u/NeighborhoodTall49

I’ve just recently got into anime, and prior to this I’ve only seen AOT, Death Note, and Chainsaw Man. Yesterday my co worker convinced me to start the original Naruto, and I just finished the 19th episode ending the Land of Waves arc, and I’m absolutely hooked. I’m so excited to be a part of the community and finish both shows :)

For those that don’t know, the Devastating achievement is for beating Halo 3 on Legendary in under 3 hours. The game keeps your best times for each mission so it doesn’t have to be one sitting. I got it over the course of 3 days. Here are my times.

Sierra 117: 13:30
Crows nest: 23:02
Tsavo Highway: 9:38
The Storm: 12:14
Floodgate: 4:49
The Ark: 36:03
The Covenant: 39:35
Cortana: 13:24
Halo: 17:18

Total: 2:49:33

Not the fastest by speedrunning standards (especially Ark & Covenant), but enough to hit the goal! I posted my first youtube video covering all the tricks I did, I’m not gonna self promo but if anyone is interested I’ll DM you the link :)

I had a package come in today, and after opening it and putting the batteries in I realized on of the buttons on the product was jammed into the plastic and wouldn’t work. Would I be able to drive to my local Target and (assuming they have the exact product in stock), exchange it there? When I Google it just says you can do this if you haven’t opened the packaging, so I wasn’t sure if that applied to items that had something wrong with it.

Just for context, I am a Christian. Today I sent my co-worker the youtube video “Republican Jesus”, a video that jokingly portrays Jesus opposite to how he is portrayed in the Bible by giving him republican values. The video is meant to be a shot at republican christian’s, not christian’s in general. His response confused me though. He smiled and said “Dude idk this is pretty blasphemous”. I don’t think it’s blasphemous at all, but that got me thinking. There’s been several movies like Year One, This is the End, Bruce Almighty, and tons of others that people have told me that they thought are blasphemous, yet I’ve had 0 conviction over laughing at any of those movies. Am I missing something? Am I a bad Christian for not being convicted of these things? In my mind something is only blasphemous if it’s openly insulting and mocking God or the Bible or something of that nature. I’m open to my mind being changed on this.

I’m 21(M) and have been a Christian my whole life. I never struggled with doubt up until maybe 1-2 years ago. It sort of comes and goes in waves, I can pretty confidently say I never hit the point where I no longer believed in Jesus, but I have gotten close to the fence of deconstructing my faith, and I always come back.

Recently, two things in particular have been causing me to doubt.

The first thing has to do with politics, I was raised in south Alabama in a very conservative home. I was taught that being a Christian meant that you were also to be republican/conservative. While I try to remain as independent as possible, I tend to lean left on most things especially my economical views. This, along with seeing how “Christian MAGA” is portrayed by the people around me and on social media, makes me have doubts about my religion, since it’s mostly (at least in my area) always associated with conservatism.

The other thing that’s been heavy on my mind lately is the idea of hell. I try so hard to reconcile it, but I don’t understand the idea of someone burning in hell for eternity for simply not choosing to follow God.

I believe I am saved, and I do my best (and fail) every day to follow Jesus and act in response to His sacrifice, and I’m simply just seeking advice, I do not wish to argue with anyone or be labeled a “bad christian”.

Thanks!

When you Google it, it makes it seem like you should avoid alcohol 100%. My Dr. however, said as long as I’m taking my medicine in the morning, and keep the drinking “moderate”, then to just take it slow and watch how it affects me. Before lexapro, I really only drank 1-2 beers per night on the weekend, and I would really like to be able to return to that. Just curious what your guys’ opinion is.

So today is the first day of me taking Lexapro. I’ve never been on any medication of any kind prior to this. My Dr. Prescribed me 10mg lexapro to help with GAD and severe situational panic attacks. I’ve done research on how SSRI’s work so I’m aware that different types affect everyone differently, and also that it usually takes 4-6 weeks for positive effects to kick in.

Well I didn’t think day 1 would start off this bad, but I already feel intense nausea and had to step out of the office for 10-15 min to breathe and compose myself due to almost having a full blown meltdown for no reason.

Does anyone have any tips on how to get through these first few weeks? I sure hope every day isn’t like this, it’s only been two hours.