u/TheEggnoggamer

I practice Germanic paganism. As joyful as I am in my faith, I never put it in anyone's face. Yesterday, my friend and I decided to go to the bookstore. It's a local, wonderful, cozy, peaceful bookstore with a café tnat I've been going to for years now and it feels like home. But so quickly, my excitement yesterday was ruined by a christian trying to convert me.

I was over in the fantasy section looking at a very thick book about the production of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and I was in awe of it. I was born a Tolkien fan. I know his whole life story, niche facts about him and the other authors connected to him such as his close friend and war buddy: CS Lewis.

A slightly older man, probably late 20s or early 30s approached me and asked me how long it takes to tie my boots. He was trying to be funny and I laughed with him. We started talking about Tolkien but very quickly, as in not even 3 minutes into the conversation, he began trying to tell me that Tolkien was a christian and that he converted CS Lewis to christianity. He began lamenting that there are no more author's who write "with christ" and he tried to gode me into a theological discussion and explain how the world needs to turn to Jesus. Equally as quickly, I corrected every point he made about Tolkien: he was not a christian, he was Roman Catholic, he did not convert CS Lewis as CS Lewis was already a christian, and Tolkien never wrote LOTR as a way of indoctrinating people into any Abrahamic religion as he did not like religious allegory nor was he a fan of converting people or using subliminal messaging. I made these corrections a bit aggressively as I am easily disgusted by people who try to hijack Professor Tolkien's literary work and image for their own religious or political agenda. Especially to indoctrinate others.

When I made these corrections, the man, who was dressed like a missionary, got very awkwardly quiet. Then he started bothering me again after I moved further away from him (he followed me) and then blatantly just began preaching to me about the word of god, salvation and shit. I shut him tf down and then reported him to an employee.

So to any christian or anyone of a christian denomination who reads this: stop. Stop asking why people don't like you or why people don't wanna talk to you, when you spend so much of your time harassing people. Injecting your religious views where they don't belong. Lecturing people. It is not your place. It is not your place nor is it your job to preach at people, convert people, tell people what and who to believe in and tell them their religious path is wrong. It is not your place. You aren't enlightening anyone, you're not "saving souls". You are just being an asshole while also making yourself sound like you are living in a state of religious psychosis.

Your harassment, stalking and especially bullying and damnation of other people because of your religious supremacy views: is why people dislike you. It is why people distrust you more and more each day. No one hates you for being a Christian, people dislike you because you try to subjugate everyone around you. You try to police everyone else. While simultaneously crying victim when people criticize you for it.

Stop

I'm hoping to some day soon get involved in Buhurt through the local team. I'm physically fit but I do have A LOT to work on. Workouts, food etc. How much does physical fitness (beyond the obvious) play a role in Buhurt in your personal experience?

Do you have Buhurt specific workouts? What does your diet look like? How do YOU train?

Hey everyone! I'm VERY new to the Witcher universe. 1 and 2 sucked for me tbh but 3? 3 is BEAUTIFUL. I got so hooked that now I want to write a short story about a Witcher of my own. But I have some questions I need answered before I write this so that my story will be accurate to the logic and structure of the Witcher universe.

\*Are there evil or immoral witchers? I know Vipers are seen as morally ambiguous but I mean are there records of actually evil or at least criminal Witchers that even other Witchers would not call brother or sister?

\*Are ALL witchers sterilized or is it just some of them are?

\*Are Witchers limited to longswords and knives as their main weapon or is it within their martial traditions to also use a shield or axe or bow?

I might have more questions later

So last night, I was in the highlands trying to collect Shamos scale +. I forgot what area I was in but I was carving some shamos I had slain, there were a lot to get through and there was a natural platform with vines directly above me. A small one. I'm carving them and it's so peaceful and quiet, but then I heard movement. I figured maybe it was just some kelbi or Tzitzi Yaku roaming about. Then I heard a deep, rusty snarl and heard hammers falling above me. I slowly looked up and saw it was an enraged Deviljho. I BOOKED IT TF OUT OF THERE and it chased me longer than normal. Usually after you leave the area, the monster turns around and stops chasing you. The Deviljho snapped and charged at me with exceptional ferocity, as if it were personal, THROUGH 3 DIFFERENT AREAS STRAIGHT THROUGH. I performed some impressive dodges but almost got gobbled up so many times before a damn Bazelgeus showed up and both distracted it but also added to the danger. It was fun, exciting and intense haha. It was like the Thanator chase scene from the first Avatar movie

So the bar I go to for karaoke, I've been going to since I was 21 and I'm 25 now. Everyone knows me, everyone is very nice to me and it is a very familiar spot. I'm a huge metalhead. Belphegor, cannibal corpse, Heilung, Alcest, Gojira etc. So I'm always going metal songs and screaming haha. Everyone loves it and people have even come to the bar from outside the area just to see me, meet me and listen. I feel like a little celebrity haha. But recently, this older white lady, probably in her late 40s, always dressed alt, has been coming to the bar. I always assumed she was down with metal but I never directly interacted with her.

last saturday, I did the song People=shit by Slipknot and during the song she kept coming up behind me to talk in my ear, MID SONG, trying to tell me that she "knows" I have a beautiful singing voice and that I should stop screaming because "All that screaming, sweetie, that's not the real you. You want people to know the real you." What the hell does that even mean? Lady, it's karaoke, not a musical biopic.

After I was done, she approached me again to tell me the same thing and then kept trying to show me music videos on her phone. She kept insisting that I do rap songs and I have a feeling she was assuming I would be better at rap because I'm black 💀. I kept trying to tell her I'm not interested in rap and I actually can not physically clean-sing due to how my tongue is shaped. It makes it difficult to do normal vocals. She kept pestering me.

Fast forward to last night, I'm at the bar singing again. I did Unsainted by Slipknot. She came up to me again, saying the same shit about me having a beautiful voice, screaming music is angry and that if I only scream people will associate me with anger and that it's not the real me. I was now getting pissed off but then I started getting creeped out when she wrapped around my arm in a very sexual or erotic manner, she had me GRIPPED.

She was simultaneously playing with my dreadlocks and I kept trying to pull away. She was so close to my face that we were about two inches in kissing distance. I kept trying to pull away and eventually I did. I got so creeped out but also annoyed that I just vanished from the bar and went home. Didn't even say peace out to my friends. That lady pissed me off THAT much. There was more to it than what I'm posting here but you guys get the point.

I have a hard time telling people to shut the hell up because while I definitely know how to stand up for myself and have many times, I do sometimes worry about hurting someone's feelings or making them feel bad about themselves. Which is not my goal.

Anyway, moral of the story: Let people enjoy whatever tf they want. If it isn't hurting you or anyone, leave them alone and mind your own business. You are not entitled to other people and it is not your place to control others, invade their personal space and especially it is not okay to grab people or touch them.

I'm still VERY new to HEMA and am having a bit of a difficult time understanding guards (Joachim Meyer, longsword).

Are guards such as ox, key, fool and unicorn meant to be used while you figure out your next move or are the meant to be reactionary? For example, do you enter the conflict in ox or do you instead switch INTO ox when someone is attempting a downward slash?

Also, is the square meant for combat or is it just more guards? Like do you use the 12345 slashing oattern of Meyer's square for attacking? I feel like the answer is yes but I'm afraid to be wrong and not have it corrected

Hey everyone, yesterday I followed an instruction guide on youtube om how to install Daggerfall Unity. It worked! I got to play it for a bit, I saved my game and then exited before leaving for work. Now I'm trying to play it again but it won't open. Instead I get an error box saying:

DaggerfallUnity.exe-System Error

The code execution cannot proceed because UnityPlayer.dll was not found. Reinstalling may fix this problem.

But I don't know if it means reinstall EVERYTHING or what

MAGA has polluted every political property. They have committed war crimes. They terrorize innocent people, protect rapists, commit crimes against innocent people and get away with it, they are instigating violence against the left and just generally everyone, they have ICE backing them and more. We live in a fascist country. These are escalations that occured in nazi era Germany. So many chances to stop hitler, to stop the gestapo and no one did. Understandably many out of fear.

But we can not let history repeat itself. Being silly at protests, posting anti maga memes or getting into comment section fights online is not combating maga. This whole "we need to be better than them!" Following the rules bs is not helping. It is not saving lives. It is not fighting fascism. It is just being passive and giving these nazis more control. They are reviving segregation, destroying resources, shooting up homes, abducting children, assaulting protestors. And what is the left doing? Haha MEME! Imma scream "you're a monster!" At someone who loves being a monster! No. We are way past this. Many of us can be crafty, some of us have money or at least enough, many of us love our toys that are constitutionally supported and supported for this exact scenario. The Minutemen did theit duty, it is our time now. Stop being passive. Stop downplaying wjat is going in. Stop blindly trusting voting, blindly trusting politicians. I say we establish our own branches of resistance and play MAGA at their own game. Boots in the streets, patroling, maintaining peace and being on stand by to stop MAGA. Look at what is going on at the ICE facility in Delaney NJ. ICE is made up of cowards. They would shit themselves if people geared just like them showed up in even greater numbers. We have constitutional right to a militia. I do not care if you think it's immoral or not peaceful. You don't squash evil by laying on your back and taking it. You put it on its face

As an African American male of 25 who was born in the deep south, now living on the east coast: I grew up of course with all different kinds of food but primarily industrialized meat. Of course I had a soft spot for animals, actually that's an understatement. But I couldn't really go vegan or vegetarian in all my life so far. But recently, I made a habit of constantly ordering fast food or being lazy. Since I have to put groceries in the house while my family is away on vacation, I decided: why not add some vegan stuff too? I got both non vegan and vegan groceries.

I bought some vegan butter, veggie patties and more. Holy crap, Vegan food is THE BOMB. Guys, these black bean burgers are amazing! The vegan pizza rolls? Give me more. The smell of this butter? Forget about it 🔥

I don't know if I can fully convert to becoming vegetarian or vegan but I will say: I am definitely addicted. All of the meatheads that shit on vegetarians and vegans are missing out. More for me 😂❤️❤️

Hey everyone! I'm 25 and hoping to move before the end of summer. I'm looking for an apartment to rent that is affordable (for low-income, single person) and allows pets (I have a small dog). I'm a pretty quiet but friendly person and have never been late on rent and always get along with my neighbors. I'm too caught up with drinking hot tea or reading to cause problems. If anyone can recommend a place in the areas of either Galloway, Absecon, Mays Landing, Smithville or possibly Pleasantville: please let me know : )!

Also if you yourself are a landlord with a property or unit available that we can discuss, please feel free to message me directly! (Or if you are looking for a roommate)