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This! I was going to say 2003, to spend as much time with Dad as humanly possible before he goes in March 2004. Like, just hang out and enjoy him, learn everything I can from him and about his life because, I have no one to ask and he was gone so quickly. This is my single biggest regret of my entire adult life. Not spending more time with the one parent I had who always made me feel loved and valued, even though he had his own issues. God, I miss him so much. Ok, who is chopping onions?
2018. Me and my best friend went on a school trip to England. It was the best time in my life. There were a lot of bad things happening during the trip, yet I would still do anything to came back. It was cold fall, we wore puffy jackets, were young, happy, drank tons of tea, snacks that they don’t sell at our country etc. I also found my favorite place in the world there. A really small town, Shakespeare was born there, I have never seen more magical place than this. I never had a chance to come back and we don’t really talk with my best friend anymore. But we both know that it was the best friendship ever and the trip was the best thing ever.
I would bet on major sporting events. I would win the lottery multiple times. I would buy shares in the start-up stages of all successful businesses. I would register every high-traffic domain name in existence. I'd cash out. I would hire someone to buy endless amounts of reddit gold. Every comment in reddit history would be gilded! Except for OP's.
I would take a truck full of AK-47s and ammo to the native Americans pre-colonization. I'd explain a terrible white man plague was descending, and they must repel them with the weapons I've provided. I'd create a super tribe of Natives who would fortify the east coast, uniting all the tribes under my banner. Yes we'd run out of ammo yes, but it would be enough to unite all the factions and deter the Europeans for long enough to modernise much of their new civilisation.
I certainly wouldn't pass up on such an opportunity. I would go back to 1624 with as much gold as possible, then open an account with the Monte Paschi bank (the oldest bank in the world) and then travel back to the present to collect my interests.
If I could go back 10 years ago, there wouldn't be much that I would change because of my age. However, the one thing that I would do differently would be to reach out to new people and have fun. Now that I'm growing up, me and the people around me are realizing that life is shorter then it seems. No harm is done reaching out to new people and gaining experiences from them. Doing this will only grow you socially in the years to come. Going back to my other topic, I wish I had more fun in my childhood. Being an adult sucks.

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Alright, let's try to keep this concise:

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Genshin Impact is a gacha game running on the same engine as Breath of the Wild. It's very technically competent, battles feel good, and exploration and the world is gorgeous and well done.

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As it is a gacha game, the game's primary focus next to the main story is getting the characters you want and equipping them. The main currency to pull for characters are "Primogems". New accounts early on in the story receive ten pulls (called "Wishes" in the game) in total. Primogems are primarily earned from daily missions and exploration. About one pull can be farmed every day by doing all dailies and some explorations, plus minus.

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Characters come in two tiers, four star and five star, with five star characters usually being more desirable/stronger, and usually also sporting slightly more appealing designs, without accounting for personal taste. There is a one in twenty chance for any pull to be a four star character. Every 90 pulls is guaranteed to be a five star, althoug it might be a weapon or a character. Point being, chances are astronomically low.

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There is manufactured digital scarcity in the game. Many characters are only available for 30 days, and then do not reappear in a long time, which is the main driving force for peope to spend real money, because it is impossible to guarantee getting the character you want without spending.

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Out of the offers the game throws at you, only the daily login bonus and straight up primogems have any real relevance.

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The actual gameplay is rather good, it is a typical, but well executed, character switching combo game, revolving mainly around hitting good elemental combos. To play the storyline of the game, no specific characters are needed with halfway competent play.

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The main story is gated behind level requirements. This requires a decent amount of grinding in between story segments, which mainly consists of running the same mini dungeon again and again, which also serves as the primary way to get gear and upgrade materials for your characters. In general, the game is massively grindy after the first few story parts. Acquiring exp, materials and so forth is locked to a time-gated resource, which refills over time. This is usually fine, as long as yo uare the type of person that doesn't want to power grind, and only wants to play maybe 90 minutes a day and then call it quits to the next day.

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In general, if played in a relaxed fashion, the game is pretty good, but if you get hooked and end up desperately wanting a specific character, it is easy to get addicted. Monetisation is VERY predatory, and prices are straight up insane. Guaranteeing to get the character you want during an event cost ~200 Euros, eg. The game also does emphasis playing daily, due to these resource systems, although it doesn't matter as much if you are very casual.

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I played quite a bit, so if you have any specific questions, I can probably answer anything.

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It happens fairly often. I don't worry about it, because it passes quickly and the next day I'll work doubly hard to make up for it. Right now, with the heat wave, I'm encouraging myself to do as much nothing as possible. 😁
Lately it’s been a struggle. They tell me I have to slow down because of a concussion and now I feel so slow I think I am going backwards 😂😂🤷‍♀️
I think I drink too much caffeine.
I'm currently in the process of trying to turn my life around after many repeated failures so hang in there man. It's about Day 3 for me and I already feel a lot better and have hopes for the future. Message me if you want some more ideas on what you can do to try and make a difference and live the life you want to live!!
Last week has been an exciting week, I'm rather busy and a lot of things are going on. Also next week is one I'm already looking forward to. It's only today that I woke up with less than zero motivation to do absolutely anything. I feel way too lazy and pointless to undertake something active which usually gives me energy, like going outdoors or go sporting, but at the same time I feel too restless and unfocused to start anything relaxing, not even reading or watching TV.
I'm starting to rely less on motivation and have started to develop habits and discipline instead. I've learned that motivation won't always be there (when it is, then great), so purely relying on it especially as a student can be tricky. It's definitely a bit challenging, but I set a minimum and have been doing more than I used to (even on a less productive day) when I was just unmotivated.
I spent the day before yesterday feeling SO unmotivated. All I wanted to do was watch TV. Nothing could keep my focus. So I decided, today I will allow this. I haven't done it in a long time, and I will test my will power and see if I can pick it back up tomorrow! When I started doing things for the sake of getting it done, and having one less thing to do (thinking "I'll do this now so I can have more free time later on" helps) made me achieve much more in a day, week and month than I've expected.

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I don't think anyone is smart all the time or in all situations so it's hard to say. Much of what is special about me is what I have avoided. Debt is a big one. Kids are another. However I am very boring. Having a degree (or degrees) is a mark of *a certain sort of intelligence*. I do consider myself of above average in certain measures of intelligence, and having a first class degree from, for instance, a university generally acknowledged to be academically very rigorous, and what I've done having gained that degree (small as it is yet!), is some evidence of that. I also know people from my university days who were definitely better educated, with more impressive academic accolades, who are now unemployed and seemingly unemployable). But my game-playing or sporting intelligence is next to nothing. One would never ask me to play football for England or France (in fact I'd probably drop them if I only had to carry water bottles). If this answer sounds self centred it's just an example. I've a few people whom mistook their intelligence for mental immaturity as they simply could not grasp a perspective other than their own. 🤷‍♀️

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I recently got back from a vacation to Cuba, and it is a delightful country. The people are all incredibly nice and accommodating. There is very little crime. I felt more safe everywhere I went there than I do in many parts of the US. The culture is incredibly vibrant. The only downside I see is that it is a very poor country. If the US were to fully drop the embargo, and Cuba got some serious investment (heavily regulated to maintain cultural identity), I think it could quite easily become one of the most thriving countries in the Western Hemisphere. Speaking of Oman, I feel bad that I had such rock bottom expectations for it. I was in the neighboring UAE, and was sick to death of the utter soullessness, fakery, obscene display of wealth, and insufferable snobbishness of many people there, especially in Dubai, and was worried that Oman might be similar. However, I was very pleasantly surprised a how wrong my original assumptions about Oman were. I found it to be so much more culturally interesting than the UAE, with much nicer people, and some stunning landscapes.
I want to say Colombia because of its immense beauty and amazing people, but I'm based since my parents are from Colombia. My favorite country in the world would be Norway. The people are immensely friendly and very welcoming and I also enjoy looking at the politics of the country and I can understand why many people consider it to be the happiest country in the world.
Kansas City, MO (AKA the real deal, the first KC) The perfect blend of small town friendliness and urban life. Westport and KC P&L are great areas for some drinks, Loose Park has an awesome botanical garden, the Liberty Memorial has a fascinating WWI Museum, we have some decent sports teams (obviously the Royals that one the World Series awhile ago, but also Sporting KC that's won MLS a couple of times, and the Chiefs who...have pretty much always sucked, but here's hoping!), we've also got Boulevard beer which is delicious (big fan of the wheat), and, in general, the town just has an awesome vibe!
First visited Seattle when I was 6, and we were out here visiting relatives. Came back a few more times and swore I'd move here. Nowhere on this planet I'd rather live, and I'm grateful every day that I got to achieve my childhood dream.
London is my favorite city to visit. So much culture, we have friends who have introduced us to some cool stuff we'd never have found without local insight, ass-deep in amazing museums, RAF Colney, Arsenal, etc. I'm happy every time I get to visit.
Barcelona. It's a culturally rich, historic, vibrant, complex, easily walkable, stunningly beautiful city full of stunningly beautiful strangers whose expressions suggest they're all going to have supremely arrogant chips on their shoulders, but in reality are overwhelmingly warm, accepting and eager to share their city.

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> it’s the people who aren’t wearing masks that are being called out as “karens”, you idiot.

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Boomer, you got it backwards - as usual. It appears that your dementia is worse than Biden's. A "Karen" is a hysteric who doesn't mind her own business - the type of masked lunatic who will constantly harass others for *NOT* sporting useless face diapers, practicing social distancing or whatever else is bothering her at that particular moment in time. Try to keep up, old man - young people are tired of holding your hand:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR3uA2eLgbk

> stop trying to make it look like you understand the “young people talk”

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Says the senile Boomer who got the Karen thing backwards.
Okay, Karen!

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> it only reinforces how old and out of touch you are ?

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You believe that a face diaper which does *NOT* block a virus can somehow protect you from getting infected - but I'm "out of touch." My darling Karen, are you even trying?! ???

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If you're looking for some new hair inspo, look no further than Selena Gomez. The "Rare" songstress just debuted a brand new 'do during her appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Friday (March 6), and now her hairstylist — Marissa Marino — has revealed what exactly inspired the bouncy and voluminous look.

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Turns out, Marino was partially inspired by the hit '90s sitcom Friends. "Hair inspo was 'The Rachel' meets Goldie Hawn in First Wives Club," Marino wrote alongside a clip of Gomez's interview. "The Rachel" was the iconic hairstyle rocked by Jennifer Aniston's character on the show. And quickly, it became the hairstyle that people would request at their local salons.

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Of course, fans of the "Lose You to Love Me" songstress adore her new cut, and they let Marino know it in the comments. "How do you do hair like this?!?" one person wrote. "Do you need to have layers?" Someone else said that "the cut frames her face so gracefully." Honestly, we couldn't agree more.

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But Gomez sporting "The Rachel" isn't all that surprising because she's actually a huge fan of the show and of Aniston's character, in general. In fact, when the Aniston interviewed her on The Ellen DeGeneres Show back in January, the pop star couldn't help but gush over her and the impact Friends had on her growing up.

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SELENA GOMEZ TELLS US ABOUT THE 'INCREDIBLE FREEDOM' AT THE HEART OF HER 'RARE' VIDEO
"Rachel was my life!" Gomez told the actress. "But what made me so happy is that now people my age and everyone else [are] just obsessed, and it just makes me so happy for you and for the show because it's iconic." Equally as iconic, however, is the "Look At Her Now" singer's personal adaptation of "The Rachel," which has us booking the next available hair appointment as we speak.

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