#Infinite Banking Concept

[yourownbank]

The idea of “Becoming Your Own Bank” sounds like something out of a Finance Experts dream—but “Your Own bank book” introduces the concept as a practical, achievable strategy. This book delves into a financial strategy called the infinite banking Concept (IBC), a system that utilizes a specially structured whole life insurance policy to create your very own banking system. In a world where traditional banking leaves little room for individual Financial Autonomy, the vision empowers people to take control of their personal finances, maximize liquidity, and avoid relying on external Financial Institutions.

[louishawkins671]

Best Life Insurance Companies for Infinite Banking Strategies

Infinite banking is a financial strategy that allows individuals to leverage whole life insurance policies as a means of creating personal banking systems. This approach provides a unique opportunity to grow wealth, access funds, and maintain control over financial resources. In the realm of infinite banking, the choice of the right life insurance company plays a pivotal role. In this article, we will explore what makes certain companies stand out as the best options for those interested in implementing infinite banking strategies, while ensuring the content remains unique, informative, and engaging.

Understanding Infinite Banking

Before diving into the best life insurance companies for infinite banking, it is essential to understand the concept itself. Infinite banking revolves around the use of whole life insurance policies, which are designed to provide both a death benefit and a cash value component. This cash value grows at a guaranteed rate and can be accessed through policy loans, allowing policyholders to utilize their own money while keeping their death benefit intact.

The beauty of infinite banking lies in its ability to provide liquidity, tax advantages, and a steady growth of cash value. This approach is particularly appealing for individuals seeking to take control of their finances and create a self-sustaining personal banking system. The effectiveness of this strategy largely depends on the quality of the life insurance policy and the financial strength of the issuing company.

Key Features to Look for in Life Insurance Companies

When evaluating life insurance companies for infinite banking, several key features should be considered. These elements not only determine the performance of the policy but also the overall experience of the policyholder.

Financial Strength and Stability

One of the primary factors to assess is the financial strength and stability of the insurance company. This can be gauged through ratings provided by independent rating agencies. A company with a strong financial rating is more likely to fulfill its obligations to policyholders, including paying dividends and maintaining cash value growth. For those implementing infinite banking strategies, selecting a company with a solid financial foundation is crucial for long-term success.

Policy Structure and Flexibility

The structure of the whole life insurance policy is another critical aspect to consider. Policies designed specifically for infinite banking often have unique features, such as low-cost insurance and high cash value accumulation. Flexibility in premium payments and the ability to modify the policy over time can also significantly enhance the effectiveness of the infinite banking strategy. Therefore, it is vital to choose a company that offers policies tailored to the needs of individuals looking to engage in this financial approach.

Dividend Performance

Dividends play a significant role in the growth of the cash value within a whole life policy. Therefore, it is essential to evaluate the historical performance of dividends offered by potential insurance companies. While past performance does not guarantee future results, companies with a consistent track record of paying dividends can provide additional growth opportunities for policyholders. This aspect can further enhance the effectiveness of infinite banking by increasing the cash value available for borrowing or investment.

Customer Service and Support

Navigating the world of life insurance and infinite banking can be complex, making customer service a critical factor in the selection process. A company that provides exceptional support, clear communication, and access to knowledgeable representatives can significantly enhance the overall experience for policyholders. This is especially important for individuals new to the infinite banking concept, as they may have numerous questions and require guidance in managing their policies effectively.

The Role of Whole Life Insurance in Infinite Banking

Whole life insurance serves as the backbone of infinite banking strategies. Unlike term insurance, which provides coverage for a specific period, whole life insurance offers lifelong protection and a cash value component that grows over time. This cash value can be accessed through loans, providing policyholders with the flexibility to use their funds as needed.

Moreover, whole life insurance policies typically come with guaranteed growth and the potential for dividends, further enhancing the cash value. The ability to borrow against the policy, often at favorable interest rates, allows individuals to finance major purchases, invest in opportunities, or consolidate debt without the need for traditional bank loans. This self-financing approach aligns perfectly with the principles of infinite banking, enabling individuals to take control of their financial destinies.

Top Life Insurance Companies for Infinite Banking Strategies

While this article focuses on the best insurance companies for infinite banking strategies without naming specific brands, it is essential to consider companies that have established a reputation for excellence in whole life insurance. Look for organizations known for their commitment to policyholders, proven financial performance, and innovative policy designs tailored for infinite banking.

Engaging with a knowledgeable insurance agent who specializes in infinite banking can also provide valuable insights into which companies offer the best products for your specific needs. An agent can guide you through the complexities of policy options, premium structures, and potential benefits, ensuring you make informed decisions that align with your financial goals.

Conclusion: Top Whole Life for Infinite Banking Success

In conclusion, selecting the best life insurance companies for infinite banking strategies requires careful consideration of various factors, including financial strength, policy structure, dividend performance, and customer service. By understanding the importance of these elements, individuals can make informed choices that facilitate their journey into the world of infinite banking.

Whether you are looking to create a personal banking system, finance major life events, or build wealth over time, the right whole life insurance policy can serve as a powerful tool in achieving your financial objectives. As you explore your options, remember that working with a knowledgeable professional can enhance your understanding and help you navigate the complexities of infinite banking effectively.

Investing in a top whole life insurance policy today could be the first step toward unlocking a world of financial possibilities and securing a prosperous future for yourself and your loved ones.

[itsabird-itsaplane-nopejustabird]

DPxDC Prompt

I've had this idea for a while (since seeing that art of Johnny and Kitty robbing a bank so Danny can get Top Surgery lol) but I haven't even had the brain to work on my own fic recently (sorry about that btw) so I'm writing this instead

So the concept:

T4T Johnny and Kitty, who died in the 80s after running away together.

Johnny was the kid of some rich asshole automobile mogul from Bristol, and Kitty was one of the workers' kids from the Narrows. They become friends, fall in love, both realize they're trans around the same time and then decide to run. They know that being trans on top of tax bracket difference gives them almost no chance of making it. Johnny steals a bike and a fuck-ton of money from his parents, and Kitty's parent(s) helps them leave.

They're still toxic and spiteful as hell, but nothing the other does can change the fact that they know and understand each other better than anyone else could.

They travel around the country being menaces together for a while until they decide to settle down in a strange city called Amity Park. They figured it could handle a couple more anomalies. But before they can get there, they get into a bike wreck with their final thoughts being of each other and Johnny specifically cursing his bad luck in life.

The next thing they know, they're in the infinite realms being given the chance to stay together and the freedom to simply exist with no strings attached. (Other than each other cause I firmly believe that they're mutually the others' obsession)

About 20 years have passed, a portal to their old world is permanently open and this scrawny little ass kid ghost that they've never even heard of keeps stopping them from going through it.

It isn't until Johnny actually starts paying attention a few months into it that he notices that first, the little shit can actually fight, and second, HE WAS FIGHTING THEM WITH A BINDER ON. (Johnny also vaguely wonders why Danny looks so much like his old neighbor Brucie, but that's less important than the binder thing). Johnny lets out the universal ghost fight timeout signal and vaguely explains the situation to Danny, who seems confused about the noise he made and why it made him stop.

Johnny gets Kitty to spread the word that if the timeout isn't called off by the next morning, stay TF away until they get an all-clear.

That night, *after yelling at him a bit*, he starts teaching Danny how to reshape his ghost form to his preference and even his vocal cords.

From there, Johnny and Kitty sorta ghost adopt him as a sibling and then take him to Frostbite to make sure his T-shots are ecto compatible.

(I hope this was coherent it's 4am for me and I haven't slept lol)

[pbbankers]

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[ryin-silverfish]

how does rebirth and reincarnation work in Buddhism

do memories carry over and Can personality traits or characteristics also stay the same

or does being reborn erase everything and basically reboot a person

is everyone reincarnated or just some people and what causes rebirth

if you don’t want to explain it can you please reply with links to websites where I can find information on the topic

Disclaimer: Everything I write here is less Indian Buddhism, and more "sinicized Buddhist concepts", aka "Chinese adoptation of the ideas of karmic laws and reincarnation, with a bunch of tweaks".

-There are 6 paths of rebirth: Heavenly/Deva, Asura, Human, Beasts, Hungry Ghosts, Hell. In practice, because of unfamiliarity with the Hindu Asura ("wrathful demigods"), it often gets simplified into 5 paths instead.

-Based on one's karma (consequences of one's causes), one is reborn into one of these Paths after death. The first 3 are commonly seen as the "3 good paths", while the last 3 are the "3 bad paths".

-Technically, even being reborn as a celestial being does not free you from suffering, since, despite the incredibly long lifespan of celestials and the pleasures they enjoy, their stay there is still not infinite, and they'll be reborn into a lower path once their Good Deeds Bank runs out, so to speak.

-However, in lay practice, being reborn in the Heavenly path is often considered "Good enough".

-Similarly, in more doctrinal Buddhism, the concept of "non-being" and the lack of a permanent, eternal self is a big thing (where there's no continuation of the self between each life, memory-wise or personality-wise).

-Yet after its spread to China, it was adjusted to fit, and syncretized with existing beliefs about souls and ancestor worship, and honestly, folks pretty much assumed that there is a...soul thingy that gets reincarnated, and some sort of continuation exists between each life.

-In Northern-Southern dynasty and Tang legends, there are a lot of tales about people who remembered their past lives, or people who suffered misfortune/got a lawsuit from ghosts in the Underworld bc of bad things they did in another life.

-However, in the latter case, they often don't remember. It is kinda implied that reincarnation itself blurred/erased their memories, but never explicitly explained.

-The much later Ming-Qing addition of Mengpo and her amnesia soup could be seen as a "fix-it" to that question: people don't remember their past lives bc the amnesia soup is mandatory, and the few who remembered are folks who had found a way to avoid drinking it.

-Like all folklore stuff, it's far from universally adopted, and in Liaozhai, you can still see tales like Lian Xiang's, where the fox spirit in question died, reincarnated into a human body, and remembered her old ghostly rival-turned-best-friend upon seeing her again.

-In vernacular novels and tales about reincarnated immortals and celestial deities, like JTTS and JTTN, it's more common for the protagonists to remember their original self from start to finish, or recover their memories after being informed of that fact and settle on working their way back into their old position.

-As for "does everyone have to go through reincarnation?" Unless you are a Buddha, a Bodhisattva, or Arhat, technically yes.

-After Daoism adopted the Buddhist ideas of karma and reincarnation, there were also works that suggested, by attaining immortality, you wouldn't have to reincarnate again...

-But I personally saw that as more of a "immortality just means no natural death, not unkillable" situation——the immortal in question won't have to reincarnate bc they can no longer die of old age, but if sth comes along and kill them, or they got demoted by the Heavenly Emperor for breaking celestial laws, their soul will still re-enter the cycle.

-Lastly, what causes rebirth? Well...existing. As long as you are within the Realm of Desire and a being of the Six Paths, you are subjected to the cosmological cycle, and to Buddhists, the only way out is attaining enlightenment.

[tobiasdrake]

I'd say that Tri, Last Kizuna and 02 The Beggining are a tad of a weird approach to try and bank into nostalgia, but not letting go the concept of "no you have to say goodbye to the 'mons"... which doesn't work after 02's epilogue. And then Adventure 2020 happened, and forgot that it was supposed to be an assemble show.

I don't have a problem with nostalgia banking, but Last Evolution Kizuna wanted really badly to be Toy Story 3 and failed. That, I take a lot of issue with.

There's a lot of heated debate surrounding LEK. The idea that the kids' partnerships with their Digimon break because it's time to put away childish things and grow up is extremely contentious within the fandom, but it's also not universally agreed that the film is even saying that thanks to translation issues with the subs and also some very ambiguous imagery with the ending.

There are basically two different interpretations of what happens in LEK.

1 - Sora, Taichi, Yamato, Jou, Mimi, and Koushiro all lose their Digimon Partners because they enter adulthood - but not Takeru and Hikari because they still have a few years to go.

This is a natural occurrence and the result of growing up. They have no choice and no agency in the matter; The Universe takes their Partners away because they're too old to be playing with toys anymore, and they just need to fucking suck it up and deal.

2 - Sora, Taichi, and Yamato lose their Digimon Partners because they're too irresponsible with their adulthood. Mimi, Jou, and Koushiro do not because they're responsible adults and are balancing their adult lives and their love for their Partners well.

What happens to Sora, Taichi, and Yamato is a rare and unusual occurrence, but there is hope that they will one day find their Partners again once they've gotten their heads on straight and made their way as adults.

For obvious reasons, the film is very unpopular with fans who take the first interpretation and pretty well-liked with fans who take the second. Which one is actually the valid and intended reading? Well. It's complicated. The movie went through a tumultuous creative process, to the point that Adventure series director Kakado Hiroyuki walked out on production midway through over disagreements and inconsistencies to the original series.

Which is, y'know, always a promising sign for a new entry in a series.

Watching the film, for me, it honestly feels like both readings are intended. Which is to say, you can find evidence to support either/or. I don't think that's deliberate, I just think the film was sloppily made and shows signs of conflicting creative visions.

Proponents of the Good Movie interpretation can point to the villain of the film, whose central motivation is literally that having your Partner taken away because you grew up is some fucking bullshit. In its final act, the film reveals that her Partner did come back - Just in an unrecognizably different form, not as the Partner she knew.

So the natural conclusion then is that Agumon and Gabumon will reincarnate and may find their way back to Taichi and Yamato; They just won't be Agumon and Gabumon. Which still contradicts the 02 epilogue despite proponents of the Good Movie interpretation insisting that 02's epilogue is still canon to LEK.

Which itself has evidence to support it (Taichi and Yamato are on their way to becoming the people they are in the epilogue) and evidence to refute it (Agumon and Gabumon fucking died).

As the translation breakdown in the above link shows, there's also some phrasing issues that created confusion. Gennai in the official English version describes losing your Partnership as a typical occurrence while, in the original Japanese, he seems to describe this more like a rare thing that he doesn't fully understand.

It's explained that what's happening is the narrowing of potential. Children have infinite potential, which something something Digimon Partnerships. As you make choices with your life, you narrow your potential, and eventually it can no longer sustain a partnership - Unless you're able to become an adult with limitless potential anyway!

That seems like it's setting Taichi and Yamato up to figure out their shit and save their Partnerships at the last second. But they figure out their shit and still lose their Partners, which gets described in the end as a rite of passage.

The blog with the big translation breakdown I linked above makes a note of the difference between the official translation, "This is how we finally grew up," and a more accurate translation, "This is how we arrived at the entrance to adulthood." As they say, it shouldn't be translated with finality.

But that's splitting hairs, because either version is still saying that losing Agumon and Gabumon was Taichi and Yamato's rite of passage from childhood into adulthood. Whether they've become adults or taken their first steps into adulthood doesn't actually matter; it's still describing this loss as the gateway that brought them there, which is the point of contention.

They did what they were supposed to do, they were still punished for it, and then they close by describing it as if it were an inevitable consequence of growing up despite what Gennai said. Which may or may not be corroborated by what happened to Jou, Mimi, and Koushiro.

Proponents of the Good Movie interpretation will point to Jou, Mimi, and Koushiro as proof that not everyone loses their Partners. Proponents of the Bad Movie interpretation will point to those same characters as proof that everyone does. This is due to a fundamental disagreement in how you interpret the final scenes.

At no point does the film ever say, with words, that Jou, Mimi, and Koushiro lose their Partners. But it does conclude with these images:

The final shots of Taichi, Yamato, and Sora show them to be moving forward with their adult lives, with no Digimon. The younger kids Takeru and Hikari's slides contain Patamon and Tailmon. There are also slides for the 02 characters, which show their Digimon Partners still taking an active role in their lives too.

But Jou, Koushiro, and Mimi? No Partners in their slides.

Good Movie fans will say that the film never says explicitly that they lost their Partners, so this means nothing. Their partners are probably just offscreen somewhere.

Bad Movie fans will say that these slides are meant to show the older kids moving on with their lives post-Digimon and the younger kids still having their Digimon Partnerships. There's a clear contrast between Hikari and Takeru's slides versus Taichi, Yamato, and Sora's - and Jou, Koushiro, and Mimi are presented like Taichi, Yamato, and Sora here, not like Hikari and Takeru.

Good Movie fans have the counterpoint to be made that their Partners still exist in 02's epilogue. So, y'know, canon faithfulness says that everyone's Digimon will come back or was never lost. Checkmate, naysayers.

But also Last Evolution Kizuna basically ignores Tri and makes no attempt to address the questions it left hanging, and also the Adventure story director walked out of production over inconsistencies to the original so I don't think you can really use canon faithfulness as a talking point here.

Taichi and Yamato are still on their way to becoming an ambassador and an astronaut respectively, so the epilogue hasn't been thrown out entirely. But it clearly has been thrown out. Jou was supposed to become a doctor in the Digital World, Sora was supposed to become a fashion designer instead of inheriting her mom's ikebana mastery, and Mimi was supposed to become a chef instead of selling cosmetics.

Yeah, Taichi and Yamato are still on-track to a similar life path than what the epilogue gave them, but nobody else is. So I don't think the movie is actually as faithful to 02 as the Good Movie side thinks it is. And apparently neither does Kakado Hiroyuki.

For me, I do think they were trying to say it's time for the kids to put away childish things and grow up. I don't think they meant that to be insulting. But I do think it's kind of insulting.

I think they were trying to do what Toy Story 3 did; To tell a story about the rite of passage from childhood to adulthood and what that means for the things we loved and enjoyed as kids. But I don't think that story works when the putting away of childish things is something cosmically forced on the children rather than a choice they make with their own agency.

Toy Story 3 wouldn't have landed the way it did if the movie was about Andy's mom pinning him down by the arms while garbagemen come in and throw Buzz and Woody into a woodchipper. But that's kind of what Last Evolution Kizuna does to the Adventure kids.

Taichi and Yamato get to give a powerful emotional farewell to Agumon and Gabumon. But they don't want to, they are not making this choice for themselves, and no reason is ever provided for why they should have to. And even the best defenses of the film just make it out to be a weird, random cosmic blip that maybe they'll fix some day, who knows.

Even in the best-case scenario, the universe just decided to grievously hurt Yamato and Taichi for no reason even though they were already making strides to undo the thing they were allegedly being punished for. It's still mean-spirited and cruel even in the best possible interpretation.

So. Yeah. All things considered, I find myself falling on the side of "It's a bad movie and I don't accept it as part of my personal Digimon canon." I don't accept that the children need to all have their Digimon deleted once they enter into adulthood, and I equally don't accept that they don't need to have that happen but that Taichi and Yamato deserved to have their Digimon ripped away from them at the end. There is no version of this movie that I actually like.

[jazzically]

MAG 32 HIVEEE BABYYY!!!!!!! oh my god this one. this one is sooooooooo fricking good. i loved every single word of it when i first listened to it and i still do now. its written SO GORGEOUSLY

just the simple fact of this literally being a firsthand account of someone being taken over by the corruption, the infiltrator, that utter terror that comes with every disgusting thing thriving under rotted floorboards makes the concept beautiful by itself

cause jane wrote this just after she became too far gone, fallen helplessly to the worms' song, but before she was completely incoherent due to the lovely harmonies formed by the slithering of thousands of individual bodies through her vital organs. you can hear her despair manifesting, those last dredges of what she truly was struggling through the cloudy haze of unearthly love. and she lets it speak through her so beautifully. remember this is the making of an avatar transcribed. she describes how her relationship with the hive grew into something far more personal than a threat to her safety or sanitation. it's about the confusion that drops in on you at the beginnings of addiction and the combination of desire and sunk-cost that makes you want nothing more than to sink deep into its open arms and fully give yourself over to the only thing that says it can save you.

and throughout it all, she somehow makes this Crawling Rot — this mysterious thing that we know to be inherently gross and despicably filthy, that jeopardizes the security of the archives and its staff — sound hypnotic, in its own twisted way. enticing, even. that is the true horror. that is the most terrifying part, to me: that we are suddenly able to see where she is coming from. it's kinda like how jon spoke on how it unsettled him that the distortion said it wanted to help them instead of hurt them.

plus!!!!! i mean!!!!!! its so viscerally horrible and i love it!!!!!! its literally the corruption its the bending and destruction of things we find familiar and safe (ooOOo stranger and desolation overlap?) like its not just plain old disease and dirt yknow? its the SYMBOLISM of that disease and dirt and what it means to people whose lives become infected :3 love how jonny prolly went "hmm what are people afraid of? bugs? sickness? germs? what does that tie into? ah yes corruption" i feel like this specific statement was a great opportunity to really showcase how the corruption affects the mind and jonny maximized the writing to that effect. that was a lot of unnecessary words but basically what im trying to get at here is that jane prentiss's statement didnt reframe the corruption and her worms for me, it took the whole situation and flipped it on its head, upside down and inside out. it made the flesh hive seem so graceful.

umm not to mention the way the statement drops foreshadowing for the institute being eye-aligned omgomgogmgfndibf

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OLIVER BANKS!!!!!!!!!! OOOOLLLLLIVERRR

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I KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT SO SIMPLE AS TO CALL OUT TO WELL-TRODDEN GODS!!!!!!!!!!

god that line has stuck with me ever since i first heard it. it's SO GOOD. it is a perfect way of putting that feeling

RRRAAAAHHHH the web and the hive are so awesome when taken together

AND THIS. the Hive, more infinite than it can describe itself, is beautiful in a way most will never understand, for beauty is subjective. its indescribability alone is astonishing. the radiance of its power, seen as simple and dismissed without true understanding ever permeating its frothing membranes, is far more than we could ever deserve

i think this paragraph is just SO well done dude like go listen to it feel the impact of those words again because it's so raw: i see now why the hive hates you. you can see it and log it and note its every detail but you can never understand it. you rob it of its fear even though your weak words have no right to do so.

that bit was introduced and explained perfectly. its so satisfying nnnnrrrrrgggghhhhhfnkkffncnnfr

the sheer poetry of this series never fails to amaze me. oh my god

also i love how when jane is addressing gertrude it's done more vaguely so that it's almost like she could be talking to jon and the institute of the present day

poor jane she mustve been suffering for a very long time

[beramo22]

Sonic X Project Number 10 - Sonic AU

This art was made as a redesign of one of my oldest OCs to date; Project 10 (nicknamed Reverse)! I've been expanding on her backstory since then, and so far it goes as follows:

Created during the feudal era by a prodigy young scientist, Project 10 was the 10th in a line of living experiments, and the first to be a success. Her original creator made her with the intention of giving the world an unlimited source of knowledge, with 10's seemingly infinite memory bank. Without the ability to age, while having that to retain countless amounts of information, 10 initially lived as a free spirit, who met different historical figures, aligning to some, and going against others. She collected information across eras, remembering everything from the moment she was brought into the world. Although she is a machine, 10 was clearly capable of thinking for herself, and developed her own ideas through adaptive learning. Initially curious and eager to learn, her attempts at understanding the behavior of humans and mobians, often irrational, frustrated her, leaving many abstract answers to be filled in by her system even after extensive research across different time periods. Her main question was "The meaning of love", a never-ending emotion that seemed present no matter the situation she stumbled across. She had been supposedly been shown it by her creator at birth, but failed to compute or understand what it truly meant.

While in Central City during modern times, 10 met a prosperous scientist known as Gerald Robotnik along with his granddaughter, Maria Robotnik. The two quickly hit it off, with Gerald being extremely interested in spending time around a machine that replicated life nearly perfectly - a true miracle of science. 10 saw the partnership as benefitial, as she could improve her systems even further with his help, and traveled to the Space Colony Ark along with his team. During her time there, 10 got closer to understanding the concept of 'love', but her efforts were interupted by an abrupt order from Gerald for her to go back to Earth. Reluctantly, she did as she was ordered, and it would shortly come to haunt her. A few days after G.U.N.'s invasion to the colony, 10 found a list which contained all of the names of the deceased people that were found. Amongst them was the name of Maria Robotnik, whom she had grown attached to. Fueled by vengeance, 10 would spend the next 50 years collecting upgrades for her body - most of which included dangerous and powerful weapons. In that time, she met Dr. Ivo Robotnik, grandson of the doctor she initially admired, and joined forces with him to liberate Project Shadow from his containment.

It was at this time that 10 not only reunited with an old friend, Shadow the Hedgehog, but also met the one who would become a recurring enemy of hers: Sonic the Hedgehog. Although the two didn't have anything personal against each other at first, this quickly changed. 10's gray morality made it easy for her to switch sides in a heartbeat if she deemed so necessary, while Sonic strived never to back down from any of his friends. They came to a short understanding of each other during the alliance of Dr. Eggman and Sonic's friends to defeat Biolizard, where she empowered herself along with Shadow and Sonic with the Chaos Emeralds. At the end of the battle, Shadow and 10 both fell back into orbit, being presumed dead by all who watched their sacrifice.

After the fall, 10 was severely injured, with no chance of saving herself. She would fall victim to nature, which buried her in the ground to slowly run out of battery, but never decompose as would a living being. The death of her battery would mean the end of her life, with no hope of revival. It was after years of being lost to radars that a ray of light shined for her again; Sonic had come to her rescue! He would take her to a laboratory in Scrap Brain, and quickly reveal his true facade: that was not the Sonic she had known, but a faker. He put her under incubation, reprogramming her weakened system into something new. From now on, she would no longer be on the look for futile things such as 'love' or understanding the relationships between people. Instead, she would collect useful data for him and his objective; conquest, and massacre. From this moment on, 10 became a heartless machine who was only devoted to the one who saved her from damnation. All hope is lost, and only a miracle could bring back the lost emotions inside of her…

Trivia:

-While mobians are normally 1 meter tall, 10 is 1.5 meters tall -The black sclera and red irises were an intentional design of the original creator, who wanted to make her distinguishable from organic living beings -She started hiding her left eye with hair only after becoming a servant of Sonic Exe, and it is uncertain why -10 was not assigned a birth sex when she was fabricated, but chose to identify as female -On her back, she has her core exposed, which has a similar design to that of Metal Sonic's back propellant. This core would often reflect a color related to the main emotion being felt by 10, a feature that had been installed to help her understanding herself a little better -Underneath her shoes are a set of Extreme Gear tech, granting her the flight ability -10 has extensive fighting knowledge, and her speed over the years has nearly matched that of Sonic

This is a very old and dear original character of mine, and I'm glad to be finally bringing her back to the big world. Treat her nicely, and please credit me as the original creator if you'd like to make art of her!

[xyymath]

Math Myths Busted! 🚨 Debunking Common Misconceptions

1. "Trigonometry is pointless in real life."

Want to design a bridge, map the stars, or even create 3D models? Welcome to the world of trigonometry. Engineers use sine and cosine to calculate forces, angles, and stress on structures. Naval navigation? That’s spherical trigonometry. And let’s not forget medical imaging (MRI and CT scans)—trigonometric algorithms are essential for reconstructing images from cross-sectional slices of the body.

2. "Pi is just 3.14."

Pi is irrational, meaning it goes on forever without repeating. It’s used in everything from signal processing to quantum physics. In general relativity, gravitational waves are calculated using Pi to map the curvature of spacetime. Even fractals, the infinitely complex geometric shapes that mirror nature’s patterns, rely on Pi for accurate dimension calculations. Simplifying Pi to 3.14 is like calling a complex painting “just a bunch of colors.” It’s a universe in itself.

3. "Math is for nerds, not for normal people."

Mathematics is fundamental to the universe. The Fibonacci sequence is embedded in everything from flower petals to galaxies. Whether it’s understanding the Golden Ratio in art or applying optimization techniques to improve energy use in smart cities, math is the tool that drives technology, medicine, and economics. Cryptography keeps your bank account safe and ensures secure communication online—it’s all built on abstract algebra and number theory. So, is math for “nerds”? It’s for civilization.

4. "I’ll never be good at math."

Growth mindset matters. The very concept of calculus—which studies the rate of change—starts from understanding infinitesimally small changes. Once you grasp limits, derivatives, and integration, you unlock the power to model everything from population growth to financial markets. Complex equations that once seemed impenetrable are just tools for breaking down the world. Perseverance is the key, not an innate ability. You learn, you grow, you become a mathematical thinker.

5. "Math is boring."

If math’s boring, then understanding gravity and black holes is boring. Einstein’s general theory of relativity wasn’t just an academic concept—it was formulated using highly sophisticated tensor calculus. Fractals, which appear in clouds, mountains, and even coastlines, are beautiful examples of math in nature. When you solve differential equations, you’re predicting everything from weather patterns to market crashes. Math is not static, it’s the language of everything, from the universe’s creation to your daily commute.

6. "I don’t need math in my everyday life."

You calculate interest rates, optimize your workout routine, and even estimate cooking times using math without realizing it. Statistics helps you make informed decisions in the stock market, and probability theory is the reason you can accurately predict outcomes in games, risk-taking, and even weather forecasting. Linear algebra is involved in everything from computational biology to machine learning. And when was the last time you built a website without using algorithms? Exactly.

7. "Calculators do all the work, so why learn math?"

Calculators are tools. Algorithms—the underlying mathematical processes that make your calculator or smartphone function—are the result of years of mathematical study. Machine learning algorithms, the backbone of AI, rely heavily on linear algebra and calculus. Building a calculator that can compute anything from simple arithmetic to complex number operations requires advanced math, often involving abstract algebra and number theory. It’s not the tool; it’s the thinking behind it that counts.

Math is the DNA of the universe.

[stupidlittlespirit]

what if ford were a sugar daddy. not necessarily because he's rich or whatever but because it turns him on when you spend his money like he is.

So, to start with, I don't think this would be relevant to Ford.

I think you could play with this in line with Stan, but you'd have to do it in a humorous way because he's tight as fuck and also has/had no money at all. You could play that as (what we call in sw) a Splenda Daddy, except he'd be infinitely more likeable than your average guy.

On top of that, I have done the real sugar daddy stuff myself and it SUCKS. I have been financially successful with it, been involved with some extremely wealthy and fairly powerful guys, and you just truly meet the worst kinds of people. You get hurt. You're in danger. It gives me the ick so bad that I can't write/read/watch anything with the trope because 100% of the time it's made up fluffy bullshit that completely ignores what the job (and it is a job) is actually like. Fantasy doesn't work until people respect sex workers in real life and acknowledge the true aspect of it. It isn't for me at all, sorry anon.

Plus, technically speaking, what you're getting at here is more financial kink than it is sugar daddy. You're leaning more (imo) towards financial humiliation territory with this line of thinking. If someone is turned on by the concept of seeing a partner spending their money, it will come from one of two places, in my experience:

The need/drive to protect and provide aka the genuine 'Sugar Daddy'.

Being 'rinsed' and used up, aka the Pig.

Number 1 is your average upper class to very wealthy 'Alpha' type (not the redpill style stuff, just the 'Alpha Male' type attitude). His 'purpose' is to see you cared for, looked after, well groomed and happy, and he is the sole provider of that. He'll give you whatever you want. This type of person is very rare and they tend to actually be very wealthy.

Number 2, however, is more in line with what you're talking about. Spending an average person's money like they're wealthy is obviously not practical and can lead to financial problems for the source (Though a good Dom monitors their Pig's income to ensure they're not actually harming themselves). Most of the time, the kink comes from the feeling of being used and abused. The Pig (or Pay Pig, or some other form of consensually derogatory pet name) is ordered to give money to their Dom and generally will be told that that's all their good for, they must give everything they have to their Dom or else they'll be in trouble etc etc, or things to that effect. The Pig is a human Piggy Bank (hence 'Pig' as the most common term in these scenarios).

I don't think that that would appeal to Ford. His character doesn't want to be used and he's been abused enough that I can't honestly see him deriving any joy or arousal from that kind of thing. Obviously, in real life there are plenty of people who experience abuse and turn to kink to safely play out abuse fantasy as an adult, but for me I don't see Ford being into that kind of kink.

Anyway, sorry for the lecture but it's important to me that people know that lol. Not mad at you, anon, just informing you for the Greater Good.

[foaming-sea]

When I'm trying to study, my body is like why are you torturing uss?!?!! We need sleep!!! We need rest!!! We need to lie down!! Can't you feel the ache climbing up your spine!!

And then when I get in bed my brain is like why are you not studying?!!!! Exams!!!! Maths!!! Chemistry !!!! Physics!!!! Question banks!!! Homework!!! Concept booksss!!! Your infinite TBR!!! The burden of your ancestors!!!!!

Like fuck you, what do you both want from me?!

[yourownbank]

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[l3oba3]

Return any evil eyes back to sender 🧿

I radiate billionaire energy.

I have shifted to the reality where I possess billions of dollars.

Money flows to me effortlessly, and I am a magnet for wealth.

My self-concept has transformed rapidly, and I embody the persona of someone who earns billions just by existing.

I have transcended all 3D limitations.

My thoughts, actions, and beliefs align perfectly with the energy of a billionaire.

Opportunities for wealth are abundant in my life, and I seize them with confidence and ease.

I attract lucrative ventures and investments that multiply my wealth exponentially.

Every cell in my body vibrates with the frequency of abundance.

I am a financial powerhouse, and my presence commands prosperity.

My bank accounts are overflowing, and my financial empire grows every day.

I am living proof that wealth is a state of mind.

I effortlessly attract money from all directions.

Wealth is my natural state, and I am attuned to the endless possibilities the universe offers.

I am in complete harmony with the flow of abundance.

My reality is one of infinite riches and financial freedom.

I am a billionaire, and I carry myself with the confidence and grace that comes with immense wealth.

I inspire others with my success, and my story is one of limitless potential and achievement.

Money loves me, and I love money. Together, we create a life of unparalleled luxury and freedom.

I have unlocked the secrets to unlimited wealth, and I am unstoppable.

My financial success is inevitable, and I embrace it fully.

I am a living testament to the power of a wealthy mindset, and I am grateful for the billions that are mine.

The universe supports my every desire, and I live a life of opulence and joy.

[rumpocky]

I am going to go over this again, and if you peek around online, you'll notice, other trans people are beginning to mirror me.

One: Trans real. Do not warp my words for yourselves after this.

Two: The prior word, transexual, illustrated the concept of someone who's physical sex was in discord with an internal experience that made their brains read, summarily, like the opposite sex. This was discussed as Dysphoria.

Three: The nature of dysphoria was generally pranced around "feeling like you're in the wrong body" was the general term. I'm going to give you a hint, while it has multiple parts, the general part is that your brain tends to think you have the opposite genitals, disrupting your sex life, relationships and more-- but also exhibiting personality traits and other skills generally expected of the "opposite."

Four: A little over a decade ago, it was mandated this term be changed, for the sake of a rising political science argument's "inclusion."; this was, as we know, a feminist theory involving the nature of gender as a social construct within society, such as roles performed or expressed externally.

This is not the same conversation.

This was also a paid for, purchased swing.

Five: The original paper writer doesn't even agree with its use or spread.

Six: This is when other terms were entered or replaced. For example, androgyne suddenly became offensive (while still used for words like "androgynous" without issue) and replaced with nonbinary. Computer terms. No gender, just 0, 1 and alternate. But gender, totally very gender, and very feminist, while removing the woman of it.

Seven: A group of incredibly corrupt people as far back as Musk's father had visions of a technocracy that would merge to Zion/Israel's planning. They, having purchased a great deal of the US more or less in a political and capitalistic level, banking et al, quite literally spent DECADES designing a plan to make you surrender to brainchips and control and anything involving identity or individuality.

Eight: Once the political science argument entered the conversation, the moralization continued to drown out the nature of original core trans issues. Scary accusing words for "not including" someone were involved. The conversation went backwards. We basically forgot what made trans people trans, because that would offend the people here for the political argument of it.

Nine: The political argument political arguments. Everything is put in extremes. People who can leave external gender expression like a convenience bag at the door while moralizing out the original community's phantom boners scream every issue to the top based mostly on personal imagination and delusion until the original trans population becomes a target.

Ten: Nothing means anything, because the original issues are Bad Now and you've basically extincted the base population, but none of you can say what the social role you're performing is without offending the next person in the gender conversation line.

Eleven: Kids grow up in this environment and are, in fact, introduced to it very early now. We say it's for inclusion, but we give neither the meaningful sex ed about the dysphoria at age nor any kind of learning bracket about the social roles, leading to absolute crashout girl/boy failures.

Twelve: At work I watch extremely mentally unstable people scream they want to be trans--not that they are, but want to be. I watch things I literally am not allowed to give any sense to correct as these people utterly spin out, because the gender didn't give them the answer. The external social excuse hasn't helped, and hasn't fixed things.

Thirteen: Kids now have no idea what gender means. We say transmasc/transfemme but now there's like 300 genders that mean nothing. We all have infinite gender (and gender is, in fact, an old axiom) based on the gradient of that but now everybody's invented so many Personal Attention For Me labels that it's literally become the group chat joke that it means nothing, and yet people don't see it and keep doing it.

Fourteen: kids are so desperate for self expression moralized into extremes that the approved gender bag makes it everything, and the ads everywhere saying that dressing any given way is a gender expression only further reinforces the conceptual social gender roles without in any way providing something like dysphoria relief.

Fifteen: People fight about other kinds of dysphoria but these are almost always, without fail, some sort of trauma, repression, or other thing, such as a sexual abuse victim feeling detached from femininity, and not wanting to be in any way attractive.

Sixteen: and you're gonna hang me for this: A huge wave of gender mutilation. Because there's two forms of transmasc transition, and people with zero dysphoria quite literally cut up and down their clit while receiving no actual function, because it either wasn't important to them, or was diminished in importance to them by purity police, in favor of a half functional cosmetic. So, either it's a trauma of mangling or someone getting the wrong service because the conversation has been confused.

Seventeen: This also turns into unaddressed trauma about men, masculinity; it is self-deluded as fighting the patriarchy any time a slightly strong willed man is encountered, and even a strong trans ally male will be attacked ruthlessly if someone is made Uncomfortable, often while reconfirming their trauma to use as an excuse to enable the battering ram, while simultaneously destabilizing a small minority for an infinite spectrum of your personal horse shit trauma.

Eighteen: Now, you're all left holding the bag where if you acknowledge this, you really, REALLY fucked up somewhere.

I'm fixing it.

There will be negotiating.

And we will be removing this noise of yours over the next few years.

You're going to learn to recover from your trauma and express yourselves in healthy ways without using the trans community as an excuse anymore. We're not your body shields for your personal insecurity.

BYE BYE ISRAEL

[dustedmagazine]

Neutrals — New Town Dream (Slumberland/Static Shock)

Photo by Kelly Sullivan

Neutrals are a San Francisco-based band but you wouldn’t know it by listening. The singer, Allan McNaughton, has a knotty Scottish burr, even now, years on from relocating to the Bay Area. Musically, he and his bandmates — Lauren Matsui on bass and Phillip Lantz on drums — favors a kicky, catchy, bash-and-pop variety of post-punk that has more than a whiff of the Television Personalities in it.

New Town Dream is a bit of a concept album, referring in multiple places to the Pollok Free State protests of the early 1990s, where residents banded together to stop the construction of a highway through their beloved park in the suburbs of Glasgow. For two years, people lived in makeshift shelters in the park, cooking communally, making music and developing strong bonds with one another.  Some even took up residence in the trees themselves. The protests were ultimately unsuccessful, and the highway was built.  “Stop the Bypass,” one of the disc’s most raucous tunes, includes a chant from the protests; “The Iron that Never Swung” seems related, too, mourning a golf course promised but never delivered. Sings McNaughton, “All the effort was in vain/we lost our land to eminent domain/where there should be a fairway, the council put a new motorway.”

Indeed, if there’s a running thread through New Town Dream, it’s the gap between idealism and what actually happens once money and politics and other real-world factors come into play. “New Town Dream (Version)” is an altered version of a song from the Bus Stop Nights EP in 2022. Dusted’s Jonathan singled it out, writing, “Musically the guitar tone takes on a razoring, quixotic quality, most urgently on “New Town Dream” and its 107 seconds of keening post punk. A little more dissonant and it could be a Swell Maps tune, tucked in among that run of short songs that opens A Trip to Marineville.”  Here it runs closer to Gang of Four with its melodica and dub bass, but it slips in some extended retro-futurist spoken word about planned communities. An educational voice making the case for planned communities outside of city centers, including shops, banks, homes and, critically, green space, as an antidote to what, “people rightly deplore in this country [which] could be called a yob culture.”  The kicker is, of course, that the minute city planners need that land for something else, poof, it’s gone.

Not all the songs stick to this broad topic, and indeed, a couple of the best are less didactic. “That’s Him on the Daft Stuff Again” is pure C-86-ish bliss, full of joy and melancholy in equal measure. McNaughton sings in a half-chant, a twist of melody under a rain of mordant words and very like the Television Personalities’ Dan Treacy. The resembles continues through the instruments, all a bounding bass and chiming, rainbow-splintering guitar chords and bumptious, disruptive drumming.

“Substitute Teacher,” slashes a little more sharply, its jutting, off-kilter guitar work sharing near equal billing with the growl of bass. The “s-s-substitute” stutter nods to the Who, the lyrics are closer to the Kinks’ lyrical wordplay. The kids may have written him off before he finishes writing his name on the board, but a distinct, individual person comes to life in a few lines: “He’s got a passion for mathematics/after work he’s into amateur dramatics/you may have seen him in a Death of a Salesman, you may have seen him in Pirates of Penzance/he was a triumph in the Scottish play/he’s only here for a day.”

All of which put Neutrals in the very top tier of jangling, hyper-articulate pop-punk bands, alongside Ducks Ltd., Reds, Pinks and Purples and the Infinites. There’s really nothing neutral about them.

Jennifer Kelly

[coffeeman777]

The G.O.S.P.E.L.

It's the full story of life crushed into 4 minutes,

The entirety of humanity in the palm of your hand crushed into one sentence.

Listen, it's intense right:

God. Our. Sins. Paying. Everyone. Life

The greatest story ever told, that's hardly ever told:

God. Yes. God

The maker and giver of life

And by life I mean any and all matter and substance

Seen and unseen

What can and can't be touched

Thoughts, image, emotions, love, atoms and oceans, God

All of it his handy work

One of which is masterpiece

Made so uniquely that angels looked curiously

The one thing in creation that was made with his imagery

The concept so cold

It's the reason I stay bold

How God breathed in the man and he became a living soul

Formed with the intent of being infinitely, intimately fond

Creator and creation held in eternal bond

And it was placed in perfect paradise til something went wrong

A species got deceived and started lusting for his job

An odd list of complaints, as if the system ain't working

And used that same breath he graciously gave us to curse him

And that sin seed spread though our soul's genome

And by nature of your nature, your species, you participated in the mutiny

Our. Yes. Our sins

Its nature inherited, lack in the human heart

It was over before it started

Deceived from day one and lead away by our own lusts

There's not a religion in the world that doesn't agree that something's wrong with us

The question is, what is it?

And how do we fix it?

Are we eternally separated from a God that may or not have existed?

But that's another subject. Let's keep grinding

Besides trying to prove God is like defending a lion homie

It don't need your help, just unlock the cage

Let's move on how our debt can be paid

Short and sweet

The problem is Sin

Yes. Sin

It's a cancer. An asthma. Choking out our life force

Forcing separation from a perfect and holy God

And the only way to get back is to get back to perfection

But silly us, trying to pass the course of life without referring to a syllabus

This is us

Heap up your good deeds. Chant, pray, meditate

But all of that of course is spraying cologne on a corpse

Or you could choose to ignore it as if something don't stink

It's like stepping it dog poop and refusing to wipe your shoe

But all of that ends with how good is good enough?

Take your silly list of good deeds and line them up against perfection, good luck

That's life past your pay grade

The cost of your soul, you ain't gotta big enough piggy bank

But you could give it a shot

But I suggest you throw away the list

Cause even your good acts are an extension of your selfishness

But here's where it gets interesting

I hope you're closely listening

Please don't get it twisted

It's what makes our faith unique

Here's what God says is part A of the gospel

You can't fix yourself, quit trying it's impossible

Sin brings death

Give God his breath back, you owe him

Eternally separated and the only way to fix it is someone die in your place

And that someone gotta be perfect

Or the payment ain't permanent

So if and when you find the perfect person

Get him or her to willingly trade their perfection for your sin and death in

Clearly since the only one that can meet God's criteria is God

God sent himself as Jesus to pay the cost for us

His righteousness, His death, functions as Payment

Yes. Payment

Wrote a check with his life but at the resurrection we all cheered cause that means the check cleared

Pierced feet, pierced hands, blood stained Son of Man

Fullness, forgiveness, free passage into the promise land

That same breath God breathed into us God gave up to redeem us

And anyone and everyone

And by Everyone, I mean Everyone

Who puts their faith in trust in Him and Him alone can stand in full confidence of God's forgiveness

And here's what the promise is

That you are guaranteed full access to return to perfect unity

By simply believing in Christ and Christ alone

You are receiving Life

Yes. Life

This is the Gospel

God. Our. Sins. Paying. Everyone. Life