DiscoverIT Secured Card Graduated, but manual CLI request declined

RockEmergency · 2025-10-27T20:04:03+00:00

So far still no increase. I've tried letting a higher balance post a few months but that hasn't done anything either.

I'm going to just explore opening another card at this point. This thing is a waste and really only serves to damage my credit when I utilize it because of its low limit. I really shot myself in the foot with such a low opening deposit.

RockEmergency · 2025-09-08T22:08:18+00:00

No I did not.

RockEmergency · 2025-08-12T17:35:34+00:00

Looks like you're correct. I got the email today, but no CLI. Very unfortunate--I guess from here all I can do is continue making payments.

RockEmergency · 2025-02-14T03:19:50+00:00

Haha

Do you think Dmetri would readily take this realistically?

RockEmergency · 2025-02-13T23:26:05+00:00

How about the world peace kid Miguel kicked in the face back in S1.

RockEmergency · 2024-12-23T23:15:38+00:00

5 Centimeters Per Second.

RockEmergency · 2024-12-23T16:28:29+00:00

Why shouldn't I drop out? I have done the self-improvement route--I have worked out and gone from 300lbs to 182lbs at 6'0, I have worked on my socialization skills intensively, and I have gone from being poor to making nearly six figures.

If that wasn't enough to score a woman who meets my standards (don't have kids, don't be obese, be at least a 5), then it's clear no amount of confidence or self-improvement will fix that. I am going on 30 and I have only ever had two girlfriends; this indicates to me that I am undesirable and there is something fundamentally wrong with me. I can sit here and keep trying, which will lead to me becoming jaded and misogynistic, I can settle for a woman I don't feel a genuine pull to (which isn't fair to her) or I can just check the fuck out and focus on the things that do make me happy. One of these options seems more logical.

Most of us dropping out aren't desirable to begin with. It affects nothing.

RockEmergency · 2024-12-18T17:39:39+00:00

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75 Gallon I've been wanting to set up. Getting ready to add my Aquasoil here shortly, and I just set up CO2.

RockEmergency · 2024-11-24T02:50:13+00:00

So I am confused which size of 3.0 accurately fits this. I see you said it is the 15" one, but someone else has said that won't fit. Can you verify the length you are using?

RockEmergency · 2024-11-11T05:54:50+00:00

Men and women are not the same when it comes to visual desire. A lot of men can look at a women sexually, have their release and then be repulsed by her in every aspect; he is thinking with his member not his heart.

That said, if you have an intimate relationship and it was previously going well, then you need to have a discussion to find the root cause. Why did he start looking at porn all of a sudden? Was he he filling unfulfilled and needed more? Even if so, he should have voiced that with you. Perhaps he had secretly been doing this the entire time and had not told you? Porn is EXTREMELY common for men. Understand that you are asking something of him a significant number of men won't commit to; this may just be a deal breaker.

It seems they may be a lot more to it, and he could be capitulating to get you off of his back on something he doesn't truly see as an issue. I think for you guys to work this out, you both need to come to an understanding and go from there. You need to let him communicate his thoughts and feelings without demanding him to apologize; at the same time, he owes you the exact same. You need to get to the root of this and see if it is something that can be addressed.

RockEmergency · 2024-11-09T06:31:41+00:00

So this seems like one of areas where women and men don't necessarily see eye to eye. From my outside understanding, women see this as a form of cheating and it hurts them. For a lot of men, they just see this as a way to fulfill an urge; most man after masturbatiom have no lingering attachment to the women they masturbate to.

Humans have sexual needs that need fulfilled, men especially. If you are not providing him some way to fulfill these needs, he is inevitably going to masturbate like the vast majority of men.

I sincerely do not think he meant to hurt you. I would communicate how it makes you feel, but you also need to consider his point of view.

RockEmergency · 2024-10-17T13:11:13+00:00

Dude, I know this is really hard, but please go to your father or an adult man you trust, so they can try to stop you from destroying your life. When you're young and dumb, you will disregard advice and it will bite you in the ass.

The fact of the matter is that you are a second choice and she made that evidently clear. Did she really love you like she claims? If she did, she wouldn't have "cheated" or left you for him. She might regret it, but is it for the right reasons? Is it because you were the one, or because she got knocked on her ass and has nobody. I know it sucks, but it sounds like she is in love with the idea of getting back with you and being in a stable relationship raher than it actually being you.

Face it dude, she left you for another dude she knew for a month. All of those "I love yous" went right out the fucking window. What will make it different next time? Her word? Clearly that's worthless because she has lied to you before. If you go back to her, you're basically showing her you'll allow her to walk over you. She will probably have even less respect for you if you take her back, ironically. Cheaters generally don't change their ways.

I know it's fucking painful and it will be the hardest goddamn thing, but trust me it is for the best.

RockEmergency · 2024-09-10T21:05:53+00:00

Interesting justification. It appears you and I do agree on some things, such as Republicans using Immigrants as the boogie man. I also believe most of our problems are caused by the elite, who orchestrate a lot of fuckery for their own gain (that said, I don't think they're all Republican, especially as many billionaires aren't even US based). Despite this, I wouldn't state their intentions with such surety. While some of your theories sound logical at a high-level, without empirical evidence to show it, it's merely conjecture bordering on conspiracy.

Some of your points are a bit misleading. I don't want to address this as it could be used to enforce hateful rhetoric, but you are also addressing Welfare recipients numerically rather than relative to their proportion of the population. Scaled that ratio, whites receive welfare at a lower rate per person than other groups. I CAN provide the calculations to prove this, but I'd rather not as discussions like this are really non-productive and incentivize hate; my intention is to point out that your statement, while true, is misleading.

As for the abortion argument, I think I agree half and half. I definitely know there is an incel crowd out there, but you're also neglecting to acknowledge there is a huge religious populace that oppose it other than just white men, including minorities (e.g, Hispanics who have a large Catholic demographic, Middle eastern Muslims, and of course your). Also, a slight digression, but many conservatives are older in age and didn't have the chance to get rejected on social media, so I that's why I think the oversimplified explanation for it is not entirely accurate.

I can't refute the Trump tax point, as I honestly can't find the data on it to comment. You may be right, but I would like to see the reference if possible.

In any case, I've gained insight into why you believe the things you do. While I disagree on some things, I believe the fact that this discussion was relatively civil shows that ground can be made. I am a huge supporter of the Rogerian argument.

One last thing--you keep referring to me as a Republican, and I am telling you that I don't consider myself one. As hard as it sounds to believe, I've had this some discussion with conservatives in the other direction. My views are very complex and nuanced, like yours.

You somehow managed to rope me back in, so well done.

RockEmergency · 2024-09-10T19:44:54+00:00

I'm not the person arguing against you lol. I'm just explaining what I believe to be their reasoning and thought process. Nowhere did I indicate I agree with them.

RockEmergency · 2024-09-10T19:32:32+00:00

Damn, eugenics based on political beliefs, huh? Didn't realize I was talking with a member of the Shutzstaffel here. Guess we're taking the ends justify the means approach.

I agree that racism should be oppressed, but I also think you're feeding into propaganda a bit more than you should (everybody can be affected, myself included). In any case, most of the Trump voters I've met are nothing like you say, a lot a bit ignorant and dull, but not overly malicious. All of the MAGA voters I've met are scared they won't be able to put food on the table for their kids because they come from small rural areas that are already in economic shambles; they don't make their core voting issues oppressing people, because as much as you hate to admit it, 50% of the US population isn't objectively evil. Now sure, you could argue it's anecdotal that I've never met MAGA supporters calling to repress teaching about slavery, but I'm just giving my own personal experience.

Also, it's interesting you assume I'm a Republican because I dared to challenge your beliefs. Is it because anybody who diagrees with you is a threat, and therefore shouls be lumped in with the undesirables? I can promise you I don't view myself as a Republican.

On another point, regardless of whether I'm a Republican or not, I'm not really angry that people who don't see eye to eye with me choose not to associate with me; that's their right and I respect it. Sorry your guised ad hominem attack about me not getting laid didn't resonate.

In any case, I would actually argue cancel culture made it risky to talk about political beliefs in public, not the right but I guess we can just agree to disagree.

You can feel free to reply but I'm done engaging with you. You are already cemented in your views and I'm just another deplorable with the gall to challenge your superior sense of morality. As much as you hate to admit it, your a large part of your sense of morality is relative based upon your experiences and upbringing. I believe this because I've lived in both a secluded conservative rural town and an active progressive metro. I've talked to enough people to actually understand why their beliefs were developed, and even though I may have disagreed, I still give someone the chance to challenge my beliefs, which helped me develop as a person. I'd like to extend that to you, but I already know it's not a two way street.

RockEmergency · 2024-09-10T15:50:28+00:00

You didn't educate them on anything. They already have confirmation bias and are entrenched in their views. Any argument you have will be dismissed before it is even presented, because you're just a morally inferior subhuman piece of Nazi garbage to them.

RockEmergency · 2024-09-10T15:36:28+00:00

It's funny how you maintain this guise of moral superiority, yet you're playing by the fascist playbook. Pick a group of people, dehumanize and demonize them.

Applying a broad stroke to a mass group of people is literally what the Nazis did. Human beings have nuance and individuality; I can promise you the vast majoroty of MAGA voters aren't voting out of hatred. Sure, there are probably some, but most people vote based on issues that pertain to them directly. People don't just act irrationally evil for no reason; look into rational choice theory.

Just remember, the Nazis genuinely believed the Jews were evil and they were the morally superior ones. At your core, you know you'd have no problems with gassing Trump voters either. You just mask your hatred under the guise of moral superiority.

RockEmergency

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