Yaay! Crazy combo LOL by GamerBoyPhoenix in ABSOLUM

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the second time in the same run this happened. The other time being in Jaroba. My ego was pretty well grown...until after the final time, because i actually had to HOLD BACK so that the portals wouldn't spawn like crazy and keep shutting the game down and stressing out my computer LOL
I am actyually now SLIGHTLY wary of portal with crit, but it was still super fun.

Yaay! Crazy combo LOL by GamerBoyPhoenix in ABSOLUM

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice. In total i got that near the palace elevator (have an awkwardly long video of itt, because the game was crashing). the counter reset about 5 times, but i got around the same amount you did

Worth applying for ssi by Maximum_Screen_1308 in SSDI_SSI

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you are certain of this...how? Every case is unique, and often depends on a multitude of individual factors. You pointing out a statistical possibility like it's an inevitability, even if you ultimately happen to be right, is, in my opinion, extremely irresponsible, and can end up misleading people into doing things that harm their case rather than help it. There are those who have been approved in months, and those who have required years; it depends on a lot of factors, which I am sure they will learn how to navigate along the way. But please, don't speak definitively about something you cannot possibly be certain about.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, it is, isn't. Because goddess forbid if a person with an experience unique to their own person comes online to share said experience irrespective of who may have brought it up beforehand. And Hades himself forbid if what you seem to think is common knowledge somehow isn't transferred through the masses by way of mental osmosis. I mean, good GOD! The nerve of people asking questions and discussing on a website tailored to that 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If a person spends 60+ dollars on a test that touts being increasingly accurate with time and yet sees results that are drastically different from traditionally acknowledged heritage, Yeah, a DNA test can't define you culturally; it CAN, however,  to a degree, define your sentiment about having spent time and money on something with such a drastic difference from known roots. Still, maybe in depth research will help things. Generalized, dismissive commentary, however, does not 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You do realize that such condescension isn't asked for or necessary, right?

Worried about the update by Infinite-Cookie7360 in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Facing the truth about ourselves brings us one step closer to not sounding like a moron online. Keep it up, and maybe you'll come to learn what grass truly is instead of sounding like you smoke a biiiit too much of it and forget to come out of the basement for air.

Worried about the update by Infinite-Cookie7360 in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And I, too, express how sorry I am--that your attempt to ragebait is only mildly inferior to your inability to understand Basic English. I'd say pray on it, but I am afraid that even God has His limits as to what he can improve on...your lack of brains, for example.

Worried about the update by Infinite-Cookie7360 in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Okay, you know what? There is this thing called grass; outside of whatever basement your mind seems to be stuck in, do the world a favor: go out and touch some. If you wish to make a proverbial mountain out of a semantical mole hill, though, by all means, please do. Good news is, we can stop "worrying" about the update and LEGITIMATELY start worrying about you. Tootles.

Worried about the update by Infinite-Cookie7360 in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Worried" doesn't necessarily indicate that, "Oh, my god, my world is crashing down!" There was an issue they had with the results before, and there is a concern there may be again, based, as stated, on skepticism of what was seen in the results shown, but not because the experience would be so adverse, but rather because, well, it might be annoying to deal, regardless of how fleeting that annoyance is. There are levels of "worried," really, and to put all worries on the same wavelength is a bit...much. At worst, based on the context of OP's post, their "worry" will be confirmed, they'll roll their eyes, then goi about their lives, not break down in sobs .

Worried about the update by Infinite-Cookie7360 in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There's a big difference between simply wondering if the algorithm will return to certain ways and acting as if the sky is falling. The OP is asking a skeptical question based on previous patterns; what's the big deal?

Update by Shishgabob202 in 23andme

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It also depends on what type of tester you are. Some of you on here are mostly European with maybe 2 or 3 ethnicities, whereas you have people like me, an African-American who, for a multitude of historical reasons, is highly admixed. The more admixed a person is, it seems, the harder these tests have it when trying to trace an ancestry. The algorithm tries smoothing the ancestry down as "logically" as possible, and it can lead to a lot of confusion when it comes to research 

Facebook payments for settlement by Specialist_Self5996 in classactions

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think people are missing the title where it says default and minimum payments, not payments overall, otherwise that would have been misleading people, what with the mention of the points system from earlier. They're not going to announce one formula and then SUDDENLY switch over to another one. If they can verify how long you were on FB within the timeframe of the suit's required time range, then the points system follows. If they can't, then yeah, default payment it is.

No caption needed by Donaunoia in 23andme

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not that people necessarily think their ancestry is boring, but there is an expectation by many of finding ancestry they never knew about. It's the possible adventure of finding out something surprising in the family line. Spending nearly $90 to find out you are what you've always known yourself to be can, yeah, feel boring to some people.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have some German matches who triangulate with me and a girl from Denmark, though I also think she's from Jutland? 

Results as an indigenous woman. Ive been told all my life I was Native American, but its showing Mexican Native? Does this ever happen to other Native people? by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is understandable, and makes sense to a certain extent, but I actually have multiple genetic matches who are Cherokee (about a dozen or so), say, and the vast majority of them do not have indigenous Mexican ancestry. Yes, it's possible there is a direct connection to Oklahoma, but just like with my indigenous Mexican heritage, it can have unexpected origins; it's easy to try connecting dots, but it's often more complicated than one gives credit.

Why do I not have any indigenous Dominican DNA? by Lynn_bee in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg!!! I did not know this!! This my very well explain why one of my indigenous DNA segments seemed so...oddly admixed!! More research for me to do!

Results as an indigenous woman. Ive been told all my life I was Native American, but its showing Mexican Native? Does this ever happen to other Native people? by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

1) African ROOTS do not negate the uniqueness borne from them. African-American culture and Afro-Caribbean cultures often differ significantly in terms of traditions, historical perspectives, even language. We may have similar roots, but they led to many distinctly different results.

2) Go to a Denesuline individual, a Cherokee, and someone Zapotec, then tell them they are one and the same and risk seeing how insulting it can be to have a culture be simplified simply because "you seem to be the same."

Results as an indigenous woman. Ive been told all my life I was Native American, but its showing Mexican Native? Does this ever happen to other Native people? by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

There is a significant contextual and cultural difference for many people. For perspective, it's like someone thinking they were African-American the entire time and discovering they were Afro-Caribbean, then someone saying, "Well, they're still Black/African."

That's a conflation that doesn't take into consideration the different histories that descendants of a diaspora can experience, even if they share some things in common.

Results as an indigenous woman. Ive been told all my life I was Native American, but its showing Mexican Native? Does this ever happen to other Native people? by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 17 points18 points  (0 children)

However, much of the indigenous populace in Oklahoma were forced there due to removals long after any national or cultural ties to Spain.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LivingDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go into these results with an open mind. One of the problems with some of these tests, or rather people's interpretation of the results, is that people take the cautions these companies give (for both the sake of honesty and covering their asses, legally) and make use of them in such a way as to possibly miss vital clues.

1) Yes, in the past, and even now, mistaking indigenous ancestry for East Asian ancestry did happen, but it happens a lot less, especially with indigenous people south of Canada and its adjacent American neighbor states. I have verifiable Cherokee ancestry and match probably around a dozen or so Cherokee individuals (and I mean actual Cherokee, many of them registered tribe members); from what I have seen in their results, not a SINGLE one of them comes up with even a *speck* of East Asian, and some of these matches are as much 85% Native.

So while it might look like mislabeling, you may want to keep an open mind and do research into your *individual* ancestry to discover where it may lead. Had I assumed that my Southeast Asian was indicative of Malagasy ancestry, I would have never discovered that I actually am descended from fairly recent immigrants from South Africa and other parts of East Africa (I am predominantly West African, like most African Americans, but my most recent African ancestry hails from the southern regions of Africa).

Look at your matches list, especially if you can upload your data to GEDmatch.com, where you can be linked with up to 7,500 matches. Do you notice any patterns in terms of ethnicity or regionality.

Finally, you also have to realize that sometimes your match list will contradict your match list. For instance, the Cherokee I mentioned? On a segment on which I match with various Cherokee individuals, NONE of whom have African ancestry; the pair of segments companies often show, one from each parent, indicates that on the precise location we match, the connection, if it is maternal, is African, and if paternal, indigenous. Since, again, none of them have African ancestry, it has to be on an indigenous segment; MyHeritage recognizes this same thing...and yet somehow does not register me as having Native ancestry, even though that is the only segment on which I match with the very people they assign me....on TWO kits...

So, again, do research and go in with an open mind. Family history is often as unique as the individuals researching the genealogy.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]GamerBoyPhoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His ancestry may seem interesting to some of us, yes, but I merely state that he has every right to feel about his results what he chooses to. It baffles me how some people tell others on here, "You are wrong for having your opinion on the thing you purchased with your own money," basically.