore hasn't considering some of its wackier expeditions. however, as long as they manage to do something fresh with their somewhat stereotypical build, i'll still be happy.

oh, and i've always believed that Damon will be the protagonist for the entire game. he just seems so well-crafted to mirror the main themes and motifs of the story that i'm not sure what the team would gain from killing him off so early (other than the excitement of a protag swap).

Kai in the role of Survivor

um, it's the knowledge that some of the staff members ship kaimon, honestly. to me, that indicates that Kai will have an important relationship with Damon sometime down the line, likely that expands beyond Chapter 1. and, as a high variance character (to me), if you're gonna let the guy make it past Chapter 1, you might as well just let him live, right?

that being said, i do see a path to Kai dying midgame depending on how hard they lean into the "dictatorial influencer" thing. if he becomes more of a villain, i could see him going in Ch3 or 4. i do think he has good setup for a character arc, though, going from not caring about the killing game to actually putting in some effort, and think his humor and patheticness could be a good balancer in a surviving cast. i feel pretty good about this one!

Mark in the role of Survivor

again, you could trade this with Jett; i'm reserving this slot for one of them. i think Mark makes more sense as a survivor because i think that the "my best friend died but i live on" arc makes more sense on him than it does on Jett. for Jett, it would bum him out, sure, but i don't see the connection to his likely character struggles of self image and shame (as implied by his character intro sheet).

meanwhile, Mark's introversion currently appears to be his greatest hurdle, and having to continue on after his only friend dies would echo his arc of needing to open up to others and be positive even when the situation seems dire. plus, having Mark be the one who initially wasn't as interested in talking to Jett is good setup for Mark regretting not talking to Jett more when he had the chance.

Grace in the role of Survivor

i think a lot of people actually don't predict that Grace will survive, which was surprising to me, because she's always given me survivor energy. after Damon, Eva, and Wolfgang (not necessarily in that order), she definitely seemed to be the fourth most important character of the Prologue in a way that, to me, implied longevity.

Grace has a lot going on for her. she's always yelling and fighting with everyone, whether that be students she dislikes, the old men of her profession, or even Tozu himself. That already establishes her with potential (negative) relationships with a lot of people, further elevating her importance. also, she's really unlikable (/pos). this gives her insane character arc potential. why would they make a character that brash and aggravating if they didn't have plans to eventually let her change in some meaningful way?

furthermore, Grace was, surprisingly, one of the few characters to actually provide a new, correct argument in the Prologue Class Trial (she's the one who gets the students thinking about the bleach being in a bucket above the door). that may mean that she's smarter than she appears. might be relevant if she continues to hang around Wolfgang, which seems inevitable. she's a really good contrast to him-- someone who has the same sort of passionate fury that he does, but none of the social tact to prevent her from screaming her beliefs in people's faces. if Wolfgang is around for the long haul, i think Grace will be there with him.

... i'm really excited to learn more about Grace in the Prologue, because i feel i've made a lot of assumptions about her that are possibly unfounded, lol.

Cassidy in the role of Mastermind

Diana or Ulysses or Eva or whatever probably makes more sense, but this is my predictions sheet, so I operate off of my vibe check, yippee!!!

ignore everyone who believes that she's the Chapter 1 victim via visibility! ignore everyone who thinks she's too dumb and comic relief-y to pull off a killing game! ignore the eyebrow-raising logistics of why T:EG would give Cassidy an enemy in Wenona/make Cassidy a communist when that doesn't really make any sense with her being the mastermind! i reap the follies of my OWN poor decision making!!!!!! (/j)

... why am i even putting Cassidy as the mastermind after writing all that, you ask? uh, read my old mastermind ranking theory, idk.

okay that's all :) be back after i finish the chapter!!!

[pokemon-card-of-the-day]

Pokemon Card of the Day #3244: Incineroar (Unbroken Bonds)

Incineroar really came down to one thing. They put a full team damage boost on a Stage 2. It was something that couldn't stack with multiple in play, but 30 extra damage could still be useful. Considering the game actually provided a few versions of that sort of boost to various Pokemon, Incineroar was interesting as a Pokemon that just sat on the Bench to do it and worked for any type. Building around getting it out there when the other ways were generally easier to use was the major thing in the way, which was a typical Stage 2 at the time.

160 HP was a good number for a Stage 2, being at the point where even a good number of Tag Teams had to find their own damage boosts to KO this in a single hit. The Water Weakness could occasionally matter, mostly for Keldeo-GX, though the type was one of the weaker ones at the time. The Retreat Cost here was 2, so there was some risk of it being stuck up front.

Strong Cheer was an Ability that made your Pokemon's attacks do 30 more damage to the opponent's Active Pokemon. This notably let Pokemon that even did just 110 damage into range to take down a Tag Team in 2 hits, and there were certainly times where you could piece together a KO on something that had some chip damage. You couldn't apply multiple of these at once, so a second Incineroar in play wasn't useful. This was kind of like an Electropower that couldn't stack but worked for any type, which considering the various scenarios with damage could be quite useful.

Flamethrower was a bit weak, at 90 for 2 Energy along with the discard of an attached Energy to use it, but Strong Cheer did raise that to a respectable 120. If using Fire-types you could make this a back-up attacker if you wanted, though that type probably had better options in almost every situation.

Incineroar was in a weird spot where it did something pretty cool but didn't really tip enough matches to be worth it. Lightning decks already had their version as a stackable Item, and Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX eventually came along and gave a Basic that could use an attack to apply an even better version of this for the entire match. Incineroar, being a Stage 2 that had the competition like this, didn't get used much. It was also one of those Pokemon that you could probably fit into a deck with some off-beat choice that was just a little weaker than you'd want to give a nice boost. If that extra 30 damage was really needed and you could afford the Stage 2 line, you had a pretty good reason to go for this. The best decks, however, didn't fit this description.

[enid-rhees]

I just know Tara would constantly lightheartedly tease Enid and reader skdjfjsskf-

Tara catching them making out, holding hands, etc.

Enid on a run with Tara and some others, and finds a cute piece of lingerie for the reader, and ofc Tara notices, and teases her the whole way back to Alexandria for it.

Or Reader on a run with Tara, Carl, and others, and finds some cute jewelry for the both of them. Maybe a makeup kit as well. And reader thinks it'd be fun to experiment and play around a bit with some makeup. I mean they never really had the chance to due to the zompocalypse, so why not?

But ofc Carl catches this, and teases her for it. (Enid, Reader, and Carl are besties)

I think it'd be cute if you made hdcns or a oneshot for this! 💋✨~

tysm for requesting 🫶🏻 hope you enjoy !! this was very fun to write considering i imagined how each scenario would play out as i wrote it

warnings: slight suggestiveness, nothing too bad. MINORS DNI.

A/N: hope you all enjoy! requests are always open unless i say otherwise, so feel free to request anything for anyone i write for! just read pinned :)



Tara was the first one to know about you and Enid let’s get that out of the way first

you guys didn’t even have to tell her . she literally just knew

but not only is she your biggest supporter, she’s also the biggest teaser

if you guys are ,,, late to a community meeting she will be smirking at you guys from across the room and will purposely make you nervous

Tara is just pure evil 💀

and afterwards if Rick decides to have dinner with your group she’ll sit across from you guys and wait till it’s silent

“so, Y/N, Enid… why were you guys late to the meeting today?”

pure evil

Tara was on a run with Enid and a few others one day

you were not there due to helping Maggie with chores

Tara noticed Enid look to see if anyone was watching her before sneaking off into a different store

Tara,, being the little shit that she is, followed her

she didn’t bother looking at the name of the store before walking in

when she did walked in, she noticed Enid digging through piles of clothes

she walked closer, coming up right behind Enid quietly

“whatcha doing?” Enid quite literally jumped out of her place, holding items of clothing against her chest as she stared at Tara with wide eyes

“are you insane?!”

Enid was holding lingerie sets, multiple at that

“no way- is that lingerie?”

“no.”

“Enid.”

“maybe.”

after everyones gathered back in the car, Rick asked if everyone got what they needed and if they’re ready to leave

“oh yeah. especially Enid here. she found so many clothes for her and Y/N.”

Rick was very unaware of what she meant by that, and just smiled at them

Enid smacked her arm

think of Tara as like that Sour Patch Kid saying

sour before ur sweet type thing yknow

that was the first thing that came to mind to describe her i’m sorry

because one day

she found a shit ton of makeup in a store, along with another ton of jewelry

she took all of it home for you and Enid

she knew you guys got tired of doing the same things every day and wanted to let you guys have some fun

u guys deserved it

it’s not easy being in an apocalypse for anyone, but she knew it took a specific toll on you guys

Tara brought the makeup and jewelry up to your guys’ bedroom and told you she found it and wanted to give it to you guys

she smiled at the way your faces lit up

oh my god

you know that ICONIC picture of those two girls and one is doing the others makeup and she’s like sitting on top of her as she does it

that’s you and Enid 100%

you two were in that position while she applied eyeshadow to your eyelids

and all of a sudden your door flew open

you both turned to see who it was, not reacting like you used to

(you’ve been caught in various situations so many times that are guys are immune to any reaction when that door opens)

Carl stood there, a smirk on his face

“are you guys like,,, ever not on top of each other?”

Enid shook her head nonchalantly

“no.”

[spaceacerat]

I meant to send this earlier but I got distracted oops- 12, 22, & 26 for the ask game? -Illiluminated

12. what kind of day is it?

Stressful but successful. Got a lot done even if there were a few rude people and random bouts of pain. Trying to keep the mood up!

(•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑

22. what type of person are you?

A stressed one, a tired one, the type of person that doesn't want to be perceived in person but likes to be acknowledged in friendly little ways. The type of person that doesn't know how to be human, but keeps trying to learn how to be.

(╥﹏╥)

26. a scenario that you’ve replayed multiple times?

There's a few answers for this I can't give on here because it's...TMI and venting on past things that are too dark for here, but uhhhh... Hm... I'll choose something personal but not.

Growing up I spent a lot of time training my imagination. If I saw a movement in a movie that was interesting, I'd rewind it a bunch until I could see the motions fluidly in my brain. I'd pick something up and rotate it in my hands until it was basically 3D scanned and I could visualize it. Whenever I'd play a video game, if I could make the character move in specific ways, I'd repeat specific 'scenes' and make up my own stories that would play in my head, until I could recreate it in there and apply a new form to whoever did the motions.

So I spent so much time doing this that now my brain will imagine visuals pretty damn well from scratch. But if it involves words/letters, numbers, or faces, I can't remember it well. I just have a lot of scenes from various rps I've done that replay in my brain now, so all of those scenarios get replayed a lot.

I wish I could remember peoples names or faces better to make things less awkward, buuuut it is... Hard...

¯\_(ᵕ—ᴗ—)_/¯

[ideahat-universe]

Black Nerd Comedy

Before we get started lets establish terms. What is a nerd? Let me bring you an old image that I imagine few have read.

This is my reference for the difference between Geeks, Nerds, and Dorks and already it feels like I've talked about this subject several times before but for the sake of the conversation. Dorks indeed have nothing in common with Nerds and Geeks other than being on the autistic spectrum basic social ineptitude BUT to add to that. Dorks seek social validation and the path of least resistance is oddly enough through the pastimes of geeks and nerds.

After all the casuals to any given subject matter won't know anything and just a little bit of reading, watching, and listening to expert information gives you an edge over casuals and you can pass yourself off as an expert. the appearance of an expert grants you prestige, but with prestige actual experts will test you on your knowledge and that's were gate keeping comes in.

Think about it this way.

Ed Edd and Eddy are all labeled as dorks but in reality only one of them applies to this archetype.

Ed is a Geek. He has an obsessive understanding of B movies and other forms of fiction and science fiction. When he isn't messing with the Eds he watches TV. The second he wears a costume he has 100% accurate cosplay/roleplay of that character.

That's geek hours all day.

Edd is a Nerd. Almost all of his knowledge is practical and has a comprehensive understanding of all multiple aspects of STEM. It's applied in a absurd way but he's also a teenage boy hanging out with his friends. Worst case scenario is that Edd shares the same fate as Dilbert as an Autistic Savant someone who has The Knack.

Eddy, is just a con artist, his only skill is in occasionally passing his persuasion checks. Ed has to do all the heavy lifting and Double D does all the logistics.

Eddy is the dork.

That's all well and good, but aren't we talking about Black Nerds?

ARE WE?

In all time on earth, having met and seen all kinds of people in the black community, I have never met a single black person that perfectly fit the media archetype of the Black Nerd.

By that I don't mean that Steve Urkel doesn't exist and that there are no savants in our demographic. No, what I'm saying is the Black Community applies a ton of social pressure on everybody that participates in it.

Anyone truly smart that also wants to have friends will have to jump through those hoops in one way or another. The end result is Stefan Urquelle. Most "nerdy" blacks socially blend in but are highly intelligent and very well read.

Here's the thing about the social ineptitude. Just because it comes naturally to everyone else doesn't mean it can't be learned, it can be taught. I should know. I had to learn it. I spent years observing how people interact and everything.

I gained a lot of power from choosing my words wisely and letting actions speak for themselves.

Even though we love Steve Urkel and various other silly black Nerd characters, they are an absolute work of fiction.

Most of the time. That overlap with Geeks and Nerds does allow for a semi accurate depiction of Black Geeks who still undergo some level of social adaptation but lot of their media consumption is either done through the lenses of their black identity or a substitution for it.

That phenomenon of Japanese characters like Goku or Naruto or Superheroes like Superman and Spiderman that get black coded is the result of black geeks merging their black community socialization with media that was created well outside of their community.

Confuses the hell out of Dorks people who don't understand how two different cultures can exchange ideas and find harmony through expression.

That's why we get so many shows and forms of media where a white character is made literally black or some other ethnicity. It's because Dorks are socially inept and assume you can only like something that is intentionally coded for you to consume.

A lot of that stuff flops because it was fine as is. No one has to make Goku Black or Hispanic to appeal to those demographics. People like Goku because he's Goku.

Basically, what I'm saying is, we need more Black Geeks in media. I'm just kidding! Having Geeks or Nerds in a show requires actually understanding the quirks and characteristics of people on the spectrum and we have not yet consistently escaped the caricature phase yet.

All this talk about socialization and I keep forgetting that people on the spectrum have been living their lives on the internet more than in public. Instead of talented and clever black minds we could end up with people like Puppychan. Well now I've just made myself sad...

[nametakensff]

🧠 if you feel comfortable!!

Thanks, anon! 🥰 I'm comfortable with it dw, I think I'll slap it under a read more because it's NSFW but mostly because it's embarrassingly specific, cheesy and personal haha

🧠 What's a fantasy you have in regard to it?

OK, so, I have imagined myself taking part in a kind of medical scenario where my sexual responses and orgasms are being studied. I'm always lying back on a really comfortable examination table, and a handsome male doctor will basically do anything in his power to get me off, short of fucking me.

He'd use his fingers, various toys, sometimes his mouth, taking note of how many times I orgasm, how strong they are, how close together. He asks me how I'm feeling, to graphically describe it to him, to tell him when I'm going to cum, and he'll praise me and talk me through it or up to it every time. He'll lick his gloved fingers clean after being inside of me, apologise for being unprofessional but getting caught up in the moment, laughing shyly

It deviates into fetish territory at this point, and goes several different ways.

The first is, I tell him about my fetish from the start. In this case, he plays videos and wavs for me, tries to figure out what my body likes the most. Eventually, he'll start to induce for me - first just so I can watch, then on my face, then my cunt, as many times as I need to cum.

Sometimes he figures it out for himself when I cum faster than usual on the days he's having a rough time with allergies or struggling through a sneezy cold. He'll stop trying to hold back and sneeze as much as possible, fascinated by my reactions until he eventually confronts me about it. And from then on, the first scenario applies.

Occasionally I love the idea of a larger group of doctors (all genders) working on me and examining me - the main doctor demonstrates how his sneezing gets me wet and makes me cum, and the other doctors are sure to watch me intently the entire time and take notes on my reactions. Sometimes they'll take turns touching me and sneezing on me, multiple people at a time.

Another variation is that a sexy, mean female nurse will get involved, sneezing all over me and mocking my responses, how perverted I am to cum around my doctor's fingers with her spray all over my face.

So. Yeah. Now you know

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Research projects protect national security assets from space weather

Space weather is a double-edged sword: It's capable of delivering majestic phenomena like the auroras near Earth's poles, but it can also have more alarming consequences with significant national security implications.

In 2014, for example, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, discovered that plasma bubbles connected to space weather partly contributed to communications outages during a major battle in the Afghanistan War, during which three Navy SEALs died.

APL researchers continue to work on applications such as atmospheric models and new sensors and instruments not only to aid in discovering anomalies caused by space weather but also to investigate how to keep critical national security assets safe both in space and on the ground.

"Society has such a dependence on space now," said Ben Estacio, an APL researcher who supervises a team that investigates how space systems can work within the space environment. "Most people don't realize how much of their daily lives rely on space."

The sun's Influence

A powerful solar flare or a coronal mass ejection—events where plasma bursts away from the sun into space and possibly toward Earth—can potentially disrupt power grids, affect railroads or harm astronauts operating in space.

But space weather events can also affect national security in various ways, such as disrupting GPS, radio and satellite communications; affecting radar performance and capabilities; and creating drag on satellites, knocking them off course.

For example, in radio communications, space weather can cause ionospheric scintillation, a phenomenon during which subtle changes in the ionosphere alter how radio waves travel. In some scenarios, radio signals sent at the appropriate frequency typically bounce off the ionosphere. When space weather events occur, those signals can bounce in unexpected directions or escape through the ionosphere.

"If you're broadcasting on the ground through a disturbed ionosphere, other spacecraft may receive radio signals you're trying to send securely," said Bob Schaefer, an APL space physicist.

Space weather events can also lead to a loss of assets and could leave national security capabilities vulnerable. "Strong space weather events can adversely affect one system or a combination of systems," said Pat Dandenault, a physicist specializing in space weather research at APL.

"When that happens, other people can take advantage of critical systems and networks. The ability to forecast these dynamics and the potential impacts of space weather phenomena in near-real time is critical."

Assessing space weather's impact

APL experts have developed a myriad of research areas and applications aimed at helping the Laboratory's sponsors better understand how space weather impacts the nation's assets.

Initiated in 2020, the NASA Center for Geospace Storms (CGS) is developing a holistic, predictive space weather simulation that will estimate how space weather events impact Earth. In April, CGS made this model available for simulations upon request through NASA's Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC).

"The availability of these simulations at CCMC marks a significant step forward, empowering the scientific community to work together toward deepening our understanding of how space weather affects the near-Earth environment," said APL's Slava Merkin, director of CGS.

Multiple APL efforts aim to measure and model space physics properties to specify and forecast ionospheric behavior, uncovering when disruptions in the upper atmosphere might happen and monitoring changes in atmospheric satellite drag conditions caused by space weather. These include:

Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager (SSUSI): A series of APL-built instruments that power more than 20 space-weather-related products in near real-time for the U.S. Space Force to help describe the state of the ionosphere, thermosphere and auroral zone environments

Next-generation Ionosphere Model for Operations (NIMO): A predictive, assimilative model of the ionosphere that can use data from ground GPS receivers, radio occultation from satellites, ionosondes and SSUSI data

OVATION Prime: A predictive model of auroral location, boundaries and energy flux used operationally by the Space Force and NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center

High-Latitude Ionosphere Specification: An ensemble of models that have been combined with data assimilation capabilities to generate detailed, near-real-time ionosphere specifications for use in multiple Department of Defense applications, such as radar systems in the high northern latitudes

Having these resources is especially beneficial to national security sponsors as they troubleshoot and mitigate problems that may impact critical assets, Estacio said. "Understanding if something was done to your spacecraft intentionally or was just the result of natural high-energy particles is a crucial distinction to be able to make."

[foresight-opinion-trading]

What is Video Poet? Unleash Your Creative Potential with Free Text to Video AI !

In the ever-evolving world of technology, Google's VideoPoet emerges as a game-changer in the realm of video generation. As a sophisticated Large Language Model (LLM), VideoPoet is not just a tool; it's a harbinger of a new era in visual storytelling. The Innovation of VideoPoet VideoPoet harnesses the power of LLMs to transform various inputs, such as text, images, and video clips, into high-quality videos. What sets it apart is its zero-shot learning capability, allowing it to produce dynamic, high-motion videos without extensive specialized training. Understanding VideoPoet’s Mechanism At its core, VideoPoet relies on multiple tokenizers to process different modalities - video, image, audio, and text. Each tokenizer, such as MAGVIT V2 for video and SoundStream for audio, plays a crucial role in converting these signals into a language the model understands. This intricate process enables VideoPoet to blend various content forms seamlessly.

VideoPoet’s Versatile Applications From animating still images to applying unique styles to videos, VideoPoet’s applications are vast. It can create videos that fill in missing elements or extend beyond their original scope, offering innovative solutions for content creation. The Future of Visual Storytelling VideoPoet is not just a technological marvel; it's a canvas for creativity. It opens up new avenues in fields like advertising, filmmaking, and digital content creation, where the boundaries of imagination are constantly being pushed. The Technical Breakthrough of VideoPoet Understanding VideoPoet's advanced mechanics offers a glimpse into its extraordinary capabilities. The platform utilizes state-of-the-art tokenizers for each modality it processes. For instance, the MAGVIT V2 tokenizer intricately handles video and images, capturing both spatial and temporal information. This precision is crucial in creating fluid, lifelike videos from static inputs. Similarly, the SoundStream tokenizer revolutionizes audio processing with its nuanced understanding of sound patterns, making the audio-video synchronization in VideoPoet remarkably realistic. Expanding Creative Horizons VideoPoet is not just a tool for creating content; it's a catalyst for creative exploration. Its ability to animate images, style videos, and even repair or expand existing videos opens up a world of possibilities for content creators. Imagine transforming a simple sketch into a full-fledged animated story or restyling a classic film scene into a modern art piece. VideoPoet makes these imaginative scenarios possible. Empowering Content Creators and Marketers In the realm of marketing and content creation, VideoPoet is a game-changer. It offers brands and creators a powerful way to convey their messages more engagingly and memorably. Whether it's for creating compelling advertisements, enhancing social media content, or producing educational materials, VideoPoet provides a platform that amplifies creativity and effectiveness.

Examples that would blow your mind

Text to video Text prompt: Two pandas playing cards

Image to video with text prompts Text prompt accompanying the images (from left): 1. A ship navigating the rough seas, thunderstorm and lightning, animated oil on canvas 2. Flying through a nebula with many twinkling stars 3. A wanderer on a cliff with a cane looking down at the swirling sea fog below on a windy day Image (left) and video generated (immediate right)

Credit: Google Zero-shot video stylization VideoPoet can also alter an existing video, using text prompts. In the examples below, the left video is the original and the one right next to it is the stylized video. From left: Wombat wearing sunglasses holding a beach ball on a sunny beach; teddy bears ice skating on a crystal clear frozen lake; a metal lion roaring in the light of a forge.

Credit: Google Video to audio The researchers first generated 2-second video clips and VideoPoet predicts the audio without any help from text prompts. VideoPoet also can create a short film by compiling several short clips. First, the researchers asked Bard, Google’s ChatGPT rival, to write a short screenplay with prompts. They then generated video from the prompts and then put everything together to produce the short film. Longer videos, editing and camera motion Google said VideoPoet can overcome the problem of generating longer videos by conditioning the last second of videos to predict the next second. “By chaining this repeatedly, we show that the model can not only extend the video well but also faithfully preserve the appearance of all objects even over several iterations,” they wrote. VideoPoet can also take existing videos and change how the objects in it move. For example, a video of the Mona Lisa is prompted to yawn.

Credit: Google Text prompts can also be used to change camera angles in existing images. For example, this prompt created the first image: Adventure game concept art of a sunrise over a snowy mountain by a crystal clear river. Then the following prompts were added, from left to right: Zoom out, Dolly zoom, Pan left, Arc shot, Crane shot, and FPV drone shot.

Ethical and Societal Implications As with any advanced technology, VideoPoet comes with its set of ethical considerations. The ease of creating realistic videos raises questions about authenticity and the potential for misuse. It's crucial for users and developers alike to navigate these challenges responsibly, ensuring that this powerful tool is used for positive and ethical purposes. Looking to the Future VideoPoet is not just a current marvel; it's a stepping stone to the future of digital storytelling. As AI continues to evolve, we can expect even more sophisticated and intuitive tools that further blur the lines between reality and digital creation. VideoPoet is leading the way, showing us a glimpse of the potential that AI holds in transforming how we see, interpret, and create our narratives. In conclusion, Google's VideoPoet stands as a testament to the incredible advancements in AI and machine learning. It's a tool that not only enhances the way we produce and consume video content but also challenges us to rethink the boundaries of creativity and technology. As we move forward, VideoPoet will undoubtedly continue to inspire and revolutionize the landscape of visual storytelling. Read the full article

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Why Every Trader Should Learn Multiple Charts Pattern Analysis

In the dynamic world of trading, patterns are more than just lines and shapes on a chart—they are visual representations of market psychology, a roadmap to potential price movement. For traders looking to enhance their market analysis and decision-making skills, learning Multiple Charts Pattern analysis is not just beneficial—it’s essential.

Whether you're new to trading or a seasoned market participant, understanding various chart patterns can dramatically improve your success rate. This article explores why every trader should learn Multiple Charts Pattern analysis and how this skill forms the foundation of profitable trading strategies.

The Power of Patterns in Trading

Each chart pattern captures the interplay of buyer and seller psychology, offering a glimpse into market sentiment. These patterns, when correctly interpreted, can signal whether the market is likely to continue its current direction or reverse course. Patterns such as head and shoulders, double tops and bottoms, triangles, flags, and wedges provide traders with clear entry and exit signals.

However, relying on just one or two familiar patterns can limit your potential. The complexity of markets is reflected in the diverse and intricate patterns they produce. That’s why it’s important to learn Multiple Charts Pattern analysis—to broaden your perspective and increase your adaptability in different market conditions.

What is Multiple Charts Pattern Analysis?

Multiple Charts Pattern Analysis is the practice of studying and recognizing a wide range of technical chart patterns across various timeframes and market scenarios. Rather than focusing solely on one chart type or timeframe, traders analyze different patterns from candlestick charts, bar charts, line charts, and more. They also explore these patterns across daily, weekly, and intraday time frames to get a comprehensive view of market behavior.

This approach helps traders spot potential setups with greater accuracy, avoid false signals, and align their trades with the broader market trend.

Benefits of Learning Multiple Charts Pattern Analysis

Improved Decision Making: When you learn Multiple Charts Pattern techniques, you gain a structured way to interpret market data. This leads to better, faster decision-making and increased confidence in your trades.

Greater Flexibility in Trading Strategies: Not all markets move the same way. By mastering different chart patterns, you can adapt your trading strategy to suit trending, ranging, or volatile markets.

Reduced Emotional Trading: Fear and greed can cloud judgment, leading traders to act on impulse rather than logic. A solid understanding of chart patterns adds discipline to your trading, helping you rely on logic and analysis instead of gut feelings.

Enhanced Risk Management: Most chart patterns come with well-defined areas for placing stop-loss and take-profit orders. This clarity allows for better risk-reward setups, keeping losses small and maximizing potential gains.

How to Start Learning Multiple Charts Pattern Analysis?

With the growing availability of trading courses online, mastering this skill is more accessible than ever. With structured guidance, practical demonstrations, and community support, online courses help traders go from beginner to advanced level at their own pace.

When looking to learn trading online, make sure the course includes:

A wide variety of chart patterns

Real-world trading examples

Practice charts and quizzes

Access to mentors or peer groups

The best online trading course will not only teach you the patterns but also show you how to apply them in live market scenarios.

Why Traders Prefer Online Learning?

More traders today are turning to online trading courses due to their accessibility, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Instead of spending hours sifting through scattered resources, these courses offer a streamlined path with expert insights and practical tips.

At Chart Monks, for example, our online trading course is designed specifically to help you learn Multiple Charts Pattern analysis in a structured and engaging way. From beginner-level basics to advanced strategies, our course modules guide you through every step of the journey with clarity and confidence.

Real-World Application of Multiple Chart Patterns

Consider a situation where a head and shoulders pattern develops on the daily chart, while a bullish flag takes shape on the 15-minute timeframe. A trader who understands both patterns can make a more informed decision—perhaps waiting for the intraday breakout to align with the longer-term trend reversal before entering a trade.

This kind of multi-pattern, multi-timeframe approach allows for:

Stronger confirmation before trade execution

Precision in entry and exit points

Reduced risk due to enhanced clarity

Such insights are only possible when you've committed the time to learn Multiple Charts Pattern analysis thoroughly.

Final Thoughts

To keep up with the ever-changing markets, your trading game must keep improving. Limiting yourself to a handful of patterns may provide short-term success, but if you're aiming for long-term consistency, mastering Multiple Charts Pattern Analysis is crucial.

With the right online trading course, dedication, and practice, any trader can develop this vital skill. So if you’re serious about leveling up your trading game, it’s time to learn Multiple Charts Pattern analysis and turn uncertainty into opportunity.

Ready to start your journey? Take the next step in your trading journey by visiting Chart Monks and exploring our expert-led online courses. Learn at your own pace, sharpen your skills, and become a more confident and consistent trader.

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Exploring Creative Tools for Your Next Design Project

Digital design is a field that knows no bounds. From individual to professional work, the ability to create alluring visual content has become a skill coveted across industries. Be it to properly showcase your work as a photographer or graphic designer or just to have the various creative applications to support your spirit, this platform with powerful yet easy-to-learn interfaces, PhotoCut, is indeed becoming a favorite spot among all creative professionals and enthusiasts. The photo cut has great features to create awe-inspiring designs, which have put this tool right at the top of people's choice for the realization of their ideas. This article talks about five heavy tools inside PhotoCut, including Poster Maker, Silhouette Maker, Caricature Maker, Tier List Maker, and Icon Maker.

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1. Crafting Visually Compelling Designs 

Posters have been around for quite some time, serving to communicate messages, promote events, or advertise products. With the rise of the digital age, poster-making has continuously evolved, and with the emergence of so many graphic design tools, people may now design large professional posters without going through extensive design training. Use PhotoCut’s Poster Maker to create posters online for free.

Role of Poster Design in Modern Communication

Posters are all around us, from the Subway advertisements to concert and movie announcements. A poster's goal is pretty straightforward. It’s to effectively convey a message and attract attention. Accordingly, while creating a poster, the text and images must complement one another to effectively communicate the desired message.

An Easy-to-Use Tool

The Poster Maker tool from PhotoCut lets users design beautiful posters without a shred of professional skill. Its intuitive interface and a vast variety of templates let you customize your poster along the lines of your imagination. Whether you're creating a poster for a personal event, for commercial purposes, or for social networking, PhotoCut helps you do it right with its impressive features.

Key Features of the Poster Maker 

Drag-and-drop interface: The Poster Maker's basic PhotoCut design makes it easy to add and organize all of the text, picture, and graphic components. You don't need to know anything about design!

Templates for Any Purpose: Pick from hundreds of templates tailored for various applications, whether for an event, business promotion, or an artistic poster.

High-Quality Export Options: Export your design in a high-resolution option where all the beauties of your final poster can be seen in both digital and print forms. 

The Poster Maker tool on PhotoCut will help you create some stunning posters that successfully communicate any message you have, with an easy process.

2. Crafting Clean, Powerful Visuals

Designed for artists daring enough to make bold, minimalist statements focusing on the merits of contrast, the Silhouette Maker tool is for those working with a more planned approach to contrast. Extensively used in art and photography for centuries, silhouettes have held their own as some of the most powerful mediums in the modern design arena.

Why Use Silhouettes in Design?

Essentially, silhouettes are shadows or dark outlines of subjects, against lighter backgrounds; those subjects could range from portrait subjects, objects, themes, to crowded scenarios. The ease with which silhouettes can be applied in design makes them grab ever-simplified to the very essentials, subject; they eliminate all unnecessary details and draw the eye to the particulars of shape and form. In this way, one can say that this feature scores a potent form of visual, a hefty bag of memorably punchy designs.

Transforming Images into Iconic Shapes

The Silhouette Maker offered by PhotoCut provides an easy way to create masterpieces by converting images into beautiful silhouettes. It is a perfect tool for logo design, minimalist art, and bold visual social media content.

Key Features of the Silhouette Maker

Easy Upload of Images: You upload the image, and it gets a silhouette by default.

Regulating Settings: You can calibrate contrast, brightness, and the edge of the silhouette for any design.

Adaptable to Any Project: From logo design to poster design to website design, it can be a clean, overt focal point.

Therefore, PhotoCut with the Silhouette Maker is a straightforward yet effective tool that promotes the beauty of simplicity in design.

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3. Add a Fun, Humorous Twist to Your Designs

Caricatures are fun and exaggerated depictions of people and objects that add wit and freshness to any project, be it for social media, personal gifts, or marketing materials. With the popularity of online content and social media, caricatures have gained traction as the top choice for influencers, advertisers, and artists who wish to inject a fun element into their designs. Create funny caricatures for your designs with PhotoCut’s Caricature Maker.

Power of Caricatures in Design

Caricatures are terrific at magnifying a person's facial features; caricaturists take an ordinary face and convert it into an exaggerated, oversized, comical reflection. Commonly emphasized are features like big eyes, smiles, grins, wide mouths, or big noses; these are all sure to lend a sense of humor. Such absurd observations capture attention and find a special place in a viewer's memory.

Bringing Characters to Life

With a few clicks, you can use PhotoCut's Caricature Maker tool to transform photos into wacky caricatures. Whether you want to prank a portrait with colorful artwork or make a funny present for a friend, the caricature maker lets you create cool caricatures in less time.

Key Features of the Caricature Maker 

Automatic Detection of Facial Features: The software automatically detects the facial features and exaggerates them for an exciting and funny effect.

Style Customization: Different caricature styles can be selected, from simple enhancements to bolder, exaggerated features, as per the tone of the project.

High-quality Results for Download: Download the caricature in a high-quality resolution when you are satisfied with it. Use it in whatever project you want, from social media posts to merchandise or promotional content. 

Bring out your creative side with this caricature-making tool, which takes the pain out of generating fun and funny caricatures that could easily be used for anything from personal presents to corporate content.

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4. Organizing and Ranking with Ease

Over the years, tier lists have evolved into a fun way to group and rank things, characters, or concepts according to their importance or quality. These range from ranking video games to seeing how you classify your favorite movies or characters. Pretty much anything can be tier-listed these days. Create tier lists to organize whatever you want with PhotoCut’s Tier List Maker.

Why Use Tier Lists?

Before we look at a tier list, it is essential to define what it means. A tier list is a format where rankings are displayed clearly, thus making it very easy to understand and applicable as a format for comparing or giving an opinion. Making your list of favorite video games, favorite foods, or skills can be represented interrogatively via a tier list, the format visually breaks the complex information into an easy-to-follow one.

Simplifying Rankings

PhotoCut's Tier List Maker is the ultimate application for customizing even your aspect tier lists. If you wish to list games, movies, or even people, this tool provides many templates for ranking things in your category of choice with ease. Create eye-catching and comprehensive tier lists in an easy and hassle-free way with the drag-and-drop feature and customizable rank levels.

Key Features of the Tier List Maker 

Customizable Templates: Choose from a variety of templates under specific categories or create your new template from scratch. 

Drag-and-Drop Interface: Effortlessly arrange items in your tier list by dragging them into the appropriate ranking categories. 

Download and Share: Once your tier list is complete, download it as an image or share it directly on social media platforms.

PhotoCut's Tier List Maker thus offers a fun and engaging way to organize thoughts and create visually appealing rankings on a variety of topics.

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5. Creating Custom Icons for Any Project

In the fields of graphic design, web design, and user interface development, icons are essential. Icons are tiny, instantly identifiable graphic representations that help convey functionality and meaning. Personalized custom icons are used to personalize digital products, websites, or apps. Create any type of icon you want with PhotoCut’s Icon Maker.

Importance of Custom Icons

Clarity and ease of use for users are what icons provide by enabling complex concepts to be represented easily. Whether it's a logo, mobile app icon, or website navigation button, personalized icons are crucial for drawing attention to a design and enhancing usability.

Bringing Your Designs to Life

PhotoCut's Icon Maker is a simple yet effective way to create unique, high-quality icons in just a handful of clicks. With an array of customization options, you can create the perfect icon for your design needs.

Key Features of the Icon Maker Tool

Icon Templates: Take advantage of a library of diverse templates made for app icons, website buttons, and so on.

Customization Options: Rescale and tweak the color and style of your icon to match whatever aesthetic you are using on your project. 

Export Formats: Export whichever format you are happy with, including all the available ones, to be displayed on websites and apps, or the next social content you will create.

With PhotoCut's Icon Maker, it has never been easier to create bespoke icons. For mobile applications, websites, and other digital projects, PhotoCut has everything you need to create amazing icons that will surely leave an impression.

Conclusion

PhotoCut gives you an all-in-one and powerful set of tools for your varied creative needs. Whether you are designing a poster, a silhouette, caricature-making, ranking your favorite things, or designing your icons, PhotoCut has these various features to turn your vision into reality. Hence, easy-to-use, customizable templates and high-quality output options combine to give beginners and professionals alike the tools to make breathtaking creations with minimal effort.

So, unleash your creativity by using these applications and take your designs to new levels, creating content that is both beautiful in appearance and effective in conveying your messages. PhotoCut truly has something for everyone, whether you are a pro at graphics or a beginner starting out.

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FAQs

Q1. What main features should a good poster maker have?

Ans. Pre-made templates, editable layouts, a wide range of typeface and graphic possibilities, tools for cropping, resizing, and changing the color of images, and multiformat exporting (JPG, PNG, and PDF) are all desirable. Drag and drop is also very helpful.

Q2. May I upload my images and logos for use on my poster?

Ans. Yes, in most cases. Most poster makers allow you to upload your images, logos, and any other graphics to be included in your design. This is essential for a completely original and branded poster.

Q3. What kind of photo works best for silhouettes?

Ans. Clear images with distinct edges and strong contrast between the subject and background work best. Profiles of people or objects with clear-cut outlines are ideal.

Q4. Is it possible to create a silhouette from a low-resolution photo?

Ans. It is, but that may affect its silhouette quality. Usually, higher resolution gives cleaner and finer silhouettes.

Q5. Can I create caricatures using any type of photo?

Ans. The best photos are those taken in good lighting where one's face is clear. Photos taken directly, rather than at an angle, are preferred.

Q6. Are there caricature makers that use AI (Artificial Intelligence)?

Ans. Animated characters are made by caricature makers who have recently been using AI to intelligently recognize and apply facial feature abnormality techniques.

Q7. Can I customize the levels and their headings?

Ans. Yes, most tier list makers allow you to customize the number of tiers, their titles, and even colors.

Q8. Can I use my images in a tier list?

Ans. Definitely. An excellent tier list maker will allow you to upload some of your pictures to add to the tiers.

Q9. What is the difference between a raster icon and a vector icon?

Ans. Vector icons (SVG) are made with mathematical formulae and can be enlarged indefinitely without losing clarity, whereas raster icons (PNG files) are made of pixels and lose quality when stretched. In general, vector icons are preferred due to their adaptability.

Q10. What resolution should my icons be at?

Ans. The resolution needed depends on what you are going to be using your icons for. You may need different sizes for different platforms (iOS, Android, web). Among the most common pixel sizes are those of 16x16, 32x32, 64x64, 128x128, and 256x256. Always a good idea, though, to have vector versions as well to provide for any on-the-fly resolution changes that may be required.

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Why AIMA is the Best Choice for a Management Aptitude Test

In a world where competition is rising across every industry, having a strong foundation in management can be a game-changer for your career. Whether you're aiming for admission into a top B-school or pursuing a business career, your first step often begins with choosing the right management aptitude test. Among various tests available, Aima stands out as one of the most trusted and effective options for evaluating real-world managerial potential.

Understanding the Management Aptitude Test

A management aptitude test is designed to assess an individual's skills and abilities in areas that are essential for success in the business world. These include analytical thinking, problem-solving, language proficiency, data interpretation, and general awareness. It helps institutions and employers identify candidates who possess the qualities needed to succeed in dynamic business environments.

Unlike regular academic exams, an aptitude test focuses on assessing your potential rather than what you have memorized. It measures how well you can think critically, analyze data, and make strategic decisions—skills every good manager must have.

Importance of Management Aptitude

For aspiring students and working professionals alike, developing management aptitude is essential. It goes beyond textbooks and focuses on your ability to handle real-world scenarios. A good score in an aptitude test can help open doors to business schools, internships, and even leadership roles in top organizations.

With so many candidates competing for limited seats and opportunities, your performance in a management aptitude test could be the deciding factor. It reflects your readiness to take on challenges, lead teams, and contribute meaningfully in a corporate setting.

What Makes Aima the Best?

Among several options available for management entrance exams, AIMA provides one of the most comprehensive and industry-relevant management aptitude tests in India. Its well-researched structure, updated syllabus, and real-world orientation make it stand out.

What truly differentiates this test is its focus on both academic and practical aspects of management. The test pattern includes sections such as Language Comprehension, Intelligence & Critical Reasoning, Mathematical Skills, and General Knowledge. This balanced approach ensures that the test not only checks your memory but also evaluates your decision-making ability, which is critical for any manager.

Key Features of the AIMA Management Aptitude Test

All-Round Skill Assessment: The test evaluates a candidate across multiple areas, including logic, language, and general awareness, making it a well-rounded evaluation tool.

Real-Time Case Scenarios: It includes questions that mimic actual business situations, giving candidates a chance to apply theoretical concepts to real-world problems.

User-Friendly Format: The structure is simple and time-efficient, ensuring a smooth testing experience.

Expert-Curated Content: Each question is designed by professionals and subject experts who understand the demands of the management world.

Benefits for Students

For students who wish to pursue a management degree or diploma, this test provides a credible and standardized way to showcase their capabilities. Many reputed management colleges consider scores from the AIMA management aptitude test during their admission process.

It also acts as a confidence booster, allowing students to assess their readiness for a rigorous management program. Moreover, since the test format includes real-life scenarios and analytical sections, students get a clear picture of the expectations from the corporate world.

Benefits for Working Professionals

Even if you’re already working, taking an aptitude test focused on management can help you identify areas for growth. It allows professionals to assess their current capabilities and prepare for roles that demand strategic thinking, team leadership, and effective decision-making.

Professionals who perform well in such tests often gain an edge during promotions, internal evaluations, or while switching to more challenging roles in other organizations.

Versatile and Recognized

The Aima management aptitude test is accepted by various institutions, including top PGDM and MBA colleges. Its wide recognition makes it a valuable asset for candidates planning to explore multiple options. It is also considered reliable due to its structured format, strict evaluation process, and wide availability across India.

Additionally, the test is conducted multiple times a year, allowing flexibility for candidates to apply when they feel best prepared. This accessibility is one of the many reasons why Aima’s test remains a top choice.

Easy Preparation Resources

Aima offers sample papers, mock tests, and preparation material that closely follow the actual exam format. This reduces uncertainty and helps candidates prepare with a clear goal in mind.

Having access to the right tools and resources can significantly improve your performance and help you approach the exam with confidence.

A Step Towards a Bright Future

In a fast-paced world where strategic thinking and leadership are essential, taking a management aptitude test is your first step toward a successful career. And when it comes to credibility, industry relevance, and holistic evaluation, Aima proves to be one of the best choices available today.

It is not just a test—it’s a benchmark that helps you understand your true potential. Whether you're just starting or looking to grow in your career, the right aptitude test can guide your path and help you make smarter decisions.

Final Words

If you’re ready to take the next step in your academic or professional journey, consider choosing a management aptitude test that truly prepares you for the future.

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Order Tags nulled plugin 4.1.0

Order Tags Nulled Plugin: A Game-Changer for Your WooCommerce Store Welcome to the ultimate solution for enhancing your WooCommerce store's order management system. The Order Tags nulled plugin is here to offer a comprehensive way to manage your orders with custom tags. Whether you’re a small business owner or a large retailer, this plugin provides the tools you need to streamline your operations and improve your customer experience. What is the Order Tags Nulled Plugin? The Order Tags  for WooCommerce is a powerful tool that allows store owners to categorize and manage orders using customizable tags. This plugin enables users to easily organize orders based on various criteria such as status, shipping method, payment method, or any custom field. The “nulled” version of the plugin ensures you get all the premium features without any cost. It’s perfect for those who want to take their order management to the next level without breaking the bank. Key Features of the Order Tags Nulled Plugin Custom Tags: Create and assign custom tags to orders based on your store’s needs. Order Organization: Efficiently organize orders with tags for better management and tracking. Tag Filters: Filter orders based on specific tags to easily find what you’re looking for. Bulk Edit: Apply tags to multiple orders at once, saving time and improving productivity. Integration with WooCommerce: Seamlessly integrates with WooCommerce’s order management system. Benefits of Using the Order Tags Nulled Plugin Using in with plugin in your WooCommerce store offers several significant benefits: Improved Order Management: By categorizing your orders with custom tags, you can easily keep track of different order types, delivery schedules, and customer preferences. Better Customer Service: Tags allow you to prioritize and manage urgent orders more effectively, leading to faster and more efficient customer service. Enhanced Productivity: Bulk editing and filtering orders based on tags reduce time spent on manual management, increasing overall efficiency. Cost-Effective: With the nulled version of the plugin, you can access premium features for free, helping you save money on additional order management solutions. Technical Specifications of the Order Tags Nulled Plugin The Order Tags nulled plugin comes with a straightforward setup and a user-friendly interface. It’s built to work smoothly with all versions of WooCommerce, providing robust functionality without any hassle. Compatibility: WooCommerce 4.0+. Version: 1.0.0 (Nulled version). PHP Version: 7.0 or higher. WordPress Version: 5.0 or higher. License: Free (Nulled version available). Use Cases of the Order Tags Nulled Plugin The Order Tags  is highly versatile and can be used in various scenarios to improve order management: Order Status Tracking: Easily track orders by status (processing, completed, pending, etc.) using custom tags. Custom Shipping Methods: Tag orders based on specific shipping methods or carriers, improving logistics management. Customer Segmentation: Assign tags based on customer preferences, order history, or geographical location. Prioritize Orders: Quickly identify high-priority orders by tagging them as urgent or expedited. How to Install and Use the Order Tags Nulled Plugin Installing and using the Order Tags nulled plugin is quick and easy. Follow these simple steps: Download the Plugin: Start by downloading the nulled version of the plugin from a trusted source. Upload to WordPress: In your WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin. Choose the downloaded plugin file and click “Install Now.” Activate the Plugin: After installation, activate the plugin from the Plugins menu. Configure Settings: Go to the plugin settings page in your WooCommerce dashboard and configure the tags according to your preferences. Start Tagging Orders: Begin assigning tags to your orders and streamline your order management process.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 1. Is the Order Tags Nulled Plugin free to use? Yes, the nulled version of the Order Tags is free to download and use. It includes all the premium features without any cost. 2. Can I use this plugin with all WooCommerce themes? Yes, the plugin is compatible with all WooCommerce themes, including popular ones like Enfold NULLED. 3. How do I update the plugin? Since this is the nulled version, updates are not automatically available. You may need to manually download the latest version from a trusted source and reinstall it. 4. Can I customize the tags in this plugin? Absolutely! The plugin allows you to create custom tags tailored to your store’s specific needs, such as payment methods, order status, or shipping preferences. Conclusion The Order Tags  is an excellent choice for WooCommerce store owners who want to simplify and optimize their order management process. By organizing orders with custom tags, you’ll save time, improve efficiency, and enhance your customer service. Download the plugin today for free and start experiencing the benefits right away. For additional tools like the elementor nulled pro, explore our collection of nulled plugins and themes.

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Mastering Excel: Unlocking the Power of Advanced Formulas

In the world of data analysis and management, Microsoft Excel has long been a trusted companion for professionals across various industries. While the software’s basic functionality is well-known, many users often overlook the true power that lies within its advanced formulas. In this blog post, we’ll dive deep into the realm of Excel’s advanced formulas, exploring how they can streamline your workflow, enhance your data analysis, and unlock new levels of productivity.

Understanding the Basics of Excel Formulas At the core of Excel’s functionality are its formulas, which allow users to perform a wide range of calculations and manipulations on their data. The standard formulas, such as SUM, AVERAGE, and COUNT, are well-known and widely used. However, Excel’s advanced formulas take things to the next level, providing more sophisticated and customizable solutions to complex problems.

The Power of Excel’s Advanced Formulas Excel’s advanced formulas are like a toolbox filled with specialized tools, each designed to tackle specific data-related challenges. These formulas offer a level of complexity and flexibility that can significantly enhance your analytical capabilities. Let’s explore some of the most powerful advanced formulas and how they can benefit your work:

VLOOKUP: This formula is a game-changer when it comes to cross-referencing data across different tables or worksheets. By using the VLOOKUP function, you can quickly find and retrieve corresponding values, making it a valuable tool for data consolidation and reporting.

SUMIFS and COUNTIFS: These advanced formulas allow you to perform complex conditional summations and counts, respectively. They enable you to aggregate data based on multiple criteria, providing a more targeted and insightful analysis.

INDEX and MATCH: The combination of these two formulas is a powerful way to look up and retrieve data from a range of cells, even if the data is not organized in a traditional table format. This is particularly useful when dealing with dynamic or non-standardized data sources.

PIVOT TABLES: While not a formula per se, pivot tables are an advanced feature in Excel that allows you to quickly analyze and summarize large datasets. By organizing and aggregating data in a flexible manner, pivot tables enable you to uncover insights and trends that may not be readily apparent in the raw data.

ARRAY FORMULAS: Array formulas are a unique and powerful type of formula that can perform operations on entire arrays of data, rather than individual cells. They are particularly useful for complex calculations, data manipulation, and statistical analysis.

OFFSET and INDIRECT: These advanced formulas provide dynamic and flexible ways to reference and manipulate cell ranges, making them valuable for tasks such as creating interactive dashboards, automating reports, and building complex financial models.

LOOKUP and CHOOSE: The LOOKUP formula allows you to search for a value in a range and return a corresponding value, while the CHOOSE formula lets you select a value from a list based on an index number. These formulas can be particularly useful for data lookup and decision-making processes.

Mastering Advanced Formulas: Practical Applications Now that you’ve been introduced to some of the most powerful advanced formulas in Excel, let’s explore how you can apply them to real-world scenarios:

Financial Analysis: Advanced formulas can be invaluable in financial modeling and forecasting. For example, you can use SUMIFS to calculate total revenue or expenses based on multiple criteria, such as product category, region, or time period.

Sales Reporting: Combine VLOOKUP and SUMIFS to create comprehensive sales reports that consolidate data from multiple sources, allowing you to analyze performance, identify trends, and make informed decisions.

Inventory Management: Use advanced formulas to track and manage your inventory, automating calculations for reorder points, stock levels, and more. This can help you optimize your supply chain and minimize the risk of stockouts or overstocking.

HR and Payroll: Advanced formulas can streamline HR and payroll processes, such as calculating overtime pay, deductions, and employee benefits. SUMIFS and COUNTIFS can be particularly useful in these scenarios.

Data Validation: Leverage advanced formulas to implement data validation rules, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of your data. This can include checks for duplicate entries, data range validation, and more.

Project Management: Utilize advanced formulas to track project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation. Formulas like DATEDIF and NETWORKDAYS can help you monitor progress and identify potential bottlenecks.

Marketing Analytics: Advanced formulas can be used to analyze marketing data, such as campaign performance, lead generation, and customer retention. Formulas like CONCATENATE and TRIM can help you clean and prepare data for analysis.

Mastering the Art of Advanced Formulas Becoming proficient in Excel’s advanced formulas requires a combination of practice, patience, and a willingness to explore. Start by familiarizing yourself with the basic syntax and structure of each formula, then experiment with different use cases to understand their full potential. Many online resources, such as tutorial videos and Excel forums, can be invaluable in your learning journey.

As you become more comfortable with advanced formulas, consider creating your own custom formulas or combining multiple functions to tackle complex problems. Embrace the creative aspect of Excel and challenge yourself to find innovative solutions that streamline your workflow and enhance your data analysis capabilities.

Conclusion: Excel’s advanced formulas are the keys to unlocking the true power of the software. By mastering these specialized tools, you can transform your data analysis, reporting, and decision-making processes, ultimately leading to increased productivity, better-informed decisions, and a more efficient work environment. Take the time to explore and experiment with Excel’s advanced formulas, and you’ll soon discover a world of new possibilities at your fingertips.

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Morality for today's nurses Analyze the MORAL model as a useful tool for ethical decision making. The MORAL model is an extremely useful tool for ethical decision making. In fact, it is somewhat of a relief to realize that there are tools that help one to objectively evaluate an ethical situation. Oftentimes, ethics seems so subjective. Therefore, the MORAL model is a welcome addition to nurses as well as to everyday people who simply need help objectively examining an ethical situation. On the one hand, this model is valuable because it causes nurses to examine a situation holistically. Specifically, the first step of the model (massage the situation) involves nurses examining a particular situation from a variety of lenses. Doing so is pivotal to understanding what is truly at stake and for whom it is at stake. The variation of the different perspectives with which a nurse views a situation then becomes the basis for the next step, determining viable options. However, what is perhaps even more beneficial is the next phase of the model in which the nurse comes up with the best and worst case scenarios for each of the options. Again, this step is contextualized within the diversified frame of the multiple lenses referenced in the first step of the model. This step is valuable because it enables people to seek a comprehensive understanding of the scope of possibilities which might occur. Just getting through these first steps is an excellent way to approach an ethical decision. Describe the role of the nurse as an advocate for patients in various ethical situations. There is a great degree of diversification in the role of a nurse as an advocate for patients in various ethical decisions. Nurses not only have to advocate for their patients, but also for the various parties involved with those patients. These include family members, friends, church parishioners, and any other relevant groups. In this respect the nurse’s role is to provide allegiance to the patient, but to do so in the context of how that advocacy might affect those other groups. The nurse is actually tasked with balancing out all of these concerns when she advocates for her patients. For instance, she does not want to advocate the patient taking a stance that is against the law. Ideally, she would not necessarily want to advocate a stance in which the patient is at odds with the value of the patient’s family, friends, or church. Nurses must account for all of these factors when advocating for patients while still prioritizing the needs of their patients before these other concerns. Explain the effects of moral stress and distress as they apply to the nurse in ethical situations. Essentially, the effects of moral stress and distress as they apply to a nurse in ethical situations stem from having to balance so many different concerns. The nurse must demonstrate allegiance to her profession, her employer, her patient, her patient’s family, and her patient’s surrounding community. When all of these different factors conflict—which frequently occurs in ethical situations—nurses have difficulty deciding which concern to prioritize for the basis of their action. Moral stress, therefore, is the natural ramification of agonizing over ethical decisions that are not clear cut despite the presence of models such as the MORAL model. The impact of such stress and distress can include poor job performance, dissatisfaction in one’s personal life, withdrawing from the profession, incurring difficulty eating, or any other consequence of constantly dealing with a stressful situation. References Guido, G. (2014). Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing (6th ed.). Pearson, Boston, MA https://www.paperdue.com/customer/paper/ethical-decision-making-process-2166398#:~:text=Logout-,EthicalDecisionMakingProcess,-Length2pages Read the full article