#so i'll get a lot of data points this summer

[yoroshiu]

Characterization Through Language: Roxas (Kingdom Hearts)

Roxas! He's a fan-favorite and there's some fun things in the Japanese dub for him.

Jaaaaan~

CV: Kouki Uchiyama (Glorio (Dragon Ball Daima), Tomura Shigaraki (Boku no Hero Academia), Rin Itoshi (BLUE LOCK))

("Yoro, you just want to show off the amount of roles he's had, huh?" Yes. Yes I do v-v)

And as you all know, Ventus.

The Ven post already showed off the difference between those two so I'll present something else. Uchiyama-san's voice dropped in the time between KH2 and Days (similarily to Sora between KH1 and Re:Com in English).

Roxas waking up in (KH2 intro scene):

KH2 vs Days

It's neat being able to see the same moment be captured with the change in his voice. A bit jarring, but makes for something really interesting!

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Roxas's preferred 1st Person Pronoun: "Ore" - 俺

Just about what you'd expect as he came from Sora. As far as I know, I don't think he's had any occurence of using any other one.

("It's not just our ----") (Use of 俺たち (oretachi) - We/Our)

Roxas's preferred 2nd Person Pronoun(s): "Kimi" - 君 / キミ and "Omae" - おまえ

Also similar to Sora, his usage of "you" pronouns is pretty much the use the same pattern. Stranger/friendly but not overly rude/casual gets "kimi" while antagonistic/very casual gets "omae". He also has a tendency to say names over "you" pronouns, notably with Axel and Xion (with an exception). He also has used "anta" (あんた) with DiZ.

("Who are you!? (to Riku) (use of "omae")) vs ("Who are you?" (to Naminé) (use of "kimi"))

("Who are you?)

(The phrasing is different here from the past examples. With Riku he says "omae ha dare da" while with Naminé it's "kimi ha dare". Here though the phrasing is "anta ha nani mono da". It's more polite kinda I feel, just barely though. He isn't speaking that politely to DiZ really.)

("That guy suddenly attacked Xion" (speaking to Xion)) ("Does Axel have things [he/you] doesn't/don't want to lose?")

An interesting note is how he refers to Sora. As himself and Data-Roxas, he uses "omae". While Data-Sora uses "omae" with Data-Roxas due to what I've guessed from their antagonistic start, Sora uses "kimi with Roxas in 3D. It's interesting to me I hadn't been able to catch him using "you" pronouns for the Twilight Town gang (though I can imagine him using "omae" with them). Take this whole part as you will, whether it's the familiarity, the way he has viewed Sora, or just Roxas's own differing approaches.

("You've forgotten everything so you don't feel anything, right?") ("Your heart is connected to many hearts.")

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He's also a casual speaker. There aren't many times you catch him switching to desu/masu. Even when speaking to Xemnas, he speaks rather casually.

("I'm not the robber.") (("I understand.) ("wakatta" is a shortened/informal version of "wakarimashita"))

("Sorry--") (This is in desu/masu form "suimasendeshita")

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Clips:

ANSWER ME

I don't know if there's a place I can go back to, but there is a place I'd like to go

Sora, that's why there's no point without you

I envy you...My summer vacation has...ended

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Wow I spent a lot of time with Roxas here ToT

There's a huge chance I missed something even with all the watching and skimming. Roxas is quite the somber character and it really shows, alongside his connection to Sora with the way they speak.

I always find that small difference in the way Sora and Roxas refer to each other fascinating, goes to show how they're different.

This was fun, as always ^o^

Next on the block should be....Kairi or Axel/Lea! The order will probably be based on my mood LOL

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Making Kingdom Hearts Stuff Until KH4 Comes Out (Day 125)

[studynxiety]

22 June 2025 Sunday 23:50

Time left till D-Day (IT and Data Science Exam):

111 hours 45 minutes (4 days 15 hours)

The reason I always put time next to my posts is because in my first semester, my sleep schedule was so fucked up, dates didn't really make sense so I could only keep track of how much time I have before exams in terms of hours, and now that it is kind of fixed, I still find thinking in terms of hours more useful than days.

Also, random, but these days, my gallery is full of bright photos full of sunlight. Could be summer, could be the fact that I am less depressed, could also simply be the fact I don't sleep during daylight hours and pull ungodly all-nighters anymore xD.

Today was a chill day. Waking up was very difficult because I finally had a really good night's sleep. Did not do much. I finished:

Half of Chapter 6 (IT and Data Science)

Laundry (Everything smells so nice now)

Worked a bit on this story. (Not the brightest use of time but the writing bug bit me, and I am helpless to my whims.)

I think I met my reccommend caloric intake for the first time in weeks today (binged on a full pack of chips in the evening) because I got in around 12k steps today, and I don’t even feel it. Other than that, I had planned to watch Love Island with my friends in the evening tonight, but the plan didn't stick, so that kind of sucked.

Tomorrow, I plan to wake up at 6 am. I want to get a lot of work done and finally get back into the groove.

Tomorrow's To Do List:

Make and Pack Lunch

EM 2 Chapter 4 make as much progress as possible till 11 am

IT and Data Science: Finish Chapter 6

IT and Data Science: Do all the MCQ practice sets

Gym

Fun things I want to make time for tomorrow:

Writing

I want to make a schedule too at some point but having the IT exam so close is kind of making me tunnel-visioned. It's hard imagine past that. In any case, I have to lock in this July because there is so much that needs to be done. But I've got this. Because I'm built different and I am cool and-

(I hope affirmations work because gods, I am terrified.)

I chose to be here when I applied for ME in this uni, and since then, I have chosen to stay every single day that I have shown up for myself even when things got difficult. So, I'll keep working hard to honor that version of me and to become the version of me that every one of my past selves dreamt of being. What a privilege to struggle for what I want :)

[dronebiscuitbat]

Give me a Reason: Chapter 12- "Petals"

Uzi sat on the park bench scrolling through songs on her phone, the air around her was warm and humid, summer seemed to come faster every year and this year was no different. It was marginally cooler in Copper, the valley it resided in shielding it from the sun's rays most of the day, but not by much.

The park itself was nothing special, a small playground in the middle with a few covered seating areas around it, she was just on the outskirts, sitting under a dogwood tree that was spitting it's big, pink flower petals out at everyone who passed it. She'd already had to pick several out of her hair.

And at exactly 6:30pm. A dark grey BMW pulled into the parking lot, and Uzi looked up at it before looking back down at her phone.

N:I'm here! Where are you?

Nvm! I see you!

Uzi blinked, looking back at the fancy BMW that had just pulled in and sighing, oh so N's family had money, money. That made a bit of sense, though she was a little surprised he'd never mentioned it before.

She stood up, dusting herself of and trying to look as presentable as possible, suddenly feeling a little self conscious in her tank top and (currently open) jacket.

A tall woman with long brown hair and gorgeous emerald green eyes stepped out of the sedan, doing a once over of the park before the passenger door opened and out stepped N. A hoodie and jeans despite the temperature. (Though it's not like she had room to talk)

N pointed at her excitedly, which made her freeze for a moment before awkwardly smiling. Stepping up towards them a bit warily.

“Um, heeey?” Oh fuck everything, she was so awkward. Someone please come rescue her from this conversation.

“Hey Uzi! This is Tessa! The chef of the food you like so much!” She winced, they hadn't shared lunch that often, but being put on the spot so suddenly made her heart speed up and breath get caught in her throat.

“Oh-uh, it's nice to meet you. I guess.” She curled in a bit on herself, feeling more out of place then ever. She felt her face getting warm despite her efforts to stop it.

“Oooh, N didn't tell me his ‘partner' was the girl he met on the first day.” She side eyed N, a smirk growing on her face as she turned to him.

“You didn't lie to mom to go on a date did you little bro~?” She teased, earning a squeek as N turned an impressive shade of cherry red, something that seemed to also spread to Uzi, as she looked down to hide her own fluster.

It wasn't a date! It was an exhibition to gather data! No romantic undertones at all! Nothing romantic about hunting for ghosts!

“Tessa!” N seethed, being the first time Uzi had seen him look genuinely upset since she'd known him. “Its-Its not a date! And I didn't lie! She is my project partner!” He defended, fidgeting his hands.

“Riiiight, alrighty then. It's nice to meet you too Uzi, N was right, you are very pretty.” Tessa winked at her, and Uzi felt whatever oxygen she had escape in a tiny gasp as N looked like he was about to perish on the spot.

“I'll be back at ten sharp. Have fun you two!” Tessa waved them off, chuckling to herself at the way she embarrassed her younger brother before hopping back in the car. N was still stuck ramrod straight, face redder then beetroot.

There was a moment of very tense silence, before N cleared his throat, trying to calm down a little.

“Ah-uh… don't mind her, she likes to embarrass me…” He explained, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, smiling like a fool.

Uzi gave a half-laugh. “I-Its okay. She's your older sister, it's kinda her job right?” Her hands gripping onto the bottom fluff of her jacket as she also tried to coax the heat from her face.

Right. She just likes to embarrass him. He probably never said that about her…

“You are- you are though.” He murmured, looking down at his own feet to avoid looking anywhere near her.

Well that certainly didn't help calm her fluster.

“Oh… thank you?” She managed to get out before she had to look away, a dumb, smiley look on her face. She still didn't know how to take compliments, and this one made her heart feel all fluttery… for some reason.

“You have petals in your hair.” N said after a moment of awkwardly walking back to the bench she was at before. Pointing at the pink petals caught in her beanie and purple locks.

“Huh? Agh! Come on!” She shook her head and huffed, watching as a few petals floated down around her, crossing her arms.

“Uh… there's still… here.” He suddenly stepped incredibly close, hand brushing through her hair as he fished for the final stubborn flower, she almost wanted to yell at him for invading her personal space, instead all she could do was squeak and watch his arm like a mouse watching a cat.

The moment was over quickly. N pulling back with an intact pink flower in his hand, he was beaming, letting the flower float out of his hand and onto the ground gently.

“There! It really wanted to stay with you!” He giggled, fidgeting with his hands again.

Uzi blinked. Before figuratively slapping herself. Pulling herself put of whatever weird headspace she'd just fallen into and clearing her throat.

“T-thanks. Uh, you wanna start walking? The forest is thata-way.” She pointed forward through the park, past the fenced in area of it's well trimmed confines, the forest grew thick and untamed.

“Yeah! Let's go, I love doing anything!”

Next->

[ms-demeanor]

hello! i vaguely recall you doing a new year's resolution bingo thing - first, was that actually you lol? and if so, how'd it go, any adjustments you'd make from the original idea? (i did a resolution bingo this past year, which mostly ended up being a 24 item quest buffet, which did work for me! but i'm curious for more data). happy new year to you and your various sizes of bastard!

Hello! Yes, that was me. It didn't go great!

I did a resolution bingo in 2022 but it ended up feeling like homework and at a certain point in the year I looked at the spaces that I hadn't filled and it just made me feel bad.

In 2023 I did kind of a chore chart; I used a sheet of college-ruled notebook paper and divided it up into columns with things like "guitar" and "draw" and and "quilt square" and "go for a walk by myself" and numbered out 52 lines and I went through and highlighted each thing as I did it each week. That went very well for some things and not very well for others. I had at least a few columns where I did something every other week, and I totally finished the quilt square column, and I drew something for like 40 weeks, but I also had several categories that I did absolutely nothing for and several categories that had very few highlights.

That chart *also* was kind of a problem and there was a week in, like, august where my brain was being weird and was like "you can't do more of X until you've caught up on Y and Z" because I had to flip the paper over and wanted to finish three columns before I flipped it - that was clearly a very silly hangup but I don't make the rules for what my brain will freak out about and it caused a disproportionate amount of stress.

This year I kind of combined the two and I've made three sheets of paper with different tasks on different lines, and in different amounts. (And none of the papers need to be flipped over so I won't get a weird hangup week)

So instead of having 52 blanks each for "pushups" "squats" and "go for a walk by myself" I've got 156 blanks for "workout: lifting, calisthenics, stretching, walking, cardio." I didn't do a single walk by myself last year, and it turns out I'm pretty unlikely do do random squats or pushups, so rather than try to do one exercise fifty two times I'm just going to try to do *some* kind of exercise three times a week and I'm not going to feel bad about it if that's more bench press instead of more cardio.

I did pretty well with quilt squares so i've set a goal to do twice as many this year. I set a goal for 52 drawings and writing seriously 52 times. My yard is a disaster so my goal is to fill my yardwaste bin 52 times this year.

But what I *haven't* done is divide that up by week. Maybe some weeks I'll get four workouts in and other weeks I'll do two. Maybe I won't draw for a month but I'll get into it a lot over the summer.

One of my two other sheets is things that I'd like to do daily. My four daily tasks that I'm aiming for are: clean something at the house, floss, moisturize, and journal. (Journaling was successful in the bingo year but not at all last year)

The other sheet is the one that's more like the bingo, or what I think the spirit of the bingo is supposed to be. I've got it labeled "Bonus" and each thing on it has about twenty circles that I can check off if I do something but that I don't see as a goal. That includes stuff like "friend hangs" and "go someplace" - stuff that I want to do more of but that I can either plan or do spontaneously and that doesn't have a big project end goal (so it's "do something with music like program a music box or play guitar for a while" rather than "write a song" like it was the bingo year, when no song got written).

I may have also just kneecapped myself by making the bingo squares too hard. Maybe I should do a monthly bingo with smaller goals.

The bingo also got harder when I failed at bullet journaling; turns out that's not a great way for me to manage my time and attention and the bingo was in the bullet journal. Having stuff on a wall next to the light switch in my office helped a lot last year, I think, so that's where my sheets are this year too.

IDK, this is all fun to experiment with and I enjoy it but also I'm never sure if any of it "works" in terms of getting me to do more of the things that I'd like myself to do. It did work for quilt squares last year, though, and that's the best progress I've made on my quilt since I started it in 2021. And the daily chart is helping a lot so far.

But maybe I just like making charts (I do).

[kotias]

Tips for international student mobility, as a professional of the field - the general timeline

I tend to vent a lot about my job in private, because it is a LOT of work and a lot of resolving of very, very shitty situations and crises... but hell do I also love my job.

Thus, I will try to do regular posts giving the typical tips, the things to know, the good reflexes to have, and where to look for what information, as international student mobility is something that is getting more and more widely done, and more and more universities require an international mobility during your studies.

So...

For today, my focus will be on:

The timeline of an international mobility.

Have a good (long, 10-point) read!

If you have any questions, please ask them, I'll be happy to answer!

What office typically handles the international mobility of students?

That will be the international relations office.

You can find it named several types of ways, but as a general rule, look for the following key words:

international relations

outgoing

incoming

mobility

Pre-selections information period

Handled entirely by your university of origin.

There will be regular communications from the international office, inviting you to come to certain events and meetings to present what you need to know about.

Very often, they will also organise an International Day, where the former outgoing students and the current incoming students will come present their universities to you.

Those events are for your benefit. I really, highly recommend that you participate.

Additionally, they will offer a platform of information, where everything you need to know about the universities open for a mobility for you will be showcased. Those platforms are usually open for you from the moment you are allowed to do a mobility, and their access will be explained to you by the international office.

University selections campaign

Usually will happen between December and March for any mobility starting in the Fall/Winter semester, and between June and September for any mobility starting in the Spring/Summer semester. Keep in mind that some universities do all their selections at the same time, in December-March.

Generally speaking, universities will ask that you do several choices. Some will ask for 1-3 choices, others a dozen, others as many as you can.

If you cannot secure a spot in your first choice, you will have the second choice, unless it was already filled before you, then it is your third choice, etc.

Everyone will try to make it sound different, but here are the main 3 criteria that you have to keep in mind for the selections:

language requirements => you will not be able to be selected in a university for which you do not have the language level. The main languages will be English, Spanish, French, German and Italian.

academic requirements => some universities will ask for a minimum GPA. Again, if you don't reach that, you will not be able to be selected for it.

your results => outside of the requirements above, you will be ranked compared to the other applicants. If there are 3 spots available for a university, only the 3 best students who have chosen it will be selected for it.

Sometimes, the order of the choices will have an impact; if you're in a university where outgoing mobility isn't very spread out, your order of choices will allow some prioritisation of your first choice over other applicants; but go by the principle that the academic results will be the biggest criterium.

Nomination period

Once you have been selected, you will be introduced to your mobility coordinator, who will explain everything that will follow to you.

What is the nomination? It means that your outgoing coordinator will present your name and data to your receiving university, basically presenting you to them.

Timeline: Know that the nomination period can span from February to June for the Fall/Winter semester, and from June to December for the Spring/Summer semester! It will entirely depend on the country and on the university. Basically, the nomination periods will be impacted, at large, by the dates of the semester and the time it takes to get your visa.

Etiquette: Your mobility coordinator will be here to tell you exactly when to get in contact with your receiving university. Until then, refer to them and let them contact the university if you have any questions :)

As long as you haven't been nominated by your outgoing mobility coordinator, know that it is bad etiquette to contact your receiving university. Most will straight up ignore you if you do it too soon.

Application period

Once you have been nominated, you will be contacted by your receiving university, and you will have to submit your application, following the university's instructions.

Know that starting this point, your home university will gradually pass the responsibility of you to your host university, as they will be the one handling you during your mobility.

This can sound like a "big word", but know that it is a formality: unless you completely miss the deadline, the selections were done to ensure that you will have no trouble being accepted. It is however a mandatory step. Do not think that you can skip it!

A couple of weeks after your application, you will receive the Letter of Acceptance of the university. Only then can you start with the following two steps.

Accommodation research

Some universities can offer a room in their dorms, but not always. If they do, they will need you to have finished your application, in order to have you registered in their system. They will then explain to you what the rest of the procedure for accommodations is.

As a general rule:

European universities do not necessarily have space in their dorms, if they have dorms at all. It occurs more easily in Eastern Europe.

Asian universities usually have a dorm offer. Some universities will make them mandatory (Indian universities for example will tend to make them mandatory for exchange students), some will simply offer them as an option.

African universities will tend to offer dorms, but not mandated.

South American universities will not necessarily have dorms, and you will have to look for an accommodation for yourself.

North American universities will have dorms; most will try to secure rooms for their exchange students, but some will not be able to.

Visa application (if applicable)

Your outgoing mobility officer will do their best to help you if you need, but please know this: we are not competent for that.

I really, really recommend that you refer to:

your incoming mobility officer

the embassy of the country you're going to in your country

The outgoing officer's information is at risk of being outdated or not suited to the specifics of your situation. It is best to ask to the competent authorities.

Arrival

A few weeks before your arrival, the university will ask you to give them several pieces of information:

your date and time of arrival

your visa status

your address in the country

Try to answer those elements as quickly as possible, as they will need those to best organise for your arrival.

Please note that the visa process will probably not be finished after you receive your visa: a lot of countries will ask that you go by the local police/department of internal security within 2-4 weeks to register and confirm your presence in the country.

Important: for European students staying in Europe, some countries ask that you register at the police forces upon your arrival! This is an important step, please do not disregard it if it is mentioned!

During the semester

You will have to submit a Learning Agreement = your list of courses for the semester, signed by you, your home coordinator, and your host coordinator.

This document will tie all the parties to the proper completion of the courses indicated in this list.

You will have to choose courses in your host university that correspond to the academic requirements of your home university, so make sure that you check with your academic advisor at home whether your choices suit the needs for your semester.

This list of choices needs to be submitted to your home university before the deadline to change your courses at the host university.

Departure

In some countries, you will have to announce your departure to your university and to the local police forces; just think of doing that :)

For European universities, if you have an Erasmus grant, think of requesting the certificate of departure to the grant office in your home university and to have it signed by your incoming coordinator before you leave!

The weeks/months following

You will receive your Transcript of Records = your list of grades.

This document will be sent to you by your host university around 6-8 weeks after the end of the semester. Send it to your outgoing officer, and then your mobility will be officially over! :)

Good job, girlypops!

[freebooter4ever]

Despite my continued stomach/digestive issues that is making it damn hard to eat, the increased exercise has almost entirely lifted my intense depressive episode and im almost feeling 'normal' again (which is definitely helping with this letter that im spending two days writing lmao). But i keep going back to that idea of people seeing me happy vs when i am truly 'happy'. For the past year that's mostly revolved around three things: 1) voluntering at the museum - usually interacting with guests, answering questions, getting to talk at length about this history i love, seeing guests get equally as excited and enthusiastic about the place as i do. 2) hockey. I know. This is still weird to me too that i ended up liking sports. But this summer i have definitely missed that vicarious high of watching things play out live good or bad. The charity games were cute and fun to watch but without the suspense and thrill of rooting for something with thousands of others at the same time it didn't quite cut it. On the other hand i've been using hockey as a carrot like 'i need to get a job so i can afford hockey tickets!' which is silly but its better than...imagining the painful reality of what will happen if i dont have a new job by this fall. I work better by thoughts of reward than under threat. If i do manage to land something soon i promise i'll end up in pittsburgh for a game at some point - that and visiting grandma are equal priority. 3) staring at geno's face and drawing or sculpting him. Im trying not to think too hard about this one.

And now another. 4) walking around the studio's manufacturing warehouse. I promised myself on sunday that i would play it cool, be professional, dont geek out over everything. I did not do that. I was grinning the entire time, i literally could not stop myself from smiling i was so excited. I think i said 'wow' and 'that's so cool!' a lot, too much maybe. At the end of the very in depth tour during which i asked so many questions i felt like a kid, the guy told me he was going to go back inside and 'work on some programming' before he left. And pushing my luck i was all 'i know with NDA stuff this might not be possible but could i just watch???'. And he tried to insist it would be boring but i promised him i absolutely would find it fascinating. Partially because i knew he wasn't talking about my kind of programming - scripted languages, machine code instruction - he was talking about some kind of interface programming. And sure enough he showed me the sine waves and explained a little how to generate them from data or how to create them from scratch, all as he was working on the model. And i was just sitting there enraptured.

so that was sunday. Supposed to be last tuesday, then moved to saturday, then finally sunday...but well worth the wait.

[whipplefilter]

Auto Racing Analytics is my new favorite account, because who doesn't love a spider graph?? I love a spider graph:

I initially found this account through a post that had that blue line and was like, "guess whose stats these are." And I was immediately like, that is the most 5-coded blue line. Operating at such a high level! So well-rounded! Except for the giant chomp taken out of it where DNFs and crash avoidance are concerned, hahaha...ha!

Going into Indy, I was talking to @the-kings-tail-fin about how, on any given day, the 5 could not be trusted in the way that the 9 could, and that the 24 was seasonally trustworthy (one of those seasons not being summer). I'd wanted to make a post about my thoughts on Kyle Larson's driving style, but chickened out of it because it's not as though I had any actual data aside from anecdotal evidence of having watched more of his Cup races than I haven't. But look, a spider graph! That affirms my personal impressions!

So let's talk about Kyle Larson and the 5. Kyle Larson is known for being good, which in racing generally means fast. HMS can put together some fast cars. But the fastest car isn't always the winning car. So what've we got? Here are my novice takes:

fast -- yes

loose -- he prefers a loose racecar (as opposed to tight)--understeer in the corners, where the back tends to swing out. If you can control it, you can find speed this way. Con? The if, I guess. And tire management, because a tire that's sliding isn't rolling.

aggressive -- Larson's self-descriptor, which in his context means shoving a car in places it does not seem like a car can fit (and often finding that it does not, in fact, fit there).

Case in point:

That was re: late braking/brake lockup, but when other cars are involved, aggression looks like shoving a car in places that dare the other guy to wreck them both or lift. This is why the "terminal avoidance" and "crash avoidance" stats take such a nosedive--because sometimes when you're playing with fire like that, you mess up. Or the other guy doesn't lift. But it makes for fantastic spectating, especially when coupled with the daring required to pass and come up the field (when you have the speed to do so). That kind of run can also be hard on tires, as well as fuel, though fuel is not typically as big a storyline as it has been in 2024. And I will say that KL has gotten a lot better at tire management than he has been in the past.

creative -- Adaptability to an ever-changing track and, again, the daring to try new lines and search around for whatever works, which Jeff Gordon describes as a dirt race thing, in that it's the bread and butter of that form of racing, given that a dirt track is different every lap.

clean -- It doesn't seem like "clean" and "aggressive" would go hand in hand, since being aggressive can result in wrecks and also means you're a pain in the bum to anyone you're racing, but there's lots of flavors to "aggressive" and KL is not a "rattle his cage" kind of guy. Which isn't to say the racing won't get phyisical--it just probably won't be retaliatory.

For example, my biggest kink is Kyle Larson getting eaten alive by JGR, and KyBu and Denny Hamlin have, historically, done this a lot, because their form of aggression is a lot more toothy, if you will. But KL's bit back sometimes, too. (MTJ has gotten in on this action by beating KL on restarts for years straight. But as you'll see in the graph, restarts have improved!)

I'll also note that I've definitely seen KL punt a backrunner out of his way, so he's not above such things entirely. But he's a terrible person to pick a fight with outside of the car, because he won't fight back.

--

He's just great to watch, on TV and live. Even if this style of racing is exceptionally make-or-break in a playoffs format, because when it's good it's so, so good and when it's bad it's real bad. But such are the tradeoffs, and it's really cool to look back and recognize the level of excellence that's happening in the car.

I'll caveat that by saying that I've watched Kyle Larson miss pit road in an Xfinity race because he... forgot?? to pay attention??? and have seen him wheel hop his way around a road course and tear the tires of a racecar overdriving it and push extremely badly in the draft and whiff a restart to the point of no return, and that realistically I've probably also seen him do... most of those things... in 2024, too... I saw someone say once that for someone so talented KL sure does a lot of things that are incredibly, gobsmackingly dumb, and I probably wouldn't argue against that.

[gayamulet]

Art drawling

Its sort of wild how art came to a screeching halt as soon as I got a full time job. And yeah, there's a bunch of corresponding factors- a physically demanding full time job crammed into 4 days, that I'm older and so, working with less energy, sleeping a lot more (seriously wtf), and compartmentalizing time much more. Freestanding time & energy is less and has to be planned out and those times left open for the chance to 'do art' in whatever capacity I can do not equate to 100% output success rates like day job hours. I can go in with a 'fuck yeah, art night!' frame of mind and come out pretty unfulfilled (again, with the awareness that fulfillment is not the goal).

And of course recognizing that many more mundane tasks fulfill a bigger chunk of that makemakemake drive- meal prep, cleaning (ugh), plant care, yard care, mending work clothes, etc. And you know, the more annoying factor. A lot of that creative energy also gets fulfilled by mundane tasks at work- animal care, walking, cleaning (yes that includes complicated dogshit catastrophes), training, behavior data collection & entry. I come out of it of course physically tired because it is hard messy work, but it also just has me choosing/seeking artistic outlets less, and not feeling too bad about it introspectively. Its make-drive going someplace useful, through whatever framework my brain has established as useful, idk.

All this brings me to my actual point of frustration with art-making, that when I have time and there is a bit of planning involved (I have exactly one con art show and local tiny art market to work toward this summer) and I sit down and I casually think about what I'd like, for me, for these events with no pressure and, again, for me, that

I just don't want to make myself anything. That it already exists, that there are endless iterations of whatever visual landscape I'm riffing through at any given time, that it doesn't need physical manifestation, that it no longer serves me creatively, that I don't care. I can dangle a glittery new process (ink, linocut, etc) like a its-about-the-process carrot in front of me, but suddenly I don't like carrots. And it feels, less born of a dead creative drive, and more like...an extension of what I don't want from other people- junk. That I do not want to generate more junk for myself. Does this make sense? I think it sounds more heartless than I mean for it to. Like unless there is very defined intention, then I don't need it? I cannot think of a way to explain it that doesn't sound protestant as fuck. Maybe I've hit some critical mass of art intake overload thanks to the internet, maybe this is just what creativity looks like now. Tho, there's enough of a useful task involved that freelance artwork is still hopping along- much more slowly than before for all the regular reasons listed above- but otherwise its fine. I still get that pleasant little brain buzz.

I get these surges of frustration, that I've fallen off from working toward some ultra-personalized visual landscape goal like I used to, that once I do I'll be perceived as human again, or something. Like this is still some pinnacle of artistic merit, in some mythical corner of my brain. But those surges are much less frequent than they used to be, and fizzle out quickly. And idk. Art isn't going anywhere in my life, but where it comes from and how I'm making and shaping things is changing again. I guess?

*I DO, however, wanna make more cardboard masks. So bad.

**I know I kept this in a pretty strict work vs art vacuum, without acknowledging other uses of time, including other hobbies which of course also accounts for creative/emotional outlet but you know what I'm gonna stop here before you guys figure out I'm actually a robot

[tchaikovskym]

So far my phd experiences have been very varying. I'm going to list them.

Cons:

- no funding => had to call in favors for my research (like I need a guy to collect blood bc I can't do that)

- no clear organization structure => not clear what I have to do when I'm just wating for emails at this point, because so far all the emails I've sent with questions where answered with "sorry, we don't know, will notify when do"

- going to conferences paid by uni is another form of torment that I didn't know existed (getting all the formalities checked)

- not having a class/group, you're basically on your own. There is a group chat with news and job ads, but that's about it.

- it's asked to do some teaching/supervising, which is okay if you are employed by the uni, but basically an unpaid work if you're not

- no summer break (well there is a month technically but like. Lol. Nope)

- people think im stupid and wasting my time

- in data collection period I basically have no free time. At all. Like there was a point I woke up at 5:30am and was home at like 23:30 bc I had research scheduled 7-11 and 19-23 with my other job in between

Pros:

- I get to do research and department support for that

- I have a reason to keep up with latest research in my field

- Taking courses with other phd students who are really really smart

- going to conferences abroad

- free schedule that I can plan myself; also uni knows most phd students are employed and offers activities in the evenings

- feeling like I'm breaking the role society has put on me. I was born in a rather poor (or like lower lower middle class) family. I'm a woman. The highest degree in my family before me is a bachelor’s degree. A lot of odds against me!

- my advisor thinks I have the qualities for getting a phd and I want to prove her right. I like our little department and I want to be with them a little longer

- I believe I'll have better job opportunities if I get my degree and want to yeet myself north

- it's free. (Even better now - I get paid a little from the government for being a good student lol. This could change in september if other folks are better than me lol)

- I like research and I like learning new laboratory methods and I even like doing data analysis and I like drawing conclusions

[comeonhelene]

The cure for much of life's ills - aka Watauga Lake - June 22, 2025

'SUP, y'all?

Please enjoy my little internet booklet of images from today. It's my humble offering in the hopes of offsetting some of the heaviness that comes with the Big Feels that we're all Big Feeling these days.

At this point, I'm just beaming up as much data as possible to those satellites in the sky so that future intelligent(?) life may have a better chance at this Earth Project than we did.

Ya know, maybe all of our silly blogs, videos, socials, and such will be studied by future intelligent life just like we have with the Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Aren't we so, so proud of ourselves? So proud. At the end of the world, absolutely everyone is going to get a participation award for being a Homo sapien. It ain't easy being upright, y'all.

The latest addition to my "nuclear stuff + thangs" file is a series of songs that eerily match our times. You just might enjoy losing your voice in your car, screaming lyrics during your daily commute, whilst pumping your non-driving hand to these sweet tunes about not-so-light-hearted subject matter. I suggest this because I do this. A lot.

I've added the following solid gold tracks to my newly minted Spotify playlist called, "AVL WDNCC." This is the local chapter of the "We Do Not Care Club." It's a sanity saver, ladies. Check it.

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Friends, are you feeling a touch of existential dread with a dash of WTAF WTAF WTAF?

Yeah, me too.

So, I'll be here all night long refreshing BBC news every 12 seconds and I'm happy to take your song requests while we await who-knows-what. Just give me a ring on the banana phone and I'll play your selection, dear listeners. Don't worry, be happy. Ermkay, y'all?

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May I suggest this first little ditty?

I feel like this one is an obvious, yet solid selection. When I was at summer camp here in WNC, around age 8 or so, I remember one of the counselors spinning maniacally around the wooden floor to this song during our final dance. I thought he was an interesting and likeable guy, but I remember feeling like he was a really dark dude for finding so much joy in this upbeat song about, ya know, chill stuff like impending nuclear annihilation...

A tad less than 40 years later, I get it. I totally get it. I understand now, Mr. Camp Counselor with the tie-dyed Pearl Jam t-shirt. And I hope you're still dancing, mister.

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You always make us proud, Athens Gents:

R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World as We Know It (and I feel fine)

[play-now-my-lord]

penguin's driving along the road, all of a sudden his car starts sputtering and coasts to a stop.

not good. he pops the hood and goes to have a look, but his little penguin body can't reach inside the engine compartment. sighing at his ill fortune, he grabs a milk crate from the backseat of the car that he keeps for such eventualities and goes back to the engine bay.

he looks at the belts. they're fine. he checks the oil; seems low. he has no idea where the nearest gas station is, but it seems like a hell of a walk, especially in the oppressive summer sun. he grabs his cell phone out of his jeans - he's wearing jeans, it's normal to him - and he goes to find the nearest gas station. apple maps is being predictably useless. he tries browsing to an external maps site but his internet connection is terrible. the penguin isn't getting enough data to see basically anything on the map. with a sinking feeling in his stomach, he realizes that if he can't get a good signal here, it's not like he's gonna figure out what's wrong with his car.

he's getting more and more frustrated by the situation, this penguin. he realizes the last thing he passed before his car broke down was a little parking lot whose handmade sign advertised fresh ice cream. probably a parked truck taking advantage of foot traffic to a nearby beach. what the hell, he thinks to himself, and goes over to get himself a cone. "hey buddy," says the ice cream man. "you got pistachio?", asks the penguin. "nope, not today" "you got rum raisin?" "pretty sure that's just baskin-robbins. no." "shucks. you got pralines and cream?" "nope." "well, what do you got?" "let me check." the ice cream man goes back to the back of his truck and returns a half a minute later. "sorry, pal. looks like all i got today is tutti frutti - that's a sherbert, technically - and vanilla." "that's all right. i'll have vanilla," says the penguin. "cone, waffle cone, or cup?" "what the hell, i'll have a waffle cone." "comes to $4.50," says the ice cream man. the penguin hands him a five dollar bill, and receives a quarter, a dime, and three nickels as change.

on his way back to the car, the penguin is kicking himself that at no point did he think to ask after a nearby mechanic, local tow companies, or even cell reception. he's kicking himself for a bit, but he has to admit the cold vanilla ice cream hits the spot, so it's not exactly a wasted trip. he finishes it just as he gets back to his car, and sees a pickup truck parked next to it on the shoulder of the road. a slim middle-aged man wearing oily work overalls waves at the penguin as he approaches, hands still beaded with sweat wiped off his brow. "car trouble," explains the penguin apologetically. the stranger looks at him then looks into the engine bay and grimaces.

"looks like you blew a seal," he says. "no, that's ice cream"

[omg-snakes]

There's been so much recent debate about what a corn snake's humidity should be kept at that it's making me rethink my own levels. I'm hearing ranges as low as 20% and as high as 70% (which seems absurd... but some people are absolutely swearing by it).

I'm currently keeping mine at 30%. I'd like to raise it somewhat but I'm scared of my baby getting a respiratory illness.

As someone who keeps a lot of corn snakes, what do you think? What do you keep your snakes at, and do you mist your tanks at all? Thanks.

Hey friend!

An important factor in successfully keeping an animal in captivity is knowing what their natural habitat is like so that we can effectively mimic it.

Corn snakes are a highly adaptable snake that is found in the southeastern US from the Florida Keys to as far north as New Jersey and as far west as Kentucky. As you can imagine, there is a massive variety of climates and habitats within that range. From grasslands to wetlands, forests to farms, there are corn snakes. They're built to adapt and survive. It's part of what makes them such a hardy and easy to keep species in captivity!

I keep my snakes at ambient humidity for Northern California, which is admittedly on the drier end of the spectrum, and they do just fine. I'll sometimes mist a little bit in summer, but it's not frequent. I absolutely provide a humid hide on the warm side of the enclosure year-round, though. I find that my snakes will use their humid hides more often around a shed or in the cooler months. Ultimately as long as your humidity levels are similar to those found in the southeast, or you're at least providing humid zones within the enclosure, it's not so critical a data point as like temperature or photoperiod.

Ready for some absurdity?

The average humidity in Florida is about 60-70%.

[gear-project]

Merry Christmas GP!!!!🌲🌲🌲🎄🎄🎄⛄⛄⛄

And it's also Dizzy's, Elphelt's, And Axl-low's birthday as well!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa🎉🎉🎊🎊🎂🎂🎈🎈

Is there anything more you can say about these characters during this special holiday celebrate GP?🙂

Merry Christmas to you as well (and don't think I haven't noticed how often you Reblog my stuff~).

Since it's Christmas, I'll throw in as much knowledge about the Holiday pertaining to everyone as I can!

Okay, Starting with Dizzy:

In-story, the first time she was "canonically mentioned" was actually in the Lightning the Argent novel, which takes place just prior to the events of Guilty Gear X.

It's especially interesting to note that Lightning the Argent itself took place roughly in December of 2180, while it would be roughly a month later that Ky would encounter Dizzy (and quite the encounter it was) in January of 2181.

The reason January 2181 is interesting in this case, is simply BECAUSE Dizzy's Birthday is celebrated on December 25th.

So in fact, Dizzy had only just turned 3 years old as of December 25th, 2180 (several months after Sol had dispatched Justice, her 'biological mother/copy'). Counting backwards, that makes Dizzy's "REAL" date of Birth: December 25th, 2177.

Of course, you all know that for 'roughly' every human year, Gears develop 7 times that rate, so Dizzy was already "roughly 21" in appearance as of January 2181 when she met Ky. It's rather unfortunate that neither Dizzy nor Sin (her son) got to experience a normal childhood like other people...

But I think Ky will do everything in his power to make sure his family enjoy themselves however they can, especially on a Holiday like Christmas~!

Moving on, let's talk about Elphelt:

While she was 'born' in the Backyard, she was still born on December 25th as well.

However, she was born with the remnants of the original Valentine's Gear Cell Prime Field data (which explains how she could teleport near Sol, Ky, Sin, and Dizzy as she needed to, as part of her mission parameters).

But here's something you may not know: Valentine's Campaign ended in 2186, and Ramlethal (her sister) didn't make a public appearance until 2187.

So, in fact, Elphelt was BORN on December 25th, 2186, while her younger sister Ramlethal would be born in the summer of the next year.

Despite how silly Elphelt sometimes behaves, she does act like a responsible older sister to Ram in many subtle ways. One of those ways was helping her to understand Human behavior.

Both sisters have matured a lot since the events of Xrd Sign and Revelator... Ram especially during the events of Strive.

Okay, let's talk about AXL!

While it's true, the man's born on December 25th... that actually all depends on what Timeline you're talking about!

William Bruce Baily a.k.a. William Bruce Rose Jr. a.k.a. Axel Rose was born in Lafayette, Indiana on February 6th, 1962. February certainly isn't December, is it?

But of course, that would only apply to "Will's Timeline" (Axl's alternate timeline counterpart).

Furthermore, Axl himself hails from the United Kingdom (East End, Cotswolds, London, England), that's not even REMOTELY close to American soil, even!

This is significant because in the past, when Axl would frequently experience Time Slips, he would end up at different points of the globe, and yet somehow those locations had something to do with either his past or something connected with him in various timelines.

Furthermore, how could Axl get his hands on Frederick's old childhood photo, when Frederick himself lived in America for most of his youth?

Time Slipping or Time Tripping, either way, Axl has been around the globe and then some. He's even seen prehistoric Dinosaurs!

I'm sure it was pretty tough for Axl to spend Christmas alone every year up until now... but now that Megumi is with him, he's got the best present ever~.

Well, that's it... of course, that's not the only 'gift' you should expect to get for now.

But I'll save that as a surprise~.

[badbeavr]

Your point fails to recontextualize digital extremes in it's modern context.

I'll preface this by saying that i've been following the studio for about 9 years now, played warframe since the first frost prime unvaulting, and have over 7k hours in the game. This is not intended to be a flex and i don't want to claim to know better than others on the game or the studio. I just want to put you in the mindest of a player that has supported the game for years and participated in the community.

I completely agree with the fact that after dark sector, warframe was DE's hail Mary and they struggled to get it out and grow popularity for it. The game was a passion project from the start, and that same passion seems to still be present in the game's developpment.

Where you lose me is the framing that the studio is still indie and working on purely a passion project. Warframe has grown a lot since it's inception. Its playerbase doesn't seem to diminish year after year (data on concurrent player counts can be checked on 3rd party websites for steam stats) and has also grown significantly. I'd tie in to your point of an eternal beta to justify this kind of player retention. That's the point of a live service game, provide players with medium-sized updates every so often to keep them engaged.

This doesn't make a game indie tho. Even if the tencent acquisition (not the feared takeover that you talk about in replies) was only that and not a complete change on how the game was developped, it still gave DE more opportunities in the long run, and DE themselves have grown a lot due to the popularity of the game. They simply aren't a small indie crew anymore, they're a structured company working on a AAA -quality- game. They aren't even an independent studio anymore since tencent is their parent company now. I'm not saying that it is a bad thing, just that legally and linguistically they are not indie nor independant. They are stuctured more like a mainstream game studio (don't have the exact employee number and don't really want to interact with LinkedIn or glassdoor, but i'd bet they have more than a 100 employees) and Steve, while i' m sure he still helps on the warframe développement, is now the CEO and transferred the creative lead role to Rebecca. That doesn't diminish anything they've done, but it impies like the company gets structured more traditionally now than what an indie environment would.

What might still put the feeling of a indie studio in people's mind tho, is the way they behave as a company. To bring back the point about passion, you can feel that the teams at DE are passionnate. The amount of communication towards players an feedback taken from the community is honnestly something i've never seen from any other game studio. And that for me is precisely why the playerbase feels like DE is still "indie", they feel a closeness with DE that comes from their constant interactions (updates, feedbacks, tweaks, devstreams, prime time, summer game show apparences,...)

So in conclusion, even if DE is very close to it's playerbase, still acting like them and warframe are still an indie project in 2024 is absurd. Their output is amazing for a niche game studio, but their financial and proffessionnal resources are on a whole other league than what would be perceived as an indie game/studio

Making my own post to not distract from OP's point but

calling DE a "Big budget studio"

Um you know waframe was Digital Extreme's hail Mary to save them from bankruptcy, right? Like the future of the entire studio was riding on Steve Sinclaire's passion project and he bet the entire company on its success, right? There's like a 2 hour long documentary about this that you can watch for free on youtube about exactly this.

Warframe is not a AAA produced mega-product, it's an eternal beta indie game from a silly studio previously known for making Unreal Tournament maps and movie tie-in games.

[asktheheirofslytherin]

Whao it's been a long time..... I've been busy. Although it's summer here but it's my final year (YESSS I'm finally a senior) so there is shit load of work to be done 😭 but I'm just glad that it's the last year of school, can't wait to just finish it 😭 but good to see you missed me ✨😌

A LOT HAPPENED... I finally bought some books I REALLY wanted... And I'm running for class president.... It's my birthday soon.... My grandpa died.... We have a same birthday so now I'll cut the cake along for the 1st time.... It's been a rollercoaster...

And yess the survey you filled out really helped so now pls continue the support with part 2 of my data analysis class 🙂 YK i could get ready to go data on the internet but I get extra points if I collect my own data soo... Help a friend out again

https://forms.gle/7y6TkL5Pq1sHtDze6

Congratulations on the beginning of your seventh year. I am certain you will do well.

My condolences on the loss of your grandfather. I framed my grandfather and murdered the other, so I cannot feel the same sentiment for mine, but I am aware some of these relationships had the fortune to be quite close. It sounds as though you had a good man as your grandfather May your birthday forever be a reminder of his guidance and presence.

Whorecruxes, do note the link to the survey. This is for academics, and I encourage data collection.

[ineffablefool]

Hi!

Love your work and your page and just you on general.

I'm having some inner turmoily feelings lately.

I am fat, I know this isnt a bad thing and that I'm not a bad person for this.

I also know it Is not unattractive nor am i unattractive for it.

I argue with fatphobes, educate on fatphobia, spread body positivity as much as possible.

I need to lose *some* weight. I am starting to have pain in my feet, knees, I have trouble bending and kneeling for my job. I get extremely hot and humid in the summer heats and it gets miserable.

I want to/need to lose *some* weight.

But it makes me feel like by doing so I'll be eating any of the good words/things I've spread about body positivity and weight.

My spouse is wanting us to do a weight loss shake/regime again that we did it previously (and it worked until we stopped using it).

It would work great but it feeds into the diet industry stuff I hate.

I just feel so mixed up about all of it and I know you're safe.

Hope you're doing well darling.

First of all, here are some hearts. 💜💜💜💜

Second of all... thank you for trusting me to be safe. It makes sense to me that you feel mixed up about this, because you have competing messages/priorities coming from different sides. There isn't any perfect answer, I don't think, because this universe has a number of design flaws. But I can throw another perspective in and see whether that can provide a little clarity.  (While doing my best to keep being safe, because that’s more of a constant action than an achieved quality.)

I honestly take a lot of the fat-positive stuff I say on here from Ragen Chastain's blog -- I don't read it regularly anymore because at some point I stopped almost all my regular readings at once, but I checked just now and she's still blogging. It can be a hard read sometimes, because it'll tell you about instances of public fatphobia that you had previously been blissfully unaware of, but it's also crammed full o'resources. And there are topics which she comes back to repeatedly, because it's become relevant again or there's new information or just because it's been a while and there will be new people who haven't seen it yet; and one of those repeats is the question of whether any given health concern or bodily discomfort needs to be solved with weight loss.

When thin people have painful joints, they can seek physical therapy. The secret is that PT works for fat people, too. Thin people might have difficulty standing or walking for too long, and need to exercise to increase muscle or physical endurance -- and that works for fat people, too. Thin people can find ways to increase their flexibility through things like yoga, and... ...well. There is a pattern here.

A weight-first health paradigm, only for fat people, can convince us that all those other tools just... don't exist. Alternately, maybe they're just not for us, not until we can turn ourselves from fat people to thin people... except something like a half-century of science says there is no reliable safe way to make that thing happen. (Also, they had damn well better be for us too, because I don't think I need to explain how disgusting it is to withhold entire classes of medical intervention from one statistically-speaking-immutable demographic group but give it freely to a contrasting demographic.)

Which doesn't mean I'm telling you that physical therapy or yoga or a gentle program of endurance-increasing activities will solve all your problems. I want to make sure they're in your toolkit, though. Maybe someone took out all your hammers and replaced them with screwdrivers. Well, here's some hammers back. Can you just decide to use a screwdriver anyway? Sure you can. Whatever's the right tool for the job.

(Tbh I don't know what to do about the heat. I am a baby about heat. If it's more than about 70 degrees I start complaining.)

As for the shake regime... it doesn’t surprise me that it worked while you were on it.  Replace enough actual nutritious food with whatever-the-hell those are made of, and you can probably do all sorts of exciting things to your body.  But like you said, it works until you stop using it, and once you go back to actual food (y’know, what's generally considered best when it's local, farm-to-table, fresh, minimally processed, all the stuff that’s apparently just great for thin people but we fat people need to consume nothing but diet shakes and super-processed prepackaged dinners because Health)... well, then it stops working.

There’s also the drum I just keep on beatin’, which is that sustained significant weight loss, statistically speaking, is not possible.  There are many, many scientific studies whose data shows that you are just as likely (sometimes more likely, depending on the study) to end up fatter than when you started.  So if the goal is “weigh less”, then, again statistically speaking, intentional weight loss attempts will not result in success.  (Don’t go by the study’s conclusion, go by the results.  It’d take me forever to find it, but there was a study where the data-driven results section backed up exactly what I’m saying, but in the unsourced conclusion section, they still wrote that they recommend attempted intentional weight loss.  Science(TM)!)

If your spouse is the type to be swayed by an appeal to logic, then you could do worse than to start here.  It’s a plain-language summation of various research, including two specific studies referenced at the bottom.  One of those studies is a huge synthesis of, if I am counting correctly, over three hundred different papers (the other is also a synthesis but I didn’t count references there).  Just to steal half of one paragraph from the synthesis study,

At the individual level, many weight loss studies demonstrate short-term success at reducing weight. However, critics argue that such studies generally suffer from a range of methodological problems including small sample sizes, underrepresentation of men, limited generalizability, a lack of blinded ascertainment of the outcome, a lack of data on adherence to assigned diets, and a large loss to follow-up (Simons-Morton, Obarzanek, & Cutler, 2006). Furthermore, critics argue that most weight loss trials do not have long-term follow-up, and so the results over the subsequent 2 to 5 years, when weight gain is most likely to occur, are largely unreported (Robison & Carrier, 2004). Where these results have been reported, weight loss programs have a long-term (2 to 5 years) failure rate of up to 95% (Gaesser, 2000; Mann et al., 2007). Weight loss is not only almost impossible for most people to maintain, but attempted weight loss strongly predicts weight gain (Lowe et al., 2006; Neumark-Sztainer, Wall, Story, & Standish, 2012; Pankevich, Teegarden, Hedin, Jensen, & Bale, 2010; Pietilainen, Saarni, Kaprio, & Rissanen, 2012; Stice, Presnell, Shaw, & Rohde, 2005). Between one third and two thirds of people who lose a substantial amount of weight on a dietary-based weight loss program will regain all the lost weight and more within 5 years (Mann et al., 2007)

The two of you can absolutely try this regime again, or another one.  It might be that this time, you are among the lucky few for whom it works -- because yes, in rare cases, intentional weight loss attempts do work.  They mostly don’t, though.  And you can search in the studies linked from that page I linked earlier for “weight cycling” to see just how healthy it is to keep trying in the hopes that this time, this time, you’ll be the lucky one.

Golly that was long.  I also don’t know how useful it was, wonderful anon, but I do know that I wish you a very good rest of your week.