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GME - EndGame part 4: The Saga Continues

GME - EndGame part 4: The Saga Continues
This is an extension of my DD series on GME. If you haven’t read them and have time, they will provide some background on my previous predictions, some of which have already come true. In this post, I’ll share my thoughts on what I think is going on, plus some tips to manage your positions and exits.
TL;DR: Shorts are in but likely want to get out. And they want to get out at the best price possible. See tips for managing positions.

Previous Important Posts

  • EndGame Part 1 (DTC Infinity) covered the short positions, the float, and potential snowball impacts of increasing prices, and argued that part of the reason that shorts haven’t closed was that it was pretty much impossible for shorts to close
  • EndGame Part 2 covered Cohen, fair market cap analysis, and potential investors, in which I talked about the amazing mid-to-long term potential for GME.
  • HEY SEC, if you’re reading please read this one - After the Citron tweet, I shared this fan fiction on what looked like blatant market manipulation by shorts on the day of the tweet, and offered some education on strengthening your position. This one got buried and is worth reading.
  • EndGame Part 3 covered the gamma squeeze, potential shady tactics by MMs, and some tips for staying safe.

What’s happening with the price?

We’re still gamma squeezing

Many media outlets are reporting this as a “short squeeze”. They’re only partially right, as if Melvin isn’t lying they’ve already been squeezed out.
However, the reality is so far we’ve been Gamma squeezing - repeatedly - and some shorts have been casualties along the way.
See this post for a deeper explanation, but the essence of it is that market-makers have to buy shares to hedge the calls they sell. The more calls people buy, the more shares they MMs have to hedge with. As I explained in part 1, GME has ultra low liquidity, i.e. there’s waaaay fewer actively traded shares than what shorts need to buy to cover with, and then when you get lots of people buying calls and shares in the hot new stock it just removes more availability from the market.
As a result, when MMs buy shares to hedge, it moves the price of the underlying up. Combine that with the buying pressure of people piling into a stock climbing 100% a day, shorts getting liquidated, and it’s a perfect storm.
Today, GME closed at $347 (before the after market selloff, but i’ll get to that soon).
320 calls were added yesterday. Similarly, when 115cs were added we squeezed to >115 in two days. Same story with 60c’s etc.
Remember this commentary from EndGame part 3 on Friday’s price action:
Notice how the stock dropped from a high of $75 on Friday to below 60 - the highest expiring SP for the 1/22 options, and stayed tight in range for the rest of the day. Now, for compliance reasons, MM are required to be neutral by EOD, so 20 minutes before close, MMs had to buy back all their short positions, which led to the strong close above 60.
All this led me to believe that the real fair market price for GME was above $65. Without the market makers interference, GME would have closed higher.
Now, what happened today? We opened at $351, more than double the previous close of $145 and after the morning profit taking, we squeezed to a high of $372 as MMs furiously tried to hedge the 320 calls they sold you the day before for peanuts.
See, the thing is, Kenny G doesn’t like to lose money. The magical method Citadel’s market makers make money, is that they sell you call giving you the right to buy shares at a certain price, say $320, for the nice price of $10/share (for example). Now, as long as Citadel’s MMs can buy all the shares they have to give to you for less than $320, that $10 is free money. However, when the underlying moves too fast, the MMs have to buy shares for more than $320, and Kenny G does not like that.
Today was a shock to the MMs that sold all the 320cs yesterday. A six-sigma event after a six-sigma event after a six-sigma event. Yet again, within days (a day?) of offering new, higher strikes - every call option ever sold was in the money, before they had a chance to adequately hedge.

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So, just as on Friday, if the price got too high above $320, market makers dug into their bag of tricks to start selling it off. (People taking profits here helped too.) However, multiple times, when GME went below $300, MMs took their opportunity to hedge the 1/29 calls. So, just as before, we traded in a tight range around the highest strike.
My conclusion from this action the first time was that GME’s fair price was being actively suppressed, and it proceeded to 5x in the next few days. There’s a possibility we’re in a replay and will see more upward movement on delta hedging alone.
The point of this is: I think shorts are feeling the squeeze, for sure, reporting massive mark-to-market losses. But I believe the shorts are still in.

Shorts are still in

As of Wednesday morning, Ortex was estimating a short interest of 65M shares, down from 71M shares the day before.

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If you’ve read my Part 1 (DTC Infinity), you’ll hopefully recall my thesis that there are actually less than 24M shares available, and therefore that it would be nigh impossible for shorts to close. Since then a slew of new investors have piled in to buy and hold GME, from little guys like us to big-ass-whales like Blackrock increasing their holdings to 13% of GME.
So what? I think the available shares for shorts to buy are down to under 20M, and they have to buy 65M shares to close. Shorts have barely begun to cover. We’ve only been increasing the cost of their exits!
Now, let’s talk about Melvin Capital. I loved watching Chamath defend retail investors and argue against the institutional leveraged shorting that got us here in the first place, but I also learned something interesting that helped me understand how the 140% short interest had in the first place, and how the unwinding may go.
At 2:10 Chamath saysGabe Plotkin is one of the giants of our era, but at the end of the day, what happens is that his trades are copied by umpteen other hedge funds that follow along
This tells me 2 things:
  • A lot of hedge funds (likely Maplelane, D1, Viking, Point72, and more) followed each other into this short. Much like retards like us get behind good DD shared in the open, these institutional retards got together with their cigars and golf clubs behind closed doors and decided together to go in together against GME.
  • If Melvin is really out, it’s unlikely the other funds are going to want to stay in, lest they be compared poorly to Melvin if GME continues to go against them. The other shorts want out.
Chamath also tells us that prime brokers (the brokers that hedge funds use) are seeing “the biggest 4-day degrossing from hedge funds they’ve ever seen”.
Again, the problem is - there just aren’t enough shares. Shorts have dug themselves a massive grave by shorting more shares in existence and continuing to short while Cohen grabbed up 9M shares, institutions added to their positions, and retail traders piled in.
For boomers like this tard that can’t understand why the price is so high - go back to Econ 101, supply and demand bitch.

It’s costing shorts incredible $ to hold their positions

Here’s all the ways shorts are losing money.
  • They pay borrow fees to loan the stock. At one point today, the GME stock borrow fee hit 250% for new borrows. At $300/share that’s $2/day. That doesn’t sound like much right? What if you shorted at $50?
  • The short position on GME has ballooned to $25BN from a low of $1B. The borrow fees are applied to the latest closing price, not the price you shorted at.
  • Funds are paying interest fees on the margin they are using for the short
  • And oh yeah, GME’s up like 800% in 5 days.

Dirty tactics continue

At this point, I think “THEY” have figured out that gamma squeezes are absolutely destroying hedge funds. So what do they do?
  • THE BIGGEST DIRTIEST TACTIC OF ALL - they only allow you to sell, not buy. HEY SEC, WHY ARE SHORTS STILL ALLOWED TO SHORT WHEN LONGS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BUY. WHY ARE INSTITUTIONS ALLOWED TO COLLUDE?
    • This is insane. Funds, prime brokerages, and market makers all stood to lose money so they disabled trading of GME due to "volatility". Citadel invests in Melvin capital. Then brokerages shut down buying!
  • Brokerages down
  • Options not loading
  • Restrict retail trading on GME
    • I’m seeing reports that retail buyers not allowed to hold more than 100 GME options now
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  • This is a direct defense against more gamma squeezes and an attack on retail investors, giving institutions a distinct advantage.
  • HEY Shortsellers Enrichment Corporation - how is it ok for Citron to buy thousands of puts minutes before their tweet and how is it ok for prime brokers to give hedge funds 10-100x leverage, but the little guys can’t have more than 100 options total?
    • Personally, I don’t really do 100s of options all at once but now I really want to. Fuck this.
  • More short ladder attacks. Look at after-hours trading on GME - a rapid short ladder attack during low-volume trading in order to bring the price down.
  • If you use stop losses on GME and leave them on, you will get stop-loss hunted.

Ripple effects of the squeeze
  • These hedge funds that are short GME, are also short other equities like BBBY, AMC, etc.
  • These hedge funds are also long other shares with leverage, so the ONLY way they’re staying alive and not covering their shorts, is that they’re reducing their long leverage. This means selloffs in the broader market as they have to shore up their margin requirements against the massive short squeezes in their portfolios.

I believe we’re at a tipping point

  • I don’t believe shorts have really covered yet. They have defended by getting capital infusions and reducing their long leverage. I.e. they have begun liquidating long positions.
  • If GME climbs more, they will be forced to cover and liquidate.

Things to be careful about

As you can see, this is no easy win. In addition to the suggestions I wrote about in this post, here’s some things to be careful about.
  • There are threats to halt trading. Shares are safe, they do not expire. Calls can be destroyed by tactics like buying halts.
  • Be careful about swapping ITM calls for OTM calls: it can be tempting to trade-up your options for higher return, but be mindful of the delta impact. You may actually be driving the sale of shares by MMs when you don’t mean to. For example, if you sell a .5 delta call for 2 .2 delta calls, that’s net reduction of 10 shares that MMs have to hold long as leverage.
  • Be careful about being short any calls this week: Not only do you limit your upside (which is dumb in the prospect of a squeeze), you could end up in a nightmare scenario. A call that ends OTM on Friday could end up ITM after hours if you didn’t sell it, and you may get assigned while the underlying continues to go up. Close spreads if your short legs are deep ITM unless you want to risk early assignment and high hard-to-borrow fees.
  • There are a few other dirty tactics shorts can play. I’m not specifically going to share them here because I don’t want to give the ideas circulation, but
    • Choose your own limit sells based on personal sell points. Don’t copy others and don’t try to be memey. Make your own decisions.
    • Stop sharing your positions publicly. I know this is anti-wsb, and I think sharing them is great for this community, but in the case of GME it’s an attack vector for you.
  • Be careful of holding weeklies until expiration. Remember the multiple trading halts? What if trading gets halted on Friday at 2pm and doesn’t resume for the rest of the day? All your 1/29 calls would expire worthless. Depending on your broker and your cash positions, maybe even your ITM ones. Roll (or sell, if you’re taking profits) your weeklies well before expiration.
  • Be careful about buying on margin. Brokers are rapidly increasing margins. If you bought on margin with 2:1 leverage, and the stock went up 100%, you’d be in margin call even without a margin change. If the broker moves margin against you, you’ll get to margin call faster.
  • Don’t bet more than you can afford to lose. I’ve been in GME long enough to know that just when you think going up is a sure thing (remember last Monday with the short sale restriction?), you can be surprised by a new trick. If you bet it all on weeklies all at once, you may not be able to recover from being wrong on the timing. Consider longer expiry or spreading your purchases out. I’ve held through multiple 30-40% drawdowns in the underlying; and held through a 50% drawdown today, so you need to be ready for the volatility.
  • Watch out for stop loss hunts. It’s common practice for shorts to hunt for stop losses for cheap shares. If you’ve set a stop loss, be really sure about it.
  • Don’t sell on dips. You’re only helping the shorts. If you need to sell to take profits, sell when it’s heading up. Sell high, not low retards.
  • Save dry powder to buy on dips. Dips manufactured by shorts are buying opportunities. Take advantage of folks with paper hands to capture shares at low points. GME has incredible daily volatility. Set a low limit buy and just wait for the order to fill. Have patience when buying.
This is not financial advice; do your own DD. I’m holding over $1M in shares and calls. I AM NOT SELLING WHEN THE BUYING MARKET HAS BEEN REMOVED. YOU ARE BOUND TO NOT GET A FAIR MARKET PRICE.
Update New ortex data shows 51M short interest. So the covering has begun.
Update 2: what you are seeing in the price drops is likely the gamma squeeze in reverse. People are rightly selling their short term calls, so MMs are selling shares they bought to hedge. That drives the price down, which then causes more de-hedging. This is all a manufactured selloff by elimination of ability of people to buy the equity and should absolutely be investigated. It's very likely the big boys knew the buying restriction was coming and started the selloff last night.
Update 3: getting angrier by the minute. Reviewing the volume and price action and shorts bought in volume at the absolute bottom. This mothefucker, Steve Cohen, who bailed out Melvin and previously accused of insider trading is now GLOATING after this blatant trick https://twitter.com/StevenACohen2/status/1354864321134735360?s=09
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50 reasons to quit porn for the rest of the year

50 Reasons to Quit Porn forever in 2021
  1. Have better sex/ understanding of sex.
The biggest lie porn sells is that it’s fantasy world is filled with six positivity. What it doesn’t mention, however, is that the deeper the consumer dives into that fantasy world, the more likely the reality is to become just the opposite.
  1. It’s like a drug.
On the surface, cocaine and porn don’t seem to have a lot in common. But more and more studies are coming out showing that consuming pornography tricks your brain into releasing the same pleasure chemicals as other behaviors or even drugs
  1. Habits and addictions can escalate
Because of its addictive nature, in order to retain the same level of interest and excitement, an individual usually needs an ever increasing dosage of porn and constantly evolving material. overovertime their appetite escalates to more hard-core versions just to achieve the same level of arousal
  1. Improve behavior
sooner or later consumers start to find themselves getting aroused by things that used to disgust them or that go against what they think deep down is right. once they start regularly watching extreme and dangerous sex acts. these porn consumers are being taught that those behaviors are more normal than they actually are
  1. Form deeper connections.
The porn industry objectifies people. There’s nothing romantic or realistic about porn, and it seriously puts a disconnect between the consumer and reality. this makes it hard for them to have an intimate connection with a real person
  1. Appreciate your body
The make up, surgery, Photoshop, and acting that goes into porn gives us an unrealistic view of the human body and sexuality. we start to subconsciously compare ourselves to what we’re seeing, m causing overthinking and low self-esteem when it comes time to be intimate
  1. Appreciate those you’re attracted to
In addition to affecting the way we see ourselves , porn can cause consumers to under appreciate the opposite sex by training them to see others as sexual objects and not as humans with beautiful and unique features.
  1. Prevent sexual dysfunctions
Porn 90% of the time leads to less sex and less satisfying sex. for a surprising amount of consumers, porn eventually means no sex at all.but thankfully there hope. the cure is to quit porn and let your brain rewire and return to normal
  1. stop supporting sex trafficking.
The facts are clear the clicking porn directly fuels the demand for sex trafficking. there are countless victims of human sex trafficking who are forced to have sex on camera. even in the “legitimate” adult industry, porn performers are frequently victims of violence coercion and drug abuse
  1. Porn promotes violence against women
From making actors participate in unsafe sex to the countless real stories of performers speaking out about the rape violence and drugs behind the camera. there is certainly a dark reality to the industry. porn tries to normalize this exploitation.
  1. Porn can lead to violent behavior
The majority of mainstream porn is packed full of people, especially women,being physically and verbally abused. watching it takes a serious toll on the consumer. even the non-violent porn portrays a power difference between partners where men are in charge and women are submissive sex objects. learning this behavior can influence your mind significantly
  1. Increase your creativity
Porn clogs up your imagination with cheap content that disconnect you from feeling real passion and motivation
  1. Live a more honest life
Not every porn consumer lies about their addiction, but 90% feel shamed and obligated to hide it. whether they admit or not, they know that their partner wouldn’t like the idea of them sexually bonding to a computer screen. when you live a lie for long enough, you start to convince yourself of it as well. The more lies you tell, the harder it becomes to tell the truth about anything
  1. Free up some time
Porn consumers spend anywhere between a few minutes to a few hours daily consuming these harmful images. If you spent just 10 minutes a day watching porn, that’s over 60 hours at the end of the year you could’ve spent doing something beneficial to your life
  1. Find someone special
In porn, everything from the way people look to how and why they have sex is a lie. porn consumers often get so obsessed with chasing something that isn’t real that they miss out on actual relationships
  1. Be a better partner
Porn doesn’t just affect you, it affects your partner as well. A great deal of information exist for those suffering from porn addiction, but partners are often left feeling alone with equally real wounds of their own. partners of porn consumers commonly feel betrayed and neglected when their significant other chooses to share their sexuality with a screen instead of them
  1. Become a better parent
Children and teens these days are exposed to hard-core porn at a young age. be an educated parent who can inform your kids of the negative impacts of porn
  1. Become a better friend
Your porn habit can isolate you from valuable social time with friends, and the shame that comes with watching porn can cause you to be distant at social gatherings
  1. Maintain mental/emotional health
Being tied to a consistent porn habit requires you to spend a lot of time alone and can quickly make you uninterested in the every day pleasures of life such as having conversations with real people and being active
  1. Take back control
Research shows that one in five people who regularly watch porn admit to feeling controlled by their sexual desires. as a result, many consumers start feeling like somethings wrong with them because they don’t know how to be turned on by a real person. this only leads to watching more porn because it’s the only escape that works
  1. Be the author of your own sexuality.
With the exaggerated bodies in rehearsed scenes in porn, consumers can quickly lose perspective on their own natural desires as well as their partners. unplugging from porn will help you become more in tune with what you and your partner went instead of influencing you to reenact what you’ve seen in porn
  1. Increase sexual energy
Many people deep in their porn habit can often be too busy venting their sex drive through porn. they’re not going to have much interest in real sexual intimacy with a partner. you may have already experienced a lack of drive for the inability to perform with your partner but by quitting porn you’ll likely reclaim that natural energy
  1. Increase overall energy
It’s obvious the porn consumed your time and your sexual tension, do you think about how that doesn’t leave you with energy for much else, ejaculating every day takes away many vital nutrients that your body needs for energy
  1. Regain focus
People often watch porn as an escape when they become overwhelmed by the daily decisions of life.quitting porn allows you to assume responsibility and become accountable for your own goals
  1. Reclaim self confidence
A belief in yourself is a huge casualty of consistent porn consumption. people who feel they don’t have control over their porn habit often believe they are broken human beings with a damaged capacity to love and feel joy. these negative feelings come from your own negative feelings about porn mixed with your inability to quit or from any of the negative side effects that go with it
  1. Protect your marriage/ relationship
Whether you were currently married or one day hope to be, it’s a sure bet that porn is a poisonous ingredient in a marriage or any type of committed relationship. porn will lead to a broken family/relationship
  1. Save your money
Porn is a global estimated $97 billion industry with 12 billion of that coming from the United States
  1. Maintain your natural sexuality
Porn removes the concept of intimacy and emotional connection from sex. It teaches consumers that sex is about taking selfish pleasure rather than giving love
  1. Protect your passions
The more you consume porn, the less desire you might have for the things that previously got you excited .the things you once knew in life as fun now lack the shock factor that porn gives the brain
  1. Prevent sexual compulsion/ addiction
Porn can create a constant need for sexual material that needs to be fueled,but is never truly satisfied
  1. Don’t bond to a screen
Watching porn triggers the release of oxytocin tricking your brain and essentially bonding you to the experience of sexual release to pixels
  1. Prevent anxiety
When consumers feel like they have to be watching porn or can’t stop thinking about it, it creates serious anxiety. not to mention this anxiety can transfer over to the bedroom and contribute some porn induced erectile dysfunction. another form of anxiety occurs when a consumer gives into porn when he says he will never watch porn again, thinking he will never escape
  1. Prevent depression
Porn is often used as a self-medicating tool which only leads to feeling worse than before. when you feel bad about giving in to the porn, you go to the only thing that will make you happy again, more porn
  1. Live without shame
It’s pretty simple, no porn equals no porn fueled shame . no more secrecy and no more isolation.
  1. Increase productivity
A survey done on the no fab community observed that 67% of those who quit had an increase in energy levels as well as productivity
  1. Be better at your job
Quitting porn will boost confidence, motivation, and energy which will definitely help you at your job. there are real stories of people being caught watching porn at work.that would be a sad life to live
  1. Prevent STDs
Researchers have found that people who have seen a significant amount of porn are more likely to start having sex sooner and with more partners and to engage in riskier kinds of sex, putting them at a greater risk of getting STDs
  1. Be proud of yourself
Quitting porn is one of the hardest addictions to break. you can also stand out in the crowd and not be like most men today
  1. Better the world
By recognizing that porn is hurting you and others around you, you can spread knowledge to the world about the negative impacts of porn
  1. Ditch loneliness
Porn can fulfill feelings of loneliness in exchange for making them worse in the long run. porn promises immediate satisfaction endless excitement, and easy intimacy, but in the end it robs a consumer of all three
  1. Avoid normalizing violence.
It’s grown normal for 11-year-olds to be exposed to the most hard-core degrading content imaginable. imagine what that does to their expectations for real life relationships and true intimacy
  1. Respect others more
Choosing real love and choosing not to consume porn means that you’re that much better at respecting others and yourself
  1. Object to objectification
We fight against porn because people aren’t just the sum of their parts to be used and discarded without a second thought
  1. Ditch fake sex
Don’t take sex tips from an industry that profits from fake orgasms
  1. Protect children
By avoiding porn you’re avoiding the twisted and unhealthy fetishes of kids and teens and that is a great thing to stand behind
  1. Enjoy real, flawed bodies.
Photoshop isn’t something you can have in real life, but that’s a good thing. perfection means predictable and boring, but real flawed human bodies are unique and beautiful
  1. Avoid romanticizing unhealthy relationships
Real intimacy is a world of satisfaction and excitement that doesn’t disappear when the screen goes off. it’s the breathtaking risk of being vulnerable with another human being that makes intimacy so amazing
  1. Have realistic expectations for sex and relationships
Relationships are hard work. they aren’t always flawless and neither is the sex if it’s involved. It won’t be easy and perfect every single time. love can be messy but that’s the beauty of it. it’s real not synthetic. it’s natural not produced. real love is immeasurably better than porn because real love is exactly that- it’s real
  1. Believe in love
Sometimes when porn has clouded a consumers idea of what healthy relationships are and what real love can provide, they start to believe it doesn’t exist. some consumers have started to believe that real healthy love doesn’t exist and that’s not true. love is worth fighting for
  1. Choose real love
This is by far the most important reason to quit porn
So what are some ways to quit porn? A great list of things I do are below, but there are more. -Workout -take supplements like zinc, fish oil, l arginine, magnesium. -read -take cold showers -delete social media or only install it when you are around people -run -socialize -rewire with a girlfriend if you have one -Avoid artificial stimulation at all cost. If it’s pixels on a screen and it’s turning you on, avoid it. -stay busy -eat healthy and drink a lot of water - set goals
There are more, but these are some great ones I have been applying recently.
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[This Quest is Bullshit] - Chapter 75: Headaches

[This Quest is Bullshit] - Chapter 75: Headaches
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“So,” Eve started as she led her companions through the broad thoroughfares of Pyrindel, “how much did you bet on me?”
“Not much,” Wes replied, disappointment in his voice. “Odds were eighteen to one against you, and the bookies only carry a hundred silver in these earlier. Only let me wager five.” He grinned. “Still cleaned him out, though.”
Eve shook her head. “Shame. Doubt I’ll ever get odds that good again.”
Preston snorted. “You beat a tournament favorite so bad the Archbishop herself had to intervene. If you’re not predicted to win every match until the finals those bookies are drunk.”
Wes exhaled. “I’m still disappointed none of you bet on me.”
“I bet against you,” Eve said, “but that was with Preston. None of the bookies were close enough when you stepped up.”
“And I’m glad they weren’t,” Preston added. “You technically lost, remember?”
“Only technically,” Wes replied. “And now I don’t have to fight through a whole tournament to make an impression. I’d count that as a win.”
“That’s exactly what a loser would say,” Eve teased.
“No, I’m pretty sure losers say ‘ramtshit, I demand a rematch!’” Wes gave his best Roric impression.
“What even is a ramt?” Preston asked.
Eve shrugged. “Hells if I know. And I actually feel a bit sorry for him.”
Preston raised an eyebrow. “Sorry for him, or sorry for his muscles?”
Eve ignored him. “I mean, imagine traveling all this way, grinding up to level sixty-three, and being named one of the tournament favorites, just to be paired against me in round one. It’s really not fair.”
“Feeling humble tonight, are we?” Wes chuckled.
Eve flashed a grin. “It’s not my fault I’m so great.”
Preston rolled his eyes. “I’m just curious what they’re gonna do for your next match. There’s a reason we had to wait an hour for the bout after yours. Divine Intervention isn’t cheap.”
“Really? It looked an awful lot like a fancy version of your Ayla’s Ward.”
The healer nodded. “That’s because it pretty much is. Divine Intervention is a tier 5 upgrade to Ayla’s Bulwark, which is a tier 4 upgrade to Ayla’s Ward. Get me to level a hundred and I can start doing it too. That doesn’t answer the question though. Archbishop Callandria can’t keep using it every time you fight, both for Mana reasons and because if she casts it too soon it’d end the bout unfairly and if she casts it too late your opponent dies. Roric’s lucky she was as quick as she was today.”
“Maybe they’ll schedule me for the end of the day? At least that way the next match won’t be delayed while the Archbishop recovers her Mana.”
Preston continued, “That still leaves her with the task of deciding your matches before you even land a blow. You saw how pissed Roric was today, and even if it’s the only way to keep your opponents alive, if you fight through the whole tournament like this, there will always be a question of whether you truly deserved to win.”
“So what am I supposed to do?” Eve asked. “Just kill ‘em in the ring?”
“Well, no,” the Caretaker answered. “But you might consider toning down the Mana Rush a bit. You just need enough Strength to trigger Cheat Death; you don’t need to wipe out their entire bloodline from the annals of history.”
“That doesn’t seem quite fair,” she argued. “How am I supposed to know how much Strength is enough? What if Roric had a defensive skill I didn’t know about? Too little Strength and I could just outright lose the match.”
Wes snorted. “Mana Rush isn’t fair. Asking you to rein it in is absolutely reasonable.”
Preston nodded. “Would you rather your opponents wind up dead? Or maybe the tournament officials will disqualify you like they did Wes.”
“I doubt that,” Eve said. “The competitors knew Cheat Death wasn’t perfect when they signed up, and I’m not a threat to the spectators, the coliseum, and Pyrindel itself.”
“Hey,” Wes protested, “I only burned the enchantments a little.”
“Oh, you mean the enchantments put there to stop wayward spells from murdering audience members? The ones specifically stopping your fire from burning the arena to a crisp? Those enchantments?” Eve laughed. “Well as long as it was only a little.”
When can I try? Art, who’d been thus far quietly reading the thoughts of passersby, joined the conversion. I wanna fight!
Preston patted him on his feathered head. “The tournament is for humans, Art. I don’t think it’d be fair to let a Trellac enter.”
But Eve’s not human! Art insisted. And Wes is only half human.
Wes rubbed his temples. “Do… do I want to know what the other half is?”
Half idiot! The hatchling cheerfully sent.
Wes frowned. Preston snorted. Eve cackled.
After several moments of belly-shaking, tear-welling laughter, the Defiant finally managed to collect herself enough to address Wes and Preston’s questioning looks. “What? You’re not the only one who can teach him things.”
“And you went with ‘half human, half idiot’?”
“Hey,” Preston said with a slight smile of his own, “at least you’re not a full idiot.”
Eve affectionately ruffed the feathers atop Art’s head. “Flawless timing, kid. Excellent work.”
The Trellac replied with a simple wave of pure emotional pride, not enough to actually influence anyone else’s own state of mind, but plenty to understand his meaning.
“Now let’s get you back to the suite,” Preston said as the palace gates came into view. “I’m sure Reginald will want to hear all about today’s fights.”
“And while we’re at it—” Eve paused to flag down a passing page to request a cask of ale and a few plates of food as they stepped into the lavish hall— “I think a celebration is in order.”
Preston raised an eyebrow. “A celebration? It’s only round one.”
“Sure, but there’s still a few days before round two, and we have one decisive win and one… whatever Wes did to celebrate.”
The fire mage shrugged. “Good enough for me. And mine was definitely a win. I just won so hard the arena couldn’t handle it.”
Eve patronizingly patted him on the back. “Whatever you tell yourself so you don’t go crying into your massive signing bonus with Hard Company.”
“I’ve already told you, I’m not signing with Hard Com…” Wes exhaled. “You know what? Maybe a celebration is in order. Just so I have an excuse to drink enough ale to forget your Hard Company jokes.”
“Now that’s more like it.” Eve opened the door to her suite, leading the way into the luxurious bedchamber. “The night is young, the food is free, and the ale will flow just like the bad jokes.”
“I hope not,” Preston said. “The ale’s supposed to go into your mouth, not out from it.”
“Yeah,” Wes agreed, “let’s not have one of those nights.”
Eve opened her mouth to reply, but was cut off when a knock rang out at the chamber door. But a moment later, a procession of liveried servants marched in with several trays of roast meats, hearty stews, and buttery fish, as well as the all-important small keg. Eve didn’t even wait for them to leave before pouring herself a tankard.
“A toast,” she called, “to beating the tournament itself.”
Wes fetched himself a glass, raising it to the air. “Cheers to that. It’s absolute ramtshit, but cheers to that.”
“To ramtshit!” Preston added.
Eve grinned, taking a swig before echoing the sentiment.
“To ramtshit!”
——
Eve awoke the next morning feeling like ramtshit.
The trouble, she’d learned, with being a Manaheart, is that in order to experience any level of intoxication, she had to completely overwhelm her body’s ability to convert the alcohol into Mana. The process, however, left her needing to drink a truly unreasonable amount of water to stave off the morning after, a task she’d failed miserably the prior night.
At least with a bit of food and water her Ethereal Metabolism would have her right as rain sooner rather than later. After a moment spent rubbing her aching temples, the reason for her abrupt awakening reasserted itself.
Eve! Art’s sending overshadowed the polite yet unceasing knocking at her door. The silly man wants to talk with you.
Grumbling something about waking her up being anything but silly, Eve forced herself to her feet and crossed the bedchamber, caring little for the wrinkled state of the clothes she’d slept in. She yanked open the door to reveal Art accompanied by Wes, Preston standing in the antechamber, both looking far too alert given last night’s festivities. No doubt Preston had a few Lesser Healing-sized holes in his Mana pool.
In front of them all stood Charles, his fist poised to knock yet again at the wooden door.
“What do you want?” Eve half spoke half grunted.
The Steward dropped into his customary, unnecessarily extravagant bow. “Your excellency,” he greeted. “Lord Traft, military advisor to her majesty Queen Elric, has requested I arrange a meeting with you. I believe he wishes to discuss a potential defensive alliance with the people of New Burendia. What time might I let his lordship know you’re available?”
Eve froze. “I um…” She dragged the syllable out, her sluggish mind racing to summon any excuse to avoid negotiating treaties for her nonexistent kingdom. From behind the still-bowing Steward, Wes and Preston glared at her.
It was only as her belly began to loudly rumble that Eve’s pounding head managed to form some semblance of an idea. “I’m sorry,” she said in the haughtiest voice she could conjure her tired state, “but I simply cannot make plans on an empty stomach. Would you be so kind as to fetch me a loaf of bread to break my fast?”
“A loaf of bread.” The Steward nodded. “Of course, your excellency. I am at your service.” With that, he turned on his heel and swung open the front door, vanishing into the ostentatious hallway.
Eve grinned. “That oughta keep him busy for a while.”
“That was cruel,” Preston said flatly. “You’re gonna get him killed.”
“Nah, more likely he finds out the oven’s broken so he has to go into town, buys the bread, then finds the queen herself also wants bread this morning so he gives it to her, and she loves it so much she gives him a promotion and he forgets all about Lord Traft and his meeting with me.”
Wes stared at her. “That’s… an oddly specific prediction.”
Eve shrugged. “That or something else equally ridiculous but ultimately harmless. Even the bakeries I’ve burned down didn’t actually hurt anybody. Charles’ll be fine.”
“Alright,” Preston backed down, “but you’d better tip the poor man in gold when he inevitably comes back empty-handed after scouring every oven in Pyrindel for your bread.”
“Sounds fair.” Eve nodded. “He deserves it too, if only for dealing with nobles all day.”
“Nobles and you,” Wes added. “You’re high on his list of headaches too, you know.”
“Sure am,” Eve chimed, “but I’m number one on your list of headaches.”
“That you are, Eve.” Wes patted her on the back. “That you are.”
“Speaking of headaches…”
“Yeah, yeah.” She didn’t even need to finish her sentence for Preston to understand her meaning, lifting a hand to channel golden radiance across the room.
Eve shuddered under Ayla’s invasive judgement, both of the self-inflicted damage she’d done in the name of last night’s celebration, and of the fool’s errand she’d just gifted the hapless Steward. Even as her hangover vanished and the goddess’s light faded, a shadow of guilt remained.
She shrugged it away. Her life’s quest really hadn’t hurt anybody so far, she thought. Why should it start now? It wasn’t as if she’d sent the defenseless Steward into a dungeon, or anything. He might return a bit scraped up, a bit exhausted from chasing shadows all over town, but otherwise, Eve was sure that Charles would come out unharmed.
Probably.
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[Serial][UWDFF Alcubierre] Part 75

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An overwhelming sense of revulsion welled up within Kai as the story of the Amalgans unfurled in his consciousness. Neeria had not kept the information from him before, she had simply not seen any purpose to disclosing it. Until the moment the interlopers had appeared, they had been irrelevant. Now that they were relevant, they were introduced. It was a simple matter of funneling only that information that was useful to the subject at hand rather than overwhelming Kai with the full extent of Neeria's knowledge. To Kai, the justification rang hollow and the truth, now exposed, left him feeling violated, a reaction that Neeria was both confused and alarmed by. Kai did not want to share a mind with a creature capable of doing what Neeria had done. Did not want any relationship with any species that would so casually kill so many.
He had managed to hide his feelings from Joan, largely by allowing Neeria to steer the conversation until it had reached its conclusion, but now Kai demanded answers. He needed a way to reconcile what he had thought Neeria was with this new information.
But her answers were unsatisfying.
"Why would you do this?" Kai subvocalized, he had no desire for this conversation to be monitored by anyone who might be surveilling him. He needed to try to wrap his mind around the fact that Neeria, and her species, had killed thousands of others and figure out what that meant for him. Much of the faith he had in Neeria had evaporated along with his conviction that seeking out the Cerebella was an imperative.
"It was necessary," Neeria had replied. "No species is more valuable than the preservation of organic life."
"And what made you fit to pass judgment on them? How could you even know they would be a threat?" Kai said.
"Species that demonstrate certain traits, predilections and cultural norms have a statistical likelihood of introducing volatility into the Combine sufficient to undermine the stasis required to stall the incursion of the Expanse." Neeria pushed data into Kai's consciousness, displaying models of behavior, consequential deviation thresholds, historic precedents and any number of other rationalizations used to justify preemptive genocide.
Kai blanched. Somehow, reducing the motivation to cold math made it even more unsettling. More inhuman. "What about Humanity? We failed the First Contact Protocol, didn't we?"
"Under normal circumstances, Humanity would have been eliminated, but Humanity is not normal."
"Why?"
"This has been discussed. I have offered my conjectures, but I do not know the reason why Humanity is exceptional, only that the Cerebella has made exceptions for it. This has happened infrequently, and never since the earliest days of the Combine."
"There are other exceptions?" Kai asked.
"The Amalgans are an example. Premier Valast's race, the Mus, were as well. We required a highly productive, competitive race to seed the Combine's economy."
"Great, the two races that are now trying to destroy us," Kai said.
"This is the danger of making exceptions. In both instances, we believed control over the wormkeys would be sufficient to blunt the aberrant species' influence. This was largely true with the Amalgans, which were separated from the Combine. The Mus were considerably more successful, both by virtue of being Members and by their integral role as traders, despite numerous attempts to curtail their expansion. Their influence reached its zenith and they used economic power to create political power, allowing Valast to become Premier. A grave mistake with considerable consequences, but there was no basis in the Combine Compact to prevent it and acting unilaterally endangered what influence the Caretakers did possess."
Kai leaned back against wall and slowly slumped down, his gaze up on the dim overhead lighting of the Alcubierre's crew quarters. "I don't even know what I'm choosing between here. I don't know what else you've kept from me."
"This was not kept from you."
"Wasn't it? You know me now, Neeria." He jabbed a finger into the side of head at the temple. "You're in there. Don't pretend this is something you thought would go smoothly."
There was a long silence in response. Kai took that for confirmation.
"That's what I thought." Kai exhaled, a deep, exhausted breath. "Well, shit. It looks like Joan was right, again. She shouldn't trust us. I don't even trust us."
"The Cerebella remains the only option."
"We can fight. Just like Joan said. This is our home. We know this place. The rest of the galaxy doesn't. It's always been a bad idea to bet against us Humans, Neeria. We're warriors."
"So are the Amalgans." A long list of Outcome Reports flashed into Kai's consciousness. Each was the assessment of the Amalgans performance of a Cleanse Contract. In every case, the Amalgans were adjudged to have completed the task as assigned. It was a very long, very depressing list to absorb all at once. "We can predict little about their strategies and methods for any particular contract. Part of the arrangement is their right to conduct their business without interference, which hinders our understanding of their operations. What we do know is that they are extremely efficient, extremely versatile and extremely competent."
Additional information filtered into Kai's consciousness, including emissions harvests and system scans. The emissions harvests came from opening wormholes to capture radio waves and other forms of data emitted by the targeted species as they came under assault. There was precious little information on what occurred in the space conflicts, the targeted civilizations were typically thinly instrumented with weak space capabilities, but the devastation wrought on the planets was well documented. In most cases, enormous beams of light appeared and began to rapidly heat the surface of the planet. In other cases, seismic shifts occurred suddenly. In no cases did the Amalgans appear on the surface.
The imagery of the battles waged in space were just as alarming. A cubic ship would blink into existence, fire a beam of light from afar, and then blink out of existence. By the time the defender realized it was under assault, the Amalgan ship was already gone. In one particular instance, there was a diagram depicting the timeline of the assault. Somehow, the Amalgan ships had warped into existence at various distances and fired multiple times, coordinating their assault so all of the beam strikes would hit concurrently, multiplying their effective force from a dozen keyed vessels to over a hundred.
"Do you understand? They are a species that is defined by warfare on terms Humanity cannot possibly respond to. Their existence is premised on their ability to end the existence of others."
It was Kai's turn to be silent. A sheen of sweat now dotted forehead and his mouth was dry. When he spoke, it was with more uncertainty than he had moments earlier. "We still have the home field advantage. They don't know about the rules here."
"This is true, it is also why I believe Humanity has not already lost. The Amalgans are attempting to adapt to two things simultaneously. Fighting with a worm projector rather than keyed vessels, and fighting under different laws of physics. Their initial appearance was a scouting mission, an attempt to survey Sol and best determine how to approach the task of exterminating Humanity."
"Easier said than done."
"A true statement, but not enough to save Humanity. These are wrinkles to a problem they are well acquainted with, and they will be diligent in finding solutions. Time, resources and experience are on their side. Humanity is in the position of defense, which is always disadvantaged in space."
Kai gritted his teeth, wanting to push back, but he now knew what Neeria knew, and it was difficult to argue with the facts as they assembled in his mind. Humanity faced an unknown enemy of known capabilities. The assets on hand were considerable by Humanity's standards, but paltry for the proposed task of defending a planet. It was unlikely to be enough. Luck was not a strategy, neither was hoping for the best. They needed to tip the balance.
"Options?" Kai asked. The fire and anger that had driven him on so many other occasions, had guided his impulses for better or worse, seemed muted now. As much as he hated asking, as much as he hated being reliant upon Neeria, the cold logic of the situation won out.
"We will offer what information we can to Joan, but we must seek the Cerebella," Neeria said.
"What will the Cerebella do for us?"
"I do not know. It is not for one of my kind to know her will. She is above us. She carries the burden of the Combine. She wields great power, but I cannot presume to understand how that power would be deployed on Humanity's behalf or whether it would at all." A flash of uncertainty bled from Neeria's consciousness into Kai's, a burgeoning concern that her honesty would result in Kai's refusal to proceed.
The answer was unsettling, but it rang true. If Neeria's goal was to convince him, this was not a very strong argument. But perhaps she knew that. Perhaps that was why she led with it. How could he know whether the argument was genuine or crafted based on her access to how he thought?
The argument could go indefinitely, and the only question it all revolved around was one he no longer felt like he had a good answer to: Did he trust her?
Yesterday, yes.
Today?
"What else are you hiding from me?" Kai whispered, forgoing the sub-vocalizations. He wanted to hear the question. Wanted to know it was a thing that existed and wasn't just a figment of his imagination. Needed to experience it rather than just think it.
"I do not know how to answer that question in a satisfying way. I am willing to reveal the entirety of my knowledge stores to you, but it may have unanticipated consequences and I do not know how to make you certain that I have done as I said. I exist entirely with your own mind, but I am still a separate consciousness."
"Unanticipated consequences?" All that had happened since the Alcubierre had left Earth had been an unanticipated consequences. One long string of disasters, falling like dominoes into each other. Maybe that was just how life was. You make a choice and the universe shits on you and you just had to figure out how to die or live with it.
"Our separate consciousnesses are, in part, a product of different knowledge, experiences and so forth. As more information is shared between us, what remains of the wall between our consciousnesses will deteriorate. Your mind has already shown incredible elasticity, as demonstrated by my presence now, but it was not without cost," Neeria said. Kai remembered the cost. There was little chance he would forget the earth rending pain of having another consciousness seared into his brain. "It is unclear what a full share of what remains of me would have. This is an unprecedented situation."
"Would I still be me?" Kai asked.
"No, I do not believe so. You would be something else. Since your mind is the foundation, it would likely have primacy and shape the outcome, but there are no guarantees. There is also no certainty of our survival. It is a considerable risk for a questionable gain."
Kai bumped the back of his head against the wall of his quarters, considering the alternatives. He didn't trust Neeria, but he didn't think she was lying either. He just found it difficult to accept what she had done to get here. "What you had to," Kai whispered. Kai knew that justification. It was the same he had used during the war. At least Neeria had killed other species, he had been a part of the decimation of his own.
Was he any better? Was he prepared to be judged by the same standard?
The abyss of his past loomed large, always threatening to escape its cage and swallow the present. He had become an expert of compartmentalization, of walling off this dark corner and pretending it did not exist. But he knew what he had done. Who he had done it to. And...and the price he had paid for it. A price he couldn't bear when he allowed himself to think about it. There were phantoms in that corner, and they haunted him. Would consume him if he ever stopped to shine a light and look.
Memories of people.
A wife. Children.
Gone.
Kai knew what he had done, but Neeria did not. He had kept her from that corner. Denied her the key to it. She knew of its existence, but nothing more. He had invested too much into trying to hide that key to make a duplicate for someone else. He had hid behind the same excuse. That part of his past wasn't relevant to the here and now. Neeria did not need to know it, so he did not share it.
Forced to face it now, Kai knew why his mind had served as a hospitable place for Neeria. The answer was glaringly simple now that more had been revealed. They were both monsters. Two sides of the same genocidal coin.
There was no escaping that past.
And if there was to be a future for Humanity, the truth would need to be revealed. Kai could not hide from Neeria and she could not hide from him. Not if they were to proceed. Not if they were to be of use. There couldn't be trust without truth. No partnership without transparency.
If Kai was to seek the Cerebella, he must know there was nothing hidden. That he was not creating another problem for Humanity.
Kai reached up and rubbed his face, weathered hands pressing in to the contours of his eyes as he tried to come to terms with what he needed to do. "We have to finish what we started, Neeria," Kai said aloud, though it was muffled by his hands in front of his mouth. "No half in, half out. No cerebuddies. Just whatever we are when we just are."
"I see," Neeria replied, hesitant. Kai could sense her nervousness. She was uncertain, nervous about the risks.
"I'm not going to the Cerebella without doing it. Maybe everything you've said is true, but I don't know what you haven't said. I need it all. It's the only way to convince me."
"The danger--"
"Is what it is." He pushed himself up from his seat by the wall and shuffled over to his bed. "Based on everything you've said, we don't have much time before these Amalgans get to work." He laid down on the bed and drew a calming breath. "So let's get to it. Time for a walk down memory lane."
Kai swallowed, "I'll go first." He mentally focused on that dark corner, that place he had not dared tread for so long. He inserted the key into the lock, opening up the compartment. "Neeria, I'd like you to meet my family. I loved them more than anything, and they loved me."
A long pause.
"Until I killed them."
Tears streamed down Kai's face, and the searing pain began anew.
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Xy floated in the center of the tank, feeling the currents swirl around it. The restoration of power felt like a restoration more generally. It no longer felt as if their tank was a cage, it had once again become their home. While the flows could not return to the exact patterns they had followed beyond Sol, they had regained much of their strength and nuance, which was an acceptable alternative.
This restoration was only possible due to Humanity's efforts on their behalf. The Humans had provided the XiZ with a space born power generator utilizing an exotic process native to Sol known as cold fusion. After assessing the suitability of the power source and finding it satisfactory, the XiZ had concluded their negotiations with Humanity by agreeing to an economic and defense treaty.
There were many aspects to the agreement, Human Amahle had a level of thoroughness that Xy found innately pleasing. Were she a XiZ, Xy was quite certain the Ambassador would have been a Left, the highest compliment Xy could offer. The XiZ would remain in Sol as a part of a combined defense at least until the resolution of hostilities with the Combine, or until such time as their continued assistance would not alter the outcome as agreed upon by both parties. They would also agree to assist Humanity in its colonization efforts by providing wormholes to specified locations for the soon to launch colony vessels. There was various obligations with respect to trading and compensation for power supplies and wormhole production, all of which had been neatly described. The treaty was very satisfactory.
Zyy believed the outcome was due to Xy's prowess as a negotiator, which caused Xy to curl its cilia with contentment despite the obvious overstatement.
With function restored to the float, Xy and Zyy began to invest energy to the task they were best suited for: observation. Sol was a relatively small place to observe compared to the region Xy and Zyy had been tasked with as Observers among the Zix, but it did not have the pre-existing network Xy and Zyy had inherited. Humanity almost certainly established entangled observation network, not having one would be a serious oversight, but its presence and capabilities had not yet been provided to the XiZ and Xy was unwilling to remain blind. A network of this type was required for the defense of any space, permitting the network owners to detect faster than light incursions at a faster than light speed. Humanity's initial presence had been detected by such a system, which had been deployed along the border of the Sol Project as a precaution in case any threat to the Zix might emerge from the mysterious Restricted Zone.
Even if the Humans were unwilling to share their network, the the XiZ, as Observers, possessed the ability to erect such a network with the materials available within their tank. The need for the network was made apparent almost immediately, as the float's ingrained sensors had already detected numerous incursions into the Sol Project. They were delayed by the speed of light, but the flows depicted a single vessel, appearing from one wormhole and then quickly disappearing into a second. The process was then repeated.
The brief window of time the vessel was present within Sol was sufficient for the XiZ to gather a profile on it. The results were strange. The vessel did not maneuver. It did emit any radiation or other indicia of a surveillance effort, though the positioning of the wormholes relative to planets indicated that was the intended purpose. The vessel also did not emit an energy signature that would suggest a functioning power source, though it was possible such a thing was somehow shielded -- a remote possibility given the data gathering capabilities of the float. The more likely explanation was the ship's incompatibility with Sol. Few alien vessels would have the layers of redundancy and resilience a Zix float would possess and even their own float's functions have been considerably impaired when it had arrived.
Regardless of the alien vessel's success or failure to obtain information, its presence was of immediate concern. After compiling the data, it provided the information directly to Humanity and the Elephant as was required by their treaty, even though such data must surely be redundant of Humanity's capabilities in their home system. The XiZ also immediately re-prioritized given this new threat, an agility their former collective never would have exhibited. To survive, the XiZ must be prepared to adapt to the shifting flows. Process could not outweigh outcome.
Xy and Zyy floated beside one another, their cilia flailing wildly as they frantically reoriented the float from rehabilitation to defense. Processes that were not essential to the protection of Sol and Xiz's obligations under the treaty were immediately curtailed. There was no indication of how much time they might have, but both Xy and Zyy understood that the current would be swift. A great many tasks needed to be done quickly, and the XiZ intertwined multiple cilia, creating thought-threads around central priorities, division of labor, sharing of progress, and inbound data.
Xy would focus on communication and coordination with the Humans, ensuring their allies would receive the full benefit of their partnership with the XiZ. Information bridges would need to be formed to reduce transmission time between the XiZ. The departure of the first wave of colony ships would need to be carefully planned. Strategic planning and tactic development would need to be pursued immediately.
Zyy would focus on the logistics of the float and, most importantly, establishing the entanglement network as quickly as possible. They could not learn what their enemy planned at the speed of light, it was simply too slow. With little time, it would be difficult to erect an observation network with full coverage, but Zyy could focus on layers around key Human assets first. So long as the worm projector remained powered, Zyy predicted they could deploy a rudimentary network quickly via the use of projected wormholes to launch the entangled surveyors. Both Xy and Zyy imbibed some fluid in frustration at having not already done so.
Xy opened a line to the established communication channel for defense arrangements.
Xy: Spacetime Anamolies detected. Multiple wormhole incursions with single vessel invasion. Observation data provided. Recommend data linkage capable of parsing parameters in accordance with submitted data report. Commencing establishment of entangled observation network within Sol. Request prioritization of Human assets for coverage. Assumption of Earth as primary asset. Deployment of preliminary network seeds assessed to take [6 minutes]. Preliminary network will provide immediate information on all incursions within ten light seconds of Earth. Coverage will expand at an exponential rate proportionate to entanglement seed density within a region. Ten light minute coverage possible within [40 minutes]. If data is compatible, access to Humanity's entanglement network is an acceptable alternative.
The response was immediate.
UWDFF Command: We are in receipt of your message. Reviewing and will respond once proper authorization is obtained.
Then, a few seconds later.
Fleet Admiral Orléans: Your telemetry and data collection capabilities appear to be far advanced over our own. Unless there is reason to believe deployment of the observation network would interfere or interrupt with Earth's ability to defend itself, proceed with deployment immediately. A list of secondary assets will be provided, but the top priority is the preservation of Earth.
Xy was perplexed. Humans were capable of great feats, the Elephant in particular. It seemed very strange that a species that could resist the great flow of the Combine would spend so little effort on the defense of its own system. Perhaps the Humans had believed they were safe within Sol, that none would follow. Xy shot a thought-thread to Zyy on the subject, causing the Right to immediately swell as it drank in fluid at the realization that Humanity was blind. Zyy redoubled its efforts to prepare the entanglement seeds.
Xy desired greater clarification to ensure prioritization was proper.
Xy: Does Humanity not possess a faster-than-light observation network?
Fleet Admiral Orléans: It does not. It also does not have the capability to detect the vast majority of the data categories provided in your dataset. Those that we can detect, we generally detect at an lower level of granularity. Anything the XiZ can provide on this would be of great assistance.
The list of prioritized assets arrived shortly after. It listed the various Human settlements and economic interests throughout the solar system along with a ranking of value. Of interest to Xy was the inclusion of a non-Human asset on that list, the XiZ vessel itself. It was accorded an asset value of slightly less than Earth.
Fleet Admiral Orléans: We are redeploying elements of the First Armada, including my flag bearer, the UWDFF Sun Tzu, to your location to supplement your defense. Above all else, it is essential your vessel remains intact and free of the conflict wherever possible. Retreat if you are in direct danger, but remain in a position to assist first wave Exodus vessels.
Xy tapped the flows and monitored the Human ships. The XiZ currently had a defense provided by fifty Earth vessels. The number was now growing to over two hundred.
Perhaps Xy was good at negotiation after all.
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Which team NCT 127 and WayV are on during Rooftop Fight. Let's take a look of NCT's biases in Dream!

2021 came, the year all Nctzens anticipated for THE ROOFTOP Fight! If you have no idea what rooftop fight is, take a look if my recent post covering the issue.
The thing is, Dream is ready and Nctzens made their bets. Polls were prepared and choices are made. Even SM is ready which is suprising because the content is now scheduled and it will be in NCT Dream's yourube channel. But for today we are covering an importsnt question, who do you think NCT 127 and WayV members root for deep down? Which teams are they in? And does your bias roots for also your Dream bias? Lets find out. As usual we go from oldest to youngest.

Taeil_Team_Haechan/Jeno

Taeil is a pacifist in the nature, the unofficial maknae of Dream probably closest to Haechan because of 127 and clearly has a huge soft spot for Haechan. But recently he filmed It's Awkward but its okay series with Jeno who happens to be another pacifist in the nature just like Taeil! As you can guess it was a bit awkward since both of them are introverts but clearly they hit it off well. Although his pacifist nature and the old man he is, he advices all Dreamies to not fight and prays for all of their health. However he just can't help but be sliiightly biased towards Jeno and Haechan.

Taeyong_Team_Jisung/Mark

While Markyong is the son and father duo, offically THAT duo, I also think that Taeyong has a cute little soft spot for Jisung, the maknae of whole Nct. Sure Markyong bonds over many things like for their passion for music, dance and writing lyrics even though they are absolutely worst at explaining... Yeah they can make eye contact and think they should look out for each other because there is a lot coming with diffrent units. They make breakfast together, jump to the pools and do face masks... They kill on the stage together and work on many unreleased songs and they bond over struggles of being a leader for their unit... BUT Taeyong just can't help but also root for Jisung, the ultimate maknae. His leader instincts take the control and looks over for the youngest. In the end Taeyong roots for Mark and Jisung, probably the ones that will lose first... Taeyong I am sorry but your love for your kids will not help you win this bet.

Johnny_Team_Mark/Jaemin

Well Johnny is a man with suprises. He roots for Na Jaemin, the man who is as passionate as him in photography and the owner of this catch phrase 'Sexyy' which Johnny approve. This pair bonded over in It's Awkard but it's okay series and showed a great chemistry and proved they are a hilarious duo indeed. Their bond continued to grow in Work it promotions. Despite the similarities Na Jaemin and Johnny shares like their perfect english vocabulary we can't forget Mark Lee. No Johnny can't forget him because this duo is iconic. Mark Lee who is a permenanet guest in JCC, Mark Lee whom Johnny just can't help but tease lovingly. Although we know Mark has absolutely no chance at winning this fight, Johnny just rootes for him so that he can tease him for losing in the most Johnny way ever, meaning protectively. Like how a brother does to his little sibling...

Yuta_Team_Mark/Chenle

Chenle as the biggest fanboy of Nct 127 previously promised to cover for Yuta if he is busy in future! Knowing all choreographies of nct 127 and remembering them even better than original members, with his passion of rap and nearly stealing Markyong's main rapper position Yuta and Chenle were a pair destined to happen. On the other hand Yuta bonded with Mark for a long time ago and this time he is shameless with his affection. From threatening people if they ever hurt Mark in HSR and ultimately resulted for his screentime to be cut to teasingly start "Don't overreact Mark" catchphrase and clowning his farts their relationship evolved something more affectionate and loving. Now we are seeing Yuta absolutely dote on him and hug him every possible time. With that it's safe to say Yuta is on team Chenle and Mark!

Doyoung_Team_Jeno/Renjun

There is no suprise Doyoung is on team Jeno after he announced that Jeno is officially his son and his favourite dreamie and Jeno returning the favour by telling Doyoung is his favourite nct member. However Renjun climbes the top of Doyoung's bias list very fast, after bonding over an Awkard meeting which created an iconic series, pair also did many vlives proving their chemistry. However the real reason why Doyoung %100 supports Renjun is obviously because Renjun is his successor. Renjun will do what Doyoung couldn't do and that's beating Lee Haechan. Doyoung is known to lose to Haechan in everything. And I mean everything... And the solution is crystal clear to Doyoung. It relies on Haechan's scary, you g and ruthless friend Renjun who is most probably the only one that can challenge Lee Haechan. Well Doyoung got Renjun's back so we will see how this plan will end up! While we can never know who Doyoung would root since he is an unpredictable person we are absolutely sure that there is no chance Doyoung roots for Haechan.

Kun_Team_Chenle

I am pretty sure this didn't came with a suprise since Kun not only adopted Chenle but also spoiled him like there is no tomorrow and showed his bias without even regretting. These Chinese duo is known with their cute bickering but also faking care of each other and sharing cute stories. Despite being in completely diffrent units and mostly in diffrent countries it never stopped them to share their affection towards each other. You can see how Kun stays back for Chenle in recording diaries, in his radio show and Chenle constantly mentioning Kun in his Weibo and Bubble. Based on all these evidences I will say Kun is a hardcore Chenle biased!

Ten_Team_Mark/Jaemin

Ten and Mark has known each other for years, debuting together and now in SuperM. They are also one of the pairs that never lost connection even though they both had diffrent and packed schedules. Ten letting Mark use his Netflix account, their wholesome moments in JCC and 90s Love promotions it's clear these foreign swaggers cherish each other very much. But Mark isn't the only one Ten has an amazing chemistry with. During Work It promotions Ten hyping Jaemin with his own catchphrase and Jaemin's affectionate himself hugging Ten passionately clearly shows how also this duo missed each other. That's why Ten is on team Mark and Jaemin, his younger brothers who he missed a lot!!

Jaehyun_Team_Whoever_Wins

Jaehyun is infamous with his neutral unreacting face. While people may think it's cold actually Jaehyun loves all dreamies so much saying they are closer than expected. So he chooses to stay neutral and enjoy the show while he surely roots whoever wins because his competitive ass doesn't let him do otherwise. But can you blame him? Who should he needs to root? His other half Mark or his former roommate Haechan? His favourite younger member Chenle or his awkward pair Jisung? Or should he root for Renjun and Jeno whom take a lot of pictures together? In the end he loves all dreamies and he will root for the winner. You can say Jaehyun is a man with smart choices, there is absolutely no losing for him.

Winwin_Team_Mark/Chenle

Winwin who dodges every affection from NCT members suprisingly only affectionate to Mark and Chenle. While I do not know his reasons and I am just guessing maybe because he relates Mark with that affection and how Chenle is just adorable and his young Chinese brother, it's clear that Winwin bias them.

Jungwoo_Team_Jaemin/Chenle

While Jungwoo showed a quite great chemistry with Mark he decided to scrap that plan with his It's Awkward but It's Okay series partner Chenle. They both decided to not rely on Mark to communicate with each other and promised to play basketball. On the other hand he and Jaemin goes way back, especially in their trainee days which is clear by how Jungwoo can freely tease Jaemin and work well. To put it blatantly Jungwoo is team Chenle, Jaemin and he is a passionate supporter of them in every way.

Lucas_Team_Mark/Renjun

Lucas and Mark, the same age friends that got close with each other very fast in 2018, made a great iconic vlive with full of laughter. Till this date Nctzens still miss that vlive. Luckily they were able to meet with each other with SuperM and now Resonance where we can still see the great chemistry they have. However Lucas is also close with Renjun who is his other Chinese friend and is strong enough to carry Lucas. While Renjun impressed all Nctzens who underestimated his strength with that stunt it also made everyone painfully aware with his capabilities. And Lucas is a man who respects that, he is team Mark and Renjun.

Xiaojun_Team_Renjun/Chenle

Xiaojun is China line biased and jt shows! He did instagram lives with Renjun and Chenle often and joined their lives as well. You can see how they are comfortable with each other because they joke and tease so freely. Watching their lives feels like a sitcom show where you thirdwheel to very close friends. Xiaojun just has that energy when he is with Renjun and Chenle. He is just so carefree with them you can't help but stupidly smile at them. With that I will say Xiaojun is team Renjun and Chenle!

Hendery_Team_Jisung/Chenle

While Hendery is already a friendly guy he particularly gets along well with Jisung and Chenle who are goofy enough. Their first Vlive was very comfortable and they mentioned how they don't feel awkard with each other despite they met new. Hendery also mentioned how he wants to get close to them so with that I conclude thag Hendery is team Chenle and Jisung!

Yangyang_Team_Renjun/Haechan

Yangyang roots for Renjun and Haechan who are ironically their biggest enemies, but it's simply because Renjun is his best friend in nct. As expected from China line, they have a great chemistry and their lives are even funnier than normal who are equally savage. On the other hand Yangyang also expressed his wish to get closer with Haechan and in 90s Love promotions we can tottaly see that! So Yangyang roots for Renjun and Haechan who both have high rate of survival. Safe to say Yangyang has solid bets!

Sungchan_Team_Haechan/Jisung

So Sungchan who just debuted with Nct has mentioned several times how he appreciated Haechan and is comfortable enough to tease him which takes a lot of courage. There is no need to deny he is Haechan biased but also he is unexpectedly close with Jisung. He constantly mentioned him as a person who he wants to get close and because of his age he feels comfortable with him. That makes me think Jisung is Sungchan's biaswrecker which means Sungchan is either team Haechan or Jisung!

Shotaro_Team_Jisung

Shotaro who is the new Nct member, very shy but cute but also very comfortable with Jisung who is most probably his dream bias. In a nct content where Jisung and Taeil introduces new members to Nctzens with some healthy tips, Shotaro looks more comfortable than ever. Thinking how they are also close in age it's safe to assume that Jisung is Shotaro's dream bias.

Conclusion

And with that we finished NCT's biases in Dream and who they root in this rooftop fight! Luckily SM announced they will release the rooftop fight and I am so excited. We will see how close our predictions come and also I will end this series with one last post that means next in our series which will be posted after the video...
Rooftop Fight Analysis... Who winned and why? Where did our predictions go wrong?
Stay tuned
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Modding the Xkeys ltrac with the translucent CST 1400!

Hello!
The update many (ok some) of you have been waiting for! In my previous submission I showed how the translucent CST 1400 was available for purchase, and hinted my intentions to try and transfer the PCB and scroll wheel from my Xkeys Ltrac to the CST! Today I will show you how I was partially successful!
 
TL;DR (but pleeease read I worked hard on the post) - I was able to put on the scroll wheel from the XKeys and the top shell from the CST, but not the bottom shell of the CST due to differences on the bottom plate holding the tracking module, nor the wire of the CST (THIS makes me especially sad). Still a looker in my opinion!
 
Completed Mouse
 
Disclaimer
Before I get to it, I must apologize if the pictures attached are not of the best quality. As I'm sure I will open this thing back up again soon enough, please feel free to make requests for pictures of the components between the Xkeys and the CST! I'm hoping that these pictures, some of which I certainly have not found online, will help anyone looking to make the same modification, ESPECIALLY if they are more skilled than me (a low bar, trust me)!
 
The Mod
My intention with this project was to transfer the PCB, scroll wheel, and wire from the XKeys Ltrac to the CST 1400, as the CST did not include a scroll wheel, which is possibly the only con I have with the beautiful translucent CST. I cannot live without the scroll wheel! As some had mentioned in my previous post, it may seem that not much work is required to do the work of transferring the PCB and scroll wheel from the XKeys to the CST, as manufacturing processes will most often make as few molds as possible and fill in spots that are unnecessary depending on the model. Even looking at the CST in my earlier post, it was evident that there was a spot where the scroll wheel would fit, along with all necessary hook-thingy's (?) to hold the wheel's rod! I will now summarize what I was able to mod and how, as well as what I wasn't able to do and why.
 
Scroll Wheel SUCCESS Thankfully, this part went off pretty much without a hitch! As predicted, the CST was molded in such a way that it was only necessary to remove the "plate" covering where the scroll wheel would be, then place the scroll wheel in its housing on top of the xkeys pcb. I had to cut off this plate, as it was molded to the rest of the top CST shell. I used a dremel for this part. As I was eager to get it done, only had a shitty harbor freight dremel and like no bits, and am not yet skilled in arts/crafts/whatever, I sorta did this quick and dirty, so the plate was certainly unusable after I got through with it. However, the results were quite clean! The scroll wheel fits in perfectly. This part did take a few tries as I had to continue sanding down the inner sides so that the scroll wheel could fly the way it did on the xkeys. Once the plate is gone and the sides are properly sanded, that scroll wheel indeed flies! This part of the build was immensely satisfying.
 
Attaching the scroll wheel
 
Top Shell SUCCESS I know it may be pretty trivial to mention, but the top shell of the CST was transferred without issue, using the same screw holes, buttons, etc. Pretty much a perfect match, and it looks pretty darn sweet!
 
Completed Mouse
 
Wire FAILURE Depressingly, that sweet sweet translucent cable is a 6pin, whereas the XKeys cable is an 8pin. I didn't bother trying, as I was quite sure that I'd be missing some functionality using the 6pin, even if it was compatible which I bet it isn't. To be honest, I knew it was unlikely I could transfer the wire, but I wanted to hold out hope.
 
The Wire
 
Bottom Shell FAILURE This is where the biggest problem lays with the mod. Unlike the top shell, which is nearly identical to the XKeys, the bottom shell of the CST doesn't contain two things that the XKeys does - 1. A small indent to slot the optical tracking pcb (at least that's what I'm calling it) and 2. An extra support with screws for the tracking pcb. Without these two items, the optical tracking pcb does not secure to the bottom shell of the CST, and pushes the ball out of the back bearing. I'm thinking this part is definitely fixable, but would take a bit more work than I'm comfortable doing at the moment, as I would guess this part needs to be much more exact to get that sensor in just the right place. For this reason, I'm currently rocking the black bottom with the clear top and it still looks great, though I would definitely prefer the translucent bottom, or hey, maybe I'll just paint this one white!
 
The Bottom Shell
 
Verdict I am really glad I did this! After putting it all together, the mouse functions just as well as before, with the exception being that a tiny bit more sanding may be necessary to get the scroll wheel to fly more freely. I think it looks AWESOME.
Here's some alternate looks!
 
What's Next? I'd like to investigate getting that bottom shell modded to work, but am hesitant. If anyone has any tips please let me know! Furthermore, I think that painting the scroll wheel could be pretty cool if it's feasible given the grooves on it. Maybe white would work, especially if I paint the base white to match.
 
Thanks for reading, everyone! Please feel free to ask questions and make suggestions. Have a great day!
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50 Good Reasons to Ditch Porn Forever in 2021

I'm literally copying and pasting this article from Fight the New Drug's blog because I know people read posts more than they do links, but I recommend checking out the actual site. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy these points and find them as encouraging as I did:

  1. Have better sex/understanding of sex
Perhaps the biggest lie porn sells is that its fantasy world is filled with sex positivity: sexual education, more sex, better sex, etc. What it doesn’t mention, however, is that the deeper a consumer dives into that fantasy world, the more likely their reality is to become just the opposite. Porn is complicated, the science is simple: the more pornography a person consumes, the harder it can become for real relationships and sexual experiences to measure up. Ditch the shallow counterfeits and put the “sex” back in sexy. Or if you’re not ready or not old enough for sex in your relationship, get stoked on having a healthier mindset and expectation around sexuality.
2. It can become an obsession or addiction
On the surface, tobacco and porn don’t seem to have a lot in common but more and more studies are coming out showing that consuming pornography tricks your brain into releasing the same pleasure chemicals as other behaviors, or even drugs. Much like a drug, when these pleasure chemicals such as dopamine and oxytocin pulse through the brain, they help to create new brain pathways that essentially lead the consumer back to the behavior that triggered the chemical release in the first place, similar to other compulsive or even addictive substances and behaviors. Although quitting can feel just as daunting and impossible as quitting a substance, the support out there is making it more possible than ever and the reward will feel just as liberating!
3. Habits and addiction can escalate
Because of its addictive nature, in order to retain the same level of interest and excitement, an individual usually needs an ever-increasing dosage of porn and constantly evolving material. Over time, their appetite escalates to more hardcore versions just to achieve the same level of arousal. The unshackling feeling that comes from breaking free from addiction before it escalates will empower you to live your life to its fullest potential!
4. Improve behavior
Sooner or later, consumers start to find themselves getting aroused by things that used to disgust them or that go against what they think deep down is right. Once they start regularly watching extreme and dangerous sex acts, these porn consumers are being taught that those behaviors are more normal and common than they actually are. There’s an obvious destructive behavior pattern caused by porn that compromises beliefs, changes ideas and turns relationships sour when pressure is placed on a partner to perform or live up to the standards set by porn. Reversing destructive behavior will happen soon after deciding to cut this hazardous influence from your life.
5. Form deeper connections
The porn industry objectifies people and commoditizes the act of sex. There’s nothing romantic or realistic about porn sex, and it seriously puts a disconnect between the consumer and reality. This makes it hard for them to have an intimate connection with a real person. You’ll only feel complete when you disconnect with porn and connect with a real person!
6. Appreciate your body
The makeup, surgery, Photoshop, and acting that goes into porn gives us an unrealistic view of the human body and sexuality. We start to subconsciously compare ourselves to what we’re seeing, causing overthinking and low self-esteem when it comes time to be intimate. Kicking your porn habit will restore a healthy body image and reinstate the sense confidence that you deserve.
7. Appreciate those you’re attracted to
In addition to affecting the way we see ourselves, porn can cause consumers to under-appreciate their partners by training them to see others as sexual objects and not as humans with beautiful and unique features. It’s likely due to the fact that porn promotes a completely fictional version of how people look and behave, and creates a false, exciting reality that their partners can never live up to. One of the first positive effects that people report soon after quitting porn is the ability to truly appreciate the beauty of real people without constantly objectifying them.
8. Prevent sexual dysfunction (ED)
This one is for the guys out there. The fact is porn often leads to less sex and less satisfying sex. For a surprising amount of consumers, porn eventually means no sex at all. Regular porn consumption has been found to affect the brain in such a way that it hinders sexual performance when they get with an actual human being. Porn-induced erectile dysfunction is a real thing in men, a side effect of watching porn that they probably never see coming. But thankfully, there absolutely is hope. A cure is to quit porn and let their brain “rewire” and return to normal
9. Stop supporting sex trafficking
The facts are clear: clicking porn directly fuels the demand for sex trafficking. There are countless victims of human sex trafficking who are forced to have sex on camera. Even in the “legitimate” adult industry, porn performers are frequently victims of violence, coercion, and drug abuse. There’s just no way to know the dark origins behind what we’re watching. By refusing to click, you’re refusing to contribute to the demand for sexual exploitation.
10. Porn promotes violence against women
From making actors participate in unsafe sex to the countless real stories of performers speaking out about the rape, violence, and drugs behind the camera, there is certainly a dark reality to this industry. Porn tries to normalize this exploitation, but we’re not buying it. To watch porn is to support a questionable industry that abuses its actors and uses misogyny and domestic violence fantasies as entertainment, all in addition to harming those who watch it. How is this acceptable?
11. Porn can lead to violent behavior
It’s true that not all porn is the same, but the reality is that the majority of even the most mainstream porn is packed full of people (especially women) being physically and verbally abused—and watching it takes a serious toll on the consumer. Even the non-violent porn portrays a power difference between partners where men are in charge and women are submissive sex objects. But unlike violence in movies where someone gets mad and fights back, research has shown that 95% of the victims of aggression in porn scenes reacted neutrally or responded with pleasure. This confuses frequent consumers to believe violence is sexy, and can lead them to hurting women in real life during sex. Unlearning this violent behavior will undoubtedly benefit you, your partner, and your sex life.
12. Increase your creativity
We believe that in order to be truly creative, you have to connect with the deepest, most honest parts of yourself. Porn clogs up your imagination with cheap content that disconnects you from feeling real passion and motivation. Once you let explicit images stop distracting you from inspiration, you’ll feel more imaginative than ever.
13. Live a more honest life
Not every porn consumer lies about their addiction, but most feel ashamed and obligated to hide it. Whether they admit it or not, they know that their partner wouldn’t like the idea of them sexually bonding to a computer screen. When you live a lie for long enough, you start to convince yourself of it as well and the more lies you tell, the harder it becomes to tell the truth about anything. Bring your secret out into the light and we guarantee you’ll feel freer than ever before.
14. Free up some time
You’ve probably realized by now that porn takes up a lot of your time. Porn consumers spend anywhere between a few minutes to a few hours daily consuming these harmful images. Anyone who frequently watches porn knows that as the years have gone on, they watch harder material for longer periods of time. Think of it this way: if you spent just 10 minutes a day watching porn, that’s over 60 hours at the end of the year you could have spent doing something beneficial to your life! Time is precious; spend it on making memories that last, not on images that disappear with a click.
15. Find someone special
In porn, everything from the way people look to how and why they have sex is a lie. Porn consumers often get so obsessed with chasing something that isn’t real that they miss out on actual relationships. Research has even shown that fewer men are getting married because they feel porn takes care of all their sexual needs. Ditch the lies and go find the love of your life! They’re waiting for you.
16. Be a better partner
Porn doesn’t just affect you, it affects your partner as well. While a great deal of information exists for those suffering from addiction, partners are often left feeling alone with equally real wounds of their own. Partners of porn consumers commonly feel betrayed and neglected when their significant other chooses to share their sexuality with a screen instead of them. When you cut porn from being the third party, you’ll find it easier to build a healthier relationship, emotionally and sexually.
17. Become a better parent
The harmful effects of porn don’t always revolve around romantic partners like boyfriends/girlfriends or husbands/wives. There are countless stories, like this one, that show how porn can isolate, consume, and eventually even destroy families. Additionally, children and teens these days are exposed to hardcore porn at a young age, and many receive their information about sex from porn which depicts unrealistic portrayals of human sexuality, leading to lifelong issues in the bedroom. Promote healthy displays of affection in your home and promote a porn-free life for your future family.
18. Become a better friend
Your porn habit can isolate you from valuable social time with friends and the shame that comes with watching porn can cause you to be distant at social gatherings. When you no longer allow yourself to be a prisoner to this habit, you no longer have to worry about the chains that come with it.
19. Maintain mental/emotional health
Being tied to a consistent porn habit requires you to spend a lot of time alone and can quickly make you uninterested in the everyday pleasures of life such as having conversations with real people and being active. Research has shown that frequent porn consuming is connected to mental/emotional health issues such as anxiety and depression. There is a strong victory over these challenges that comes with quitting porn that can be truly liberating.
20. Take back control
Research shows that one in five people who regularly watch porn admit to feeling controlled by their own sexual desires. As a result, many consumers start feeling like something’s wrong with them because they don’t know how to be turned on by a real person. This only leads to watching more porn because it’s the only escape that works. Quitting porn allows you to take back control of your sexual desires and connect with a real person.
21. Be the author of your own sexuality
With the exaggerated bodies and rehearsed scenes in porn, consumers can quickly lose perspective on their own natural desires, as well as their partner’s. Unplugging from porn will help you become more in tune with what you and your partner want instead of influencing you to reenact what you’ve seen in porn. Be the author of your own sexuality, not an imitation of something that isn’t even real.
22. Increase sexual energy
Many people deep in their porn habit can often be too busy venting their sex drive through porn, they’re not going to have much interest in real sexual intimacy with a partner. You may have already experienced a lack of drive or the inability to perform with your partner, but by quitting porn, you’ll likely reclaim that natural energy.
23. Increase overall energy
It’s obvious that porn consumes your time and your sexual attention, but do you think about how that doesn’t leave you with energy for much else? A demanding porn habit can definitely drain your body of the mental and physical energy it needs to keep up with the daily hustle of life. By turning off the monitor, you can focus on being productive and making a difference in your life and others.
24. Regain focus
People often watch porn as an escape when they become overwhelmed by the daily decisions of life. Quitting porn allows you to assume responsibility and become accountable for your own goals. By getting this distraction out of your life, you can start to focus on the things that really matter to you.
25. Reclaim self-confidence
A belief in yourself is a huge casualty of consistent porn consumption. People who feel they don’t have control over their porn habit often believe they are broken human beings with a damaged capacity to love and feel joy. These negative feelings come from your own negative feelings about porn mixed with your inability to quit, or from any of the negative side effects that go with repeatedly watching porn. By kicking the habit, you might begin to feel happier, which will fuel your confidence in all aspects of life.
26. Protect your marriage/relationship
Addiction to pornography is cited as a major reason couples divorce annually around the world. Whether you are currently married or one day hope to be, it’s a sure bet that porn is a poisonous ingredient in a marriage, or any type of committed relationship. When porn is preferred to a healthy sexual relationship with a spouse, the outcome is often a broken home. With a risk as serious as this, it makes sense to remove porn from your life altogether and avoid a bunch of issues later on.
27. Save your money
Porn is a global, estimated $97 billion industry, with $12 billion of that coming from the United States. How much have you spent on it? Even if the answer is nothing, think about it this way: your time spent watching porn could have been spent on either A) making money or B) performing better at work where you could now be making more money. Time is money after all, and by ditching porn, you’re ditching an unproductive habit that can only drag you down from living your fullest potential.
28. Maintain your natural sexuality
Porn removes the concept of intimacy and emotional connection from sex. It teaches consumers that sex is about taking selfish pleasure rather than giving love. When you fill your mind with the explicit material porn offers, it takes away the excitement of intimacy and even distorts your sexuality. By kicking the habit, your brain can return to normal and reset your arousal patterns to normal.
29. Protect your passions
The more you watch porn, the less desire you might have for the things that previously got you excited. Hanging out with friends, playing sports, making music, etc., all these things lack the “shock factor” that porn gives the brain. But not to worry, the sooner you cut out porn, the sooner you can restore a healthy and fulfilling approach to the things you care about most.
30. Prevent sexual compulsion/addiction
Addiction is never a healthy thing, regardless of what it is. Porn can create a constant need for sex/sexual material that needs to be fueled, but is never truly satisfied. This cycle can quickly grow into an obsession for the consumer, which inhibits their ability to function like a normal person in the company of people, especially the opposite sex, and can also lead to serious and harmful behaviors like soliciting sexually exploited people to act out what they’ve seen in porn. Not making porn a part of your life is a sure way to not step foot down a potentially life-changing road.
31. Don’t bond to a screen
Oxytocin is commonly called the love hormone or the “bonding chemical” because it plays an important part in intimacy by connecting two people. Because the chemical is naturally released during sex, watching porn triggers the release of oxytocin as well, tricking your brain and essentially bonding you to the experience of sexual release and watching porn. Keep love real, and don’t take fake.
32. Prevent anxiety
As talked about earlier, porn can be the onset of a number of different anxiety problems. When consumers feel like they have to be watching porn or can’t stop thinking about it, it creates serious anxiety. Not to mention, this anxiety can transfer over to the bedroom and contribute to porn-induced erectile dysfunction. Anxiety can be extremely crippling and most people experience it to on some level from the daily stresses of life as it is. Why add to it?
33. Prevent depression
We know that pornography and other addictions or compulsions are used as self-medicating tools which only lead to feeling worse than before. The momentary escape only leads to feeling lower than before. Porn is a negative influence in your life, and an easy way to start feeling happier and more free is giving it the boot.
34. Live without shame
It’s pretty simple: no porn equals no porn-fueled shame. The secrecy surrounding your habit can have huge negative effects on your life and shame can quickly settle in. You may find yourself watching things you find unacceptable, but can’t seem to stop. When this feeling starts to take its toll, it usually leads to medicating with more porn. You’re guaranteed to feel relief when you break the chains of this vicious cycle.
35. Increase productivity
Think about what more motivation could mean for you. Do you want to be more ambitious and driven? Are you wanting to achieve your goals? A survey of a Reddit community called NoFap, which is committed to breaking free from porn, found that 67% of those who quit had an increase in energy levels as well as productivity. Put it to the test for yourself. What are you waiting for?
36. Be better at your job
Besides the obvious fact that porn is a waste of time, consuming it can also fuel anxiety and depression, and make them perform worse at their job. In fact, real stories of people being caught watching porn at work prove that more and more people are putting their jobs at risk by looking at porn during work hours. Don’t let this destructive material ruin the things that matter most for your daily life.
37. Prevent STD’s
Researchers have repeatedly found that people who have seen a significant amount of porn are more likely to start having sex sooner and with more partners, and to engage in riskier kinds of sex, putting them at greater risk of getting sexually transmitted infections.
38. Be proud of yourself
By quitting porn, you’re taking a stand against a dangerous, exploitive industry and becoming an advocate for positive personal and social change. This is definitely something you can feel proud of. Change yourself, and change the world.
39. Better the world
Every single click made on a porn site is counted by the greedy companies that make that content. Clicking fuels the demand for more, feeding and growing a dark industry that harms society as a whole. For all of the harmful reasons mentioned above, stop contributing to something that ruins people’s lives and supports sexual exploitation. This negative influence doesn’t have to affect you, your peers or the countless people in the industry who are forced, coerced, and abused behind the camera. Take a stand and be the change you want to see in the world.
40. Ditch loneliness
Porn can fulfill feelings of loneliness in exchange for making them worse in the long run. Porn promises immediate satisfaction, endless excitement, and easy intimacy, but in the end, it robs a consumer of all three.
41. Avoid normalizing violence
Normalizing violence isn’t normal. It’s grown “normal” for 11-year-olds to be exposed to the most hardcore, degrading content imaginable. Imagine what that does to their expectations for real relationships and true intimacy—it corrupts and hurts it. Avoiding violent porn, and all porn in general, means avoiding the normalization and romanticization of abusive, violent behaviors that only serve to harm our society.
42. Respect others more
No one ever woke up and said, “Today, I want to get out there and ruin my current and future relationships. I’m going to cut myself off emotionally, undermine trust, and leave my partner feeling confused, rejected, angry, and betrayed.” No one says that, but a pile of research shows that’s exactly what can happen as a result of consuming porn. Choosing real love, and choosing not to consume porn means that you’re that much better at respecting others and yourself.
43. Object to objectification
There is a direct relationship between the sexual objectification of girls and aggression toward them, according to research by psychologists at the University of Kent in the U.K. We fight against porn because people aren’t just the sum of their parts, to be used and discarded without a second thought. The facts are clear: porn is harmful and research is proving it. No matter what people say to try and make pornography seem normal or harmless, there’s enough evidence out there that says it’s not.
44. Ditch fake sex
Don’t take sex tips from an industry that profits from fake orgasms. Enough said.
45. Protect youths and children
A common plotline in porn is that a teen or underage person is being taken advantage of by someone older or more powerful. By avoiding porn, you’re avoiding the twisted and unhealthy fetishization of kids and teens, and that’s a great thing. By ditching porn, you’re helping to slow the demand for youth-themed porn content. Isn’t that worth the fight?
46. Enjoy real, flawed bodies
Photoshop isn’t something you can have in real life, but that’s a good thing. Perfection means predictable, and boring. But real, flawed human bodies are unique, and beautiful. A world without porn and synthetic “beauty” is a world where comparison doesn’t overtake appreciation. We’d like to live in that world, wouldn’t you?
47. Avoid romanticizing unhealthy relationships
Real intimacy offers so much more. Real intimacy is a world of satisfaction and excitement that doesn’t disappear when the screen goes off. It’s the breathtaking risk of being vulnerable with another human being. It’s inviting them not just into your bedroom, but into your heart and life. Real intimacy is about what we give, not just what we get. Porn doesn’t portray true connections, it can only scratch the surface.
48. Have realistic relationships expectations
Relationships are hard work. They aren’t always flawless, and sex (if sex is involved) won’t be easy and perfect every single time. Love can be messy but that’s the beauty of it—it’s real, not synthetic. It’s natural, not produced. And porn has no way of showing that, because it’s all about the performance and not about the connection. Real love is immeasurably better than porn because real love is exactly that—it’s real. Ditch the porn and have your expectations adjusted.
49. Believe in love
Sometimes, when porn has clouded a consumer’s idea of what healthy relationships are and what real love can provide, they start to believe it doesn’t exist. We see comments often on our Facebook page from frequent porn consumers who can’t believe that real, healthy love exists, and that it’s worth fighting for. Getting porn out of the picture means that you’re one step closer to healing from the lies that porn infects consumers with.
50. Choose real love
This is by far the most important reason to quit porn.
Above all, porn can seriously come between you, your partner, and every other relationship in your life. It can get in between the love you have for even yourself. It distorts the meaning of love and intimacy, in all forms. The most common true stories we receive are from partners who lost the love of their life due to a struggle with porn that tore their relationship apart slowly but surely. We all want and need love. It’s the most important thing we can experience in life.
If fighting for love isn’t the best reason to stay away from porn, we don’t know what is. Porn can kill love, but it doesn’t have to. Choose love, not porn.
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UFC 256 Fight Predictions

SURPRISE!
Ya'll must have been waiting till wednesday/thursday to see this. Nope, i'm a determined motherfucker to make you guys happy, and this is a service im more than happy to provide, ya'll stuck with me... alright i'll stop saying ya'll.
This does come with a heavy warning though.
With how volatile covid makes fights and match making, some of these fights will change... Just today two fights have changed this year so.. if there are indeed changes after me posting this, please let me know and depending on the date (in australia, when the date it the 10th of december, im unable to change anything, as im going to my mums once again for christmas) I can change it. It's all date dependent.
(c) - Champ
(D) - Debut
FLS - Fight Lose Streak
FWS - Fight Win Streak
NS - No Streak
(#x) - Rank in Division
Lets go!
Prelims
Featherweight
Chase Hooper (9-1-1, NS) v Peter Barrett (11-4-0, NS) - An interesting fight between some fairly decent newcomers. Hooper has been in the spotlight for some time now, whether that is due to his extremely young age or his likeness to Ben Askren, but this kid has talent, unrefined talent. He is by no means a Jon Jones, his age is basically that and his experience reflects it. Hooper's unique size advantage over most of his opponents makes him seem like a formidable opponent, but really when it comes to the UFC, he’s a few steps behind. His striking is clumsy and slow, his grappling ability is perhaps his strongest skill, those long limbs allow him to lock in a body lock or sink in a submission, so really, for Hooper to have any hope of winning, he needs to grapple this time or else Barrett is going to blast him. Barrett may have started in the UFC a little late on the age spectrum but he’s incredibly well rounded. His work load when he fought on DWCS was great and he just didn’t slow down at all. He kept pushing the pace, combo’s, takedowns, aggression and a thirst for victory. His only setback was against Zalal and well, Zalal is an animal of a whole different nature. Barrett has faced some questionable opponents, some fighters being noticeably on a huge losing streak, like, huge, like, if Floyd Mayweather was 0-50, that huge. So, it makes me wonder how he’s going to handle Featherweight further down the line. I see Hooper getting this fight to the ground as soon as possible and working from there, he has a sizeable physical advantage so getting into positions where he can submit Barrett should be easy enough
Hooper via Sub R2
Welterweight
Dwight Grant (10-3-0, NS) v Jingliang Li (17-6-0, NS) - This is a banger! Grant is always up for an excellent fight. Grant has a very odd style, its explosive and sporadic and his long limbs allow him to deceptively cover large distances and his long legs allow him to just throw some very hard kicks. He does have a rather unorthodox style, he’s very hard to read and has exceptional power in everything he throws. He also has a strong wrestling base so grappling with him is only a good idea if you can chain wrestle, but this is Jingliang we’re talking about so I don’t think there will be that much wrestling. Li has a beautiful and dangerous striking game, and he’s just a straight savage. His right straight is a powerful tool and he will lunge and land with significant power. Li is very good on the feet, his pressure and ability to endure damage is incredible. He has significant wins over the likes of Zaleski dos Santos, Zak Ottow and my boy Camacho. Li is nothing but violence and pressure and if that right hand lands, then his opponents are in trouble. He also is a fairly decent wrestler but really, I feel like it’s going to be a striking heavy bout. I have Jingliang on this one. He’s just far more experienced and has tasted UFC competition many times before.
Li via KO R2
Middleweight
Karl Roberson (9-3-0, NS) v Dalcha Lungiambula (10-2-0, NS) - This is going to be a bit of a chess match. Roberson is a very good kickboxer who has adapted to the UFC quite well. As long as the fight stays on the feet, Roberson is incredibly comfortable and confident. He’s got excellent pressure and mixes his punches and kicks exceptionally well. His cardio holds up as well, able to keep similar pressure going into the last round, as he does in the first. He is a former Glory kickboxer so he has faced some excellent kickboxers so if this fight stays on the feet (it most likely will), Roberson will be able to handle this fight fairly easily. Lungiambula is a very powerful fighter, his explosiveness and aggression are his main weapons coming into this fight and if he clips Roberson then he is in trouble. But we did see some very big holes in his game, Lungiambula is a very… barebones fighter, power and explosiveness, that’s all, and Ankalaev saw through that and put him to sleep effortlessly. Roberson needs to utilise movement and methodical striking to slow down Lungiambula, leg kicks, touch and go, and a well timed counter or ten and it’ll slow down Lungiambulas momentum very quickly. I see Roberson winning this in the long run, if the fight lasts longer than 2 rounds, than we might see Lungiambula slow down a whole lot and that’s where Roberson will go off.
Roberson via KO R3
Heavyweight
Sergei Spivak (11-2-0, NS) v Jared Vendaraa (D) (11-4-0, 2 FWS) - An interesting fight. Spivak was definitely a bear in his past life. The dude is strong, he might not have the most incredible striking but when he gets a hold of his opponents it's essentially game over for them, he ragdolls them, he clings onto them like an annoying spider web that you walk through when it's pitch black. His only weakness from what I can see, is the fact that he either needs to dominate, or he will be dominated, there’s no fine in between. Like, you know how fighters are losing but they’re still kinda fighting? When Spivak is losing, it's hopeless. He’s a very good fighter, don’t get me wrong, but adversity tells a story here and the adversity that he has faced over his career has been tough. The good news is, is that he’s fighting a debuting fighter who is yet to taste the competition in the UFC. Vendaraa is a big lad, he’s absolutely massive, solid, thick, tight, and he’s going to be trouble for Spivak if he lands a few heavy blows. There was an issue that I could see with Venderaa’s performance on DWCS though, and that’s his ability to get hit, he’s just so hittable, he’s slow, but strong, but if he is going to fight someone like Spivak he needs to avoid the quick jabs that Spivak has, and fire off first. There is a reach advantage there but I don’t think Venderaa uses it well. I got Spivak on this one, he’s very strong and has faced some crazy opponents in his time. Spivak is just going to wrestle with him for all three rounds. Maybe sink in a submission, I haven’t seen enough of Venderaa on the ground to know how good he is grappling wise. So, yeah, safe bet here would be Spivak.
Spivak via UD
Featherweight
Billy Quarantillo (15-2-0, 8 FWS) v Gavin Tucker (12-1-0, 2 FWS) - Billy is back! Quarantillo is a legitimately dangerous fighter at Featherweight, he is exceptionally well rounded, very fast with his striking, accurate and he just has an excellent pace. He’s almost the perfect prospect for Featherweight, amongst many insane prospects. His notable fights are when he shut down the game of Carlyle and absolutely overwhelmed Kyle Nelson with his insane workload. Nelson put it on him in the first round, crazy hard body punches and a relentless pace, but Quarantillo kept his cool, methodically planned out his movements and next attacks and eventually got the win. Keep an eye out for Quarantillo, he has incredible potential and can make it far. According to UFCstats, he has a 7 strikes landed per minute stat which is pretty nuts and if he keeps it up I can see him being a stat leader. Tucker is a brilliant submission artist who is insane on the ground. It was beautiful to watch him go for multiple submissions during his bout against Jaynes, he just was relentless with his attacks, kept Jaynes guessing and when he finally sunk it in, it was just another highlight added to his reel. Tucker's striking is fairly decent but it’s not on the level of Quarantillo, and he mostly uses his striking to set up takedowns, or to loosen up his opponents to open them up for a takedown. I see Quarantillo sticking to the feet as much as possible because I don’t think he’s that great on the ground, especially against a Black Belt. Bit of a tough fight to predict, but I like Quarantillo on this one, especially if he sticks to the feet and puts on a striking clinic, whilst avoiding any takedown attempts. Control the center and he can control the fight.
Quarantillo via KO R2
Women’s Strawweight
Mackenzie Dern (#12) (9-1-0, 2 FWS) v Virna Jandiroba (16-1-0, 2 FWS) - This is a great fight, mostly because i’m a fan of Dern. Dern is an absolute goddess on the ground, she’s one of the best to ever grapple on the ground and if she grappled against Rousey, i’d happily pay my left arm to see that. Dern has had a bit of a slip in the UFC but that aside she has always maintained a dominant ground game and almost every single one of her opponents never wants to be on the ground with her. That’s about it, that’s all the analysis you need, Dern = best ground game in the division. Jandiroba has been fighting for quite some time now and has racked up an impressive record, she has numerous submissions on her record, especially in the UFC, submitting the likes of Herrig and Martin in almost effortless fashion. This is going to be a scrappy fight. Most of the time when two submission geniuses are fighting, the fight stays on the feet, if we look at the striking capabilities of both fighters, I’d argue that Dern is maybe a little better and has more power, but Jandiroba has more speed. Overall, an interesting fight. If it goes to the ground though, I'm still very confident that Dern can win, so I'll be going with Dern on this one.
Dern via Sub R3
Featherweight
cub Swanson (26-11-0, NS) v Daniel Pineda (27-13-0, NS) - This is a fight between some incredibly experienced fighters. A total record of 53-24-0. Swanson has had it incredibly rough, losing 4 of his last 5, his last win was against a Gracie and it was a fucking war. A total of 521 strikes were thrown, 152 landed, both fighters absolutely left it all in the octagon that night and it made me respect Swanson so much more, to be able to come back from a horrible losing streak to get a win over a current generation Gracie… goddamn. Swanson has beautiful boxing, he’s highly proficient and a ruthless assassin when he wants to be. For the newcomers here who are like “why is Slayer talking so much about Swanson, he’s 1-4 in his last 5, he’s a scrub” bro you better shut the fuck up and watch his fight against Doo Ho Choi. Swanson is a violent, violent fighter and he always, always brings the fight to his opponents. Pineda’s return to the octagon has been a blessing for his career. His elbow knockout against Herbert Burns still blows me away, it was brutal. He had Burns in a crucifix position and just landed hell on him. If this is the new Pineda then consider me very, very intrigued. Pineda has always had a strong ground game, a controlling one where he either chases a submission or just lands some beautiful ground and pound. His top game is legit and if he can get Swanson to the ground then I don’t see it going very well for Swanson. This is a fight for the fans right here, and I feel like Swanson has this fight. He still has it in him, he still has the ability to bang and hang with the best of them, but what a fight this is, I’m not gonna be too analytical on this one, lets just enjoy the violence.
Swanson via KO R3
Main Card
Heavyweight
Junior dos Santos (#8) (21-8-0, 3 FLS) v Cyril Gane (6-0-0, 6 FWS) - Holy fucking shit what a fight… There is going to be some serious bias here because i’m a huge fan of Gane. JDS has long been a legendary brawler in the UFC, he has insane power and speed, but recently with his losing streak he’s been caught on the negative side of the sport, doubters, talks of retirement, discussion of why he’s still around.. Well, rest assured, he’s going to bring it this fight, he needs to because a 4 fight losing streak looks bad at heavyweight. Junior has always had beautiful boxing and power, it was a perfect mix back in the day when power and boxing really shined in heavyweight, but now times have changed, and his losses to the likes of Ngannou, Blaydes, and Rozenstruik have proven to us that the next generation of fighters is here… and Gane is no different. Gane is a monster, a fucking elite monster that has been in the game for a very long time. Undefeated in kickboxing (13-0), undefeated in MMA and now has a few submission wins under his belt? It's very clear to me that his adjustment to MMA in all fields has been nothing but a wild success. Gane is going to be serious trouble for so many heavyweights and i’ll be keeping an eye on him very, very keenly. As i said, very biased, huge fan. War Gane.
Gane via KO R1
Middleweight
Kevin Holland (20-5-0, 4 FWS) v Jacare Souza (26-8-0, 2 FLS) - This fight makes me happy. You guys know how much I love Holland, I always speak highly of him, and now he’s fighting a huge fight, against former middleweight contender Souza? What a great fight to end the year for Holland. Holland is one of the most entertaining, yet dangerous middleweights in the UFC right this instant. He’s not izzy levels of great, but he’s at the very least top 7. One huge advantage that Holland has here is his ridiculous reach advantage (9 inches) and if you watched his fight against Buckley, you know for a fucking fact he’s a master of his range. Everything that you love about the UFC, the trash talk, the skill and style, the flair… it’s all Holland, its his whole thing and it fucking works. So… fucking hyped. Souza is no doubt a very dangerous submission artist, with a Black belt (4th degree) in BJJ and Judo, if he gets his arms around Holland than Holland will be in trouble, but Jacare is also very one dimensional and as he ages (he’s 40 now) his opponents know him better and better, know what to avoid (the fence and the grappling situations) and can defeat him easily by outstriking him. I do have a bit of a worry though, and thats Souza’s ability to make weight. He has never missed weight, but he’s coming down from Light Heavyweight, and it is Corona season so it might be wildly different this time. I got Holland on this one, I’m sure you all guessed that already, Hollands reach advantage is going to play the most vital role in this fight and we’re going to see some fucking beautiful striking from Holland.
Holland via KO R2
Lightweight
Renato Moicano (14-3-1, NS) v Rafael Fiziev (8-1-0, 2 FWS) - Welcome to a wild, wild matchup. Moicano made very quick work over Hadzovic earlier this year, winning in the first round, within the very first minute, it was an excellent execution of ground positioning and well timed submission. Everything that Moicano planned during the fight came to fruition. Moicano has a beautiful ground game and that’s most definitely where he will be planning to take this fight, but it will be incredibly difficult to do so especially since he’s fighting someone with a lengthy kickboxing background mixed in with top level muay thai skill. Moicano will need to keep Fiziev against the cage, add pressure, feint, then shoot… or something along those lines. If he can get Fiziev to the ground then I can see Moicano getting the upper hand, but Fiziev is a scrappy fighter who just doesn’t stand still. Fizievs striking is a thing of true fucking beauty. Looking at his stats during the Marc Diakiese fight, he landed to the head 35%, the body 42% and the legs 21%. His ability to keep his opponents guard guessing, not knowing where to block or when to check, especially against a high level (and I mean very high level) kickboxer in Fiziev, it’s going to be a very tricky nut to crack. I don’t know who is going to win this one, but i’m feeling extra nutty so let’s go with Fiziev on this one.
Fiziev via KO R3
Co-Main Event
Lightweight
Tony Ferguson (#3) (25-4-0, NS) v Charles Oliveira (#4) (29-8-0, 7 FWS) - This is a fucking insane fight. Ferguson will always remain one of the most entertaining fighters in the UFC, whether its his out-of-cage rants, or his in-the-cage destruction… he’s insane. But, I will repeat what I said in my predictions when he fought Gaethje. Ferguson is not a good fighter. He’s wild and hard to calculate and read, yes, but his striking capabilities are just that, wild. Gaethje has shown almost all lightweights the tools that are needed to defeat him, you need patience, well timed shots and the proclivity to keep up the pace throughout all rounds. In my honest opinion, Oliveira could very well do that. Oliveira has an interesting set of skills, he’s an excellent kickboxer and is very patient, he makes sure to land everything he throws, and if he times it well enough, he can land a takedown, get to a dominant position and sink in a beautiful choke. Oliveira has the most submission wins in the UFC and that's just proof of his ability to destroy his opponents on the ground. Now, people have said numerous times that Ferguson is great on the ground, but I don’t see him being better than Oliveira… It’s a tricky fight to talk about really because whenever Ferguson is in a fight, anything can happen. If you look at Fergusons submission wins, they’re against fighters who aren’t submission artists and thus don’t really know what to do to avoid submissions from someone like Ferguson.. Oliveira has numerous submission wins (also numerous submission losses) against the very best the UFC has had to offer… As I said, very hard fight to predict. The next big thing you need to remember is that Ferguson lost against Gaethje in horrible fashion… That can fuck someone up mentally and it might be detrimental to his performance against Oliveira. Fuck it, its the end of the year so what’s the worst that can happen.
Oliveira via UD
Main Event
Flyweight Championship Bout
Deiveson Figueiredo (c) (20-1-0, 5 FWS) v Brandom Moreno (#2) (18-5-1, 3 FWS) - Once again, Fig creates headlines. Figueiredo is one of the most dangerous fighters the UFC has at the moment and exactly what the Flyweight Division needs to be interesting. I feel like i should just copy and paste what I wrote on my predictions when he thought Perez but fuck it, you all know how insane he is, he has power, speed, athleticism, explosiveness and sneakiness. His last fight ended in some controversy, because there were some fence grabs, but otherwise, that leg take he did before the fight nearly ended was fucking slick and just made me trust him more in becoming one of the best. Figueiredo will be a champ for a long time and i’m sticking with that statement… However, he is cutting weight twice now, and he did have trouble on the scales when he first fought for the belt, so i hope there won’t be a repeat of that this time around. Moreno is what you get if you hose down a caged animal, starve it, then release it amongst the public. He is a wild, wild fighter, violent and just doesn’t give enough fucks when he takes damage, as long as he’s moving forward, creating pressure and landing his incredible shots, he’s winning… Unfortunately, Figueiredo is a different animal and I don’t think Moreno will be able to win this. He will need a flush knockout or something in order to win this one because the longer this fight goes on, the better Figueiredo will be. A fight of endurance will be a losing factor for Moreno, so he needs to be aware of the striking power of Figueiredo, and become wrestle heavy, wrestling really is the only chance he has when it comes to this fight. Fig is just too fast and too strong… And Still.
Figueiredo via KO R1
And that's it!
Once again, if changes do occur, ill try to change it, depending on the severity of the change and if i have time to do so, but typically what I write is set in stone, i can however comment on who i think will win (replacement bout of course).
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Lets have a fun discussion down below, let me know if you agree/disagree with my picks :)
But for now, have a beautiful week, take care of yourselves :)
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Something to keep your mind off the red day...

This research was offered for $2k guaranteeing that 2 of the 6 stocks would reach $10 in a year or it was free. I didn't pay for it, rather just tried to figure out the companies from the transcript below. MMED is one of the 6 for sure. See if you can figure them out. I believe this was offered in Sept so the current prices are obviously off. Have fun!



What I’m about to tell you may sound like science fiction...
Yet what’s contained in this eyedropper...
Is so powerful...
The $8 TRILLION healthcare industry is on fire.
A single dose of what I’m holding... could change everything we know about the human brain.
Dr Robin Carhart-Harris, head of psychedelic research at Imperial College London, said...
What it was derived from... is truly miraculous.
Not quite plant...
Not quite living organism...
A rare hybrid species I’ll tell you more about later on.
But from this hybrid species, scientists have discovered a chemical compound... one that’s able to be grown in labs... 100% naturally, without interfering with nature.
The billionaires backing this research... like Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary... and PayPal’s Peter Thiel... are CONVINCED it’s going to be one of the greatest investments of their career.
To the doctors in the lab... it must seem like the next step of human evolution!
I call it “Living Medicine” because the atoms in this substance are truly ALIVE and could be capable of unimaginable regenerative properties.
And if the early findings are correct...
Living Medicine could be as transformative to our society as penicillin, which single-handedly fixed many serious health conditions.
That was making history THEN... What you’re looking at is making history NOW... It’s about to smash every record and scientific development we’ve seen.
Come with me now... inside the human brain.
All of our research shows... our brain loses its strength... its elasticity... That means memory... motor functions... they get worse as we age. You may have noticed this yourself with older friends or family.
Now watch... In time, it may be possible to stimulate growth for those brain cells and rebuild...
In time, it may be possible to stimulate growth for those brain cells and rebuild... perhaps even stronger than before.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg...
Imagine depression gone... forever.
Clinical trials conducted by NYU and Johns Hopkins found it helped cancer patients cure their depression within a single dose.
More research shows it could help completely reverse the battle-induced PTSD for our soldiers.
80% of smokers quit after one single dose! Now researchers testing it on alcoholism.
Another study by 60 Minutes found it’s nonaddictive.
I want to be clear, I’m NOT talking about marijuana or CBD right now. What is in this eyedropper is NOT marijuana or CBD.
Rather, it is a one-of-a-kind substance called “psilocybin.”
This is found ONLY in the unique hybrid species I’m going to show you.
And while this is still in trial research periods, I believe this Living Medicine is at the forefront of EVERYTHING that’s going to accelerate brain science in the next 10 years. I’m absolutely certain of it.
And I’m not the only one who thinks this!
Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal... Palantir... and Founders Fund. One of Forbes’ 1,000 RICHEST men on the planet.
He’s completely backing this industry and one of its leading companies.
And he knows people are going to call him crazy... He recently said...
This opportunity is the most hidden breakthrough I’ve ever seen.
With the track record Peter Thiel has... wouldn’t you want to get in alongside him in this new industry?
Then there’s Christian Angermayer... the hedge fund LEGEND with $365 million in assets. He’s getting in with his buddy Peter Thiel.
Same with hedge guru Michael Novogratz and his $250 MILLION fund!
He’s also a ground-floor investor.
You know who else is getting in? Kevin O’Leary from Shark Tank.
He’s betting big on Living Medicine as well – recently getting in on a $6 MILLION round of funding.
All of this activity among famous billionaires has alerted the attention of investigative reporters.
I’ve known about this alongside these billionaires for years.
I’ve been preparing for this EXACT moment.
When the companies finally see promise to emerge from the trial stage... and prepare for the moment that all of what I’m about to tell you goes mainstream.
Until now, they’ve seen explosive growth... but they’ve been too small for me to recommend to 150,000 Oxford Club Members.
But now, Living Medicine is like a giant awakening from slumber.
The market is projected to grow at an annual rate of 16.3% over the next eight years to reach $6.85 billion by 2027, according to Data Bridge Market Research.
We’re talking massive growth over time!
And while a lot of these stocks are still in their earliest and most volatile phase...
The gains can be absolutely breathtaking when you find the one.
As with any stocks in a new sector, there are those that won’t make it and will end up in the dustbin of history. But the stocks that DO MAKE it have massive upside potential.
Just look what’s been happening to the BEST Living Medicine Stocks we pulled to show you from the market.
Captiva Verde... this company was $0.20 coming out of the Corona Crash in April...
And still, even the WORST crash in financial history couldn’t keep this stock down...
Yet not a shred of media coverage. That’s how hidden from the outside this is, just like Peter Thiel said...
Imagine once it goes mainstream.
As the sector grows at that double-digit rate I mentioned to you before...
We could continue to see opportunities for incredible gains!
Sure, some of these stocks aren’t going to make it – this is a “swing for the fences”-type investment.
So I do NOT recommend you invest more than you can lose.
But when you get it right on Living Medicine stocks... the gains can be more than enough to make up for any setbacks.
Look at a stock like Revive Therapeutics.
This stock was a PENNY in December 2019.
A penny!
Meaning you don’t have to invest much and risk it – a little capital goes a LONG WAY with these.
On May 26, 2020, Revive opened at a high of $0.27. A 2,600% gain in six months.
📷
One more, just because I’m excited for you...
And I’m thrilled I finally get to put this in the hands of our Members...
This is going to be an extraordinary example... and I can’t promise these kind of results.
But this is the kind of grand slam I’m hoping to find for you!
And it also shows you the power of these stocks... and how a small investment can change your life forever...
For $1,500, you could have bought 100,000 shares of the stock.
And that $1,500 flyer...
Would have turned into a MASSIVE payday as the stock moved closer to $0.99.
Now, would you have to be lucky? You bet. And have exceptional timing? Of course.
Stocks like Ehave are rare.
And other penny stocks drop to zero.
BUT...
This is the power of investing in a brand-new market like Living Medicine.
And this is why I want everyone to know about it NOW, when it’s in the beginning stages and the profit potential is the BIGGEST.
When you can put in $500 or $1,000... and see life-changing results. And not risk a lot of capital if a stock doesn’t work out.
Up until now, I’ve been anxiously waiting because these Living Medicine stocks were too small for our hundreds of thousands of Members to get into.
When they were just a penny I couldn’t do it. These companies weren’t even off the ground yet. The risk would have been too great.
And while small caps can still be volatile... the upside potential here is too good to pass up.
Because make no mistake... we are now at a tipping point, which is why your timing couldn’t be better.
Living Medicine therapies could go completely mainstream as soon as 2021 according to two independent sources.
And the six stocks I’ve found... all of which specialize in this... sell for $2 a share on average.
Then again, it’s often been said that neuroscience is in its infancy.
We know more about the moons of Jupiter than our own brain!
That’s all about to change in the next few months... when these six tiny companies take the $8 TRILLION medical world by storm.
Only the true ground-floor guys know about this.
The REAL silicon valley power players like Peter Thiel.
The REAL shark tank investors like Kevin O’Leary.
I want you to get in now... when a small grubstake in Living Medicine... over time... could be one of the greatest investments you EVER make.
I’ve put together a special report on the BEST companies in the world creating this Living Medicine.
There are only six I would touch if I were you.
And they’re still at the absolute cheapest – they’re all $2 or less on average. Some are selling for just $0.20!
I predict these stocks will soon be trading for $10 or higher!
These six companies have the most sizable advantage from my analysis. And they have the lion’s share of this discovery and this market in their grasp.
Imagine the gains you could be sitting on all because you knew about this ONLY when the smart money billionaires knew about it.
I am going to show you how to claim the Living Medicine report that reveals ALL the companies DURING this presentation.
So if you click out and leave, you’ll get nothing.
Your profit opportunity will likely go to someone else.
But if we move quickly... I think we can play this situation just as we’ve done before with NEW and EXCITING investment trends.
My early recommendations from another service gave my readers the chance to TRIPLE their money in six months on Canopy Growth – one of the biggest names in the biz...
And DOUBLE their money on Aphria Growth in four months’ time.
Those successes were a big part of the lead-up to launching our research today... and having something at The Oxford Club completely dedicated to blazing new trails and investing in new trends.
But since 2017, as you may know, marijuana has gone into a steep bear market. The marijuana index as a whole is down almost 69%!
As a result, our track record is negative, and our average position is down 9.9%.
I hate losing money, but that is the nature of the markets sometimes. But in my view, when something goes against you, you don’t just keep following it downward.
Marijuana’s fall was a valuable lesson.
It reminded us not to risk more than you can afford to lose.
And when you have big gains on the table, like we did, take some of them!
Let the rest ride and play with house money if you want!
It also taught us that it always pays to get in at the beginning, not after everyone else is already talking about an opportunity.
BUT... something good also came out of these losses...
They’ve allowed me to build an even BETTER system for picking stocks than before.
I just closed out another MASSIVE 2,710% partial gain on Sea Ltd. in August of 2020! From a position we held for just four months!!
My system is BETTER than ever, and it’s led us straight to this new market.
Where the revenues are trending upward.
Where EVERYTHING is trending upward!
And this new market is one where the billionaires are more excited than ever!
And prices will never be cheaper. You can get in with a Shark Tank investor like Kevin O’Leary... for pennies!
That’s why I’m telling you about Living Medicine today.
It’s the next no-brainer trend...
And sources are predicting that by 2021 it could be in treatment and therapy centers, moving out of the clinical trials we’re in now.
And by 2027, it could be a $6.8 BILLION industry.
We’re talking billions...
Yet these companies barely measure in the millions!
This is why I feel that NOW is the time to get into these stocks – or you’ll regret it forever.
This is the breakthrough moment for investors, which is why the billionaires are going all-in.
For the past two years, I’ve been waiting for this trend to hit the mainstream.
Waiting to replicate these kinds of results yet again in order to lift our track record to FAR outperform anything we’ve done in the past!
I’m hot on the heels of Shark Tank investors and other famous investors... yet as far as I know, I’m the ONLY person who knows about these six stocks!
As for the profit potential...
You could be looking at the chance to turn a couple hundred bucks into major money!
For Starters, on Average ALL OF MY Stocks Are Still Under $2
For starters...
The stocks in my Living Medicine report...
Are selling for an average of LESS than two bucks.
· One is just $0.10.
· Another is $0.20.
· Another is $0.43.
Meaning they’re tiny, and the biggest gains are ahead of them!
Now, there is always risk to investing, and small stocks like this can often be even more volatile. We never recommend you bet the farm on these trades.
But when you get it right on these... you don’t have to. I showed you how $1,000 in a Living Medicine stock like Ehave turned into nearly six figures.
That’s why I actually recommend sprinkling just a little into each stock. That way you ensure yourself the best chance at success without putting down too much!
And a little bit goes a long way when my six stocks are priced between just a few cents and just a few bucks...
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With small stocks like these, we expect some losers along the way.
But here’s the thing...
If our best-case scenario plays out...
And we find that play that makes you 1,000% on your money...
It will NOT matter if you struck out once or twice along the way, or even if the losers are more frequent than the winners. All it takes is one big winner when you get in on these trends before everyone else.
The billionaires backing Living Medicine know it... That’s why they’ve gotten in now.
The FDA knows it... That’s why they gave this treatment a breakthrough therapy designation to expedite the development and review of this treatment..
NOW is the time to get in...
I’ve put together a package that shows you exactly what these six stocks are, and I’ve outlined their massive growth potential and profitability.
And I’ll reveal something extra to you, too...
I’ll show you how to become what’s called a "round lot" investor before these companies grow bigger and bigger.
Round lot investors are the highest status of investor.
And I’ll show you how you could accumulate hundreds or THOUSANDS of shares for just a few bucks and become one.
My report is going to walk you through everything. And you can open it on your phone, iPad, computer... whatever you want.
I will show you how to get my report on the six Living Medicine stocks and more in a moment, but first...
Let me finally tell you what this revolutionary discovery is made of.
Because Living Medicine treatment is like nothing else on Earth...
It’s funny how the world’s greatest medical breakthroughs can hide in plain sight!
But it’s truly phenomenal... no other species of plant has this chemical in it.
Literally NOTHING.
And what’s truly remarkable about this species... is that it’s not quite plant... not quite animal. It’s a rare combination hybrid.
Which may be why it’s been holding these secrets right under our noses!
The good news is... scientists have found a way to grow living medicine rapidly in a lab, so there’s no need to wait for nature to produce this miracle substance – that’s a benefit not even marijuana can boast!
And you can decide how to take it.
In a powder, packed into a small capsule, sometimes only 475 micrograms.
You can dissolve the powder into tea or liquid if you don’t prefer to swallow something – which plenty of people do.
Or you can just drop a little eyedropper under your tongue.
A cancer patient revealed to one Colorado news outlet that vials as small as this size contain more than a YEAR’S supply to medicate pain.
A small powder or liquid.
That’s it.
That’s all it takes for Living Medicine to go to work on your body and potentially help treat you within a single dose. And that’s confirmed by CNN as they interviewed doctors at NYU.
But here’s what’s TRULY revolutionary.
It could help rewire and stimulate growth in parts of your brain.
You probably know that, as we age, we become forgetful. We can’t possibly remember every nugget of information.
Basically our brains lose a couple of horsepower with each passing year.
Living Medicine could help reverse that.
Think of your brain like this... before and after Living Medicine...
One of these images looks like it has a few pathways...
The other looks like a neural superhighway.
Studies on this are still in their infancy... but neuroscience itself is in its infancy!
It is said we know more about our solar system... than what is inside our own skull.
But Living Medicine is the tip of the sword when it comes to neuroscience advancement.
This could be the ANSWER neuroscientists have been looking for. How to re-awaken those long-lost parts of the brain!
This potential of stimulating growth of brain cells is why everyone is simply astounded by Living Medicine.
Now let me tell you a little bit about the chemistry behind it.
According to the DPA, the Drug Policy Alliance...
The main active ingredient in Living Medicine.... psilocybin...
“Is not considered to be addictive, nor does it cause compulsive use.”
Johns Hopkins University determined the same thing, citing on its website...
“Research shows that the drug has low potential for abuse and dependence.”
Unlike narcotics...
Or pharmaceutical pills that become addictive...
Or even the folks who enjoy marijuana a little too much...
That’s NOT the case with this Living Medicine.
It really can offer the best possible treatment with the fewest possible side effects.
Think of those affected by Alzheimer’s, PTSD, depression and the countless brain disorders out there. The number is in the hundreds of millions according to the World Health Organization.
Hundreds of millions... that’s a lot of people this could help, right?
So let me give you a glimmer of the profit potential here...
Because I know I just explained a LOT of science and numbers here...
Let’s take a look at a marijuana pharmaceutical stock that made a similar treatment, but only for people suffering from two rare forms of seizures or epilepsy.
Only about 3 1/2 million folks have epilepsy here in the states. That is a fraction of the patient base that Living Medicine could help.
Now, this was also the FDA’s FIRST-EVER drug derived from cannabidiol.
So, even though it was a much smaller market, this treatment was a TRUE ground-floor opportunity, just like Living Medicine. It was a breakthrough! Just like Living Medicine.
This is not one I recommended. At its low, this stock went from $8 and change... to peaks of more than $124 over time.
A 1,450% gain.
14X gains!
And consider, this company’s claim to fame is making a product for just 3 1/2 million people...
Now consider...
If Living Medicine’s research continues to show positive results, someday it could treat 300 million people worldwide with depression.
And here in the States...
· 5.2 million Americans with PTSD
· 5 million people with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
· 38 million smokers.
· 8.1 million alcoholics.
I think 14x gains like GW Pharmaceuticals could be small potatoes.
Remember, that stock was $8.
And its treatment was for a FRACTION of that patient base.
The stocks I’m going to send you in my Living Medicine report are on average $2 per share.
If any one of these six companies follows the same trajectory as GW Pharmaceuticals... we could snag one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for ourselves!
And that rare and extraordinary chance is WORTH taking! That’s why the billionaires are plowing their money into it.
And it’s why Fortune magazine recently published an article begging the question, “Is this Silicon Valley’s next big bet?”
I’m telling you, it is!
This is an incredible time to get in on the ground floor.
When the billionaires like Peter Thiel and his buddies are moving in.
THE BILLIONAIRES ARE MOVING IN
Remember, Peter Thiel was in early on Facebook, SpaceX, Airbnb and Lyft.
He’s worth more than $2.3 billion because he knows how to spot a new market.
And he’s one of the first people moving in on Living Medicine.
Or how about this... do you ever watch Shark Tank or know about it?
Mr. Wonderful, millionaire Kevin O Leary, is moving in on this.
And you know how tough he is to get to invest on the show! One of the – if not THE – TOUGHEST people to convince.
And yet, he is going all-in according to the reports.
In fact, he’s behind one of the six companies I’m going to tell you about today.
So don’t get up from your chair or click out of this video – you’re literally going to get the details Mr. Wonderful invested $6.2 million to find out!
He’s not the only one...
Tim Ferriss, bestselling author and entrepreneur and worth a whopping $110 million, is also getting in on this trend.
Meanwhile, every scientist and doctor in the lab is utterly fascinated by it.
In fact, as researchers dug deeper and deeper into the origins of Living Medicine...
They actually found ancient medical texts referencing it...
They found it’s quietly been used by cultures for hundreds of years!
Throughout History Cultures Have Used This Living Medicine... in More Archaic Ways
Now... many of the world’s best medicines were actually used throughout history before they were fully understood by scientists.
Take aspirin...
It comes from the Willow plant.
And its first documented use dates back to the ancient Egyptians as an anti-inflammatory and pain reliever.
The Greeks used it too.
Hippocrates, of the Hippocractic oath fame, used Willow tea to ease the pain of childbirth.
But it wasn’t until 1897, when German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovered the actual compound for aspirin, that it took off as a modern medicine.
Today, 40,000 tons of aspirin are produced annually... generating hundreds of millions in profits every year.
Living Medicine is likely to have a similar story because it’s a natural and effective medicine.
And its use also dates back to ancient peoples.
Celtic Druids called it the “Flesh of the Gods” because of its mental-boosting attributes.
Egyptians reserved the source of the Living Medicine EXCLUSIVELY for royalty. Because they believed it increased longevity, even by their very archaic standards!
The ancient Chinese also knew about it...
Forms of Living Medicine were even documented as early as 29th century B.C. in The Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica.
They didn’t have the kind of technology or capabilities we have today.
But we’ve seen time and time again that old knowledge can have transformative modern applications.
Even as recently as 1928...
LESS than 100 years ago...
Nobody realized the mold from an old orange... would become instrumental in developing penicillin... until Alexander Fleming thought to put it under a microscope.
The SAME story is playing out with Living Medicine.
It’s untapped potential has sat for centuries...
Millennia...
Until now.
And that’s why the smart money and billionaires are so excited.
And why I am excited to get you the details on the stocks cornering the market for Living Medicine.
Remember, for less than $2 per share on these companies, we can get shoulder-to-shoulder with billionaires on the BIGGEST trend happening in medicine.
Living Medicine Is About to Go Mainstream
I wouldn’t even be wasting your time right now...
If I didn’t think this was going to go completely mainstream in the weeks and months ahead.
I mentioned before the FDA has given Living Medicine BREAKTHROUGH STATUS.
But that’s not all.
Across the country, on a state-by-state basis...
New bills are being written to start moving to allow folks to have Living Medicine.
From the West Coast and California... to the midlands like Colorado... to the southwest of New Mexico... it’s spreading everywhere like wildfire.
For instance...
A program called “Initiative 301” in Colorado was signed into effect late in 2019...
The proposal received more than 89,320 VOTES.
And with that historic vote... Initiative 301 was signed into law! These laws are paving the way for this new treatment as Living Medicine gets the necessary greenlights from the FDA and the government
But Colorado isn’t the only one!
Just a month later, California followed suit.
New Mexico has almost completely given the greenlight, and they’re ready to go.
The FDA has also allowed doctors in Texas to start researching...
Oregon is in the process of starting a program as well!
As are the researchers I told you about at Johns Hopkins in Maryland...
And Florida’s getting on board – with half a million people with Alzheimer’s in the Sunshine State, this could be huge for the state!
It’s spreading rapid-fire across the country and for good reason.
The mental health crisis... is estimated to cost the world $16 TRILLION in the next 10 years.
We are DESPERATE for something that can help treat chronic pain, pill addiction, depression, PTSD and these debilitating diseases of the mind.
To me, the writing is on the wall...
If these states can get their best scientists...
Their best schools...
Their best doctors...
Their best state legislators...
All working toward the SAME goal...
I think it’s obvious...
The main companies in this space are going to reward shareholders with once-in-a-lifetime gains.
Millions of folks are going to finally start catching on in 2020...
It’s about to hit that breakout moment. When folks start talking about it like they do their favorite show on Netflix.
That tipping-point moment... when regular folks in the mainstream start asking... how do I invest in this?
And I think these stocks are going to SKYROCKET over time.
Which is why I want you to know about them now.
And why I want to send you my report on Living Medicine which reveals the stocks.
Because this is the moment...
It could feel like watching the same movie twice.
You know how it’s going to end.
Just like when cryptocurrency got popular... just like when marijuana stocks got popular.
This is when a mega-trend emerges from the shadows.
My expertise is on finding new investment markets as they develop.
I’m quite literally the Chief Trends Strategist at The Oxford Club, with more than 100,000 Members counting on me to find it before everyone else.
And I think this Living Medicine is going to create the third new booming market of the past decade.
Think for a second...
Five years ago, people thought you were smoking pot if you told them about marijuana stocks.
Ten years ago, nobody knew what a cryptocurrency was.
People looked at you like you were insane.
Trading paper money... for digital money?
That’s how it always is.
Peter Thiel, Michael Novogratz and Christian Angermayer all jumped into crypto very early.
Now these same guys are doing it again with Living Medicine.
They’re pushing their chips back into the middle of the table...
Novogratz recently told Bloomberg reporters, “It just feels like a cultural shift is going on.”
And he’s absolutely right.
A shift is going on.
This is a HUGE moment in our culture when folks get introduced to Living Medicine.
When hundreds of millions of people worldwide have their lives changed.
It’s a before-and-after moment for all of humanity, just like penicillin or aspirin.
Kevin O’Leary, the famous Shark Tank investor, said this about Living Medicine:
“As an investor, I am attracted to [This Living Medicine Company] because they are solving health problems through federally authorized clinical trials.”
But here’s what I REALLY love about Living Medicine compared with cryptocurrencies or pot stocks or other trends I saw...
Living Medicine can actually SOLVE the problems we are facing eventually.
Sure, crypto might one day have a clear purpose. We’re still waiting for when that day will come.
And medical marijuana is helping a LOT of people.
But I told you those stories only to show you the power of early adoption...
And how it pays to get in early with the smart money.
Now here’s why Living Medicine is so much better than those short-lived trends...
The companies creating this Living Medicine are working to help thousands of people right now with chronic pain, depression, brain function and more.
This is a LONG-term trend that will only get bigger.
This is a $34 BILLION potential market... and the companies I’m sharing with you have market caps in the mere millions.
They could grow 10... 20... 50 times in size and still have room to go.
They could grow 1,000 TIMES in size... and still be worth only a billion.
And the most breathtaking part of it is...
You can get in for an average of $2 a share on these companies I’m going to show you.
More than that...
You get to be a part of history and helping people.
Veterans with PTSD...
Cancer patients with depression...
Alzheimer’s patients who have trouble remembering their friends and family.
This is a chance to actually do some good in the world by backing these companies as they explode in value.
Living Medicine can help countless people within a single dose.
Get this...
80% of smokers who took Living Medicine... were able to quit the habit cold turkey within three doses.
This stuff is UBER-powerful.
Which is why an eyedropper of this Living Medicine could rewrite history books and medical journals on treatment.
It’s kind of how medical marijuana played out for investors...
Remember when they started realizing marijuana could treat disorders? And it suddenly blew up?
From Parkinson’s...
To helping folks who abused prescriptions...
That’s why when you look back at history, you see how the companies that were FIRST to try this revolutionary idea... were rewarded handsomely...
Abattis Pharmaceuticals launched from $0.03 to $2.21.
That’s a peak gain of 7,226% in three months’ time!
If you had been lucky enough to time it perfectly, it could have turned $500 into more than $36,000!
Sure, plenty of marijuana stocks were busts.
But I can’t even count how many weed stocks blasted off back then, when it was still a brand-new industry.
That’s why I think it’s important to at least give yourself a chance here with a small investment.
Yes, you could lose it. But the potential reward is so big that in my opinion, it is well worth it.
Ask yourself...
Do you want to get in on an opportunity like those again?
An opportunity accepted by billionaires and the people pouring money into it?
The medical professionals testing it?
The FDA giving it breakthrough therapy status?
That’s what’s in front of you right now.
Living Medicine is the FUTURE!
Now, I said before that I love this development because it can actually HELP people.
More and More Research Is Coming Out... Living Medicine Is the Next Big Thing!
When something starts to become big, everyone acts like they have a hand in it.
Every company suddenly latches onto the trend, even if they aren’t in on it!
That’s why you can’t just pick a Living Medicine company all willy-nilly.
But I think these stocks...
All at an average under $2 a share...
Represent the best opportunity in this space.
And don’t worry, you do NOT need to be a private accredited investor like Peter Thiel and his buddies to get in on these Living Medicine companies.
I’ve identified the only publicly traded ones investors should be looking at.
Bloomberg reported on February 11, 2020, “Move over pot. [Living Medicine] companies are about to go public.”
MarketWatch expects the IPO market at large to “crank into high gear.”
And I can’t help but think it’s because of this MASSIVE new development...
Green Entrepreneur published a report saying...
“[Living Medicines] are following a similar trajectory to cannabis – and investors are taking notice.”
Remember the tech boom, when companies like this would IPO nonstop, and it lifted the well-established companies EVEN HIGHER?
You’re watching the same show twice... You should know what’s going to happen.
It’s a telltale sign this market is about to enter its next massive growth phase.
Let Me Detail the ONLY Publicly Traded Companies Worth Looking at... Trading Under $2 on Average
The first company sells for less than a quarter.
It just inked a $500,000 deal with another group that wants the right to grow Living Medicine here in the United States.
It actually has a proprietary extraction technology it first perfected in the hemp industry.
It’s a proven system, something I love to see. And now it’s applying its extraction technique to Living Medicine.
A few more bullet points that come from my own analysis include...
· Its majority-owned subsidiary just completed the design for a preclinical study for using Living Medicine for weight loss and food craving. Obesity is a global epidemic killing 2.8 million people each year.
· The company has more than 200 wellness formulas in various stages of commercialization with 14 patent applications filed.
· The company currently has retail operations in three countries but plans to expand to 12 more.
· The global wellness market is a $4.2 trillion opportunity.
· The company’s management team includes people who cut their teeth at Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble as well as Skechers and Aritzia. This, to me, legitimizes this company BIG-time.
My Second Living Medicine Company...
The second company is testing easy-to-use Living Medicine drops...
Now, I told you before you could get in with a Shark Tank investor...
Mr. Wonderful is an investor in this company. He was part of a $6 MILLION investing round.
And shares are just $0.44.
As if that wasn’t reason enough to get excited...
On the board of directors is none other than legendary Bruce Linton, who took Canopy Growth to the mainstream.
That stock launched to $50 at its peak!
Imagine what this Living Medicine stock could do with Bruce at the wheel again.
Even if this stock went to only HALF that – $25 a share – that would be a 5,581% increase!
Of course, we’re going to have to time it just right and nothing is guaranteed in investing... but we’re swinging for the fences, and we’ve already got Mr. Wonderful on third base!
My Third Living Medicine Company
The third company is just a buck and change.
Thirty percent of shares are held by insiders – a great sign!
Yet just 1.7% of institutions know about this.... It’s on only 1.7% of banks’ radars.
And here is what has me on the edge of my seat...
As I mentioned before, the billionaires and hedge fund guys are among the ONLY ones who know about Living Medicine...
And they’re certainly going to do whatever it takes to profit from it.
You better believe when this company gets discovered by the other institutions and ownership increases, it’s going to send the share price even higher!
This is what I mean when I say NOW is the time to get in... when the gains are set up to be the easiest... when the shares are this cheap!
And that brings me to the next breakout company I’ve identified...
My Fourth Living Medicine Stock Is Near and Dear to Me...
The cool thing is... this was one of the FIRST companies I ever found dabbling with Living Medicine. It kind of sent me down this journey.
It’s the $5 stock I told you about. But while this one might cost a little more, I think it’s well worth it.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, this company reported record revenue of $33 million, an increase of 152%. And this was its 10th consecutive quarter of record revenue.
So these guys are hanging in there while countless businesses are closing up shop forever.
That’s what you want, a company that can weather the storm!
It also has a partnership with the blue chip company 3M, further legitimizing this company’s product.
In my opinion, this is one of the most solid companies in the space.
This Fifth Living Medicine Company Is Off the Charts!
My fifth company is expanding globally and growing its operations. It’s based in Canada but now has operations in Australia and Malaysia.
This is pivotal because you want those companies that are capturing global markets, not just here in the States.
We forget that there are billions of people out there with the same problems as the 300 or so million Americans in our country. It’s a BIG global market, and these guys are chasing it down.
The CEO of this company has 15 years of pharmaceutical experience, including a division of Johnson & Johnson.
Best of all, shares are less than two bucks on this company.
My Sixth and Final Living Medicine Company
My sixth and final Living Medicine stock is also a sub-$2 opportunity.
But I’ve saved this one for last for a very important reason.
It just completed a massive acquisition of a fellow company.
And with this acquisition, it gets the RIGHT to three separate Phase 1 trials and a preclinical trial.
This is a HUGE advantage out of the gate – securing the right to try a medicine.
It also secures this company a partnership with InterVivo Solutions, Canada’s largest neuroscience-focused preclinical contract research organization.
As I’ve told you today, Living Medicine is considered a breakthrough therapy by the FDA – that’s a very high status designation.
And this company already has the right to trials for its medicine.
That’s like getting a 30-second head start in a foot race. You can’t beat that advantage.
The bottom line is...
I really think this company, along with the other five I just told you about, is the best of the best.
And Living Medicine is the single most powerful investment I’ve ever seen.
I’ve put together a report called “Living Medicine: The Next Big Thing” that will show you the ticker symbols, the growth potential and the massive industry at the fingertips of these six stocks.
I also mentioned I’ll show you how to buy “round lots.”
Showing you how to possibly get hundreds or thousands of shares for just a few hundred bucks.
Because that’s the beauty of this research package I’ll be sending you.
Even if you put, say, only $500 in these stocks... we’re talking just $3,000 total to get started.
And that $3,000 could hand you LIFE-CHANGING results.
Even if we’re ULTRA-realistic and we don’t think too greedily...
A fraction of gains like that could improve your life.
I want to send you this report on all six stocks right now.
No waiting!
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