Male anatomy reference

- Ever notice that Asher Mir looks like David Bowie? - Night Terror, Nezerac's weapon is also the name of the arc moon sword that came out with Shadowkeep and was revamped. - The themes for the armor of Root of Nightmares is themed primarily around sea creatures, Titans are sharks, Hunters look like manta rays (at least to me), and Warlocks could be seen as octopuses. Although Warlocks could also be seen as being inspired by Hindu gods. A couple of the gods have multiple arms, and the isometric look could be a reference to one of the gods (forgot the name), that represents both biological male and female halves. - Idea: Raid Armor obtained from Master difficulty raids should be treated as artifice armor and allow for the +3 stat increase. Currently only dungeons offer Artifice armor or the like, making dungeons far more valuable for players in terms of obtaining late game armor. This would still be true even if they made this change due to time commitments however, dungeons are then not the only source of artifice armor available to players.

I have two boys (3.5 and 2) and I’m pretty open about anatomy. They know all about their own parts. They see me (mom) naked pretty frequently and we’ve talked about the difference between anatomy a little bit, but I’ve never really settled on terms to use for female genitalia because I feel like it’s just a bit more complicated and specific than the Male counterparts.
3 year old asked me today what the name of the body part is where pee comes out on a girl, because he knows he pees of his penis. But… I don’t really know the answer to that. I know it’s common for people to refer to the whole area as a Vagina, but that’s not really true and as I’m expecting a girl in three months, I really don’t want to have any confusion there. Do you just say it comes from the vulva? As far as I’m aware that’s not the correct term either, but I feel like it’s a little more of a helpful answer.
I know it comes from the urethra specifically, but technically his also comes from his urethra so I feel like that would also be confusing. I guess I’m looking for a more general term for the whole area and just don’t know what is accessible for a three year old. How do you approach it?
Sorry if this feels like a dumb question - I was pretty sheltered as a child and just don’t want my kids to be as clueless as I was/sometimes still am.

Please skip to the TLDR if the first half is too abstract for the non-medical-professional. Thanks!
Hey im a straight male who is very interested in sex hormone endocrinology. I have done a lot of consultations with other men on black market anabolic, androgenic steroid usage (roided up gym douchebags, yes I know).
My question today is if anyone was able to correct androgen (primarily testosterone and DHT) deficiency that is induced by hpoa/hpaa down-regulation from the exogenous ethyl estradiol and progestin used in combined oral birth control? Has anyone ever taken blood labs for total/free testosterone, DHEA, DHT, and SHBG before and after starting “the pill?” If my understanding is correct, all of those measurements should decrease after starting BC (which is in fact steroids by the way) except for the sex hormone binding globulin increasing, all (generally speaking) being very bad news for the patient. If you started BC and developed low sex drive, depressed mood, lack of motivation, and/or decreased physical performance in the gym, then you are likely inducing an androgen deficiency by taking outside steroids (once again BC is just two 17-carbon, 4-ringed steroid molecules just like testosterone). I will repeat this: IF YOU STARTED BC AND DEVELOPED LOW SEX DRIVE, DEPRESSED MOOD, LACK OF MOTIVATION, AND/OR DECREASED PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE IN THE GYM, THEN YOU ARE LIKELY SELF-INDUCING AN ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY.
My solution is to add in DHEA since it is the most upstream androgen and should convert to testosterone and therefore testosterone metabolites as well, even with the hpoa and hpaa suppression mentioned earlier. The reason DHEA would be the solution is because the body can take the right amount and turn it into testosterone/testosterone-metabolites, BUT (VERY BIG BUT HERE) the body wont allow too much to convert to testosterone and wont cause virilizing (manly) side effects because the body will sulfonate the excess and excrete it on a longer timeline since the sulfonated form has maybe 20-30x the half life, if i remember correctly.
TLDR: there are 3 types of sex hormones - progestogens (pregnenolone, progesterone, synthetic progestins in BC…), estrogens (estrone, estriol, regular and ethyl estradiol…), and androgens (DHEA, testosterone, DHT…) - and they are carried by SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin). Combined oral birth control shuts down the body’s production of all three of these but only replaces two of them, all while raising SHBG (which lowers the proportion of “free” hormone out of “total” hormone). Has anyone added DHEA to their combined oral birth control to fix this problem ??? Im not an expert on female sex hormone endocrinology, but this seems to be a lot safer to do at home since you shouldnt be taking too much androgen, and DHEA, by itself, is such a weak androgen that it is only the metabolites we care about in the body outside of the brain. Once again, the body usually knows how to metabolize it into the correct ratios of downstream androgenic hormones since it is a bio-identical hormone, unlike ethyl estradiol and synthetic progestins needed for birth control to prevent pregnancy. I think the safety of this therapy is shown through the fact that Testosterone is a schedule III narcotic in the USA, but DHEA is available over-the-counter for 9 year olds to buy (please dont give a 9 year old access to any of these medications).
My final point is that if you want to try this out relatively safely, i would highly suggest starting out by only using a very low dose of DHEA - maybe 5mg per day or less. For reference, the usual male replacement dose is between 25-50mg per day, but i have technically seen cisgender women on doses higher than that. However, normal female replacement dosages are maybe somewhere closer to 15mg per day. My recommendations for OTC brands are pure encapsulations or life extensions.
Please consult a physician before doing any of this. I highly doubt this is likely, but there is a realm-of-possibility chance that my method will make your combined oral BC less effective. Your doc will likely give the green light for trying this if you are interested (until you tell them that you heard this from a roided-up douche on the internet lol). Legally speaking, this is general medical information, not specific medical advice! Any thoughts from anyone will be much appreciated.

I'm a 24 y.o. male. 5'8 123lbs. No relevant medical conditions, and I'm not on any medications. This has been going on for a few years.
I've had this pea-sized cyst on my scrotum for a few years now. It's growing slowly, and I asked my doctor for a referral to a dermatologist to get it removed but she referred me to a general surgeon instead. I want to set up an appointment with the general surgeon, but I'm just curious, what would be the procedure to get this removed? I assume it would only be local anesthesia, am I correct? would there be stitches? How long would recovery be? What would pain be like after?
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It's only been a few days since some interesting GTA VI gameplay was leaked. The leak, which was authenticated by Rockstar Games, confirmed the location to be Vice City, and that there would be male and female protagonists. Some eagle-eyed viewers noticed something about GTA Online, though. What they found was an art asset that seemed quite familiar. A texture asset specifically.
Those viewers of the leak video noticed a Vice City Metro sticker in the Arena War update for Grand Theft Auto Online that hit a while back. ViceCityMetroMule GTAO White Back Art Asset from Grand Theft Auto Online showing the Vice City Metro Mule Logo
The original tweet no longer displays the side by side imagery, unfortunately. The Arena War Update for Grand Theft Auto Online was release four years ago after all. While this is interesting, it is not uncommon for developers to re-use assets, especially if there isn't a significant change to the artwork. Asset re-use can shorten development time in most cases and it is not limited to video games. Many people are familiar with the "Pixar Easter Eggs" in that film studio's pieces. It's an excellent way to not waste development cycles on things like debris and common texture work that is repeated throughout the virtual worlds -- whether in games or movies.
It is also not uncommon for Rockstar to hide Easter eggs in their games that may reference other games in the same series, or different titles altogether. Bully even included a Grand Theft Auto vehicle asset in its shop class. Sometimes the developers just throw in things to drive community interest, such as the inclusion of Bigfoot in a later patch of GTA V. Another fun Easter egg is known as the "Mount Chiliad Mystery." When it was found, players suspected it meant there was a jetpack somewhere in GTA V -- there wasn't -- but one eventually appeared in a GTA Online Mission
gta online arena war t shirts T-Shirts from the GTA Online Arena War Update
It's definitely an interesting inclusion, but it's certainly not the only reference to Vice City within GTA V and GTA Online. There's an entire wiki article on Vice City related Easter eggs on the fan wiki for Grand Theft Auto. Still, this particular metro logo was not seen until GTA Online, and now in the unauthorized leak, so in a way, players had confirmation Vice City would be used in GTA VI, if they were paying attention and connected the dots.

I attended a middle school that had a shit ton of weird crud going on there, and one of those things was that very few girls were enrolled. It was a very small school, perhaps 50 to 60 students at most. Of that, there were 4 girls including myself. I only ever actually saw 2 of the other 3.
It really fucked with my gender, and I'm only now, a couple years after high school, able to slow down and destress enough to finally try to process it. It's highly likely part of why it did such a number on me was that puberty is often when we discard a child's gender identity for a more adult understanding of gender and sex, and I went through that in this very abnormal context, with my adults at home unaware anything was off at all.
I had, by that time, an ingrained sort of programming, to never cause unnecessary fuss with adults I didn't 100% trust to extend me grace and care. I also saw reminding adults that they did not have a room of 9 boys, they had 8 boys and a girl, as an unnecessary fuss. The only time my gender got me out of trouble instead of getting someone that everyone except my mum considered worth more than me into trouble, was the two times a boy hit me unprovoked, and even then he wasn't punished, it just got me out of a punishment for complaining because I was bigger than him so I should have taken it on the chin and not bothered the recess supervisor about it.
I wasn't exactly treated as a boy, but I wasn't always treated as a girl or considered any different from my classmates either. I was only a girl in the sense of what my paperwork said, and when the school, being a Catholic school, needed to be seen to be enforcing gender roles. Generally I was just treated as if I didn't have a gender unless the adults needed me to have one. By my classmates and the boys they were friends with, I wasn't exactly seen as a boy - but I was not treated how I saw them treat the three other girls in the building. I was often "just one of the guys".
Every time I reminded people I was a girl it just got me extra work or a mess to clean up or partnered for a project with a dangerous and violent classmate without proper supervision or a lot of unnecessary chaos or a canceled fun event, so I quickly learned not to do it and to answer to "Mr. [masculine form of my name]" and "boys" and "gentlemen". Saying nothing about gender got me treated the same as my schoolmates day to day, seen as a girl when it really mattered, and the whole thing treated as an elephant in the room.
At the time, I thought it wasn't what I really wanted, but there was no winning that situation, and the only choice I really had was assert my gender and get hell for making things harder for the adults to plan around, or say nothing, and get the best of both worlds and less trouble, as long as Mum and Dad didn't catch wind and I didn't end up in a gender clinic explaining to some counselor, I'm not trans, I just have to do this to keep the peace at school, and telling my parents that will only make it worse, their yelling and a hundred parent teacher conferences will get me nothing but retaliated against, so I guess I'll be back in two weeks to sit in here for another hour pretending to moan to you about my gender again. I told myself all I cared about was avoiding a fuss - and that was true to an extent, I stopped being so "who cares" about my gender when I was finally sent to a co-ed and very equally mixed and giant high school because there trying to be both depending on the situation was considered weird not convenient, but also I really liked that "avoiding a fuss" meant letting gender itself be an irrelevant thing and an elephant in the room.
In high school I caused a lot of unintentional fuss and found myself asked to explain things I wasn't even sure why I'd done, my first year, because I was behaving the way I was used to - gender didn't matter and it was easiest to do whatever the boys did, especially if I was wearing pants rather than a skirt. And then as I realised gender actually mattered and was binary in this setting, I super overcompensated and presented almost hyper feminine to cover up my bumpy first year and the ever present desire to act more like a boy or to present and behave like something in between.
Now as a young adult still struggling with that transition point between child and adult - I do identify as a woman, I feel like that sort of fits, but also there's those moments I'm asked for my pronouns and I hesitate, the moments that I notice a third gender category for "neither male or female" as well as the standard "male/female/prefer not to answer" and I think about sorting myself into that third category then decide against the fuss that'll cause later at home, the times I need the restroom and the place has a third gender neutral bathroom and I think about ducking in there, because I'm dressed like I used to dress in middle school and I don't want an incident like many other butch women who've been tossed out of a ladies room, and also a single occupant toilet might be cleaner and quieter, those times someone seems genuinely confused how to refer to me because my gender presentation is mixed and confusing and I get a huge rush out of it, those times while trying to buy clothes or shoes I get fed up in the womens section after an hour and find exactly what I wanted in the mens section in 5 minutes, the times I'm experiencing a huge frustration caused by women's clothing and the best solution I can find is to wear something typically thought of as mens' clothing, and the women suggesting it bitch that it's the best option but I just see the bitching as "this worked for another woman, so I can justify to my mum why I want to try it".
And I'd really like to blame that goddamn school. I really would. I don't think that's the whole situation - but in trying to make sense of it, I'd love to hear any experiences of any other women and AFAB individuals who had a similar experience in elementary or middle school, and if it did anything to you about your gender.

I (27y trans girl) have been out to my family for a few months. Very right wing religious all of them and hardly supportive. I moved away from them recently to start a new life across the country in a trans-friendly state (USA), and it’s going… not great. I’m also fully out to my wife for nearly 2 years and she is 1000% supportive and has my back, I couldn’t do this without her and I love her to death. But that’s everyone who knows apart from the doctors I get my HRT (13 months) and therapies from.
But now… well I’ve started to male fail. Boy modding isn’t working anymore despite my best efforts such as binding and hoodies. The physical changes happening on HRT are obvious to the point strangers have started going out of their way to refer to me as they/them without asking. So I guess it’s now time for me to come out as fem full time, right? Start my public social transition? I mean I’m not passing as a boy anymore, but I don’t pass as a girl either; I’m stuck in this awkward in-between, and not in a good androgynous way. I mean I’ve never worn fem clothing in front of anyone except my wife, and if it were up to me I’d stay in the closet but I’m not getting much choice here. I already had severe social anxiety but now I’m just paralyzed by it and can’t hardly leave my apartment knowing the stares I’m getting. I’m stuck. I know what I need to do but I don’t have what it takes to do it. I don’t know if this is a vent post or asking for advice, but if someone knows anything that could help I could definitely use it.

I am female and I am extremely repulsed by female genitalia, specifically any kind of direct contact stimulation down there. I cannot spread my lips down there or touch on the inner part of my labia area at all without crying or having a panic attack. I am able to insert tampons and clean myself but that’s the most I can handle. I cannot watch videos of females being touched down there or even pictures of the anatomy.
I have had penetrative sex many times in my life and I don’t have a problem with penis in vagina sex as long as I am not touched elsewhere, but sex is not something I ever really crave or had an urge to do. Every time I’ve had sex I would just be hoping for it to be over already, the entire time. The only reason I’ve ever had sex was because I felt obligated to and all I ever wanted was a relationship. I’ve come to think that I may be on the asexual spectrum.
When I have told people about my female genitalia repulsion and my inability to touch myself or let anyone touch me for sexual pleasure down there or watch anyone be touched down there, people tell me that it sounds like I have repressed trauma and need to go to a doctor. The thing is, I have never been sexually abused in my life. When I think about my genitals or other female’s genitals I have a knee jerk reaction and want to cry and puke. It reminds me of, like, surgery. It causes me great distress thinking about it. I also have what I call an “eyeball phobia”— I have panic attacks thinking about or watching people insert contacts or pulling on their eyelids. My phobia of female genitals reminds me exactly of this.
I am not disgusted by male genitals at all. Penises are aesthetically pleasing to me. I am also romantically attracted to all genders I think, and enjoy kissing and affectionate behaviors with people I like. I am just struggling to understand myself. I do have sexual fantasies (minus female genital stimulation) but I don’t have the desire to act on them. I enjoy fanfiction with sex and movies with sex.
I guess i just want to know if anyone relates to anything I’m saying. The only people I’ve heard of having even a semblance of idea of what I’m experiencing are trans folk who have gender dysphoria, which I cannot relate to. I dont have an issue being a woman. If I were born with a penis I think I would have preferred that and I’m not scared of penises, but I don’t feel like a man or want to/am able to get a sex change. Im confused what is wrong with me

So I finally got around to playing this game and just finished it and here are my thoughts: First off; wow. I mean, we all learned to really love Joel and Ellie and their relationship and I was so excited to see where it would go in the second part of the series. I loved how they made him much more emotional and really toned down his masculinity in this one. An interesting choice but an obvious choice to make nonetheless.
Right off the jump, we got a taste of the new direction when an old white man used a slur to insult Ellie and when he tried to apologize by making her a sandwich she refers to it as a "bigot sandwich" audibly yelled "you tell him Ellie" and was so glad she put his prejudices to rest.
Upon Joel's shocking death, I first was angry to see him go, since I was fully invested in this character and went through the emotions of the first game and seeing how he protected Ellie and risked his life for her again and again. However, I knew the direction of the writers wouldn't let me down and this would be a tale of redemption.
Upon playing as Abby, I was first disappointed that I had to play as her since she ruined the life of one of my most beloved characters in any fiction, however I later would learn that I was supposed to actually hate Joel and I just had it all wrong the entire time. They really gained my appreciation for Abby the moment she allowed the pregnant lady to go out in combat with her. I believe Mel said "why would Owen get to decide what I do" and I couldn't agree more. It was up to her to risk her life while carrying a baby and that was an undeniably brave and empowering move by her and no man, not even the father, should have any say in that. Back to Abby; I was shocked by her size but realized that that was my own biases as a man and that was something I had to work on. There's nothing women can't do including having a 4% bmi and have male bodybuilder physique even in the apocalypse and I understand that now. Also gained my appreciation by including a transgender boy that she cares for and respects his pronouns and destroys anyone who deadnames them (I believe this is wh' lie decides not to kill her in the end but we'll get to that)
Seeing the Scars in this game was intriguing. I first thought they were a cannibalistic tribe but yelled with joy when I found out they were a religious group. I mean what a move by the writers making them deranged AND religious. Usually religion is bad and therefore so are anyone who practices them. I loved tearing through them and watching Abby take them out with her brute strength.
The ending although I can see how it was controversial, was perfect. I was glad to see Ellie grow and realize that the entire reason for the journey wasn't worth it anymore. I loved how she started her journey to kill Abby shattered emotionally and she ended it still shattered but also now missing two fingers (obvious but the two fingers leaving her was symbolic of her and Joel's relationship dissolving as she realized he was really the bad guy for protecting her throughout the first game). Also when she had the knife to Lev's throat and Abby remarks "He has nothing to do with this" that was really the moment Ellie decided she was not going to kill Abby because obviously that would be extremely hateful since Abby had to get Lev to the gender reassignment surgery in Seattle.
All in all loved it and can't wait for the next game and all of the representation it will bring.

It's only been a few days since some interesting GTA VI gameplay was leaked. The leak, which was authenticated by Rockstar Games, confirmed the location to be Vice City, and that there would be male and female protagonists. Some eagle-eyed viewers noticed something about GTA Online, though. What they found was an art asset that seemed quite familiar. A texture asset specifically.
Those viewers of the leak video noticed a Vice City Metro sticker in the Arena War update for Grand Theft Auto Online that hit a while back. ViceCityMetroMule GTAO White Back Art Asset from Grand Theft Auto Online showing the Vice City Metro Mule Logo
The original tweet no longer displays the side by side imagery, unfortunately. The Arena War Update for Grand Theft Auto Online was release four years ago after all. While this is interesting, it is not uncommon for developers to re-use assets, especially if there isn't a significant change to the artwork. Asset re-use can shorten development time in most cases and it is not limited to video games. Many people are familiar with the "Pixar Easter Eggs" in that film studio's pieces. It's an excellent way to not waste development cycles on things like debris and common texture work that is repeated throughout the virtual worlds -- whether in games or movies.
It is also not uncommon for Rockstar to hide Easter eggs in their games that may reference other games in the same series, or different titles altogether. Bully even included a Grand Theft Auto vehicle asset in its shop class. Sometimes the developers just throw in things to drive community interest, such as the inclusion of Bigfoot in a later patch of GTA V. Another fun Easter egg is known as the "Mount Chiliad Mystery." When it was found, players suspected it meant there was a jetpack somewhere in GTA V -- there wasn't -- but one eventually appeared in a GTA Online Mission
gta online arena war t shirts T-Shirts from the GTA Online Arena War Update
It's definitely an interesting inclusion, but it's certainly not the only reference to Vice City within GTA V and GTA Online. There's an entire wiki article on Vice City related Easter eggs on the fan wiki for Grand Theft Auto. Still, this particular metro logo was not seen until GTA Online, and now in the unauthorized leak, so in a way, players had confirmation Vice City would be used in GTA VI, if they were paying attention and connected the dots.

I have been giving reiki to many people and because I’ve been practicing for only a year, I give a lot of free sessions to friends and anyone I know. However There are 2 people I do regularly and it’s a different experience than the rest. I had been giving reiki to these two individuals at least once a month. First time I thought I was dreaming of some strange world or I was zoned out so I would try to be make sure my mind was focused on the part over which I was holding my hands. And by the 4th time I did this person I kept having a vision of a male person in some sort of white and golden cape and long white blond hair. He was in a temple andI saw that he was talking to a huge being with a bull-like face. I realized that I was having this specific vision when I did reiki for this specific person (male).
The other person is a female . When I work on a female client, I have visions of walking on cliff sides and I can see fog and mountains in the distance.
So my reaction has been initially to say that I was daydreaming and zoning out. BUT I noticed that these visions only happened with these specific people. Can anyone offer any insight as to what is happening? And for reference at least 10 others, I have no such visions and I just notice heat or cool in my hands.
Please help me figure out what’s happening. Thank you.

I love women older than me, especially those who love to seduce, tease and entice younger guys like me. I find it hot when experienced women find innocent virgins so cute and yet delicious prey that you desperately want to be their first. Taking advantage of such a timid yet vulnerable male and steal their virginity as you call them your “Darling.”Maybe he’s a fast learner and soon you might be aggressively pounded by that same cock.
Girlfriend’s mother jealous of her daughter’s bf: You have noticed me more than you perhaps should whilst I've been hanging around yoyr home with your daughter, noticing my innocence, my inexperience, the big lump in my shorts when I walk... You know that I deserve better than your inexperienced daughter, that much you can tell by the noises coming from her room at night... Maybe one night after a few glasses of wine, you decide to show me exactly what I have been missing, what I deserve, why older women are better...
Cougar on the prowl: Young cock is nothing new to you and you consider yourself quite the connoisseur of young men and their cocks. Tonight you find yourself getting that urge again and you head out to the local trendy bars I search of another young cub to tease and drive wild with your experience and know how... That's when you notice me, left alone from my friends at the bar and you decide to make your move...
Mom wants to see how much her son has grown: After being out of state for a few years I return home from college to reunite with you! Once you saw me, you’ve noticed how much I have changed. My voice, body, and attitude makes me look more like a man than I did many years ago. You were a single mother and you’ve been deprived of a man’s touch since you’ve been raising me. Later that night you lure me to your bedroom for a surprise….
If my post has caught your interest please send me the following:
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Hello,
27, male, 5'6", 135 lb, caucasian/asian, been having issue for 5 years, southern US, right side of body. Medications: Wellbutrin ER 300 mg, Nurtec ODT 75 mg.
I have this issue where the entire right side of my body feels slightly numb. That includes my arm, leg, torso, and face. Everything is functional, but it feels funny. It’s bad enough to subtly affect my movement and gait.
I’ve noticed that it seems to be worse during the winter, when I’m stressed, and around the time I get a migraine. It's hard to really tell when I get it because it usually fades in and out slowly. But, here lately, I’ve felt it more often than not.
For what it’s worth, I’m feeling it right now and can also sense a migraine coming on, but I can’t be sure it’s not a coincidence. I take Nurtec, which does wonders for my migraines, but it doesn’t seem to help with the weird numb feeling.
I told my doctor about it, and she ordered an MRI and referred me to a neurologist. My MRI was clear, and the neurologist said it was likely “complex” migraines and not the hemiplegic migraines I brought up. I'm seeing the neurologist again in June. Anything in particular I should bring up?
So, my doctors don’t seem worried about it, and none of my tests indicate any issue. I’m healthy overall. Yet, it’s a distinct (lack of) feeling that bugs me. What could possibly be causing it? Maybe anxiety? Some strange neurological condition? Migraines?
Thanks.

I don't know if anyone's seen or if people just don't want to post it on here because this subreddit doesn't usually delve into more personal issues, but someone on Twitter has accused a "well loved and very well known male figure skater" who is North American of sexually assaulting her a few years back. According to comments he only has one competition left. I'm posting this because I think it's something that should be shared and people should know about, not to get into any debate or start anything. The person sharing this very purposefully did not give a name, even if it might be pretty easy to figure out who she's referring to, so I'll respect that.
Link to the tweet: https://twitter.com/thescytheisdull/status/1640501212192620544/photo/1
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I found my old copy of Soul Silver, my DS, my 3DS and my copies of X and Y. I just put all of my pokemon from X and Y into my bank. Now I am in the dilemma of having pokemon on Soul silver but don't think I played or have black or white 1 or 2. Probably my best pokemon on soul silver are Palkia, Lugia, a shiny gyarados and a Kyogre I named Big P.... (think immature kid and male anatomy) which i love because I didn't even realize it until I used him in battle that every time he entered the field it would say Big P's drizzle makes it rain.
So the question, is it worth me going through the effort of getting a copy of black or white 1 or 2, hopefully with an already completed game, just to get these few pokemon transfered into my bank and then home for use in the more recent games?

(Identity Theft/ Fraud) I am a 46yr old. Female. I a background check on a shady character that my BF went to school with 20 years ago. The website I used only offered monthly memberships with unlimited searches so of course I started doing back ground checks on everyone - myself, my parents, even the dog & of course my BF. That’s when things took a turn I never saw coming. He has so many aliases I can’t even wrap my mind around what’s actually going on. I mean male, female, all ages, all over the country. Shows he is married and owns property with the “spouse a woman” 20 miles from where we live but when I search the woman’s name she is actually a guy with the same last name as my BF. Even has a photo of a dude from a social website. Then he is also showing up as an 87 yrs old in Texas just filed bankruptcy, court documents with the 87 yr old alias name and his real name (as I know it) as the bankruptcy attorney. Then he has an alias 44yrs old in Colorado, 47 yrs old here in Ohio but also , 63 and married and ,34 female that also is showing on his timeline as what appears to be a “sibling” but definitely does not exist and never has. I’m talking at least 30 identities all ages, male and female, that link from one names report to another or start as a different name but then switch over to some form of his. Phone numbers, and addresses, and email addresses, bankruptcies, and Liens. All of which somehow circle into each other through a “relationship by blood family, marriage, or an address, phone #, social account. They all intersect in at least one small way. There is a LinkedIn account that show him as a head scientist at a local research facility with references with the job history starting way back before he was even actually born.
His father passed away this past fall and they had not spoken for about 10 years. He was an alcoholic and former disgraced BCI detective. The dad was in the military and the entire family was in Germany until my BF was 5 and I know my BF wasn’t issued a SSN until after they had returned to the states. (About 1986-87) So part of me wants to believe maybe the dad started this when my BF was still a child. However to many things are also making me believe my BF 100% is complicit if not the sole mastermind. Like the fact he mysteriously had “found” money in CO the other week that I was completely dumbfounded by how that was possible- he said an old paycheck perhaps. I was like well how the hell is that possible “have you ever lived in CO” well of course not he replies. Aren’t you silly. He would look at it later. I asked well how were you even notified about it? To which he did not quite remember and the subject changed. Well turns out someone using a form of his name did live in CO or pretended they did. I’m telling you the complexity of it just boggles my mind because I don’t understand how it works. How can he be a 89 yr old in Texas that just filed bankruptcy and a 53 yr old in Ohio that just took out a car loan and a mortgage- and woman and men of all ages everywhere. They all link. Yet none of it does in my head because I don’t understand how it’s possible to do this. Can someone please explain the basics of identity theft or fraud or whatever it is that’s happening. I need to have a grasp of what’s happened before I confront him so he doesn’t feed me a bunch of bull shit I can’t recognize as the shit it is. He is a master manipulator, prone to anger and violence. There has been physical abuse in the past that ended with a domestic violence charge. I don’t want to put myself at risk but we have been together 5 years. This is the man I love and my heart right now is pretty broken and mind is just spinning how it was possible to pull off that level of deception for 5 years. It’s not like I don’t know him. I mean half of the background report matches the entire backstory that he has told me over & over but the other half is so beyond fucked I just don’t understand how it’s even possible. Please explain how someone would do this kind of thing without ever actually leaving the state. At least for the last 5 years. I mean I can’t get a credit card limit raised without bloodwork and bank statements for the last 20 years and he has 30 people all over the us with accounts open or in arrears for all of them.

Yet another life insurance thread/question
I've seen a lot of posts here recently about universal life insurance policies being a scam in most cases, with some exceptions, and wanted to run my situation by everyone.
I was recently referred to a financial advisor at NWM by a colleague that I trust and signed up for a Variable Universal Life insurance policy.
As background information I am 33, male and single with no dependents. I make around $400k per year and I am an independent contractor (1099).
I also opened a SEP IRA and plan to max it out every year (~66k).
The VUL policy was pitched to me mostly as a tax shelter given the extra cash flow that I'll have and high tax liability, with the assumption that I would contribute to it beyond the monthly premiums which are $923/month or $11076 per year. I also signed up for them to invest with a "very aggressive" level of risk.
I've only paid 1 month so far and I realize it's quite expensive. Did I get scammed or does this make some financial sense for me?
Thanks and sorry if this topic was already addressed elsewhere!

It's only been a few days since some interesting GTA VI gameplay was leaked. The leak, which was authenticated by Rockstar Games, confirmed the location to be Vice City, and that there would be male and female protagonists. Some eagle-eyed viewers noticed something about GTA Online, though. What they found was an art asset that seemed quite familiar. A texture asset specifically.
Those viewers of the leak video noticed a Vice City Metro sticker in the Arena War update for Grand Theft Auto Online that hit a while back. ViceCityMetroMule GTAO White Back Art Asset from Grand Theft Auto Online showing the Vice City Metro Mule Logo
The original tweet no longer displays the side by side imagery, unfortunately. The Arena War Update for Grand Theft Auto Online was release four years ago after all. While this is interesting, it is not uncommon for developers to re-use assets, especially if there isn't a significant change to the artwork. Asset re-use can shorten development time in most cases and it is not limited to video games. Many people are familiar with the "Pixar Easter Eggs" in that film studio's pieces. It's an excellent way to not waste development cycles on things like debris and common texture work that is repeated throughout the virtual worlds -- whether in games or movies.
It is also not uncommon for Rockstar to hide Easter eggs in their games that may reference other games in the same series, or different titles altogether. Bully even included a Grand Theft Auto vehicle asset in its shop class. Sometimes the developers just throw in things to drive community interest, such as the inclusion of Bigfoot in a later patch of GTA V. Another fun Easter egg is known as the "Mount Chiliad Mystery." When it was found, players suspected it meant there was a jetpack somewhere in GTA V -- there wasn't -- but one eventually appeared in a GTA Online Mission
gta online arena war t shirts T-Shirts from the GTA Online Arena War Update
It's definitely an interesting inclusion, but it's certainly not the only reference to Vice City within GTA V and GTA Online. There's an entire wiki article on Vice City related Easter eggs on the fan wiki for Grand Theft Auto. Still, this particular metro logo was not seen until GTA Online, and now in the unauthorized leak, so in a way, players had confirmation Vice City would be used in GTA VI, if they were paying attention and connected the dots.

As the title mentions I have reasonably long hair at the moment, around the collarbone area ( was shoulder blade length prior to last haircut), I had my last haircut at bladez the barber @ Plympton and even the barber mentioned to me that he wasn't too sure what he was doing or that he lacks experience in cutting longer hair (in my previous experiences with other barbers the same idea was true, that male barbers don't really know what they're doing unless someone has really short or medium length hair), I don't necessarily find barbers daunting but having someone who isn't experienced in cutting your hair length is abit intimidating. I was looking for recommendations for perhaps a more skilled hairdresser or barber at an affordable price. I know some hairdressers can charge ridiculous prices but what I'm asking for isnt very complicated and I often bring a photo reference when I arrive. Any help appreciated ;)

Let’s normalize calling all females, well females. The word woman is the worst most offensive sounding repulsive shit in the world. Ew, I feel sick. Thankfully I’m not a “woman” yet, I’m 16. So, I guess I’m still a “girl”. I think the term girl should be universal, and people under 18 should be called young girls, or some thing like that. Because the word woman is gross, why do females get so offended with the word “female”? Im not trying to be “pick me”, that’s cringe. I’m just genuinely curious since I hate that word so much. I’m curious, since the word female sounds more empowering and I think I’m standing up for females when I don’t refer to them as “women”. I say males and females mostly. And males don’t het offended. But occasionally I say men and females, since man doesn’t sound offensive.
Imagine a guy saying “shut up, woman”. It sounds gross. I can’t take it. Everytime I hear that word I feel like vomiting, especially when men say it. People say female could mean “female cow” or something. But I’d rather be compared to a cow than be called “woman”. And, they say it’s dehumanizing. And, I feel like saying it’s dehumanizing is putting people on a pedestal. It’s saying human lives are more important than any other life form, which couldn’t be FARTHER from the truth. I genuinely feel sick everytime I hear it. Sometimes I feel like clogging and gluing my ears so I never have to hear that dreadful word in my life. I feel like the word female is so much more empowering, and beautiful. Female will make everyone feel great, and stuff. And we should just call everyone males and females. And not this unnecessary shit.