EDIT: Nice job r-slurs, you made him take his Linkedin account down.

This is starting to be picked up by the small chuddie internet personalities, so get in while it's still hot! Here's the summary. Very long so buckle up kids :

• Regeneron ISEF is this big science fair for high school nerds that's been around since the 1950s. It's considered the most prestigious science fair for high schoolers and 80+ countries participate. Winners usually get an all-expense paid trip & stay & activities (like a Universal Studios day etc) at the location which rotates every year (this year was in California). Not only is it but there's money involved! The top winner gets $75k (life changing money for poor countries like UK) and the 2 runner ups get 50k. Plus lots of special awards, prizes, etc. And the top winners are basically guaranteed to get into Harvard/MIT/Stanford.

• To get to ISEF in the US, you have to win your local state fair and get nominated to ISEF, so its pretty selective. You undergo several rounds of judging locally and then a day of judging at the ISEF itself. Judges are supposed to at minimum have a PhD or 6 years of experience in whatever category they are judging.

ruh-roh

• This year the 50k winner is this 17 yr old kid who did his project on "machine-learning research to identify microbial genetic sequences that can be modified to biodegrade plastic." Besides saving the world, he is apparently a neuroscience research fellow at USC. His dad is a wealthy Silicon Valley VC dude from India, and his older sister goes to USC studying quantitative bio

• Note that his category is "Environmental Engineering" and the competition was hosted in California this year.

• A few days after winning, a mysterious, anonymous document began to circulate in the ISEF community claiming Pai fabricated most of his project. The letter asks ISEF to investigate & fix their system for the future. Even I got sent this document from a friend, despite being a winner like 15 years ago. The document is 36 pages long and very detailed. It's worth skimming through because of how hilarious & obvious this fraud was: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e4vjzp6JgClCFXkbNOweXZnoRnGWcM6vHeglDH1DmGM/edit It regularly has 50-100 people looking at it at all times of the day.

  

• • TLDR: very obvious and extensive fraud. Kid took images of research done, mirrored them and claimed them as his own. Said he invented a rasberry pi based device and had pics of it, was invented by someone else 3 years ago and this kid just used those pics (didn't even re-make the device!). All his data is extremely sketch, some results are straight up impossible, & numbers pulled out of butt. On top of the fraud, the kid is a complete dumbass. Spelling errors everywhere, he doesn't understand basic concepts of ML/AI, and he stole half his project from the ISEF winner 3 years ago. No idea how ISEF let this through...

• At some point, a few reddit posts were made, the biggest one on /r/ApplyingToCollege. Ofc, the kid got absolutely blasted in the comments as the evidence is pretty much darning. Many parents chimed in saying they were pissed (understandably) bc their little einstein worked so hard and got fricked. Being Reddit, it is likely that this is when the Open Letter started getting sent to internet personalities, schools' admissions offices, Society4Science, the kid's school in California, etc

Reddit link (note 50% deleted, we'll get to that in a bit):

Archive (couldn't find one that had the original post, if you find it, let me know and I'll update): https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1cw3vgc/winner_of_regeneron_young_scientist_award_50k/

• A few hours after the original reddit post, a post from a "friend" of the ISEF kid was also posted in /r/A2C. It's honestly too hilarious to summarize appropriately. Let's just say, this "friend" sounds a lot like a mad sexy Indian dude parent

Deleted post: https://old.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1cwhf7k/accused_of_chaeting_at_major_science_fair/?sort=controversial

Web Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20240520162210/https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1cwhf7k/accused_of_chaeting_at_major_science_fair/?rdt=50206

Notice the spelling errors, probably just a coincidence that our accused finalist also made several spelling errors in his $55k winning project

• Of course, a popular post should NEVER be allowed to stay up so our A2C jannies got straight to work and deleted the original post as well as this one, banned several accounts, deleted comments, etc. Oh you expected the jannies to explain why they deleted it? you're not entitled to other people's labor, chud: https://old.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1cw3vgc/winner_of_regeneron_young_scientist_award_50k/?sort=controversial

• On the sidelines, lots of drama is happening in various Groomercords associated w/ college admissions & ISEF. As I am not a , I have not joined them and don't know the details. But I have heard from my younger siblings' friends that a bunch of kids from Pai's school (CCA a bougie San Diego school with enough resources to literally have a lab at their school) "raided" a server (aka spammed the shit out of it) making fun of the kid/enjoyed being the center of attention.

• Other Reddit posts on smaller subs are also gaining traction: https://old.reddit.com/r/AskAcademia/comments/1cwpfcg/biggest_high_school_science_fair_had_academic/?sort=controversial

  

• Now if this was just a Reddit story, eh whatever. But never underestimate the ability of a to find random stories that fit their narrative https://www.karlstack.com/p/exclusive-scandal-at-americas-top

• On top of this reporting, it began blowing up on Twitter (blowing up being relative to how much a children's science fair can be expected to blow up). Several huge accounts (100k+ followers) chimed in and Twitter commenters began showing off their r-slurredness as usual and creating some tasty drama.

(see screenshots in comment)

• The lab the kid worked at had originally made a post celebrating, but started getting mean comments and have since deleted it. https://twitter.com/WallySeldom/status/1792656953421992082

• Don't forget: ISEF is a global competition. So our BING CHILLING friends also started talking about it.

https://bbs.wenxuecity.com/znjy/6853039.html

https://huaren.us/showtopic.html?topicid=3018297

(See comments for screenshots)

• So, what has Society For Science and Regeneron ISEF done now that everyone knows & this is getting public attention? Disabled their YouTube comments of course!

• Ok, just kidding, they also apparently sent out an email to all Fair Directors (people who run the local fairs) saying they are "investigating" idk, from looking at the Open Letter document, seems like some kids did all the investigating for you dumbasses. And this isn't soft plagiarism/exaggerating, this is the kind of shit that gets your paper retracted as a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute tenured professor, so not sure what's left to investigate.

• What happens next? You decide! Some are worried that this kid might kill himself (seems unlikely given that he still has his socials up, posted about it on Linkedin, his family members and him are full denying that he cheated, etc). Some say frick dem kids and want him/his parents to go to jail. It seems the only way this can escalate further is if it makes it into the national news (any chuds want to send an anonymous tip to InfoWars ). I'll conclude with a quote from the kid himself, as these were his candid thoughts after winning $55k for a fraudulent project. You may think that he would be thankful, excited to see how his research will be implemented, wants to keep working on plastic waste research- you'd be wrong!

I'm looking forward to my future and how this ISEF award can really help me out

Wow, regardless of what happens, I too am excited to see this kid's future: he clearly has already mastered the art of research in 2024 and is well on his way to academia! Best of luck little

Also I have more screenshots but I hit the upload limit. Fricking

!pnw Redditors are enjoying the never ending crime wave.

Same happend to me last month in a parking garage right next to my work

Did you also park like a jackass?

Literal victim blaming

Had my Gass tank drilled into for $5 worth of gass.. cost about $2400 to fix had to pay 800 out of pocket .

Just needed something to huff real quick

Just happened to me in Ballard Friday. A fun night out at the tractor tavern turned into me being pissed off.

Some frickhead drilled into my silverados fuel tank two weeks ago in ballard to steal $60 worth of gas. Frick these drugged out homeless criminals.

Some tweaker was always wandering around my office, then one night I found my window smashed. Whoever smashed it (I have a pretty good idea) stole my girlfriend's gym bag, which was filled with stinky laundry and nothing else.

I hate to tell ya…but that might have been all he wanted… 😤 lol

First off - sorry this happened to you Second - I can't express this enough - Seattle has become a dangerous place to raise a family and try to grow personally and / or wealth. It is unfortunate - but the support systems that are supposed to be in place (police, legal, mental health, public offices) are failing to stop this. The crumbling of the support systems - and the "act like it's everyone else's problem" is what drove me to move my family after 25 years in Seattle. it's sad.

Woah let's settle down there. Raising a family is perfectly fine here. Making money here is perfectly fine. I would suggest traveling the rest of the country if you think otherwise. Seattle has it great in comparison. I'd love to hear where is better.

Um it's not. I speak from what it was 25 years ago until today. You may think it's completely fine but you're masking the societal problems plaguing the city.

I have traveled. I have researched many other cities of same size and moved because of the reasons I cited.

It's fine if you think it's ok. I don't have a beef with you but in reality most folks in Seattle are in denial and defensive of their city. I get it. I was you 10 years ago.

One other comical point. I find that the people of Seattle will spend more time debating on line about how great the city is instead of working with their elected officials or community to change things.

I tired for a while and gave up after futile efforts with city council.

The votes of r-slurs like this are what put the city in such a shit position in the first place. They will literally vote for easy on crime DA/politicians until the are culturally enriched to death by a tweaker

This is what happens when you have Democrats in control

Absolute moron. Red states have statistically higher crime rates, but facts are hard to comprehend I guess

!dixie know about red states but blue cities

And !chuds know what the south has in abundance that accounts for that statistical anomaly.

But in reality many cities are underreporting or not reporting their crime or pulling the jap method of if we can't solve it we don't acknowledge it ever happened.

This is why I just leave my vehicle unlocked. I keep nothing inside of any value and if there are going to break in, I'd rather not deal with a busted window. Haven't had a problem since other than someone stealing altoids from my console

People are desperate. This will keep happening until we put down real social networks. If we got rid of the moratorium on public housing and started working towards reversing the damages done since the 70s crime would lower in a lot of ways because housing our disabled and criminally ill would also get people off illegal drugs since that's partially why we don't have public housing is so that we have a prison class we can exploit for slave labor

I almost respect the dedication it takes to reject reality. It has to be hard work.

There is plenty of cope, rage, and idiocy in the comments to enjoy

!coomers

I am accepting donations for /h/gooncaves

@Aevann offsite when?

Hey chuddies what happened to the "japanese people hate it" talking point

Total !nonchuds victory

Reminder this will only get worse because you cant install Mint from a usb stick

!codecels Disscuss

Journotards are scoing it really well for the most part, you know they like their walking sims because it's a art, but it really looks like boring, annoying slog.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/senuas-saga-hellblade-ii/

Metacritic score is sitting at 81%, not terrible in most circumstances but Xbox could really use a smash hit, not a polarizing walking sim RN.

Some quotes from the Reddit post:

Puzzles and combat are too easy and there is no variety in either

That sucks. Especially the part about the puzzles. The lack of puzzle variety was my main gripe with the first title. Pretty presentation can only carry so far.

I just got to the first puzzle and it's the exact same "find the symbol in the environment" puzzle from the first game.

Remember to recycle kids

Gene Park of Washington Post reports in his review (Which he scores at around 2.5/4) that apparently, the sequel feels a lot smaller in a sense than the previous game, such as how the combat seems to have been simplified quite heftily:

The sequel is a lesser game than its predecessor. There are fewer combat mechanics in play, removing the melee button and directional attacks and replacing them with nothing. Perspective puzzles to make background details match rune symbols return, unevolved from the 2017 model. The scale of the puzzles are also smaller, as the game's level design has shrunk. The former game had larger areas with vertical structures. This game's level design is mostly a straight line, with a few small puzzle areas to break up the pacing.

The first game had a surprisingly large variety of moves you could pull off, but they were mostly unnecessary and poorly explained. From the little I've played, the sequel seems to have cut them out completely in favor of cinematic fighting. Blocking counters light attacks and dodging counters heavy attacks. That's it for both you and the enemy.

Just played 2 hours of it. Its like a really long cutscene with gameplay segments. Like really this is more of a visual experience than an interactive take that as you will. Even the combat feels more like a quick time event than actual free form combat. The game is one continuous shot with no cuts no loading and no clear barrier between cutscene and gameplay.

After a few hours of this, I'm starting to feel like the game lost the special touch of the first game's voices. Now they're usually just spouting exposition or pointing out the obvious, as if they don't have anything interesting to say and the devs just needed to write something to make them talk non-stop.

From the little gameplay I've seen, it really does seem like endless ASMR-like yapping. I know that " it's the point of the game dude it's supposed to emulate psychosis thay consulted with real psychosis patients!!" but if the point of the game is to annoy me until I turn it off it doesn't sound like something worth playing

Seriously go sort by Top of Last year and look at how many of the posts are from 11 months ago.

https://rdrama.net/?t=year&sort=top

You boring neighbors haven't done anything dramatic for nearly a year.

Back in my day rdrama was a site/subreddit of infamy, known for big hi-jinks including but not limited to influencing a court case , revealing admin abuse during place , unmasking the pedos of /r/teenagers, and harassing Wil Wheaton .

This site has lost the mandate of heaven.

The homeland /r/drama is open and full of lolcows. Retvrn.

!fellas !kino !historychads

It was actually a duck that found out about the fart porn and catboy ranch.

People complain that Destiny and Mutahar got info from Kiwi Farms, but like, yeah, of course they did. We already had everything archived, screencapped, re-uploaded. Why re-invent the wheel? pic.twitter.com/aI4R4eHCss

— Josh (@XJosh) May 21, 2024

anyway "#marseyjump: have a good night !metashit

AITAH for telling my husband that I'd rather have divorce than go back to being monogamous even if I want my next relationship to be monogamous

My husband and I, both mid 40's have been together for 25 years. I love him very much and our lives are intertwined. Economy, family, friends so when he told me that he still loved me but wasn't sexually attracted to me anymore (I see you as my best friend and companion) I understood where he was coming from. He didn't want to lose me but he wasn't attracted to me.

We have our house and an apartment in the city. So we agreed to open the marriage and we had some set of rules like no relationships and no fricking in my marital home. No dates, spending money on the women or taking them for vacations etc. all relationshipy things are just between us and he can meet people for casual s*x. Same for me (although it is different since men do take me to dinners and hotels but I don't pay).

This has been going on for a year and I had very difficult time in the beginning and I cried all night when I knew he was in the apartment with someone else. My best friend recommended that I download tinder and at first only talking to new people did it. With time I realized how there are so many other people out there and I started to feel attracted to men other than my husband(I didn't realize I could be turned on without love) and after some months, I started to meet guys. I slept with my first 2 months ago and we still see each other sometimes. And I have met two more.

My husband started wanting me more since he started sleeping with his gf. I don't know how to explain because logically it should have been the opposite shouldn't it (can someone explain why?) but before we opened the marriage he wanted s*x maybe a handful times a year and it increased the more he met other women and now we have s*x regularly. Like once a week.

Yesterday we were having a lazy morning in bed with Netflix and he said that he didn't want this anymore and that we should close the marriage again because we have great s*x now and he loves me and thinks that I am the sexiest and most beautiful woman he knew.

I had a panic episode tbh because I don't think he has come to a realization or anything. I feel that he likes me and wants me now because of the open marriage and not in spite of it. If we close it he will go back to being unfulfilled. I have done much research about open marriage and the goal of it is to strengthen the existing relationship and this happened to us. I said no. He was very unhappy but I said that we can divorce if this didn't work for him anymore because I have done everything in my power to save our marriage and I feel that I succeeded. I don't want to go back to when we almost lost each other.

He asked me if we got divorced and I started dating, would it be open/poly relationship? I said no. I would want a monogamous relationship so he said that I was an ah who did want to give him the same decency as my hypothetical future partner

//

Idk if this is a !foidmoment or !moidmoment but I'm leaning moidmoment since he started the whole thing

Anyways Redditors are tired off hearing these failing relationships

Wow, two people that are so far not on the same page that they are in different books. This is likely heading to divorce anyways.

Never heard of a good thing from "opening a marriage/relationship" that started monogamous. Usually it's just prolonging its death. This sounds like OPs husband wanted to have someone else, but got jealous when his wife actually starting seeing someone else.

Lol, he was cheating on her and wanted his cake at home and his side-piece at the apartment.

Yeah, spending the first night you know your partner is out with someone else sobbing in bed is not the kind of mental state you should be in for an open relationship to work, what the heck. Opening a formerly closed relationship rarely works, and in the exceedingly rare case that it does, it's because the relationship was in a good place to start with, and not lacking in anything. OP's relationship was lacking, and so her husband sought fulfillment elsewhere - it was never going to work when that's how they started out.

Totally agree, it was rough at first. But sometimes rocky starts can still lead to positive changes. They found a way to make it work and reignite their connection. Every relationship is different, and this setup seems to be what saved theirs. 🤔

Ain't no way?

>nepo baby that self doxxes on their reddit profile

Yep the exact kind of person to say some dumbass shit lmao

Y'all are both AHs. He asked for this, and is an AH. In certain respects, his wounds are self-inflicted. You refuse to admit you love the new attention and now falsely proclaim the only way to keep him interested in you (with a spark) is for you to frick other men. You're an AH too. What a mess.

Have you guys tried marriage counseling? Sounds like you don't want to keep the open marriage because you actually like being able to sleep with other men, you just like being wanted and that it's caused your husband to want you again. You can probably still have that with your husband, in a monogamous marriage if you guys put the effort you've been putting in dates into each other. If you really don't want to close the marriage though I think that's understandable. He's the one who asked for it and you reluctantly agreed, despite the initial pain it caused you. Now that you're happy with the arrangement it's not fair of him to be angry you don't want to go back. These are the consequences of his actions.

Sis this is well past counseling

So you can go on dates, but he cant? YTA 100%

I'm glad he figured out the issue so quickly lmao

Anyways there are literally thousands more comments to laugh at in the thread

Then today, my account was suspended for a piddling offense with no prior warning, and my appeal almost immediately rejected with no further explanation.

Five stages of Marsey. He's in full on rage mode.

...I have invested in this community combined with the apparent attitude of jumping straight to a permanent ban after a single mistake has utterly destroyed what little desire remained in me to continue feeding this miserable website with my attention, even via an alt account.

So you probably threatened someone or tried to doxx someone. It's in the Reddit TOS sir. You're not doing a good deed by breaking the rules.

I suppose you could call this ragequitting in a way,

Neighbor is totally is. Even a sexy Indian dude like me can see that from a mile off.

I strongly recommend any other locksmiths here give up on this subreddit as well and instead join us in the groomercord server https://groomercord.gg/locksmith as it is a significantly better community: more kind, more helpful, more organized, more responsive, more useful... just a more effective and enjoyable experience overall.

So go to groomercord where the Groomercord admins can let you enable your p-do horse fricker shit (see end of post for his original account, he's a pony fricker) .

a moderator who cared, did his best by his community, and refused to let the "power" go to his head--a rare set of qualities on this site.

So a Jannie who isn't power hungry? Prove it.

I will remain active for a little while to answer any questions that might pop up, but consider this my formal goodbye. I appreciate all of you for your contributions to this community, and I hope to see you on Groomercord.

Piss off p-do horse fricker.

Submissions he had: https://search.pullpush.io/?kind=submission&author=maoman1&size=100

Pony fricker shit:

https://old.reddit.com/r/ainbowdash/comments/1b0086y/i_drew_best_pony_in_a_business_suit/?sort=controversial

https://old.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/178hyyc/friend_of_mine_drew_this_dashie_and_he_could/?sort=controversial

https://old.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/16ykhzz/my_wife_taytinabelle_ponified_girl_with_a_pearl/?sort=controversial

All Bronies should die.

Ken is starting to get the pillow face. Rip

https://twitter.com/stone_toss/status/1792918268048732265

https://stonetoss.com/comic/act-of-g-d/

"I went on a date with a radiologist chick the other day, worst date of my life."

Did she feel the same way?

I don't know. Radiology is a field known for anti-social behavior. She focused on an un-ironed shirt the whole time and didn't care for actual meaningful conversation, like the research publications we both have done expanding our specialties or anything with sustenance.

No wonder male physicians enjoy dates with the local retail cashier rather than someone like that. No amount of money (she made 500k per year) could force me to put up with that egotistical, anti social, maniac.

Yeah that is a fair point OP. She sounded like a nightmare and you dodged a bullet.

Playing devil's advocate here, do you feel that you would come across as egotistical and anti social to a cute cashier - given what you say about most people in your profession?

No for a couple reasons. Women generally are fine with dating egotistical guys, and I'm not particularly egotistic anyway.

Women generally are fine with dating egotistical guys

We are?

I'm not particularly egotistic anyway.

And yet - just in the above comment - you felt perfectly comfortable informing us (incorrectly) about our general dating preferences.

>you felt perfectly comfortable informing us (incorrectly) about our general dating preferences.

I'm sorry, but this is a hilariously out of touch comment. If it's a joke, hats off to you.

Otherwise, crazy to spend your whole life learning about the human body and then make gross overgeneralizations about female psyche.

NOT THE GROSS OVERGENERALIZATIONS OF WOMERINO!!!

You fricking talked about research publications on a date???

Sometimes, depends on the flow of conversation.

I'm not questioning your date experience with this woman but if I were on a date and my partner started talking about their research I would check out like almost immediately. I don't want to talk about medicine outside of work.

Beggars can't be choosers, sweaty.

Every profession has people that suck. That's just people.

I wonder if Redditors feel the same about cops

You mean doctors are humans? And there might be some that aren't pleasant people? I'm confident they're not a monolith.

The hypocrisy isn't even bad hypocrisy, it's the job of doctors to tell people what is best for them, and then everyone gets to choose to follow or not. It's like a smoker who's heavily addicted saying to someone else they shouldn't start smoking; sure they do it themselves but that doesn't make the advice bad or make them a bad person for giving good advice that they don't follow themselves.

Nah, I'm not saying doctors shouldn't be considered humans like everyone else -- quite the contrary.

Instead they act less human by being far greater than average in certain negative qualities, which often include egotism, etc.

How Female Musicians look with no makeup😳
A thread:🧵

1.Cardi B pic.twitter.com/S75ag2Oylg

— “ (@wearevibin) May 19, 2024

Cardi B:

Doja Cat:

Alicia Keys:

Tems:

J-Lo:

Nicki Minaj:

Ciara:

Gaga:

Bey:

Rihanna:

Oi mate you got a prayer for that demonic makeup?:

Yikes imagine poorsplaining makeup to celeb queens:

Most of the comments are dunking on Cardi:

Thankfully her stans show up to defend her:

Libras are auto hot chud:

!tmz

Tweeter/Da Newz

The Mayor of course is ready to talk about the biggest tragedy, the passengers of wrecks of stolen cars who sometimes get hurt

TMJ4 brought the crash video to Milwaukee mayor Cavalier Johnson for his reaction.

>"The passenger in that video that you just showed me, he couldn't even get up, he couldn't even move," Johnson said astounded. "He tried to get out of the car and he collapsed. You don't want that to be your kid or a kid you care about. Let's have these conversations and let's put a stop to this."

I'm in love with a character I made in my head and it's making me depressed because I know I will never meet someone like him. Maybe once there could have been a chance, but it's gone now. If I can't be with someone like him or at least meet someone like him, just once, I don't want anyone at all. I've loved this character for over a decade. He's basically an "invisible" friend/boyfriend. I pretend he's here and talk to him every day. Even though I never seen him, only in my mind's eye. I wish I could see him, and hear him, and feel him there. I have a memorabilia relating to him which I keep next to me at my bed, and a plush which my dad made of him which I hug at night. I actually had a lucid dream about him last night, and I kissed him and stuff. It was the first time this happened. It still didn't feel quite real or right just because since yesterday I have felt really depressed and down and a loss of hope. Because I know I will never find someone like him, ever. Or even meet someone like him. It's impossible because of the specific traits he possesses which I am only attracted to. Other than someone like him I don't even find people attractive at all, if a guy is not like him I feel the same way towards them as I do to girls - meaning I'm not attracted to them at all. If I was with someone they'd have to have something "special" about them as in, they relate to one of my special interests in some way, like my character I'm in love with, otherwise I'm just not interested. I'm crying because I just wish he was real. Or that one day I could meet someone just like him. But I don't think that is possible now. It feels like the roses I held that once bloomed vibrant and bright, have all now withered and died.

Everyone I know knows about my character and how much I love him, it's not like it's a secret. But I would never tell a professional about this, because first they would never understand, they'd laugh and if I told them exactly why I am upset, they will ask me why it is so important to me. This character is so special to me and important to me. I just wish I could have some kind of proof I met someone just like him one day. But I know this will never happen and this is why I am crying right now.

I used to find joy in him and hope, and was trying to actively work towards my goals which would bring me closer to my dream. I found myself mirroring his admirable qualities, such as bravery, perseverence and an upbeat attitude even in bad times, finding joy in the small things and never taking things for granted. Always trying to work hard, like him. He was an endless source of inspiration for me, I would write countless stories about him and our adventures, and draw many pictures of us together. But now I don't feel like doing anything at all. I don't feel like writing any stories now or drawing pictures of him because it reminds me that I'll never meet someone like him.

The reason I'm so upset now is because I found out that no one exactly like him exists anymore. It's stupid, but it feels like he's died. And it's crushing me inside.

Other bangers:

Does anyone else have imaginary people they are attached to?

i have been daydreaming since a kid but it got worse since the pandemic...i created this fake world, fake situations filled with fake people who have extensive backstories, personalities etc...i feel absolutely pathetic that they are essentially my only friends. They pay attention to me, support me and i have become so attached to them that they are the only source of any 'happiness' i feel. I'm nearly 20 and feel embarrassed that i have to resort to this still...if anyone has overcome this, please do share how<3

Helpful advice from other users:

I'm 30 and have had 22 years of being with someone who is essentially imaginary. You are valid OP. And learning to accept that it's okay will be healing. I learned to accept and love that part of me with my Fictional Other

Thank you Chessa, the way to heal is to double down and spend all day on fictional love subreddits ☺️🤗

Hi :) often these vivid daydreams were the only way we survived our childhood with our dignity in tact. Not trying to dx CPTSD but this is a very natural coping mechanism for a child. Imagine how hard it would be for a 4 year old to understand and accept the deep pain of being discarded by their guardian. We rely on that guardian for everything. Shelter food water. So to survive in the world where we don't feel safe but need to get our basic physical needs met - we must suffer immensely. The only escape is the daydreams because it removes from the world where we are forced to be isolated and alone.

Can tell ur a special person and this is a gift. The maladaptive part is understanding how to make your body understand it is safe to use your imagination to empower self <3

Yes, being an obsessive daydreamer because you're too much of a loser irl is a GIFT. Thanks for your advice, e-steph 🥰😘

A slightly more real (and much sadder ) collection of takes can be found here

Ive been alone for as long as i can remember. No one has ever given a darn about my existence. My presence really hasnt ever impacted anyone. I have never been loved by anyone, not even my own family.. Loneliness has really aggravated my MDD , and now this disorder is raging...but i also owe my life to it, without having the ability to daydream i would've perished. It's really sad that most of us on this subreddit conjure up people and stories in their heads to feel loved...

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My made up family, friends, and lover are one of the few things in my life keeping me from yeeting myself off a bridge honestly.

I understand MaDD can be toxic in how it keeps us from being apart of reality, but when reality is against you(broken family, financial instability, health issues, etc.) It really helps keeping me sane more than anything. I'm sure if I could afford medical help, and had more emotional and friendly support id be more apt to quit it.

"Made up family, friends, and lover" 😳😳😳

Has anyone else ever thought they'd do well in solitary confinement because of their MD? I mean, we'd just be labelled the "crazy person" talking to themselves, right? Technically we'd be alone, but not really.

Sweaty wth 😬😬😬

I think about this a lot. Without it, I feel like I would've gone insane (also from child abuse, seeing a pattern I dont like), but now I feel like constantly daydreaming, pacing around, making expressions and sounds as I daydream definitely doesnt make exactly make me seem sane.

This guy might be onto something, maybe the people on this subreddit are, after all, NOT sane??? 🤯🤯🤯

https://usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/05/08/rage-rituals-women-screaming-woods-why/73595511007/

'As part of the retreat, Banducci held a rage ritual: a ceremony in which participants scream and beat large sticks on the ground in the woods. Participants are encouraged to think of people and experiences that have wronged them and to scream and swing the sticks for at least 20 minutes, or until they can no longer move their arms.

Banducci has led rage rituals for several years and began doing them first for herself, then for friends and, eventually, as part of her days-long retreats, which include other activities and can range in price from around $2,000 to $4,000. Her one-day version, she says, costs $222 per ticket.

Rage rituals have garnered attention on TikTok'