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So I had a conversation with a trusted friend and he's pointed out some subtle manipulation people have used on me to get ahead.

For example: One guy helped me to in math only to later ask me later "hey man can you do this for me?". I agreed but I felt like a Pack mule and was later kicked out for failing to go to a meeting. One meeting.

At work I thought I had been part time associate. Apparently, I was just seasonal/temporary. Since I'm sure as as heck I was part-time I asked but the manager just said something along the lines of "oh I meant to sit down with you about that but you weren't scheduled.." and "thank you for your service.". That service one still irritates me tbh. Thus job was just retail and I'm only 20 but...ya.


My mom constantly tries to find reasons to not allow me to go where I want despite having a 3.31 out of 4.0 in college. I know it's just a B but come on..My brother never even attempted college or working after high school. Can't I have the Damn car? It's only fair plus he's the one that gets the tickets not me.

Have I been duped or am I over thinking things?

So I've been thinking to buy stocks ( or parts of a company) for some time now. One of which is the store  I work at and coca cola. I'm looking to keep my money their and make a few hundred dollars in dividends a year.

Then I stumbled into the idea of investor clubs from Google but the one's in my area deal with real estate and others with "CANSLIM" investing methods. That last one just sounds like a ponzey scheme.

So any helpful advice on investor clubs?

P.s I'm only 20 and still doing my aa in college so I'm not attempting anything ginormous like spending thousands on stocks.

For years you have fought on behalf of the Church of Novistrania and the Kingdom of the Nords against the Demonic invasion of Emperor Gulcasa and his cult allies within the country. The Final battle you remember was very chaotic as the Nords mustered all of their strength to attack the mobile Fortress Gulcasa but traitors within the ranks sabotaged massive amounts of specialized seige equipment and ladders forcing the Nords to send in only the best fighters. The King Himself chose and led the Elite Teams of Warmages, Battle Priests, Paladins, and Hardened Auxiliaries. The Auxiliaries helped get the Kings foces inside where they battled and overpowered Gulcasa himself. The King however, was mortally wounded by Empress Justine The Drider who threw a Poisoned Javelin at the King which impaled your Leaders stomach. She later escaped deeper into the Fortress where she was never seen again.

The Kings son, Crown Prince Nante took the Throne at the young age of 6 with his mother the Queen of Nord as Regent of the country.

The Queen is known to have been the more hand on ruler when peace was with the Kingdom and was also for a time the Spymaster for King, who has decided that you are to a lead secretive order to hunt down Cultist and Capture their leader Empress Justine The Drider.

Character Sheet is as follows:

1. Name
2. Gender
3. Occupation: You may choose to be a Warmage, Battle Priest, Paladin, or an Auxiliary.

Brief run down of the different classes.

Warmages specialize in magic and spells. They are also known to be part of many secret magical circles that only other mages know about. Rivalries between these circles is well known and it is proven that some circles openly supported Gulcasa because he himself was once a Warmage of high caliber. Warmages are constantly scrutinized by the Church and it's Battle Priests who carry out writs of inspection and sometimes execution. You will have the power, allies, rivals, and enemies.

Battle Priests specialize in combat with maces and holy cloth armor that prevents Unholy possession and mitigates attacks by those of tainted blood. The Priesthood is constantly in war with itself over doctrine and while you will be the Head of a Secret order you will have to play the religious politics of the church and it's Bishops. You may also be asked to carry out a writ on Mages who are suspected of heresy or by lords who would want their children blessed. The Job of the Priest leaves little left to be done.

Paladins are an order onto themselves. Holy men and women who take up the heavy holy armors and seeks justice against those who do harm to the innocent or corrupt thy neighbors. Paladins serve as the main infantry and calvary retinues of the Kingdom and are proud of their Martial abilities. They also have the power to close up cultist portals that let in demons along with battle priests. They do however, act independent of the Church of Novistrania. It is to be said that any who retire from the Order of Light must reside in a monastery for the remainder of their existence as to prevent them being captured by enemy forces. Paladins are by far the most celebrated heroes of the land and it is difficult for their presence to not inspire help.

Auxiliary are the conscripts of the land. You are the peasant who farmed or fished who is pressed into service to fight for your Lords. Auxiliaries are known to have do just about everything from setting up siege equipment, helping prepare spells, fight, clean up the camps, and die. This is the only profession that will not include outside duties like the above.

How does one get good at remembering dates for things?

Example: Remembering Thursday @ 3:00 PM being at such and such place?

My friend was a Student government president and he was able to do this every single day for 2 years. How can i get on that level? Not that i'm doing the same thing mind you but remembering interview dates/meetings would be good...

Welcome to the Beautiful island (People's) Republic of Chak. The Country has always been rich in Minerals but devided by culture and ideology. It was conquered by the Russian Empire, absorbed into the Soviet Union, broke away from Soviet Union through a mostly peaceful process of Independence, and then came the first rebellion.

The first Rebellion fought the disorganized (an some argue non-existent) Confederate Government. The leaders of that Revolution came to known as the Red sons, an were led by Mihail Korbachav. Korbachav and his new Government created a efficient yet brutal central government that genocided tribes who resisted their rule, adopted compulsory work camps for "troubled individuals", and propagated themselves as saviors and heroes through a propaganda schooling system. 5 years ago Korbachav died of type four cancer that was in his stomach and was succeeded by his Vice President Lenin Boyle. Under Lenin, National Elections were cancelled the old administration purged and martial law caused the deaths of hundreds around the country. All of which happen to be members of the Security Forces or Political Elites.

No one is sure exactly what happened and State news sources have been restrictive even now about the events. They still say there was a attempted coup by Lenin's rivals who wanted to seize power for themselves.

Your  mother and Father (the lord watch over them) were picked up by said security forces one day when you were returning to school. You watched as they were taken to cramped trucks with no clear ventilation drive them away. You ran away barely escaping capture yourself and have been hiding incognito in your uncle's house under a new alias. 5 years have passed an you are now old enough to live alone but more importantly, you are old enough and strong enough for revenge against Lenin and his lackeys who took away your parents.

Your last name is Petrov but what is your first name?

1. What did you do when your parents were taken away from you?

A) Go to college
B) Go completely underground and join a criminal fraternity
C) You created a small start up export company
D) You joined a underground boxing club

2. As you lived on with your new life you saw Lenin's new Government start martial law in the country. You soon learned that if you wanted to fulfill your aim of revenge you needed knowledge so you tracked down subversive literature. What was it that you finally found?

A) Special Forces Urban Survival Handbook
B) Neuro-Linguistic program- A guide to manipulate and influence people
C) Commercialism- A guide to a succesful path of wealth
D) Political Insurgency- KGB Primer

3. Your hometown of Savors creates an organization called "Citizen Watch" and are approached by the authorities to join. What did you do?

A) Joined with gusto keeping files on anyone who tried to expose you...or remove people for pleasure.
B) Attended meetings not doing much to help but also being helpful enough as to not arouse suspicion on yourself.
C) Called in favors within the organization to make sure you were never suspected. Keeping you free of needless work also.
D) You found out the leader of this secret police front and fire bombed his house. They never found out and it lost it's steam weeks later.

4. Economic Sanctions by the EU and the US hit the nation of Chak. Worse the Financial Minister and President gamble alot of money on international currency that ended up failing. Unemployment rose sharply and locals came to you for help. What did you do?

A) You supported a charity that helped those that were most hurt by the crises.
B) Used your connections to get your good friends good jobs. Keeping them right in your pocket.
C) You pointed to the army for jobs, they always needed bodies and it would give them purpose in their lives. It also meant that you had friends in strong places should the secret police attempt to jab at you.
D) You had friends in the police that you called on to remove the undesirables from your area. They were holding everyone back anyways.

5. Dissent grows during Martial law and groups being to organised protests and sit-ins at Government sites. You decide to help them by..

A) Give a rousing speech to help motivate the crowds
B) You work behind the scenes writing speeches, directing propaganda, and making sure people didn't get violent.
C) You visited town officials to make sure that the rallies weren't raided by the police.
D) You whipped up large groups of protesters after the rally was over to start trouble. Bricks flew and cars burned all over the town.

6. It's Lenin's birthday and the Nation celebrates. The Mayor of Savor trows a high profile party in order in the President's honor.

A) You researched everything you could about the guest and then smoozed them over, you made good contacts
B) Located the valuables in the house so that you and your associates could get everything during less sociable hours
C) You chatted up the Mayors extremely attractive daughter, oddly enough the Mayor seemed pleased at this
D) You used your strong rhetoric and knowledge of the free markets impressing people left, right, and center

((Choices should be something like 1b 2c etc))

((Map coming soon))

Your an american politician but why stop there? Why not hold on to office and make life terrible incredible for your fellow Americans?

First what election should you run? Governor? Senate? House? Mayoral? District?

I have no idea YOU DECIDE!

((Feel free to make a totally legit character info, you can EVEN have trap if you want to.))

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Just a thread i thought i would make. I've been away from reading fun things since high school and haven't been able to find anything in my local library. Care to suggest something to me fellow bay12 members?

Also the only book i read over and over again was "Rifles for Watie" and "phantom of the opera".


((funny story about phantom of the opera. i didn't know plays were still a thing until i asked one of my teachers off handedly. I still facepalm myself whenever i think of phantom of the opera.))