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100dad · 3 years ago

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100 things that made me America’s Dad

#1 I had Sex. It is tough to be a Dad when you do not have a kid. Full credit due for invitro dads, for adoption dads, and stepdads. I am not trying to bash on anybody’s parade. I just did it the old-fashioned way. Had a lot of fun. It is a natural talent.

#2 I got my priorities in the right order. It is not about me anymore. Faith. Wife. Kids. Then me. My hobbies take a back seat. The gym became less important.

#3 I made my marriage a priority.

#4 I made sure I could financially provide. Check income. Track expenses. Budget.

#5 Financially prepared for the future. College. Retirement. Big Purchases. House. Cars. Etc.

#6 I made sure I had a Will.

#7 I made sure I had Life Insurance.

#8 I recognized that I am now a role model. I should at least act like it.

#9 I stayed optimistic about everything. Because pessimism sucks.

#10 Made sure Mom and Dad are on the same team.

#11 My discipline game was on point. Strong, Firm, Reasonable.

#12 I protected my family. From physical harm, spiritual harm, emotional harm, evil.

#13 I am thankful for everything. Where I was born. The people I have met. That guy that gave me an idea. The guy that said I couldn’t. The ones that said I could. To authors. To haters. To supporters. Everything. Everyone.

#14 I provide. A roof, food, and water. Stable home. Education. Unconditional love. Discipline. Consequences.

#15 Not rigid. I stay flexible. Not only in the sack. I’m not going to be rigid in my parenting. Times change. Kids have different personalities. I adjust accordingly.

#16 I shouldered the responsibility. And the blame. All of it. I can handle it.

#17 I set the tone at home. It’s what a leader does.

#18 Made sure our family name means something in our community. How we carry ourselves and how we treat others.

#19 A good home life was more important than faking it on social media.

#20 I made sure our house was a home.

#21 I kicked ass at work. I tried to be the best. Because that is how you succeed.

#22 I prepare my kids for the real world. Age appropriately, of course.

#23 My values and morals are firm. I do not compromise on those.

#24 I put in the effort. Because this is too important to wing it.

#25 I became good at relationships. It’s amazing what being nice, reliable, and offering help will do for your reputation.

#26 Humbled myself because I realized my ego will be my downfall.

#27 Perspective was everything. I learned to put myself in other people’s shoes.

#28 Taught my kids about guns. If I am going to have them, we might as well make sure safety is taught and they do not become forbidden fruit.

#29 I reassessed who I hung out with. I wanted to elevate myself not be held back.

#30 This is who I took advice from. People who actually did what I wanted to do. Good Dads. Good businessmen who built from scratch.

#31 Time. Quality and quantity. I recognized its importance in raising a family. Time is everything.

#32 Let my kids be them. Not what I wish I had been. My Values and morals are firm but I let their personalities and talents bloom.

#33 I read books to my kids. Good bonding. Good teaching moments.

#34 I Play with my kids. Both when it was fun as they get older and when it was boring when they just laid there.

#35 I remain Calm under pressure. Cool heads prevail over emotional drama queens.

#36 I build up my kids’ confidence. Because self-esteem does not result from being crushed all the time.

#37 I give them frequent reality checks. If I’m going to be humbled…so will they. This isn’t a fairy tale.

#38 Created a stable home environment. Rules, routine, predictability.

#39 Realized how much these kids see and absorb…..and modified my behavior.

#40 I hated negativity. Still do.

#41 Vices – not for me. I can say no. I can handle stress. Drugs, alcohol, gambling, porn, tobacco….I make sure my mind is more powerful than temptation.

#42 My secret formula. Hard work + Good Decisions + Faith =Success

#43 Failing does not bother me. In fact, it oddly is fun for me.

#44 Plowed thru fears. Pushed forward. No, what-ifs.

#45 Live without regret. I do not want to be 90 wishing I had been a better dad or tried to make something of myself.

#46 Not afraid to make the unpopular decision because I know it is the right decision.

#47 I do not get painted into corners. If A and B are the only options. I find or create an option C.

#48 I am not afraid to get weird and step outside my comfort zone.

#49 I did not say the things I wanted to say when I was angry. Because I knew I would regret it and once those things are said they never really get taken back.

#50 Loved taking those scary leaps toward opportunities.

#51 Gave my kids independence and freedom as they earned it.

#52 I am not a helicopter dad. But I do verify the trust and freedoms I have allowed are worthy.

#53 Comparison was motivation, not depression. I was never envious, just inspired.

#54 Our house had RULES. Because structure is important.

#55 I refused to sacrifice my family to excel in my career.

#56 I let my kids fail…. a lot.

#57 Became okay with asking for help…. letting go of that ego thing.

#58 Actions were more important than words…. anybody can say the words.

#59 I didn’t make excuses, I just got things done.

#60 Willingness to do what others would not. I found there is much value in doing the things others find demeaning or too hard.

$61 I found the best balance is balancing over longer periods of time. Not day to day or even weekly. More seasonal.

#62 I gave myself reality checks. Check that ego.

#63 I realized how good I have it. And I did my best to soak in that contentment.

#64 Recognized my kids’ genetics and focused on their talents, skills, and personalities.

#65 Respect is important. Earning it & Giving it.

#66 Bravery is important. Super important. Stand up for what I genuinely believe in.

#67 Raising my kids to be fully functional adults.

#68 I used short-term tactics with long-term visions.

#69 Pushed my kids to be better, braver, stronger.

#70 Teach my kids everything I can about life, so they are prepared when they enter the real world without me.

#71 Recognized how important dads’ role is in the family.

#72 I document a lot. It’s great for memories. Reflection. Appreciation.

#73 I controlled my kids' influences. What they see, experience, hear.

#74 Strong man- Kind heart.

#75 The secret to a good life is simply being happy.

#76 I do my best. Give my best. Because effort is huge!

#77 Realized my wife was insanely important to our life.

#78 I drive our family value home repeatedly. No one and done. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

#79 Started my own businesses giving us control of our lifestyle.

#80 Worked close to home because I hated the idea of traffic instead of family.

#81 Made big efforts to be incredibly involved in my kids’ lives. Even the not so fun things.

#82 We switched to homeschooling. More time. More freedom. More control of influences.

#83 Knew my priorities in life. Faith. Family. Work. Friends.

#84 Budgeting was a huge deal. Both of us stayed involved and adhered to it. Neither of us wasted our hard-earned money.

#85 I did not borrow money. No partners. No inheritance. All on my own. No scapegoats. No crutches.

#86 Willing to do unpopular things and go against the grain. Because going along with crowds seems so…. basic.

#87 Cared more about building a net worth than impressing people.

#88 Despite mediocre grammar skills I enjoy writing out my thoughts. Creates clarity and conviction!

#89 Never traveled as a kid, Limited travel as an adult= Strong desire to travel!

#90 Sold a valuable business to the right company at the right time. Luck helps. Luck seems to happen to people who work really hard and do the right things.

#91 Realized having cash and no debt gives you options and freedom and tremendous peace of mind.

#92 Set huge, big goals. Never achieved them totally. But when I came up short, I still did great!

#93 Never afraid of work…even hard work, willing to outwork everyone.

#94 My hobby was my family and work. I excelled at the 2 things I focused most on.

#95 Leaned heavily on my Faith. Put my worries, struggles, anxieties on shoulders bigger than mine.

#96 I knew I did not want to replicate the bad parts of my father …but I did want to replicate the good parts.

#97 Married a girl with the same values and morals as me. With similar goals. With similar ethics. With the same determination to work through bad times and build a good life.

#98 Looked at my ancestry and wanted to become a legend in my family. I wanted our name to really mean something.

#99 Lived a life that if someone wants to dig into it there is nothing to find. Squeaky clean.

#100 Wrote down our family values. This became our compass and roadmap.

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0asis-sanctuary-0wn · 5 years ago

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tarot cards predict my future husband..

i think it was in feb when a tarot reading video came on to my feed in youtube. i watched one and i honestly cannot remember the exact video i watched. so yeah and then i watched many videos about my love life but not consecutively.. it was during different times and i actually watched on different youtube channels to see if there will be a consistent message the universe wants to send me regarding my alleged future husband HAHA

and to be honest these readings were at random. i chose from different piles of cards so it is not all the same. but luckily there is some similarities from the readings.

1. HOW WILL YOU MEET YOUR SOULMATE? (yt channel: supermoon tarot)

Cleaning house (getting life together), chariot, queen of swords, 6 of cups, 5 of cups, wheel of fortune, devil, strength card, queen of pentacles, king of pentacles, Cleaning creates momentum, the queen of sword in the chariot making it happen, no more excuses, has a plan, time that i am focused, six of cups (absolute satisfaction), they seem to pop up starting an event that benefits others, extremely satisfying that's when soulmate pops up

Soulmate: opposite, breaking an addiction, loss, developed a bad negative habit, masked feeling

2. WILL YOU MEET YOUR SOULMATE IN 2020? (yt channel: charmed intuition tarot)

quick, unexpected, big yes

Tarot: The fool, wheel of fortune, 9 of cups

Other cards: let your friends help you, wedding, New beginning, adventure card, moon card (gaining momentum), transformation card, lily (positivity from each other, chance card (when u least expect it), expansion card (grow together, long term)

Charms: flexibility, go with the flow, unexpected surprise, letter I, spiritual connection, contrasting na hindi quick slowly din to open up, strong friendship, little getaways

3. WHO WILL I MARRY? (yt channel: charmed intuition tarot)

Cards: King of wands, king of pentacles (doctor, hard worker, perfectionist, very protective), excellent leader, magnetic personality, engagement card (territorial, propose quickly), let go of control issues, controlling, very passionate and romantic, bond over music, very financially well of, hard work paid off, hates being bored/lazy, treasure island (focused on my needs), 9 of pentacles (very focused on needs), very handsome, self confident, charming, excellent family man, work oriented, loyal, say things quickly, hyena card (very funny, sense of humor), jealous at times, possessive, head over heels, protective

Charms:Fire sign, masculine, passionate energy, family oriented, hard worker, focused on fantasy, committed, letters: DR doctor?????

Physical feature:Black hair, green eyes,

4. WHO WILL YOU MARRY? (yt channel: vision quest amal)

Already met?, pale skin, white skin?, north card, king of water (blue eyed fair skin), horse card (works out, likes to eat, strong, tall), king of swords, goblin (younger looking) baby face, mature, high up in career, very wise person, very hardworking, earth energy, very ethical at work, very happy at work, work with hands, loss card (alone for a long time), not a party animal, solitude card, high priestess, lost someone in the past, matured a lot, abundant, super super similar, sarcastic, sense of humor, way of talking, the bard card (really good at talking, history) king of sword (storytelling), older person, got stories to tell, immersed in their circle, different culture or country, very romantic, person wants you, cultural difference, religion in the way, conflict with family, 9 of cups, exciting relationship, great friends, high priest, immersion

Words: Dream, coming, in time, beautiful, leave, old, game, bond, try

5. WHO IS YOUR FUTURE SPOUSE? (yt channel: vanessa somuinya)

cards; Earth sign, crystals, water earth sign, persistent about goals (perform as well as possibly can), focused and determined, laser sharp focus, very passionate, im going to feel it, a lot of talents (never fail to suprise), new info that surprises you, done so many things, very responsible, family man/ person, nightingale spirit, flamingo spirit(embrace in between life), fire energy, very happy with their life, last minute type of person, think on their feet, nothing stresses them out, makes everything work, solution oriented, delight card, leadership card, loves responsibility, leader genuinely feel they protect others, gonna make you smile, loves to protect and guard love ones, not afraid to start a fight, strong protective instinct, healthy life (getting rid of toxicity), dont have an addictive personality

6. How will you recognize your future spouse? (Lunar light tarot)

Very focused on you, 8 of cups, high priestess in reverse, moon in reverse, blindsided, show up out of the blue, like a secret revealed, not gonna see it coming, the tower, claim relationship, gonna shake things up in your life, 2 of cups (amazing connection, full of surprises, spontaneous), cautious and nervous, high priestess inn reverse, meet in something not obvious, three cups in reverse unconventional place, unexpected, moon in reverse, nine of swords, might be at work, do similar work, someone has a change of job, king of pentacles, shift something for you, attentive, change things to fix things, prove through action that he deserves in your life, have anxiety and soothe that for you, really care for you, loving, caring, might give gifts, take to dates, do most of work in the relationship, lift you up in this relationship,

Light colored hair, light colored eyes, life of the party, full of energy, full of life, passion, energy

7. Who will you marry? (Brook waldorf tarot)

Todoroki group

Fire sign, magician (manifesting), princess of wands (maid in waiting), waiting where is he/she, go out, go do something, get out more, two of wands (new path or old path, optimistic and getting out more) flipping of perspective, more optimistic, leo sagittarius aries, masculine energy, in charge, entrepreneur, self employed, humble person, very grateful, friendly, lovers card, commitment, instant connection, really balance with you, work well together, both want commitment, Step out of your comfort zone, manifesting this person, listen to intuition, peaceful resolution (maybe didnt work in the past life), heart to heart conversation, soulmate card (instant connection), fear of vulnerability,

Hair: Light brown, dirty blonde, light platinum blonde

Eye color: wears colored contacts, brown

Zodiac: fire signs (leo, sag, aries)

Personality: tough love, cold, aloof (think todoroki), intense, compassionate/gentle,

Style: average, high fashion

Your wedding will be like: april and andy (parks and rec) Quick courtship, spur of the moment, simple and sweet, close friends and family only, marry your best friend

8. How will you meet your soulmate (charmed intuition tarot)

Anchor charm

Nine of wands, star card, world card, action, choose love, express you love

Beginning of something new, courage, feeling strong against the odds, after major shift and life change, major turning point in life, both had major change, relief, wish coming true, good connection, feeing hopeful and renewed, be more optimistic, least expected, dont prevent yourself from finding a person, very exciting, suspicious, nervous, new person, surprise, least expecting, fully being yourself, open and honest, Yes met at somepoint, hasnt been with similar experiences,

Dive/action : you are gonna make the first move,

recharge: January/February 2021

Charms: time, fire sign, initial contact thru phone, transformation, growth, finances, career, 2020 focused on goals, start talking this year, 5 of pentacles, feeling of loss, stuck, 2 of cups, 4 of swords (patience) rest, 2 horses, both single and independent, new beginning, spend a lot of time, new kind of person, working out with anxiety, pull from someone from the past, very understanding, wish come true,

Rescue: helping you in a sense,

J & W

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virgosaturn · 6 years ago

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how the venus signs behave when they like someone 💗

actual user testimonials.

aries venus

“I’m really irritating if I’m interested 😂 like I gotta push all your buttons, tease you, and I looooove some witty back and forth. gotta find out if they can keep up! I can also be very touchy, but not in a sexual way?? like in a playful ‘let’s wrestle’ kind of way 😂 I know I know wtf”

“I’m very jealous, I don’t want someone to touch or to talk with who I like (a lot). I’m Taurus Sun, so even if Aries is like ‘CHARGE’! Taurus is like ‘Calm down man’. I’m possessive and I give everything I have, of course. I’m very passional and protective with I love the most. I love hugs. Sometimes I do things too quickly and I don’t want to wait too much.”

“I tend to be very teasing and like to make fun of my crush (not in a mean way, just in a fun way)”

taurus venus

“I tend to either cut a romantic relationship after about either a day or a week OR stay in the relationship, I fall in love over and over again. Very "tsundere" type in relationships (personally), takes a lot to let someone in. If I'm really, and truly into someone I pursue it methodically (sometimes). Bonding over food, sleep, intimacy, feeling safe. I notice little details too, I like to nurture A LOT. I adore comfortable silence the most.”

“I'm warm and caring towards all people (gemini sun) but I love touch, holding hands, flirting, kissing. Friends to lovers is where it's at. And loving friends like lovers. Sharing tea, watching the stars, dancing, listening to music, good conversation and laughing can make me fall in love with anyone.”

gemini venus

“When I like someone, I will talk their ear off. Of course, I’ll try to get as close as possible to them, but I always feel like communication is key + its the easiest way to flirt for me”

“I am normally outgoing but when I like someone I just tend to ignore them tbh. But I would start dressing nicer, or saying hey in the hallways or wherever, and try to get close to them physically. But act nonchalant towards them and talkative to everybody else.”

“Usually kind of take on person x’s personality traits without thinking about it, if they regularly use slang like ‘homeslice’ or ‘chief’ i’ll unknowingly start using them in everyday conversation”

“I try to make them laugh, I try to seem like I’m interested in the things they’re interested in, and tell them a bit about my interests. The night I first met my boyfriend I was watching an nfl game and I explained all the rules of football lmao I just try to seem interesting I guess”

“I act very flirty and try to make witty jokes and make them laugh and try to have conversations with them whenever possible”

cancer venus

“Im super picky about who I like and at first I can be very like ‘ruN away and never be near them’ at first when I actually find someone I like but then I get SUPER ‘I want to make you feel so 100000% supported and loved and I’m gonna knit you blanket n give you so many thoughtful gifts and show my affection by caring with my whole heart’”

leo venus

“I try so much harder to look good! i start fluffing my hair, wearing makeup, thinking through what i wear. i try to become the center of attention in any situation in a lowkey way.”

“I'm a very reserved and shy person, but when someone I like is around me I don't go all shy and passive... My bold and flirty side comes out hungry for their attention, I don't even know how it happens. I want to show I'm the best. You can see it in my voice, eyes, corporal gestures and even how I talk (vocabulary and some insinuations). Love gives me the strength to be what I want to hide.”

"I approach it the same way as you — focus more on appearance. I also make sure to pay more attention to them in case they're upset or anything & ask if they're okay 😅”

virgo venus

“I usually make a lot of eye contact and try to find a subject of discussion with the person i like. i also giggle a lot and become a little extra sarcastic”

libra venus

“I get shy around them. I usually try not to make it known, and when we are alone, I get super awkward, and introverted. But around when we're around other people, I unintentionally flirt a lot with them, and crack jokes like its no one's business.”

“At first I will just be really nice and friendly. Once we've become closer as friends I'll start joke flirting and looking for any excuse to touch them. Usually, softly rubbing their arm in a distracted way so they don't think it's intentional (but it IS 😏). I can sometimes feel myself getting too obvious and giving "those" eyes and I can't stop myself?? Like bitch stop!! But she won't.”

“I start to dress super nice and flattering, make sure my makeup is PERFECT, and make extra sure to smell super nice. I make shy eye contact, get interested in what they're saying, compliment their fashion taste, help them out when they need it, and laugh at their jokes. I also make sure not be around them too much. Like I make them want me and want to see me again by doing all those things above, but also by not being always around. (idk my English is mediocre lmao)”

scorpio venus

“I'm a Scorpio Venus and I'm actually the worst person to when it comes to crushes. As soon as I realize that I like someone I go and act like I don't care about them. Not ignoring per say, just sort of playing hard to get. I think as soon as you become more elusive, people take an interest. It's only when I get more comfortable with that crush/they get more comfortable with me or start pursuing me, I start playfully teasing or making jokes. That might just be my Sag Sun though lol”

“I try to get their attention as much as I can, weather it be by wearing a nice perfume around them, dressing a little more provocative, if I know they like me then I’ll get WAY more risky and tease them a lot. I like playing hard to get, make them want me, you know.”

“When I like somebody, i try to know all of their secrets and thoughts that they keep to themselves.”

sagittarius venus

“I like to Make people laugh and I’m very friendly and outgoing when I like someone but at the same time it’s in the 10th house so I like to play hard to get”

“I like it natural and casual. I do not force it too much but whenever I can, I try to make the other person laugh. I like to play a little hard to get too. I like the chase. I like games, I like teasing, I like jokes, laughter. I want a partner in crime. I like making out close to nature.”

capricorn venus

“When I like someone I tend to start giving them a lot of gifts and become a lot more willing to do favors or other things for them, As far as like appearances go I get more relaxed about the state they see me in”

“When I like someone I do not make eye contact. If I do though, things get too heavy for me and I look away immediately. I won't really go near you in fear of looking desperate or out of place in any way. I may also seem too serious and self composed but it's only because I'm scared to look like a fool when I want to impress someone. God damnit Saturn 😅”

aquarius venus

"Someone being authentically themselves and not smothering me is ideal, also talking about deeper things versus small talk is really important to me”

pisces venus

“When i have a crush on someone i can’t help but get nervous around them, but even then i’ll still try/want to be around them. i’ll want to joke around with them and unknowingly AND knowingly flirt. but mostly i just like to mess around and have fun and be cute together”

“I’m always very playful around the person i like. i’m more likely to make very silly jokes and tease them. i also like to make things for them or give gifts? i tend to be a lot softer & sweeter towards them than other people. i’m also indirect and shy as fuck and will rarely approach them or reach out to them first, and instead wait until they notice me”

“It can be very hard to tell when i like someone because i HATE getting rejected?! usually i put more effort into making them laugh (or laughing if they would rather make me laugh) and i'm always wanting them to feel understood/nurtured. Can be flighty depending on mood but when i am around them i put a lot of effort into making it quality time™”

“When i like someone im quite shy around them like one time i was walking thru the school hallway and i saw my crush was walking my way i literally dash and ran away from him yea..... 🙂”

#venus #astrology #mine #quotes

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outboard02 · 4 years ago

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Muzzle your multi (and mono too)

This description is unapologetically multihull-centric, due to the fact that's what we sail. lamentably, we can not have the funds for to concurrently very own a monohull. There are installations on monohulls the use of the gadget described right here, however the development paintings, plus this author’s experiences, are all on a catamaran. Our catamaran is 38 toes with a 22.five’ beam and draws three.25’; weighing in at about seven ton in full cruising mode: water and fuel 600 kilograms, full meals provisioning plus our group of two. outboard motor covers to position this into a monohull evaluation, our cat is equivalent in windage to a 45’ cutting-edge monohull, say a Bavaria 45, which might weigh 13t of which 6t might be ballast.

This bridle system, as described underneath, may be changed to apply on a monohull in which bridles aren't not unusual, however should and must be used greater regularly.

Why bridle? You ought to not rely on the chain on the windlass because the ultimate backstop need to your snubber/bridle fail. There have to be some manner of keeping apart the windlass such that, if the anxiety transfers from the snubbers, the anxiety does not effect the windlass.

You need a few form of chain prevent; we've got used a Dyneema strop connected to a sturdy point with a galvanised claw and, extra recently, swapped to a stainless claw. however a conventional chain hook from a chandlery works well.

We use the equal association to comfortable the anchor and chain while on passage. you could buy chain locks, you can arrange to cozy the chain the usage of a bow cleat; there are normally masses of alternatives so long as none of them depend on the windlass. A windlass is pretty indestructible, or most of them are, however it's miles the attachment to the deck that may not be quite so sturdy; plus the seals inside the windlass do not enjoy being overstressed.

Bridles, instead of single line snubbers, help to proportion the weight, however one arm can also take most of the burden at someone time. due to the fact they are able to percentage the burden they lessen the tension imposed at the securement factor. Nylon, the cordage typically used for snubbers and bridles, has a finite lifespan; element dictated with the aid of the ancient quantity of strain: the quantity of snatch or load cycles.

Sharing the load shares the snatch load and results in an extended lifestyles for all affected parts. Sharing the load also enables centralise the yacht and decreases yawing. in case you lessen yawing you lessen the take hold of masses, wherein a snatch load on the yacht is a grab load on the anchor: a true win/win. Yawing can be debilitating, lessen yawing and you may lessen irritability of group. A similarly win/win! outboard motor covers

start line when we offered our catamaran, almost 20 years ago now, it got here with what is in reality a reasonably general little bit of kit: a bridle with short arms, 5 metres each of a 20 millimetre 3-ply. In our case it changed into secured to flanges welded to the ends of the ahead crossbeam. The rope arms were nicely over electricity and the device had minimum, elasticity.

We suspect the complete tool become sufficiently strong to raise the entire yacht out of the water! however, on the time, we had masses of other objects that seemed more vital so this incumbent bridle set-up remained.

one in all our first priorities turned into finding a extra reliable anchor. it is tough to trust that twenty years ago the choice become citadel and the poorly-advertised Spade, each introduced past due ‘80s/early ‘90s; or the vintage stalwarts: CQR, Bruce or Delta. How things change.

Now we've got Rocna, extremely, ideally suited, Excel, Spade, citadel and Kobra. we have Lewmar’s LFX, a castle clone, plus a Vulcan, Mantus M1 and M2 and Knox. With Viking and Lewmar’s new steel iterations waiting inside the wings for market release, we are, actually spoilt for preference.

Who could have notion anchor making would be so famous, or is that worthwhile? It deserves point out some anchors have appeared and sunk with out trace: XYZ, Aqua-Bubble, Bulwagga, to name however some.

Contemporaneous with anchor trends our 2x5m bridle regarded a easy bit of kit offering little room for improvement. How wrong we have been.

Bridle tendencies What a difference 20 years makes. Now our bridle arms are each 30m long with elasticity to break of over 40 in line with cent. They quell chop, subdue yawing and can absorb large grasp masses. In our case they do all this with a rode of light-weight, high tensile, 6mm chain whilst our primary anchor weighs 8kg, an aluminium alloy.

extraordinarily, bridles on new catamarans nowadays are not plenty distinct to 20 years ago. The vessels have modified and improved, at the same time as the rode has been left inside the dark a while.

Dashew pioneered using G70 chain on sailing yachts many years ago and affords it as fashionable on his excursion motor yachts. but the industry wherein it was evolved i.e. sail yachts, has absolutely disregarded the development. If whatever, bridles have got worse, the usage of even heavier responsibility cordage which has no elasticity at all.

manifestly, as we concept two decades in the past, the general public suppose the identical: ‘now not an awful lot room for development’. We trust and desire to expose, this is incorrect!

We aren't singling out multihulls for complaint, you will be lucky to be provided a snubber in any respect for any yacht commissionin. whilst, if one is obtainable, it is going to be inelastic, short and have a crude and dated layout of hook, at risk of bending or probably negative to your chain.

If you make a decision to install a snubber for your monohull: you are for your own. you'll want to think it thru your self. We do recognise of options: we can help if requested.

permit’s get started out the primary indication that we needed to pay more attention to the bridle was while one among our bridle palms failed with a daunting sound like a gunshot. The bridle should rub at the bobstays and that is in which the cordage failed; even though there was no visible fraying prior, simply an insignificant rub mark.

It become at the moment we had been turning into conscious of elasticity, so we brought rubber surprise absorbers to the replacement snubber, like the ones canine bone matters. We ended up with a bridle that primarily relied on rubber and changed into inordinately heavy.

At this factor we were given into trying out to locate that the canine bone matters, which aren't reasonably-priced, have been the equivalent of 2m of nylon cordage. It become 7c5d89b5be9179482b8568d00a9357b2: we discarded the rubber and moved to nylon for the snubber/bridle. The rubber snubbers are super for mooring lines, so now not wasted.

Now, we come from a Scots historical past with a function presbyterian heritage: frugality is a key watchword. This need to no longer be careworn with meanness, it is approximately no longer spending cash unnecessarily. It is easy to throw cash at a hassle, which does no longer imply you have got the right answer, only a slimmer wallet!

Circumnavigator Evans Starzinger’s recycling of mountain climbing rope for his snubbers geared up the invoice. We were avid rock climbers over a lot of the UK, the Alps, Norway and Corsica whilst we had been younger and had been going to live forever, so we knew climbing rope and it turned into a painless introduction.

We sourced retired mountaineering ropes from rock climbing gyms. mountain climbing rope is ideal for snubbers, gyms should retire mountaineering rope to a agenda: it is able to no longer be appropriate to cozy human life, but it really works nicely for a yacht snubber.

these days’s hiking rope is a kermantle construction made with sizes from approximately 8mm to 12mm, though you may have it custom made for large sizes. The rope is mainly made to be elastic, by virtue of its creation and the usage of nylon.

mountaineering gyms, of which we are conscious, simplest use 12mm rope proscribing desire. however you could hardly ever whinge if you are getting the rope without cost.

Twelve millimetre rope as a snubber is ideal for yachts from approximately 35’ to 45’. it's far possibly too inelastic for yachts beneath 35’ and insufficiently strong for yachts over 50’.

mountaineering rope is not built for power as such, it is designed to save lives of climbers falling, which is why it has elasticity like a bungy cord utilized by bungy jumpers. The strength is incidental. when used as a snubber the electricity seems puny; but you aren't using it for its power, like a climber you're the use of the pliancy.

due to the fact you will over strain the rope, its lifestyles is finite. while obtaining hiking rope from gyms we've offered to reinforce its pantry or xmas party fund, both gives have always been declined however it appears an excellent idea to make the provide so you will be remembered while you go back.

In Australia the gyms have to make certain the ropes are not going for use for top protection, so you'll be quizzed. Recycling mountain climbing rope is a effective flow, the opportunity is landfill and the breakdown of artificial rope can also take many centuries.

The ropes we sourced at first had been 15m lengthy, many will point out having 15m of rope sticking out beyond the bow does now not look ‘proper’. moreover, 15m snubbers might rub at the seabed when the winds are light. So we altered our snubber for a bridle to start at the transom using our horn cleats. We did this as opposed to the same old arrangement on a catamaran, or any yacht, of taking off on the bow and straight away going outboard and forward.

So we then had 10m of snubber rope along each deck, plus 5m beyond every bow. these two snubbers terminated with a common chain hook, to shape the bridle.

It merits underlining: mountain climbing rope can't be spliced; or, if it can, we do not recognise how, its production is inappropriate. We to begin with used a halyard knot and currently have used sewn loops, which might be quite desirable and not unusual but we're watching for put on and failure.

Our preliminary association was: a halyard knot on the quit of every snubber arm onto a shackle, the 2 shackles shackled collectively and attached to a chain hook. Clumsy, not pretty, but it labored. outboard motor covers

manifestly, having 10m of rope walking down the side decks is unpleasant and uncomfortable to walk on, so we routed the snubbers through the bottom of our stanchions, which had an accomodating hollow. There are plenty of devices available for routing manipulate strains thru components clamped to the stanchions. They paintings as well if now not higher as our technique, however the custom devices do now not in shape the scale of our pockets! Of route it relies upon on the construction of your yacht, however you could run snubbers outboard of the stanchions but inside the toerail, maybe tidied up with smooth shackles.

on the bow first of all, we simply secured turning blocks with tape to the bow horn cleats. Later we delivered reinforcing to the bow and set up a pad eye for every bow to which we connected a small block with a largish sheave. Having a devoted pad eye frees up the horn cleat.

We had looked at hooks as strategies of attaching snubber to chain and located a lot of them trying. The satisfactory hooks undoubtedly come from the lifting enterprise wherein hook design is notably more advanced than anything the marine enterprise offers.

Lifting hooks are painted or powder covered metal or very luxurious duplex stainless. it's far possible to have the hooks galvanised, we had a number of covered with Armorgalv. however for most galvanisers treating a hook is a massive nuisance, so you pay hence.

The hassle with maximum hooks sold to the entertainment marine enterprise is that they can stress the individual chain hyperlink or harm the galvanising of the hyperlink to which they're connected. many of the marine devices to join snubber to chain are not guy enough for the task, as an instance the maintaining pin on some hooks are vulnerable to bending; ours bent in use, which then became risky as we could not launch the chain. Ketten and Waelder make a neat hook of their Cromox variety, but it's far duplex stainless and expensive.

The lifting enterprise has recognized this problem for many years and feature increasingly more supplied more sophisticated generations of designs to triumph over the dangers. The lifting industry could chortle at our marine offerings. It charges no more to make a properly designed hook; the ideas are there, why not do it?

Many human beings locate success using gentle shackles to connect snubber to chain however we determined them too fiddly to apply on our high tensile TDG 6mm chain; the hole inside the hyperlinks is genuinely too small and a few file too small even on 8mm chain. link holes on imperial chains are larger and perhaps simpler to insert a gentle shackle. however we, accordingly, haven't any long time usage on soft shackles used within the rode to skip remark.

similarly improvement At this point a colleague, Drew Frye, within the US entered the equation and together we together developed two simple bridle plates. Frye wanted to use his plate with a carabiner we desired ours to be used with shackles, so the two plates differed barely however the principle changed into the identical.

I made them each the use of an perspective grinder and drill from Bisplate 80, an 800MPa, quench and tempered metallic. Bisalloy had supplied us with a 0.5m x zero.5m x 10mm plate for precisely this sort of developmental reason.

We constructed our anchor chain boomerang (Cruising Helmsman April 2015, or Google ‘boomerang your anchor proper lower back’), a tool to self right an anchor that arrives on the bow curler inverted, from the identical metallic. The boomerang and bridle plates had been Armorgalv covered in Australia.

We both used our bridle plates for a number of years, then Frye sold his, so we in addition developed the bridle plate independently.

A later development of the plate changed into designed such that the tension turned into taken by using two chain links, one link used the crown and one the ‘lengthy’ of the hyperlink. this is really an try to reproduction current state of the artwork lifting hooks.

We did strive claws from the lifting enterprise, but they're precisely made and we observed them very tough, if not impossible, to release underneath anxiety. just one in every of our many false avenues of investigation.

Our new device labored properly, but in the back of our mind changed into the worry of whether or not this would all paintings under extra extreme conditions. We read of humans claiming to sit out named storms; our view is everyone anchoring their yacht uncovered to the whole fury of a typhoon is exaggerating or truely demonstrating appalling seamanship. although we do receive there might be exceptions.

today, bad weather is well forecast.

next step An early thought was to have two bridle systems: an regular and a hurricane bridle. So we made a bridle plate designed to take 4 ‘palms’, however this turned into all too bulky and complex, the plate became huge!

We also tried to lessen the load of the entire machine by way of working with the 7075 alloy of aluminium. The 7075 alloy required tough anodising, however labored extremely nicely on a two-arm bridle. outboard motor covers

as soon as the design was honed we had two professionally made with the aid of a manufacturer of low friction jewelry. We used the anodised 7075 plate for six months with success.

The concept, however, become in the end discarded even though it can be resurrected, by no means say in no way! We suppose 2205 duplex stainless is probably a better desire than either Bis 80 or the 7075 aluminium alloy.

Duplex is certainly luxurious but the processing charges may be no specific plus it does now not want a supplementary coating procedure, each person who wanted to shine it may do it themselves.

Prompting and using the snubber development we had also replaced our hot-dipped galvanised (HDG) 50m x 8mm x G30 primary rode with 75m x 6mm excessive tensile chain: G80 Armorgalv covered. The raw chain became sourced from Gunnebo but we additionally made up a 15m brief section using 6mm x G80 from China for our second rode, which has 40m of 12mm three ply nylon connected to it.

We additionally TDG coated all the connectors, Omega hyperlinks, hammer locks, some state of the artwork lifting hooks from Kito, Italy, plus claws from China. eventually, we had organized the Armorgalv coating of a 100m rode from chinese G100 x 8mm with Omega links for a unfastened go with the flow 50’ catamaran in build in Thailand, because of launch later in 2020.

We also made a bridle plate for a Thai cat built to the Frye/Neeves design; however this can be replaced primarily based at the developments defined beneath. The Armorgalv lined 6mm x G80 chain has now been in use, correctly, for four years; utilization may be defined in a later article.

The 6mm chain brought new issues for us; one being the problem of attachment of bridle to chain with gentle shackles: every other development abandoned. however the fundamental problem become that we had discarded catenary and the energy absorbing characteristics of catenary had to get replaced with something. See graph page forty two.

We had already defined that all the chain of a rode lifts off the seabed at between 15 and 20 knots, a crude common. via 30 knots, but barely lower wind speeds for 6mm chain, the rode appears as straight as a billiard cue; not absolutely immediately, however as appropriate as.

Chain for this reason has finite limits of usefulness. as soon as the chain begins to look directly and the wind gusts increase in pace, you can expect an increasing frequency of grasp masses.

you may bring more and heavier chain, as a way to do nothing in your yacht’s crusing capacity. maximum of us now own fairly gentle yachts, all the greater weight has been squeezed out of them and any extra weight within the bow is a ‘no, no’.

Elasticity, inside the shape of nylon, can update chain as a mechanism for soaking up energy; however, there is constantly a ‘but’, you need extra nylon than a 2m snubber. Nylon also a while, the extra you strain it the shorter the life. however, an extended duration of rope could have the equal demands of power absorption imposed on it as a shorter period so the longer the higher as the lengthy period may be much less burdened.

Our 15m of snubber could have been top for 8mm chain, even though on mirrored image there is no purpose why we could not have prolonged well beyond that 15m however we had handiest sourced free 15m lengths. Now that we had 6mm chain the inducement became there to increase the bridle.

With our demands of frugality, we searched and discovered a climbing fitness center with higher partitions than the one we had sourced our unique 15m lengths and we acquired some 30m lengths. outboard motor covers

we've an aversion to reducing rope, a part of that frugality, so we desired to apply the total period if it changed into practical. managing long rope is a commonplace issue on a yacht and there are plenty of alternatives. 30m of bridle wanted a few idea and we came up with this solution.

We started out the snubbers with the palms of the bridle, starting at the bridle plate via halyard knot, or sewn loops, connected to shackles then connected to the plate. Run from there to the turning block on the bow, via the stanchion bases to a seize on the transom, to a turning block at the transom, a spinnaker or screecher block is right, then to a sheet winch without problems positioned on our boat in the cockpit.

You do now not always need a grab, you can secure direct to a cleat, but we had two spare clutches so we used them. The sour end of the rope we stored as you do any sheet: in a bag hung from the lifelines.

normally we really install 15m to 20m of snubber rope. If the anchorage is much less sheltered or subject to cut or swell, it is easy to set up greater rope. We go away our snubbers completely attached, they may be now not obtrusive.

With this new association and further duration we could have 15m to 20m of snubber extending from the bows and be relaxed. If the wind were given up we should install the full 30m.

the principle trouble is while the wind drops, your snubber rubs at the seabed doubtlessly decreasing snubber life and the chain hook would possibly disengage from the snubber. So locating a way in reducing this immoderate length was the final part of the jigsaw.

final piece the answer become quite simple: low friction jewelry; LFRs, at the side of soft shackles, are currently very fashionable. they are usually attached with tender shackles or dyneema strops but we did not just like the idea because the arrangement might then be floppy. There is probably different solutions, eg. clutch blocks, however we chose to comprise LFRs into the bridle plate.

it is viable to buy two-part, threaded LFRs to insert into bulkheads, there are some of producers: Allen, Antal and many others. but those are inordinately steeply-priced to shop for off the shelf.

So we designed bridle plates modified from the Frye/Neeves authentic layout to accept two-part, threaded LFRs plus with an attempt to additionally contain the advantage of lifting hooks.

We drew up the threaded LFRs to our personal design and had these custom made in China, each in a 6xxx alloy and 316 stainless. the previous to in shape our redesigned 7075 and anodised bridle plate and we had a comparable plate made in 2205 duplex stainless.

inside the intervening time, instead of the LFRs we had been having made, we used stainless shackles attached to the original and simple design base plate with stainless tubes, one loosely inside the different, through which the clevis pin become inserted; as a consequence making a crude rolling surface. This had proved the idea and is every other solution that would revel in further optimisation.

Having retired the usage of Bis80 and the 7075 alloy, our new arrangement uses more of the snubber and carries the 2205 duplex bridle plate with 316 stainless LFRs. The snubbers start on the pad eyes on the bow at the waterline to which the prodder bobstays are attached. We had already added reinforcing for the bobstay pad eyes, so no issues there.

The bridles run to and thru the LFRs at the bridle plate and back to the turning blocks at the bow after which through the stanchion bases alongside the aspect decks to the snatch and so forth. we are able to now have 10m in use down the side decks and 5m extending from the bow; but, as the snubber returns to the bow, we're using 10m, so at the least 20m is continually in use. Importantly, it extends forward no greater than 5m, even if stretched.

So, how does it work? incredibly well. The part of the bridle forward of the bow, from each waterline pad eye, to plate to turning block at the bow creates a vertical ‘V’, which tremendously cushions some of the actions generated from chop and swell. This works in the same way that a horizontal ‘V’, a ordinary bridle, stems veering.

moreover, as the higher segment of the bridle that portion down the deck and to the bridle plate, extends preferentially over the short section from bridle plate to bobstay pad eyes, the bridle while under a gust or capability snatch in reality lowers the bridle plate, which markedly improves the scope.

maximum of the time the bridle plate is underneath water decreasing the scope calculation to that of depth, no longer intensity + distance to bow roller. In deep water this makes little distinction. however in shallower water the scope (ratio) improves.

Scope is a ratio: the ratio, with catenary, determining the perspective of the rode at the seabed. if you energy set, or the wind is powerful, the catenary straightens. The ratio is derived from depth of water + the peak of the bow curler above sea stage. if you use a snubber this in reality desires to be modified to the vicinity of the chain hook in relation to sea degree and the period of chain deployed among anchor and hook.

typically we would install 20m of snubber, 10m alongside the aspect decks and a couple of x 5m past the bow. in case you anticipate the wind to select up the excellent concept is to plan beforehand and feature a long sufficient ‘lazy’ loop between bow curler and bridle plate - then it's miles sincerely a depend of liberating extra length the usage of the sheet winches. you can do all this from the safety and luxury of the cockpit; to your pyjamas if its 3am, which continuously is!

If the lazy loop is insufficiently lengthy you do want to challenge to the bow, launch the chain hook/lock, the remaining back up if the snubber fails, installation more chain, update chain lock, retire to cockpit and deploy extra snubber. we have located it is quite viable to launch the snubbers naked-surpassed, the tension on the cockpit is notably low.

using a sheet winch guarantees anyone can do it. when you launch extra rope it flows without difficulty via the LFRs, no guide intervention essential.

another gain of a realistic snubber/bridle is a phenomena that has largely long gone unreported. we've got stated that after we dive on our anchor while we do not have a bridle and all the chain has lifted off the seabed, the anchor fairly twitches with each movement of the chain and yacht. In truth, all of the moves of the catamaran, yawing, horsing and vibration of the rigging is transmitted along the chain. outboard motor covers

you can feel with the aid of touching the chain when you set up an anchor to understand if it has set or is dragging over difficult rock. A twitching anchor will reduce the shear energy of the seabed in close proximity to the anchor: having a bad effect on hold.

quick bridles, or short snubbers, do improve the situation, however if you need to reduce the vibrations and twitching absolutely a long bridle seems to provide the pleasant solution.

Now this may read all very subjective, however you may strive it for yourself. We honestly try to bury our anchor completely after which dive on it to locate it; the use of a protracted screwdriver prod till you find the anchor and you'll experience the twitching.

think of a trowel in wet cement, ‘twiddle’ the trowel and watch the cement round it liquidise. depart the trowel on my own and the cement will settle and preserve. however once you start twiddling again and have the cement liquified spherical the trowel it will continue to be liquid even though you can lessen the frequency of twiddle.

that is what your chain is doing for the anchor when the chain is all off the seabed. The twitching will increase with a brief rode and also with accelerated wind velocity, little wonder anchors drag! Do not be complacent, set an anchor alarm.

There are other approaches of lowering twitching,, as an example having a deep setting anchor that buries chain, every other gain of downsizing your chain. Buried chain, plus even chain on the seabed, does now not transmit, or reduces, the vibrations along the chain to the anchor. thankfully, many contemporary anchors bury chain ’automatically’ by way of virtue of their layout.

however shallow placing anchors, anchors that do not bury chain, are a whole lot greater vulnerable to ‘twitching’. Anchors with a hinge, Danforth and fort, are plenty much less vulnerable to twitching due to the fact the vibrations do now not skip thru the hinge.

Even proper anchors, but, will warfare to bury chain if the rode contains a swivel, mainly oversized swivels or even outsized shackles. None of these negative elements via themselves, will make much difference to the safety of your anchor however, upload longer bridle or snubbers, downsize your chain, do away with that big swivel, use respectable Crosby G209a shackles as opposed to the outsized large one and you are well on the way to maximising your security. every little adds up to be a bigger complete.

many of us who have a look at anchor performance are of the conclusion that a vast cause for anchors to drag is due to interest-horsing, veering and too low a scope ratio; plus awful success and operator incompetence. we are able to add twitching to the list. it could be that anchors with higher preserve are much less vulnerable to veering, horsing and twitching due to the fact they are more deeply set: so use an anchor with a high keep.

If there may be no keep data to be had comparing your desired new anchor with a acknowledged and independently tested anchor: Rocna, ideal, Spade, Excel, extremely, citadel; marvel why no longer and wonder why are you even considering buying it.

the relationship among maintain plus veering/horsing/twitching has no longer been conclusively connected however it has common sense, even supposing it's miles an untested good judgment. establishing a realistic snubber/bridle machine increases your opportunity of a terrific night time’s sleep and offers the exceptional aid viable on your anchor.

outcomes We have been sufficiently inspired with our new arrangement that casting aside frugality we invested in 2 x 30m x 12mm of new dynamic hiking rope with sewn loops at one cease of each length. On reflection, we possibly should have offered 10mm, rather than 12mm rope for our very own new snubbers.

The sewn loops attach to the waterline bob stay pad eyes. We retired the opposite ropes, which we now deliver as spares or shoreline. The Freeflow 50’ catamaran additionally sold new snubbers and we organized to have 14mm snubbers particularly made, again 30m long.

One advantage of getting a loose stop to every bridle arm at the cockpit is that you may modify the orientation of the yacht, have one arm longer than the other, to suit conflicting wind, tide or wave path. This permits you to better balance the vessel and make it substantially extra relaxed at anchor.

one of the fears of lengthy, elastic snubbers or bridles is that the yacht will yo-yo: surging fore and aft like a demented dinghy being towed in seas. thus far this has no longer, in any way, been our experience and we have obviously been in a position to check it.

we've seen this difficulty debated some of instances on net boards. humans appear to overlook that a couple of generations in the past you had been very lucky to have the funds and time to sail and also you nearly absolutely used a blended rode of chain and nylon, unless you had been appreciably rich. electric windlass were expensive and unreliable, as had been manual windlass; chain became highly-priced and the commonplace solution changed into the blended rode with hand retrieval. No-one ever involved about a yo-yo effect. human beings still use mixed rodes and do now not whinge of yo-yoing.

some other worry is if/when a snubber fails the whiplash will be dangerous and is the purpose the usa navy do no longer use nylon for mooring lines. once more, we've got not heard of accidents purpose with the aid of a failed nylon/chain mixed rode. Our bridle hands are limited in duration and largely aimed off the bow nowhere near everyone at the deck or retained by means of the routing via the stanchion bases.

Our bridle improvement is still a work in development. We recognize we can improve the simple design of the plate itself. we have not got some of the size pretty proper.

we've got discovered some of the dimensions are important however no longer glaringly so, others are greater obvious, like the slot length for the chain link. We additionally suppose casting the plate as one piece, all 2205 duplex and, in all likelihood, polished, could be extra realistic and appealing and will more without problems permit incorporation of the trends of lifting hook designs.

The complete gadget is consequently a challenge in improvement. it works as is, however it is going to be better!

The gadget can, fantastically easily, be installed on a monohull, in complete or in part. maximum yachts have a few form of fairlead on the bow or amidships and these, with sensible use of LFRs and brief strops, could have a realistic ‘V’ for a everyday horizontal bridle. Having a pad eye at the stem is manifestly important to accessing the nice vertical aspect, which might be without problems established with careful use of below-deck reinforcing.

The graph truely suggests that chain has a finite limit to take in clutch masses, as soon as it's far as immediately as it can be it behaves like a metal rod, even as nylon maintains to work, i.e. continues to be elastic.

Chain and nylon rope paintings together, but while the chain has reached its restriction the rope maintains to offer an capability to absorb seize masses. brief rope is elastic but the longer the rope can be spreads the load smoother and increases beneficial life. ≈ outboard motor covers

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If you really believe in something, it can be yours.

That's how we've been conditioned to think. Mostly, I suppose it's a coping mechanism to keep us from eating the rich. We all think we'll be rich someday if we just want it hard enough. How long has it been since there was a good, old-fashioned culling of the wealthy elite?

That probably wasn't a good way to start this blog post... I'm more than a little tired, but fuck it. I'm leaving it.

"Corruptus".

That was the subject of an email I received before my ISP dropped me. My phone turned into a brick the same day. Hell, I think it was the same precise moment, though it's difficult to know for sure since I only tried it after my laptop couldn't connect.

"Corruptus"... I'd never heard the word before, and to be honest I'm not exactly sure it IS a word at all. It could be Latin. It sounds like Latin. I haven't been able to look it up, and this is the first time I'm getting on the web since my unexpected removal from the grid.

I tried to sign on at the local library, by the way. My card was revoked... unpaid late fees for books I'd never read, much less checked out. Mostly borderline fetish material and self-help books for various mental illnesses. The apparently quite detailed tome on weapons of mass destruction seemed to be of the most concern for the librarian.

I hung around the library for maybe a half an hour, until someone left a computer logged in and unguarded. When I went to check my email, to tweet a complaint about what happened, those accounts were gone, as well. Honestly, I was a pretty huge dumbass for expecting them to be there.

It wasn't long before I noticed the computer's rightful user pointing me out at the front desk. I guess she wasn't a fan of the direct approach. I was out the door before anyone could cause a real fuss.

It's been over two years since I left Mowgli's Palace and never looked back.

The original blog post has come and gone so much... across so many different sites... that I can barely even remember the first place I tried to host it. If I'd known how far this would go, I don't know if I would've been able to hack out that clumsy, flawed account of what happened. The pressure would've been too great, and I suppose there's a certain level of comfort in the idea no one will actually see or care about your work.

It seems like a lot of sites removed the information, either upon direct request from Disney... or on their own in fear of reprisal. I know a really popular YouTuber who pulled readings of my posts from his channel. The rumor was that someone threatened to sue him, some supposed "author" of the "story". Bullshit. I know first-hand that he took it down in a bout of pants-shitting fear when he realized Disney's connection to his partner company.

I tried to keep up my "After Abandoned" blog for a while. I don't know how many people out there saw my notes on Room Zero, Club 22, and so on. They're still around if you look... at least at the time of this writing.

Yes, "Club 22" exists. No, it's not a typo of "Club 33". I later learned, from the same contact, that there's an 11 as well, and supposedly the debauchery only grows as the numbers get lower. I heard of a "Club 00", but I can't confirm that as clearly as I can with the previous contact. I also don't know if it has any connection to the "Room" of a similar name.

Yes, the door probably said "Characters" or "Cast Members" instead of "Mascots". I know, I know, I hear you all. Thank you so much for that. I'm sure your memory is crystal clear in moments of abject terror, right?

Overall, I'm glad that my words have spread so far and wide... but the down side is that so few of you are taking this seriously. I can't stress this enough... Treasure Island? Real. The Utilidors? Real. Just because you can't substantiate the rest doesn't mean it's "a cool story". Instead of picking apart the inaccuracies and making games about how cool it would be to have been in my position, maybe people can start taking this seriously and digging into what's going on.

Maybe?

I don't know. I don't want this to be a rant. I want to stay focused and make sure I post exactly what I wanted to make public. All of the stress... the stalkers, the phone calls, the broken windows... I know that's all supposed to keep me off track. They want me confused, scared, and most of all they want me quiet.

There's a team of men and women in suits that I've seen at random times. Here and there. I call them "The Focus Group" because they pop up with clipboards and pens, taking notes about everything I do. They all have the same outfits, the same thick-rimmed nerd glasses, the same red pens that just scream "we're judging you".

The first time I noticed them, they were following me through the Mall. I looped and turned, trying to be SURE they were following me... and there they were, every step of the way. Days later, I spotted them again in the laundromat window across from my new apartment.

I chased one down, once. The tubbiest one. They stayed silent through the entire chase and even the scuffle that ensued. When I wrenched the clipboard from his hand, I only found page after page of off-kilter, random gibberish coupled with crude Mickey silhouettes. All in the same red ink.

I know it sounds insane, to say that a group of men and women in black are following me and taking nonsense notes, but I think that's the point. I think the idea is that it SHOULD drive me insane, and if it doesn't, you'll still think I'm crazy just for saying it.

It's a no-win situation.

I will forever regret that trip to Emerald Isle, but on the other hand I'll always be grateful to the people who have come forward, anonymously, to share their experiences with me. Whoever mailed me the suggestion box from the resort is basically my hero at this point. To read what I'd written about the place and still brave the journey... wow. I can't imagine how that felt, whoever you may be. You even left the original, corroded lock in the box so I'd know it was legit. To do all of that without even taking a look inside for yourself must've been really hard. Thank you.

If you haven't noticed, I'm treating this post a lot like my "final installment". There's a reason for that. I don't know how long I can keep subverting Disney's attempts at silencing me before some sort of final action is taken. I have no doubt that somewhere, at this very moment, someone is using my identity to commit a crime that would discredit me. That, or the men in white jackets are about to show me a lovely little padded cell. I don't know what's going to come of this, and that's the worst part I suppose. All I know is that it's coming.

So what is "Corruptus"? Well, as I mentioned it was the title of an email I received. One that was presumably deleted along with my account. It was blank, and seemed to exist for the sole purpose of placing an attached text document in my hands.

Too bad for the powers that be... I had already printed it the moment I saw it.

Not much they can do to reverse that, can they?

I should've mentioned... remember that library? I used their copier to run off a few thousand duplicates of that letter. A few hundred are stapled in random places, a few hundred were passed out to random people, and the rest... let's leave those as a little surprise. Have fun trying to stifle THAT, you horrible mouse-fuckers.

Without any more rambling, here's the letter. Word for word. It arrived from a source whose email address I won't disclose... though I assume it's an untraceable dummy account, anyway.

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Summation of CORRUPTUS incidents for January, 2015

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Known CORRUPTUS incidents up to and including January, 2015

Treasure Island

Extreme agitation/inappropriate activity within Vulture population.

Mild to moderate agitation/inappropriate human activity.

Resolved CORRUPTUS: Unidentified Avian Species

Abandoned. Final.

Disney's Pop Century Resort

Misplaced and mobile objects.

Chronological Displacement/Anachronism.

Unresolved CORRUPTUS: Wandering entity.

Pending.

Disney's River County

Microorganism infestation.

Unresolved CORRUPTUS: "Clear Man" aka "See-Thru Man" aka "Friendly John".

Abandoned. Final.

ImageWorks: The What-If Labs (2nd Floor)

Multiple missing persons reports regarding Dreamfinder's School of Drama.

Pin screen fatality.

Vibrating mirror sickness.

Unresolved CORRUPTUS: "Wily Wizard" installation

Abandoned. Final.

Mowgli's Palace

Auditory hallucination and/or projection.

Misplaced and mobile objects.

Moderate to severe agitation/inappropriate human activity.

Unresolved CORRUPTUS: Inverted Character

Abandoned. Final.

The New Global Neighborhood

Resolved CORRUPTUS: Fiber Optic Worm (NGN C 1)

Resolved CORRUPTUS: Digital Howl (NGN C 2)

Resolved. Repurposed.

Room Zero

Sudden-onset mass-hysteria.

Auditory hallucination and/or projection.

Unresolved CORRUPTUS: Unknown

Contained. Final.

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It took a few readings before I could get my head around this. Essentially, if the attached file was to be believed, then the events I had experienced were not part of an isolated incident. The events within Room Zero... the Gascots... they seem like part of a much larger problem.

What is "Corruptus"?

Corruption. I mean, I don't need to run Google Translate for that, even if I felt like I COULD take a break from writing without the risk of someone finding and disconnecting me at any moment.

Corruption of what? Dreams? Ideas? Desires?

I've never been a religious man, but I was dragged to Sunday School more than enough times to know about Golden Calves. False Gods created by man... icons, graven images...

Characters. Mascots.

If you believe in the Bible at all, and I'm not sure I do, especially not after what I've seen... then maybe God wasn't angry because people worshiped other things. Maybe he was afraid. Maybe if enough people believe in something hard enough, there's a chance it will come to be. Since we're naturally flawed beings, that means there's a very good chance such a thing would become corrupted.

If you think about it, Disney's animated films have always had one overriding message.

Clap your hands and believe hard enough, and Tinkerbell will live. When you wish upon a star... anything your heart desires...

People like to say Disney has some connection to Satanism, but I never bought into that. I still don't. I think they've been trying to create that Golden Calf... a God-Idol that everyone believes in... one that everyone loves... It's almost as if any dream or idea that is shared by enough human hearts and minds has a real chance of being born into the world.

The creatures... if any exist beyond what I saw with my own eyes... I think they're the deformed half-starts. Random manifestations of some dark, unquantifiable non-life that seeped into our state of being. They're mistakes of reality. Cosmic abortions.

The Corrupted.

Did everyone in Emerald Isle harbor such a negative impression of Mowgli's palace? How potent was the fear of nuclear war on the day Room Zero became full? If you want to find Gascots and mystery voices, does that search bring about the very thing you're looking for?

How many children have been disappointed, confused, or scarred for life when they saw Mickey without his "head"?

These are questions I'm never going to be able to answer. I don't know if anyone can. Speaking personally, this will probably be the last time I talk to you about Disney and everything I've learned about them. I'm truly sorry for that, especially since there's so much more I could say... unconfirmed rumors, documents and items I received that now seem to be gone forever...

I thought they were just trying to contain that Mickey costume. I thought that's why they went out of their way to keep the public in the dark about so much. Why they coerced and bullied to get their way.

Now I realize I was wrong.

It was this, all along.

They didn't want anything like THIS getting out.

I wish you all good luck, and I know I need the same from you.

Thank you.

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In repeat for you to obtain a multilingual WordPress residing, you’ll desire a WordPress translation plugin.

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When it comes to growing a multilingual WordPress residing, there are two fundamental approaches which which that you would possibly eradicate:

Computerized translation – you make consume of a machine to translate your total residing. Mediate how Google Translate works.

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Translation completeness – there are somewhat a range of limited things that trip into translating your residing cherish URL slugs, meta data, theme/plugin strings, and loads others. Be obvious your chosen translation plugin capability that you can obtain at all that stuff.

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1. WPML

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WPML ancient to be almost completely centered on handbook translations, however the recent model adds constructed-in enhance for machine translation, to boot.

With the Multilingual CMS model (which I counsel), that you would possibly translate 100% of your residing’s speak, including:

Plugin/theme speak (including net page builders cherish Elementor)

Personalized fields

WooCommerce stores

And heaps others.

One original intention is that it provides you special “Translator” particular person roles which which that you would possibly consume to offer enlighten access to a third-occasion translator (cherish a freelancer you hire). Or, it also contains a intention that capability that you can send translations straight to a pair diverse legit translation providers.

To translate your speak yourself, you obtain a pair of diverse interfaces, however this aspect-by-aspect stumble on is the place that you would possibly work with particular person objects of speak:

WPML creates SEO-edifying translated speak and provides you the likelihood to care for from the utilization of subdomains or subfolders for every language.

Whenever you’re desirous about the utilization of WPML, I counsel procuring the $79 Multilingual CMS model, in location of the less pricey Multilingual Weblog package (which isn’t as thorough in its translations).

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Weglot is perchance the safe methodology to translate your WordPress residing.

It in actuality works by right this moment the utilization of machine translation to translate your total residing as soon as you set off the plugin. So in overall, within the principle five minutes, that you would possibly comprise a total, working multilingual residing.

Because you presumably received’t deserve to fully depend on these machine translations, despite the indisputable truth that, Weglot also capability that you can make consume of its cloud dashboard to comprise a human manually review/edit your total translations, or outsource translations straight to a third-occasion translation service.

Weglot with out a doubt provides you two diverse interfaces, which is helpful:

Translation record – right here’s a aspect-by-aspect see of the fashioned and translated speak – more or less cherish a PO editor.

Visual editor – you seek for a are living preview of your residing and would possibly presumably click on any textual speak string to translate it.

Weglot translates 100% of your speak, including every little thing from themes and plugins. And it also creates an SEO-edifying, indexable model of your residing for every language.

One component to take under consideration with Weglot is that it’s a cloud-primarily based fully mostly SaaS tool, in location of something that’s 100% self-hosted. Consequently, your translations are hosted on Weglot’s servers and also you’ll deserve to pay an ongoing monthly price to continue the utilization of Weglot.

Whenever that you would possibly comprise the funds for that price, I judge the comfort is price it for somewhat a range of folk. But whilst you’re on a funds, you is also happier with one of the fundamental self-hosted, one-time price translation plugins.

Weglot has a restricted free notion that capability that you can translate up to 2,000 phrases into one language. After that, the paid plans begin at €8.25 /month.

That it is possible you’ll presumably also study more in our Weglot review.

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TranslatePress sits someplace in between WPML and Weglot. It has many of the comfort of Weglot, whereas working as a within the community hosted resolution, in location of a cloud SaaS cherish Weglot.

TranslatePress capability that you can make a choice between handbook and computerized translation. And whilst you trip with computerized, you’ll repeatedly comprise the likelihood to manually adjust these translations later.

One component I cherish about TranslatePress is its interface. To begin, you configure some basics within the encourage-live settings, cherish which languages to make consume of and whether or now not or to now not make consume of computerized translation:

Then, you’ll with out a doubt arrange your translations the utilization of a visual interface that appears to be like plenty cherish the WordPress Customizer.

To translate speak, all you construct is click on the textual speak on the pick up page after which that you would possibly edit it within the sidebar:

TranslatePress capability that you can translate 100% of your residing and creates SEO-edifying, indexable versions for every language.

TranslatePress has a free model at WordPress.org that’s rather beneficiant, despite the indisputable truth that it lacks precious SEO aspects. After that, paid plans begin at €79 and add SEO aspects, as well to other candies cherish translator accounts and computerized language detection.

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4. Polylang

Polylang works plenty cherish WPML, moreover it has a beneficiant free model readily accessible at WordPress.org.

Love the previous three multilingual plugins, Polylang creates an SEO-edifying, indexable model of your translated speak.

To translate core WordPress strings, you’ll consume this aspect-by-aspect editor:

And for particular person objects of speak, you’ll in overall obtain a separate model of the WordPress editor for every language model. Polylang will then take care of maintaining classes and other stuff in sync:

Personally, I gain this methodology to be less useful than the replacement tools, however that you would possibly cherish it.

The core Polylang plugin easiest supports handbook translation, however whilst you combine it with the Lingotek plugin (from the equivalent developer), you furthermore mght can moreover consume computerized translation or outsource translations to legit translators.

Polylang capability that you can translate most of your speak for free. But whilst it’s essential translate URL slugs or WooCommerce, you’ll need the highest rate model(s).

Polylang Expert bills €99.00, as does Polylang for WooCommerce.

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Google Language Translator is now not nearly as entire as the full replacement translation plugins on this record.

First off, it is now not SEO-edifying. That’s, it doesn’t obtain indexable versions of your speak.

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Widget

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Menu merchandise

PHP intention

I’ve added more than one alternatives so which which that you would possibly seek for the methodology they work:

For something free, straightforward, and computerized, give this one a stumble on. Simply consider its barriers – it’s now not SEO-edifying and also that you would possibly’t manually edit translations.

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Soraya Roberts | Longreads | November 2018 | 10 minutes (2,422 words)

Should I be married to a woman? If today were yesterday, if all this sexual fluidity were in the discourse when I was coming of age in the ‘90s, would I have been with a woman instead of a man? It is a question that “The Bisexual” creator Desiree Akhavan also poses in the second episode of her Hulu series, co-produced with Channel 4 because no U.S. network wanted it. Akhavan directed, co-wrote, and stars in the show in which her character, Leila, splits with her girlfriend of 10 years, Sadie (Maxine Peake), and starts having sex with men for the first time. So, Leila asks, if the opposite had happened to her — as it did to me — and a guy had swept her off her feet instead of a woman, would things have turned out differently? “Maybe I would’ve gone the path of least resistance,” Leila says. Maybe I did.

This is a conundrum that marks a previous generation — one that had to “fight for it,” as Akhavan’s heroine puts it, and is all the more self-conscious for being juxtaposed with the next one, the one populated by the fluid youth of social media idolizing the likes of pansexual Janelle Monáe, polyamorous Ezra Miller, undecided Lucas Hedges. Call it a queer generation gap (what’s one more label?). “I don’t know what it’s like to grow up with the Internet,” 32-year-old Akhavan explains to a younger self-described “queer woman” in her show. “I just get the sense that it’s changing your relationship to gender and to sexuality in a really good way, but in a way I can’t relate to.”

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This Playboy bunny is chest out, lips open, legs wide. This Playboy bunny is every other Playboy bunny except for the flat hairy chest because this Playboy bunny is Ezra Miller. The star of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald calls himself “queer” but it’s hard to take him seriously. What was it Susan Sontag said: it’s not camp if it’s trying to be camp? And for the past few months, while promoting the Potterverse prequel no one asked for, this 26-year-old fashionisto has been trying his damndest, styling himself as a sort of latter day Ziggy Stardust — the monastic Moncler puffer cape, the glittering Givenchy feathers — minus the depth. Six months ago, Miller looked like every other guy on the red carpet and now, per his own request, models bunny ears, fishnets, and heels as a gender-fluid rabbit for a randy Playboy interview. Okay, I guess, but it reads disingenuous to someone who grew up surrounded by closets to see them plundered so flagrantly for publicity. Described as “attracted to men and women,” Miller is nevertheless quoted mostly on the subject of guys, the ones he jerked off and fell in love with. He claims his lack of romantic success has lead him to be a polycule: a “polyamorous molecule” involving multiple “queer beings who understand me as a queer being.”

The article hit two weeks after i-D published a feature in which heartthrob Harry Styles interviewed heartthrob Timothée Chalamet with — despite their supposed reframing of masculinity — the upshot, as always, being female genuflection. “I want to say you can be whatever you want to be,” Chalamet explains, styled as a sensitive greaser for the cover. “There isn’t a specific notion, or jean size, or muscle shirt, or affectation, or eyebrow raise, or dissolution, or drug use that you have to take part in to be masculine.” Styles, on brand, pushes it further. “I think there’s so much masculinity in being vulnerable and allowing yourself to be feminine,” the 24-year-old musician says, “and I’m very comfortable with that.” (Of course you are comfortable, white guy…did I say that out loud?) As part of the boy band One Direction, Styles was marketed as a female fantasy and became a kind of latter-day Mick Jagger, the playboy who gets all the girls. His subsequent refusal to label himself, the rumors about his close relationship with band mate Louis Tomlinson, and the elevation of his song “Medicine” to “bisexual anthem”– “The boys and the girls are in/I mess around with them/And I’m OK with it” — all build on a solid foundation of cis white male heterosexuality.

Timothée Chalamet’s sexuality, meanwhile, flows freely between fiction and fact. While the 22-year-old actor is “straight-identifying,” he acquires a queer veneer by virtue of his signature role as Call Me by Your Name’s Elio, a bisexual teen (or, at least, a boy who has had sex with both women and men). Yet off screen, as Timothée, he embodies a robust heterosexuality. On social media, the thirst for him skews overwhelmingly female, while reports about his romantic partners — Madonna’s daughter, Johnny Depp’s daughter — not only paint him straight but enviably so. Lucas Hedges, another straight-identified actor who plays gay in the conversion therapy drama Boy Erased, somewhat disrupts this narrative, returning fluidity to the ambiguous space it came from. The 21-year-old admitted in an interview with Vulture that he found it difficult to pin himself down, having been “infatuated with” close male friends but more often women. “I recognize myself as existing on that spectrum,” he says. “Not totally straight, but also not gay and not necessarily bisexual.” That he felt “ashamed” for not being binary despite having a sixth-grade health teacher who introduced him to the range of sexuality suggests how married our culture is to it.

As a woman familiar with the shame associated with female sexuality, it’s difficult to ignore the difference in tenor of the response to famous young white males like Miller, Styles, and Chalamet and famous black women like Janelle Monáe and Tessa Thompson not only discussing it, but making even more radical statements. Appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone in May, Monáe said straight up (so to speak): “Being a queer black woman in America — someone who has been in relationships with both men and women — I consider myself to be a free-ass motherfucker.” The same age as Desiree Akhavan, 32, Monáe identified as bisexual until she read about pansexuality. She initially came out through her music; her album, Dirty Computer, contains a song called “Q.U.E.E.N.” which was originally titled “Q.U.E.E.R.,” while the music video accompanying “Pynk” has actress Tessa Thompson emerging from Monáe’s Georgia O’Keeffe-esque pants. While neither one of them has discussed their relationship in detail, Thompson, who in Porter magazine’s July issue revealed she is attracted to men and women, said, “If people want to speculate about what we are, that’s okay.”

The mainstream press and what appeared to be a number of non-queer social media acolytes credited Chalamet and Styles with redefining their gender and trouncing toxic masculinity. “[H]arry styles, ezra miller, and timothee chalamet are going to save the world,” tweeted one woman, while The Guardian dubbed Miller the “hero we need right now.” Monáe, meanwhile, was predominantly championed by queer fans (“can we please talk about how our absolute monarch Janelle Monáe has been telegraphing her truth to the queers thru her art and fashion for YEARS and now this Rolling Stone interview is a delicious cherry on top + a ‘told u so’ to all the h*teros”) and eclipsed by questions about what pansexual actually means. While white male fluidity was held up as heroic, female fluidity, particularly black female fluidity, was somehow unremarkable. Why? Part of the answer was recently, eloquently, provided by “Younger” star Nico Tortorella, who identifies as gender-fluid, bisexual, and polyamorous. “I get to share my story,” he told The Daily Beast. “That’s a privilege that I have because of what I look like, the color of my skin, what I have between my legs, my straight passing-ness, everything.”

***

When I was growing up sex was not fun, it was fraught. Sex was AIDS, disease, death. The Supreme Court of Canada protected sexual orientation under the Charter when I was 15 but I went to school in Alberta, Canada’s version of Texas — my gym teacher was the face of Alberta beef. In my high school, no one was gay even if they were. All gender was binary. Sex was a penis in a vagina. Popular culture was as straight, and even Prince and David Bowie seemed to use their glam sparkle to sleep with more women rather than fewer. Bisexual women on film were murderers (Basic Instinct) or sluts (Chasing Amy) and in the end were united by their desire for “some serious deep dicking.” I saw no bisexual women on television (I didn’t watch “Buffy”) and LGBTQ characters were limited (“My So-Called Life”). Alanis Morissette was considered pop music’s feminist icon, but even she was singing about Dave Coulier. And the female celebrities who seemed to swing both ways — Madonna, Drew Barrymore, Bijou Phillips — were the kind who were already acting out, their sexuality a hallmark of their lack of control.

“I think unrealistic depictions of sex and relationships are harmful,” Akhavan told The New York Times. “I was raised on them and the first time I had sex, I had learned everything from film and television and I was like ‘Oh, this isn’t at all like I saw on the screen.’” Bisexuality has historically been passed over on screen for a more accessible binary depiction of relationships. In her 2013 book The B Word: Bisexuality in Contemporary Film and Television, Maria San Filippo describes what has become known as “bisexual erasure” in pop culture: “Outside of the erotically transgressive realms of art cinema and pornography, screen as well as ‘real life’ bisexuality is effaced not only by what I’ve named compulsory monosexuality but also by compulsory monogamy,” she writes, adding, “the assumption remains that the gender of one’s current object choice indicates one’s sexuality.” So even high-profile films that include leads having sex with both genders — Brokeback Mountain, The Kids Are All Right, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Carol, Call Me By Your Name — are coded “gay” rather than “bi.”

Despite the rise in bisexual women on the small screen like Annalise in “How to Get Away with Murder,” Syd in “Transparent,” and Ilana in “Broad City,” GLAAD’s latest report on inclusion cited continued underrepresentation. While 28 percent of LGBTQ characters on television are bisexual, the majority are women (75 versus 18) and they are often associated with harmful tropes — sex is used to move the plot forward and the characters scan amoral and manipulative. This despite an increase in the U.S.’s queer population to 4.5 percent in 2017 from 3.5 percent in 2012 (when Gallup started tracking it). A notable detail is the extreme generational divide in identification: “The percentage of millennials who identify as LGBT expanded from 7.3% to 8.1% from 2016 to 2017, and is up from 5.8% in 2012,” reported Gallup. “By contrast, the LGBT percentage in Generation X (those born from 1965 to 1979) was up only .2% from 2016 to 2017.”

Here’s the embarrassing part. While I am technically a millennial, I align more with Generation X (that’s not the embarrassing bit). I am attracted more to men, but I am attracted to women as well yet don’t identify as LGBTQ. How best to describe this? I remember a relative being relieved when I acquired my first boyfriend (it was late). “Oh good, I thought you were gay,” they said. I was angry at them for suggesting that being gay was a bad thing, but also relieved that I had dodged a bullet. This isn’t exactly the internalized homophobia that Hannah Gadsby talked about, but it isn’t exactly not. My parents and my brother would have been fine with me being gay. So what’s the problem? The problem is that the standard I grew up with — in the culture, in the world around me — was not homosexuality, it was heterosexuality. I don’t judge non-heterosexual relationships, but having one myself somehow falls short of ideal. For the same reason, I can’t shake the false belief that lesbian sex is less legitimate than gay sex between men. The ideal is penetration. “That’s some Chasing Amy shit,” my boyfriend, eight years younger, said. And, yeah, unfortunately, it is. I have company though.

In a survey released in June, billed as “the most comprehensive of its kind,” Whitman Insight Strategies and BuzzFeed News polled 880 LGBTQ Americans, almost half of whom were between the ages of 18 and 29, and found that the majority, 46 percent, identified as bisexual. While women self-described as bi four times as often as men (79 to 19 percent), the report did not offer a single clear reason for the discrepancy. It did, however, suggest “phallocentrism,” the notion that the penis is the organizing principle for the world, the standard. In other words, sex is a penis in a vagina. “While bisexual women are often stereotyped as sleeping with women for male attention, or just going through a phase en route to permanent heterosexuality,” the report reads, “the opposite is presumed of bisexual men: that they are simply confused or semi-closeted gay men.” This explains why women who come out, like Monáe and Thompson, are considered less iconoclastic in the popular culture than men who even just make vague gestures towards fluidity — the stakes are considered higher for the guys. In truth, few feel comfortable being bi. Though the Pew Research Center’s survey of queer Americans in 2013 revealed that 40 percent of respondents identified as bisexual, this population was less likely to come out and more likely to be with a partner of the opposite sex. Famous women like Maria Bello, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristen Stewart have all come out, yet none of them really use the label.

“Not feeling gay enough, that’s something I felt a lot of guilt over,” Akhavan told the Times. It is guilt like this and the aforementioned shame which makes it all the more frustrating to watch the ease with which the younger generation publicly owns their fluidity. It is doubly hard to watch young white men being praised for wearing bunny ears in a magazine that has so long objectified women, simply because the expectations are so much lower for them. “I’m not looking down on the younger experience of being queer,” Akhavan said, “but I do think that there’s a resentment there that we gloss over.” In response, many of us react conservatively, with the feeling that they haven’t worked for it, that it is somehow less earned because of that. This is an acknowledgment of that resentment, of the eye rolling and the snickering with which we respond to the youth (ah, youth!). In the end we are not judging you for being empowered. We are judging ourselves for not being empowered enough.

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Soraya Roberts is a culture columnist at Longreads.

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aziza (nadia route)

female (she/her/hers), taurus, ESFP, favorite food is orange cuttlefish, favorite drink is rye whiskey, favorite flower is spider lily, tarot card is the reversed hierophant (for rebellion, subversiveness, and new approaches)

* has a more athletic build than one would expect a magician to have (like master, like apprentice)

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* has two mothers and a cool vodka aunt, all of whom write to her often (she's not actually blood-related to any of them)

* is a Useless Lesbian and wants to smooch portia, too? (this has also made her feel at least a little bit conflicted abt the situation knowing now that the Allegéd Murderer Guy is related to her)

* along w/ fortune-telling, she also has a proclivity towards communing w/ spirits. it isn’t the most reliable ability, however

* might experiment w/ darker magic, occasionally. Shhh

* loves food, and has grown a higher fondness for sweets since That One Scene w/ nadia

* likes studying languages as well, and is passably fluent in three

* very honest; not brutally so, but she does like to state what’s on her mind, even if it sounds silly or rude. can still decently lie her way out of a situation if needed (and if it’ll impress a hot girl)

* makes her anger abundantly clear, and lashes out at the target whenever given the chance

* thrives in group settings, with her confident, fun-loving entertainer vibe. would definitely be some kind of internet personality in a modern au

* is, contrary to her demeanor, not a hotheaded or reckless person; and is actually a rather pragmatic thinker

* very considerate and understanding towards those she cares for, observing their weak points but not thinking any less of them for it

* wears more or less a full face of makeup

* can be very irreverent, which could either be construed as charming or insensitive

* her familiar is a very cheerful bat named nona

* materialistic and loves indulging in Luxurious Things, so she’s having a great time right now thanks for asking

delphi (asra route)

nonbinary (switches between he/him/his and she/her/hers), pisces, ENFJ, favorite food is tuna sashimi, favorite drink is plum nectar, favorite flower is anemone, tarot card is the moon (for unconscious, illusions and intuition)

* goes by "phi" a lot of the time

* has a smooth, melodic voice that makes her sound very persuasive

* has a regal bearing and a talent for diplomacy

* hails from a wealthy and prominent family, but because of their complicated relationship she sort of avoids bringing them up w/ the exception of a couple of his siblings

* appreciates nadia’s generosity and kindness during his time at the palace and sincerely wants to help her. they have a good rapport going on and also have an "annoying siblings" camaraderie, except in phi's case she's a middle child

* has a wardrobe full of light, gauzy clothes, mostly in off-whites but also some pale pinks and purples, covers her hair w/ scarves and shawls a lot; she prefers an elegant aesthetic so whenever asra suggests a rainbow leopard print vest or some shit it makes her Weep

* is very good at accomplishing things thru a bunch of trial and error, then making it look effortless

* exacts Vicious Retribution if he is slighted or disrespected. never immediately, but it will happen (so watch your fuckin back valerius)

* is protective of and unshakably loyal to those close to her, and detests needless cruelty, but is also of a “the world can burn if it will save a loved one” mentality, and she and asra can get Very caught up in each other sometimes

* despite her tactful nature, she likes mouthing off to ppl whenever she can get away with it

* loves music! playing it at least, not so much dancing

* besides tarot readings, he specializes in charms and prophecies (esp the latter), also likes to dabble in plant magic though he’s not so great at that; a very curious person, but has an affinity for some subjects more than others

* likes to tease and flirt w/ people but doesn’t really mean anything by it 98% of the time

* prefers a more hot and humid climate and loves being by the water, so vesuvia suits her just fine

* nonetheless loves to travel and really wishes asra could take her on one of his Sudden Journeys

* absolutely hates feeling restricted/trapped

* her familiar is a gentle, curious fawn named aurum

* has a small tattoo of a rune on his left ankle, and one on the back of his neck

* sort of a picky eater, never really eats cooked food? mostly lives on raw fish and fruits. and baked goods (...bread. mostly bread)

*can be self-sacrificial to a fault (classic pisces behavior!)

* very adaptable, and is happiest when experiencing a new environment

clove (julian route)

agender (they/them/theirs), virgo, INTP, favorite food is caldereta (it’s goat stew. get it?), favorite drink is malt beer, favorite flower is clivia, tarot card is the hermit (for contemplation, search for truth, and isolation)

* has a scar on their chin and they have a different story about it every time someone asks

* wears modest clothing and a lot of warm reds and bright oranges. owns a lot of hats

* has a quiet, melancholy disposition but an absurdist sense of humor that can be a surprise to some

* specializes in illusion magic

* shares a sort of flair for dramatics w/ julian. naturally has one of those “i’m a theatre kid and was taught to P R O J E C T” voices, but uses it sparingly thank god

* their first reaction to feeling attraction is fierce denial, subsequently followed by “what the fuck!! you’re better than this!!!” followed by quiet, feverish devotion

* magical ability runs in their family, the shop is like a hand-me-down. their mother dotes on them but they're estranged from their father

* is extremely selective about who they choose to care about or rely on, but does trust asra in part due to the level of familiarity between them

* can be somewhat sadistic which is really. kind of a benefit, in this route

* would be a slytherin

* far more of a night person than a day person, as much as their wardrobe might tell you otherwise

* acts arrogant and callous towards others sometimes, which alienates a lot of people. mostly does this on purpose but it's partially just their nature

* their familiar is a small balicassiao bird named viorel, who's v fussy and skittish

* has amazing aim, which comes in handy when, say, they need to throw shit at somebody who’s breaking into their domicile

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A collection of sexual harassment scandals has engulfed outstanding male students, whilst feminist philosophers and others have driven to diversify what remains, some distance more than the other humanities, an overwhelmingly white, male field.

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The article, known as “In Defense of Transracial,” by using Rebecca Tuvel, appeared in the spring issue of the journal Hypatia. Ms. Tuvel, an assistant professor at Rhodes College in Memphis, asserts that the arguments that assist transgender identification also help the possibility of transracial identity.

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Society,” she concludes, “ought to take delivery of such a character’s decision to alternate race the equal manner it needs to receive a man or woman’s decision to exchange sex.”

Ms. Tuvel, who is white, isn’t always the first pupil to elevate the subject, or to evaluation the response to Rachel Dolezal, the white former N.A.A.C.P. Official whose claims to be black drew substantial ridicule and outrage, with the extra accepting treatment of Caitlyn Jenner, who came out as transgender across the same time. But the reaction to her article changed into rapid and livid.

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Do hair salons want to know approximately first resource? After being asked through Toni and Guy’s Cosmetology School in Orange County to speak to their college students about the first resource, I realized that there was an extreme loss of information available addressing matters that could show up at hair salons.

So what are the principle types of emergencies which can arise at hair salons?

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Electrical burns – Too many appliances plugged into strength strips can motive fires. Curling iron,

Straightening iron, and a hair dryer? All of those draw extreme amperage and might overload electric cords. Remember to keep them far from the water as nicely to save you electrocution. Make sure your staff knows how to shut off the power at your circuit panel as properly.

Falls – The broom is your pal! Keeping hair swept up will save you falls, ankle sprains, and broken wrists. The closing issue you need is a touch old female taking a header inside the salon and having the heart branch show up.

Chemical Spills and Inhalation – ninety-nine% of all salons are properly ventilated and it is important to keep chemicals separate. Bleach and ammonia are toxic while mixed together. Each salon needs to have an MSDS (Material Safety and Data Sheets) that lists all the chemical compounds used in the salon and their chemical houses to be OSHA compliant.

There you’ve got it! Cuts, burns, falls, and chemical spills can wreak havoc on you your personnel and customers!

Protect yourself as high-quality as viable! Want to get all your personnel on the same web page? Many CPR and primary resource businesses provide onsite CPR training and will train you at your salon. Your staff and customers will thanks!

Zack Zarrilli is a Firefighter and the owner of SureFire CPR. His corporation is constituted of Firefighters, Paramedics, Lifeguards, and EMTs who train hundreds of CPR, BLS, AED, and First Aid classes every year. SureFire CPR’s teachers educate from their very own actual world enjoy and specialize in on-web page CPR and First Aid schooling in all of Southern California.

Time Is a Mysterious Factor – Let Us First Know About the Present

How could an item be placed in the area? While the first three dimensions are used to specify its location in the area, the fourth measurement time locates its function in time.

Space and time are inseparable. Time couldn’t be easily explained. For our comfort sake, we are saying gift aggravating, beyond irritating and future worrying.

The events that had come about is passed. The occasions which we are experiencing now could be a gift and what’s to come is destiny.

But these tenses are associated. Swami Vivekananda once explained that each one the 3 tenses are mingled collectively if you see them from a limitless top. You can take something disturbing you want at that stage and spot what’s going on at that moment.

How could this be defined? Very Easy. Imagine one man or woman is traveling in a train. In the compartment, he is capable of see thru the window up to a distance. The individual sitting contrary to him may be able to see the other side through the window as much as a distance. The man or woman who’s sitting within the compartment subsequent to the engine may want to see a touch extra. Suppose if a person travels sitting on the roof of the train he should see the whole lot in front, again, right and left.

Now should everyone say who is precisely within the present hectic? Before you are saying,

This moment starts of evolved, it ends inside a second. The gift will become beyond in a 2d and the destiny becomes the prevailing in that 2nd. So, who’s living precisely in the gift? And whose vision is the ‘gift’ imaginative and prescient many of the vacationers, the individual whom we referred first or the character contrary to him or the one who’s inside the compartment next to engine or the person who is sitting on the rooftop of the train?

For the person that is at the roof pinnacle, the different individual’s beyond is likewise gift. And different character’s destiny additionally present. At a better stage, all of the tenses are mingled.

All are in present hectic handiest but their vision is complete or partial relying upon the obstructions or limits.

So our perspectives regarding present traumatic are handiest relative! Actually, we’re all in present anxious most effective.

The educate is transferring and subsequently, all the people are in ‘Continuous Present”.

This is precisely the Hindu faith says about time. We are ever in Continuous Present.

Time is ever flowing. Nobody may want to give an explanation for it. Nobody may want to escape from it additionally.

Space and time are inseparable. Living inside the gift is ideal. For this, the non-stop effort is required. Because all are either fuming about the beyond or hoping approximately the future.

The Zen Buddhism and Hinduism emphasize to stay within the gift. If you are capable of life inside the gift then not anything may want to forestall your achievement.

This is one issue of Time. We will explore further in our future article.

All About Beauty

Beauty isn’t always skin deep. It’s mind-set that separates the splendor from the gang. “Looking at splendor in the international is step one of purifying the thoughts.” The splendor of a lady is not within the clothes she wears, the discern that she includes, or the manner she combs her hair. The beauty of a girl is visible in her eyes, due to the fact this is the entrance to her coronary heart, the region where love is living. True beauty in a lady is contemplated in her soul. A female whose smile is open and whose expression is satisfied has a type of beauty regardless of what she wears. All ladies are lovely, no matter their seems. You simply want to touch their soul with admiring and appreciation for his or her internal splendor and you will be rewarded with joy. The coronary heart is way more essential than the package.

I love natural beauty, and I think it’s your exceptional look, but I suppose makeup as an artist is so trans-formative. I might never like to endorse a fairness cream. I consider in natural splendor.

True splendor cannot shine thru make-up. Many people can’t even believe our existence without make-up. It sounds unusual or even scary for lots ladies, way to media popularization of unrealistic splendor standards. To be lovely with out makeup?! Is it even possible?!

For a lot of us, it would be a massive nonsense even to visit a supermarket with no make-up on.

Media often forces us to believe that a female and not using a make-up on can’t truely look fairly attractive or stunning.

If a person wants to live a makeup-free lifestyle, or as a minimum if you want to have make-up-unfastened days, then it makes sense to position a bit more effort into worrying approximately the herbal beauty of your face, hair, and body.

1) Feel lovely (even with out makeup)

Yes, the first step to natural, makeup-unfastened splendor is attached along with your inner notion of yourself – your self-photo. If a female considers herself lovely and is capable of being given herself totally and unconditionally, then the whole world will experience the equal about her. Yes, it’s that simple! But if you don’t feel cozy and assured about yourself with out a make-up on, try to adapt the new ‘herbal’ photograph gradually.

2) Your pores and skin is your the whole thing!

If making a decision to steer a make-up-free lifestyles, it would not mean which you want to completely permit pass of all pores and skin care merchandise. Many skin issues are certainly related to the immoderate use of make-up; pores and skin tone becomes uneven because of the reaction of your frame on a foundation, concealer or blush. If pores and skin issues persist, get a professional advice of a dermatologist; it is higher to deal with the problem straight away, than to put it on maintain right into a waiting field. Some other suggestions for the beauty of your skin encompass: use facial mask 2 or 3 instances per week (select mask in line with your skin type), and exfoliate your skin frequently (we aren’t simplest talking about exfoliating your facial skin, exfoliate your entire body.

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