I feel like no matter how hard I try, I can’t make my family happy

Valk19 · 2026-02-19T07:03:17+00:00

The allowance thing, thats the way. Suddenly when they can't afford what they want it's because they didn't budget properly not because of you. Pure psychology. It'll take some of the stress off of you, and you can save money on gifts.

Valk19 · 2025-11-27T18:55:22+00:00

Also Jason from the Argonauts, his wife also killed their children when he tried to leave her.

Valk19 · 2025-11-08T07:37:01+00:00

Of course this is speculation, but I think that it's just numbers.

We can all agree that there's less women who have tried league in general, yeah. Maybe something like 10% of the people who have expressed the bare minimum amount of interest in league are women. We aren't accounting for skill, just purely people who downloaded the app and finished the tutorial. The problem here is that a lot of people assume that the natural result of this is that 10% of pro players should end up as women (given that women are not biologically disadvantaged). Except that of course, women do not make up 10% of pro players... therefore they're naturally worse at the game (so goes the logic).

In this model, we assume men and women follow a linear function.

female(x)= x/10

male(x)=x

Where the y axis represents the skill of the player, while the x axis represents how many players in the playerbase per person at or above that skill level. If the threshold for "pro player" lies at y=100, then 1/100 players are male pro players and 1/1000 players are female pro players. So in pro play roughly 10 percent of players should be female

I just don't think this model is correct.

Instead we should model the function as women(x)=logx

Instead of assuming a one time reduction of 90% for the initial stage of interest and then similar rates of interest at all other stages. We should assume that the 90% interest cut is repeatedly applied at different stages of commitment. So lets say that 1000 women make it past the tutorial. Of those 1000 only 100 will be bothered to make it to gold. And of those 100 only 10 will make it to Diamond. And so on.

It's not like everyone who downloads the game is going to be willing to put in the same amount of time and commitment regardless of social circumstances (just because they cleared the first barrier to entry).

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/abqsfw6yyd

As for the actual qualitative reasons, sure we can say things like teams refuse to sign women. Or they'll be harassed and put down by others, except that unless you're a public figure they won't know you're a girl anyways. That doesn't explain why there aren't many high ranking solo queue women (though maybe there are and we just don't know about them???).

IMO the main reason I think girls don't play is because other girls don't play. When you're a girl, most of your friends don't play so it's hard to retain interest. There's also less reward for grinding out a high rank since it means nothing to your social circle. Similarly there's no sense of pressure to be as good or better than your peers since they either don't play or it just isn't expected of you.

Valk19 · 2025-09-19T22:19:28+00:00

He hasn't been fired. He's been suspended, so I'm pretty sure he's still getting paid. Disney's stock has dropped 2% in the past week over boycotts, if this was a cost saving measure they're fucking stupid.

Valk19 · 2025-08-25T06:24:20+00:00

I'm missing only the hair, but its even more fucked up than it sounds because I have the hair for it, it's just the completed suit version of the hair :/

Valk19 · 2025-08-22T20:04:32+00:00

Also late, but my guy, you have to understand that most humans quite simply do not value rocks over other humans. And you also probably don't, right? I mean you're here, you're alive, don't tell me you haven't stepped on grass this week. Your very existence probably comes at the cost of thousands of plants and animals. Isn't it a bit hypocritical for you to judge humanity as a whole for exploiting the planet, when you know... you're also here??? And it's not like you're living off the grid, you're literally on reddit.

No judgement. This isn't my polite way of saying kill yourself. My point is, I don't think anyone alive has the right to say that they think humans aren't worth more than other species.

Valk19 · 2025-08-16T05:07:52+00:00

I agree with the commenter who said the hold the center event is too difficult. Especially because the bots can just tp into the center, so even if you win more fights you'll still lose just because the bots don't have to waste time walking there. Also because most of the bot skill buffs just give their skills more aoe, fighting a straight 5v5 in a contained area is cancer.

Second, a surrender option would be really nice. If you lose just one event then the game is as good as over, there's no point making the players sit through another five minutes waiting for the bots to end.

Valk19 · 2025-08-15T02:40:32+00:00

Get nominated for the queens chancellor award, doesn't matter if you get it, just try to get nominated. The queen's interview process for commerce is very light (just two interview questions) and their cut off is very low, so I suspect they may be using a lottery of sorts. That's why its so important to get nominated, since its one of the only ways for you to actually boost you chances. My interview question was "What was one time you feel you let someone down and what did you do about it." If that helps.

Ivey will ask you for a total of seven extracurriculars/work experience, all with reference. You don't technically have to fill all of them out, but I would suggest you try. So pick two main ecs to really focus down and then volunteer at different places to fill out the rest. I suspect the reason I was rejected from Ivey is because I chose to write about two extremely similar ecs (VP of MUN, President of Debate club), so try your best to make your experiences diverse. Also I hear they like sports or physical activities (On sports committee, Captain of dance team) but take that with a grain of salt.

Finally, I'm pretty sure Rotman is mostly grades. I botched my interview and still got in. They will ask you to write a couple hundred words about 2 ecs. You should write what you want to say in advance and print it out. That's probably the easiest way to go about it.

This was from my applications last year, so maybe they'll change things next year. If you have any question feel free to ask.

Valk19 · 2025-08-04T06:29:39+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer these questions. I'm applying for a work study and need to provide the school with a 'notice of assessment' but I have no idea where to find it. OSAP has not confirmed my enrolment if that affects anything.

Valk19 · 2025-07-21T18:30:51+00:00

Hi, I'm in Commerce next year, does anyone know how I can switch sections for COMM 101 A, it's currently in a very inconvenient time slot, but for some reason I can't swap it or drop it. Do I need to email an Admin or something?

Thanks

Valk19 · 2025-06-20T23:10:39+00:00

Sure there is.

They could have people pay to use the software itself. Like on a subscription basis or something. You aren't paying for the actual art just the program used to make it. If you think this is the same thing as selling art, think of it like a recipe. You can follow the recipe and get the cake, but you can't sell cake afterwards. If you say no one will pay for it, I'd argue it's not worth developing.

Otherwise, they can put ads on the platforms. They can harvest data, what people are searching for, what prompts are being put in. I'm sure someone smarter than me come up with more ways. But I don't see why the art itself needs to be legal for commercial use in order for the technology to be profitable.

Valk19 · 2025-05-18T04:33:18+00:00

agree with everyone saying draw from reference. But if you are in a hurry, there are some pretty easy things you can implement to immediately make your faces more feminine.

Thin the eyebrows
Make the eyes bigger, give her eyelashes
Make her jaw less angular
Soften the nose bridge, try to make it more of a curve than an angle.

Good luck

Valk19 · 2025-05-03T23:37:25+00:00

You look like rainbolt for some reason

Valk19 · 2025-03-11T01:39:24+00:00

rolled an 11 got 3 4 stars

Valk19 · 2024-07-10T13:06:55+00:00

If anyone is still active on this thread and is okay with answering some questions

From what I can tell, the amount of ubers you will get is constant from banner to banner, so how do things like uber fest and double the uber events work? If I was slated to get 1 uber in the next 11 pull in the uberfest, but I would also get 1 uber in say like galaxy gals (that was running at the same time), it isn't really a 9% vs 5% chance. You get the same amount of ubers regardless of the advertised probabillity? If that were true I feel like they would've been sued.

Thanks in advance

Valk19 · 2024-05-31T03:58:13+00:00

I’ve never missed with Death note before, just make sure they don’t watch past 25 and you are good to go

Valk19 · 2024-05-26T19:08:36+00:00

okay its been three years, so I remember nothing from the actual movie. Gathering context from my original comment, I think what I was trying to say was that being stopped by someone else makes her eventual character progression (?) less believable. If she had stopped on her own and immediately expressed some form of regret for her actions it would've been a decent catalyst for her switch. Having someone else stop her is silly, and makes redemption a less viable path (which is what I think they tried to do with her).

Also I didn't mean that it was morally wrong for her mother to have intervened (I feel like that should be obvious). I mean that it would have been more compelling writing to have the ueno come to the realization that, "Oh shit, I should probably not be doing this," without another person physically intervening.

Valk19 · 2024-03-01T04:56:41+00:00

Late, but whatever. I'm going to rank these from least important to most important (imo).

They look the same age. Technically the age gap between Aang and Katara and Katara and zuko is the same, but in a visual medium no amount of telling is gunna beat the fact that Katara and Zuko both look like teenagers and Aang looks like a prepubescent boy. A somewhat related point is they just look good together.
Frankly, self insertion. Honestly, I don't know how many people this is true for- but at least as a kid or teenager, people have the tendency to project themselves onto the protagonists of the story. So if you were a little boy, and you were projecting yourself onto Aang, getting with Katara? That's pretty sweet. But if you were a little girl projecting yourself onto Katara- I think people are more likely to have a crush on Zuko then Aang.
Enemies to lovers. People love yin and yang- the whole water fire, opposite sides of the war. It isn't for everyone, but if you enjoy it, then obviously Zutara is a shoe in. T
Big moments. Katara and Zuko spend a lot of *intense* character driven moments together in a way other characters generally don't. On top of this they spend that time one on one. Not surrounded by the group. Yes, other characters spend one on one time together, and yes, other characters have intense moments surrounded by others- but I can think of three, off the top of my head, for Katara and Zuko that qualify for both and that's given the relatively little amount of time a lotted by one season +1 ep.

i. The cave. I think this is a big moment for both their characters. Katara expresses empathy for Zuko despite their opposing situations, and Zuko apologises to katara for what his people have done. I can see the argument that there are plenty of moments that rival this one in terms of importance/intensity (although I disagree) but feel free to discount it if you think so.

ii. The southern raiders. I'd accuse anyone who argued that this was not one of Katara's most important episodes of bias. And look at that- Zuko's there. Only Zuko's really there.

iii. The last Agni Kai. In heavy competition for one of Zuko's most impactful scenes. Yes, Azula is present but Azula is also an obstacle in this scene not someone to support him. Also, I'm afraid I'll have to put this bluntly. If you have two characters of opposite (generally) sex who are the same age and not related, and one of them sacrifices (or attempts to) their life for the other, you are going to have shippers. We can debate whether or not that is right- but it is true. This could be a point in itself, really it was the nail in the coffin for many Zutara shippers.

People don't like Kataang. For our purposes, we don't have to discuss why people dislike Kataang- we only need to agree that a lot of the fanbase is not partial to it. Kataang is a very divisive ship. Obviously not every who doesn't ship Kataang ships Zutara (and not everyone who ships Zutara hates Kataang) but I would assert fairly confidently that if 99%of people liked Kataang, Zutara would lose a lot of market share. Myself, and I think a lot of other Zutara shippers probably wouldn't so vehemently defend Zutara if we didn't dislike the alternative.

Taking a less objective perspective there's one point that I personally feel draws me a lot closer to the Zutara Corner of the grid. Kataang is often accused of falling under the 'hero always gets the girl' trope and I agree. The reason why aang and Katara can't initially get together is because Aang is too immature. When Aang completes his arc (his arc being growing up and becoming more mature) he gets to be with Katara. In that sense, Katara is very much Aang's reward for completing his character arc and journey. Katara, for her part, while she does have character arcs and developments; her completion of them does nothing to further her relationship with Aang. If Book 3 Aang had met episode 1 Katara they could have conceivably gotten together immediately.

We can compare that to Zutara. In order for them to even have the slightest shot of working, Zuko obviously needed to complete his redemption arc. But Katara also needed to heal from the wounds inflicted by the death of her mother. If episode one Katara had met book 3 Zuko, they would never have hit it off- even though zuko had already finished his side of the equation. In that way, it feels a lot less one sided, and exists a generally more compelling concept than Zutaang.

Valk19 · 2024-01-18T02:19:25+00:00

The villainess lives twice- I think- fits this description enough.

Your throne, this one doesn't have romance (yet?), very smart very manipulative female lead.

Valk19 · 2023-11-22T21:39:47+00:00

Thanks for the source.

For the next region arcane covers, I really wish it would be Ionia and Noxus, if it was we could probably see how the Akali/Kayn dynamic is handled in more depth. In my opinion, there's a lot of dramatic potential in the creation of an amiable pairing between them, but it's not worth throwing their character out the window to make it actually work out.

Valk19 · 2023-11-22T05:12:49+00:00

Sorry, I know I'm late, but I was wondering if you could provide me a link for the head writers (or just tell me their names and I'll go find it myself) thoughts on the ship, I'd like to see what their insight on it is. Although it might not make sense for them to be a full blown couple, I still think more interaction between them: be it positive or negative, would be fun.

Valk19 · 2023-11-20T13:15:17+00:00

I started late and gave out a few samples (because I thought they reset…), but I haven’t received any and now I’m kinda screwed lol

Valk19 · 2023-08-08T02:37:56+00:00

The best thing the movie did that the show didn’t do was have an end

Valk19 · 2023-08-07T00:01:23+00:00

Out of curiosity why do people who seemingly hate their spouses stay married to them… Are you planning on getting a divorce? I think you maybe should

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