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My course only gives us 10 butterflies (which we can practice with but also need to save because we don't get more and need at least 2 for the practical), but I've used 6 of them already and have about a 50% success rate so far. I need to hold onto my 4 remaining butterflies so that I can restick if I miss any on the practical, but that means I can't practice at all with them until then. I've been trying to find some online, but the only human-grade butterflies I can find online are the ones that come with the whole fake arm kit (which my course doesn't use; we started sticking each other day 2 and practice that way). Are those worth buying for ~$100? I'm really nervous about missing my sticks on the practical and failing the course.

Semi-Anarchy, Season-Based, Economy

Hi y'all!

Most anarchy servers are just nonstop griefing with nothing to work toward, and most economy servers feel way too safe and grindy. We’re trying to find a middle ground with Broken Crown where you can become the richest by stealing from and sabotaging others.

It’s an economy-focused semi-anarchy server where you can form teams to raid, fight, and cause chaos all while building your empire and striving to be the richest for the season. Seasons reset the map and economy every few months so things stay fresh, and the top three on baltop at the end of the season get unique custom rewards (which go on to be available to other players via our minigames and free crate system). If you don't win, you can still use your money to buy auction house slots, new /homes, and legacy vault slots (which allow you to carry a few items to the next season) with your in-game balance! These features are completely free, only requiring time and dedication to afford rather than real world money like other servers.

Key points:

Team-based semi-anarchy w/ few rules!

Custom rogue-lite trials minigame which grants rewards to use in the survival side of the server!

Heavy focus on economy, trading, and making money however fits your play style!

Seasonal competition with leaderboards and special rewards for the victors!

Themed seasons featuring new custom items, events, and ways to play (including new fishing, farming, and brewing systems)!

Anti-P2W culture and crates [all purchasable benefits are also available for free via minigames, playtime bonuses, etc.]

If you like the idea of grinding an economy while still being able to get up to some shenanigans, check us out! We’re still growing so it’s a great time to join!

IP: play.brokencrown.net

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/TXsZHDqGNM

Version: 1.21.2 & 26.2

Semi-Anarchy, Season-Based, Economy

Hi y'all!

Most anarchy servers are just nonstop griefing with nothing to work toward, and most economy servers feel way too safe and grindy. We’re trying to find a middle ground with Broken Crown where you can become the richest by stealing from and sabotaging others.

It’s an economy-focused semi-anarchy server where you can form teams to raid, fight, and cause chaos all while building your empire and striving to be the richest for the season. Seasons reset the map and economy every few months so things stay fresh, and the top three on baltop at the end of the season get unique custom rewards (which go on to be available to other players via our minigames and free crate system). If you don't win, you can still use your money to buy auction house slots, new /homes, and legacy vault slots (which allow you to carry a few items to the next season) with your in-game balance! These features are completely free, only requiring time and dedication to afford rather than real world money like other servers.

Key points:

Team-based semi-anarchy w/ few rules!

Custom rogue-lite trials minigame which grants rewards to use in the survival side of the server!

Heavy focus on economy, trading, and making money however fits your play style!

Seasonal competition with leaderboards and special rewards for the victors!

Themed seasons featuring new custom items, events, and ways to play (including new fishing, farming, and brewing systems)!

Anti-P2W culture and crates [all purchasable benefits are also available for free via minigames, playtime bonuses, etc.]

If you like the idea of grinding an economy while still being able to get up to some shenanigans, check us out! We’re still growing so it’s a great time to join!

IP: play.brokencrown.net

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/TXsZHDqGNM

Version: 1.21.2 & 26.2

I jumped through all of the hoops for this behavioral health job and now they’re threatening to rescind my offer if I don’t find 5 references. I don’t keep in contact with anyone from my previous jobs and it’s ridiculous that they’re asking this, but I figure I might as well try.

I need the reference (email survey) by end of business tomorrow, and I’m unsure if there’ll be anything else required (like a phone call).

Please message me or reply if you can help.

I'm MTFTN(?) with they/he pronouns, but I've found that people only use he/him for me now and I feel as if I'm being pressured to fully detransition back to being a "typical" man. I don't present all that gender non-conforming since my preferred style right now is pretty gender neutral or lightly masculine, and that seems to lead people to entirely forget that I'm still nonbinary. It makes me feel like I don't do enough to deserve to identify that way, which really sucks. I've also been met with a lot of takes about how nonbinary mascs (AMAB) who don't present in crazy ways are just pretending to be nonbinary to prey on the queer community, which obviously doesn't make this any easier.

Have any of y'all experienced anything like this? How do you resist the pressure to just give up and identify as a man again?

I've been detransitioning for a few months now, and, while my life has improved a lot because of the way people treat me, I keep bumping up against this idea that I'm detransitioning as a form of self-harm. I look better as a man than I did before, but I still hate looking at my new self in the mirror. I feel like I'm living as an outward persona I've reinvented instead of as myself (not that I felt completely myself when I transitioned either). Anytime someone uses 'he/him' to talk about me, it feels like a brief stabbing reminder of who I've chosen to be now. I don't want to transition again, since it mostly just ruined my life last time, but I also don't want to feel like this. Even using 'they/them' feels wrong because I don't feel like I deserve it as someone who has mostly just given up and started playing the game that the world wants me to. I feel like I've ripped out such a huge part of myself consciously, but still feel the pain from it every day emotionally. It was the better choice for my career, social standing, etc. but I'm terrified that it will never stop feeling like this and that some part of me thinks I deserve to feel like this.

How do I learn to enjoy the role I'm playing now, and how do I stop resenting myself for ever giving transition a chance in the first place?

I've loved Lehigh ever since I visited in high school, but I ended up EDing somewhere else because of family reasons. I've since tried to transfer in twice and have been rejected both times. Should I try one more time as a junior? My grades have improved and I'm engaged in research and such which wasn't the case before, but I'm not sure it will make a difference.
I've showed crazy amounts of interest over the years, but my SAI is -1500 which I'm fairly sure is what has been killing my chances since Lehigh is need-aware for transfers.

What do y'all think? One more shot or just give up?

I don't want to seem lazy to adcoms, but I'm also really struggling to find something meaningful to do this summer.

I was rejected from all of my REUs. The phlebotomy course I was planning on taking isn't eligible for transfer from my home state to the one I live in during the academic year (when I'd be working). And, I can't find other programs or jobs which would fit in the few months of summer (MA programs seem to be at least two semesters and might not transfer; I already have my EMT-B but jobs take forever to get back to me so I doubt I could find one in the summer now; CNA might be possible but definitely won't transfer; etc.).

I'm lost, what should I do?

Like the title says, I recently began to take detransitioning more seriously and actually pursued it after a while of questioning, but most of that started happening only after I'd stopped taking my antidepressants. I have been put on and off of different meds for years, throughout my entire transition, but a weird clarity returned after I got off them. It felt like I woke up after years of not being me, only to find that I was in a body I didn't recognize having done things I probably wouldn't have done before. My therapist really wants me to get back on meds, but I'm hesitant because of how unstable, numb, and bad decision-prone they made me feel. I've been doing well aside from the occasional depressive episode, and have found that being a man again has made life a lot less difficult which makes me inclined to think the transition was causing most of my issues.

I'm curious to see if anyone else experienced similar or if it was just a weird coincidence for me.