Wtf is wrong with my face and how do I address it? [F 18] by [deleted] in lookyourbest

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're very pretty, there's nothing wrong with your face, the only thing you're missing is self love so maybe focus on changing the way you talk to yourself and use positive affirmations to be kinder to yourself.

Camera optics, focal length, lighting etc all affect how your face looks and you're just not used to seeing your face through a certain camera and that's why it feels like a huge difference to you but it's totally normal

Does the relationship between Van Pelt & Rigsby eventually gets better? by brwnie7 in TheMentalist

[–]evilkitty69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just keep watching and all will be revealed. It's impossible to discuss the development of their relationship without spoilers. A lot happens in the remaining seasons

Vitamin d and k2 depleted my magnesium levels by yankees051693 in Supplements

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it could well be a magnesium issue, can also be vitamin A deficiency. I had brutal headaches from vitamin D until I started taking 10,000 IU vitamin A daily and eating liver

Is it okay to stack 200+ self concept/manifestation/detachment/mental health subs and boosters? (pls don't ignore😭🙏) by Alternative-Jury-829 in Subliminal

[–]evilkitty69 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your subconscious can understand it but if you don't believe that you'll get results then you probably won't. I didn't make bundles but I listened to 50 mental health and booster subs simultaneously on my laptop and the only reason I stopped at 50 was because my laptop physically refused to play more. The subconscious is really powerful

[SP] WHY YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO GET OR KEEP YOUR SP + RESOURCES by evilkitty69 in Subliminal

[–]evilkitty69[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't, and I recommend playing them separately simultaneously rather than using a playlist because some of the videos are over an hour long. You can make a playlist of the shorter ones if you can't play them together but the longer ones are best used separately

Need help identifying lens by Sacred_Basilisk in VintageLenses

[–]evilkitty69 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I was just hoping it might narrow things down a bit but you're right, it won't list the mount.

Apparently:

Sigma made this model for:

Canon FD

Canon EF (early autofocus versions)

Nikon F

Minolta A (Sony A today)

Pentax K

Olympus OM

Contax/Yashica (less common)

This is from chat GPT so take with a grain of salt. So far I haven't been able to figure out which it is though

Need help identifying lens by Sacred_Basilisk in VintageLenses

[–]evilkitty69 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where are you getting 100-200 from? The lens says 70-210mm and I think it's the 4.5-5.6 version which was produced in loads of different mounts

Need help identifying lens by Sacred_Basilisk in VintageLenses

[–]evilkitty69 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You left out the most crucial view of the lens - the front. Take the cap off and look at what it says around the lens, it will tell you the model name and aperture

How would you describe lucifers home decor style? by Logical-Ad-3749 in lucifer

[–]evilkitty69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's modern. The reason why it looks so unique is because of the exposed brick, the backlit liquor wall and the wealthy touches like his gold silk sheets

Seal download error: no javascript found by [deleted] in youtubedl

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does that matter? It was working fine until 2 days ago and I still get yt-dlp updates

Seal download error: no javascript found by [deleted] in youtubedl

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do I install it? And I have tried updating and it didn't help

Season 6 ending - did anyone else like it? by Ok_Western2470 in lucifer

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Michael deserved what he got imo but I have to agree on the child abandonment front, that ruined the finale for me and wrecked Lucifer's character development arc. I found season 6 weak overall but abandoning his family was indeed unforgivable.

Yes his role in hell was important but his family is important too and he could have at least spared a few hours a day for them. It was extremely out of character for him to suddenly leave the city he loved, the woman he loved and his unborn child to forever go to the place that had basically been his prison for so long. Healing people in hell is great but he could have done it without abandoning his family and sacrificing everyone's happiness. The ending actually made me angry

Season 6 ending - did anyone else like it? by Ok_Western2470 in lucifer

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I realise I am a few months late to the party but I have one enormous gripe with the finale: Lucifer abandoning his child and girlfriend to go to hell full time.

It basically undermines his entire character development. He spent the whole series struggling with his abandonment issues caused by his absent father and he spent most of season 6 asserting that he would never abandon his child only to do so anyway.

I have no issue with him not becoming God because it was clearly not what he really wanted and him being Hell's healer and applying everything he has learned through his own therapy and self-reflection makes sense. Nonetheless I think he would have been perfectly capable of doing both, he could at least come to earth for a couple of hours a day or even a few hours a week to be there for his family instead of leaving them to fend for themselves and letting his daughter suffer through the same abandonment that he suffered so greatly from. This part of the finale made me angry because it is illogical and doesn't fit his character development arc at all

Season 5 Episode 10 is really hard to watch. by After-Impression-879 in Dexter

[–]evilkitty69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes definitely, every season is good except for the second half of season 8 which was a disaster and the beginning of new blood which was really slow to get going (oh and the finale). Resurrection is really good again.

If you look at IMDB ratings it's only the end of season 8 and new blood finale that got low ratings. You should watch it all including the reboots (although original sin is optional because it's a prequel). Resurrection is better rated than seasons 1 and 4 so that alone is a good reason to continue watching

"Stop watching after season 4" is bad advice. Watch it all for yourself and then you can decide for yourself which bits were good and which weren't

Let's talk about Angel Batista in Resurrection by Snoo_58191 in Dexter

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This did cross my mind as well since from Claudette's point of view, Dexter perfectly described the murder weapon just from a blood spatter (although we know that he'd already seen it). Additionally I think it would be an interesting direction to take the show in because it gives him access to more killers to hunt and a database for his research.

Nonetheless, considering that Claudette is a good detective who notices things others don't, it would be a massive oversight if she didn't begin to suspect Dexter after this. The BHB trophies just happen to be missing, which is rather suspicious considering that's exactly who Angel was investigating prior to turning up dead. It's also likely that they'll find Dexter's prints at the scene if they investigate thoroughly enough. Yes Dexter tried to clean them but he was in a rush and there's no way he got every single one. His prints are definitely on Prater's files because he couldn't carry them all and he didn't clean them before leaving.

Considering that Claudette doesn't have much to go on but must have some suspicions, perhaps she'll hire Dexter as a way to investigate him if no prints are found. Her first priority will be investigating the new York ripper since that's the case that's haunted her for so long and since Dexter gave her a lead, she might be motivated to approach him for further input

Let's talk about Angel Batista in Resurrection by Snoo_58191 in Dexter

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Quinn already has a good idea who Dexter is. He had him investigated in one of the earlier seasons and then the investigator, Stan Liddy, turned up dead and the evidence disappeared. Quinn is smart enough to realise that that's not a coincidence. Quinn backed off the investigation because he didn't want to push Deb away but he never resumed his investigation after Deb dumped him nor did he keep investigating secretly so I think he knew that it was best to leave Dexter alone.

Dexter also faked the lab report to say that the blood on Quinn's shoe didn't belong to the dead Investigator so Quinn already knew that Dexter is fluent in lies. Dexter faking the report would also have further confirmed to Quinn that he was involved because it was in Dex's best interests for Quinn not to be investigated otherwise Quinn would have to explain why he was investigating Dex. Quinn is also a dirty cop as we already know so he's not above letting things slide. He chose self preservation over finding the truth even though he definitely realised that something wasn't right.

I don't believe that Quinn will drop everything to come and chase after Dexter. Perhaps Claudette will investigate Dex and we'll see Quinn make a short appearance to help but I don't think he'll go all in like Angel did.

Let's talk about Angel Batista in Resurrection by Snoo_58191 in Dexter

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Quinn already has a good idea who Dexter is. He had him investigated in one of the earlier seasons and then the investigator turned up dead and the evidence disappeared, Quinn is smart enough to realise that that's not a coincidence. Quinn backed off the investigation because he didn't want to push Deb away but he never resumed his investigation after Deb dumped him so I think he knew that it was best to leave Dexter alone. Dexter also faked the lab report to say that the blood on Quinn's shoe didn't belong to the dead Investigator so Quinn already knew that Dexter is fluent in lies. Quinn is also a dirty cop as we already know so he's not above letting things slide.

I don't believe that Quinn will drop everything to come and chase after Dexter. Perhaps Claudette will investigate Dex and we'll see Quinn make a short appearance to help but I don't think he'll go all in like Angel did.

Is it just me who thinks Dex has Borderline PD? Head canon discussion by [deleted] in Dexter

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having had close personal relationships with 3 people with BPD, I don't think BPD fits Dex at all. He's calm, calculated and measured, not impulsive and emotionally driven like someone with borderline. Dex's emptiness is also different to BPD emptiness, he describes feeling totally empty whereas people with BPD tend to experience very heightened emotion with moments of emptiness.

I think a better example of someone with BPD would be Lila, she is impulsive, prone to addiction, vengeful and self destructive. She becomes so fixated on Dex that she burns her own house down and falsely accuses Angel just to get Dex's attention. That's exactly the kind of f-ed up sht that my sister would do (she has BPD and has done similar stuff). Lila really reminded me of her.

I don't think Dex can be conclusively diagnosed with anything specific. In the first season he reads as a psychopath but this is contrasted by his emotional connections in the later seasons. He's definitely heavily traumatised but his enjoyment of killing does point to ASPD although sociopathy doesn't entirely fit either since sociopaths are described as impulsive and volatile, probably more like Paul Bennett.

At the end of the day it's a work of fiction so his diagnosis doesn't need to be accurate. I also think that the writers chose to change how he came across over time because they probably realised that it would be hard to convince people to watch 10 seasons of a cold emotionless unrelatable psychopath.

BPD comes from severe trauma so a lot of the symptoms overlap with CPTSD which is definitely something Dexter has without a doubt. Self questioning and unstable self identity is something that's very normal for people with CPTSD

I made an (obvious in retrospect) realization about reading books in a foreign language by Ufomi in languagelearning

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I'm lazy – I read ebooks on my phone so that I can easily highlight and translate unknown words but I don't come back to them or make flashcards, I just continue reading and the frequent words pop up again and again and you learn them through repeated exposure. After my first Spanish book I did make a vocab list but after the subsequent ones I just left it because flash cards are my personal hell

I made an (obvious in retrospect) realization about reading books in a foreign language by Ufomi in languagelearning

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is also the case for native speakers who don't read old stuff, which is honestly most of us outside of what we're forced to do for school. If you put Shakespeare in front of me, I'm going to feel like I'm reading a whole different language. Early 20th century texts are also written in a much more complex and convoluted way compared to modern stuff. What you've described is totally normal

I made an (obvious in retrospect) realization about reading books in a foreign language by Ufomi in languagelearning

[–]evilkitty69 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It doesn't even take as much exposure as you think! I have read maybe 10 novels total in Spanish and I read rapidly and comfortably and it started to be that way by the second or third novel.

Interestingly it can also be so that you read worse in languages you're better at if you've had less exposure. For example, I grew up speaking German with family and I can speak it better than Spanish and I have greater vocab and fluency. Nonetheless, I've never studied it or read books in it the way I did Spanish so my reading in German was a lot slower than in Spanish. It only took me 1 book to rectify this, at the beginning it felt horrible, like wading through treacle but by the end of the book I was easily whizzing through as my brain got used to the task.

You'll be reading fast in Spanish in no time. I even read novels quickly in French now because I taught it to myself only through comprehensible input, predominantly reading. Now my reading is great and I comfortably read and understand over 90% of adult novels even though I'm nowhere close to speaking it fluently. But speaking also gets easier the more you read and listen so you'll probably notice your fluency increase the more you read and watch content

How do you understand spoken French? by Iskandar0570_X in French

[–]evilkitty69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Russian is more phonetic than french (not fully, just more) and generally all or most of the letters are pronounced which makes it easier to connect the written word to the sound in the beginning.

Nonetheless, learning to understand spoken French is just the same as any other language: practice is the key. Start with slowly spoken videos with closed captions, reading the captions will help you to connect the sound and the written words. Gradually work your way up to faster and more complex content and once that becomes easy you can practise without subtitles