u/CenturionEaz

I've been seeing a lot of posts from Indian teenager communities keep popping up in my feed over the past few days, especially around the Jantar Mantar protests and NEET issues. It's... concerning how quickly things are shifting.

Genuine student anger over paper leaks, delays, and unfairness is understandable. Many teens joined thinking it was about exam justice. But scroll through right now and you'll see a clear pattern:

• Posts and comments praising specific controversial figures (like Umar Khalid references) and using loaded slogans ("Azadi" etc.) that have zero connection to NEET reforms.
• Lots of "revolution" talk, police being called goons, and anti-national undertones dominating the conversation.
• Photos and discussions from the ground showing flags and elements that feel completely off-topic from education demands.

What's more striking is the moderation. Post something critical of the government or the protest's direction? It stays up, gets massive upvotes. Share a video of stone-pelting, injured police officers (including senior ranks and women constables), or question how political groups (left student orgs, opposition leaders) seem to have taken the steering wheel? Often removed or heavily downplayed within minutes. Comments questioning the narrative vanish. Accounts get warned or muted fast.

It doesn't feel like "no politics." It feels like one-sided politics being amplified among impressionable teenagers. Young students who came for justice are being fed a different agenda — and the algorithm + moderation appears to be helping push it.

This isn't just one space. It's a window into how easily online spaces for Indian teens can be gamed. Brainwashing doesn't always look loud; sometimes it looks like selective visibility and emotional manipulation of real grievances.

Parents and sensible students should pay attention to what their teens are consuming in these "Indian teenagers" corners of Reddit and other platforms. The pain of NEET victims is real, but turning it into something else entirely helps no one — least of all the next generation.

What are others noticing in these youth subreddits lately?

Jantar Mantar wasn't a NEET protest. It was a political mob. And our teenagers were its fuel.

I'm sitting here watching the videos. Seeing the chaos. And I have one question burning in my mind:

Did anyone hear a single slogan about NEET? Not one. All I heard were anti-national slogans. Slogans praising Umar Khalid. Slogans calling for Azadi. Things that had NOTHING to do with exam leaks.

Who was actually there?

Let's talk about Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of this "Cockroach Janta Party." At Jantar Mantar, he literally said: "If I were Khalid or if I were a Muslim, I would have been in jail by now". The same Umar Khalid who has been in jail for nearly six years under UAPA for the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. The same Umar Khalid who fiercely criticizes the BJP and its Hindu nationalist agenda.

Dipke chose to invoke him. The protesters chose to cheer. Why?

Then left-wing student organizations poured in—AISF, SFI, AISA. JNU students called out of class. If they said no? "We will remember you." That's not a protest. That's intimidation.

A JNU PhD scholar, Neha Bora, on hunger strike. Opposition leaders flooded in—AAP's Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh. Congress voices condemning police action. This became a political coalition overnight.

And the violence?

The "Chalo Sansad" march turned into stone-pelting. Police vehicles smashed near Rajiv Chowk. Tear gas. Lathi charges. 50 police personnel injured. The protest that started "peaceful" ended with pools of rainwater mixed with blood. Amnesty International called the crackdown "excessive," questioning whether police used unlawful force.

And let's not forget the flags. Photos of Aurangzeb and Bangladesh in the crowd. Not a coincidence. It's a signal.

This was hijacked. From day one.

Teenagers—brainwashed so easily. Manipulated by political agendas. Students who came for exam justice stayed for anti-national slogans. And they didn't even realize it.

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All the people upvoting these posts, cheering this chaos—I pray for your future. I really do.

May God save this country from those who hide behind students' pain to burn it down..

And if you don't believe me, just go to any teenager subreddit and you will see what I mean.

Hey everyone!

After a lot of thinking, I've finally decided to give Guild Wars 2 a try. This is actually going to be the first MMO I've ever played in my life, so I'm both excited and a little overwhelmed.

One of the biggest reasons I finally settled on GW2 is that it's free to start. Money has been a bit tight for me lately, so being able to jump in without buying the game upfront made the decision much easier.

I had a few questions before I begin:

1. Will my laptop run the game well?

My specs are:

• Intel i5-1240P
• GTX 1650 (Laptop)
• 16 GB DDR4 RAM

It's getting a bit old now, but I'm hoping it'll still provide a decent experience. What kind of performance/settings should I expect?

2. Steam or ArenaNet launcher?

This is probably my biggest question.

Should I start through Steam or use the standalone ArenaNet launcher?

Do the expansions go on sale equally often on both platforms, or does one usually get better discounts? If I know I'll eventually buy the expansions, which platform would you recommend starting on?

3. Is it still a good time to start in mid-2026?

I know I'm pretty late to the party. Is GW2 still active with a healthy player population? Will I still find plenty of people doing early-game content, or is most of the community concentrated in the latest expansion?

Finally, if you have any advice for someone whose MMO experience is basically zero, I'd love to hear it.

Looking forward to joining Tyria!

Hi everyone,

I'll soon be joining Accenture India at DDC1, DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon, and I'm trying to figure out where I should stay.

I'm moving alone, and one thing I know for sure is that I don't want to share a room or flat with strangers. I'd much rather have my own place, even if it's a bit smaller. Privacy is important to me.

I'd really appreciate advice from people who work at Accenture or are familiar with the area.

Some questions I have:

• Which areas would you recommend living in?
• Should I stay as close to Cyber City as possible, or would it be better to live a little farther away and commute?
• What areas offer the best balance of rent, safety, commute, and overall quality of life?
• Roughly how much should I expect to pay for:
  • A 1RK
  • A 1BHK
  • A PG with a private room
• Which areas should I avoid?
• How do most Accenture employees commute? Metro, bike, cab, walking?
• Is it worth paying extra to stay within walking distance of DDC1, or is the metro commute easy enough that living farther away makes more sense?

A bit about my budget and preferences:

• Single occupant only (no shared room).
• Looking for something clean, safe, and reasonably quiet.
• Don't need anything luxurious.
• I'd like to keep my monthly living expenses under control while still being comfortable.

Also, if you were starting fresh in Gurgaon today with a moderate salary, how would you split your monthly budget between:

• Rent
• Food
• Transport
• Utilities
• Savings

If you have any recommendations for specific societies, PGs, landlords, or websites/apps that helped you find accommodation, I'd love to hear them as well.

Any tips for someone moving to Gurgaon for the first time are also welcome.

Thanks in advance!

I'm finally getting into Pokémon ROM hacks and I'm trying to decide between Unbound, Radical Red, and ROWE.

What I care about most isn't difficulty or competitive battling. I'm much more into catching Pokémon, filling the Pokédex, hunting legendaries, exploring, building different teams, and just having a ton of content to do.

Basically I'm looking for the closest thing to a "Pokémon everything" experience. I know no single ROM hack has literally every Pokémon, mechanic, region, feature, etc., but I'd like something that gets as close as possible.

Things I'm looking for:

• Huge amount of Pokémon available
• Lots of legendaries to catch
• Exploration and discovery
• Large amount of content/postgame
• Modern mechanics and QoL features
• Something I can sink hundreds of hours into

From what I've read:

• Radical Red seems to have the most modern battle mechanics and Pokémon
• Unbound seems to be the best overall adventure
• ROWE seems to be the most open-world and exploration-focused

For someone who mainly enjoys collecting and exploration rather than hardcore difficulty, which would you recommend and why?

Also, if there's another ROM hack that fits what I'm looking for even better, please do tell.

I'm new to competitive Pokémon and trying to decide whether to focus more on Singles or VGC/Doubles when Champions launches on mobile.

For those who have played both, which do you prefer and why? What makes you enjoy one over the other, and what makes you not enjoy the other format as much? Also, which one do you think requires more skill overall?

One thing I've noticed is that VGC resources seem to be everywhere. I can find team reports, meta teams, guides, tournament videos, and strategy discussions pretty easily. For Singles, I'm having a harder time finding good Champions-specific resources.

If anyone has recommendations for Singles resources, sample teams, content creators, websites, or guides, I'd appreciate it. As a new player, I'd rather start with proven teams while learning than try to build my own from scratch.

For basically my entire life, Pokémon battles for me were just “this type beats that type” and clicking strong moves. Now with Pokémon Champions coming to mobile in a week, I actually want to learn proper competitive battling for the first time instead of just randomly queueing and getting destroyed.

The problem is I’m realizing there’s way more going on than I thought. Positioning, tempo, speed control, pivots, prediction, protecting, team archetypes, all that stuff. I know there’s no way I can learn everything in 7 days, so I’m trying to focus on one style first instead of overwhelming myself.

Hyper offense seemed the most straightforward to me as a beginner because at least the gameplan looks direct and aggressive, but maybe I’m completely wrong there.

What I’m struggling with is finding good learning resources. Almost every video I find is either:
“Here’s the meta”
“Here’s the best team”
“Here’s what hyper offense means”

But nobody actually explains their thinking during matches. I want to watch someone play and hear:
“this is why I switched”
“this is why I protected”
“this is the win condition now”
“this is what I’m trying to bait”

Basically something that teaches decision making instead of just giving rental teams.

Would really appreciate recommendations for YouTubers, guides, streams, Discords, documents, or even specific videos/playlists that helped you actually understand competitive Pokémon. VGC or singles both are fine honestly.

For basically my entire life, Pokémon battles for me were just “this type beats that type” and clicking strong moves. Now with Pokémon Champions coming to mobile in a week, I actually want to learn proper competitive battling for the first time instead of just randomly queueing and getting destroyed.

The problem is I’m realizing there’s way more going on than I thought. Positioning, tempo, speed control, pivots, prediction, protecting, team archetypes, all that stuff. I know there’s no way I can learn everything in 7 days, so I’m trying to focus on one style first instead of overwhelming myself.

Hyper offense seemed the most straightforward to me as a beginner because at least the gameplan looks direct and aggressive, but maybe I’m completely wrong there.

What I’m struggling with is finding good learning resources. Almost every video I find is either:
“Here’s the meta”
“Here’s the best team”
“Here’s what hyper offense means”

But nobody actually explains their thinking during matches. I want to watch someone play and hear:
“this is why I switched”
“this is why I protected”
“this is the win condition now”
“this is what I’m trying to bait”

Basically something that teaches decision making instead of just giving rental teams.

Would really appreciate recommendations for YouTubers, guides, streams, Discords, documents, or even specific videos/playlists that helped you actually understand competitive Pokémon. VGC or singles both are fine honestly.

Hey everyone,

I’m very new to competitive Pokémon battling and was wondering if there are any actual helper bots/AI assistants people use for both:

• Singles (bring 6, choose 3)
• VGC Doubles (bring 6, choose 4)

Something similar to Stockfish in chess, where you input the current battle state and it recommends strong plays.

For example:

• Enter both teams
• Track revealed moves/items/abilities
• Update HP/status conditions
• Tell it what move the opponent used each turn
• etc.

And then it:

• suggests best move/switch
• recommends leads and bring choices
• calculates damage
• predicts likely sets
• maybe simulates future turns

Do tools like this already exist for Pokémon? Even if they’re not super advanced.

I’ve heard of things like:

• Pokémon Showdown bots
• damage calculators
• poke-env
• reinforcement learning Pokémon AI projects

But I’m not sure what’s actually usable for an average player who doesn’t know competitive battling well.

Also curious:

• Is there anything close to a “Pokémon Stockfish”?
• Are Singles bots better than Doubles bots?
• How hard would it be to build something like this yourself?
• What APIs/resources/frameworks are usually used?

Would love recommendations, GitHub projects, or examples if anyone knows any.

Thanks!

ps-: No other tags were working in the title.

Hey everyone,

Since Pokémon Champions has already been out on Switch for a while and the mobile launch is coming soon, I wanted to ask how the game feels for a free-to-play player long term.

I’m mainly interested in competitive battling/VGC and I don’t mind grinding if it’s reasonable. I’ll probably only buy the starter pack (if it’s worth it) and then stay mostly F2P after that.

One important thing is that I already play Pokémon GO and have transferred Pokémon from GO → HOME before. I also have friends who own the mainline Pokémon games, so getting specific Pokémon through trades probably won’t be a major issue for me.

So my main questions are:

• Is the game actually enjoyable as F2P?
• How hard is it to build competitive teams without spending?
• Is progression heavily time-gated/paywalled?
• Does PvP feel fair for non-spenders?
• Is the starter pack worth buying or unnecessary?
• What are the biggest pain points for F2P players?

Would especially love opinions from people who have played ranked/VGC seriously.

Thanks!

ps-: why the downvotes man -_-

Got my TCS joining offer for 18th June and now I’m confused between TCS and Accenture.

In TCS, I have the Digital role with around ₹7.09 LPA CTC. Monthly in-hand is coming around ₹53k+ according to the compensation structure (I may be wrong).

In Accenture, I have the AASE role. Fixed compensation is ₹5.41 LPA with variable bonus up to 16%, making the max around ₹6.28 LPA. Training is currently going on online.

Now I’m confused whether I should join TCS directly or wait for Accenture onboarding/project allocation. Long term, I care more about growth, learning, stability, and future opportunities than just initial salary.

People who have worked in either company or know about both, what would you suggest?

Got my TCS joining offer for 18th June and now I’m confused between TCS and Accenture.

In TCS, I have the Digital role with around ₹7.09 LPA CTC. Monthly in-hand is coming around ₹53k+ according to the compensation structure (I may be wrong).

In Accenture, I have the AASE role. Fixed compensation is ₹5.41 LPA with variable bonus up to 16%, making the max around ₹6.28 LPA. Training is currently going on online.

Now I’m confused whether I should join TCS directly or wait for Accenture onboarding/project allocation. Long term, I care more about growth, learning, stability, and future opportunities than just initial salary.

People who have worked in either company or know about both, what would you suggest?

I’m thinking of choosing one PUBG Mobile version and sticking with it long term, but I’m confused between Global, KR, and Game for Peace. For people who’ve played multiple versions, which one do you think gives the best overall experience and why? I care about things like optimization, rewards, playerbase, matchmaking, updates, events, and just how enjoyable the game feels over time. Would like to hear detailed opinions from long-term players of each version.