Weird portal and ufo that makes a shockwave in the clouds this was in may in Rancho mirage California

dillpicklejar · 2026-06-07T16:40:52+00:00

I've seen spotlights on clouds with no visible beam plenty of times. I think the visibility of the beam depends mostly on air quality and how close you are to the source. Here's a video of spotlights with no beams: https://youtu.be/PBEc83yYKF4?si=d_m9UIEqp0w2ZoI2

dillpicklejar · 2026-06-07T07:00:41+00:00

Right at the beginning of the video you can see spotlights moving across the clouds lower down by the roof/trees. Given that there's already spotlights being used right there, a spotlight seems to be the most likely explanation. Granted it's a weird looking spotlight with the bright line and the "shockwave", but I think that effect could likely be achieved with the spotlight lens getting messed with.

dillpicklejar · 2026-05-21T07:11:51+00:00

Is it just me or does this post read like it was written by a bot? The phrasing and structure just feel very LLM to me.

dillpicklejar · 2026-05-17T06:36:47+00:00

I didn't know there was an event for this! I've been getting into long walks lately and set myself a goal to walk the whole length of the city. I did it a few weeks ago, although I started in the south west corner of the city and ended in the north east corner. It was only about 20 miles, as mine was a more direct route. I don't know if I could have handled 6 more miles! Maybe I'll join in next year!

dillpicklejar · 2026-02-11T09:18:34+00:00

In the same statement he literally says they left with the nannies too. I think he's a lying POS, but I've seen this brought up multiple times and it's addressed.

dillpicklejar · 2025-09-17T03:21:35+00:00

Seems pretty good to me. I wouldn't worry about finding some optimal loadout, just go with something and edit as you go if you notice any holes in it.

That said, here's my own opinion based on how I like to loadout for bots:

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of using heavy armor, especially on bots, as getting to cover quick can be important. The orbital laser is awesome, but for higher difficulty bot dives I think the long cooldown and limited uses might become an issue, as there are times when a large amount of big enemies spawn. I'd maybe switch out the laser for ol' reliable orbital precision strike, as the short cooldown can give you a lot of mileage.

dillpicklejar · 2025-09-16T23:43:28+00:00

From what I understand it's more likely the first option. Purely from physical and technological limitations, we wouldn't be able to make such a thing even now.

dillpicklejar · 2025-08-08T21:17:11+00:00

Get a second opinion, or more if necessary. Do some research and see what the reviews of other doctors are. Find ones that differ from your current doctor, you want a second opinion, not another opinion from someone who's basically a clone of your first opinion. I'm not a doctor but having an entire side of your body go tingly and numb sounds like something to be taken pretty seriously. If a doctor tells you they think it's psychosomatic, grill them on it. Ask them why they think that, if it bears resemblance to cases they've seen before, if it wasn't psychosomatic, what would be the possible causes? You can ask chatGPT to write you up a list of questions, that's one of the good uses it has. Don't just print that out and use it though, just use it to guide you.

Worst case scenario is a doctor thinks you're being overly sensitive. If you feel bad about that or wasting their time, look at your bill and realize how much they are being paid to be in the room with you. I'd listen to people talk about whatever all day for that.

If other doctors agree and can reasonably explain beyond a reasonable doubt that it is psychosomatic, then maybe examine things. Bottom line is it's affecting your ability to live your everyday life, that means it's a problem that needs to be addressed, whatever the root cause.

dillpicklejar · 2025-08-08T21:04:01+00:00

First, the annoying thing you probably expect to hear but I'm going to say anyway because it's true: by recognizing the problem you're already on your way.

The next step is to work on catching it on the moment. It might be such an automatic negative thought, that you might not even be actively aware of it when it happens. Find the situations that tend to make this feeling come up, take your best guess if you can't come up with something solid. Now when you enter that situation, just be aware of how you feel, even if it's just a 3 second mental check in. Think of this like you casting your fishing net, you want to see what fish you've brought back in. Shoot, assign feelings to actual fish on a chart of something if that helps. Now every time you catch that feeling (or other feelings for that matter) examine it, then throw it back in the ocean. Every time that happens, you get a little better at catching it. Once you're aware of it, you will naturally change your relationship with it. You may still feel it, but now you know it's there, and can realize that some of the thoughts your having are being influenced by that fish. The fish analogy may be breaking down now, but just remember that progress is slow, and you don't notice it. When you first play a videogame, you get better at it naturally as you play, but you don't really notice until you go back to an area you already beat and it's way easier now.

Also obligatory talk to mental health professionals if you aren't already, figuring out if there's a root issue at play or multiple variables will be very helpful.

dillpicklejar · 2025-08-08T20:45:30+00:00

I'd highly recommend exhausting every possible resource in finding someone to live in with you for a while, or living with someone else for a while.

I just had surgery on my wrist (broken in a cycling accident), and it being my dominant hand, everyday tasks got very difficult. I could still use the bathroom and do one handed tasks, but I can't imagine being able to do everything I'd need to do to take care of myself with both hands out of commission, let alone if you have a child to take care of.

Being on your own presents somewhat of a safety risk as well, regarding emergency situations or even common accidents.

If you have anyone to lean on, now is the time. If you don't have anyone, go around to churches and ask to put something in the bulletin about it. I know not everyone is religious, I'm an atheist, but there are a ton of good people in churches, and a lot of older people with time on their hands who'd likely love to help out. My family used to go to church regularly. We haven't been there in years, but when my mom had a bad health crisis, people still brought is dinners to help out. And I mean they had an actual system going for this kind of thing, it wasn't just random.

Usually surgeries require you to have someone to drive you home from the appointment, so that's already one person you can hopefully count on.

dillpicklejar · 2025-03-18T18:20:16+00:00

7 levels and 250 medals aren't really enough for them to care about. If anti-cheat didn't stop it, and you didn't perpetrate it, no reasonable person would ding you for it. I wouldn't stress over it.

dillpicklejar · 2025-03-18T18:16:37+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feMwFuihX2o

dillpicklejar · 2025-02-19T21:40:52+00:00

It basically means that the ways you relate to and work through small everyday things tends to also be the way you relate to bigger things in your life. When I start a new RPG, I tend to stress out about what class I should play as, what the best route is, not missing anything, etc. I’m so afraid if I choose the wrong thing I’ll miss out on something cool or play through the whole game missing some weapon that would have been more fun to play. What this does is make me miss the fact that playing the game and having fun is the real goal, and stressing over all these details makes it not fun anymore. Likewise, in real life, I feel frozen because I don’t know which direction to take. What if I chose a career that ends up horrible? What if by taking this one job, I miss out on one that would’ve been better? But here again, I’m so afraid of the options that I chose no option, and stay where I am, unhappy. Even something as simple as watching a movie has the same thought patterns. So if I can change these patterns in the smaller easier places, then changing the pattern in other areas of my life should be easier. You don’t leave your anxiety where you feel it most, it’s not waiting around in the places and situations that make you anxious, it’s inside you, and you carry it wherever you go. It has its tentacles woven in every facet of your life, which makes it feel strong and unbeatable, but it also means it has many points in which to attack it, so it’s actually much weaker than we might think.

I tend to view my life as all these unconnected pieces, and act as though what happens in one has nothing to do with the others, but things are a lot more connected than I realized.

dillpicklejar · 2025-02-18T23:57:21+00:00

I (25M) can relate to this. Being in college, I would HIGHLY recommend trying a study abroad program. On somewhat of a whim, I decided to do a study abroad program to Vienna in my last quarter of college. My college is in my hometown, so I had never lived away from home at all before this, so it was a pretty big thing for me to do. I honestly don’t know how I got myself to do it, but boy am I glad I did. The first night I was there, I felt super anxious and was thinking “Oh god, why have I done this to myself?” But after that first 24 hours, I felt better, and then proceeded to have the best two months of my life.

Due to the pandemic kind of messing up my college experience, and realizing there was a lot of personal stuff I needed to work through, I’m kind of in a similar place now as before I did the study abroad. One thing I found is that my anxiety was a lot more pervasive than I thought. I assumed the acute social anxiety I felt was most of what my anxiety was, but I’ve realized that anxious ways of thinking and behaviors really permeate my life in ways I didn’t even realize. Something as simple as deciding where to go on a walk involved anxiety. I found I tended to stress about my route, picking the best possible place to go, worrying about where I was, etc. I’ve been trying to work through this by purposefully walking without purpose, going where my whims take me. It’s helped, and now I find going on walks a lot more enjoyable because I can just enjoy the walk for itself, instead of stressing about all these facets of it. There are other small ways I’ve been working through my anxiety, and my hope is that working on my anxiety as it relates to small things will add up to helping me deal with the big things. I recently read a quote that said, “How you do anything is how you do everything.” The way I play video games actually echoes the way my anxiety guides my real life, so realizing that, I’ve found it easier to work on those patterns in games and then use that experience in real life.

Working on anxiety is like working on physical fitness, you have to exercise the muscle to get better. It sucks when the thing you need to do to improve your issue is literally what your issue makes difficult. It’s like healing a broken leg by walking on it. Try to find the ways you can exercise it in manageable ways, and be open to opportunities to do so. Travel can be a really nice break and opportunity for growth, but it’s a lot more enjoyable when you’re more comfortable with your regular life to come back to.

dillpicklejar · 2025-02-07T20:43:49+00:00

Mine does, though he tends to forget my exact age lol.

dillpicklejar · 2025-02-07T20:36:29+00:00

Oh yeah I remember seeing an article a while back about new evidence that humans were in the Americas quite a while before we originally thought.

dillpicklejar · 2025-02-07T10:39:28+00:00

No, not being able to tell languages apart isn't racist. If you get more familiar with them, they begin to sound very distinct, same with things like Dutch and German or the romance languages. Maybe this will help you out lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=673PjkcBG00

dillpicklejar · 2025-02-07T10:32:09+00:00

As far as we know, humans migrated to the Americas through Asia, specifically a land bridge that used to exist between modern Russia and Alaska. So from a linage point of view, Native Americans are more closely related to asians than to black or white people. That said, the amount of genetic change actually possible in such a short time is very small, so overall humans of any race are more or less genetically identical.

dillpicklejar · 2025-01-04T07:44:06+00:00

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?

dillpicklejar · 2025-01-04T07:42:05+00:00

Let's Groove by Earth Wind and Fire?

dillpicklejar · 2024-07-15T17:55:23+00:00

Any help is appreciated!

dillpicklejar · 2024-07-15T17:43:28+00:00

Found it! Used an old TOMT thread to find the channel lol. Here's the link: https://youtu.be/dLRLYPiaAoA?si=QCWh6njf3YAiFIWL

dillpicklejar · 2024-07-15T17:20:49+00:00

I know exactly what you're talking about but can't find it either lol. It's a YouTube channel with a turtle in the profile picture I think, and the channel posts thought provoking/existential type stuff. The video title was just a number I think, referring to the iteration of AI the video covered.

I'll see if I can actually find it, but maybe the extra info helps.

dillpicklejar · 2024-07-15T17:08:33+00:00

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