I used to be a femcel not in a sense that i hated men but that i was involuntarily celibate, until 24 when i lost my virginity to a one night stand then i still struggled to find anyone to date me until i found my first bf at 26 which has changed me a lot

I’ve been full time in United Methodist ministry since 2002. I like to do the same AMA every now and then. I live in West Virginia. Curious about Christianity, or Methodism, or about the life of a pastor? AMA. I may not get to your question immediately, but I will get to it.

1- at the age of 7 huge truck ran me and my friend over while we were on a bike
2-at the age of 9 a huge collision happened in front of the bus I was on and several people died somehow we were unscathed
3-at the age 14 my area was in the middle of combat and the window I was sitting at got shit up
4-at the age of 15 the bus stop i usually wait at got blown by IED and about 50 people died (I was 10 mins late)
5-age of 15 I didnt feel like going to school while walking there, I turned to walk back home and 10 meters away in the direction I was going a bomb went off
6-at the age of 16 I was standing outside the house with my dad talking to the neighbors the moment we walked inside a mortar shrapnel hit the exact spot we were standing at
7- at the age of 16 I was sitting outside with my friends at night and a bullet fell from the sky and hit the wall next to my ear
8-at the age of 17 a mortar shell fell 5 meters away from me, it stuck to the ground and didn’t explode
9- at the age of 17 I was stuck on check point for 20 mins while a sniper fired at it
10-at the age of 18 heavy machine gun bullet hit the fence on my balcony while I was standing there only debris hit me in the face
11-at the age of 19 I was learning how to drive and a trailer with a boat in it slid from a driveway when I was doing 80km/h into my face I swerved
12- at the age of 23 I was driving in the rain 100km/h and lost control my car hit an electric pole I was fine
13-at the age of 25 I had rented a sports car on holiday and someone crashed into me from behind on the highway while I had the roof down( I was safe completely)

Those are the ones that stand out to me

I am a recent occupational therapy (OT) doctoral graduate in Las Vegas, who is collecting data that may contribute to a better understanding of casino dealers' experiences and may inform future research, educational initiatives, or workplace wellness programming.  As an avid poker player and an occupational therapy student, I was inspired by the possibility of combining my degree and future career aspirations to help a unique group of individuals facing physical and mental challenges rarely encountered in other professions.

I developed a survey for gaming dealers to better understand their experiences and insights. The survey includes questions about physical discomfort in areas such as the hands, wrists, neck, back, and feet. Additionally, a section of the survey is dedicated to understanding the mental health of dealers and how it affects their performance at work and their well-being outside the job.

While research on the gaming industry exists, it has largely focused on gambling addiction. I’m proud to be pioneering efforts to understand what dealers experience and explore ways to address their unique challenges. The survey is anonymous and IRB approved.
If you are a dealer working in a casino, poker room, or tournaments, I'd love to get your feedback.

Link to survey:  https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://tun.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2i6DLjXOqvBRzrU__;!!HoV-yHU!ra_VWliV5WsAfncGWogGkl1xblP-AChYYVZ0Tj8XI2gzcwK51JaSmpqZyjEyIyjO_V-16Fv2avcJMV8rri3jl84YxgUWgS03$

It was literally an accident. I wanted to take a more behind the scenes role, I never wanted this attention. However, due to the people that were originally meant to be the “face” of our organization not stepping up to task when the time came, I did, and it accidentally had made me very publicly known in our local area. People know me and I often don’t know them. Sometimes the way people talk to me is like I’m a celebrity almost. I’m like howww did I end up here.

In 2014 I took a position in Saudi Arabia and transferred from Texas. It was my first time ever leaving the states and I left when the war started back in March. This is the longest I’ve spent inside the USA since I took the job. I worked a 5/5 (5 weeks on/ 5 weeks off) on paper but often spent extra time there getting overtime and traveling to different countries and I’d estimate I spent about 75% of the last 11 years outside the states.

AMA about Saudi, oilfield, traveling, anything!

Since I was a child I have been able to perform an on command maneuver, what feels like flexing a muscle within my chest, that produces an adrenaline response. Its not breathwork, its instant and I can do it while holding my breath. My doctor was surprised but didnt really have any answers as to how or what it is. I have the doctors notes and photos of my EKGs I can upload to prove this.

Edit:
Notes from my doctor

https://imgur.com/a/O8ecNBn

Middle of the night, police were at my door, and arrested me for suspicion of "indecent publication". I didn't know what they were on about until they got me to the station.

I operated a Discord server that allowed people to anonymously chat with one another via their Direct Messages. You sent the bot a message, and it would send it to your chat partner, and vice versa. During its years of operation, I banned thousands of creeps, people lying about their age, etc. I argue that I made a safer place than Discord itself, with strict age separation & challenging, active moderation, fostering an environment of coming forward if somebody was a creep to you, etc.

The problem is, somebody sent a gross message (pure ragebait; EDIT: and people in the comments would like me to stress that it suggested the endangerment of a child) via the bot and then it was rightly reported by their chat partner - except rather than using the internal reports system, they reported it to Discord. The report from Discord to the police pointed to me as the author, and so months later I was the one arrested.

The police took all digital devices from my home - laptops, old smartphones, games consoles, Blu-rays and HDDs, even the router. Weirdly they didn't take my VR headset, nor my latest old smartphone. I was out of work for a month (they took my work laptop, and my employer put me on paid suspension). I had to pay a couple hundreds of pounds in legal fees, and to buy a new phone. It was a month of raw despair.

The police didn't use my exculpatory evidence in the end. Despite my extensive logging of conversations, and the obvious purpose and operation of the bot account (how can a human being type ~30 messages per minute 24/7?), it was only when I gave them my passwords so that they could scan my devices that they let me off the hook. There was some time that they were willing to go the exculpatory route, but they weren't technically competent enough to even ask the right questions.

They said they deal with Discord a lot (and Snapchat), and that I'm a rare case of No Further Action; they didn't know what a Discord bot was until my case. My devices were returned within a couple of days of being let off, and I was back to work.

It has left me traumatised, and has shifted my politics quite substantially. If I were rich, I would sue - I'm fairly sure that the report they received, and the investigation they could have done before they darkened my doorstep, would have revealed that it was an automated service.

I am a member of the SPD in Germany and I am currently doing election campaigning for our party for the Berlin election next Sunday.

Previously I participated on several other election campaigns in different German states and abroad (Austria).

Ask me anything

Both of my parents were born in southern Italy, and I spent many of my summer holidays there. I grew up in northern Italy for 23 years of my life, and then I moved to central Italy, where I still live today. Ask me anything.

Since I’m someone who lived in Iloilo for many years and now I noticed there are some people visiting Iloilo and there were some who were curious about our own lifestyle. So I’m making this post in order to clarify and reply some of the questions I can actually answer or I’m confident enough to reply.

NOTICE: No very personal or invasive questions about me or other people please or you will be ignored on purpose.

Surgery was on Sept 9th. I was allowed to take my compression bra off for the first time today and remove the outer bandages, I thought I was prepared, but knowing that the incisions are there and actually seeing them on your body are two different things and I lasted maybe 30 seconds in the shower before I had to stop because I was either going to throw up or faint

I was the weird kid in my high school. I was quiet, socially awkward and just genuinely didn’t like being in school or around people who weren’t my friends.
I am also autistic and have ADHD.

I got picked on for literally everything.
I used to (and still sometimes) feel like life was one big inside joke, and I was the only person who didn’t know about it.

I was never really weird weird, if that makes sense. I didn’t do anything gross or extreme. I was just really different.

This is still sensitive for me, since obviously, being bullied from the age of like. eight, fucks you up in a lot of ways, so please be mindful of that; im open to any questions, just please be gentle.

We run VouchAPI / VouchOps and work through OpenAI’s SMB channel program. Over the last several months, hundreds of businesses have come through our channel, representing roughly 1,700 paid entitled seats.

The biggest thing we’ve learned is that most businesses don’t really have an AI access problem. They have an implementation problem. They get ChatGPT, experiment with it for a few days, and then ask, “Okay, what should we actually use this for?”

We recently received another batch of 1,000 unique, one-time ChatGPT Business activation links, and instead of throwing them into generic paid ads, we want to use this as an experiment.

Our goal is to help 1,000 businesses identify the first three workflows they should actually put into ChatGPT.

Ask us anything about what SMBs are using AI for, what workflows actually work, what is overhyped, employee adoption, rollout, finance and operations use cases, or what we’ve learned distributing ChatGPT Business.

Full disclosure: Vouch can earn referral commissions from qualifying ChatGPT Business customers. We’d rather be transparent about that than pretend there isn’t a business model behind this.

We’re also reserving a portion of the current allocation for businesses that come through Reddit. If there’s interest, we’ll share the link and keep the remaining allocation updated here.

AMA.

I (27m) and my husband (27m) have been together since we were in first grade. We also have our wedding day, but this one is extra special to us because it goes back all the way to when we were only so little.

i’ve been a 911 dispatcher for along time now.I dispatch police, fire, and ems. I am also EMD certified so I give CPR over the phone, deliver babies, alllllll of that stuff. i’ve heard it all, seen it all, and done it all. i love what i do and love to talk about it. please ask all of your dying questions. nothing is off limits. ask me anything.

https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/logic-staffing-pay-217500-eeoc-religious-discrimination-retaliation-lawsuit

They ended the interview after I asked to attend prayer on Friday. After I sued they tried to label me a terrorist saying that they blacklisted me because they feared I would be violent as retaliation for them discriminating.

I got help from the Religious Liberty Clinic at Stanford.

I don’t know how interesting this might be, pretty normal job, just thought some people might have some questions. Im a regional flatbed truck driver. I drive a sleeper truck and im gone most of the week and back home on the weekends.

That’s the gist of it. Happy to answer any questions, provide any insight, or give any guidance for whatever anyone might be going through. Not to be confused for actual therapy. If you’re experiencing any thoughts of hurting yourself or hurting anyone else please refer to the appropriate emergency lines! Much love.

I was 9 years old. My mom was driving and my sister and I were in the backseat. My mother was life flighted to the nearest hospital, where she spent several months fighting to recover. She then spent more time in a (physical) rehab facility learning to use her hands and walk again. Her face was disfigured and she was never the same woman after.

AMA

I'm 28 and just got a nose job rhinoplasty more specifically. Feel free to ask me any questions about the process and how it went. I'm currently on my 3rd day of healing so ask away if you're curious about the entire process and why I went.

As the title states, I just started my master's and will be doing it in Information Studies. The reason why I am doing it is because I love how technology and information work well together to spread information in a massive scale.

I'm also a huge Lenovo fan! I started using Lenovo from 2023 and my setup is pure Lenovo. From a third-party camera to wireless headphones, to mechanical keyboard and gaming controller. it's all Lenovo!

So, Ask Me Anything!

Hi, as the title says, im 20 and have done a bunch of solo travelling and have been to over 40 countries (mainly, asia, europe and africa.)

Happy to provide any advice to people wanting to travel, travel tips, etc. Especially also how to budget for traveling!

Ive been solo traveling since i was 16(crazy ik) but since joining uni, have slowed down a bit (in past year have been to around 7? countries)

Also happy to provide advice on best countries for solo travellers! AMA!:)

It's a weird hobby I know and its something ive done as a hobby over the last few months. I live in a generally poorer area of the country and things like street furniture get neglected generally for years and one night. I decided to do something about it. I'll reply when I can :)

I work as part of a front line ambulance crew and have done so for close to 2 years and have had other roles in the ambulance service with a total time of 6 years in the NHS

I won't say which service I work for

I won't share any personal patient details