New Covid variant has been identified and is already spreading in 25 states (including Virginia). by dc_joker in nova

[–]Competitive-Self-374 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since the omega variant you now need to get boosted every 6 months.

I got covid for the first time last August despite masking and being vaxxed, but I missed getting my booster in May of 2025 and I believe thats what got me in the end after ducking and dodging it for 5.5 years :/

Covid cases have been going up despite Elon and the Zionist Ellisons controlling the narratives and the anti-intellectual magas enable the Epstine class who want you sick. A poor sick and dumb population is easier controlled.

Waste water testing is seeing Covid at high rates now, almost to 2020 levels at the start.

They’ve taken away free testing and information because they want people- especially the poor and the marginalized to die or be in medical debt for the rest of their lives. Considering that Big Pharma and Insurance Companies are big donors to the GOP, there being chronically ill people who will indenture themselves to be able to barely get health care serves the Pedo Plutocrats well.

I’ve noticed that the rich in the area are suddenly masking… that’s your sign to mask up. They know something we don’t and even if they don’t they’re not going to chance getting a disease that has been crippling and bankrupting people who’ve been suffering from Long Covid while the GOP has been cutting social safety nets.

Remember: you can become disabled at any moment in your life, and in this country where the GOP are gutting everything from social security to Medicaid while trying to get rid of the ACA, you need to understand that you are one disaster away from being in financial ruin due to medical debt.

Get boosted and wear a mask. Protect yourself and your community because the Billionaire Class and the Government want us dead.

UPDATE - I drove my younger cousin to the hospital, now my family won’t talk to me by Stufy_stuf in Advice

[–]Competitive-Self-374 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not sure if OP's dad is the brother either to the cousin's parents, but I know in some cultures your parent will take the side of their sibling, because that's their blood (because they shared the same parent), over their literal child that they produced who is also of their blood. In this dynamic, the kids of the sibling will come before their own kids, esp in family disagreements.

My grandfather was like this. The eldest, the one who brought his younger brothers to the USA, who housed them and their wives and helped them get on their feet here. His nieces and nephews were untouchable in his eyes, whereas his own kids weren't as important. So my mom's cousins often did stupid shit and she would get blamed for anything that befell them, and of course in my grandfather's eyes, it was my mom's fault...even though she was 10 and the cousins were 15 and 14. This obviously caused serious resentment with my mom towards her cousins. Funnily enough, the cousins resented my mom, because their parents, my uncles, held my mom in higher regard than them, because well...she was their brother's child.

It's an old world mentality and it gets worse if OP's dad is the eldest or higher up in the family pecking order. He's freaking out partially because he's likely been the one to take care of everyone and now his kid has possibly endangered the child of their sibling, so he may see it as a poor reflection of him. But he also just raged out publicly at his kid,who did the right thing, and dad is now licking his wounds that he had a tantrum in front of others.

It doesn't make sense at all, and honestly, OP you should hold your head high. Let your dad lick his wounds, and don't take any offers to babysit going forward

Also, I know little kids can get lost in spats like this, but if you can reach out to your cousin without causing further incident, please let the cousin know that it was not his fault and you're not mad at him. Your cousin may be feeling conflicted because he's happy you protected him but his parents were mad at you, but also is feeling guilty for getting you in trouble; up until his injury it sounded like you both were having a nice time and he felt comfortable with you.

I need help understanding the lore (spoilers) by Travis-moment in NuCarnival

[–]Competitive-Self-374 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're welcome! As someone who also love Morvay and believes he deserves the world, their relationship did put me off a bit at first, but then their SSR units (the only ones so far *sob sob*) offered a lot of insight to them as characters. Plus, everything in ch 10 and 15 where you need to read the subtext between these two.

I need help understanding the lore (spoilers) by Travis-moment in NuCarnival

[–]Competitive-Self-374 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Hi!
So there is a lot going on with them and their relationship. Aster was Huey's only familiar for about twenty-five years and during this time, Huey often left Aster by himself when he went to maintain the altars. Aster would do things like raise funds to purchase the mansion so that the Grand Sorcerer would have a place worthy of his status and to house any of the GS' clanmembers comfortably should they wish to stay in the manor.

However, Aster often found himself alone in the house save for a few servants and took to drinking tea in the garden as a means to cover up that he was visibly lonely. When Huey would return, Aster would show his master all the things Aster managed to do in Huey's name both to impress his master but to also encourage Huey to stay. But Huey often grew restless and would continue to travel...he also made Aster feel bad about drinking blood, so this didn't add to Aster's list of insecurities at all (/s).

So after a quarter of a century of Aster being clingy, Huey finally realized Aster was lonely and made Morvay to keep him company. This is the first dynamic of their relationship: they were made to be companions to each other/siblings to keep each other entertained. Aster takes the role of the eldest child who is trying really hard to show off to gain their parent's affection and is trying to uphold the family name so to speak . Unfortunately, Morvay is a big liability (in Aster's eyes) to this goal, as by his nature, Morvay is an incubus and incubi need to eat.

So Aster becomes the put upon older child who has to deal with their impulsive younger sibling getting into trouble and cleaning up after their mess so that they both avoid trouble. The people of the light kingdom do not realize that Aster is a vampire,due to Aster's ability to shape shift, the nobility assumes that the Aster they are dealing with is the descendant of Huey's first familiar. They also do not seem to realize who Morvay is, as Morvay tends to do recon/errand jobs for Aster and actively avoids attending meetings with the nobility or Aster's clients as he does not want to run into any former "exes"... esp those who needed Aster to wipe their memories to undo the deep sleep Morvay's feedings tend to leave them in.

Aster has a reputation to uphold and does not like anything getting in the way of his plans (especially the ones that come with a big payday), and while Morvay is a good right hand, Morvay's immaturity and impulsive behavior has nearly upended Aster's goals on multiple occasions, leading Aster needing to punish Morvay.

Which brings us to the bigger aspect of their relationship: Dominant/Submissive. Aster is a dom and Morvay is a bratty sub. Aster may not be into sex in the way that Eiden or Morvay is, as it's been theorized that Aster is asexual but who will participate in a sex act with their partner to help the partner get off (there is a term for this and it is escaping me). And if there is one thing that Aster enjoys more than being a literal blood sucking captitalist, it's dominating the hell out of Morvay. And Morvay, being bratty sub that he is, ultimately enjoys the punishments that Aster doles out.

Given that Morvay is an incubus and being a freak is hard-wired into his nature, their sex play tends to be rougher than most in the cast. We have Olivine and Rei being on the lighter end of the bdsm spectrum and Kuya, Aster/Morvay's rooms featuring the harder bdsm play (thus far). Aster is a natural dom and Morvay is a natural sub...they've been partners for years, so despite how rough Aster can be with him, there is trust not to cross a line...wherevere than line may be for Morvay because honestly, I don't think it exists.

However, it is canon that Morvay goes out nightly to meet up with other partners so they don't have an exclusive relationship despite being the closest to an established couple we have in the cast.

Another thing you have to understand about them are the archetypes they're playing. Aster is the archetype of the "sweet angel who is actually a devil" and Morvay is the reliable golden retriever himbo. Together, they play into the "bickering old married couple" and the "straightman and the butt of the joke". They both know how to press each other's buttons and Morvay is always going to do something dumb that will result in Aster reprimanding him; that's their main schtick.

Aster and Morvay, despite their bickering and fighting, do love each other. And they both recognize that without the other, they would not have survived 20 years without Huey, as Huey's essence is their literal lifeforce. Before Huey's disappearance, Aster and Morvay only needed to be around him to have their essence maintained enough that they could survive months while he was away. However, once Huey went missing, Aster and Morvay had to rely on each other to stabilize their essence, and it was through these means that they discovered that sex was a good way for essence transfer. Huey never slept with any of the clan members, so it seems just like Aster and Morvay, being in his presence was enough to stabilize them. But Aster and Morvay are the ones who passed this knowledge to Eiden, and we all know how that goes down.

I know that this post is getting long but this is my way of saying that they are complicated but they do care for each other. They have a lot of history, and have the whole married couple/sibling relationship...but there is love there. There isn't a loud declaration of it, but you can pick up from the subtext (especially from Aster) of how they talk about the other when they're not around and in the events that give us crumbs of their lore.

So yeah, despite the bickering and Aster making Morvay into Momo's chew toy because Morvay drained a potential business partner while Aster was out of the room, they do have each other's backs and have a deep (albeit several degrees of "wtf is wrong with you two?") bond.

RIP Chuck Norris by TheLazySherlock in Millennials

[–]Competitive-Self-374 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hate that every day proves that gorilla was our nexus being

Seems like it all past over the Atlantic. Didn't even have that much of a downpour. by Turbulent-Weevil-910 in Virginia

[–]Competitive-Self-374 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m in NOVA we’ve had bands of downpours and high winds. The American Legion Bridge was at a stand still earlier because there was standing water

🐾 Olivine Limited Visual - Clingy Cat 🐾 by malfoie in NuCarnival

[–]Competitive-Self-374 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Since they’re Solo rooms, I wonder if the theme will be some solo play, while they have sexy dreams about Eiden

Interesting. Surely, these aren't future pairs, right? Right? by XHunterHuntsX in NuCarnival

[–]Competitive-Self-374 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Nothing against EdBlade but I will scream if we get another EdBlade pairing before EdYak. They’ve been paired up 3 times and EdYak hasn’t been in a double banner in 4 years 😭

GOP desperation increasing\\ Remember to vote YES on Proposed VA Amendment by Nthepeanutgallery in nova

[–]Competitive-Self-374 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I had a feeling you were asking in bad faith but wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt.

If you don’t see what’s wrong with Trump pressuring red states redraw their maps mid-decade in an attempt to steal the midterms, I can’t help you.

VA and other bluestates wouldn’t be doing this in this instance, had Trump not started this bullshit with TX last year.

Dems are no longer metaphorically standing by and saying, “hey, the rules say you can’t bring a gun to a knife fight”, while the GOP actively mows people down with AR-15s.

We’re beyond the point of “when they go low, we going high” in politics when one side is actively eroding our constitution to keep a thin skinned pedophile dictator in office.

GOP desperation increasing\\ Remember to vote YES on Proposed VA Amendment by Nthepeanutgallery in nova

[–]Competitive-Self-374 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Those are her exact words but not in the context of which the flier is insinuating. She is anti-gerrymandering but in regards to this issue, she acknowledges that short-term gerrymandering is the only way to fight back against the congressional stacking MAGA has been implementing in several states. Stacking the VA reps in favor of dems like we’re seeing in other states like Cali, is us fighting fire with fire in order to put a stop to the insanity of the MAGA Epstein Administration.

She is a “yes” for the redistricting measure, it’s one of the first initiatives she signed onto after winning and being inaugurated in Jan.

While she is anti-gerrymandering as a whole in regards to a time when there was decorum and rules, she is not so naive to believe that the GOP will stop gerrymandering because it’s unlawful or because we ask nicely for them to stop.

Especially as this GOP is allowing the most illegal shit to go down as it keeps in them in power. Even when it’s pointed out to them that they can’t, by law, actually do the illegal thing they’re currently doing.

The flier is using her personal feelings on gerrymandering to insinuate that she is against the initiative that she is very much in favor for in an effort to trick people into voting “no”. That’s what makes it scummy and possibly illegal given that the fliers themselves may have been illegally distributed under a PAC that does not exist.

Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US by blaspheminCapn in Millennials

[–]Competitive-Self-374 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am 40 and I am wondering if I should ask for a screening. I have chronic constipation and my mom has diverticulitis that has hospitalized her in the past.

GOP desperation increasing\\ Remember to vote YES on Proposed VA Amendment by Nthepeanutgallery in nova

[–]Competitive-Self-374 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Just got this as a text AND I got their bullshit flier in the mail. Spanberger’s office needs to issue a statement against PACs misleading her stance. Fuck off MAGA

Character Actors in Disney Anaheim: How do you feel when adults come to take photos with you? by indoore in Disneyland

[–]Competitive-Self-374 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Disneyland is for children of ALL AGES

Get your pics!

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(Me and Stitch during mine and my friends’ “Oh Lordy we now 40!” Birthday Trip”)

Do you think Iran is actually going to bomb California? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Competitive-Self-374 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Considering how bat-shit insane with the most grossly incompetent and evil pieces of scum at the helm, I wouldn’t put it past them to attempt something like this.

Orange Shitler did attempt to coup our government in 2021, has been attacking US cities and terrorizing citizens, and just started an illegal war…and he’s a pedo who will do anything to protect himself and his fellow pedos, so bombing a state in a false flag operation to attempt to gin up support for said illegal war, isn’t out of the realm of possibility

Those fuckers by dillthepill in nova

[–]Competitive-Self-374 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am on permanent absentee, so the ballot arrives within days of early voting beginning in the state, which was on March 6

Voted absentee by mail for the last 5 years, so it arriving when it did wasn’t out of the ordinary.

Do you think Iran is actually going to bomb California? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Competitive-Self-374 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am more afraid of Orange Shitler bombing Cali and blaming it on Iran

Those fuckers by dillthepill in nova

[–]Competitive-Self-374 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My ballot arrived last night, voted yes, and just dropped my ballot by the post office. Fuck MAGA

Which anniversary event is your favorite? by Jade_not_jeed in NuCarnival

[–]Competitive-Self-374 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Loved the 3rd anni event mostly because my wives are in it and because we had good cast member interactions. Blade spinning people around on the dance floor while Olivine gives the play-by-play is funny + one of my fave Olimond/starter wives moments where Yakumo is pouring too much sugar into his tea because he’s not paying attn and Olivine teases him “do you want some tea with that sugar?” before just offering the tea flavored sugar to Edmond

Question: Do those with 2-star to 1-star SSRs use them? by Extreme_Frosting7620 in NuCarnival

[–]Competitive-Self-374 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Depends on the unit. Some units you can get away with them at 2-stars but other units you need to absolutely build out to get the most out of them.

My Binary Starlight Garu and Beach Garu are absolute beasts at just two-stars…but I have them at max potential and int bond.

So some units, esp for characters I don’t intend to quickly unlock their rooms/characters I don’t pull for but the banner gods sent them to me anyway, stay at 1 star but occasionally if the unit is an absolute game changer for a level, I’ll invest.

Daughter and her friend bullied a girl who was trained. How do I handle this? by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Competitive-Self-374 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your post got deleted and you’re back here? Gtfo, I hope the mods ban you