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Hi all, I came across an interesting perspective recently that reframes financial planning not just as a defensive chore, but as a key part of personal growth. The central idea is the concept of 'financial resilience', and I thought it was worth sharing and discussing here. The article I was reading described it as your life's 'suspension system'. On a smooth road, you don't notice it. But when you hit a pothole—like an unexpected illness, family emergency, or job loss—a good system absorbs the shock and keeps you on track. A poor one can throw everything off course. I thought that was a great analogy. It's not about being wealthy, but about having the capacity to withstand life's financial shocks without it becoming a full-blown crisis. The core components were broken down into a few key areas: A Protective Shield: This is where things like private medical insurance, income protection, and critical illness cover fit in, acting as a buffer against major life events. An Emergency Buffer: The classic advice of having readily accessible savings to cover 3-6 months of essential living costs. Manageable Debt: Keeping borrowing under control so it isn't a constant source of stress. A Forward-Looking Plan: Having a clear strategy for longer-term goals like retirement. The most interesting point for me was the psychological payoff. The argument is that financial anxiety consumes a huge amount of our mental energy or 'cognitive load'. When you're subconsciously worried about what would happen if you got sick, it's harder to focus, learn new skills, or take calculated risks in your career. Building a foundation of security frees up that mental space. An FCA report from this year noted that a significant portion of UK adults have low financial resilience, which suggests this is a widespread source of stress. Full disclosure: these insights are from a guide I work on. It got me thinking about the trade-offs we all have to make. How do you personally balance building up an accessible emergency fund versus paying for protection policies like income protection or critical illness cover? https://wecovr.com/guides/future-proofing-your-life-the-unseen-growth-hack?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rd-community submitted by /u/wecovr to r/privatehealthcoveruk [link] [comments]

Introduction I'm sure most of you know what gacha games are, but just in case: they're (usually mobile) games that involve spending money for a random chance at getting particular characters for you to play as or add to your party or whatever. Attractive anime ladies are by far the most common because bad financial decisions become that much easier to make when you're horny. Ironmouse is a prominent VTuber from Puerto Rico. Among other things, she's known for having destroyed "VTuber talent agency" VShojo after they stiffed her (or more specifically, the charity she was working with) to the tune of $500,000. She was until recently sponsoring Neverness to Everness, a recently released gacha game. It's not one I'm too interested in myself (my bad financial decisions involving video games are more along the lines of "trying to play multiple MMOs at once"), so I'll just quote Wikipedia on it: Neverness to Everness (NTE; simplified Chinese: 异环; traditional Chinese: 異環; pinyin: Yì Huán, lit. 'Strange Ring') is an open world action role-playing hack and slash game developed by Hotta Studio, a subsidiary of Perfect World. In the city of Hethereau, the player is an Appraiser who explores the open world and fights hostile forces. The Spark Prior to release, the game's executive director claimed that the game's "core assets and character portraits will never touch AI", and that it would mainly be used "to run some atmosphere renderings...as preliminary work". That turned out not to be true. It didn't take long before folks found generative AI images and videos of...less than ideal quality, ranging from impossible car doors to magically appearing roses to blatant ripoffs of theatrically released anime. It didn't take long for Ironmouse to stop sponsoring NTE, claiming that her team had been lied to by the developers and that she had no idea about the AI usage until people starting posting screenshots of how blatant the usage is. The Flames Needless to say, not everyone was happy with it. The game is either fun or it isn’t. Some random background art that is randomly generated shouldn’t stop you from playing what you enjoy. Anti-AI people are the new vegans And just like the vegans their impact on society will be minimal beyond mild annoyance Others decided to argue hypocrisy. Is this supposed to be based? How is promoting a gambling game fine but AI is where the moral limit must be drawn. It's so insane how out of touch a lot of you have become. She can sit there getting paid to promote a life destroying vice but having some AI slop asset is too far. While still others resorted to the old standby. A majority of the AI hate is virtue signaling. Its a complete nothingburger for the average gamer. All that matters is if the game is fun or not. People dont care if human or AI made it. Yea, people on reddit, which is a minority btw, love to virtue signal, but your average person downloading a game and playing it could care less. And some chose to attack the messenger. OMG not this moral highground again.She looks AI herself. And attack the messenger. Who tf is ironmouse English slop vtuber And attack the...you get the idea. Game by itself very good and fun so i don't care about couple ai images or videos. Also hate streamers who's trying to make drama out of everything. English vtubers are talentless rats so ofc they will And In Conclusion, Whatever The Fuck This Is If Gacha companies have to use AI, they should use AI chatbots, like Where Winds Meet, so that you could erp with the chars. submitted by /u/a_cattebirb to r/SubredditDrama [link] [comments]

Hi I would like to share my ways to earn extra money with the bank system in UAE. Feel free to tell us some extra tricks below. Tabby + SIB combo for maximum cashback for every category. 9% (up to 270 AED per month) Ajman CC for 4% , ADIB CC for 3%, Wio card (credit mode) for 2%, when you pay off tabby.(Wio didn’t need to pay 1% CC fee for tabby, because tabby sees it as debit card) Wio+ Mashreq saving account to make high interest every month.( separate in 2 accounts is always safer) Use tabby limit(even tabby+ spilt in 4 for free), SIB cc and Wio credit’s paying circle to pay the credit bill as late as possible and keep the money in high interest accounts. For example you buy 5000 AED in January, in February you will pay tabby with SIB, in march you pay SIB cc with Wio credit and April you pay Wio bank from your account. 5000 AED could stay in high interest account to make dividends. submitted by /u/Silver_Ad1270 to r/UAEcreditcards [link] [comments]

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I guess I have entered into the "OLD CRANK" stage of aging but it bugs the HELL out of me to see wealthy actors shilling garbage on TV. I am of an age when that was seen as "selling out" and I still strongly feel that way. To me, it feels like a betrayal to see John Travolta or Matt Damon agreeing to use the fact that I may have liked their films as an opportunity to shill some garbage at me so that they can add to their millions. "Mom!, dad's ranting about celebrities selling out again." Yeah, ok. In the scheme of things and world peace, a bunch of creeps cashing in isn't much and isn't news but still. Like if the Beatles sold a song to sell, I don't know, orange juice ("Good Day Sunshine"). It cheapens things, I feel like a sucker and I feel used. (Lewis Hyde in his book "The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property" speaks to this. The some times clash between the gift economy and the exchange economy) As a metric of just how far gone down the OLD CRANK hole I went . . . I started keeping a list of the greedy hacks I've seen on the TeeVee selling their credibility. I gave it up after a while because there are just too many. Obviously I do not know the current financial situation of any of these people but many millions of dollars have passed through their bank accounts and they are all currently working actors. For someone who is out of the game, ok fine, try to cash in on your past celebrity. Sports people get a pass . . . because (tradition?). But scumbags like Tom Brady doing his "supplement" grifting? Blast that chud straight into the sun. My 'List of Sell-ebrity Scumbags" Rob Lowe Walton Goggins Samuel L. Jackson Billy Bob Thornton Ben Stiller Jon Hamm Nick Offerman Ted Danson Matt Damon Kristen Bell John Travolta And there are SO many more – I just couldn't keep up. submitted by /u/Alternative-Light922 to r/GenerationJones [link] [comments]

36 M with wife and 8 month baby boy. Here's my financial situation: Income: Currently nil. Looking to start a new business. Expenses: 3L per month. 30K housing loan EMI, 30K car EMI, 40K cook and Nanny, 40k rent, 1.1L (medical, baby stuff, grocery, petrol, electricity, internet, weekends etc) Assets: 1 Flat worth 2.1 Cr (32L home loan to be paid back) Post office savings bank ppf 15L (Matures in 2027) Capital in Business: 25L Receivable from cheque bounce case 26L (might take 2 years more to receive) Liability: Home Loan 32L @ 8.25% car loan 14L @7.5% Hand Loan from Friend 5L (no interest but Ill give him a lump sum/nice gift when i pay back) I'm about to to sell the flat for 1.78 crore (2.1cr - 32L Home Loan) which will be my corpus to start restructung my finances. I have a priority list : 1) 5-10L locked up in a long term instrument (preferable 18-21 years for the baby boy) 2) 30-40L in a liquid investment from which I'll be withdrawing monthly for my expenses. Basically it's liquid fund for house expenses for next one year because my business might take time to generate profits but I don't want the money to rot in a savings acc nor be locked up in something fixed. 3) Balance 1.25 cr will be my capital to invest in business. I wanted to know whats the best way to pay least taxes on capital gains, how to allocate for different needs and how to efficiently utilize my funds so I can save max in tax, get steady returns and somehow my Assets + Business generates 4L NET monthly so that I can cover my expense and also save a bit for rainy day. Also pls suggest Financial planners who can advise me the best (Idk given my small corpus, will they be interested? ) I'm counting on you reddit. submitted by /u/Intrepid-Damage9902 to r/personalfinanceindia [link] [comments]

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-passes-hr-7006-strengthening-national-security-protecting-economic-growth Background: • ⁠Empowers implementation of President Trump’s priorities, including advancing the “Make America Safe Again” agenda and supporting the Executive Branch in carrying out the mandate of the American people. • ⁠Reins in a weaponized IRS by cutting enforcement funding and redirecting resources to taxpayer services for a smoother tax filing season, while implementing the Working Families Tax Cut. • ⁠Fortifies safeguards to stop terrorists, criminals, and hostile actors from exploiting the U.S. financial system. It also includes targeted investments in CFIUS to protect American innovation and scrutinize foreign investments. • ⁠Bolsters cybersecurity and technology defenses to prevent hacking, espionage, and attacks by adversaries and criminal networks. • ⁠Combats fentanyl, illicit drugs, and human trafficking by strengthening interdiction efforts to block deadly contraband from reaching American communities. • ⁠Restores American strength and deterrence, reasserting peace through strength and ending Biden-era weakness on the world stage. • ⁠Realigns funding toward national security priorities while eliminating $9.3 billion in wasteful spending, restoring fiscal discipline and accountability. • ⁠Eliminates DEI, woke programming, Green New Deal mandates, and divisive gender ideology provisions that undermine core agency missions. • ⁠Forces accountability at the United Nations by conditioning assistance, imposing funding cuts, and withholding resources until meaningful reforms are delivered. • ⁠Upholds American values by defending religious liberty worldwide, protecting free speech, and preserving longstanding pro-life protections. • ⁠Full-year appropriations are necessary to implement Republican priorities aligned with the Trump Administration. submitted by /u/Nixianx97 to r/MurderedByAOC [link] [comments]

I am NOT OOP, OOP is u/DifficultPath Originally posted to r/legaladvice TW: stalking, harassment, death My brother hacked into everything and is trying to control my life. Original - August 30th, 2018 I'm in my second year of undergrad at a state university in California and I'm having an issue with my brother, who in his late twenties and a computer engineer (this is relevant to my issue). As a sidenote I know very little about computers other than basic googling skills. My brother is a very type-A person. Very perfectionist and hardworking, often to the detriment of himself and others. He is a nice and positive person and is successful in the traditional sense, but he is very controlling and has a bit of an overblown ego. I'm a much more relaxed person and the two of us share very little in the way of interests or guiding philosophies. I'm a visual arts major who likes to draw and he's the type of person who watched Fight Club and thought that Tyler Durden was onto something. We get along but have hostilities. My brother resents the fact that I am not like him and that I don't look up to him as a role-model. He is very fond of mocking my interests/hobbies/career plans and he often talks literally about a "plan" for me in which I change my major to engineering and start taking his advice. When he brings this up now over the phone I stop talking to him for whatever amount of days/weeks until he apologizes and we do it all over again. Two weeks ago, my brother made a joke referencing a piece of digital art I drew on my laptop. I didn't think anything of it until I realized after the call ended that I never posted that piece of art anywhere, not even onto any cloud service-- it had only been available on my physical laptop. I was nervous and downloaded Malwarebytes but it didn't find anything. Thinking back I also recalled my brother making a joke about something I said to a friend privately on my Discord, which also was not publicly available. Checking Gmail and a few other websites I'm on that showed options I discovered someone had been logging into my accounts from an unfamiliar computer and had then been doing so for about a week. I called my brother about this and he laughed and told me that he had remote access to my computer and that he'd be "checking" up on everything I was doing from this point on. I told him that that was ridiculous and he basically laughed and said that people today have no reasonable expectation of privacy anyway. Without going into detail I've basically discovered that my brother literally has access to everything in my life. My bank account, school account, my art/chat accounts, all the files on my computer. He has even referenced information that leads me to think there is a very good chance of him having a camera/microphone in my room (he has been in my apartment in the last month and the only reason I think he might not is because I haven't been able to find it.) There is nothing on my computer or Cloud files or anything I'm even remotely embarrassed about. But the idea that my brother has all my information is terrible and I want him to stop. I don't feel comfortable in my apartment or using my computer/personal accounts anymore. I'm writing this from my school's library. Is there a way to clearly show him that this is wrong with an amount of force and guarantee my privacy in the future WITHOUT getting him in serious trouble? My brother is an idiot and I'm pissed at him for this (especially in the way where he acts like it's a joke or that he's doing it to "mentor" me, which he keeps saying, like he has called me knowing my class schedule which I never told him and reminded me to go to classes/etc) but I don't want his life should be ruined over this even if he is an asshole. He has also "joked" about dropping my classes which I got really pissed at and he assured me it was a joke but I still feel uncomfortable that he'd even hint at that. Thanks. Update - August 31st, 2018 Without going into a lot of detail, based on some of the stuff I read on here and a conversation with a friend, I realized that the way I viewed the relationship with my brother was incredibly messed up and I decided to act more seriously about this. I was thinking about how to proceed last night while cleaning, and then I actually found a camera. I know I said I thought there was one before but I don't think I really consciously did. It was in my bathroom. I have gone to the police station and for now have an injunction against my brother. I also reported the computer hacking along with texts and a phone message he sent where he both alludes to and directly confirms it, so. I don't know what'll happen but I feel a lot better having taken this right. I appreciate the comments people sent it helped a lot. Thanks. Update 2 - September 8th, 2018 Without exaggeration, this was probably the worst day of my life. After getting served the injunction/temporary restraining order thing, my brother 1. told my parents and 2. chose to immediately violate it. He left me several messages that essentially was low key threatening to ruin my life and I was scared so I reported it. He was taken to jail and to my current understanding is going to get a type of misdemeanor charge for it if he already hasn't. I don't know if he's in jail right now. I knew my parents were going to take his side but they have effectively disowned me for this. My parents are very religious conservative catholics (i'm not religious anymore but they don't know that) and they were very upset by me reporting it. That's an understatement. I have enough scholarships where I will be able to continue paying for my living expenses/school with my part time job but they way they treated me was horrible. They're very upset because this'll probably screw up his college according to the talks we've had. They said I'm disgusting/not welcome home etc. My dad sent me a video of him and my mom burning most of the belongings i left at his house (not much important to me but still). they don't believe me about the camera and my dad said he specifically didnt care even if it was there. just screaming the entire time, i stopped answering my phone and checking my email because it terrifies me. I bought a new cheap computer because even though someone helped me wipe it clean, I'm honestly too scared of using the old one at this point. I haven't left my room in a week. the worst of it is over i think but i feel like i felt in a pit. I can't stop crying. Update 3 - October 11th, 2018 Hi. Still in California. I'm having some new problems since my last update and i'm unsure how to handle them. i'd like to say things have been good but they haven't. I had to stop school this semester because I've became extremely depressed and couldn't handle the workload of both school/work and some personal things I'm focused on related to my sexual orientation. Planning on going back next semester. Really can't focus on anything past work and my life feels very empty rn. Need to leave the house more haha and talk to someone who isn't a customer. My brother is still in police custody and still in the process of getting convicted, which apparently takes much longer than i'd thought. My parents and a few random people their age who I think they have recruited for this have been continually harassing me through various electronic means/random phone numbers (they do *67 or something) and spreading false rumors about me and I was too depressed to deal with it properly with another restraining order /other thing so it's just been easier to ignore. My main problem at the moment is that I'm trying to get a new job but I can't because I need my SSN. When I broke off with my parents and this happened i had some of my important documents with me but not the ones that college students won't use on a daily basis (passport, ssn, birth certificate). I'm embarrassed but I don't have it memorized, the last time I needed it my parents sent me a picture (before all this happened) but i no longer have that in my texts. I called my parents to send them to me and tried to make it sound like I'd call the police if they didn't and my father implied that he either burned them or would never give them to me. He didn't (visibly) burn them in the video he sent but I don't know if that was everything. I have trouble talking to him right now and I couldn't maintain it. I tried calling his parish leader who I know and he told me he'd talk to my parents about not giving me the info/harassing me but it hasn't done anything if he did surprise surprise. The only documents i have to prove id are my permit and my school id (which is useless in this scenario). I need more documents if I want to get a new SSN card. I'm also scared of my parents having this information because I think they might try to mess with my life. I'm afraid that if I call the police my dad will just claim that he never had it and burn it/hide it forever and then I'm screwed without any way to fully prove my current identity to get new documents. Also I want to change my name and I'd appreciate if anyone knows the best way to go about doing that or if it'd be too much of a pain right now. Not that big of a deal and honestly still lazy but would make me feel better if it's not a big thing. Thank you very much the people here have been very helpful to me at a point in my life when I don't really have anyone to talk to or give me advice in regards to these types of legal issues. Update 4 - January 3rd, 2019 I just want to make this post because i think it's good to make a point about how the world actually works and i don't like leaving things under the false impression that everything ended up being okay. The last five months of 2018 were the worst months of my life because of everything that happened with my brother and me being disowned by my family, my family's friends, and many other people who I thought I knew/respected. I ended up getting my documents back without too much trouble but after that everything has been a loss. My brother was not really punished in any substantive way. My parents have endeavored to protect him and he basically got something on the level of probation no jail time. He was fired but has been hired again with a much better job with a small private company because (I'm told) of a connection with a colleague. He (or my parents but I think him for various reasons) had various people call me up from unlisted numbers with vaguely threatening messages calling me a whore or just breathing on the phone until I had to get a new number. Rumors have been spread about me to the point where I don't feel comfortable even talking to nice people I knew because I'm afraid they'll judge me based off things they've seen that aren't true. I still am not going to be able to go back to college this semester because of personal and financial reasons and I basically have lost all my friends due to either personal insecurity, severe depression, or the rumors. I don't leave my house outside of work and I'm not taking care of myself in the way I should. Very grossly thin and pale (working on getting better though) and i've been having very terrible dreams about going to hell and burning alive forever which are driving me crazy. I'm not going to do anything dramatic but mentally I'm not where I need to be. I'm not trying to make this a pity party, and I acknowledge that I'm a big part of the reason this happened (in the sense that I'm not handling it in the most productive way), and I'm not asking for help (I have a shitty job that allows me to stay alive fine, just having trouble getting to school, which I think I'll be able to start again this summer) but I want to emphasize how fucked up the whole system is. This is the second time in my life I've been put in this position and my first time as an adult and someone trying to report it and either way I have been screwed, lied to, and watched the person who ruined my life get away and live happier ever after. Nobody cares about people who get violated and I understand why they don't come out and report. It's all rigged. My brother, his girlfriend and my parents are almost two week long Hawaiian cruise right now smiling and laughing and i'm in my apartment still unable to sleep right because of all this. Happy new year enjoy your cruise hahaha what a cool picture of water slide XD! Again, thanks to this community at the least. It was a big help in the early stages when I needed to get my thoughts together, and I really appreciated it. I hope everyone who was cool about it gets the type of life they deserve. Really thank you. Update 5 - May 19th, 2019 I moved to another state now. For the purposes of the final update it doesn't matter. Things have settled for me as of four weeks ago and I remembered a lot of people sending me messages and PMs so I thought I would give a final update. Life isn't good in the sense that everything is perfect, i 100% absolutely DO NOT believe in "karma" or that good things happen to people who do good and versa with evil people but things ended up working that way in this scenario after all the shit. Long story short is three months ago my brother was diagnosed with a terminal illness and he died about two months later this april. We don't have a family history with this and i found out about it more than a month after his diagnosis. Did not see him after his death and whatever campaign he had to bug me with his buddies just stopped all of a sudden when he found out about it, so I guess he lost interest once he found out he didn't have much time. i don't know many details because i'm not involved and I obviously didn't try to be but he's dead. I'm glad. Felt bad about it for a day or two and then just thought, no, really done with it. the universe threw me one fucking freebie and i'm going to appreciate it. I honestly feel freer and happy and I hope he died in as much pain as could be expected. My life is 'good' right now. The past nine months have been some of the worst times of my life but things have settled into almost niceness. Uni is postponed at the moment and maybe forever but i've found a good job i like in a much cheaper state that i like more and don't have to work at a lot. i have plenty of free time now and i'm having fun with it instead of sitting in misery. Started drawing again and reading incredibly depressing online superhero novels. Also pushing myself to make new friends and going to look into therapy soon, feeling alive again. Taking care of my health again and am not undereating anymore. Parents have reached out twice and i ignored them. Planning to do again and forever. I hope they rot and i don't feel bad about it anymore, sick of feeling guilty, sick of feeling sick. They're the fucked up people, not me. All i want to do now is hear about whenever they go and join my brother. I don't want to say 'my brother suddenly got cancer and died and that fixed everything and i'm happy now' because that isn't true but he died and i'm glad about it and yes it did make me feel happy and i'm finding it much easier to be happy now. i wish i could say I didn't need luck to fix my problems but whatever. Thanks for everyone who sent me messages and offered me types of help even if i didn't take it. I had four onetime conversations with four people and that meant a lot to me. Hope only nice things happen to you guys. Thanks again. DO NOT COMMENT IN LINKED POSTS OR MESSAGE OOPs I AM NOT OOP submitted by /u/Informal_Rule_8604 to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

I watched a YouTube video on this point this morning and wanted to ask AusFinance. The whole adage "time is money". People seem to live by these systems in private. Would love to hear from those who have a great system in place and try the ones relevant to me out. Things like: - Get all non-fresh produce delivered (from amazon/woolies/coles - even getting recurring deliveries?) - Meal prep services instead of cooking - Laundry / ironing? (personally I don't need ironed clothes that often) - Cleaner vs DIY - Budget / financial tracking systems - Routinely checking insurances / utilities / mortgage I want to put a good system in place, but I'm never organised to do it manually. submitted by /u/Individual-Flan8448 to r/AusFinance [link] [comments]

Hi - I’ve lived in Brussels for nearly two years, I like it a lot. Something I’ve noticed is that there are a lot of schemes, opportunities for reimbursements, tax breaks, free things, and general money-saving opportunities that aren’t always immediately obvious. Some of these are job-specific - e.g. because I’m a journalist, I can get a pass for free train travel. But others are more widely available and are really useful, but just not particularly well-publicised, unless you happen to know about them already. So, what’s an example of some Belgian financial life hacks that Belgians tend to know about, but expats don’t? By definition, I don’t know what I’m asking for here - but very often I’ve had conversations where something will come up that I’d never heard of, and Belgians think it’s obvious. Thanks! submitted by /u/arabbitalso to r/belgium [link] [comments]

Hey everyone! 👋 I'm trying to get a better handle on my finances and looking for new ways to save or spend smarter. I already use a few tricks like shopping for groceries after 7 PM when discounts kick in, or using cashback apps. But I'm curious what works for you? What habits or hacks help you stay afloat (or even thrive) when money's tight? Would love to hear your tips! submitted by /u/KXDEY to r/povertyfinance [link] [comments]

It feels like there is a boot pressing on my chest. It is difficult to breathe. I did not take DRP 1. I did not take DRP 2. I stayed because 1) My program delivers critical information to a vast and broad customer base, 2) Financially, I can manage a RIF or illegal termination (barely), 3) I am resilient and stubborn AF. I choose to stay for those who can’t and for those who left to give me and the services we provide a chance. I am not okay but I will hang on as long as I can. My leadership has been gutted, I log into what feels like a ghost town. A metaphorical wildfire ripped through our city and I don’t know who made it out. This wildfire comes every week like a twisted feature in a video game. A billionaire runs around with a chainsaw as he hacks the livelihoods of a working population where for every 10k he fires, 3k are veterans. We are living in a nightmare. Among the many services we provide, our agency protects life and property from forces that are difficult to predict and often, nearly impossible to stop. We monitor and measure these forces and alert the public to enable swift action. These days, the disaster is in our headquarters, field offices, and is spreading to the lives of all Americans who rely on our services. If Target lays off 10k employees and downsizes, people can change their shopping habits and go to Walmart. If X/Twitter lays off 60% of employees and app quality decreases, users can shift to Bluesky. There is no back up for what we do, the states can’t absorb our work overnight. This is the boot on my chest, it’s not the guy with chainsaw or the sharpie, it’s the weight of the new and avoidable dangers to American lives. It’s like we’ve all decided to take down the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in our homes, maybe we think they are annoying, or we can’t trust them, or we’ll deal with the fire when we see it. The detectors in your home work around the clock, you barely notice them unless you need them. I have no idea if I’ll have a job in the next hour, day, or week. For now, the metaphorical smoke alarm is still on the ceiling, but essential components have been sold for parts. We don’t know if it will work when we need it. Edit: Thank you for your kind words, encouragement, and stubborn AF-ness. I’m still here and will stay as long as I can. submitted by /u/corteflores to r/fednews [link] [comments]

Mllions of Americans are now facing eviction with nowhere to go. I know how hard it is because I’ve been homeless myself, living out of my car. I want to share some advice to help make this period more bearable and remind you: it’s temporary. One day, you’ll look back and laugh, and you’ll have a deeper empathy for others in the same situation. The first essential is keeping your phone active. Switch to a cheaper plan if needed, but don’t lose that lifeline—it’s crucial for job hunting and getting help. If money is tight, ask a friend or family member to help cover your phone bill. Second, if you’re facing financial trouble and still have access to credit cards, use them to take care of important car maintenance like new tires. Your car may be your shelter for a while. Third, if you can swing it, join a gym for regular showers—it makes a world of difference. Reach out to a friend who might let you do laundry at their place once a week, but be mindful not to overstay your welcome. With so much free time on your hands, take advantage of it. Exercise, visit libraries for internet access, and use public Wi-Fi. Ask a friend for access to their streaming accounts. Create a daily routine that includes physical activity and long walks to stay healthy. Soup kitchens need volunteers, and helping out can connect you with others and sometimes lead to job opportunities. It may not seem like it now, but volunteering builds valuable networks. For food, if you’re desperate, you can find discarded but still edible food behind fast food places. Some restaurants may even let you wash dishes for a meal. You’d be surprised at the kindness out there. Sometimes, slipping into a hotel for a complimentary breakfast works too. Parking will be a challenge. Always be prepared to move and have multiple spots to rotate between, like industrial areas or empty lots, to avoid trouble with police. For clothes, keep a system in your car: one bag for clean items and one for laundry. As for storage units, they’re usually not worth it. Monthly payments can drain your money, and most stored items are replaceable. I learned this the hard way when I wasted money storing things that ultimately got ruined. Take time to work on yourself, both physically and mentally. Read books, take free classes, and stay open to learning new things and meeting people. Don’t be ashamed of your situation. If someone asks, just be honest: the current economy forced you into car camping. Acceptance is key. Places like Starbucks or McDonald’s are good for staying a while as long as you’re clean and respectful. Sometimes, staff might even help out if you’re kind to them. “The Greatest Salesman in the World” is a book that really helped me through rough times. Money will be tight, so prioritize yourself—food comes first. Ignore medical bills or anything that jeopardizes your ability to eat. Don’t stress about creditors; their system put you here in the first place. Lastly, remember that this isn’t the end. You can find moments of joy even when you’re broke and homeless. Be kind to others and don’t hesitate to ask for help when you need it. Reach out to friends for small loans if necessary. This isn’t your fault, and the economy is in bad shape. Things may worsen before they improve, but you’ll come out of this stronger and possibly even happier. Hang in there. submitted by /u/KindVibesOnly to r/lifehacks [link] [comments]

This can be any type of advice from financial,relationship, personal health and etc. submitted by /u/swithc-_-out to r/AskMen [link] [comments]

Hey crew, I am in Argentina at the moment with my partner. We arrived a week ago from England and are travelling/nomad-ing in the region for the foreseeable future. Today we cancelled our £10/month Spotify and opened a new Spotify account here for $399 Argentinan pesos a month the equivalent of $0.60-$1.20/month (depending on how you convert the peso). This got me thinking - apart from the obvious like being able to live wherever you want or taking advantage of relatively cheaper currencies - what life hacks or financial hacks does the digital nomad life open up to you? Hacks that otherwise would be difficult or impossible to take advantage of were you not a digital nomad. (Edit: my partner is Argentinian so having a peso denominated card was simple) submitted by /u/RonBiscuit to r/digitalnomad [link] [comments]

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For those living in HCOL cities like Vancouver and Toronto, do you have any life hacks for mitigating high costs? I'll share a tip. Only buy a new product when you can't find a good used alternative. The nice thing about large cities is that they have a large supply of used goods on Facebook and thrift stores. Large cities also have a ton of rich people that end up selling very high end things for low prices once they're bored with them. submitted by /u/Niv-Izzet to r/PersonalFinanceCanada [link] [comments]

Original recovered via Unddit I'm in my second year of undergrad at a state university in California and I'm having an issue with my brother, who in his late twenties and a computer engineer (this is relevant to my issue). As a sidenote I know very little about computers other than basic googling skills. My brother is a very type-A person. Very perfectionist and hardworking, often to the detriment of himself and others. He is a nice and positive person and is successful in the traditional sense, but he is very controlling and has a bit of an overblown ego. I'm a much more relaxed person and the two of us share very little in the way of interests or guiding philosophies. I'm a visual arts major who likes to draw and he's the type of person who watched Fight Club and thought that Tyler Durden was onto something. We get along but have hostilities. My brother resents the fact that I am not like him and that I don't look up to him as a role-model. He is very fond of mocking my interests/hobbies/career plans and he often talks literally about a "plan" for me in which I change my major to engineering and start taking his advice. When he brings this up now over the phone I stop talking to him for whatever amount of days/weeks until he apologizes and we do it all over again. Two weeks ago, my brother made a joke referencing a piece of digital art I drew on my laptop. I didn't think anything of it until I realized after the call ended that I never posted that piece of art anywhere, not even onto any cloud service-- it had only been available on my physical laptop. I was nervous and downloaded Malwarebytes but it didn't find anything. Thinking back I also recalled my brother making a joke about something I said to a friend privately on my Discord, which also was not publicly available. Checking Gmail and a few other websites I'm on that showed options I discovered someone had been logging into my accounts from an unfamiliar computer and had then been doing so for about a week. I called my brother about this and he laughed and told me that he had remote access to my computer and that he'd be "checking" up on everything I was doing from this point on. I told him that that was ridiculous and he basically laughed and said that people today have no reasonable expectation of privacy anyway. Without going into detail I've basically discovered that my brother literally has access to everything in my life. My bank account, school account, my art/chat accounts, all the files on my computer. He has even referenced information that leads me to think there is a very good chance of him having a camera/microphone in my room (he has been in my apartment in the last month and the only reason I think he might not is because I haven't been able to find it.) There is nothing on my computer or Cloud files or anything I'm even remotely embarrassed about. But the idea that my brother has all my information is terrible and I want him to stop. I don't feel comfortable in my apartment or using my computer/personal accounts anymore. I'm writing this from my school's library. Is there a way to clearly show him that this is wrong with an amount of force and guarantee my privacy in the future WITHOUT getting him in serious trouble? My brother is an idiot and I'm pissed at him for this (especially in the way where he acts like it's a joke or that he's doing it to "mentor" me, which he keeps saying, like he has called me knowing my class schedule which I never told him and reminded me to go to classes/etc) but I don't want his life should be ruined over this even if he is an asshole. He has also "joked" about dropping my classes which I got really pissed at and he assured me it was a joke but I still feel uncomfortable that he'd even hint at that. Thanks. Update recovered via Rareddit Without going into a lot of detail, based on some of the stuff I read on here and a conversation with a friend, I realized that the way I viewed the relationship with my brother was incredibly messed up and I decided to act more seriously about this. I was thinking about how to proceed last night while cleaning, and then I actually found a camera. I know I said I thought there was one before but I don't think I really consciously did. It was in my bathroom. I have gone to the police station and for now have an injunction against my brother. I also reported the computer hacking along with texts and a phone message he sent where he both alludes to and directly confirms it, so. I don't know what'll happen but I feel a lot better having taken this right. I appreciate the comments people sent it helped a lot. Thanks. Update 2 recovered via Unddit Without exaggeration, this was probably the of the worst of my life. After getting served the injunction/temporary restraining order thing, my brother 1. told my parents and 2. chose to immediately violate it. He left me several messages that essentially was low key threatening to ruin my life and I was scared so I reported it. He was taken to jail and to my current understanding is going to get a type of misdemeanor charge for it if he already hasn't. I don't know if he's in jail right now. I knew my parents were going to take his side but they have effectively disowned me for this. My parents are very religious conservative catholics (i'm not religious anymore but they don't know that) and they were very upset by me reporting it. That's an understatement. I have enough scholarships where I will be able to continue paying for my living expenses/school with my part time job but they way they treated me was horrible. They're very upset because this'll probably screw up his college according to the talks we've had. They said I'm disgusting/not welcome home etc. My dad sent me a video of him and my mom burning most of the belongings i left at his house (not much important to me but still). they don't believe me about the camera and my dad said he specifically didnt care even if it was there. just screaming the entire time, i stopped answering my phone and checking my email because it terrifies me. I bought a new cheap computer because even though someone helped me wipe it clean, I'm honestly too scared of using the old one at this point. I haven't left my room in a week. the worst of it is over i think but i feel like i felt in a pit. I can't stop crying. Update 3 recovered via Unddit Hi. Still in California. I'm having some new problems since my last update and i'm unsure how to handle them. i'd like to say things have been good but they haven't. I had to stop school this semester because I've became extremely depressed and couldn't handle the workload of both school/work and some personal things I'm focused on related to my sexual orientation. Planning on going back next semester. Really can't focus on anything past work and my life feels very empty rn. Need to leave the house more haha and talk to someone who isn't a customer. My brother is still in police custody and still in the process of getting convicted, which apparently takes much longer than i'd thought. My parents and a few random people their age who I think they have recruited for this have been continually harassing me through various electronic means/random phone numbers (they do *67 or something) and spreading false rumors about me and I was too depressed to deal with it properly with another restraining order /other thing so it's just been easier to ignore. My main problem at the moment is that I'm trying to get a new job but I can't because I need my SSN. When I broke off with my parents and this happened i had some of my important documents with me but not the ones that college students won't use on a daily basis (passport, ssn, birth certificate). I'm embarrassed but I don't have it memorized, the last time I needed it my parents sent me a picture (before all this happened) but i no longer have that in my texts. I called my parents to send them to me and tried to make it sound like I'd call the police if they didn't and my father implied that he either burned them or would never give them to me. He didn't (visibly) burn them in the video he sent but I don't know if that was everything. I have trouble talking to him right now and I couldn't maintain it. I tried calling his parish leader who I know and he told me he'd talk to my parents about not giving me the info/harassing me but it hasn't done anything if he did surprise surprise. The only documents i have to prove id are my permit and my school id (which is useless in this scenario). I need more documents if I want to get a new SSN card. I'm also scared of my parents having this information because I think they might try to mess with my life. I'm afraid that if I call the police my dad will just claim that he never had it and burn it/hide it forever and then I'm screwed without any way to fully prove my current identity to get new documents. Also I want to change my name and I'd appreciate if anyone knows the best way to go about doing that or if it'd be too much of a pain right now. Not that big of a deal and honestly still lazy but would make me feel better if it's not a big thing. Thank you very much the people here have been very helpful to me at a point in my life when I don't really have anyone to talk to or give me advice in regards to these types of legal issues. Update 4 recovered via Unddit I just want to make this post because i think it's good to make a point about how the world actually works and i don't like leaving things under the false impression that everything ended up being okay. The last five months of 2018 were the worst months of my life because of everything that happened with my brother and me being disowned by my family, my family's friends, and many other people who I thought I knew/respected. I ended up getting my documents back without too much trouble but after that everything has been a loss. My brother was not really punished in any substantive way. My parents have endeavored to protect him and he basically got something on the level of probation no jail time. He was fired but has been hired again with a much better job with a small private company because (I'm told) of a connection with a colleague. He (or my parents but I think him for various reasons) had various people call me up from unlisted numbers with vaguely threatening messages calling me a whore or just breathing on the phone until I had to get a new number. Rumors have been spread about me to the point where I don't feel comfortable even talking to nice people I knew because I'm afraid they'll judge me based off things they've seen that aren't true. I still am not going to be able to go back to college this semester because of personal and financial reasons and I basically have lost all my friends due to either personal insecurity, severe depression, or the rumors. I don't leave my house outside of work and I'm not taking care of myself in the way I should. Very grossly thin and pale (working on getting better though) and i've been having very terrible dreams about going to hell and burning alive forever which are driving me crazy. I'm not going to do anything dramatic but mentally I'm not where I need to be. I'm not trying to make this a pity party, and I acknowledge that I'm a big part of the reason this happened (in the sense that I'm not handling it in the most productive way), and I'm not asking for help (I have a shitty job that allows me to stay alive fine, just having trouble getting to school, which I think I'll be able to start again this summer) but I want to emphasize how fucked up the whole system is. This is the second time in my life I've been put in this position and my first time as an adult and someone trying to report it and either way I have been screwed, lied to, and watched the person who ruined my life get away and live happier ever after. Nobody cares about people who get violated and I understand why they don't come out and report. It's all rigged. My brother, his girlfriend and my parents are almost two week long Hawaiian cruise right now smiling and laughing and i'm in my apartment still unable to sleep right because of all this. Happy new year enjoy your cruise hahaha what a cool picture of water slide XD! Again, thanks to this community at the least. It was a big help in the early stages when I needed to get my thoughts together, and I really appreciated it. I hope everyone who was cool about it gets the type of life they deserve. Really thank you. Update 5 recovered via Rareddit I moved to another state now. For the purposes of the final update it doesn't matter. Things have settled for me as of four weeks ago and I remembered a lot of people sending me messages and PMs so I thought I would give a final update. Life isn't good in the sense that everything is perfect, i 100% absolutely DO NOT believe in "karma" or that good things happen to people who do good and versa with evil people but things ended up working that way in this scenario after all the shit. Long story short is three months ago my brother was diagnosed with a terminal illness and he died about two months later this april. We don't have a family history with this and i found out about it more than a month after his diagnosis. Did not see him after his death and whatever campaign he had to bug me with his buddies just stopped all of a sudden when he found out about it, so I guess he lost interest once he found out he didn't have much time. i don't know many details because i'm not involved and I obviously didn't try to be but he's dead. I'm glad. Felt bad about it for a day or two and then just thought, no, really done with it. the universe threw me one fucking freebie and i'm going to appreciate it. I honestly feel freer and happy and I hope he died in as much pain as could be expected. My life is 'good' right now. The past nine months have been some of the worst times of my life but things have settled into almost niceness. Uni is postponed at the moment and maybe forever but i've found a good job i like in a much cheaper state that i like more and don't have to work at a lot. i have plenty of free time now and i'm having fun with it instead of sitting in misery. Started drawing again and reading incredibly depressing online superhero novels. Also pushing myself to make new friends and going to look into therapy soon, feeling alive again. Taking care of my health again and am not undereating anymore. Parents have reached out twice and i ignored them. Planning to do again and forever. I hope they rot and i don't feel bad about it anymore, sick of feeling guilty, sick of feeling sick. They're the fucked up people, not me. All i want to do now is hear about whenever they go and join my brother. I don't want to say 'my brother suddenly got cancer and died and that fixed everything and i'm happy now' because that isn't true but he died and i'm glad about it and yes it did make me feel happy and i'm finding it much easier to be happy now. i wish i could say I didn't need luck to fix my problems but whatever. Thanks for everyone who sent me messages and offered me types of help even if i didn't take it. I had four onetime conversations with four people and that meant a lot to me. Hope only nice things happen to you guys. Thanks again. Reminder:I am not the original OP. submitted by /u/QualityProof to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

Originally posted by u/difficultpath on r/legaladvice I had to use rareddit to piece this together. Started nearly 3 years ago. My brother hacked into everything and is trying to control my life. https://reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/9bfo4r/my_brother_hacked_into_everything_and_is_trying/ I'm in my second year of undergrad at a state university in California and I'm having an issue with my brother, who in his late twenties and a computer engineer (this is relevant to my issue). As a sidenote I know very little about computers other than basic googling skills. My brother is a very type-A person. Very perfectionist and hardworking, often to the detriment of himself and others. He is a nice and positive person and is successful in the traditional sense, but he is very controlling and has a bit of an overblown ego. I'm a much more relaxed person and the two of us share very little in the way of interests or guiding philosophies. I'm a visual arts major who likes to draw and he's the type of person who watched Fight Club and thought that Tyler Durden was onto something. We get along but have hostilities. My brother resents the fact that I am not like him and that I don't look up to him as a role-model. He is very fond of mocking my interests/hobbies/career plans and he often talks literally about a "plan" for me in which I change my major to engineering and start taking his advice. When he brings this up now over the phone I stop talking to him for whatever amount of days/weeks until he apologizes and we do it all over again. Two weeks ago, my brother made a joke referencing a piece of digital art I drew on my laptop. I didn't think anything of it until I realized after the call ended that I never posted that piece of art anywhere, not even onto any cloud service-- it had only been available on my physical laptop. I was nervous and downloaded Malwarebytes but it didn't find anything. Thinking back I also recalled my brother making a joke about something I said to a friend privately on my Discord, which also was not publicly available. Checking Gmail and a few other websites I'm on that showed options I discovered someone had been logging into my accounts from an unfamiliar computer and had then been doing so for about a week. I called my brother about this and he laughed and told me that he had remote access to my computer and that he'd be "checking" up on everything I was doing from this point on. I told him that that was ridiculous and he basically laughed and said that people today have no reasonable expectation of privacy anyway. Without going into detail I've basically discovered that my brother literally has access to everything in my life. My bank account, school account, my art/chat accounts, all the files on my computer. He has even referenced information that leads me to think there is a very good chance of him having a camera/microphone in my room (he has been in my apartment in the last month and the only reason I think he might not is because I haven't been able to find it.) There is nothing on my computer or Cloud files or anything I'm even remotely embarrassed about. But the idea that my brother has all my information is terrible and I want him to stop. I don't feel comfortable in my apartment or using my computer/personal accounts anymore. I'm writing this from my school's library. Is there a way to clearly show him that this is wrong with an amount of force and guarantee my privacy in the future WITHOUT getting him in serious trouble? My brother is an idiot and I'm pissed at him for this (especially in the way where he acts like it's a joke or that he's doing it to "mentor" me, which he keeps saying, like he has called me knowing my class schedule which I never told him and reminded me to go to classes/etc) but I don't want his life should be ruined over this even if he is an asshole. He has also "joked" about dropping my classes which I got really pissed at and he assured me it was a joke but I still feel uncomfortable that he'd even hint at that. Thanks. Update 1 My brother hacked into everything and is trying to control my life. https://reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/9bveru/update_my_brother_hacked_into_everything_and_is/ Without going into a lot of detail, based on some of the stuff I read on here and a conversation with a friend, I realized that the way I viewed the relationship with my brother was incredibly messed up and I decided to act more seriously about this. I was thinking about how to proceed last night while cleaning, and then I actually found a camera. I know I said I thought there was one before but I don't think I really consciously did. It was in my bathroom. I have gone to the police station and for now have an injunction against my brother. I also reported the computer hacking along with texts and a phone message he sent where he both alludes to and directly confirms it, so. I don't know what'll happen but I feel a lot better having taken this right. I appreciate the comments people sent it helped a lot. Thanks. Update 2 My brother hacked into everything and is trying to control my life. https://reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/9e6in5/update_update_my_brother_hacked_into_everything/ Without exaggeration, this was probably the of the worst of my life. After getting served the injunction/temporary restraining order thing, my brother 1. told my parents and 2. chose to immediately violate it. He left me several messages that essentially was low key threatening to ruin my life and I was scared so I reported it. He was taken to jail and to my current understanding is going to get a type of misdemeanor charge for it if he already hasn't. I don't know if he's in jail right now. I knew my parents were going to take his side but they have effectively disowned me for this. My parents are very religious conservative catholics (i'm not religious anymore but they don't know that) and they were very upset by me reporting it. That's an understatement. I have enough scholarships where I will be able to continue paying for my living expenses/school with my part time job but they way they treated me was horrible. They're very upset because this'll probably screw up his college according to the talks we've had. They said I'm disgusting/not welcome home etc. My dad sent me a video of him and my mom burning most of the belongings i left at his house (not much important to me but still). they don't believe me about the camera and my dad said he specifically didnt care even if it was there. just screaming the entire time, i stopped answering my phone and checking my email because it terrifies me. I bought a new cheap computer because even though someone helped me wipe it clean, I'm honestly too scared of using the old one at this point. I haven't left my room in a week. the worst of it is over i think but i feel like i felt in a pit. I can't stop crying Update 3 My brother hacked into everything and is trying to control my life. https://reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/9ncv9e/update_update_3_my_brother_hacked_into_everything/ I'm having some new problems since my last update and I'm unsure how to handle them. i'd like to say things have been good but they haven't. I had to stop school this semester because I've become extremely depressed and couldn't handle the workload of both school/work and some personal things I'm focused on related to my sexual orientation. Planning on going back next semester. Really can't focus on anything past work and my life feels very empty rn. Need to leave the house more haha and talk to someone who isn't a customer. My brother is still in police custody and still in the process of getting convicted, which apparently takes much longer than i'd thought. My parents and a few random people their age who I think they have recruited for this have been continually harassing me through various electronic means/random phone numbers (they do *67 or something) and spreading false rumors about me and I was too depressed to deal with it properly with another restraining order /other thing so it's just been easier to ignore. My main problem at the moment is that I'm trying to get a new job but I can't because I need my SSN. When I broke off with my parents and this happened I had some of my important documents with me but not the ones that college students won't use on a daily basis (passport, ssn, birth certificate). I'm embarrassed but I don't have it memorized, the last time I needed it my parents sent me a picture (before all this happened) but I no longer have that in my texts. I called my parents to send them to me and tried to make it sound like I'd call the police if they didn't and my father implied that he either burned them or would never give them to me. He didn't (visibly) burn them in the video he sent but I don't know if that was everything. I have trouble talking to him right now and I couldn't maintain it. I tried calling his parish leader who I know and he told me he'd talk to my parents about not giving me the info/harassing me but it hasn't done anything if he did surprise surprise. The only documents I have to prove id are my permit and my school id (which is useless in this scenario). I need more documents if I want to get a new SSN card. I'm also scared of my parents having this information because I think they might try to mess with my life. I'm afraid that if I call the police my dad will just claim that he never had it and burn it/hide it forever and then I'm screwed without any way to fully prove my current identity to get new documents. Also I want to change my name and I'd appreciate if anyone knows the best way to go about doing that or if it'd be too much of a pain right now. Not that big of a deal and honestly still lazy but would make me feel better if it's not a big thing. Thank you very much the people here have been very helpful to me at a point in my life when I don't really have anyone to talk to or give me advice in regards to these types of legal issues. Update 4 My brother hacked into everything and is trying to control my life. https://reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/ac4exo/3679_update_update_4_my_brother_hacked_into/ I just want to make this post because i think it's good to make a point about how the world actually works and i don't like leaving things under the false impression that everything ended up being okay. The last five months of 2018 were the worst months of my life because of everything that happened with my brother and me being disowned by my family, my family's friends, and many other people who I thought I knew/respected. I ended up getting my documents back without too much trouble but after that everything has been a loss. My brother was not really punished in any substantive way. My parents have endeavored to protect him and he basically got something on the level of probation no jail time. He was fired but has been hired again with a much better job with a small private company because (I'm told) of a connection with a colleague. He (or my parents but I think him for various reasons) had various people call me up from unlisted numbers with vaguely threatening messages calling me a whore or just breathing on the phone until I had to get a new number. Rumors have been spread about me to the point where I don't feel comfortable even talking to nice people I knew because I'm afraid they'll judge me based off things they've seen that aren't true. I still am not going to be able to go back to college this semester because of personal and financial reasons and I basically have lost all my friends due to either personal insecurity, severe depression, or the rumors. I don't leave my house outside of work and I'm not taking care of myself in the way I should. Very grossly thin and pale (working on getting better though) and i've been having very terrible dreams about going to hell and burning alive forever which are driving me crazy. I'm not going to do anything dramatic but mentally I'm not where I need to be. I'm not trying to make this a pity party, and I acknowledge that I'm a big part of the reason this happened (in the sense that I'm not handling it in the most productive way), and I'm not asking for help (I have a shitty job that allows me to stay alive fine, just having trouble getting to school, which I think I'll be able to start again this summer) but I want to emphasize how fucked up the whole system is. This is the second time in my life I've been put in this position and my first time as an adult and someone trying to report it and either way I have been screwed, lied to, and watched the person who ruined my life get away and live happier ever after. Nobody cares about people who get violated and I understand why they don't come out and report. It's all rigged. My brother, his girlfriend and my parents are almost two week long Hawaiian cruise right now smiling and laughing and i'm in my apartment still unable to sleep right because of all this. Happy new year enjoy your cruise hahaha what a cool picture of water slide XD! Again, thanks to this community at the least. It was a big help in the early stages when I needed to get my thoughts together, and I really appreciated it. I hope everyone who was cool about it gets the type of life they deserve. Really thank you. Update 5 My brother hacked into everything and is trying to control my life https://reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/bqmdiv/update_update_5_my_brother_hacked_into_everything/ I moved to another state now. For the purposes of the final update it doesn't matter. Things have settled for me as of four weeks ago and I remembered a lot of people sending me messages and PMs so I thought I would give a final update. Life isn't good in the sense that everything is perfect, i 100% absolutely DO NOT believe in "karma" or that good things happen to people who do good and versa with evil people but things ended up working that way in this scenario after all the shit. Long story short is three months ago my brother was diagnosed with a terminal illness and he died about two months later this april. We don't have a family history with this and i found out about it more than a month after his diagnosis. Did not see him after his death and whatever campaign he had to bug me with his buddies just stopped all of a sudden when he found out about it, so I guess he lost interest once he found out he didn't have much time. i don't know many details because i'm not involved and I obviously didn't try to be but he's dead. I'm glad. Felt bad about it for a day or two and then just thought, no, really done with it. the universe threw me one fucking freebie and i'm going to appreciate it. I honestly feel freer and happy and I hope he died in as much pain as could be expected. My life is 'good' right now. The past nine months have been some of the worst times of my life but things have settled into almost niceness. Uni is postponed at the moment and maybe forever but i've found a good job i like in a much cheaper state that i like more and don't have to work at a lot. i have plenty of free time now and i'm having fun with it instead of sitting in misery. Started drawing again and reading incredibly depressing online superhero novels. Also pushing myself to make new friends and going to look into therapy soon, feeling alive again. Taking care of my health again and am not undereating anymore. Parents have reached out twice and i ignored them. Planning to do again and forever. I hope they rot and i don't feel bad about it anymore, sick of feeling guilty, sick of feeling sick. They're the fucked up people, not me. All i want to do now is hear about whenever they go and join my brother. I don't want to say 'my brother suddenly got cancer and died and that fixed everything and i'm happy now' because that isn't true but he died and i'm glad about it and yes it did make me feel happy and i'm finding it much easier to be happy now. i wish i could say I didn't need luck to fix my problems but whatever. Thanks for everyone who sent me messages and offered me types of help even if i didn't take it. I had four onetime conversations with four people and that meant a lot to me. Hope only nice things happen to you guys. Thanks again. submitted by /u/Celany to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

I don't really know where to post this but I feel like I need to vent. Do not take this as criticism of Bitcoin, blockchain technology, or cryptocurrency users & developers, it's not. There are probably other factors that led to my brother's suicide, but he had been beating himself up over Bitcoin for the past several years to the point where he seemed constantly depressed over it and gradually became a shadow of his former happy self. He claimed to have owned 15,000 at one point, which may have been an exaggeration. But I know for a fact that at some point around October-November 2012 he did have at least 6,000 BTC which he showed me in his wallets. He was so enthusiastic about Bitcoin and how cryptocurrencies would revolutionize the financial world. For awhile he was annoying the fuck out of our relatives about how it would make them millionaires. I'm not sure exactly what happened to his BTC. Sometime in 2013 he claimed to have lost most of them in a hack and sold the remainder too early. He very well may have sold them all too early, but who knows. As the price took off in late 2013-early 2014 you could tell he was distraught over it and became increasingly withdrawn from family and friends. Whenever I did manage to contact him he would sometimes end up ranting about how badly he had fucked up and how he would never have a chance to be rich again. As the price climbed up to 10k over the past several months it became even more difficult to make contact with him, he just wouldn't reply to me or my parents calls and texts. A couple weeks ago my parents flew out to see my brother and found him dead by suicide with no note. He was 29 with 50 years of life ahead of him. Other than obvious grief I don't really know how to feel about this. If I had missed out on $50M I might have killed myself too. I can't imagine what my brother must have been feeling these past several years knowing he missed his best & easiest shot at the wealthy life he had always fantasized about. Bitcoin totally fucked up his mindset to the point where you couldn't talk about anything related to investing, money or finances without him storming off or crying. If there's any more of you in a similar situation feel free to PM me. Please try to recognize there are endless economic opportunities in life and 1 mistake doesn't define your future. There are family and friends who care about you and will listen. submitted by /u/barking_bonerz to r/Bitcoin [link] [comments]