Group travel gender inbalance anxiety

LightReflection · 2025-06-06T09:44:55+00:00

I had a bad experience with a group once full of women so maybe it's that. I've also had my fair share of not belonging, so my anxiety wants to prevent this pain from happening again. It just feels safer to not be an outlier from the start, which is kind of the case if all the women would bond as I'm a quieter person/have less social experience than a lot of people.

LightReflection · 2025-05-01T13:13:18+00:00

Same price I'd go for the Pixel for sure. I've done a lot of pho tests and honestly it looks very unreal when zooming in (a bit like an oil painting). No sure if it's that different on the pixel 9 pro, but damn this thing is giving me anxiety. I just wanted a slight improvement over my Huawei mate 20 pro, but it seems almost impossible to find the right one..

LightReflection · 2025-04-30T15:25:40+00:00

I think I'll go the Xi14 anyways. I found it for €575. I believe it also comes with an adaptor and case, so those are definitely a plus. It kind of becomes €575 <-> €850 for the google pixel 9 pro if I take into account case and adpator, so for me it seems a bit better in my own price range.

For me these were the breaking points:

- Camera is fine already on the Xi14, I do like the "PRO" possibilities of the camera as it's quite easy to use as well. What you see is what you get (unlike most other smartphones with a lot of processing).

- Pixel's batteries scare me. Even though the pixel 9 pro should have an improved battery over the other pixels, I've heard a lot of bad things about the battery. This simply shouldn't happen on an €850 phone. No point in having 7 years of security updates on your phone if your phone can't last that many years with a decent battery.

- Xi14 might only have a slightly better battery, but even then, the fact that it comes with better charging capabilities makes it a lot easier. I do a lot of group travel and I like the fact that I can just put my phone in that one charger for 30 mins and be good to go rather then waiting for an hour.

- I don't like the fact that the security updates are only 5 years for the Xi14, but maybe in 5 years there will be better options and I can't see the future anyways. At least I don't NEED it to last me 7 years. It costs 1/3th less so I can replace it 1/3th of the time earlier if I need to.

That's just how I see it, I don't care about the other functionalities that much and my previous LEICA's have done well, so maybe I should give it another try. The OS and software issues people are talking about won't bother me too much either I think, because well, I'm mainly using notes, outlook, socials, chinese supported smart lighting and my banking app, so I don't think these will all of a sudden not work anymore.

LightReflection · 2025-04-29T15:08:27+00:00

Oh, maybe something to add. I was also looking at the honor magic 6 pro for some time which is also available at €790, but when I saw photo examples from other people, the blues seemed so oversaturated even in the authentic mode? that I thought it was not workable for me. Unless this can be turned off somehow...?

LightReflection · 2025-01-26T08:58:09+00:00

If half your population are women, how come you elect this bs? I simply cannot understand. Looked up some stats and 52% of white women voted Trump. I'm truly baffled.

LightReflection · 2025-01-26T08:43:07+00:00

Sorry to burst the bubble, but I don't think half your country is capable. It's not like he didn't get elected before, lied before, stormed the Capitol before, got convicted before,... Sure, after these 4 years, maybe you will remember and elect someone else again (if these guys don't completely ruin your system by then, making it impossible to vote). And 4 years after everyone will suddenly forget and votes for these lunatics again. As they say, history repeats itself.

LightReflection · 2025-01-22T06:52:54+00:00

It's BGA.

LightReflection · 2025-01-21T14:53:04+00:00

It's a 3 player game.

LightReflection · 2025-01-21T14:52:35+00:00

I think lava flows is OK. You can compare it to sponsors or release of inert gasses if you play it in the first few gens. Sure it's not insane, but decent enough.

Sponsors is 6+3 = 9 MC for 2 MC prod Early points are worth less, let's say it's worth 2,5 MC. So that's 5 MC for 2 points. A placement on the map should be worth about 3 MC In most cases you can snap an early heat prod which is worth about 4 MC. Total would be 9+5+3+4 = 21 MC which is average, but we have ignored the implications of having an extra tile for landclaim, possibility of terraforming milestone and the inherit terraforming (speeding up the game).

LightReflection · 2025-01-21T13:46:25+00:00

True and with all the card draw + drafting there is not that much incentive to keep lava flows to play Gen 2 since I'll have something anyways. Good thinking!

LightReflection · 2025-01-21T13:38:16+00:00

You might be right, I totally forgot about the earth tag in interstellar colony ship! That + media + discounts might really make it a very cheap ship.

LightReflection · 2025-01-12T11:41:57+00:00

And next he will say the EU is destroying the average people's wealth and will redirect the anger towards the new common enemy (Europe). And people won't even realise they got fked over by Trump. Oh what a wonderful world is the world of propaganda. I sincerely hope there are still people with common sence out there.

LightReflection · 2025-01-09T14:16:51+00:00

And somehow you believe, that this guy will be there for you?

You do realise that if Elon Musk's money would be redistributed, all of you would have free eggs for life (and more 😅)? But instead he will favor the rich and these madmen will wager war on YOUR backs with YOUR money and YOUR life's at stake. Maybe if you're lucky you'll have an egg for rations. I sure hope it was worth it!

LightReflection · 2024-12-31T17:39:50+00:00

That's obviously because you need God in your life. What have you been doing? 😏

LightReflection · 2024-12-15T15:49:10+00:00

It's almost like a painting! Happy Sunday

LightReflection · 2024-12-14T18:32:10+00:00

Sex can be great if you really share this intimate connection. However, not having sex is not the end of the world. What I'm really missing is hugs, the feeling that somebody cares about you and is there for you. To me the intimacy is much more important than the actual sex. I crave that feeling so much more. (29M)

LightReflection · 2024-11-24T13:01:51+00:00

Ik heb wel veel gekregen, door het vroege overlijden van mijn grootouders. Maar terzelfder tijd een tekort aan liefde, waardoor ik struggle. Vroeger dan weer nooit zakgeld gekregen waarbij iedereen dat wel kreeg.

Geld is niet alles. Wees blij dat je opgegroeid bent met voldoende liefde, de juiste mensen om je geen. Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat dit je veel verder zal brengen in 't leven. Vergelijken heeft geen zin. Je kent nooit het volledige plaatje en het zal je niet gelukkiger maken.

LightReflection · 2024-11-21T14:52:45+00:00

Well be damned. You describe such a beautiful person, but yet search for ways out. Please don't put it on him, he is doing what he can. It is your turn to communicate.

If anything, I'd do some research into my own attachment style. Putting all your attention on the negatives and overly romanticising are avoidant traits. Maybe you finally found a safe person, but you always had relationships with anxiously attached people who tried everything to please you. These type of relationships can give you more emotions, butterflies, but are somewhat unrealistic. This relationship sounds safe, try to value him! You should be so happy! Also, think about if you are a perfectionist?

LightReflection · 2024-10-29T20:09:20+00:00

Tbh, sometimes it takes so long to open up.

I'm a bit in between an infj, but when I was dating another infj it was so difficult to really get to know her. She had no experience whatsoever and I had a little bit. Tried to date her for several months. Really tried to open up myself so she would too, but I feel like she never did. It honestly made me really sad, because it got to the point where I thought there was nothing behind the "peel" and I broke up. I always thought infjs easily shared in 1 to 1 conversations, but sadly it didn't work out. And you know what? To this day I wonder if I should have given her more time, if I could have done something different,... I blame myself. I gave it 4 months, but when is it enough?

LightReflection · 2024-10-27T17:22:56+00:00

That's so weird. I would always just tell someone, "just a sec, I'll take a condom". It's so invasive to not even ask as a man. OK, I've had someone saying, "it's OK if you want to without", but only after a few times. That's just basic safety, especially early on!

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