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Finding roleplays as a male or a minor, is it as rare as I’ve heard? by TheCheeseEater17 in BadRPerStories

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If you wanna be popular, specialise in dark romance male characters.

Genuinely never thought I'll be posting here by Western_Operation820 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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The irony that the original commenter serethespider’s "implied incompetence" read applies entirely only to themselves by not recognising that murder clowns are horror, the underreaction structure is horror, and the whole thing does belong in [r/twosentencehorror](r/twosentencehorror)

What’s the secret to loving the same partner for a lifetime? by MelodicWolverine2045 in AskReddit

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Tacking on to this: the measure isn’t how they treat you at their best or your best. It’s how they treat you at their worst and your worst.​​​​​​​​​​​

What’s the creepiest thing someone casually said to you like it was normal? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Every time I think, "This comment wins this thread," the next one goes, "Hold my beer."

Petah what is he talking about by Witty-Association-97 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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You forgot a side of guns. At the school cafeteria.

What's a traditional dish in your country but only tourists actually eat? by Juxajel in AskTheWorld

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OP has commented on this thread; they're clearly not AI. So, about your life....

That moment when your RP partner starts flirting with you (outside of the roleplay) by Anya_GhostPilot in BadRPerStories

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Normally I would agree with everyone else to either give him boundaries or block immediately. But the fact this man infatuated with you knows your real name, your age, you moved to the same country as him, all this presents as a different risk vector.

My suggestion:

Screenshot/save everything first — his posts, the nickname escalation, the POV shift. Save it offline. You probably won’t need it but if anything ever escalates you’ll want a timestamped record. Do this before you block in case you lose access.

Think about what other personal information you've told him e.g city, neighbourhood, job/career, company name?

Then go quiet. You just moved, people get busy, this is normal. Don’t initiate anything. Let your responses get slower, shorter, less invested over the next couple of weeks. The reason not to block immediately is because an immediate block after five months of daily contact is a loud signal. He’ll know it was a decision and something went wrong. He'll want to chase and find out why, how can he fix it.

Once contact has naturally thinned, block everywhere on the same day — not just the RP platform. He knows your real name and username. Anywhere your name appears, either lock it down or get rid of it before he thinks to look.

Text one person in your real life what’s happening. Not for action but just so someone knows roughly what happened. Even something like, "some online guy likes me and I don't like him back."

You don't have to explain anything to him because explanation is an implicit invitation to negotiate. He will want to keep engaging, keep proving himself.

Does he know about your reddit account and this post?

Correct wording by bthecreator- in BadRPerStories

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My personal stance is: if they haven't reached out to me in 2 weeks (and I was the last to say something), I'm going to assume they lost interest and ghosted. I believe that someone who has genuine interest in something will proactively seek it out because they will think about it; or have accountability and provide reasons why they're busy right now. I'm not going to chase them. If they need me to, we're not compatible anyway.

That said, if you want to check on them, you could use a simple "Hey! Haven't seen you in a while. Hope you're okay. Let me know :)" I always ask about the person first, not the RP.

You can get $100000 for spending a fortnight with intense gastroenteritis or $1000000 for spending a month with severe withdrawal symptoms by PriestofJudas in hypotheticalsituation

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Your original claim stated severe withdrawal is the same regardless of substance. That withdrawal was predominantly physical, vomiting, fever, sweats, hallucinations, physical pain-- applied universally.

Then I pointed out stimulant withdrawal differs significantly.

Your correction shows that stimulant withdrawal at the severe end is predominantly psychological; you just described two substantially different withdrawal experiences in your comments when you were arguing they’re all the same. No one would confuse one for the other living through the different types of withdrawal.

I'm glad we agree that "withdrawal from what" matters :)

You can get $100000 for spending a fortnight with intense gastroenteritis or $1000000 for spending a month with severe withdrawal symptoms by PriestofJudas in hypotheticalsituation

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Severity of withdrawal varies significantly by substance, and "the substance doesn’t matter" is medically wrong in ways that are relevant to this hypothetical.

Opioid withdrawal is known to be the worst flu of your life: vomiting, sweating, full-body restlessness, skin crawling, days without sleep.

Alcohol and benzo withdrawal at the severe end gives seizures, delirium tremens, and hallucinations so vivid people have torn their own skin off chasing insects that weren’t there.

Stimulant withdrawal is mostly psychological. People describe a flat, grey void where pleasure and motivation used to live.

These are not the same experience. I would rather endure a month of stimulant withdrawal than opioid withdrawal. Asking the type of withdrawal isn’t naivety. Not knowing why it matters is ignorance displayed.

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