#If there is no positive stutter representation in media I will create it myself

[bohemianrequiem]

Because rep is awesome and literally no-one can stop me, consider the following - Yang with a stutter.

After the Fall of Beacon and losing her arm, Yang develops a speech impediment as a result of the physical and mental trauma she endured. It’s an incredibly touchy subject with her and she won’t even acknowledge that she has difficulty saying certain letters or forming particular sounds for months after moving back to Patch. Some days are better than others when it comes to her speech, but it’s only after she begins training with Tai again that Yang starts confronting that part of herself as well.

Even with years of fluency practice and speech therapy, there’s still no definite way to completely stop stuttering, only little tricks and tactics to avoid continually locking yourself into a verbal loop of being unable to get so much as a single word out. Yang only has so much time before she has to leave home and reunite with her team, and it’s easily one of the things she’s worried about most. She knows they’re her friends, her teammates, but what will they think of her? Will they think she can’t handle herself anymore? That she’s lost her edge or isn’t as strong as she was? Worse yet, what if they’re right?

Of course, none of that happens. Yang’s still a complete and total badass that does whatever she sets her mind to, even if she has to occasionally pause and phrase or enunciate her words more carefully when she speaks. Weiss and Ruby are happy just to see Yang again, the members of JNR too, and when the whole team reunites after saving Haven? It’s a major weight off Yang’s chest knowing that the people she cares about all safe.

Where her stutter was once this indescribable thing hanging over her, now it’s something that Yang can acknowledge and talk about with her friends. Just like her the trauma of having lost a limb and witnessing the destruction of Beacon, it’s something that’s a part of her now but that she can name and address so as to give herself power over it. It’s something that no longer feels indomitable and Yang learns that those who truly care will always listen to her. No matter what.

[hanzi83]

An Adrenaline High of Mediocrity

You know with recent events, even as miniscule it may look like on the surface in plain sight, but you know the narcissist, paranoia, and mental illness I need to ride that adrenaline high and try to milk it for everything I can, and that never ends up being anything special because it makes no money, and when you are limited in that capacity, and live this sad and trivial life, I try to hang on to any sort of confidence boost, even if it is just for a couple of minutes, you can always count on me to feel good and to ensure the rest of the world that I am not an egomaniac that I try to conceal when this mental illness takes a bit of a rough turn, but I knock myself down a few pegs at behest of the world. I can talk all the shit I do, but the reality is I am in my parent’s basement and live in fear because I feel the powers that be have targeted me and purposely kept me out of commission so they ensure I am seen as the craziest person on this planet. I wrote about all the categories you can check off with me and the ones check marked are normally the ones that have the most stigmas to it. I feel like the show has made my life hell, and when someone brings me up to some extent on their platform, it is a little entertaining to me to see how Howard dances around the issue, I mean that is the least I can get out of it, since he could possibly making my life hell with his underhandedness, where it has made me completely resentful and jealous of others and not being able to trust people in my life, so I concoct theories in my head and the vultures out this know this about me, and putting it out there has to be my responsibility but I know these people will use it to their advantage and they will try to goad me into a response, they will be peaceful and then their true side comes out with their dirty tactics.

These people know I will not fight back the way they want me to because they are trying to get me in trouble or push me over the edge, and due to my feelings of them having connections in the elite world, even though it is an video show on the internet that a specific few are tuning into, even Howard didn’t acknowledge this guy and to me it felt a little transparent like it was purposely done, and now because someone on a show who introduced me to Wendy from the Stern Show feels I need to thank him and keeps goading me into a response. I did have a blast for a bit, but then when I did put two in two together I suspected they were my anonymous tormenters and what is truly sick about it, is how nice they are with me because whenever they tried to exchange wits with each other, I would always get the better of that person, maybe in my own delusional head, and after a major blowback happened. I have written about it in past blogs, but after a huge dispute and it getting personal, we made peace and I make these temporary truces because I feel like people I feel are mentally ill have this niche to specialize in drama, and because I have seen how Howard acts and the tactics that I suspect of him doing, I can sense a familiar situation happening. Not just on the surface, the way Howard talks, or how he vents like him, even his head and hand motion, even having a fucking microphone. He has aligned himself with a crew of yes people, and the more I noticed this, I just didn’t want to be part of it.

They will fuck with past contributors and play their meltdowns, or instead of making fun of someone back, they would call grieving parents of someone’s brother who died of AIDS, and part of me hopes that this shit is staged, because as vile and harsh as I have been to piss trolls off, I would never call someone like that, and then there are unconfirmed rumors these same people have called cops on people, or have sent food to people’s places. I don’t know what the other parties did to do that, because I think everyone involved in whatever feud is going on are all kind of scummy. I don’t fucking know. Now that I have given attitude about not wanting to go back, because I feel like much like Howard, when Howard wants to influence you to call in, he will send his trolls to harass people and then it creates content for the show, and this is what this guy is doing. He stirs the pot with it, and that nice guy act he has had where he maybe even sends people to send me screen shots so I react to the shit talk because any interaction and content for this show is what fuels this guy and he seems like he is incorporating old tricks of what Howard did. He is upset I taken him off my lists, and he hates that I didn’t call in to wish him a happy birthday after knowing I don’t like him playing my streams on his show so he can have some type of representation of me on there. Now I have to do these at the time and having to defend myself while he paints it that I am the one who is being a bully because when I have to defend myself I get on the defensive amplified. And now that he is done kissing my ass to get me back on his show, because he figured I would be crawling back, because he notices I wouldn’t care as much of the views like he does, and then his next move is to send people from his group to come in and stir shit up and even ask me questions relating to him so I keep this constant conversation going, and then he can claim I am making fun of him. He doesn’t need me yet he keeps putting my name in the titles of his videos, keeps the digital banner of my picture there, and then claims he doesn’t want me on the show, while his crew mock my stuttering and call me a terrorist. These guys can get away with all that because they have their connections, I presume, and they are allowed to bombard people’s space and fuck with them with organized harassment.

I get seen as a pussy for expressing it. I have to because then I will go insane and I refuse to be what the past have done with people dying from overdoses and suicides because they were in too much pain to express it. I realize I am not always in the most positive light and I have to take that responsibility, but at the same time and in the same breath I can also blame a system that allows this to go on for their organized chaos. I just have to express what is going on with this situation because I don’t know what these people are capable of and now that he has show what he does to other enemies on his show, he is now being obvious about it with me, and I always suspected this is who this person always was. He takes it personal, and these people can fuck with me because they are allowed. It is disturbing. I have contacted media outlets to warn about this person, but it is just a small You Tube show and now he has dialed it back a bit, but I have to keep an eye on it because people keep sending me messages about it, and they know shit talking gets me going and I give in to the drama. By nature I fancy my mediocre ass as a performer, even though I barely leave my fucking house, and rely on hanging on to my former Stern Show fame and just shoot the shit about television shows, wrestling and conspiracies but they won’t even let that happen.

They have been targeting me more on Face Book and allowing the most racist people on the planet function and harass me and then shut me down for fighting back to these paid trolls. I feel like they hate that I get views despite what Howard wants me to have, even if they are just a couple of hundred or thousand, deposing on how many people are contacted to harass me, and because I am not flipping out the way they want, they try to shut me down so I use the Periscope app. It is easier to troll on there than Face Book. I feel this will never end or maybe something will be revealed and people are just getting desperate to bring me back on. It is fucking messed up and these people have channeled every Stern Show emotion and tactic on the planet and exploits people’s weaknesses to throw back in their face if something negative happens. I never trusted these people, and they will keep pointing it out to get me to respond. The tone in this person’s voice when wanting me to thank him for Wendy giving me a shout out, how about no, I will give a shout out to the person that did it. I thank you for introducing us, but I also spent hours for 2 months for no money to try keep things interesting, and if I did my own thing you would flip your lid about it. It is like he has been practicing to be some Howard knock off and thinks going back to what made Howard cool in the 90’s and early 00’s and is bringing it back like he is some edge lord. I didn’t want to be part of that.

He puts people’s phone numbers out there who call his show, and rumors have it he keeps files on people’s personal information to fuck with them. I don’t know for sure but those are the rumors, and you can’t necessarily believe every rumor, but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least, because I do expect people to be functioning by instructions at the behest of higher ups. It is a fucking scary game. And don’t worry, anything I have said in here you won’t take seriously because I am not credible. I can own that, but I can also point out other factors as well that happens to a lot of people, and they can’t even express it.

I won’t talk about these other people, but they keep popping up. They get off at any mention. It really is disturbing that they would manipulate the situation this badly just to create content. When your cheerleaders are just hyping you up and playing a long with all this it gives them this adrenaline high and I know this because I have been down this road with my life when I kind of started being on the Stern Show and I thought I had to mimic the funny dialogue or attitudes from the television, movies, or radio and I see it all over again and again. It is not that I am scared, I am scared of someone using their mental illness and then partaking in evil with it.

As much of an asshole I have been, I at least try to bring awareness to the ugliness of mental illness on another level, even if it means it becomes detrimental to my image or my personal relationships. Then I look forward to wanting to ask women out and then while I have some good rapport with them to some extent, I envision how I would end up pissing them off, and not being the success she would want me to be, and her friends would be warning her about me and her parents would hate her. I bought into this narrative that women dig a guy who acts kind of ignorant and doesn’t give in to their mind games and treat them like you would treat a guy. I know it is sad and pathetic, but you have to understand I never thought I would be here this long. I never wanted to because I think I peaked in high school to be quite honest, and when that was over, I felt like it was the series finale of my life.

People can laugh at my misfortune or how pathetic I am, and because I am kind of a public figure I can expect that, but I still have the balls to put it out there and maybe to my own detriment. How many times have I used detriment in this blog? This was the word I needed to beat into the ground, don’t worry I will go back to vernacular again so I can somehow feel like I am smart while having massive cases of cognitive dissonance and being conflicted about being able to remember and retain everything I have experience (d) and everything I will never be able to, because even though 34 is a young still, I feel like I have been here for 50, and judging by the grey in my facial hair I sure look the part. These people don’t like I am able to find a way to convey my message or express my insecurities, even if it is in my own personal journal, that I suspect they keep on and have some idea of my irrational thoughts to get off my fucking chest. They can track anything and everything you can do. If that hasn’t been proven yet, I would like to express that this is just a hunch. I am not Alex Jones and I don’t have the proverbial documents.

I feel like something is coming to an end with some of these people with their careers and it is like they need me to be associated before a certain time is done. I just don’t like being bullied into calling someone’s show to apologize to them when they have been secretly fucking with me, and then display the immature and juvenile behavior against others and not expect me to suspect that this could be done to me, and it has been kind of been confirmed when recently you keep talking shit and mocking me while I am doing my own thing. They want this feud to go on so it gives into their ego. I know I am not supposed to be relevant but I know I have some value in this world, otherwise they would have killed me by now, and people for some reason need me and then when I suspect I am being used, they then play with my mental illness that they claimed they cared about prior yet they use it as a weapon against me. They organize the comments to be made and who says them on their show. It is kind of like when Stern didn’t want to bash something so he would get his people to call in and do it while he acted unbiased about it. I have seen these tactics before man. And because so many people have felt the wrath of Stern, in my opinion, I don’t want to see others go down this dark path with their mental illness. People always present it pretentiously and then the cynical gets fueled with something positive so they can call these people pussies etc, while they are trolling for elite type and sucking up to them, while claiming they are sticking it to the man because they don’t like some celebrities for speaking on social issues.

I feel like I am going to continuously get fucked with and I believe these people are dangerous. I don’t have enough proof nor is this relevant enough for people to cover this, and it feels like these people want something to happen so they can just ask questions after the fact, when people could be investigating this shit but I wouldn’t be in the slightest bit surprised that even they are bought off too. People assume it is all a plan to get me, but I am just the few of many that are putting it out there, even though I am at a huge disadvantage when the system controls the narrative and have their minions earn that check by coming for your in any manner. They can spread horrible rumors about people, then pretend to be peaceful. It is fucked up. So keep saying I am not relevant but if I wasn’t you wouldn’t be putting on a purposeful facade to get my attention. It is really fucked up that you do this to someone for content. It is fucked up. Now I know officially I am wrong and I have no proof so don’t worry you will be protected for doing the shit you do on a daily basis.

[droidturf]

I’ve always wanted to set up legitimate security cameras in my home, but pricing always gets the better of me. With hope to find a more suitable, affordable security camera that would get the job done, I searched the web from top to bottom and discovered WyzeCam, a 1080p Wi-Fi smart camera from Wyze Labs.

Every company out there right about now is hungry to create innovative products for the smart home that everyone wants. But why go all fancy when fundamentals can do the job best? I asked myself this question after spending time with the WyzeCam.

I would be lying to you had I said I was optimistic when I first stumbled upon the WyzeCam, a white-colored smart security camera that retails for just $20. Made by a company I didn’t know all that well, I was more than skeptical. But after conducting a full hands-on review of the WyzeCam, my impressions have changed for the better.

Wyze Labs was nice enough to send Droid Turf a few WyzeCam units for us to take a look at, and after examining two of them for a week, I owe the company an apology. My experiences have been, surprisingly, very positive. Lesson learned that in actuality, the book might be better than its cover. Let’s dive in and find out why.

Design

Wyze Labs’ mission was clear– to create the best possible working security camera for modern times in a small, $20 affordable package. Now I know, design isn’t the most important aspect of a security camera that’s meant to go unnoticed, but this one does a surprisingly good job at what it is designed to do– blend in. It is plain, simple, and looks like a regular security camera with nothing overly fancy.

As you’d expect from a $20 camera, the neat little gadget is made of plastic. However, it does a good job at hiding it. In fact, from just a few feet away, it could easily get by as a $100 camera made of more premium materials. On front of the near 2-inch cube is a large circular lens, microphone, and what appears to be a motion sensor. Both sides with addition to the top are clean, while the back possesses a charging cut out, speaker, LED indicator, and USB Type-A port. On the bottom there are more speaker holes, as well as a reset hardware button and microSD card slot (card not included).

The WyzeCam uses microUSB to funnel in power, and must be plugged in all the time to work. On the opposite end of the charging cable is a male USB Type-A that can be plugged into an included wall adapter, or a PC shall the near 6 foot cable be long enough for your desired place. I should note one caveat of the charging port, which is the fact that it is inside a small opening. If you happened to lose the flat cable that comes with the device, a spare you may have lying around the house may not suffice because of the narrow cut out.

I found the set up process very simple out the gate. Not much comes in the packaging other than the camera and its power essentials, and you don’t need anything fancy to start this up other than a router. The bottom of the camera is an adjustable kickstand that pulls out from beneath and allows you to raise the camera off a surface and angle it toward a subject. It can be angled up or down and rotated side to side almost a full 360-degrees. This assures that you’ll get the angle you want, and helps make up for the somewhat small panoramic field of view the actual camera lens has. Small rubber soles at the bottom keep the device from sliding around, and some 3M tape as well as a metal disc are included to help you mount the smart device on a wall.

Image Quality

The WyzeCam features live video, video recording and photo-taking. It’s capable of capturing up to 1080p Full HD video and has 8X Digital Zoom, which can be experimented with in the mobile app by pinching in and out. The camera also has Motion Detection and a Night Vision mode, for shooting footage at night on a grey scale. The Night Vision setting can be set to turn on automatically, or by control in the app.

Image quality is solid and the best you’re going to find for $20. Images in daylight are super clear and crisp, and color representation is for the most part accurate. When the lights go off, camera quality does worsen, but Night Vision is bright enough for you to see what’s going on. I did notice some occasional lag and stutter while live-streaming footage on my smartphone, but this could be attributed to my overloaded router. If you move the camera while it’s recording, you may also experience some blur. However, this wasn’t a deal breaker since motion shots aren’t on my agenda for use of this camera. Overall, camera quality is all it needs to be. After all, this is a security camera, you’re not showcasing the images in an art gallery.

The App + Set Up

To set up WyzeCam for use, you’ll need to install ‘Wyze’ on a smartphone or tablet. The set up process doesn’t take a genius, but the app itself could use a bit of work. When you open Wyze for the first time, you’ll be asked to create an account using your email address. You’ll also be able to enable push notifications and set up a profile with an image of yourself, though for some reason my app force closed every time I attempted to upload an image.

To pair WyzeCam, go under the ‘Devices’ tab and tap on ‘Add Camera.’ Next, plug-in your WyzeCam and wait 20 seconds until the yellow status light begins flashing. Hold the ‘SETUP’ button on the camera until you hear a beep and the line “Ready to Connect.” Visual illustrations shown within the app go step by step, and on-screen prompts guide you through the process that takes 5 or 10 minutes at most. During these steps, you’ll connect the camera to your home Wi-Fi network, which must be a 2.4GHz network (most routers), and set up the camera by pointing it at a QR code displayed on your mobile.

Once you have everything connected, the app will check for updates and let you know if there’s a new firmware version available for the camera. Mine had an update straight out of the box and took about 10 minutes to install. You’ll now be able to set up additional WyzeCams for video monitoring, change the name of your WyzeCam, and share access to your camera feed with others you trust by sending them an invite. Under ‘Devices,’ you’ll see a thumbnail containing what each of your WyzeCams see, and you’ll be able to manage shared users as well as grow the camera feed to fit your screen.

Overall, there were a few crashes from time to time as mentioned, but they didn’t take away from the positive experience I had using this camera in my living room. I found the app very easy to navigate, as all controls needed were up front with distinguishable and responsive visuals.

Functionality

For $20, WyzeCam exceeded all my expectations with few compromises. The camera can record video with sound continuously, or just record when alerted. Alerts can consist of Motion Detection, Smoke Alarm Detection, Sound Detection, CO Detection or a combination of any, and history is logged under the ‘Notifications’ section of the app on a day-by-day calendar. You can set these alerts to notify you via a notification if you’d like, and even set a schedule with a start and end time.

Users can check in on the camera any time they’d like with live video monitoring inside the app. Just know that it’s not recording for you to look back on by default. Controls are available in the app for capturing photos, recording video and even shooting time-lapses. On the photos and during the videos, users can also print the date and time for remembrance.

Media is stored on the company’s cloud storage service. However, only 14 days come free. After time expires, the user must pay to store any and all files, which are shown under ‘Album’ in the app. Thankfully, though, there’s a microSD card slot on the underneath side of the device so that you can store as much video, and as many photos as your card can hold, but on the camera itself. Under ‘Settings’ in the app you can also keep track of how much storage space remains.

If you thought that was all, you’ll be glad to know that this camera also has two-way audio. Meaning, sound is captured with all your videos and can be listened to in real-time. In the app, one can also use a ‘Voice’ setting to broadcast audio out through the camera to whomever is in the room. I found this quite handy, though the sound was of very low-quality and often times unclear.

Wrap-up

With WyzeCam, Wyze Labs carved out a middle ground for cameras of solid all-around quality and performance at a price almost everyone can afford. I can’t imagine they are making much profit, but quantity could definitely get them where they want to be. I was awoken by what the company was able to pack for such a low-cost, and you’ll probably feel the same way.

Now I know there are a lot of companies out there, many of which make a run for best bang for your buck. There are lots of cameras just like this on the market, and if you’re looking to spend a bit more in order to get a bit more, you’ll be able to do so. But for what Wyze Labs has done with WyzeCam deserves your attention. It’s not perfect by any means, but merely a solution that pushes every boundary and should be given a chance.

As a fan of the WyzeCam, I’ll certainty be looking for an update. If the company could only grow out its ecosystem a bit with some new products, and add the ability to pair WyzeCam with say the Google Assistant, they’d be looking at a home run. There’s a lot of potential here, and I look at this as an exceptional start to something that can get better. With just a little more work, Wyze Labs could have themselves a real competitor and top offering.

Rather than scrolling past the WyzeCam, I found a real place for them in my home and haven’t looked any further to other options. For $20, WyzeCam does all you need it to do and is worth every penny. If you ever need a sense of protection, look no further than the small, inexpensive, modern-age security camera that is WyzeCam. You can’t go wrong.

The WyzeCam includes just about everything you’ll need to get started. Personally, I suggest linking several of them together, as my experience only got better with the number. You can find WyzeCam on Amazon and the company’s own online store, both of which are linked below.

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Wyze Labs WyzeCam Review – The $20 Smart Security Camera that does more than just work #WyzeLabs #WyzeCam I've always wanted to set up legitimate security cameras in my home, but pricing always gets the better of me.