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2023.03.22 06:04 RamblingsOfaMadCat Pokemon Training is NOT Slavery
And I'm going to prove it.
What follows is an in-depth analysis of the Pokemon world and its culture (hereafter referred to as the “Poke'verse.”) Where I’ll attempt to understand just what these beings actually are, and how they relate to the humans of their universe. The relationship between human and pokemon is obscure, but we'll be defining it today. For this post, I will reference the video game lore, but I will, to a large extent, be pulling examples from the anime. While I can understand why some might say this invalidates my points, I truly think the anime should be considered fair game. It depicts what the Poke'verse is truly supposed to be like, as the writers intend it to be, unhampered by the restrictions of a video game.
The funny thing is, most people don’t argue it. Which is because, to a large extent, most people don’t care. It’s just a video game, right? It’s not as though the Pokemon are outwardly suffering. Pokemon fans seem to just accept this premise and live with it, because the Pokemon world is bright and enjoyable and the formula of the games is addicting. To most people, the problematic premise of this universe isn’t a big deal. Nobody takes a passionate stance against it, apart from Gamefreak itself. They have little choice but to dismiss these claims, to argue against them…but nobody really listens. The franchise may do the best it can to play up the whole “friendship” angle, but the majority of fans, casual and otherwise, would say they’re not fooling anyone.
We seem to draw an inherent comparison between Pokemon and #RealWorld Animals, which is where all of this stems from. I believe this is a mistake. Or if nothing else, it’s not the definitive interpretation of what they are. If anything, the closest comparison I can think of is…maybe Angels? But even that doesn’t truly describe their role. The more the Poke'verse gets fleshed out, the clearer it becomes to me that catching and training Pokemon are completely misunderstood concepts. They’re not really comparable to anything in real life, certainly not the training of animals or the keeping of pets. I genuinely don’t think that the relationship between Trainer and Pokemon has an equivalent in our world.
I do understand where the impulse to make this comparison comes from. Of course people look at Pokemon and see animals. After all, they're living, breathing creatures, magical creatures that coexist with humanity. A not insignificant number of them do resemble real-life animals or are otherwise based on them. The most crucial bit of evidence for this idea is that the Pokeverse, by all appearances, lacks “real world” animals of its own. There are no recognizable creatures from our world to speak of, apart from humanity. So I can see how people reached this conclusion and I get why they draw the parallel.
Pokemon are baked deep into this culture. If you had to guess which of these two societies was here first, would you really guess humanity? I wouldn’t. Just look at the spiritual side of this world. It has deities who are confirmed to exist, who created this world as we know it..and they’re all Pokemon. Who knows where the humans even came from, but the Legendary Pokemon are the ones who fashioned the universe. It is vanity to assume that Humanity is the dominant species of the Poke'verse.
They are not, nor have they even been in charge of this world. Pokemon explicitly range from human to above-human level intelligence. The humans attempt to understand them, but the Anime clarifies that they’ve chosen to name the Pokemon based on their speech patterns. Pokemon don’t “say their name” and nothing else. It’s the reverse. They speak unique languages that the humans elected to name them for. By contrast, Pokemon can clearly understand human language. There’s no way around it, they are smarter than us. So it’s no surprise that they have their own communities and systems, totally independent from humanity. However, there are also countless Pokemon who choose (read: CHOOSE) to work with humans, on individual and group-wide scales.
What’s odd is that in Legends: Arceus, which takes place in the ancient past…humans and pokemon have clearly already been separated, and have no relationship beyond hostility and fear towards each other. There are exceptions, of course, but by and large, the idea of a “Pokemon Trainer” is a new concept to the humans in Hisui. I’m getting very off topic now, but it does make a fan wonder. Just what happened to separate pokemon and humankind? They were as close as kin at one point, before some kind of split occurred, and it’s taken countless generations for them to redevelop a closeness...there’s a greater mystery here that isn’t relevant to the topic at hand, but these questions are worth asking. Either way, the point is that the two communities are almost fated to come together.
The Pokemon are drawn to humanity, and whether they invest in an official “trainer” or not, they seek out humans just as often as the humans go looking for them.
The Pokemon will form these partnerships out of their own desire. A desire for what, you may be asking? I think it varies, but when it comes to the TrainePokemon relationship, we can assume the typical goal is shared strength. The human and the Pokemon form a symbiotic relationship in the Training system. This is stated numerous times, especially in the Anime - A wild Pokemon will never reach their full potential. Not without a Trainer. You see? It isn’t only the humans who benefit from this relationship, and the Pokemon understand this. The vast majority of them want to be caught, they seek a trainer who can help them harness their powers.
Mewtwo decries Pokemon Training as Slavery during Mewtwo Strikes Back. Pikachu contradicts him, and Ash literally puts his life on the line in the effort to prove him wrong. Much later, in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, the same question comes up. Lucario asks if Ash is Pikachu’s “master” and Ash rejects that terminology. Because Pikachu is his best friend, nothing less. There is a reason why the word is “Trainer” and not “Master” or “Owner.” Because Pokemon Trainers do not own their Pokemon. Full stop. The Poke Ball isn't a prison. It, and the PC Boxes from the games, are implied to be a kind of virtual reality. The Poke Ball is a symbol, a convenience more than anything else, but not a requirement. Ash is living proof. The Poke-Ball may be the norm, but if you're claustrophobic like Pikachu, or you're just not feeling it, you can abstain. Ash has never treated Pikachu as a captive. Or any of his Pokemon for that matter. We don't ever see anyone keeping Pokemon as prisoners apart from the villains.
Regardless, capturing Pokemon through battle still happens. It happens quite a lot. The examples that differ from this norm don’t erase that, nor do they erase how repugnant it is. After all, the Trainer is cornering a creature who more often than not, was just minding their own business. (A wild Pokemon is very often the one to initiate battle, but never mind.) The trainer then forcibly kidnaps them after violently assaulting them. Even the term “capturing” Pokemon has problematic connotations. No way around it - on paper, this sounds bad. It sounds horrific. But if I may, I’d like to offer a different perspective based on what I’ve been able to observe of the Poke'verse’s culture. First of all, I’d like to offer a scalding hot take about the violence of Pokemon battles. This may be where I lose a lot of people, but hear me out.
In Mewtwo Strikes Back, the Pokemon very specifically fight their clones without access to any of their actual moves, after Mewtwo psychically blocks their powers. Everything about this scene is meant to convey tragedy. All of a sudden, a series that’s been all about battle is preaching against violence. Sure, we can call it bad writing, executive meddling, or anything we want. But ignore the Fourth Wall and ask yourself, why would the characters react this way in-universe? Why is it that Pokemon battling has always been okay, but in this one instance, it’s not? The movie goes to great lengths to show us that the Pokemon are hurting each other. Which we don’t normally see.
Simple. Pikachu isn’t actually trying to kill them. Because of course he isn’t. It’s quite possible that Pokemon moves simply are not capable of inflicting serious damage, or perhaps Pokemon have an inherent resistance to them. But I suspect it’s not a lack of ability that stops Pokemon moves from being violent…but an almost universal choice. That when Pokemon go on the offensive with their powers, or at least, when they direct said powers at humans…they are always pulling their punches. That’s why the fight on New Island was so grotesque - the Pokemon were not remotely familiar with battling that way, engaging in true violence, and there’s little doubt that they were figuratively and literally scarred by that night. (The ones who still remember it, anyway.)
It’s no wonder they never use their powers to cause actual bodily harm to anyone - I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some kind of sacred, unspoken taboo among Pokemon against doing so. A taboo that wouldn't be known to the newborn clone Pokemon on New Island. A taboo that may not have existed centuries ago, in say, the ancient times of the Hisui region. But present day, communities of Pokemon are more civilized, and they a working relationship with human society that ranges from neutral to friendly. We’re in head-canon territory now, but this kind of law among Pokemon kind makes a lot of sense. There may be Pokemon out there who break this taboo, but they would be few and far between - probably outcasts among their own kind. It would add a new dimension to Pikachu's refusal to fight back against his clone counterpart.
Again, this scene makes a point of telling us over and over, that what we’re seeing is wrong. “Pokemon aren’t meant to fight. Not like this.” That line right there is precisely the point. Battling isn’t meant to be like that, and in practice, it almost never is. There’s a reason why Pokemon almost never actually die in battle, and only get “very weak,” a condition that is cured flawlessly with the medical science of a Pokemon Center. It’s almost like a Pokemon’s powers create a kind of invisible simulation system, allowing them to spar with their opponent safely. Because that’s what a Pokemon battle is, at heart. It’s a test of skill. It’s meant to just be friendly sparring. A kind of sport that the Pokemon and Trainers engage in together, and it’s stated many times that they need to be in sync to have any hope of a successful career in professional matches. Again, I refer you to Mewtwo Strikes Back. The Pokemon were able to use their powers collectively to restore Ash to life. There’s clearly a lot more to a Pokemon’s power than just combat. That part is nothing more than recreation for them.
Barring exceptions, the wild Pokemon must be exhausted to the point that they can no longer resist a poke-ball, before you can obtain them. Their opinion about being caught is always a non-issue. By all accounts, it doesn't seem as though this is acceptable. But even this, I think, is part of the cultural dissonance. Among other things, we don’t know what the little “click” of the Poke-ball actually means. It signals that the capture was a success, but is that the Pokemon choosing to yield, or the Poke Ball’s technology locking them in? It’s a little ambiguous, I’ll freely admit as much…but I would argue that the former idea isn’t impossible. Again, wild Pokemon, generally speaking, actually want to find a Trainer. The first episode of the anime even hints that certain wild Pokemon are jealous of those with trainers. With that in mind, why is catching them even a fight to begin with?
Consent is key here, and I believe this cultural understanding to be the reason that most Pokemon are immediately comfortable with following the trainer who caught them. While one might argue that they don't really have a choice anymore...that simply isn't true. The anime clarifies that Pokemon can release themselves from a Poke-Ball whenever they want. Misty’s Psyduck is the most iconic example of this, but there are countless others. In theory, a Pokemon could just leave a trainer who they find unsatisfactory. Actually, that’s not just a theory. That’s canon. Something that most people don’t seem to realize (or at least, they forget) is that it’s not just Trainers who ditch Pokemon they no longer want. It happens in reverse as well.
But that’s not a one-off, it’s not the only example. There are quite a few. Due to a misunderstanding, Gym Leader Pryce once believed his Piloswine had abandoned him. Then there’s Ash. Always the mother hen, he’s adopted many Pokemon who were abandoned by previous trainers, but the opposite has also happened. His Snivy, and his Greninja, are both Pokemon who were explicitly stated to have had previous trainers whom they chose to leave, because they didn’t feel understood. Typically, it seems that Pokemon choose to leave because they feel as though the unspoken contract that is “pokemon training” has been violated somehow, or they’re otherwise not getting what they signed up for. This is why the traditional method of “catching” Pokemon is so vital. Because it’s an honor system. There's a reason we aren't able to capture a Pokemon has already fainted. That would be the most efficient way to go about things, but the MC won't do it. Why? I can only assume this is to ensure the Pokemon gets a voice in whether they're caught.
Any time a human does attempt to force a Pokemon into submission or otherwise harm them through any method that is not the traditional system of capture, the story treats them as unquestionably villainous for doing so. The other humans react in horror, and attempt to stop them. This is because forgoing the “defeat them in battle” route and instead using some kind of technology or whatnot to claim the Pokemon is seen as dishonorable at the best of times, and evil at the worst of times. The Trainer is ignoring the agency of the Pokemon. Attempting capture in the conventional way is a mutually accepted system, the wild Pokemon know and understand that a trainer may attempt to take them, and if they really don’t want to be said Trainer’s Pokemon, they can always choose to leave after they are captured. But the use of other means takes that choice away from them. These villains, usually the evil Teams, are using methods of capture that fail to demonstrate to the Pokemon why they are a worthy Trainer, and likewise rob them of the ability to judge them as unworthy.
There’s another Donphan in the room that I’d like to touch on real quick. I’ve talked a lot about how the anime clarifies the nature of Pokemon and their relationship to their Trainers…but I also mentioned that the developers have openly tried to beat back the claims of animal abuse, of slavery. The anime speaks for itself, but what about the time Black and White openly addressed these criticisms? You were probably waiting for me to bring it up, but the truth is, I don’t have much to say. The idea of Pokemon and Trainers having a symbiotic relationship, and needing each other…the idea that they shouldn’t be separated…all of that is touched on in the games, but the subject is mostly used as a scapegoat by a wannabe dictator.
I have yet to see any character in Pokemon honestly make the same comparison that critics make in real life, and I doubt we ever will see that happen. It’s just not an idea that can be properly explored in the Pokeverse, because our world is unknown to them. Our way of doing things isn’t something that any in-universe Trainer could hope to understand. It’s an entirely different culture. The way we personally view Pokemon as creatures is colored by our context, by the fact that we’re on the outside, peering into this world with the perspective of a society that doesn’t have Pokemon. To the humans, this is the way their world works. Team Plasma came the closest to approaching that idea, but even then, they were the villains. It was made abundantly clear that they were wrong.
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What follows is an in-depth analysis of the Pokemon world and its culture (hereafter referred to as the “Poke'verse.”) Where I’ll attempt to understand just what these beings actually are, and how they relate to the humans of their universe. The relationship between human and pokemon is obscure, but we'll be defining it today. For this post, I will reference the video game lore, but I will, to a large extent, be pulling examples from the anime. While I can understand why some might say this invalidates my points, I truly think the anime should be considered fair game. It depicts what the Poke'verse is truly supposed to be like, as the writers intend it to be, unhampered by the restrictions of a video game.
Let's dive in.
At this point, I know that the Pokemon fandom and the general public have a well-established and largely iron-cast interpretation of what it means to be a Pokemon Trainer, but today I’m going to attempt to challenge that interpretation. Because on the whole, it’s not especially flattering, and I think it’s false. You’ve seen the jokes, and the video essays, and the parody comics. You’ve seen it all. People have criticized Pokemon for the premise of the game effectively being a system of romanticized slavery. That the heartless humans kidnap these innocent animals and force them into sadistic dog-fights to further their own power, to the point where it is a global, televised sport. Ask anyone and they’ll tell you, Pokemon…are slaves. It's animal abuse. Those who argue it are in denial.The funny thing is, most people don’t argue it. Which is because, to a large extent, most people don’t care. It’s just a video game, right? It’s not as though the Pokemon are outwardly suffering. Pokemon fans seem to just accept this premise and live with it, because the Pokemon world is bright and enjoyable and the formula of the games is addicting. To most people, the problematic premise of this universe isn’t a big deal. Nobody takes a passionate stance against it, apart from Gamefreak itself. They have little choice but to dismiss these claims, to argue against them…but nobody really listens. The franchise may do the best it can to play up the whole “friendship” angle, but the majority of fans, casual and otherwise, would say they’re not fooling anyone.
I see things differently.
This conclusion about the Pokeverse is not the only one that can be drawn from analyzing this world. It's also based on several assumptions, headcanons, and interpretations of this world’s symbolism. I interpret these things another way myself, and I’ll try to explain how. But the bottom line is that humans and Pokemon exist together in this world and have a unique relationship. Our world has humans, but not Pokemon, so one can assume that the Pokemon are a deliberate symbol of…something. What that something is will probably vary based on who you ask, but just about everyone seems to interpret them as the “animals” of their universe. As in, living creatures who are not human. (Because Humans…are also Animals, and that’s kind of the whole point right there, but I’m getting ahead of myself.)We seem to draw an inherent comparison between Pokemon and #RealWorld Animals, which is where all of this stems from. I believe this is a mistake. Or if nothing else, it’s not the definitive interpretation of what they are. If anything, the closest comparison I can think of is…maybe Angels? But even that doesn’t truly describe their role. The more the Poke'verse gets fleshed out, the clearer it becomes to me that catching and training Pokemon are completely misunderstood concepts. They’re not really comparable to anything in real life, certainly not the training of animals or the keeping of pets. I genuinely don’t think that the relationship between Trainer and Pokemon has an equivalent in our world.
I do understand where the impulse to make this comparison comes from. Of course people look at Pokemon and see animals. After all, they're living, breathing creatures, magical creatures that coexist with humanity. A not insignificant number of them do resemble real-life animals or are otherwise based on them. The most crucial bit of evidence for this idea is that the Pokeverse, by all appearances, lacks “real world” animals of its own. There are no recognizable creatures from our world to speak of, apart from humanity. So I can see how people reached this conclusion and I get why they draw the parallel.
However, it’s just not a fair comparison to make. Not at all.
Some animals do have the means to defend themselves, of course. But Pokemon have abilities on another level entirely. They’re basically magic. They have superpowers unique to themselves. Can a human spit fire? Tunnel a hole in seconds? Can they summon storms in the blink of an eye? Can a human block all damage with Wonder Guard? The answer is no. They cannot do this. Humans are one race, and a relatively mundane race at that. While they are distinctly separate from Pokemon…that doesn’t make them superior. It doesn’t make them more powerful. The sheer variety in Pokemon species, not to mention the variety of their powers, means that if war was to break out between the two communities…the humans would not win. It wouldn’t even be close.Pokemon are baked deep into this culture. If you had to guess which of these two societies was here first, would you really guess humanity? I wouldn’t. Just look at the spiritual side of this world. It has deities who are confirmed to exist, who created this world as we know it..and they’re all Pokemon. Who knows where the humans even came from, but the Legendary Pokemon are the ones who fashioned the universe. It is vanity to assume that Humanity is the dominant species of the Poke'verse.
They are not, nor have they even been in charge of this world. Pokemon explicitly range from human to above-human level intelligence. The humans attempt to understand them, but the Anime clarifies that they’ve chosen to name the Pokemon based on their speech patterns. Pokemon don’t “say their name” and nothing else. It’s the reverse. They speak unique languages that the humans elected to name them for. By contrast, Pokemon can clearly understand human language. There’s no way around it, they are smarter than us. So it’s no surprise that they have their own communities and systems, totally independent from humanity. However, there are also countless Pokemon who choose (read: CHOOSE) to work with humans, on individual and group-wide scales.
In fact, Pokemon and Humans may not be so different at all.
I bet their DNA is remarkably similar. They may descend from a common ancestor. There is consistent flavor text that verifies this, stating that on a fundamental level, Pokemon and Humans are all but the same. Perhaps humankind and Pokemon weren’t always separate beings? Perhaps they were once one and the same? It’s pure conjecture, but according to the Library in Canalave City, there was a time in the ancient past when Pokemon ate at the same table as Humans and would even marry them sometimes. That last bit of trivia is cut from the English version, undoubtedly because of the popular interpretation I discussed earlier. Fans see Pokemon as animals, and the dubbing team probably wanted to avert any weird implications.What’s odd is that in Legends: Arceus, which takes place in the ancient past…humans and pokemon have clearly already been separated, and have no relationship beyond hostility and fear towards each other. There are exceptions, of course, but by and large, the idea of a “Pokemon Trainer” is a new concept to the humans in Hisui. I’m getting very off topic now, but it does make a fan wonder. Just what happened to separate pokemon and humankind? They were as close as kin at one point, before some kind of split occurred, and it’s taken countless generations for them to redevelop a closeness...there’s a greater mystery here that isn’t relevant to the topic at hand, but these questions are worth asking. Either way, the point is that the two communities are almost fated to come together.
The Pokemon are drawn to humanity, and whether they invest in an official “trainer” or not, they seek out humans just as often as the humans go looking for them.
The Pokemon will form these partnerships out of their own desire. A desire for what, you may be asking? I think it varies, but when it comes to the TrainePokemon relationship, we can assume the typical goal is shared strength. The human and the Pokemon form a symbiotic relationship in the Training system. This is stated numerous times, especially in the Anime - A wild Pokemon will never reach their full potential. Not without a Trainer. You see? It isn’t only the humans who benefit from this relationship, and the Pokemon understand this. The vast majority of them want to be caught, they seek a trainer who can help them harness their powers.
Mewtwo decries Pokemon Training as Slavery during Mewtwo Strikes Back. Pikachu contradicts him, and Ash literally puts his life on the line in the effort to prove him wrong. Much later, in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, the same question comes up. Lucario asks if Ash is Pikachu’s “master” and Ash rejects that terminology. Because Pikachu is his best friend, nothing less. There is a reason why the word is “Trainer” and not “Master” or “Owner.” Because Pokemon Trainers do not own their Pokemon. Full stop. The Poke Ball isn't a prison. It, and the PC Boxes from the games, are implied to be a kind of virtual reality. The Poke Ball is a symbol, a convenience more than anything else, but not a requirement. Ash is living proof. The Poke-Ball may be the norm, but if you're claustrophobic like Pikachu, or you're just not feeling it, you can abstain. Ash has never treated Pikachu as a captive. Or any of his Pokemon for that matter. We don't ever see anyone keeping Pokemon as prisoners apart from the villains.
But what about catching Pokemon in general? That's still messed up, isn't it?
There is an obvious counterargument to be made to my stance, a Donphan in the room, and I won’t ignore it. The counterpoint here is that capturing Pokemon is almost always done against their will. Or at least, that’s how it’s traditionally done, and the norm in the games remains consistent. Still. Ash winds up befriending the majority of his Pokemon instead, and he’s far from the only trainer we see doing so. James is another human who recruits his teammates primarily through his own likable qualities. You might argue that while obtaining a Pokemon can happen without fighting, that style is still unusual. But again, based on the anime, it doesn’t seem to be that uncommon. I think what’s considered rare is that Ash seems to specialize in doing this despite his intended goal of training Pokemon for battle.Regardless, capturing Pokemon through battle still happens. It happens quite a lot. The examples that differ from this norm don’t erase that, nor do they erase how repugnant it is. After all, the Trainer is cornering a creature who more often than not, was just minding their own business. (A wild Pokemon is very often the one to initiate battle, but never mind.) The trainer then forcibly kidnaps them after violently assaulting them. Even the term “capturing” Pokemon has problematic connotations. No way around it - on paper, this sounds bad. It sounds horrific. But if I may, I’d like to offer a different perspective based on what I’ve been able to observe of the Poke'verse’s culture. First of all, I’d like to offer a scalding hot take about the violence of Pokemon battles. This may be where I lose a lot of people, but hear me out.
I challenge the idea that a Pokemon battle is “violent.”
Or at least, I don’t believe the characters consider it to be violent, not in the same way we understand it. A pokemon battle isn’t assault, because they’re not human. But it’s also not animal abuse, because the Pokeverse doesn’t have animals. Again, it’s worth remembering that Pokemon are supernatural creatures with magical powers, and I’d say their powers, the “moves” they learn, play by different rules than conventional fighting. There’s actually quite a bit of evidence to suggest that this is true.In Mewtwo Strikes Back, the Pokemon very specifically fight their clones without access to any of their actual moves, after Mewtwo psychically blocks their powers. Everything about this scene is meant to convey tragedy. All of a sudden, a series that’s been all about battle is preaching against violence. Sure, we can call it bad writing, executive meddling, or anything we want. But ignore the Fourth Wall and ask yourself, why would the characters react this way in-universe? Why is it that Pokemon battling has always been okay, but in this one instance, it’s not? The movie goes to great lengths to show us that the Pokemon are hurting each other. Which we don’t normally see.
The only difference? The Pokemon aren’t using their normal moves.
From this, we can conclude that the typical, conventional Pokemon battle, where the two Pokemon fight using their special abilities...it doesn’t hurt them. It may tire them out, but a Pokemon Center can heal basically any injuries in record time. Nurse Joy is some kind of miracle worker…or maybe she isn’t. Maybe The Pokemon are being tired out from their battles, but not actually harmed in the long term. Ever wonder why Pokemon can use hidden moves in the field, even when they're supposedly "fainted?" Or why Pikachu is able to get right back up after fainting in battle to cheer Ash on? This would explain why Pokemon attacks don’t cause lasting damage to humans, either. Get hit with a Flamethrower? Don’t worry, you’ll just be temporarily stunned and have soot all over your face. The doylist explanation is, once again, that it’s a children’s cartoon, but that doesn’t explain what’s happening in-universe. Team Rocket has been electrocuted by Pikachu a near-infinite number of times. So how are they even alive?Simple. Pikachu isn’t actually trying to kill them. Because of course he isn’t. It’s quite possible that Pokemon moves simply are not capable of inflicting serious damage, or perhaps Pokemon have an inherent resistance to them. But I suspect it’s not a lack of ability that stops Pokemon moves from being violent…but an almost universal choice. That when Pokemon go on the offensive with their powers, or at least, when they direct said powers at humans…they are always pulling their punches. That’s why the fight on New Island was so grotesque - the Pokemon were not remotely familiar with battling that way, engaging in true violence, and there’s little doubt that they were figuratively and literally scarred by that night. (The ones who still remember it, anyway.)
It’s no wonder they never use their powers to cause actual bodily harm to anyone - I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some kind of sacred, unspoken taboo among Pokemon against doing so. A taboo that wouldn't be known to the newborn clone Pokemon on New Island. A taboo that may not have existed centuries ago, in say, the ancient times of the Hisui region. But present day, communities of Pokemon are more civilized, and they a working relationship with human society that ranges from neutral to friendly. We’re in head-canon territory now, but this kind of law among Pokemon kind makes a lot of sense. There may be Pokemon out there who break this taboo, but they would be few and far between - probably outcasts among their own kind. It would add a new dimension to Pikachu's refusal to fight back against his clone counterpart.
Again, this scene makes a point of telling us over and over, that what we’re seeing is wrong. “Pokemon aren’t meant to fight. Not like this.” That line right there is precisely the point. Battling isn’t meant to be like that, and in practice, it almost never is. There’s a reason why Pokemon almost never actually die in battle, and only get “very weak,” a condition that is cured flawlessly with the medical science of a Pokemon Center. It’s almost like a Pokemon’s powers create a kind of invisible simulation system, allowing them to spar with their opponent safely. Because that’s what a Pokemon battle is, at heart. It’s a test of skill. It’s meant to just be friendly sparring. A kind of sport that the Pokemon and Trainers engage in together, and it’s stated many times that they need to be in sync to have any hope of a successful career in professional matches. Again, I refer you to Mewtwo Strikes Back. The Pokemon were able to use their powers collectively to restore Ash to life. There’s clearly a lot more to a Pokemon’s power than just combat. That part is nothing more than recreation for them.
I deviated tremendously from the original question about capturing Pokemon, but I feel that it’s important to address this point.
Pokemon Battling is not violence. It’s effectively a sport that all sides consent to playing, a sport that has safety measures practically built in, as well as further precautions offered like the Pokemon Center. In that sense, it's more or less just another interpretation of Pokemon Contests, and Showcases, and everything else. A human helping a Pokemon study their powers and use them to fullest potential. This is the reason why I don’t actually consider a Trainer fighting a wild Pokemon to be so obscene. However, that only addresses the question of violence. Trainers are still kidnapping Pokemon against their will, right? That’s why one has to “weaken” a Pokemon to catch them. Well, believe it or not, I’m going to debunk that too.Barring exceptions, the wild Pokemon must be exhausted to the point that they can no longer resist a poke-ball, before you can obtain them. Their opinion about being caught is always a non-issue. By all accounts, it doesn't seem as though this is acceptable. But even this, I think, is part of the cultural dissonance. Among other things, we don’t know what the little “click” of the Poke-ball actually means. It signals that the capture was a success, but is that the Pokemon choosing to yield, or the Poke Ball’s technology locking them in? It’s a little ambiguous, I’ll freely admit as much…but I would argue that the former idea isn’t impossible. Again, wild Pokemon, generally speaking, actually want to find a Trainer. The first episode of the anime even hints that certain wild Pokemon are jealous of those with trainers. With that in mind, why is catching them even a fight to begin with?
I’ll tell you why. When a wild Pokemon battles a trainer, they are essentially giving that trainer a test.
They’re gauging the trainer’s abilities to bring out the potential of their Pokemon. If you’re a trainer, and your Pokemon defeats another Pokemon in the wild…you’ve just proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that your Pokemon is stronger than the wild one. You have now proven that you have something to offer, you’ve passed the test. The wild Pokemon now realizes that it stands to learn something, to grow more powerful, by accepting your tutelage. That’s why it’s considered acceptable to the Pokemon to follow a trainer after they are overpowered and captured. It’s like…right of conquest, but with fully informed consent.Consent is key here, and I believe this cultural understanding to be the reason that most Pokemon are immediately comfortable with following the trainer who caught them. While one might argue that they don't really have a choice anymore...that simply isn't true. The anime clarifies that Pokemon can release themselves from a Poke-Ball whenever they want. Misty’s Psyduck is the most iconic example of this, but there are countless others. In theory, a Pokemon could just leave a trainer who they find unsatisfactory. Actually, that’s not just a theory. That’s canon. Something that most people don’t seem to realize (or at least, they forget) is that it’s not just Trainers who ditch Pokemon they no longer want. It happens in reverse as well.
Pokemon can and do abandon their trainers, if they deem said trainers to be unworthy of their talents.
Remember when I said that I would be chiefly referencing the anime, because it’s the most reliable depiction of what the Pokeverse is supposed to be like? This is exactly what I was talking about. Because obviously, this never happens in the games. Your Pokemon don’t just disappear from your party or PC boxes, because that would be an incredibly stupid and unfair mechanic. But in the anime, where the relationships between Pokemon and Trainer are more fleshed out? In the first season, Bad To The Bone is about a Marowak who chose to ditch his trainer after said trainer had his badges stolen. While the Marowak eventually changed his mind, at no point did any character voice the idea of trying to return him by force. That was never on the table. It was Marowak’s choice and no one else’s, which is why the trainer was heartbroken.But that’s not a one-off, it’s not the only example. There are quite a few. Due to a misunderstanding, Gym Leader Pryce once believed his Piloswine had abandoned him. Then there’s Ash. Always the mother hen, he’s adopted many Pokemon who were abandoned by previous trainers, but the opposite has also happened. His Snivy, and his Greninja, are both Pokemon who were explicitly stated to have had previous trainers whom they chose to leave, because they didn’t feel understood. Typically, it seems that Pokemon choose to leave because they feel as though the unspoken contract that is “pokemon training” has been violated somehow, or they’re otherwise not getting what they signed up for. This is why the traditional method of “catching” Pokemon is so vital. Because it’s an honor system. There's a reason we aren't able to capture a Pokemon has already fainted. That would be the most efficient way to go about things, but the MC won't do it. Why? I can only assume this is to ensure the Pokemon gets a voice in whether they're caught.
Any time a human does attempt to force a Pokemon into submission or otherwise harm them through any method that is not the traditional system of capture, the story treats them as unquestionably villainous for doing so. The other humans react in horror, and attempt to stop them. This is because forgoing the “defeat them in battle” route and instead using some kind of technology or whatnot to claim the Pokemon is seen as dishonorable at the best of times, and evil at the worst of times. The Trainer is ignoring the agency of the Pokemon. Attempting capture in the conventional way is a mutually accepted system, the wild Pokemon know and understand that a trainer may attempt to take them, and if they really don’t want to be said Trainer’s Pokemon, they can always choose to leave after they are captured. But the use of other means takes that choice away from them. These villains, usually the evil Teams, are using methods of capture that fail to demonstrate to the Pokemon why they are a worthy Trainer, and likewise rob them of the ability to judge them as unworthy.
There are exceptions, but for the reasons I have described, I fail to see how the idea of “slavery” is applicable to properly trained Pokemon.
They have the power to attack their trainers whenever they choose. Sometimes they do. They have magical abilities that enslaved humans in real life do not have. Legends: Arceus does a great job of highlighting just how dangerous Pokemon could be toward their human counterparts if they really wanted to be. They also have the power to leave. A Pokeball is not a chain. The only time a Pokemon struggles to escape a Ball is when it is first used on them, and the connection is initially forged. But, as I’ve talked about, I believe this to be a ceremonial process and little else. Trainers will immediately send out freshly caught Pokemon to heal or train, and the Pokemon don’t run. But once again, they could. What is stopping them? Ash’s Charizard never saw fit to abandon him, but if he had, what could Ash have actually done about it? Basically nothing. He’d get a flamethrower to the face and then Charizard would fly off. The same thing is true for any of Ash’s Pokemon, or the trained Pokemon of any Trainer ever.There’s another Donphan in the room that I’d like to touch on real quick. I’ve talked a lot about how the anime clarifies the nature of Pokemon and their relationship to their Trainers…but I also mentioned that the developers have openly tried to beat back the claims of animal abuse, of slavery. The anime speaks for itself, but what about the time Black and White openly addressed these criticisms? You were probably waiting for me to bring it up, but the truth is, I don’t have much to say. The idea of Pokemon and Trainers having a symbiotic relationship, and needing each other…the idea that they shouldn’t be separated…all of that is touched on in the games, but the subject is mostly used as a scapegoat by a wannabe dictator.
I have yet to see any character in Pokemon honestly make the same comparison that critics make in real life, and I doubt we ever will see that happen. It’s just not an idea that can be properly explored in the Pokeverse, because our world is unknown to them. Our way of doing things isn’t something that any in-universe Trainer could hope to understand. It’s an entirely different culture. The way we personally view Pokemon as creatures is colored by our context, by the fact that we’re on the outside, peering into this world with the perspective of a society that doesn’t have Pokemon. To the humans, this is the way their world works. Team Plasma came the closest to approaching that idea, but even then, they were the villains. It was made abundantly clear that they were wrong.
- In theory, Pokemon are servants at the whims of their Trainers. In practice, they’re actually the ones with real power and the relationship is balanced, nuanced, and heavily based on mutual trust.
- In theory, Pokemon are the wild animals of their universe. In practice, they have no equivalent to our world. They are, as we're told many times, "wondrous creatures." They have no explanation.
- In theory, Pokemon are forced to engage in senseless violence day in and day out. In practice, Pokemon battling is an art form that the Pokemon themselves choose to pursue, and it is not remotely dangerous.
If you've stuck with me this long, know that I appreciate you. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. If you need me, I'll be shiny hunting for Klawf.
2023.03.22 05:59 Eyesayah0 Family trip recommendations
Something tells me this may be the place to find some good suggestions.
The family and I are taking a trip to California for a week. We're gonna take a couple days to drive up the coastline. We'll be leaving from the San Jose area and driving up through Mendocino with the intent to enjoy a scenic family drive. See some things, enjoy good food, take some pictures and make memories.
Does anyone have recommendations for things we should experience along the way? We'd have a 12yr with us so we'll be also trying not to entirely melt his brain from boredom. Thanks in advance.
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The family and I are taking a trip to California for a week. We're gonna take a couple days to drive up the coastline. We'll be leaving from the San Jose area and driving up through Mendocino with the intent to enjoy a scenic family drive. See some things, enjoy good food, take some pictures and make memories.
Does anyone have recommendations for things we should experience along the way? We'd have a 12yr with us so we'll be also trying not to entirely melt his brain from boredom. Thanks in advance.
2023.03.22 05:48 Mjcovarrubias [S][USA-CA] Canon Elan II [W] PayPal, Local Cash
Hello All, selling a Canon Elan II film camera with sigma 28-105 lens. Comes with extra batteries, some film which I am unsure if it’s been shot on, lens cleaner, filter, original manual, and bag of course. Not sure what it is worth so send me an offer! Prefer local cash but will ship at buyer’s expense. Located in San Jose, CA (95128). Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for looking!
https://imgur.com/a/A70lkeJ
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The best Orthodontics des Moines can offer you specialized treatments like cosmetic dental treatment and the highest-quality porcelain veneers. Even though the dental care sector is not very competitive, one must be wary of frauds. Instead of stuffing the pockets of fraudulent dental professionals, one must be sure to acquire the greatest treatment at fair pricing. Qualified orthodontists use high-quality Invisalign to fix issues including misaligned teeth.
Although wearing these aligners can occasionally be uncomfortable, it is preferable to having to wear metal ones. Aligners are the sole method available to us for straightening our teeth, and they have always been the only method available to fix crooked teeth, even 300 years ago when humans employed similar devices made of other materials. Because Invisalign can be removed for two hours at a time, the child can eat and brush their teeth correctly while still wearing it.
In order to provide patients with these types of health issues with better and more cost-effective solutions, Orthodontics Des Moines perform research. Clear Aligners is a brand of clear, removable acrylic trays. Due to the fact that they are positioned beneath the teeth, lingual braces are also invisible. Dental professionals use them to employ implants to correct any oral problem.
2023.03.22 04:56 BlueverseGacha “Die a God” AU
Samuel Arthur Xeon.
Born in a relatively peaceful era, but unfortunately caught in the midst of a divine conflict, Sam was forced into cryostasis for over 200 years, while unknowingly being made the Host of a powerful God.
After having woken from Cryo-Sleep, he went on to restructure the at-the-time crumbling 2239 economy. During that time, he had precured stong bonds with the pseudo-family he built around himself. Unfortunately, near-all members were torn from him one-by-one across less than a single year.
Alone in a self-eating world, his pure rage at humanity tore apart the veil of Time itself, merging countless timelines into a single plane. Traversing the overlapping timelines, he searches for his own closure by restoring what his anger had destroyed.
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Born in a relatively peaceful era, but unfortunately caught in the midst of a divine conflict, Sam was forced into cryostasis for over 200 years, while unknowingly being made the Host of a powerful God.
After having woken from Cryo-Sleep, he went on to restructure the at-the-time crumbling 2239 economy. During that time, he had precured stong bonds with the pseudo-family he built around himself. Unfortunately, near-all members were torn from him one-by-one across less than a single year.
Alone in a self-eating world, his pure rage at humanity tore apart the veil of Time itself, merging countless timelines into a single plane. Traversing the overlapping timelines, he searches for his own closure by restoring what his anger had destroyed.
2023.03.22 04:31 KingoftheRednecks Spears Among the Stars, ch 23
First/Prev
“Father?”
Mogan relaxed, wearing something like a small loincloth as he stretched out in something that was either a chair or a bed. After more than a week he still couldn't really tell which. He was leaning towards “bed” simply because he dozed off so often in it, but he thought that had more to do with his schedule than his age. At least, so he hoped.
“Father?”
At that, he was wearing more than most of the people here. Many walked around in clothing that seemed made mostly of strings. While it was an interesting view, he imagined it must be uncomfortable to walk in. Considering how warm it was, most of the San had picked up the local fashion quickly, although a lot of the tourists still considered them pretty conservatively dressed.
Last time he was on a beach like this it was with Hyeshi. Her clothing had been just about as minimal as his, and while he certainly didn't mind the view it had also been easier to see that she was showing with Ellisan.
Mogan had spent some time on the various types of watercraft, and even some of the small fliers, although he took it easy with those—not like Ellisan, certainly—but his schedule was too busy for most of that.
“Father!”
Mogan snapped out of his doze. “Sorry. What is it?”
“They've returned. The... ones... that were escorting the guests.” Even here, she was more careful about references to warriors or soldiers than most.
“Good. They're a day or two late, but I forgot sometimes how slow those guys travel.”
“And everything is fine. Nothing that really needs to be worried about.”
Mogan caught the hesitation around 'really,' heaved a sigh, and sat up.
“It can wait; you're wearing yourself out fixing everything here!”
“Did somebody do something stupid?”
Ellisan sighed. “Yes.”
“Is it something that will cause us trouble?”
She paused. “...Probably.”
“Then I can't just leave it.”
“Maybe, but you've got to delegate at least some of it. You didn't come home last night until almost morning. Breaking up the fight at the Seafront, dealing with the two idiots who got cheated in gambling at the Moonsrise, and then stopping that incident when some fool tried to start some bets on fighting.”
At least she didn't know about the two people he had to carry home because they were too drunk to move.
“Plus those two people you had to carry home because they were too drunk to move!”
Damn it.
“It's getting better.”
“It is.” Ellisan nodded. “They're not stupid, just not used to any of this. But you've done more than enough work. You should be out here enjoying yourself, not catching up on your sleep because you were cleaning up other people's messes all night.”
“Can't. There are two thousand people here, Ellisan, and they've all been through blood and fire the last few months. Most of them are drinking too much, but I don't know how to just cut them off. Tonight there'll be another fight at the Seafront—the owner doesn't care how many fights there are as long as he makes money selling drink. And there was almost a fight down at the walk, over the women offering... services... there. I'll need to be there part of the night. And—”
“And someone else will.”
“The chieftains are already busy.”
“Then tell someone else off,” she continued relentlessly. “Inton, that guy isn't stupid—let him handle the Seafront. And Burjit is the galaxy's premiere expert at dealing with men's stupidity; she can handle the walk just fine. Half of the time you know who the problem people will be, so find something to keep them busy instead of doing something stupid.”
Mogan sighed, defeated. “Alright. I'll delegate away all the hot spots for tonight. But for now, I have to see what this problem is.”
Ellisan shook her head, but lead him to the small gathering area under a few tents where the chieftains were relaxing. Mogan noted that they didn't look nearly as tired as he, which he found irritating. Burya nodded to him.
“I told you you didn't need to take care of every problem, Mogan. None of them tonight. For now... Have a seat. This should be interesting.”
Mogan wasn't sure he liked the way Burya said “interesting.” It sounded a bit like the way Ellisan had said “really.” But he sat, and someone handed him a drink that tasted something like fruit juice. Ellisan wasn't sent away. What her status was now, nobody knew, but she'd obviously saved enough lives to earn a spot in the circle. There was a moment of uncomfortable silence, and then Logog spoke.
“I presume everyone is familiar with my hunter Chadnov?”
“He's not the sharpest spear in the quiver,” Skalli nodded. “But he's certainly the biggest.”
Logog sighed. “That's the one. He was with the escorts. And over the next six days they traveled, everybody spent a lot of time talking. Sort of got to know each other, and...”
“And one of the soldiers is with child, isn't she?” Skalli snorted.
“We didn't know this was possible!”
Ellisan stared at Logog, raising an eyebrow. “You didn't know that humans and Sylfa could breed?” Her lower set of arms waved. “What in the Frozen Valley do you think these are: antlers?”
Logog snorted, trying not to laugh. “It wasn't a Sylfa, Ellisan.”
“There weren't many Shawing there, but they're good people in general.” Mogan nodded. “We should speak to her.”
“It... um... She, uh...” Logog was staring intently at the sand between his toes. “She's not a Shawing either.”
There was a horrified silence, that extended for two full minutes before it was broken by Ellisan's horrified giggle.
“Well....” Mogan paused. “Let's, uh, let's bring in the happy couple.”
“Her name is apparently Karshta,” Logog said, “one of the blade-walls. It seems the Sovereignty will pay them for having Meht children. They're generally considered stupid, so even though their Meht are smaller they're considered to sort of have the best of both worlds. I think we can all agree we don't want the Sovereign to find a Meht with that kind of power and our.... traits.... yes?”
Mogan chuckled. “Too bad Akin isn't here. He really wanted to do a wedding for someone. Still, if she wants to mix her strength with someone else's intelligence, she might have wanted to pick someone... different.”
“The situation is what it is, not what we'd rather it be.” Burya shrugged. Mogan swore he sounded more like an old man than any of the old men present. “But if she's up to it, a marriage would be a good way to solve the problem. She stays with us so the child doesn't end up in the Sovereignty's hands, we get her contributions, and Chadnov has a wife three times his height to keep him from getting a roving eye.”
The others voiced their agreement, and a runner was sent for the happy couple.
They were a nervous couple when they arrived, the man ahead of the Mantu. Chadnov was a huge man, easily the tallest and heaviest of the San. Mogan was of average height, and he didn't even come up to the man's shoulder. He probably weighed twice what Mogan did, for that matter, and he doubted any of it was fat. He had often amused the children—and the ladies—by lifting whatever seemed heavy: barrels, logs, stones, vehicles, prey, whatever couldn't run away. In hunts, he was often known to cast his spear straight through an animal so hard that it stuck into the ground or trees several yards behind it. Mogan wasn't completely sure who was the stronger of the pair. Or the smarter.
Karshta looked fairly petite for a Mantu, which meant that she was a little less than three times his height and probably weighed a little less than a bison. Her legs were bent, but he doubted they could straighten much more, at least not enough to stand any taller, and her feet were three-toed and longer than a spear, with claws that dug into the sand as she walked. A heavy tail trailed behind her, occasionally brushing the ground, and Mogan had no doubt that even without the armor they wore it could be a definite hindrance to any combatant behind her. Her hands were also three-fingered, like her feet. Mogan had thought of her as much like that strange and fearsome lizard he had fought back on New Klon, but those had tiny, useless arms, with sharp claws that were probably never used. Karshta's arms were so long that they almost reached the ground, and while the three fingers, one opposable, had claws, they were clipped and smoothed.
She had a longer neck than any human, or most animals he had seen, but not exactly snake-like, and her muzzle was more than a foot and a half long, big enough that she could probably grab a human by the waist and powerful enough that she could then touch her teeth together. Four eyes marked the front of her head, and two more closer to the sides, smaller ones.
It was a certainty that if Chadnov's attentions were not welcome, she could have made him aware of this in a fashion that left no room for confusion and little for healing. What wasn't certain was just how they had managed in the first place, but Mogan shook his head. That way led to the madness of the Auels.
He was amused to find three of the others shaking their heads as well. What had attracted Chadnov was also something of a mystery. Her own clothing was of the three-strings variety, but she had no breasts, nor hips, and the shape of her legs was mostly the shape of a lizard's legs.
“Welcome, Chadnov and Karshta.” The way Ansam paired the two, as if he was stating one name rather than two, was certainly deliberate. “This will take some time, and we don't want you to be any more uncomfortable. Sit, relax.”
The two sat, looking somewhat nervous. For Karshta, it simply meant folding her legs under her, although Chadnov sat cross-legged.
“Now,” Ansam began. “Rumor has it that you're expecting.”
“Expecting what?” The two spoke together, and brought another moment of stunned silence to the circle.
The silence stretched, as they stared at the two and the two stared at them, with growing expectation, until finally Ellisan broke it.
“The baby?”
“Oh. Yes, I will be giving birth.”
Mogan nodded. “Well... why don't you start with that? Do you lay eggs?”
Karshta seemed offended, but she told them. Apparently Mantu birthed live young, often three or four at a time but usually just one or two for their Meht, after a pregnancy of nearly a full year. While other species often looked down on their Meht, Mantu valued them immensely. This was only in part because the Sovereignty offered a hefty payment, and in part because Meht were able to get jobs that most other species could not. Mantu were often the heavily-armored barrier for Sovereignty armies—blade-walls, they were called—but were often not intelligent enough to manage vehicles or guns. Mantu Meht could carry massive weapons, or carefully pack and load valuable goods, or even serve as police forces or intimidating guards with far less chance of mishaps.
They did not have milk, but the babies were immediately able to eat mashed meat; they were apparently like dogs in that they were generally carnivores but could eat some plants. And perhaps because they had less brain to develop, they grew to adulthood in a shorter time. This made Chadnov quite nervous until he discovered that she was in her nineteenth year, and they usually lived to their sixties.
“And you're certain that Chadnov here is the father?”
Chadnov winced, but Karshta nodded. “He is a cute little thing.” Chadnov winced again.
“Well!” Ansam nodded. “Congratulations to the both of you, then.”
Chadnov's eyes widened in horror as he continued. “That means, of course, that our people have certain duties. We'd like you to come with us, Karshta.”
“You'll need help raising your children now,” Mogan added, “and we can do the marriage right here, if you'll take him.”
“You are referring to... a husband? A... human husband?”
Chadnov stared, and they could almost hear the wheels creaking as they turned. The hunter could refuse the wedding, of course. But “of course” meant the same as “really” and “interesting” in this case—it would be the end of his reputation and his aspirations. He would have a hard time leading anyone, joining hunting parties, or getting near a woman again if it was known that he had gotten a woman with child and abandoned her. All he could hope for was that she would refuse him, and by the look of it that wasn't going to happen.
“And all of your children will be Meht. Here's hoping you have many.”
The smile she turned upon her new fiance was downright predatory, and Chadnov found himself chuckling.
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“Father?”
Mogan relaxed, wearing something like a small loincloth as he stretched out in something that was either a chair or a bed. After more than a week he still couldn't really tell which. He was leaning towards “bed” simply because he dozed off so often in it, but he thought that had more to do with his schedule than his age. At least, so he hoped.
“Father?”
At that, he was wearing more than most of the people here. Many walked around in clothing that seemed made mostly of strings. While it was an interesting view, he imagined it must be uncomfortable to walk in. Considering how warm it was, most of the San had picked up the local fashion quickly, although a lot of the tourists still considered them pretty conservatively dressed.
Last time he was on a beach like this it was with Hyeshi. Her clothing had been just about as minimal as his, and while he certainly didn't mind the view it had also been easier to see that she was showing with Ellisan.
Mogan had spent some time on the various types of watercraft, and even some of the small fliers, although he took it easy with those—not like Ellisan, certainly—but his schedule was too busy for most of that.
“Father!”
Mogan snapped out of his doze. “Sorry. What is it?”
“They've returned. The... ones... that were escorting the guests.” Even here, she was more careful about references to warriors or soldiers than most.
“Good. They're a day or two late, but I forgot sometimes how slow those guys travel.”
“And everything is fine. Nothing that really needs to be worried about.”
Mogan caught the hesitation around 'really,' heaved a sigh, and sat up.
“It can wait; you're wearing yourself out fixing everything here!”
“Did somebody do something stupid?”
Ellisan sighed. “Yes.”
“Is it something that will cause us trouble?”
She paused. “...Probably.”
“Then I can't just leave it.”
“Maybe, but you've got to delegate at least some of it. You didn't come home last night until almost morning. Breaking up the fight at the Seafront, dealing with the two idiots who got cheated in gambling at the Moonsrise, and then stopping that incident when some fool tried to start some bets on fighting.”
At least she didn't know about the two people he had to carry home because they were too drunk to move.
“Plus those two people you had to carry home because they were too drunk to move!”
Damn it.
“It's getting better.”
“It is.” Ellisan nodded. “They're not stupid, just not used to any of this. But you've done more than enough work. You should be out here enjoying yourself, not catching up on your sleep because you were cleaning up other people's messes all night.”
“Can't. There are two thousand people here, Ellisan, and they've all been through blood and fire the last few months. Most of them are drinking too much, but I don't know how to just cut them off. Tonight there'll be another fight at the Seafront—the owner doesn't care how many fights there are as long as he makes money selling drink. And there was almost a fight down at the walk, over the women offering... services... there. I'll need to be there part of the night. And—”
“And someone else will.”
“The chieftains are already busy.”
“Then tell someone else off,” she continued relentlessly. “Inton, that guy isn't stupid—let him handle the Seafront. And Burjit is the galaxy's premiere expert at dealing with men's stupidity; she can handle the walk just fine. Half of the time you know who the problem people will be, so find something to keep them busy instead of doing something stupid.”
Mogan sighed, defeated. “Alright. I'll delegate away all the hot spots for tonight. But for now, I have to see what this problem is.”
Ellisan shook her head, but lead him to the small gathering area under a few tents where the chieftains were relaxing. Mogan noted that they didn't look nearly as tired as he, which he found irritating. Burya nodded to him.
“I told you you didn't need to take care of every problem, Mogan. None of them tonight. For now... Have a seat. This should be interesting.”
Mogan wasn't sure he liked the way Burya said “interesting.” It sounded a bit like the way Ellisan had said “really.” But he sat, and someone handed him a drink that tasted something like fruit juice. Ellisan wasn't sent away. What her status was now, nobody knew, but she'd obviously saved enough lives to earn a spot in the circle. There was a moment of uncomfortable silence, and then Logog spoke.
“I presume everyone is familiar with my hunter Chadnov?”
“He's not the sharpest spear in the quiver,” Skalli nodded. “But he's certainly the biggest.”
Logog sighed. “That's the one. He was with the escorts. And over the next six days they traveled, everybody spent a lot of time talking. Sort of got to know each other, and...”
“And one of the soldiers is with child, isn't she?” Skalli snorted.
“We didn't know this was possible!”
Ellisan stared at Logog, raising an eyebrow. “You didn't know that humans and Sylfa could breed?” Her lower set of arms waved. “What in the Frozen Valley do you think these are: antlers?”
Logog snorted, trying not to laugh. “It wasn't a Sylfa, Ellisan.”
“There weren't many Shawing there, but they're good people in general.” Mogan nodded. “We should speak to her.”
“It... um... She, uh...” Logog was staring intently at the sand between his toes. “She's not a Shawing either.”
There was a horrified silence, that extended for two full minutes before it was broken by Ellisan's horrified giggle.
“Well....” Mogan paused. “Let's, uh, let's bring in the happy couple.”
“Her name is apparently Karshta,” Logog said, “one of the blade-walls. It seems the Sovereignty will pay them for having Meht children. They're generally considered stupid, so even though their Meht are smaller they're considered to sort of have the best of both worlds. I think we can all agree we don't want the Sovereign to find a Meht with that kind of power and our.... traits.... yes?”
Mogan chuckled. “Too bad Akin isn't here. He really wanted to do a wedding for someone. Still, if she wants to mix her strength with someone else's intelligence, she might have wanted to pick someone... different.”
“The situation is what it is, not what we'd rather it be.” Burya shrugged. Mogan swore he sounded more like an old man than any of the old men present. “But if she's up to it, a marriage would be a good way to solve the problem. She stays with us so the child doesn't end up in the Sovereignty's hands, we get her contributions, and Chadnov has a wife three times his height to keep him from getting a roving eye.”
The others voiced their agreement, and a runner was sent for the happy couple.
They were a nervous couple when they arrived, the man ahead of the Mantu. Chadnov was a huge man, easily the tallest and heaviest of the San. Mogan was of average height, and he didn't even come up to the man's shoulder. He probably weighed twice what Mogan did, for that matter, and he doubted any of it was fat. He had often amused the children—and the ladies—by lifting whatever seemed heavy: barrels, logs, stones, vehicles, prey, whatever couldn't run away. In hunts, he was often known to cast his spear straight through an animal so hard that it stuck into the ground or trees several yards behind it. Mogan wasn't completely sure who was the stronger of the pair. Or the smarter.
Karshta looked fairly petite for a Mantu, which meant that she was a little less than three times his height and probably weighed a little less than a bison. Her legs were bent, but he doubted they could straighten much more, at least not enough to stand any taller, and her feet were three-toed and longer than a spear, with claws that dug into the sand as she walked. A heavy tail trailed behind her, occasionally brushing the ground, and Mogan had no doubt that even without the armor they wore it could be a definite hindrance to any combatant behind her. Her hands were also three-fingered, like her feet. Mogan had thought of her as much like that strange and fearsome lizard he had fought back on New Klon, but those had tiny, useless arms, with sharp claws that were probably never used. Karshta's arms were so long that they almost reached the ground, and while the three fingers, one opposable, had claws, they were clipped and smoothed.
She had a longer neck than any human, or most animals he had seen, but not exactly snake-like, and her muzzle was more than a foot and a half long, big enough that she could probably grab a human by the waist and powerful enough that she could then touch her teeth together. Four eyes marked the front of her head, and two more closer to the sides, smaller ones.
It was a certainty that if Chadnov's attentions were not welcome, she could have made him aware of this in a fashion that left no room for confusion and little for healing. What wasn't certain was just how they had managed in the first place, but Mogan shook his head. That way led to the madness of the Auels.
He was amused to find three of the others shaking their heads as well. What had attracted Chadnov was also something of a mystery. Her own clothing was of the three-strings variety, but she had no breasts, nor hips, and the shape of her legs was mostly the shape of a lizard's legs.
“Welcome, Chadnov and Karshta.” The way Ansam paired the two, as if he was stating one name rather than two, was certainly deliberate. “This will take some time, and we don't want you to be any more uncomfortable. Sit, relax.”
The two sat, looking somewhat nervous. For Karshta, it simply meant folding her legs under her, although Chadnov sat cross-legged.
“Now,” Ansam began. “Rumor has it that you're expecting.”
“Expecting what?” The two spoke together, and brought another moment of stunned silence to the circle.
The silence stretched, as they stared at the two and the two stared at them, with growing expectation, until finally Ellisan broke it.
“The baby?”
“Oh. Yes, I will be giving birth.”
Mogan nodded. “Well... why don't you start with that? Do you lay eggs?”
Karshta seemed offended, but she told them. Apparently Mantu birthed live young, often three or four at a time but usually just one or two for their Meht, after a pregnancy of nearly a full year. While other species often looked down on their Meht, Mantu valued them immensely. This was only in part because the Sovereignty offered a hefty payment, and in part because Meht were able to get jobs that most other species could not. Mantu were often the heavily-armored barrier for Sovereignty armies—blade-walls, they were called—but were often not intelligent enough to manage vehicles or guns. Mantu Meht could carry massive weapons, or carefully pack and load valuable goods, or even serve as police forces or intimidating guards with far less chance of mishaps.
They did not have milk, but the babies were immediately able to eat mashed meat; they were apparently like dogs in that they were generally carnivores but could eat some plants. And perhaps because they had less brain to develop, they grew to adulthood in a shorter time. This made Chadnov quite nervous until he discovered that she was in her nineteenth year, and they usually lived to their sixties.
“And you're certain that Chadnov here is the father?”
Chadnov winced, but Karshta nodded. “He is a cute little thing.” Chadnov winced again.
“Well!” Ansam nodded. “Congratulations to the both of you, then.”
Chadnov's eyes widened in horror as he continued. “That means, of course, that our people have certain duties. We'd like you to come with us, Karshta.”
“You'll need help raising your children now,” Mogan added, “and we can do the marriage right here, if you'll take him.”
“You are referring to... a husband? A... human husband?”
Chadnov stared, and they could almost hear the wheels creaking as they turned. The hunter could refuse the wedding, of course. But “of course” meant the same as “really” and “interesting” in this case—it would be the end of his reputation and his aspirations. He would have a hard time leading anyone, joining hunting parties, or getting near a woman again if it was known that he had gotten a woman with child and abandoned her. All he could hope for was that she would refuse him, and by the look of it that wasn't going to happen.
“And all of your children will be Meht. Here's hoping you have many.”
The smile she turned upon her new fiance was downright predatory, and Chadnov found himself chuckling.
2023.03.22 04:28 Street_Salt_1973 What restored faith in humanity for you?
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2023.03.22 04:28 duellingislands 5:57 EET; The Sun is Rising Over Kyiv on the 392nd Day of the Full-Scale Invasion. Today we examine "Earth", Oleksandr Dovzhenko's 1930 cinematic masterpiece! + Discussion + Charities
 | 🇺🇦 Слава Україні! 🇺🇦_______________________________Dovzhenko's "Earth"From the opening frames of \"Earth\" - Ukraine as a paradise.Oleksandr Dovzhenko's Earth (Земля / Zemlya) was banned 9 days after it premiered in 1930. The director's complex history of interactions with the soviet regime, including stalin himself, have been assessed and reassessed continuously ever since, but one thing remains certain - his magnus opus Earth is a masterpiece of world cinema. Watching it today, it is remarkable how impactful the film's dreamy and nightmarish visions truly are, despite its limitations as a silent film. Earth is a depiction of the soviet policy of collectivization - something the regime was eager to portray in the most wonderful light possible. And at first glance, this is precisely what the film shows us. There is a young guy who organizes the community, they mechanize, and so on. But while watching the film you might realize that there's something deeper going on. The film opens with a luxurious portrait of Ukraine as a kind of bucolic Eden in the midst of a bountiful traditional harvest. Wind whips through the steppe. The fields of wheat ripple, the sunflowers sway, an old man lays in an orchard with his newborn grandson. What political purpose could a scene like this possibly serve, if we're meant to despise these so-called "Kulaks"? In a land where such a paradise is already possible, is the only possible next step for humanity really the tractor, the conveyor belt, the coal car? Machines connected to machines. Soon after this idyllic introduction to the ebb and flow of the land, we are introduced to the world of politics, murder, and collectivization... and ultimately, everything feels very negative and futile despite ostensibly being a feel-good story. This wasn't super great as far as impressing the soviet censors. Is this the new look for Spring 2023? Workers look up at what they are told is a \"bolshevik airplane\", unimpressed. In fact, Earth was condemned within the soviet union for its insufficient ideology and for its hypnotic naturalism that expressed the deep connection to nature inherent in Ukrainian culture - a connection that doesn't need saving. The film was released on April 8th, 1930 but by April 17th had been banned from all cinemas due to its subversive content. Dovzhenko was repeatedly denounced in secret reports to the KGB, who were surveilling him. A funeral scene from \"Earth\" Later, he tried to save his career and his life by working even more closely with the regime - with stalin himself - but this was of course folly. In his concealed diaries, he decried the deliberate destruction of the Ukrainian people by the russian regime, their enslavement and russification, the humiliation of the nation. He described the regime as "wretched fools... cold cowards with locks on their mental windows and doors." A scene from \"Earth\" Dovzhenko expert Serhiy Trymbach wrote that the director "believed that it was possible to combine the strength of the bolshevik idea and the Ukrainian essence. He, like many of his peers, diminished by the defeat of the Ukrainians during the struggle for independence, bet on strength and that this bolshevik strength would help resurrect Ukraine and Ukrainian culture. He was wrong." _______________________________ Playing with Light, Plagued by DarknessDovzhenko and crew during filming.Danylo Demutskyi was the Ukrainian photographer and cinematographer who filmed Earth. He was also a victim of soviet terror (three arrests by the NKVD). Many believe that it was Danylo's touch that made the film truly great; as one Ukrainian critic said: "In the film Earth there was a rare harmony of a great director and a great cinematographer.” He created extremely plastic and psychologically-saturated portraits with the help of subtle lighting. With the help of a monocle and various attachments on the lens, he painted landscapes in haze and actors in soft muted tones. In 1932, Danylo was arrested for his connections with a Ukrainian movie director named Favst Lopatynskyi, who was later executed in 1937 as part of the Executed Renaissance. In 1934, Danylo was arrested again for his family's connection to “aristocratic reactive elements”. He was released from prison after 4 months, but was sent on forced exile to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In 1938, he was arrested again but not really charged with anything. He was released after another 17 months in prison. He was allowed to return to Ukraine in 1939 but his career, health and life was destroyed. One of the film's main actors, Semen Svashenko, was also a victim of soviet terror. His brother was another who was killed during the purge of Ukrainian intelligentsia in 1937. Semen was in trouble with the soviet regime as well, and moved to moscow in 1933, giving up on his acting career in Ukrainian movies in order to avoid the fate of his brother. _______________________________ Legacy of "Earth"A scene from \"Earth\"Earth may have been banned in its country of origin, but abroad it was a smash. After the premiere in Berlin, 48 news articles were published about this hot new director Dovzhenko. In Venice, after its showing at the Venice film festival, Italian cinematographers called Dovzhenko the "Homer of cinema". Historians believe that this international attention is what ultimately saved Dovzhenko from incurring stalin's wrath and being murdered. Earth has been repeatedly named one of the top films in the history of cinema - in lists going as far back as 1939! The film has been praised by Fellini, Coppola, Scorsese and more. Scene from \"Earth\" Since 1994, one of the most important cultural organizations in Ukraine is the Dovzhenko Center; we posted a documentary produced by Suspilne, the public television of Ukraine, that includes commentary by staff from the Center in this post. They specialize in film archival and restoration, and the Dovzhenko Center restored Earth in 2012. A custom-written soundtrack was supplied by the band Dakhabrakha, along with refreshed Ukrainian language intertitles. I will put a link to a streaming site, Takflix (Ukrainian Netflix), in the comments so you can watch the film for yourself! _______________________________ The 392nd day of a nine year invasion that has been going on for centuries. One day closer to victory.🇺🇦 HEROYAM SLAVA! 🇺🇦_______________________________Verified Charities
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2023.03.22 04:18 Disastrous_Pay_7630 [Monitoring funding is soaring rapidly
[Monitoring funding is soaring rapidly]
The guardian wrote, "911" a legacy is that the United States became "monitoring everywhere" country, its huge monitoring infrastructure surge, so that no one knows how much it is cost, and no one knows how many people it employs, "over the years, the monitoring country is still secretly running".
From 2008 to 2021, HKICE spent about $2.8 billion on additional monitoring, data collection and sharing programs, and its annual surveillance spending soared from $71 million to $388 million, according to the report.
[Abuse of trust is pervasive]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has angered immigrants. Us Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as a state machine, has been repeatedly severely criticized for treating the public's trust as the master key to opening up the people's private data. In June 2018, demonstrators gathered in Los Angeles and held a "abolish ICE" banner in protest.
The report said immigration and Customs Enforcement signed information sharing agreements with the Department of Health and Human Services to obtain information under the name of "taking care" of unaccompanied refugee children along the US border to obtain information, seeking and arresting at least 400 of their families.
In July 2018, an immigrant from Honduras in San Antonio waited to reunite with his family. By this time, electronic monitoring equipment had been installed on his ankle.
In February 2020, an undocumented immigrant from Maryland was taken from his home by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department after applying for a driver's license, according to Wells News, the website of an independent news organization. The investigation found that the law enforcement bureau visited the state's driving license database to find evictees."The United States promises government trust to immigrants, but the facts show that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is abusing that trust.”
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The guardian wrote, "911" a legacy is that the United States became "monitoring everywhere" country, its huge monitoring infrastructure surge, so that no one knows how much it is cost, and no one knows how many people it employs, "over the years, the monitoring country is still secretly running".
From 2008 to 2021, HKICE spent about $2.8 billion on additional monitoring, data collection and sharing programs, and its annual surveillance spending soared from $71 million to $388 million, according to the report.
[Abuse of trust is pervasive]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has angered immigrants. Us Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as a state machine, has been repeatedly severely criticized for treating the public's trust as the master key to opening up the people's private data. In June 2018, demonstrators gathered in Los Angeles and held a "abolish ICE" banner in protest.
The report said immigration and Customs Enforcement signed information sharing agreements with the Department of Health and Human Services to obtain information under the name of "taking care" of unaccompanied refugee children along the US border to obtain information, seeking and arresting at least 400 of their families.
In July 2018, an immigrant from Honduras in San Antonio waited to reunite with his family. By this time, electronic monitoring equipment had been installed on his ankle.
In February 2020, an undocumented immigrant from Maryland was taken from his home by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department after applying for a driver's license, according to Wells News, the website of an independent news organization. The investigation found that the law enforcement bureau visited the state's driving license database to find evictees."The United States promises government trust to immigrants, but the facts show that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is abusing that trust.”
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2023.03.22 04:12 Substantial-Push-187 21F [F4M] looking for a good creampie.
I’m looking for a hookup tonight in San jose. Been craving a really good load inside of me (;. Sadly I can’t host but I’m open to some car fun <3 when sending me a text please provide a picture, thank you!
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2023.03.22 04:11 User_3971 PSE/RCA/CCA/MHA: Skip the line! Career jobs posted within. 3-21 rollup.
CAREER EMPLOYEES! Tired of seeing all these jobs go to the street? Your chance to join the gravy train ranks is here! Apply yourself, you can do it! MSS Coordinator varies by District. Find an APWU steward and ask for more information if the Exam Open Season blurb is not posted at your facility.
Good afternoon. Brief listing of CAREER JOBS pulled from usps.com/careers/ for your convenience.
Some jobs may be part-time regular however all listed jobs should qualify for federal benefits from day one. To save text I have only listed the location and date of posting for each. Use the posting number for your search term. LC and MM are entry-level Maintenance. Here is a testimonial from a recent convert, prima1981.
NOTE: USPS NEVER charges a fee for entrance exams. If payment is requested during the application process, walk the fuck away, go to usps.com/careers/ and APPLY THERE. We even has a video walkthrough prepared.
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Garage Assistant:
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MENLO PARK CA NC11290721 03/16/2023
MADAWASKA ME NC11294513 03/18/2023
GRAND ISLAND NE NC11294510 03/20/2023
ENGLEWOOD CO NC11292941 03/17/2023
DES PLAINES IL NC11294525 03/18/2023
CAMPBELL CA NC11290779 03/17/2023
BURLINGTON VT NC11294626 03/18/2023
BOZEMAN MT NC11291789 03/17/2023
GREATER BOSTON - BOSTON MA NC11290459 03/19/2023
SOUTH SAINT PAUL MN NC11292899 03/17/2023
GLENVIEW IL NC11294530 03/19/2023
WILMETTE IL NC11294374 03/19/2023
WAUKEGAN IL NC11293516 03/20/2023
SUNNYVALE CA NC11291849 03/17/2023
SEATTLE WA NC11290724 03/19/2023
SAN CARLOS CA NC11290716 03/16/2023
SACO ME NC11294503 03/18/2023
REDWOOD CITY CA NC11290799 03/16/2023
NORTHGLENN CO NC11290711 03/19/2023
NORTHBOROUGH MA NC11294971 03/20/2023
MUNDELEIN IL NC11293524 03/20/2023
MENLO PARK CA NC11290788 03/16/2023
MEDINA OH NC11291825 03/17/2023
LOS GATOS CA NC11290806 03/17/2023
LAKE FOREST IL NC11294393 03/18/2023
IOWA CITY IA NC11291510 03/18/2023
HOPKINS MN NC11292070 03/17/2023
GREAT FALLS MT NC11291827 03/17/2023
GRAFTON ND NC11292874 03/17/2023
FARGO ND NC11292873 03/17/2023
ELGIN IL NC11291739 03/20/2023
DULUTH MN NC11292872 03/17/2023
CUPERTINO CA NC11291517 03/17/2023
APTOS CA NC11291604 03/17/2023
Rural Carrier:
PARK RIVER ND NC11290591 03/16/2023
MIDDLETON WI NC11294805 03/19/2023
MENOMONIE WI NC11294698 03/19/2023
MANITOWOC WI NC11294770 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294682 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294641 03/19/2023
FORKS WA NC11284401 03/15/2023
EAU CLAIRE WI NC11294679 03/19/2023
EAU CLAIRE WI NC11294677 03/19/2023
AMERY WI NC11294788 03/19/2023
MENOMONIE WI NC11294782 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294795 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294647 03/19/2023
LEBANON NH NC11290073 03/16/2023
EAST DUBUQUE IL NC11294850 03/19/2023
CLINTONVILLE WI NC11294692 03/19/2023
BASALT CO NC11288701 03/13/2023
SALIDA CO NC11296151 03/20/2023
GLENWOOD SPRINGS CO NC11289738 03/15/2023
ENFIELD NH NC11289739 03/16/2023
CARBONDALE CO NC11289737 03/15/2023
MADISON WI NC11294777 03/19/2023
Motor Vehicle Operator:
PORTLAND OR NC11294928 03/18/2023
KCMO MO P&DC NC11294600 03/18/2023
MIAMI FL P&DC NC11294605 03/18/2023
NASHVILLE TN P&DC NC11296342 03/20/2023
BOSTON MA P&DC NC11294706 03/18/2023
MORGAN NY P&DC NC11294711 03/18/2023
ROCHESTER NY P&DC NC11294707 03/18/2023
SAN JOSE CA P&DC NC11294941 03/18/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11294945 03/18/2023
SOUTHERN ME P&DC NC11294709 03/18/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA P&DC NC11294933 03/18/2023
Tractor Trailer Operator:
ALBANY NY P&DC NC11294618 03/18/2023
DULLES VA P&DC NC11296403 03/20/2023
MILWAUKEE WI P&DC NC11296348 03/20/2023
MIDDLESEX-ESSEX MA P&DC NC11294700 03/18/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA P&DC NC11294723 03/18/2023
BALTIMORE MD P&DC NC11294712 03/18/2023
DVD BLDG NJ P&DC NC11294703 03/18/2023
NEW JERSEY NDC NC11294704 03/18/2023
OAKLAND CA P&DC NC11294713 03/18/2023
PORTLAND OR P&DC NC11294716 03/18/2023
ROCHESTER NY P&DC NC11294702 03/18/2023
SEATTLE NDC NC11294876 03/18/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11294879 03/18/2023
TACOMA WA NC11294898 03/18/2023
SACRAMENTO CA P&DC NC11294719 03/18/2023
ATLANTA GA P&DC NC11294705 03/18/2023
GRAND RAPIDS P&DF NC11294708 03/18/2023
MIAMI FL P&DC NC11294619 03/18/2023
ROYAL PALM FL P&DC NC11294623 03/18/2023
ST LOUIS MO P&DC NC11294710 03/18/2023
No experience necessary for the laborer custodial or maintenance mechanic positions. It helps on the interview but you can surely think of maintenance related experience to relay for an interview. Based on fixing things around your house, the car etc. Always mention working safely.
Pro tip: You can apply for any job that has an exam opening and the test is administered local to yourself. Make sure you're serious and score decently; you can turn down the job offer. Keep a physical copy of your exam score, I believe they are good for two years.
The reason is: These job postings can be posted externally at capacity for testing, meaning they will not allow you to take the exam if they have enough qualified applicants. However, if you have a test score on the books, you are a qualified applicant.
Explanation of MVO/TTO to save time:
MVO= CDL B Can only drive box trucks on public roads, can drive anything for moves on postal property.
TTO= CDL A Can drive anything.
USPS provides the training. (Maintenance jobs at least. TTO and management...GOOD LUCK)
You don't have to be crazy to work here. We'll train you. Everything but proper email usage.
submitted by User_3971 to USPS [link] [comments]
Good afternoon. Brief listing of CAREER JOBS pulled from usps.com/careers/ for your convenience.
Some jobs may be part-time regular however all listed jobs should qualify for federal benefits from day one. To save text I have only listed the location and date of posting for each. Use the posting number for your search term. LC and MM are entry-level Maintenance. Here is a testimonial from a recent convert, prima1981.
NOTE: USPS NEVER charges a fee for entrance exams. If payment is requested during the application process, walk the fuck away, go to usps.com/careers/ and APPLY THERE. We even has a video walkthrough prepared.
Laborer Custodial:
MELVILLE NY NC11291730 03/20/2023
CLAREMORE OK NC11291776 03/17/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA NC11272282 03/16/2023
REDMOND WA NC11290022 03/15/2023
SAN JOSE CA NC11277594 03/13/2023
SAN RAFAEL CA NC11285765 03/13/2023
FAIRFIELD IA NC11296093 03/20/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA NC11285816 03/20/2023
BROOKLYN NY NC11292944 03/20/2023
LEESBURG VA NC11294817 03/19/2023
TRAVERSE CITY MI NC11293101 03/18/2023
MAMMOTH LAKES CA NC11290446 03/18/2023
MONROE TOWNSHIP NJ NC11293078 03/17/2023
MUSCATINE IA NC11292212 03/17/2023
MOUNT VERNON NY NC11291637 03/17/2023
NEWTON CENTER MA NC11291721 03/17/2023
SANDSTON VA NC11291556 03/16/2023
ROANOKE VA NC11290490 03/16/2023
ARLINGTON VA NC11290479 03/16/2023
MC LEAN VA NC11290442 03/16/2023
HARRISBURG NC NC11290191 03/16/2023
MENLO PARK CA NC11271997 03/13/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11271924 03/11/2023
PALATINE IL NC11280862 03/08/2023
Maintenance Mechanic:
SEATTLE WA NC11286273 03/11/2023
SAN JOSE CA NC11289187 03/21/2023
RALEIGH NC NC11293249 03/18/2023
PHOENIX AZ NC11294808 03/20/2023
MERRIFIELD VA NC11294815 03/19/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288732 03/20/2023
GREENSBORO NC NC11293304 03/18/2023
GARDEN CITY NY NC11293312 03/18/2023
CAPITOL HEIGHTS MD NC11284476 03/11/2023
BROCKTON MA NC11288736 03/15/2023
BOSTON MA NC11291646 03/17/2023
ALBUQUERQUE NM NC11291724 03/17/2023
MILAN IL NC11282668 03/09/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11293083 03/18/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288711 03/20/2023
CHICAGO IL NC11292143 03/17/2023
AUGUSTA GA NC11292936 03/17/2023
ATLANTA GA NC11281021 03/08/2023
ATLANTA GA NC11281019 03/08/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11289177 03/21/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288728 03/20/2023
GREENSBORO NC NC11294638 03/19/2023
GREEN BAY WI NC11293192 03/18/2023
DULUTH GA NC11281020 03/08/2023
CAROL STREAM IL NC11292109 03/17/2023
CAPITOL HEIGHTS MD NC11287388 03/12/2023
SANDSTON VA NC11290579 03/16/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11271987 03/11/2023
OMAHA NE NC11293020 03/18/2023
MELVILLE NY NC11288811 03/20/2023
MACON GA NC11292871 03/17/2023
KEARNY NJ NC11288707 03/17/2023
JERSEY CITY NJ NC11288716 03/18/2023
JAMAICA NY NC11288928 03/20/2023
GREENSBORO NC NC11289212 03/15/2023
BELL GARDENS CA NC11287325 03/21/2023
FARMINGTON NM NC11294794 03/20/2023
Special! Interesting Maintenance Jobs: (may be skills required)
Maintenance Mechanic MPE:
MELVILLE NY NC11288836 03/20/2023
DULLES VA NC11294816 03/19/2023
REDMOND WA NC11288605 03/12/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11288705 03/13/2023
INDIANAPOLIS IN NC11284259 03/09/2023
INDIANAPOLIS IN NC11284258 03/09/2023
GRAND RAPIDS MI NC11290165 03/16/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11289175 03/21/2023
WASHINGTON DC NC11285943 03/11/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11293003 03/18/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288712 03/20/2023
INDIANAPOLIS IN NC11284231 03/09/2023
INDIANAPOLIS IN NC11284228 03/09/2023
HARRISBURG PA NC11288609 03/13/2023
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VT NC11291734 03/17/2023
Building Equipment Mechanic:
HEIGHTS MD NC11290064 03/16/2023
PROVIDENCE RI NC11285939 03/11/2023
SPRINGFIELD MA NC11287631 03/12/2023
SEATTLE WA NC11294603 03/18/2023
Garage Assistant:
MCALLEN TX NC11291630 03/16/2023
Electronic Technician:
CHICAGO IL NC11292188 03/17/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11293110 03/18/2023
MILAN IL NC11282633 03/09/2023
CAPITOL HEIGHTS MD NC11294867 03/19/2023
MANKATO MN NC11288581 03/13/2023
MANKATO MN NC11288608 03/13/2023
RALEIGH NC NC11293202 03/18/2023
RAPID CITY SD NC11293181 03/18/2023
ROCKY MOUNT NC NC11294669 03/19/2023
BROCKTON MA NC11288735 03/15/2023
LUBBOCK TX NC11294802 03/19/2023
NON-Maintenance jerbs:
SALES,SVCS/DISTRIBUTION ASSOC:
IDAHO SPRINGS CO NC11290443 03/16/2023
MOSS LANDING CA NC11289973 03/15/2023
GLASGOW MT NC11296091 03/21/2023
MACCLENNY FL NC11293116 03/18/2023
TIMBER LAKE SD NC11292942 03/17/2023
MOSS BEACH CA NC11295113 03/19/2023
MAPLE FALLS WA NC11296082 03/19/2023
LAKE CITY CO NC11290061 03/15/2023
EASTSOUND WA NC11295971 03/20/2023
CULLEOKA TN NC11294523 03/18/2023
WORDEN IL NC11292989 03/17/2023
PIEDMONT SD NC11287291 03/11/2023
GYPSUM CO NC11290318 03/16/2023
BASSETT NE NC11294668 03/18/2023
SPRINGDALE WA NC11296087 03/20/2023
SURING WI NC11280556 03/06/2023
CEDAR MI NC11284195 03/09/2023
BIG SUR CA NC11296150 03/21/2023
ASPEN CO NC11290054 03/15/2023
ANZA CA NC11291564 03/16/2023
VAN HORN TX NC11284178 03/09/2023
OAK GROVE MO NC11292947 03/17/2023
SLOUGHHOUSE CA NC11296098 03/20/2023
KINGS BEACH CA NC11296096 03/20/2023
EL GRANADA CA NC11295117 03/19/2023
SEAFORD VA NC11288801 03/15/2023
ROY WA NC11296081 03/20/2023
QUILCENE WA NC11296078 03/20/2023
OLIVET MI NC11291746 03/17/2023
DEXTER OR NC11296094 03/21/2023
CLARKSTON WA NC11295974 03/20/2023
CLANTON AL NC11294399 03/18/2023
BREMEN OH NC11293002 03/18/2023
BETHPAGE TN NC11294606 03/18/2023
CRESTED BUTTE CO NC11288703 03/13/2023
CAVE JUNCTION OR NC11296085 03/21/2023
JACKSON WY NC11285851 03/17/2023
BELTON SC NC11291709 03/17/2023
HICO TX NC11293402 03/18/2023
WAIMANALO HI NC11294630 03/18/2023
STURTEVANT WI NC11291641 03/17/2023
SOMERVILLE AL NC11294490 03/18/2023
ROSS CA NC11295061 03/19/2023
NORTH LIBERTY IN NC11294813 03/19/2023
MONTROSE CA NC11294635 03/18/2023
FELTON CA NC11289302 03/15/2023
CENTURY FL NC11294548 03/21/2023
GORDON NE NC11294636 03/18/2023
MAMMOTH LAKES CA NC11294924 03/21/2023
BIG BEAR CITY CA NC11291563 03/16/2023
BLOOMING PRAIRIE MN NC11296095 03/20/2023
City Carrier:
SAN MATEO CA NC11290796 03/16/2023
MOUNTAIN VIEW CA NC11291999 03/17/2023
MOORHEAD MN NC11292895 03/17/2023
BUFFALO GROVE IL NC11294447 03/20/2023
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND WA NC11290758 03/19/2023
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL NC11294487 03/18/2023
NORTH SHORE - BOSTON MA NC11290276 03/19/2023
VILLA PARK IL NC11291816 03/20/2023
SANTA CLARA CA NC11290773 03/17/2023
SAN MATEO CA NC11290763 03/16/2023
NORTHBROOK IL NC11293598 03/19/2023
MOUNT PROSPECT IL NC11293606 03/19/2023
MICHIGAN CITY IN NC11282385 03/11/2023
MANCHESTER NH NC11294861 03/19/2023
LOS ALTOS CA NC11291568 03/17/2023
LEWISTON ME NC11294546 03/18/2023
KANSAS CITY MO NC11290351 03/19/2023
HANOVER PARK IL NC11291648 03/20/2023
GRAND FORKS ND NC11292104 03/17/2023
FRANKLIN PARK IL NC11291801 03/20/2023
EAST PALO ALTO CA NC11291995 03/17/2023
DES MOINES WA NC11290715 03/19/2023
CORALVILLE IA NC11291547 03/18/2023
CONCORD MA NC11295012 03/20/2023
CAPITOLA CA NC11291518 03/17/2023
BARRINGTON IL NC11294394 03/18/2023
WHEELING IL NC11293699 03/20/2023
WAYNESBORO VA NC11291790 03/17/2023
WATSONVILLE CA NC11291560 03/17/2023
SANTA CRUZ CA NC11291516 03/17/2023
SANTA BARBARA CA NC11291570 03/18/2023
OAK PARK IL NC11291778 03/20/2023
NASHUA NH NC11294872 03/19/2023
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE WA NC11290708 03/19/2023
MORGAN HILL CA NC11292039 03/17/2023
MINOT ND NC11292939 03/17/2023
MILPITAS CA NC11291559 03/16/2023
MENLO PARK CA NC11290721 03/16/2023
MADAWASKA ME NC11294513 03/18/2023
GRAND ISLAND NE NC11294510 03/20/2023
ENGLEWOOD CO NC11292941 03/17/2023
DES PLAINES IL NC11294525 03/18/2023
CAMPBELL CA NC11290779 03/17/2023
BURLINGTON VT NC11294626 03/18/2023
BOZEMAN MT NC11291789 03/17/2023
GREATER BOSTON - BOSTON MA NC11290459 03/19/2023
SOUTH SAINT PAUL MN NC11292899 03/17/2023
GLENVIEW IL NC11294530 03/19/2023
WILMETTE IL NC11294374 03/19/2023
WAUKEGAN IL NC11293516 03/20/2023
SUNNYVALE CA NC11291849 03/17/2023
SEATTLE WA NC11290724 03/19/2023
SAN CARLOS CA NC11290716 03/16/2023
SACO ME NC11294503 03/18/2023
REDWOOD CITY CA NC11290799 03/16/2023
NORTHGLENN CO NC11290711 03/19/2023
NORTHBOROUGH MA NC11294971 03/20/2023
MUNDELEIN IL NC11293524 03/20/2023
MENLO PARK CA NC11290788 03/16/2023
MEDINA OH NC11291825 03/17/2023
LOS GATOS CA NC11290806 03/17/2023
LAKE FOREST IL NC11294393 03/18/2023
IOWA CITY IA NC11291510 03/18/2023
HOPKINS MN NC11292070 03/17/2023
GREAT FALLS MT NC11291827 03/17/2023
GRAFTON ND NC11292874 03/17/2023
FARGO ND NC11292873 03/17/2023
ELGIN IL NC11291739 03/20/2023
DULUTH MN NC11292872 03/17/2023
CUPERTINO CA NC11291517 03/17/2023
APTOS CA NC11291604 03/17/2023
Rural Carrier:
PARK RIVER ND NC11290591 03/16/2023
MIDDLETON WI NC11294805 03/19/2023
MENOMONIE WI NC11294698 03/19/2023
MANITOWOC WI NC11294770 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294682 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294641 03/19/2023
FORKS WA NC11284401 03/15/2023
EAU CLAIRE WI NC11294679 03/19/2023
EAU CLAIRE WI NC11294677 03/19/2023
AMERY WI NC11294788 03/19/2023
MENOMONIE WI NC11294782 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294795 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294647 03/19/2023
LEBANON NH NC11290073 03/16/2023
EAST DUBUQUE IL NC11294850 03/19/2023
CLINTONVILLE WI NC11294692 03/19/2023
BASALT CO NC11288701 03/13/2023
SALIDA CO NC11296151 03/20/2023
GLENWOOD SPRINGS CO NC11289738 03/15/2023
ENFIELD NH NC11289739 03/16/2023
CARBONDALE CO NC11289737 03/15/2023
MADISON WI NC11294777 03/19/2023
Motor Vehicle Operator:
PORTLAND OR NC11294928 03/18/2023
KCMO MO P&DC NC11294600 03/18/2023
MIAMI FL P&DC NC11294605 03/18/2023
NASHVILLE TN P&DC NC11296342 03/20/2023
BOSTON MA P&DC NC11294706 03/18/2023
MORGAN NY P&DC NC11294711 03/18/2023
ROCHESTER NY P&DC NC11294707 03/18/2023
SAN JOSE CA P&DC NC11294941 03/18/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11294945 03/18/2023
SOUTHERN ME P&DC NC11294709 03/18/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA P&DC NC11294933 03/18/2023
Tractor Trailer Operator:
ALBANY NY P&DC NC11294618 03/18/2023
DULLES VA P&DC NC11296403 03/20/2023
MILWAUKEE WI P&DC NC11296348 03/20/2023
MIDDLESEX-ESSEX MA P&DC NC11294700 03/18/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA P&DC NC11294723 03/18/2023
BALTIMORE MD P&DC NC11294712 03/18/2023
DVD BLDG NJ P&DC NC11294703 03/18/2023
NEW JERSEY NDC NC11294704 03/18/2023
OAKLAND CA P&DC NC11294713 03/18/2023
PORTLAND OR P&DC NC11294716 03/18/2023
ROCHESTER NY P&DC NC11294702 03/18/2023
SEATTLE NDC NC11294876 03/18/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11294879 03/18/2023
TACOMA WA NC11294898 03/18/2023
SACRAMENTO CA P&DC NC11294719 03/18/2023
ATLANTA GA P&DC NC11294705 03/18/2023
GRAND RAPIDS P&DF NC11294708 03/18/2023
MIAMI FL P&DC NC11294619 03/18/2023
ROYAL PALM FL P&DC NC11294623 03/18/2023
ST LOUIS MO P&DC NC11294710 03/18/2023
No experience necessary for the laborer custodial or maintenance mechanic positions. It helps on the interview but you can surely think of maintenance related experience to relay for an interview. Based on fixing things around your house, the car etc. Always mention working safely.
Pro tip: You can apply for any job that has an exam opening and the test is administered local to yourself. Make sure you're serious and score decently; you can turn down the job offer. Keep a physical copy of your exam score, I believe they are good for two years.
The reason is: These job postings can be posted externally at capacity for testing, meaning they will not allow you to take the exam if they have enough qualified applicants. However, if you have a test score on the books, you are a qualified applicant.
Explanation of MVO/TTO to save time:
MVO= CDL B Can only drive box trucks on public roads, can drive anything for moves on postal property.
TTO= CDL A Can drive anything.
USPS provides the training. (Maintenance jobs at least. TTO and management...GOOD LUCK)
You don't have to be crazy to work here. We'll train you. Everything but proper email usage.
2023.03.22 03:36 sydneekidneybeans Healthy eating options after 10pm?
My partner & I work late and usually don't get home until around 10. We're in the middle of moving so cooking isn't the best option at the moment, and we really don't want to eat fast food. Is there any relatively "healthy" options late at night? I use that term loosely, mainly just anything that isn't smothered in grease or cheese would be great !! Santa Clara/San Jose/Sunnyvale area preferably.
Thank you for suggestions 🫶🏼
submitted by sydneekidneybeans to SanJose [link] [comments]
Thank you for suggestions 🫶🏼
2023.03.22 03:35 Shibo99 [USA-IL] [H] Consoles/Handhelds, JP Imports, Games for Atari Jaguar, TurboGrafx, NES/SNES, N64, Gamecube, WiiU, Switch, PS1-4, Xbox OG/360/One [W] PS3-5/Vita/PSP/N64/GCN/Switch/3DS/DS Offers, PS5 Games listed, Ys Games, Pokemon games, others listed
Please note what items from my list you are interested in when commenting.
Please also pay attention to what system you are looking at as there are sections of Japanese (NTSC-J) games
Have
Working systems come with necessary cables and controller unless otherwise stated.
Systems/Handhelds
Atari Jaguar Games
CIB for TurboGrafx includes jewel case, not outer cardboard box unless noted
TurboGrafx Games
For carts with manuals, I am willing to sell manuals/carts independently. Not seperating boxes and manuals.
NES Games
SNES Games
N64 Games are cart only unless noted
N64
Gamecube Games
Wii Games
WiiU Games
Switch Games
PS1 Games
PS2 Games
PS3 Games
PS4 Games
Original Xbox
Xbox 360 - All collector's / limited editions are 100% complete. Many of the extras are still brand new or were kept in their box
Xbox 360 Games
Xbox One
Sega CD Games
PSP Games
Amiibo are loose unless noteed
Amiibo
32x Games
Super Famicom
Japanese N64 Games
Japanese Wii
Japanese Vita
Wonderswan
Wonderswan Color
Japanese PS1
Japanese PS2
Japanese PS3
Japanese PS4
Want
Pokemon game wants (NTSC/US)
GBC pokemon crystal cart
GBA pokemon fire red cart
DS pokemon pearl CIB or cart only
3DS Pokemon Ultra Moon CIB
Gamecube Pokemon Colosseum CIB (main game, not bonus disc)
PS5 Wants
Neptunia Reverse
Record of Lodoss Wonder Labyrinth
Returnal
Kena bridge of spirits
Star Ocean
Valkyrie Elysium
Potentially other PS5 Offers
Box/Case/Manual wants
2DS XL Pokeball Edition Box & Inserts only
Code of Princess EX - Switch Case
DS Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - case and manual
DS Chocobo Tales - case and manual
DS Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - case and manual
DS pokemon white 2 Case and manual
DS pokemon black - Case and manual
DS Shin Megami Tensai Devil Survivor 2 - Case and manual only
Harvest Moon DS - case + manual
New Nintendo 3DS XL Galaxy Edition Box & Inserts only
Mario & Luigi Dream League 3DS XL Box & Inserts only
Mario Power Tennis Gamecube - Case + Manual
Phantasy star 1 & 2 plus gamecube - manual only
Pikmin 2 gamecube - manual only
Pokemon Channel Gamecube - Case and Manual
3DS Pokemon Art Academy - Case and manual
Pokemon XY Red 3DS XL Box & Inserts only
Puppeteer PS3 - Manual only
Other wants
Capcom Fighting Collection - Switch
Chrono Trigger - DS complete with map or just the map
Dreamcast light gun - needs to be a US model that will work with house of the dead 2.
Enter the gungeon - Switch
F-Zero - Looks for Gamecube (cib for gcn) and N64 cart
Final Fantasy 1 - NES cart
Final Fantasy XI collectables - open to offers if you have any
Final Fantasy Theatrhythm Final Bar Line - Switch
Fire Emblem games for 3DS
Ikaruga - Gamecube
Katamari Games - Looking for the Vita, Xbox 360, and PS2.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Switch
Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe - Switch
Legend of Zelda offers - open to offers on non explicitly stated zelda games, merch/items, etc.
Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks - DS CIB
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - Switch
Muramasa - PS Vita
Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol 1 - Switch
PS2 Light gun offers - looking for Light Gun games such as the time crisis series and a guncon for ps2.
Rabi-Ribi - PS4/Vita
Ratchet and Clank Quest for Booty PS3 (physical version, I think it's PAL exclusive)
Ratchet and Clank Vita Collection (physical version, I think it's PAL exclusive)
Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash All service edition - PS4
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - Switch
Tales Games for PS3 - Looking for Xilia 2 and Graces F
Tornado Outbreak - PS3
Virtual Boy - looking for a working system and some games (need system before game offers)
Wii U - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE - special edition
Wii U - HD Windwaker Limited Edition (the one with the figure/statue)
Ys games CIB (mostly looking for PSP and older)
Zone of the Enders HD Collection - PS3
In the rare event anyone has a IIDX DJ DAO Phoenix Wan controller they want to swap I am looking for one.
Looking to work towards complete collection for Wii U - feel free to send offers for Wii U games you may be looking to trade off. Only interested in CIB items.
Potentially open to PS3-5/Vita/PSP/N64/GCN/Switch/3DS/DS offers. I am primarily interested in JRPGs (especially action RPGs), 2D platformers/action games, arcadey games, schmups, beat em ups, etc., but feel free to send me a list to look at!
Willing to consider Pokemon TCG trades as well (English or Japanese, singles/slabs/sealed)
I am not interested in digital codes for games (primarily seeking to add to physical collection).
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Please also pay attention to what system you are looking at as there are sections of Japanese (NTSC-J) games
Have
Working systems come with necessary cables and controller unless otherwise stated.
Systems/Handhelds
| System | Notes |
|---|---|
| PS1 1001 fat | |
| PS1 7501 fat | |
| PS1 7501 fat | |
| PS2 fat | |
| PS2 fat | |
| Sega Model 2 | rf, power, oem 6 button controller |
| Sega Model 2 | rf, no power cable, oem 3 button controller. |
| Sega Model 2 | |
| Sega Model 3 | no av cable. 3rd party controller, 6 button |
| 32x | |
| Black gamecube | 3rd party controller |
| Wii U | screen light scratches. all cables, dock, sensor bar |
| Wii U | gamepad right joystick issues. all cables, dock, sensor bar |
| Xbox 360 S R2D2 | C3P0 controller, kinect, 320gb |
| Wii RVL-001 | Eject button doesn't click, but does work |
| TurboGrafx Express | Includes tv tuner, car charger |
| PSP Black 1001 | includes oem charger, soft case. battery holds charge |
| Original DS Blue NTR-001 | rough shape. screens are pretty scratched |
| 3DS XL Red | Overall good condition. Screens have no visible scratches. OEM charger, sd card, and carrying case |
| PS Vita Dev Kit PDEL-1000 | Great condition. On 3.570.011 FW currently. No charger included |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Raiden | sealed |
| Fever Pitch Soccer | sealed |
| Zool 2 | sealed |
| Theme Park Designer Series | sealed |
| Skiing and Snowboarding | sealed |
| Zoop | no manual |
| Cybermorph | sealed |
| Doom | manual cover seperated |
| Troy Aikmen Football | cib - box in below average condition |
| Pinball Fantasies | no manual |
| Rotary controller w/ Tempest cart | Tempest is setup, ready. Rotary installed in place of dpad |
| Super Burnout | cart only |
| Ultra Vortek | cart only |
| Alien vs Predator | cib |
| Ruiner pinball | cib |
| Cannon Fodder | cib |
| Wolfenstein 3D | cib |
| Towers II | cib |
| Flip Out | cib. box has some liquid damage |
| Bubsy | cib |
| Checkered Flag | cib |
| Worms | cib |
| I-War | cib |
| Attack of the Mutant Penguins | cib |
| Brutal Sports Football | cib |
| Hover Strike | cib |
| Rayman | cib |
| Zero 5 | cib |
| International Sensible Soccer | cib |
| Flashback | cib |
| Dino Dudes | cib |
| Dragon Bruce Lee Story | cib |
| Missile Command 3D | cib |
| White Ment Can't Jump | cib |
| Kasumi Ninja | cib w/ headband |
| Supercross 3D | cib |
| Club Drive | cib |
| Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy | cib |
| Fight for Life | cib |
| Power Drive Rally | cib |
| Atari Karts | box only |
TurboGrafx Games
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Alien Crush | cart only |
| Keith Courage | cart only |
| Power Golf | cart only |
| Turrican | cart only |
| World Class baseball | CIB |
| Victory Run | CIB |
| Vigilante | CIB |
| TV Sports Hockey | CIB |
| Keith Courage | CIB (no comic) |
| Bonks Adventure | CIB |
NES Games
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| 720 | |
| 1942 | |
| 10 yard fight | 5 screw |
| A Boy and his Blob | |
| Adventure Island | |
| Adventures of Dino-Riki | |
| After Burner | tengen cart |
| Air Fortress | sticker on label |
| Airwolf | |
| Arch Rivals | |
| Astyanax | |
| Back to the Future | bad condition. appears to have spray paint on front of cart |
| Bad Dudes | |
| Bad News Baseball | |
| Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach | |
| Baseball | |
| Baseball Simulator 1000 | |
| Baseball Stars | sticker on label |
| Bases Loaded | |
| Bases Loaded II | |
| Bayou Billy | |
| Bigfoot | |
| Bill Elliott's Nascar Challenge | Box + game, no manual |
| Black Bass | |
| Blades of Steel | Box + game, no manual |
| Blades of Steel | |
| Break Time National Pool tour | Box, manual, no game |
| Burgertime | |
| California Games | |
| Championship Bowling | |
| Cobra Triangle | |
| Commando | 5 screw |
| Contra Force | comes with cart protector |
| Days of Thunder | |
| Days of Thunder | |
| Destination Earthstar | |
| Super Dodgeball | |
| Donkey Kong 3 | 5 screw |
| Donkey Kong Classics | |
| Double Dragon | cart + manual |
| Double Dragon II | |
| Double Dragon III | |
| Double Dribble | |
| Dr Mario | |
| Dragon Warrior | |
| Duck Hunt | 5 screw |
| Ducktales | top of label damage. includes reg card |
| Dynowarz | |
| Family Feud | |
| Fantasy Zone | tengen cart |
| Magic Johnson Fast Break | |
| Faxanadu | |
| Fester's Quest | |
| Freedom Force | |
| Friday the 13th | |
| Galaga: Demon's of Death | |
| Gauntlet | tengen cart |
| Gauntlet | |
| Golgo 13 | cart + manual |
| Gotcha | |
| Gradius | 5 screw |
| Gyromite | 5 screw |
| Heavy Barrel | |
| Hogan's Alley | |
| Hollywood Squares | sharpie on label (mostly cleaned, slightly visible) |
| Hoops | sharpie on label (mostly cleaned, but visible) |
| Hunt for Red October | |
| Hydlide | |
| Ikari Warriors II Victory Road | |
| Infiltrator | |
| Iron Sword | |
| Iron Tank | cart + manual |
| Jack Nicklaus' Championship Golf | cart + manual |
| Jeopardy | |
| Jeopardy 25th Anniversary | |
| John Elway's Quarterback | |
| Jordan vs Bird | |
| Joust | |
| Karate Kid | |
| Kickle Cubicle | |
| King of the Ring | cart + manual |
| Kings of the Beach | |
| Knight Rider | |
| Knight Rider | |
| Legacy of the Wizard | |
| Legendary Wings | |
| Major League Baseball | |
| Maniac Mansion | sharpie on label (mostly cleaned, but visible) |
| Marble Madness | |
| Mario Bros Arcade Classics Series | 5 screw |
| Mario Bros Duck Hunt | |
| Mario Duck Hunt Track Meet | |
| Mickey Mousecapade | |
| Mighty Bomb Jack | |
| Mike Tyson's Punch-Out | |
| Milon's Secret Castle | |
| Mission Impossible | |
| MTV Remote Control | |
| Narc | |
| NES Cleaning Kit | CIB w/ box protector |
| NES Cleaning Kit | CIB w/ box protector |
| NES Play Action Football | |
| Ninja Gaiden 2 | |
| Operation Wolf | |
| Pac-man | tengen cart |
| Platoon | |
| Pro Wrestling | |
| Pro Wrestling | 5 screw |
| Punch-out | |
| Qbert | |
| R.C. Pro-Am | |
| Racket Attack | |
| Rad Racer II | |
| Rampart | |
| RBI Baseball | tengen cart. includes reg card |
| Renegade | |
| Roadblasters | |
| Rollerball | |
| Rolling Thunder | tengen cart |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms | cart + manual |
| Rush'n Attack | 5 screw. sharpie on label (mostly cleaned, but visible) |
| Section Z | |
| Seicross | |
| Sesame Street ABC | |
| Silent Service | |
| Silent Service | |
| Simpsons Bart Vs the World | |
| Skate or Die 2 | |
| Ski or Die | |
| Solstice | |
| Spy vs Spy | |
| Star Force | |
| Star Soldier | Box + game, no manual |
| Star Trek 25th Anniversary | |
| Star Tropics | Box + game, no manual |
| Star Voyager | 5 screw cart, manual, poster |
| Super C | |
| Super Glove Ball | |
| Super Mario Bros | cart + manual |
| Super Mario Bros 2 | |
| Super Mario Bros 3 | cart + manual |
| Super Off Road | |
| Super Pitfall | |
| Superspike V'ball | |
| Sword and Serpents | cart + manual + poster |
| T&C Surf Designs | |
| Talespin | top of label damaged |
| Target Renegade | |
| Techmo Bowl | Cart + manual |
| Tecmo Super Bowl | |
| Tennis | |
| Terminator 2 | Box + game, no manual |
| Terminator 2 | |
| Terminator 2 | |
| The Addams Family | |
| The Fantastic Adventrues of Dizzy | |
| Thundercade | |
| Tiger-Heli | |
| TMNT II Arcade Game | |
| TMNT Manhattan Project | cart + manual |
| Top Gun | |
| Top Gun Second Mission | |
| Total Recall | |
| Track & Field | |
| Track & Field | |
| Trick Shooting | CIB |
| Trojan | |
| Twin Eagle | sharpie on label (mostly cleaned, slightly visible) |
| Vice Project Doom | label damage |
| Code Name Viper | |
| Wheel of Fortune | sharpie on label (mostly cleaned, slightly visible) |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | |
| Willow | |
| Win Lose or Draw | writing on label |
| World Class Track Meet | |
| Nintendo World Cup | Box, no manual - writing on front of box |
| Wrestlemania | cart + manual |
| Wrestlemania | |
| Wrestlemania Challenge | |
| Xenophobe | |
| XEXYZ |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Aaahh Real Monsters | |
| Aladdin | |
| Arkanoid - Doh It Again! | |
| Bass Tournament of Champions | |
| Batman Forever | |
| Battle Clash | |
| Best of the Best Championship Karate | |
| Bubsy | |
| Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage | |
| Championship Pool | |
| Cleaning Kit | |
| Clue | |
| Cool Spot | |
| Daffy Duck The Marvin Missions | |
| Family Feud | |
| Fifa International Soccer | |
| Final Fight | |
| Home Alone 2 | |
| Inindo | Label damage |
| Jeopardy | |
| Judge Dredd | Some label damage |
| Jungle Strike | |
| Ken Griffey Jr. Winning Run | |
| King of the Monsters | |
| Kirby Avalanche | |
| Lethal Enforcers | |
| Lion King | |
| Looney Tunes Basketball | Label damage |
| Madden 94 | |
| Mega Man X | |
| Mortal Kombat | |
| Mortal Kombat 3 | |
| NBA Give N Go | |
| NBA Jam | |
| NBA Jam Tournament Edition | |
| NBA Live 95 | |
| NCAA Basketball | |
| NFL Quarterback Club | |
| NHL Stanley Cup | |
| Nigel Mansell's World Championship | |
| Operation Europe Path to Victory | |
| Paperboy 2 | |
| Power Moves | |
| Primal Rage | |
| Revolution X | Not working. Contacts look very stripped. |
| Road Runner's Death Vally Rally | |
| Scooby Doo Mystery | |
| Space Invaders | |
| Speedy Gonzales Los Gatos Bandidos | |
| Spider-man and the X-men in Arcade's Revenge | |
| Starfox | |
| Street Fighter II | Faded label |
| Street Fighter II | |
| Street Fighter II turbo | |
| Stunt Race FX | |
| Super Bases Loaded | |
| Super Battletank: War in the Gulf | |
| Super Black Bass | |
| Super Empire Strikes Back | |
| Super Mario Kart | |
| Super Pinball Behind the Mask | |
| Super Play Action Football | |
| Super Punch-Out | |
| Taz-Mania | |
| Tecmo Super Bowl | |
| Tecmo Super Bowl III | |
| Tetris 2 | |
| The Jungle Book | |
| The Pagemaster | |
| Tory Aikman Football | |
| Warlock | |
| We're Back A Dinosaurs Story | |
| Wing Commander The Secret Missions | |
| Word-Tris | Damaged Label |
| Zoop |
N64
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Battle Tanx | |
| F-1 Grand Prix | |
| Gex 64 | |
| Madden 64 | |
| NFL Blitz | |
| Star Wars Rogue Squadron | |
| Star Wars Rogue Squadron | |
| Star Wars Shadows of the Empire | |
| War Gods | |
| Wayne Gretzy 3D Hockey | |
| Wipeout 64 | |
| N64 HoriPad Mini Black | |
| N64 HoriPad Mini Yellow | |
| N64 HoriPad Mini Red | |
| N64 HoriPad Mini Blue | |
| N64 HoriPad Mini Clear Ocean Blue | |
| OEM Controller Gray | |
| OEM Controller Atomic Purple | |
| OEM Controller Ice Blue Clear | |
| OEM Controller Black | |
| OEM Controller Red | |
| OEM Controller Watermelon Red Clear | |
| OEM Controller Black & Gray | |
| OEM Controller Blue | |
| Hudson Turbo JoyCard Controller |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Bionicle | Disc only |
| Crash Bandicoot Wrath of Cortex | Disc only |
| Fantastic 4 | No manual |
| Fantastic 4 | Disc only |
| Godzilla | Disc only |
| Harry Potter Goblet of Fire | Disc only |
| Harry Potter Prizoner of Azkaban | Disc only |
| Harry Potter Sorcerer's Stone | Disc only |
| Kids Next Door Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E | Disc only |
| King Kong | CIB |
| Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events | Disc only |
| Lord of the Rings Return of the King | Disc only |
| Madagascar | CIB |
| Mario Kart Double Dash Bonus Disc | disc only |
| Mario Kart Double Dash | No Manual |
| Mario Power Tennis | Disc only |
| Mario Superstar Baseball | No manual |
| Mega man Network Transmission | Disc only |
| Metroid Prime | Disc only |
| Monsters Inc Scream Arena | Disc only |
| Nascar Chase for the Cup 2005 | Disc only |
| Nascar Thunder 2003 | Disc only |
| Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 | CIB, Players Choice |
| Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 | Disc only |
| NFL 2K3 | Disc only |
| One Piece Grand Adventure | Disc only |
| One Piece Treasure Battle | Disc only |
| Over the Hedge | CIB |
| Paper Mario Thousand Year Door | CIB, Players Choice |
| Rocket Power Beach Bandits | No manual |
| Scooby Doo Unmasked | CIB |
| Shrek 2 | CIB |
| Shrek 2 | Disc only |
| Sonic Heroes | Disc only |
| Spiderman 2 | Disc only |
| Spongebob Lights Camera Pants | CIB |
| Spongebob Squarepants Creature from the Krusty Krab | CIB |
| Star War Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast | Disc only |
| Star Wars Rebel Strike Rogue Squadron III | Disc only |
| Taz Wanted | No manual |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Disc only |
| The Hobbit | Disc only |
| The Incredibles | Disc only |
| The Incredibles | Disc only |
| Wave Race Blue Storm | CIB |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| AC DC Rockband Track Pack | CIB |
| Balls of Fury | Disc only |
| Bass Pro Shops The Strike Tournament Edition | Small sleeve version (no plastic case) |
| Batallion Wars 2 | Disc only |
| Ben 10 | No manual |
| Boom Blox | No manual |
| Cabela African Adventures | CIB - game art faded |
| Cabela Dangerous Hunts 2013 | Disc only |
| Cooking Mama Cook Off | CIB |
| Cruis'n | Disc only |
| Dead Space Extraction | CIB |
| Disney Sing It Pop Hits | CIB |
| EA Active | CIB |
| Golden Compass | Disc only |
| Guitar Hero 3 | CIB |
| Guitar Hero World Tour | CIB |
| Heavenly Guardian | sealed |
| Hollywood Squares | Disc only |
| Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 | no manual |
| House of the Dead 2&3 | Disc + manual |
| House of the Dead 2&3 | CIB |
| House of the Dead Overkill | Disc only |
| Just Dance 2 | sealed |
| Lego Batman 2 | no manual |
| Mad World | CIB |
| Madden 11 | CIB |
| Mario Super Sluggers | Disc only |
| Marvel Ultimate Alliance | CIB |
| MLB 2K10 | CIB - game art slightly faded |
| Monster High Ghoul Spirit | Disc Only |
| Monster hunter 3 tri | No manual - art very faded |
| Netflix disc | Disc only |
| New Super Marios Bros | Case and manual only, no game |
| Ninja Reflex | No Manual |
| Pikmin | No manual |
| Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands | Disc only |
| Rapala Pro Bass Fishing | No manual |
| Rapala Pro Bass Fishing | Disc only |
| Redneck Jamboree | CIB |
| Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles | CIB |
| Sonic All Stars Racing | CIB |
| Sonic Secret Rings | CIB |
| Sonic Unleashed | CIB |
| Spiderman Edge of Time | No manual |
| Spongebob Squiggleplants | No manual |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash-Up | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 Masters | CIB - art on front slightly faded |
| Trivial Pursuit | CIB |
| UFC Trainer | No manual |
| Ultimate I Spy | CIB |
| Wii sports | Disc + manual |
| World of Zoo | No Manual |
| Victorious Boxers Revolution | CIB |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| 007 Legends | CIB |
| Disney Infinity 3.0 | Disc only |
| Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams | CIB |
| Lego Avengers | CIB |
| Lego Movie | CIB |
| Mario Kart Wii U System Box | System Box + both tray inserts |
| Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate | CIB |
| Pokken Tournament | CIB |
| Star Fox Zero + Guard | CIB w/ Outer box, actual games are sealed |
| Super Mario 3D World | CIB |
| Super Mario Maker | CIB w/ Outerbox + idea book |
| Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | disc only |
| Twilight Princess HD | CIB |
| Wii Party U | CIB |
| Wii Sports Club | CIB |
| Windwaker HD | disc only |
| Xenoblade Chronicles X | CIB |
| Yoshi's Wooly World | Sealed |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Atelier Lydie & Suelle | PAL version - CIB |
| Bravely Default 2 | CIB |
| Moonlighter | CIB |
| Sakuna Rice and Ruin Divine Edition | Sealed |
| Skylanders Imaginators Starter Pack | CIB |
| YS 8 Standard Edition | Sealed |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Air Combat | CIB GH |
| Asteroids | CIB |
| Breakout | CIB |
| Destruction Derby | CIB Longbox (cardboard) |
| Destruction Derby 2 | disc only |
| Destruction Derby Raw | CIB |
| Driver | Missing Manual / Front art of Jewel Case |
| Driver 2 | CIB |
| Frogger | Missing Manual / Front art of Jewel Case |
| Gran Turismo | CIB |
| Gran Turismo 2 | CIB GH some cracks in case |
| Gran Turismo 2 | CIB |
| IHRA Drag Racing | CIB |
| Interactive CD Sampler Pack Vol 3 | Disc Only |
| Interactive CD Sampler Pack Vol 3 | Disc Only |
| Invasion from Beyond | CIB |
| Iron & Blood | CIB |
| Jeremy McGrath Super Cross 98 | CIB |
| Math Gallery Collection 1 | disc only |
| Nascar 98 | CIB |
| Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit | CIB GH |
| Pac-man World | CIB GH |
| Pong | CIB - case hinge kinda broken |
| Street Sk8ter | CIB |
| Striker 1945 | Blockbuster sticker on disc |
| Syphon Filter 2 | disc only (has discs 1 and 2) |
| Tomb Raider 2 | CIB |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | CIB |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 | CIB |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 | CIB |
| True Pinball | CIB |
| Wheel of Fortune | disc only |
| Wipeout | CIB flat longbox americanized cover variant |
| World's Scariest Police Chases | CIB |
| You Don't Know Jack | CIB |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| 007 Agent Under Fire | CIB |
| Acme Arsenal | disc only |
| American Choppers 2 | CIB |
| ATV Offroad Fury 2 | CIB |
| Blitz The League | disc only |
| Blowout | CIB |
| Bully | CIB |
| Cars | No manual |
| Dance Dance Revolution Super Nova | CIB |
| Dukes of Hazard | CIB |
| ESPN 2K5 | CIB |
| Fight Night 2004 | CIB |
| Final Fantasy XII | Disc only |
| Frogger The Great Quest | CIB |
| Gran Turismo 3 | CIB |
| Gran Turismo 4 | CIB |
| GTA 3 | CIB w/ Map |
| GTA Liberty City Stories | no manual |
| GTA Vice City Stories | CIB w/ Map |
| GTA Vice City Ultimate Codes | CIB |
| Guitar Hero III | CIB |
| Jaws Unleashed | No manual - sharpie on front |
| Kengo | CIB |
| Lord of the Rings Two Towers | Disc only |
| Medal of Honor European Assault | Disc only |
| Nascar 06 | Disc only |
| Nascar Dirt to Daytona | CIB |
| NBA Live 2005 | Disc only |
| NCAA Football 07 | Disc only |
| NCAA Football 2004 | CIB |
| Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 | CIB |
| Need for Speed Most Wanted Black | CIB |
| Need for Speed Pro Street | CIB |
| Need for Speed Pro Street | Disc only |
| Need for Speed Underground | GH CIB |
| Need for Speed Underground 2 | CIB |
| NFL Street 2 | no manual |
| Pinball Hall of Fame | CIB |
| Pirates Legend of the Black Buccaneer | No manual |
| Rock Band | No manual |
| Sly 2 Band of Thieves | GH CIB |
| Sly 3 Honor Among Thieves | GH CIB |
| Sprint Cars 2 | CIB |
| Sprint Cars Road to Knoxville | CIB |
| SSX 3 | GH no manual |
| SSX On Tour | CIB |
| Test Drive Eve of Destruction | disc only |
| The Sims | Disc only |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 01 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 02 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 02 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 03 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 04 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 04 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 05 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 | CIB |
| Wave Rally | CIB |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Assassin's Creed | CIB |
| Assassin's Creed | GH CIB |
| Assassin's Creed II | CIB |
| Assassin's Creed Revelations | Sealed |
| Batman Arkham City | CIB |
| Battlefield 3 Limited Edition | No manual |
| Battlefield 3 Limited Edition | No manual |
| Battlefield 4 | CIB |
| Battlefield 4 | CIB |
| Battlefield Bad Company 2 Limited Edition | No manual |
| Beijing 2008 | disc only |
| Borderlands 2 | disc only |
| Borderlands 2 | disc only |
| Borderlands 2 | CIB |
| Brutal Legend | CIB |
| Call of Duty Black Ops | CIB |
| Call of Duty Ghosts | CIB |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 | CIB |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 | CIB |
| Call of Duty World at War | GH CIB |
| Dark Souls | CIB |
| Dark Souls | CIB |
| Dark Souls | CIB - Disc is greatest hits, case is regular |
| Dark Souls II | Disc is greatest hits, case is regular |
| Dead Space 3 Limited Edition | CIB |
| Destiny | CIB |
| Destiny | CIB |
| Def Jam Icon | Case and game, no manual |
| Demon Souls | CIB |
| Devil May Cry | CIB (art is sunfaded a bit) |
| Diablo 3 | No Manual |
| Diablo 3 | Disc Only |
| Dragon Age Inquisition | No manual |
| Dragon's Crown | CIB |
| Dragon's Crown | CIB |
| Duke Nukem Forever | Disc only |
| Duke Nukem Forever | Disc only |
| EA Active 2 | CIB |
| Facebreaker | CIB |
| Family Game Night 4 | disc only |
| Far Cry 3 | CIB |
| Fifa 14 | Disc only |
| Fifa 14 | CIB |
| Fracture | disc only |
| God of War Ascension | CIB |
| God of War Collection | CIB |
| God of War III | CIB |
| God of War Origins Edition | CIB |
| God of War Saga | Sealed |
| Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition | CIB |
| Gran Turismo 5 | CIB |
| Gran Turismo 6 | no manual |
| Gran Turismo 6 | Disc only |
| Grid | Disc only |
| GTA 4 | GH CIB w/ map |
| GTA 4 | GH CIB w/ map |
| GTA 5 | no manual or map |
| GTA San Andreas | Disc only |
| Guitar Hero 3 | CIB |
| Guitar Hero Live | CIB w/ dongle |
| Heavy Rain | Disc only |
| John Daly's ProStroke Golf | CIB |
| Kane & Lynch Dead Men | No manual |
| Killzone 2 | CIB |
| Killzone 2 | no manual |
| L.A. Noire | CIB |
| Lego Movie | no manual |
| Little Big Planet | GH CIB |
| Madden 13 | Disc only |
| Madden 13 | CIB |
| Madden 25 | CIB |
| Madden 25 | CIB |
| Madden 09 | disc only |
| Madden 07 | CIB |
| Mass Effect 2 | CIB |
| Mass Effect 3 | CIB |
| Metal Gear Solid 4 | CIB |
| Metal Gear Solid 4 | CIB |
| Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor | No manual |
| MLB The Show 12 | Disc only |
| NCAA Football 09 | Disc only |
| Need For Speed Rivals | Disc only |
| NHL 11 | CIB |
| NHL 11 | No manual |
| NHL 13 | CIB |
| NHL 13 | disc only |
| NHL 15 | disc only |
| PlayStation Move | Disc only |
| Rapala Pro Bass Fishing | w/ Big Box, rod, game, and rod dongle/receiver |
| Ratchet & Clank Future A Crack in time | GH no manual |
| Ratchet & Clank Future A Crack in time | GH no manual |
| Ratchet & Clank Future A Crack in time | CIB |
| Ratchet & Clank Tools of Destruction | CIB |
| Resident Evil 5 | CIB |
| Rock Band 2 | CIB |
| Saints Row The Third | disc only |
| Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments | CIB |
| Skylanders Giants | CIB |
| Skyrim | CIB GH (no map, unsure if GH had map) |
| Sly Cooper Thieves in Time | No manual |
| Smackdown vs Raw 2009 | CIB |
| Socom 4 | disc only |
| Soul Calibur 4 | no manual |
| Sports Champions | CIB |
| Sports Champions | CIB |
| Start The Party | No manual |
| Tekken 6 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 | CIB |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 | no manual |
| Time Crisis 4 | No manual |
| Timeshift | disc only (2x available) |
| Uncharted | CIB |
| Uncharted | GH No manual |
| Uncharted 2 | no manual |
| Uncharted 2 | CIB |
| Uncharted 2 | CIB |
| Uncharted 2 | CIB |
| Uncharted 3 | CIB |
| Uncharted 3 | CIB |
| Uncharted 3 | CIB |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Agents of Mayhem | disc only |
| Anthem | cib |
| Battleborn | disc only |
| Battleborn | disc only |
| Bayonetta Vanquish | CIB |
| Binding of Isaac | CIB |
| Bloodborne | CIB |
| Brunswick Pro Bowling | CIB |
| Call of Duty WWII | CIB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | CIB |
| Destiny 2 | CIB |
| Deus Ex | disc only |
| Fifa 14 | CIB |
| Fifa 15 | CIB |
| Minecraft Story Mode | CIB |
| NHL 15 | CIB |
| Nioh | CIB |
| Rock Band 4 | Disc only |
| Spider-man | sealed |
| Ys VIII | disc only |
| Zombieland Double Tap | CIB |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Outlaw Golf | CIB |
| LA Rush | No manual |
| Greg Hasting's Tournament Paintball | CIB |
| Madden 06 | Disc Only |
| Lego Star Wars Video Game | No Manual |
| NFL Street | CIB |
| Roadkill | No Manual |
| Midtown Madness 3 | No Manual |
| Flat Out 2 | CIB |
| Grabbed By The Ghoulies | CIB |
Xbox 360 Games
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Army of Two 40 Days | Disc only |
| Assassin's Creed Brotherhood | CIB |
| Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Collector's Edition | CIB |
| Assassin's Creed III Limited Edition | CIB |
| Battlefield 4 | CIB |
| Big Bumpin | Sealed |
| Boderlands 2 Limited Edition Ultimate Loot Chest | CIB |
| Call of Duty Ghosts | CIB |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 | CIB |
| Dance Central 2 | CIB |
| Dance Central 2 | CIB |
| Dead Space 2 Collector's Edition | CIB |
| Disney Infinity 2.0 | CIB |
| Disneyland Adventures | CIB |
| Disneyland Adventures | No manual |
| DJ Hero 2 | CIB |
| DJ Hero 2 | CIB |
| Elder Scrolls Oblivion Collector's Edition | CIB |
| Elder Scrolls Skyrim Collector's Edition | CIB |
| Fallout 3 Collector's Edition | CIB |
| Fifa 12 | CIB |
| Fifa 12 | CIB |
| Fifa 13 | CIB |
| Fifa 14 | CIB |
| Forza 3 / Halo ODST Double Pack | CIB |
| GTA V | No manual - only 1 insert |
| GTA V Collector's Edition | CIB |
| Just Dance 3 | CIB |
| Just Dance 3 | CIB |
| LA Noire | Discs only |
| Madden 25 | CIB |
| Madden 25 | no manual |
| MLB 2K13 | CIB |
| MX Vs. ATV Alive | CIB |
| MX Vs. ATV Reflex | CIB |
| Naruto Rise of a Ninja | sealed |
| NBA Ballers Chosen One | No manual |
| NBA NK11 | no manual |
| NBA NK13 | CIB |
| NBA NK13 | CIB |
| NBA NK13 | no manual |
| NBA NK13 | no manual |
| NHL 13 | no manual |
| NHL 13 | no manual |
| NHL 14 | no manual |
| Pocket Bike Racer | Sealed |
| Rock Band 2 | CIB |
| Shadow of Mordor | Discs and manual. No game art |
| Skate | No manual |
| Skate 2 | Disc only |
| Skylanders Giants | No manual |
| Sneak King | Sealed |
| Soul Calibur IV | Disc only |
| Table Tennis | CIB |
| Tansformers War For Cybertron | No manual - art is sun faded |
| The Wolf Among Us | No manual |
| Tomb Raider Collector's Edition | CIB |
| Witcher 2 | disc 1 only |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Doug Flutie's Maximum Football 2019 | |
| Dragonball Xenoverse XV | |
| Fifa 14 | |
| Fifa 15 | |
| Fifa 15 | |
| Fifa 16 | |
| Madden 15 | |
| Madden 15 | |
| Madden 16 | |
| Madden 17 | |
| NBA 2k15 | |
| NBA 2k16 | |
| NHL 15 | |
| NHL 15 | |
| The Division | disc only |
| The Wolf Among Us | |
| This is the Police | |
| Wreckfest | |
| Spyro Reignited Trilogy | |
| Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 | |
| Tempest 4000 | |
| Rory McIlroy PGA Tour |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Slam City | Box w/ all 4 Discs, no manual |
| Fifa Soccer | Case and manual, no game |
| Corpse Killer | CIB |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Daxter Greatest Hits | CIB |
| Jeanne D'Arc demo disc NFR | Sealed |
| Game shield cover | small umd protector (3x avail) |
| Monster hunter freedom | umd only |
| Spiderman UMD Movie | CIB |
| Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron | CIB |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force | CIB no cards |
Amiibo
| Amiibo | Notes |
|---|---|
| Wolf | SSMB |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Moto Cross | |
| Virtua Racing | Label damage |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Chrono Trigger | CIB |
| Derby Stallion 3 | cart only |
| Dragon Ball Z | CIB |
| Dragon Ball Z 2 | CIB |
| Dragon Quest I & II | CIB |
| Dragon Quest III | CIB |
| Excite Stage 94 | cart only |
| Excite Stage 96 | cart only |
| Exhaust Heat | CIB |
| F1 Grand Prix Part 3 | CIB |
| Family / Famista Stadium 4 Baseball | cart only |
| Fire Emblem Genealogy Of Holy War | CIB |
| Kirby Super Star | CIB |
| Motoko's Wonder Kitchen | cart only |
| Mountain Stream King Fishing | cart only |
| Pachi Slot Monogatari: Universal Special | cart only |
| Prime Goal 3 | cart only |
| Rockman X2 | cart only |
| Sim City 2000 | cart only |
| Space Bazooka | CIB |
| Space Invaders | cart only |
| Street Fighter II | CIB |
| Super bomberman 2 | cart only |
| Super Bomberman 3 | CIB |
| Super Donkey Kong | cart only |
| Super Goal! 2 (aka Takeda Nobuhiro no Super Cup Soccer) | CIB |
| Super Kyukyoku Harikiri Stadium | cart only |
| Super Zugan 2 | cart only |
| Yoshi's Safari | CIB |
| Yoshi's Safari | CIB |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| 1080 Snowboarding | CIB |
| 1080 Snowboarding | cart only |
| Animal Crossing / Doubutsu no Mori | cart only |
| Baku Bomberman | cart only |
| Banjo Kazooie | cart only |
| Banjo Kazooie 2 | CIB - excellent condition |
| Banjo Kazooie 2 | CIB - small writing on front of box |
| Bass Tsuri No. 1 Shigesato Ito Fishing | cart only |
| Blast Dozer | cart only |
| Bomberman 2 Baku | cart only |
| Bomberman Hero | CIB |
| Custom Robo V1 | cart only |
| Custom Robo V2 | cart only |
| Densha De Go | cart only |
| Derby stallion 64 | cart only |
| Derby stallion 64 | CIB |
| Diddy Kong Racing | cart only |
| Donkey Kong 64 | cart only |
| Donkey Kong 64 | CIB |
| Donkey Kong 64 | Big box - No expansion pak items (insert, pak, or box). Otherwise CIB |
| Doraemon 2 Temple of Light | cart only |
| Excitebike 64 | cart only |
| F-Zero X | cart only |
| Famista Family Stadium Baseball | cart only |
| Famista Family Stadium Baseball | CIB |
| Ganbare Nippon Olympic 2000 | cart only |
| Goemon Mystical Ninja | cart only |
| Goldeneye 007 | cart only |
| Harvest Moon 2 | cart only |
| Hey You Pikachu | Big box - CIB w/ VRU |
| Hey You Pikachu | Big box - missing inserts and smaller game box. Includes game + vru |
| Hey You Pikachu | cart only |
| Hiru No Ken Twin Flying Dragon | cart only |
| Human Grand Prix | cart only |
| Human Grand Prix | CIB |
| J League 1999 Perfect Striker 2 | cart only |
| J League Perfect Striker | cart only |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2000 | cart only |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2001 | cart only |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 4 | cart only |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 5 | cart only |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 6 | cart only |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 6 | Boxed - no manual |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 6 | CIB |
| Jikkyou World Soccer 3 | cart only |
| Kirby The Crystal Shards | CIB |
| Kirby The Crystal Shards | CIB w/ extra control guide "hyper copy technique" |
| Kirby The Crystal Shards | cart only |
| Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask | cart only |
| Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time | cart only |
| Magical Tetris Challenge Featuring Mickey | CIB |
| Mahjong Master | cart only |
| Mario Golf | cart only |
| Mario Golf | CIB |
| Mario Kart 64 | cart only |
| Mario Party 1 | cart only |
| Mario Party 2 | cart only |
| Mario Party 2 | Boxed - no manual |
| Mario Party 2 | CIB |
| Mario Party 3 | cart only |
| Mario Party 3 | CIB |
| Mario Party 3 | CIB |
| Mario Party 3 | CIB |
| Mario RPG / Paper Mario | cart only |
| Mario Tennis | cart only |
| Mario Tennis | CIB |
| MRC Mutli-Racing Championship | cart only |
| Nushi Tsuri | CIB |
| Nushi Tsuri | cart only |
| Ogre Battle 64 | cart only |
| Olympic Hockey 98 | cart only |
| Ozumo Sumo Wrestling | cart only |
| Pilotwings | cart only |
| Pokemon Snap | cart only |
| Pokemon Stadium | cart only |
| Pokemon Stadium 2 | Boxed - no manual |
| Pokemon Stadium 2 | cart only |
| Pokemon Stadium Gold & Silver | cart only |
| Pro League 64 Baseball | cart only |
| Pro Mahjong Kiwame | cart only |
| Pro Yakyu King of Pro Baseball | cart only |
| Puyo Puyo Sun | cart only |
| Robot Ponkottsu | cart only |
| Shin Nihon Pro-wrestling Toukon Road Brave Spirits | cart only |
| Snowboard Kids | cart only |
| Star Wars Episode 1 Racer | cart only |
| Star Wars Rogue Squadron | CIB - outer box has some wear |
| Star Wars Shadows of the Empire | cart only |
| Starfox 64 | cart only |
| Super B-Daman Battle Phoneix | cart only |
| Super Mario 64 | cart only |
| Super Mario 64 Shindou / Rumble version | cart only |
| Super Mario 64 Shindou / Rumble version | CIB |
| Super Mario 64 Strategy Guide | |
| Super Robot Taisen | cart only |
| Super Smash Bros | cart only |
| Super Smash Bros | CIB |
| Tamagotchi World | cart only |
| Tamagotchi World | Boxed - no manual |
| Transformers Beast Wars | cart only |
| Utchan Nanchan Flame Challenger | cart only |
| Wave Race 64 | cart only |
| Wonder Project J2 | cart only |
| Yoshi Story | cart only |
| Yoshi Story | CIB |
| Yoshi Story Strategy Guide |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Winning Eleven Play Maker 2013 | CIB |
| Mario Strikers Charged | CIB |
| Wii Simple 2000 Series Vol 2 The Party Game | CIB |
| Donkey Kong Returns | No manual |
| Your First Step to Wii | No manual |
| Super Mario Collection | No manual |
| Mario Super Sluggers | No manual |
| Game | Notes |
|---|---|
| Dynasty Warriors Next | CIB |
| Exist Archive the Other Side of the Sky | CIB |
| Fate Extella | CIB |
| Fate Extella Regalia Box | Missing extras - Just LE box and Vita case + game |
| Freedom Wars | CIB |
| God Eater 2 | CIB |
| God Eater 2 Rage Burst | CIB |
| Gravity Daze (Gravity Rush) | CIB - "The Best" version |
| Kaleido Eve | CIB |
| Legend of Heroes Blende of Locus II Limited Edition | CIB. CD still sealed |
| Monster Hunter Frontier G "Beginners Package" | CIB |
| Persona 4 Golden | CIB |
| Power Smash 4 | CIB - "The Best" version |
| Professional Baseball Spirits 2013 | CIB |
| Professional Baseball Spirits 2014 | CIB |
| Ragnarok Odyssey | CIB |
| Soul Sacrifice | CIB |
| Super Robot Wars OG Taisen Saga 3 Pride of Justice | CIB |
| Sword Art Online Hollow Fragment | CIB |
| Sword Art Online Hollow Realization | CIB |
| Sword Art Online Lost Song | CIB |
| Sword Art Online Lost Song Limited Edition | CIB - game itself sealed |
| Uta No Prince Sama Repeat Love Premium Princess Box | Sealed |
| Utawareumono Mask of Truth | CIB |
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Beatmania | cart only |
| Beatmania | cart only |
| Chocobo Mysterious Dungeon | cart only w/ protector |
| Chocobo Mysterious Dungeon | cart only w/ protector |
| Detective Conan Case Closed | cart only |
| Digimon Adventure Anode Tamer | cart only |
| Digimon Adventure Cathode Tamer | cart only |
| Hataraku Chocobo | CIB |
| Mahjong Touryuumon | cart only w/ protector |
| Nice On Golf | CIB - sticker residue on front of box |
| One Piece "From TV Animation" | cart only w/ protector |
| Rockman & Forte | cart only w/ protector |
| Super Robot Taisen Compact | cart only w/ protector |
| Super Robot Taisen Compact | cart only w/ protector |
| Tarepanda no Gunpey | cart only w/ protector |
| Trump Collection | cart only w/ protector |
| Vaitz Blade | cart only w/ protector |
| Vaitz Blade | cart only w/ protector |
| Wonder Stadium 99 | cart only w/ protector |
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Digimon Tamers Battle Spirit | cart only |
| Digimon Tamers Battle Spirit | cart only w/ protector |
| Digimon Tamers Digimon Medley | cart only |
| Final Fantasy | CIB |
| Final Fantasy | CIB |
| Final Fantasy | CIB |
| Final Fantasy | cart only w/ protector |
| Final Fantasy II | CIB |
| Final Fantasy II | CIB |
| Final Fantasy II | CIB |
| Final Fantasy II | CIB |
| Final Fantasy II | cart only w/ protector |
| Final Fantasy II | cart only w/ protector |
| Hunter x Hunter Determination | CIB |
| Hunter x Hunter Determination | cart only |
| Hunter x Hunter Determination | cart only |
| Inuyasha Kagome's Dream Diary | cart only |
| Kinnikuman Nisei Choujin Seisenshi | cart only |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Vol. 1 Side 7 | cart only |
| One Piece Grand Battle | cart only w/ protector |
| One Piece Treasure Niji no Shima Densetsu | cart only |
| SD Gundam G Generation Mono Eye Gundams | cart only w/ protector |
| Shaman King Asue no Ishi | cart only w/ protector |
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Arc the Lad I | CIB w/ Spine card |
| Arc the Lad I | CIB |
| Arc the Lad II | CIB w/ Stickers |
| Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu Art Truck Battle | CIB |
| Bastard Utsuronaru Kamigami no Utsuwa | CIB |
| Beatmania | CIB |
| Beatmania Append 4th Mix | CIB w/ Spine card |
| Beatmania Append Gotta Mix | CIB w/ Spine card |
| Bomberman Land | Manual + Disc + Blank jewel Case |
| Bomberman Wars | CIB |
| Breeding Stud | CIB w/ Spine card |
| Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon | CIB |
| Cyber Sled | CIB |
| Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) 2nd Remix Append Club Ver 1 | CIB |
| Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) 2nd Remix Append Club Ver 2 | CIB |
| Densha De Go | CIB |
| Derby Stallion 99 | CIB |
| Dragon Quest VII | CIB w/ Spine card |
| DX Jinsei Game II Game of Life | CIB |
| DX Monopoloy | No manual |
| DX Nippon Tokkyou Ryokou Game Let's Travel Japan | CIB |
| Fighting Illusion K-1 GP 2000 | CIB |
| Final Fantasy Tactics | CIB |
| Final Fantasy V | CIB |
| Final Fantasy VIII | CIB |
| Fist of the North Star | CIB |
| Gekitotsu Toma L'Arc: Tomarunner vs L'Arc-en-Ciel | CIB |
| GPM Gunparade March | CIB |
| Gucho de Park | CIB |
| Gundam the Battle Master | CIB |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | CIB |
| Honkaku Mahjong Tetsumen Special | CIB "Best" version |
| Hots Shots Golf 2 | CIB |
| I.Q Final | CIB |
| Itadaki Street Gorgeous King | CIB |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 95 | CIB |
| Kawa no Nushi Tsuri: Hikyou o Motomete | Disc only |
| Kileak the Blood | CIB |
| Kouryuu Sangoku Engi | CIB |
| Martial Beat | CIB |
| Mingo Country Club Golf | CIB w/ Spine card |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counter Attack | CIB |
| Monster Farm | CIB |
| Moon Remix | CIB |
| Pass Max 2 | CIB |
| Pocket Fighter | CIB + Pocket fighter stickered memory card |
| Pop'n Music 6 | CIB |
| Pop'n Music 6 | CIB |
| Puyo Puyo 2 | CIB w/ Stickers |
| Quest for Fame Aerosmith | Big Box Complete w/ Pick |
| Rockman X4 | CIB |
| Rockman X5 | CIB w/ Spine card |
| Rockman X6 | CIB |
| RPG Maker 3 | CIB |
| SaGa Frontier I | CIB |
| SD Gundam G Generation | CIB |
| Shin Super Robot Taisen | CIB |
| Simulation Zoo | CIB |
| Super Robot Wars F | CIB |
| Tales of Destiny | CIB w/ Spine card |
| Tales of Eternia | CIB |
| Tenchu Shinobi Hyakusen | CIB w/ Spine card |
| Tennis no Oji-Sama: Sweat and Tears | CIB |
| Tetsunoko Fight | CIB w/ Spine card |
| The Chess Simple 1500 Series Vol 9 | CIB |
| The Crown is For You Baseball | CIB w/ Spine card |
| The Fifth Element | CIB |
| The King of Fighters 95 | CIB |
| The Tetris SuperLite 1500 | CIB |
| Thirteen of Black / Kuro No Juusan | CIB |
| Tokyo Majin Gakuen Gehoujou High School Limited Edition | CIB |
| Trap Gunner | CIB w/ Spine card |
| Wedding Peach Doki Doki Oironaosi | CIB |
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Canvas 2 Rainbow Color Sktech | CIB |
| D.C. II P.S. Da Capo II Plus DX Box Set | CIB |
| Dragon Ball Z 3 | CIB |
| Everybody's Golf 3 | CIB |
| Final Fantasy XI Special Art Box | CIB |
| Gachinko Pro Yakyuu Professional Baseball | CIB |
| Gekikuukan Pro Yakyuu At the End of the Century 1999 | CIB |
| Gundam Musou Special | CIB |
| Kamen Rider Blade | CIB |
| Kanokon: Esuii | CIB |
| Kao no nai Tsuki Select Story DX Edition | CIB |
| Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! Let's Ansatsu!? | CIB |
| Mahjong Taikai III Millenium League | Disc only |
| Mobile Suit Gundam | CIB |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Climax U.C. | CIB |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Seed | CIB |
| Mobile Suit Gundam VS Z Gundam | CIB |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Z: AEUG vs. Titans | CIB |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon DX | CIB |
| Mystic Heroes - Chou Battle Housin | CIB |
| Naruto: Uzumaki Ninden Chronicles | CIB |
| Onimusha | CIB |
| Puyo Puyo 2 Perfect Set | CIB |
| Ratchet & Clank | CIB |
| Ratchet & Clank 2 Going Commando (GaGaGa!) | CIB "The Best" version |
| Ratchet & Clank 3 | CIB "The Best" version |
| SD Gundam G Generation Neo | CIB |
| SD Gundam G Generation Seed | CIB |
| SD Gundam G Generation Spirits | CIB |
| Shin Onimusha Dawn of Dreams | CIB |
| Soul Eater Battle Resonance | CIB |
| Sui Year Zun Sweet Season | CIB |
| Taiko Risshiden IV | CIB |
| The Prince of Tennis Smash Hit! 2 | CIB |
| To Heart | CIB |
| Viewtiful Joe A New Hope | CIB |
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Power Smash 3 Virtua Tennis | CIB |
| Tales of Vesperia | CIB - "The Best" version |
| Wining Eleven 2013 | CIB |
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online Limited Edition | CIB |
Pokemon game wants (NTSC/US)
GBC pokemon crystal cart
GBA pokemon fire red cart
DS pokemon pearl CIB or cart only
3DS Pokemon Ultra Moon CIB
Gamecube Pokemon Colosseum CIB (main game, not bonus disc)
PS5 Wants
Neptunia Reverse
Record of Lodoss Wonder Labyrinth
Returnal
Kena bridge of spirits
Star Ocean
Valkyrie Elysium
Potentially other PS5 Offers
Box/Case/Manual wants
2DS XL Pokeball Edition Box & Inserts only
Code of Princess EX - Switch Case
DS Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - case and manual
DS Chocobo Tales - case and manual
DS Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - case and manual
DS pokemon white 2 Case and manual
DS pokemon black - Case and manual
DS Shin Megami Tensai Devil Survivor 2 - Case and manual only
Harvest Moon DS - case + manual
New Nintendo 3DS XL Galaxy Edition Box & Inserts only
Mario & Luigi Dream League 3DS XL Box & Inserts only
Mario Power Tennis Gamecube - Case + Manual
Phantasy star 1 & 2 plus gamecube - manual only
Pikmin 2 gamecube - manual only
Pokemon Channel Gamecube - Case and Manual
3DS Pokemon Art Academy - Case and manual
Pokemon XY Red 3DS XL Box & Inserts only
Puppeteer PS3 - Manual only
Other wants
Capcom Fighting Collection - Switch
Chrono Trigger - DS complete with map or just the map
Dreamcast light gun - needs to be a US model that will work with house of the dead 2.
Enter the gungeon - Switch
F-Zero - Looks for Gamecube (cib for gcn) and N64 cart
Final Fantasy 1 - NES cart
Final Fantasy XI collectables - open to offers if you have any
Final Fantasy Theatrhythm Final Bar Line - Switch
Fire Emblem games for 3DS
Ikaruga - Gamecube
Katamari Games - Looking for the Vita, Xbox 360, and PS2.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Switch
Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe - Switch
Legend of Zelda offers - open to offers on non explicitly stated zelda games, merch/items, etc.
Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks - DS CIB
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - Switch
Muramasa - PS Vita
Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol 1 - Switch
PS2 Light gun offers - looking for Light Gun games such as the time crisis series and a guncon for ps2.
Rabi-Ribi - PS4/Vita
Ratchet and Clank Quest for Booty PS3 (physical version, I think it's PAL exclusive)
Ratchet and Clank Vita Collection (physical version, I think it's PAL exclusive)
Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash All service edition - PS4
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - Switch
Tales Games for PS3 - Looking for Xilia 2 and Graces F
Tornado Outbreak - PS3
Virtual Boy - looking for a working system and some games (need system before game offers)
Wii U - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE - special edition
Wii U - HD Windwaker Limited Edition (the one with the figure/statue)
Ys games CIB (mostly looking for PSP and older)
Zone of the Enders HD Collection - PS3
In the rare event anyone has a IIDX DJ DAO Phoenix Wan controller they want to swap I am looking for one.
Looking to work towards complete collection for Wii U - feel free to send offers for Wii U games you may be looking to trade off. Only interested in CIB items.
Potentially open to PS3-5/Vita/PSP/N64/GCN/Switch/3DS/DS offers. I am primarily interested in JRPGs (especially action RPGs), 2D platformers/action games, arcadey games, schmups, beat em ups, etc., but feel free to send me a list to look at!
Willing to consider Pokemon TCG trades as well (English or Japanese, singles/slabs/sealed)
I am not interested in digital codes for games (primarily seeking to add to physical collection).
2023.03.22 03:34 SwervoXannies COYOTE TANK UPDATE
With us now being effectively eliminated from the playoffs, it's time to start looking at our chances for Bedard.
We have 11 games left, if we lose them all in regulation we will have 65 points.
Philadelphia needs to get 2 points in 12 games.
Montreal needs to get 4 points in 11 games.
Anaheim needs to get 10 points in 12 games.
Chicago needs to get 12 points in 12 games.
San Jose needs to get 13 points in 11 games. (UNLIKELY)
Columbus needs to get 15 points in 12 games (VERY UNLIKELY)
If we win a game or get a point, simply add 2 or 1 to the point numbers above.
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We have 11 games left, if we lose them all in regulation we will have 65 points.
Philadelphia needs to get 2 points in 12 games.
Montreal needs to get 4 points in 11 games.
Anaheim needs to get 10 points in 12 games.
Chicago needs to get 12 points in 12 games.
San Jose needs to get 13 points in 11 games. (UNLIKELY)
Columbus needs to get 15 points in 12 games (VERY UNLIKELY)
If we win a game or get a point, simply add 2 or 1 to the point numbers above.
2023.03.22 03:17 Top_Location Cortigent, developer of human vision restoration devices, files for $17M IPO
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2023.03.22 02:28 tokyotofuhouse Is Chase Sapphire Preferred worth it?
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- Lives in San Jose California... Crazy expensive to live here, i know :(
- Graduating College in May
- Eats out sometimes mainly just grocery shop
-Don't really spend much other than groceries, food, and other expenses
I currently have a Chase Freedom Unlimited (for 5 years) and spend around $800 - $1,500 per month out of a $15,500 credit limit. I pay everything before the due date and have a 740 credit score.
I am very interested in getting the CSP. I've done my research but not completely sure. I am going on a international trip after May to Australia and this card would help with the 0 foreign transaction fee and a huge plus thats its Visa and widely accepted. I will also do more traveling domestically within the United States because of CSP travel partner with Southwest Airlines.
I have also looked into the Amex Gold and was pre approved for the card but I did not accept. I am more leading towards the Amex Gold but that has a huge annual fee. I am interested in the CSP but have mixed feelings. I am looking for the perfect day-to-day spending card for everything. Can anyone tell me their experience with it and some trade-offs? (I'm pretty new to the personal finance world). Thanks!
2023.03.22 02:26 menorahman100 Secrets of Da Vinci's The Last Supper
 | The theme we will address has never attracted as much attention as it does in the current days. The recent success editorial of the book "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown instigated the imaginary, through a narrative that involves all of these matters related to the life of Christ questioning and presenting conjectures and theories, some credible and many others, in my view, without a lot of reasons, such as the mention of the work of Leonardo Da Vinci, "the Last Supper". submitted by menorahman100 to SaturnStormCube [link] [comments] https://youtu.be/i6-drL7fuqs Before we talk about the meaning of Leonardo's work, let's quickly address some aspects of his life to understand the context in which all his work developed. Leonardo was born in April 1452 in Vinci, a village near by the Florence, son of Piero da Vinci, a notary, and a servant. Leonardo was an illegitimate child, having no rights to his father's estate. But his father, zealous, did not abandon him, having assumed his creation. We must remember that Leonardo was born in the middle ages. The end of the middle ages is determined by the fall of Constantinople in May 1453. Of course the change from one period to another does not occur through a single event. This is a process of transition that involves multiple events. With the end of the Middle Ages we have the Renaissance, with the resurgence of the appreciation of man as a factor of relevance in all contexts. Begins Humanism, a movement that revolutionized the thought, emerging new concepts and worldviews. This new concept is a precursor of specialization of knowledge, resulting later in the systematization of human knowledge, with scientism and segregation of knowledge that until then was unified. Leonardo is more a medieval wise man than a person aligned with trends Renaissance because he was not restricted in specifics knowledge like other geniuses contemporaries geniuses. He had a broad knowledge. He was not only a painter. He was a sculptor, musician, architect, engineer, inventor, anatomist, and also an astrologer, although his biography does not to mention about the universe of hidden knowledge. In short he had a universal knowledge. In all areas he left the mark of his genius. When he turned 14, his father had placed him as an apprentice in the arts studio of Verrocchio who was a great master of Florence. The art workshops held not only artistic works such as paintings and sculptures, but also construction of buildings, bridges and works of engineering, metallurgy, war machines, everything that required creativity of man to make some kind of artifact. Leonardo soon excelled in all these arts, having participated in the production of a painting by Verrocchio, by order of Lorenzo Medici, ruler of Florence. He did paint an angel face on a canvas and the delicacy of the lines and the play of light, called the attention of the Medici family, who came to protect him. At this time, the success did not depend on talent, but especially the figure of a protector, a Maecenas. The Italian peninsula, at that time, was a region of many disputes, without the identity of a country, which has consolidated only in the second half of the nineteenth century with Garibaldi. There were city-states, which they lived in strife. Wars were fought systematically, in order to solidify the power of the clergy. In this context, a war was deflagrated against Florence, promoted by the Vatican, for there were many interests of political composition, dominance, hegemony and economic supremacy. Leonardo facing this situation, after serving the powerful others, as the Borgia, for example, just moving to Milan, had offered his services to the Duke Ludovico Sforza. Just to get an idea of the talents of Leonardo, he presents his resume as primarily military engineer, as he liked to be recognized, Architect, Builder Weapons, inventor, musician and at the end of the list of qualifications is painter and this is just his ability is that Duke engages him. Ludovico became the new protector of Leonardo. Among the many works that Leonardo executed custom Ludovico is the "Last Supper." The work should decorate the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The work began in 1495 and was completed in 1497. In reality it did not complete. By the way, no work of Leonardo, except St. John and baby Jesus was completed. Were several lawsuits filed against Leonardo because he did not fulfill contract. Leonardo spoke "creation is divine, execution is slavish!" https://preview.redd.it/fk3rhe5hz6pa1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd7f147e06e72dca0ff296f65317c3163733a3fb The Last Supper was painted on the walls of the hall and Leonardo developed a new technique. It is often said that it is a fresco, but in reality a fresco is a painting done on a layer of newly applied plaster still wet. This technique does not allow error and touches later. As Leonardo was primarily a perfectionist, he wanted a technique that could shorten the drying process of the ink This does not mean he was not an expert, but he wanted the drying delay to execute the work with the greatest perfection imagined. So he developed certain dyes and pigments that have been shown ineffective in relation to conservation. The fresco has been constantly attacked by the action of fungi that decompose, requiring constant maintenance and restoration. Disrespect for art is not a fact that occurs only in our days. Note that, by the need to create a passage for a next room, was opened and then closed the door just about painting, destroying forever a part of the base. A similar fact occurred with the Mona Lisa, which is a painting done on wood panel, which had the sides sawn. Let us now turn to analyze the picture presented. We see that the figure of Christ is placed exactly in the center and if we trace two perpendicular lines, projecting the vanishing point, we have this convergence point exactly on the right eye of Christ. https://preview.redd.it/2q63a9akz6pa1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82b77c2509d79e82fc218c31cb234f3c988e6a78 Thus we have the picture, with Christ at the center position and the apostles distributed on both sides. Around Christ is formed a circle passing through the arc of the door at the back, forming a triangle with the apex up ward and the other with the apex downwards. In the book "The Da Vinci Code", Dan Brown speaks of these symbols in a simplistic way, relating them to the masculine principles, personified by the figure of Christ, and the female, formed between him and John standing right beside him. As John's features are feminine Dan Brown claims to be Mary Magdalene, who had been his wife and mother of his daughter Sara, giving rise to the dynasty of the Merovingian, the first kings francs (?). He argues that even Jesus to be a Rabbi, could not be single, and would necessarily have to be married. This is true among the Pharisees, but if we consider Jesus as Essene it would not be a fact, because the Essenes took vows of chastity and poverty of course he could not be married. (See studies on Essenes in the Dead Sea Scrolls). But that does not interest to the narrative of Dan Brown, because it would invalidate the book. Dan Brown is a researcher and I believe he has his knowledge, but I also believe that it is not interested because it contradicts with their commercial interest, because the truth does not sell. This symbolism is represented with two triangles with opposite vertices, is actually very deep, being present in different traditions such as Vedic and Hebrew, which presents two interlocking triangles, forming the six-pointed star. The six-pointed star, although it is known as the Star of David or Seal of Solomon is present five thousand years ago in the Vedas This symbol contains hermetic principles, such as correspondence, the polarity, as well as the sex and this cannot be reduced simply to a phallic reference. We are not depreciating the work of Dan Brown and recognize who never spoke much about these matters. These works have never been as visited as it is today and this in itself already has its importance, but we have to put things in their right places. We can relate the triangle with vertex upwards (upper triad=Spirit), containing the principles Will, Wisdom and Mind (Consciousness). The triangle with the apex downwards relates to the matter (unconsciousness). Thus when the two overlapping triangles results in the manifestation of life. It is the projection of spirit into matter, as we can also see in the painting of Narcissus (below right), by Caravaggio, where he falls in love with his own image reflected in the mirror of water, going to deny its divine origin and losing in the webs of illusion of the world of things, which is transitory, local and temporal. The world of things is composed of the four elements (Fire, Air, Water and Earth). https://preview.redd.it/3cia4wisz6pa1.jpg?width=557&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b8024928bfecb087a46324137ea80e2edca43f5 The combination of the three higher attributes mathematically generates the four material elements. Let's see. By combining the primary elements, i.e., "A", "B" and "C", produce the four elements, where "A" is associated with "B", "A" is associated with "C", "B "associates with" C "," A "is associated with" B "and" C ". Thus we have four secondary elements. We also make an analogy with the primary colors, which are blue, yellow and red, that combined together form the four secondary colors, constituting the structure of the septenary manifestation (seven colors of the prism, seven musical notes, seven days a week seven deadly sins, etc...). Thus, the higher will generate the ternary quaternary, with a combination of three with four, resulting in the twelve that reflect the different basic types of energy, or twelve human archetypes. The three, four, seven and twelve numbers are sacred numbers, since summarize the constitution of the universe. The pyramid, for example, is a splendid symbol, it is the ternary seated on a quaternary basis (I and II). https://preview.redd.it/dx1id0ruz6pa1.jpg?width=545&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=119fc354d756fded879d65a69a9aa453f691579f If we look at the pyramid over its apex, we shall see the division four equal parts (III). If these parts are opened (IV) will produce 12 angles (combinatorial analysis 3 of 4). This results in the Maltese cross, or Templar cross (V), where the center is located the eye of God, who sees everything (omniscience), precisely the right eye of Christ, who is the central vanishing point in Leonardo painting (ternary on the quaternary). In astrology there are three primary types (come Primary Cause is the Absolute = Universal) and four secondary. The three primary types show human behavior. The secondary indicate the human temperament. Human behavior is determined by the mode of expression (Cardinal, or the one who initiates an action. The fixed stabilizes the action. The mutable amend the action). It´s is the gunas of the Vedic tradition: Rajas, Tamas and Sattva, which make up matter. We can represent these correlations through the diagram below, where the archetypes are formed considering the kinetic and static manifestation of matter and its modulation with three forms of behavior, producing the twelve basic types of temperaments, according to the diagram: https://preview.redd.it/4cmpcwgxz6pa1.jpg?width=571&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f443519d8945c6a60906232c7464e8aaab40c41f We speak of the qualifications of Leonardo that among them he held the astrological knowledge. It is precisely this knowledge that is being revealed in his work. He had deep knowledge of archetypes, detailing its characteristics, perfectly demonstrating the zodiac with the twelve signs of the Sun (Christ) as the center of events and creation, which becomes more evident if we observe that the apostles were arranged in four groups of three. Thus, we have four groups, linking them to the four seasons of the year with an apostle for each sign. Each station has three months and consequently three signs, starting in the spring, which is the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere, with the months of March, April and May, related to Aries, Taurus and Gemini. The summer, with the months of June, July and August, related to Cancer, Leo and Virgo. The autumn, with the months of September, October and November, related to Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius and winter, including December, January and February, related to Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. https://preview.redd.it/wdvzgvr007pa1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ac4ccd825092e43176e5222127031f01ceee4fd Another way to demonstrate this is the figure we see a three-dimensional form, with the figure of Christ and the apostles to the center divided in the ecliptic (the Sun's equator). https://preview.redd.it/wkna4mf307pa1.jpg?width=243&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=111e3684719940bb7716d259977049919937a630 In the zodiacal wheel, we have divided the signs forming axes, where a sign has his virtuous characteristics, and the difficulties are experienced in the sign placed in opposition. This refers to the principle of polarity, which says that everything has two poles, and they are similar in nature, varying; however the degree and that these polarities can be reconcilable (The Kybalion - Hermes Trismegistus). To overcome the difficulties represented by shadow, there to seek the virtues that which is light, located in their opposition. In reality what must determine between the two poles is the search for balance, i.e., the central point is that the figure of Christ. It is to live the way of temperance, the middle path. The consciousness. Associating the different disciples (nominated by Leonardo himself), we have the representation in the figure below: https://preview.redd.it/bssqcv8607pa1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75601f90d3a08f1dd18d2fe6da25ec0d1cbd5d11 Jesus opens his left hand upward, feeding those placed his left. Are the seasons of spring and summer, where there is the birth and growth. The right hand side down in an act of absorption of energy and experiences accumulated by the autumn and winter seasons, related to maturity and death. This demonstrates the zodiacal cycle of birth and death. It is noted that the same correlation is made in that the light is projected to the left and the right shade Christ. The same polar duality is also represented in the mantle of Jesus delimiting the two hemispheres. At the head of the table, to the extreme left side of Christ, we have the figure of Simon, representing Aries. Leonardo represents in the order of left to right, since the signs, as seen from the earth moving anti-clockwise. Aries, the sign that opens the zodiac, is the pioneering characteristics, leadership, initiative, and this is exactly the role demonstrated by Simon, sit at the head table. Aries rules the head and the head of Simon are displayed prominently. The position of Simon's ascendancy over the others. But not only is the position occupied by Simon Aries denoting this role but what the theme suggests, because everything results from something spoken by Simon, as the other apostles are commenting, arguing and watching Simon himself, it was told. If Aries is related to the self, the personality, Libra corresponds to the other, the relationship and the satisfaction of the need of the partner. It is ideal for Libra living relationship in an atmosphere of peace, beauty, balance and harmony. The figure of John, diametrically opposed to Simon receives and absorbs the full impact of what was spoken, causing it to assume a posture of submission and retirement. John's hands are placed in position reconciliation. The figure actually has a female face, because Libra, seeking harmony is associated with receptive condition. The garment also refers to balance, in that is divided in two colors. Libra is ruled by Venus and Aries by Mars. This is the axis of individuality, and Aries representing the personification of the psychological ego and Libra the other with whom the ego relates. Next we have Judas Thaddaeus. It is related to the sign of Taurus. Taurus is characterized by personal values, possessions, to have. Taurus has the need to develop a solid structure, have support. In the painting we see that is the only apostle to lean on the table, put the left arm using the table as a shield. The size of the Taurus is solid, strong. Taurus rules the neck and throat and this is very evident in the painting. The attitude of Judas is prudence. He argues and accepted. This is the value axis and power, having one side of Taurus and Scorpio on the other. Scorpio is represented by Judas Iscariot. Scorpio relates to the values of the other, the collective values. Judas, for he was treasurer of the group. Scorpio is the sign of the depths, transformation, regeneration or death. Ruled by Pluto or Hades, represents all that is profound and transformative. The role of Judas Iscariot, as misinterpreted by the Christian traditions, was critical to the tragic outcome of the drama that is the passion and resurrection. Judas Iscariot somehow was the most loyal of the apostles, because he did fulfill the scriptures. He took the most painful mission of the group fulfilling the order to terminate the Sinedrion following the proper order of Jesus, when he said, "Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss? (Luke 22:48). Actually Scorpio is the dynamo of the Zodiac, because it determines the transformation processes necessary for evolution of life. Judas Iscariot in the painting is presented as a spectator, watching the unfolding drama, examining the course of events. These are characteristics of Scorpio. Deeply analyzes, traces the strategies and act at the right time, accurately. Next we have Matthew, related to Gemini whose ruler is Mercury. Gemini is related to the whole mental process and communication. The mental concrete, the process of accumulation of cognitive and applied knowledge to material reality. The natives of Gemini are slender and agile, jovial, looking curious and considering all possible variables facing situations. They can be considered, sometimes contradictory, unstable, and fickle. Matthew demonstrates some of these features. He is communicating with Simon, looking at him, but arguing with hands and arms as if he had considering all aspects of what was said. May also appear an ambiguity between what was said and what the group thinks. As Gemini is related to communication and speech relates anatomically to the shoulders, arms and hands and this is what we also noted the figure of Matthew, who is also considered the reporter of Christ, like Mercury (Hermes), the messenger of Jupiter (Zeus). We have here the axis of knowledge and wisdom. Peter opposes Matthew, representing Sagittarius. It is the sign associated with religion. Sagittarius governs the higher subjects, abstract knowledge and spontaneously puts into the unknown. Sometimes it is brutish and can express themselves with excessive frankness. This corresponds to the spirit of Peter, who founded the Church, or the Christian religion, with Paul (Saulo de Tarsus). The faith when taken to its ultimate consequences may be blind and in his defense all can be allowed. Peter's hand is holding a knife to defend his own ideals, not in a threatening attitude to John, by some want to believe, even argued by Dan Brown. Sagittarius, the centaur wields the bow with the arrow to be thrown. Anatomically Sagittarius governs the hips and this is evident in the painting. The right hand rests on it. The disposition of the body of Peter remembers the design of the symbol of Sagittarius. In the sequel we have Philip, associated to Cancer. Here we come to the bottom of the Zodiac, or Imum Coeli (Latin for "bottom of the sky"), is the axial point of the unconscious corresponding to all devotional manifestation, the maternal feeling, the origins and traditions. This relates to home and family and Philip embodies this archetype. With distinctly feminine face, Philip takes his two hands to his chest, as if calling everyone as children to be reconciled. Indeed, precisely Cancer governs the breasts, stomach and uterus. Hands with arms also form a figure that resembles the claws of the crab is the cancer itself. This is the time axis, with the past and destiny. The past is associated to cancer, the mother, and the future (Capricorn) with father. So Capricorn governs the destination, i.e., what we seek as a career, as the goal of life and social role as we seek and desire recognition. It concerns the authority. So, Andrew as Capricorn is clearly a Capricorn attitude. Capricorn is cautious and practical and could be cold and pessimistic. As Philip says "come to me," Andrew seems to say "depart from me", because to assume the responsibilities is to calculate and plan what should be done. Capricorn corresponds anatomically to the entire bone structure, knees, skin. In painting Andrew is the one who has hands with bony fingers, demonstrating the bone structure. Alongside Philip, we see James the Less, related to Lion. Leo is sovereign. Charismatic, flashy, creative, dramatic, seeks recognition through the exhibition. It is ruled by the Sun and radiates its light. Leo governs the heart that is analogous to body sun. These characteristics are clearly incorporated to James Minor. Surely he is the most beautiful scenic figure painting. James to take the attitude of open arms, exposing the light, standing next to Christ himself. Demonstrates an open chest, the heart of generosity, a typically leonine behavior, which sometimes comes to be naïve and centered on vanity and self-centeredness. This is the axis of the power of creation. If Leo is the maintenance of creation, Aquarius is change and renewal which is also creation. Leo governs the power of the king, the monarch. Aquariums are the collective power, the group, society. This axis is that occur the struggle for power. Aquarius, with Uranus the ruler promotes all sorts of abrupt changes, meaning always drastic changes. Often in the name of innovation is deposed monarch for the establishment of a new regime, to then become similar with the previous model. It is what is observed with the Aquarian revolutions like the French Revolution, with the deposition of Louis XVI. Napoleon was later crowned as emperor (Leo). Recently, we have the Cuban Revolution, with the deposition of Dictator Fulgencio Batista and Fidel ruling as King-Dictator. Aquarius is associated in this way, the actions of libertarian, to rebellion, radicalism because it is engaged with human values, such as progressive values, but it is impersonal. Analyzing the figure of James the Greater, we see that it does not appear in the foreground. He does not expose himself alone, but through the group, through diplomacy and see: Aquarius is the sign of friendship and we see James hugging Andrew and Peter, demonstrating that the strength comes from the group and not on individual attitudes. Finally, we have Thomas, representing the Virgin. The Virgo is related to the practicality, analysis and criticism. It also ruled by Mercury, but here the mental focuses on utilitarian and practical application to be given to all things. For that reason they questioned him, details and discriminate. Virgos is in extreme need to feel useful and provide their service, but to do so he needs to understand the cause of things. Within these characteristics we see the figure of Thomas. Thomas needs to see to believe. Thomas in his act of inquisitor asks to Christ himself, in that puts her right in front of Jesus forefinger. As Virgo tends toward shyness and humility, Thomas is also placed in a position away from the table. This is the axis of the serve, having Virgin correspond to service pragmatic and Pisces, the humanist service, sometimes not very clear and perceptible, which may lead Pisces to live in a state of unreality. Pisces is associated with the dreamer inspiration and understanding. Are compassionate, emotional, intuitive and romantic, but for this state of contemplation, if not well channeled, can lead to evasion and fanciful attitudes, having difficulty perceiving reality. Bartholomew the Apostle is which closes the zodiacal circle. He is on the other side of the table. It clearly demonstrates the Piscean characteristics. It seems that his vision is directed to a point that goes beyond the environment portrayed, a point diffuse and may not realize exactly what is going on. Does not speak, only observes, contemplates and accepts. Pisces rules the feet are just his feet, interlaced, which are illuminated under the table. Pisces has great intuitive potential, but needs to know how he can transform his nature, his sense of serving humanity in a more practical and constructive way. Thus we come complete cycle of the zodiac, sounding clear that the message displayed in this painting, as in other works of genius. It conveys much more than seemingly suggests. True knowledge was hidden in encrypted form by the need to preserve it, protecting it from the misunderstanding of those who thought they possessed the truth. What is hidden, veiled, does not mean it is not to be seen. It is only unveiled to those with eyes to see. Leonardo leaves us that genuine arcane wisdom was, is and will be the knowledge which guides humanity toward enlightenment through awareness. Astrology, by the psychological approach is a process that allows us to analyze, understanding paradoxes, our conflicts, our shadow, our projections, and perhaps, through self-knowledge, doing the reintegration of contents for consciousness, so we can promote the process of transforming into true human, and better integrated with the sacred. The path continues to be followed. Astrology shall be understood in this view, showing that the splendor of diversity means that we may above all be tolerant and compassionate, understand the nature of the differences and accept them as a manifestation of the same source of life. |
2023.03.22 02:23 ThrowDharmaNotZero Living Koan - [Blank] Makes Offerings
I recently wrote an email to my teacher in gratitude and thought I would post it here as an offering to you and also to magnify the offering to him. Go into the monasteries friends. The footsteps are there.
Hello [Blank]-san!
I recently made offerings to the roshi and karma has ripened such that I should make offerings to you as well. You should know that I do so while keeping precepts, and so I can assure you that what I say is honest and authentic and in good faith, as well as with an unaltered mind. For indeed how could it be altered, and yet we keep precepts. Indeed what can be transmitted? And yet why the flower? Why smile?
And So what offering can I give?
Great teacher as you know the bodhisattvas' activity is boundless and without the slightest stone unturned. Whatever may bring benefit and serve beings in the path to liberation they employ, no matter how slight the chance. And so even when great masters proclaim that there is no merit, or as we would better say "it is in the realm of the unseen," the bodhisattvas nonetheless waste no time in employing merit, employing offerings, employing precepts.
And so I may make offerings, but what are offerings?
In examining the record of buddhas and bodhisattvas, we observe the custom of sharing in the dharma life. Our lives are such that we find ourselves in the lineage of bodhidharma, and so this sharing takes on the form of an exchange between teacher and student. And sharing in the Dharma life is nothing more than sharing the Dharma, friend. And then whatever merit is accrued by such activity is given as offering through dedication.
And so I know what are offerings, but what is the best offering?
The best offering is to share in the Dharma life most fully, to share whatever is the highest teaching one can. The merit accrued from this can be said to be truly great, perhaps the best.
And so now I make offerings.
There was the thought to end this e-mail with the highest teaching being me bowing and saying my name, that being the highest offering blah blah blah. It's pretty customary, like "yours truly so and so." But honestly that is for others to do. I don't like striking or shouting. I like good ol' fashioned plain speech, getting at the heart of the matter as best you can with no riddles whatsoever. You should know of course that those who strike and shout, or bow and observe marrow, do so out of the practice of keeping practice hidden, and indeed this is a higher teaching than mere explanation. But my friend I dare an explanation that would startle even those that hide in their striking and shouting. So plain and brutal that you should grow bored and crave wine.
The dharma that was transmitted to the west was authentic in many ways and flawed in many ways. It came in separate parts, with different schools upholding vital components. In our lineage we were blessed with the true transmission of the fundamental point of the buddhas and ancestors. It is the slogan of our house, "pointing directly at the human mind." This is exemplified in the original encounter dialogue or "koan" of our school with huike failing to bring bodhidharma his mind.
Now there is more than what I'm about to say but for now you should take this as the fundamental point until True Mind arises.
The entrance to this koan is that the teaching is not mysterious but point blank and literal.
Whenever you're done training this mind you talk so much about, put it in a box and send it to Bodhidharma. He'll be thrilled. Huike....he's gonna take it rough, but Bodhidharma will finally have something to do.
Seriously, all of that is playful banter, because the punchline is you never will. Ever. That's why zazen is so hard, why training the mind is so hard. Because you're trying to train something that doesn't exist. You're trying to train a monkey on a stick that isn't there, the elephant, the flashlight. And yet when I ask you to show me this monkey or elephant, this flashlight, this mind with its six senses and five aggregates, you can not. And you never will.
To understand the fundamental delusion of western dharma you must understand just a single simple thing. The west calls "the self" "the mind." Now we can read Dogen had he written in the modern day. To study the buddha way is to study the mind, to study the mind is to forget the mind.
Go sit zazen and pretend you don't have a mind. Just pretend. Pretend what the masters say is true. I think you will quickly realize that you are not pretending. And if you practice in this way the fundamental point and doorway of the ancestors will open to you. The true battle will be revealed.
I will end here as it's an email and I should not keep you.
But whatever merit is accrued through the sharing of this teaching, whatever being may find benefit, may that merit be given to [Blank]. For I heard there were once yellow jackets or some such pest outside the zendo, and he elected himself to receive the karma of killing them. I now dedicate the merit previously invoked on his behalf, that he may not share in the same fate of Nansen. Though indeed one should know [Blank] is more than capable of such a path. In our world he is called [Blank], but in other worlds he is venerated as "Great Master Attendant Bodhisattva."
If there is even the smallest chance of this being, may it be so.
Deep bows to you [Blank]-san. Thank you for your teaching.
[Blank]
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Hello [Blank]-san!
I recently made offerings to the roshi and karma has ripened such that I should make offerings to you as well. You should know that I do so while keeping precepts, and so I can assure you that what I say is honest and authentic and in good faith, as well as with an unaltered mind. For indeed how could it be altered, and yet we keep precepts. Indeed what can be transmitted? And yet why the flower? Why smile?
And So what offering can I give?
Great teacher as you know the bodhisattvas' activity is boundless and without the slightest stone unturned. Whatever may bring benefit and serve beings in the path to liberation they employ, no matter how slight the chance. And so even when great masters proclaim that there is no merit, or as we would better say "it is in the realm of the unseen," the bodhisattvas nonetheless waste no time in employing merit, employing offerings, employing precepts.
And so I may make offerings, but what are offerings?
In examining the record of buddhas and bodhisattvas, we observe the custom of sharing in the dharma life. Our lives are such that we find ourselves in the lineage of bodhidharma, and so this sharing takes on the form of an exchange between teacher and student. And sharing in the Dharma life is nothing more than sharing the Dharma, friend. And then whatever merit is accrued by such activity is given as offering through dedication.
And so I know what are offerings, but what is the best offering?
The best offering is to share in the Dharma life most fully, to share whatever is the highest teaching one can. The merit accrued from this can be said to be truly great, perhaps the best.
And so now I make offerings.
There was the thought to end this e-mail with the highest teaching being me bowing and saying my name, that being the highest offering blah blah blah. It's pretty customary, like "yours truly so and so." But honestly that is for others to do. I don't like striking or shouting. I like good ol' fashioned plain speech, getting at the heart of the matter as best you can with no riddles whatsoever. You should know of course that those who strike and shout, or bow and observe marrow, do so out of the practice of keeping practice hidden, and indeed this is a higher teaching than mere explanation. But my friend I dare an explanation that would startle even those that hide in their striking and shouting. So plain and brutal that you should grow bored and crave wine.
The dharma that was transmitted to the west was authentic in many ways and flawed in many ways. It came in separate parts, with different schools upholding vital components. In our lineage we were blessed with the true transmission of the fundamental point of the buddhas and ancestors. It is the slogan of our house, "pointing directly at the human mind." This is exemplified in the original encounter dialogue or "koan" of our school with huike failing to bring bodhidharma his mind.
Now there is more than what I'm about to say but for now you should take this as the fundamental point until True Mind arises.
The entrance to this koan is that the teaching is not mysterious but point blank and literal.
Whenever you're done training this mind you talk so much about, put it in a box and send it to Bodhidharma. He'll be thrilled. Huike....he's gonna take it rough, but Bodhidharma will finally have something to do.
Seriously, all of that is playful banter, because the punchline is you never will. Ever. That's why zazen is so hard, why training the mind is so hard. Because you're trying to train something that doesn't exist. You're trying to train a monkey on a stick that isn't there, the elephant, the flashlight. And yet when I ask you to show me this monkey or elephant, this flashlight, this mind with its six senses and five aggregates, you can not. And you never will.
To understand the fundamental delusion of western dharma you must understand just a single simple thing. The west calls "the self" "the mind." Now we can read Dogen had he written in the modern day. To study the buddha way is to study the mind, to study the mind is to forget the mind.
Go sit zazen and pretend you don't have a mind. Just pretend. Pretend what the masters say is true. I think you will quickly realize that you are not pretending. And if you practice in this way the fundamental point and doorway of the ancestors will open to you. The true battle will be revealed.
I will end here as it's an email and I should not keep you.
But whatever merit is accrued through the sharing of this teaching, whatever being may find benefit, may that merit be given to [Blank]. For I heard there were once yellow jackets or some such pest outside the zendo, and he elected himself to receive the karma of killing them. I now dedicate the merit previously invoked on his behalf, that he may not share in the same fate of Nansen. Though indeed one should know [Blank] is more than capable of such a path. In our world he is called [Blank], but in other worlds he is venerated as "Great Master Attendant Bodhisattva."
If there is even the smallest chance of this being, may it be so.
Deep bows to you [Blank]-san. Thank you for your teaching.
[Blank]
2023.03.22 01:46 Sailing_Grey_Rabbit Being 'positive' all the time for the convenience and comfort of others is fucking exhausting.
Warning: long rant.
People love to go on about how people with chronic illness are negative and a drag to be around. But you know what is more draining? Pretending to be "positive" all the time to make others feel more comfy while we have to suffer in silence. I am so fucking tired of it.
I've had to hear from a friend recently, who I haven't seen in over 4 years, that she didn't reply to my messages or make any mutual effort to see me when she was visiting our home town (Cape Town, South Africa), for THREE MONTHS, because she "needs to be surrounded by light positive people", and "in all honesty, you're a lovely person but your energy is very heavy". This is what she says to me, literally only basing it on my Instagram stories about my chronic illness over the last 4 years, and nothing else. She just decided for herself already that I was going to be depressing to be around, before even giving me a chance. Does she think I don't want to be surrounded by 'light positive people' either?? As if I enjoy being depressed and only talk about my illness and shitty things? I wanted to see her to have fun like we used to, and to actually get my mind OFF this shit, it's all very ironic.
She now lives in San Diego. The last time I saw her was November 2019, I was x5 more able bodied than I am now and we had such a fantastic adventurous day at the beach in Simon's Town (quite a far drive from where I live, but I still made the mission there to see her) and all along the coast, as summer was starting. It was right after a break up with someone I was absolutely besotted with who dumped me out of nowhere after 9 months of a long distance relationship, someone across the world in the Middle East who I'd only get to be with every 3 months for a month at a time, either in his country or in mine.. a lot of money, energy and time gone to waste from that. And I honestly had so much fun that day with her. It really cheered me up. I thought we'd be able to do it again, but at a more manageable pace for me because I can't drive that far anymore and I can't be active for hours and hours like I could back then. I just had a harrowing break up but I was still cheerful, positive, laughing and joking around, and being fun, even though I was suffering in pain physically and emotionally. I wouldn't have behaved any different this time around had she decided to see me.
November 2022, she's now seen my posts for the past few years on Instagram about how my Fibro has gotten worse, and when I went through long covid and microclotting for half of last year, and another break up at the height of my illness. But she tells me she's coming here in December and she promises we'll see each other, because she came last year (before I got LC) and didn't even tell me, so I never saw her. Having both Fibro and Long Covid & blood clots, at the same time was my lowest point in terms of my history of health issues (I'm now 28, I've had chronic pain for 14 years, diagnosed with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in 2019, had a Thoracic Outlet Nerve Decompression surgery and cervical rib removed, from my collar bone area, right before the pandemic started. Diagnosed with Fibro May 2021, and still have not found a way to manage it, it's just gotten worse and I now identify as disabled).
For context I was first diagnosed with PoTs last August (I made a post about it here) and then 2 months later after not getting any better from heart meds and the non-pharmalogical methods, I went for testing and was tested positive for microclotting and hyperactive platelets, and diagnosed with Long Covid. I went on treatment for the microclotting and I got better. Now my PoTs symptoms were gone, I just had Fibromyalgia, again, but with all of the stress I endured from last year it probably got worse. I went through another break up for a month during my treatment, my bf of 3 years, who I am now with again, but did not have his full support when I needed it, either. I started to get physically better last year November-December (during the breakup) and started to socialize again. I had to. I was heart broken and trying to get my life back. But it has never been the same again since before I got sick with LC.
I currently feel like I have no friends anymore. This is the loneliest I have ever felt in my life. Even with all of my health issues since I was 15, I've still always managed to maintain an active and vibrant social life, until last year. I thought this would pass once my LC got better and things would shift back to how they were before. But they haven't. It's been 3 months since I finished my treatment, but people forget that I'm still alive, that I am trying to readapt back to a semi-normal life. They know my closest/best friends abandoned/ ghosted me at my sickest without explanation, and about the breakup, they know I have little to no support. They know how badly I need people in my life. I've expressed this both directly to them, and publicly on my social media. But I have given up. Because Nobody. Fucking. Cares. I'm not the person I used to be, I can't go out and party til 4am anymore and drink and do drugs (even with my Fibro I pushed myself just to socially survive, and ofc I got worse from doing that). These people do plenty other types of chilled out activities that I can do, but they still don't invite me. I introduced people to each other and while I was sick they formed a friend group, now they do everything together, they have their own Whatsapp group, but without me. These people wouldn't have ever met each other if I didn't introduce them, before I got hit with Long Covid. Now they are attached at the hip and I'm no longer part of the equation.
So this girl who now lives in San Diego now was my best friend in my teens. I saw on her Instagram stories that she's already back in the US, after ignoring my efforts to meet up since December and avoiding me for 3 months when she was here. I know she was in my neighborhood, my brother and other people bumped into her, but she still didn't bother to pick up the phone to tell me she's right on my door step. And so when I asked why she didnt, that's when I got told that my "energy is heavy", even though she hasn't felt my "energy" IRL in +4 years, before I even knew I had Fibro. Honestly, the way people have treated me is making me more depressed than my illness is, at this point. Like I am no longer human. Like I simply do not exist anymore. I am so tired of censoring my pain and suffering in hopes that my friends will come back and like me again. I can't do this anymore. I fucking give up.
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People love to go on about how people with chronic illness are negative and a drag to be around. But you know what is more draining? Pretending to be "positive" all the time to make others feel more comfy while we have to suffer in silence. I am so fucking tired of it.
I've had to hear from a friend recently, who I haven't seen in over 4 years, that she didn't reply to my messages or make any mutual effort to see me when she was visiting our home town (Cape Town, South Africa), for THREE MONTHS, because she "needs to be surrounded by light positive people", and "in all honesty, you're a lovely person but your energy is very heavy". This is what she says to me, literally only basing it on my Instagram stories about my chronic illness over the last 4 years, and nothing else. She just decided for herself already that I was going to be depressing to be around, before even giving me a chance. Does she think I don't want to be surrounded by 'light positive people' either?? As if I enjoy being depressed and only talk about my illness and shitty things? I wanted to see her to have fun like we used to, and to actually get my mind OFF this shit, it's all very ironic.
She now lives in San Diego. The last time I saw her was November 2019, I was x5 more able bodied than I am now and we had such a fantastic adventurous day at the beach in Simon's Town (quite a far drive from where I live, but I still made the mission there to see her) and all along the coast, as summer was starting. It was right after a break up with someone I was absolutely besotted with who dumped me out of nowhere after 9 months of a long distance relationship, someone across the world in the Middle East who I'd only get to be with every 3 months for a month at a time, either in his country or in mine.. a lot of money, energy and time gone to waste from that. And I honestly had so much fun that day with her. It really cheered me up. I thought we'd be able to do it again, but at a more manageable pace for me because I can't drive that far anymore and I can't be active for hours and hours like I could back then. I just had a harrowing break up but I was still cheerful, positive, laughing and joking around, and being fun, even though I was suffering in pain physically and emotionally. I wouldn't have behaved any different this time around had she decided to see me.
November 2022, she's now seen my posts for the past few years on Instagram about how my Fibro has gotten worse, and when I went through long covid and microclotting for half of last year, and another break up at the height of my illness. But she tells me she's coming here in December and she promises we'll see each other, because she came last year (before I got LC) and didn't even tell me, so I never saw her. Having both Fibro and Long Covid & blood clots, at the same time was my lowest point in terms of my history of health issues (I'm now 28, I've had chronic pain for 14 years, diagnosed with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in 2019, had a Thoracic Outlet Nerve Decompression surgery and cervical rib removed, from my collar bone area, right before the pandemic started. Diagnosed with Fibro May 2021, and still have not found a way to manage it, it's just gotten worse and I now identify as disabled).
For context I was first diagnosed with PoTs last August (I made a post about it here) and then 2 months later after not getting any better from heart meds and the non-pharmalogical methods, I went for testing and was tested positive for microclotting and hyperactive platelets, and diagnosed with Long Covid. I went on treatment for the microclotting and I got better. Now my PoTs symptoms were gone, I just had Fibromyalgia, again, but with all of the stress I endured from last year it probably got worse. I went through another break up for a month during my treatment, my bf of 3 years, who I am now with again, but did not have his full support when I needed it, either. I started to get physically better last year November-December (during the breakup) and started to socialize again. I had to. I was heart broken and trying to get my life back. But it has never been the same again since before I got sick with LC.
I currently feel like I have no friends anymore. This is the loneliest I have ever felt in my life. Even with all of my health issues since I was 15, I've still always managed to maintain an active and vibrant social life, until last year. I thought this would pass once my LC got better and things would shift back to how they were before. But they haven't. It's been 3 months since I finished my treatment, but people forget that I'm still alive, that I am trying to readapt back to a semi-normal life. They know my closest/best friends abandoned/ ghosted me at my sickest without explanation, and about the breakup, they know I have little to no support. They know how badly I need people in my life. I've expressed this both directly to them, and publicly on my social media. But I have given up. Because Nobody. Fucking. Cares. I'm not the person I used to be, I can't go out and party til 4am anymore and drink and do drugs (even with my Fibro I pushed myself just to socially survive, and ofc I got worse from doing that). These people do plenty other types of chilled out activities that I can do, but they still don't invite me. I introduced people to each other and while I was sick they formed a friend group, now they do everything together, they have their own Whatsapp group, but without me. These people wouldn't have ever met each other if I didn't introduce them, before I got hit with Long Covid. Now they are attached at the hip and I'm no longer part of the equation.
So this girl who now lives in San Diego now was my best friend in my teens. I saw on her Instagram stories that she's already back in the US, after ignoring my efforts to meet up since December and avoiding me for 3 months when she was here. I know she was in my neighborhood, my brother and other people bumped into her, but she still didn't bother to pick up the phone to tell me she's right on my door step. And so when I asked why she didnt, that's when I got told that my "energy is heavy", even though she hasn't felt my "energy" IRL in +4 years, before I even knew I had Fibro. Honestly, the way people have treated me is making me more depressed than my illness is, at this point. Like I am no longer human. Like I simply do not exist anymore. I am so tired of censoring my pain and suffering in hopes that my friends will come back and like me again. I can't do this anymore. I fucking give up.
2023.03.22 01:41 MrParticular79 43 [M4F] San Jose - Sweet and sensual in an open marriage seeks similar for stable connection.
Hi there! I’m in an open marriage and I’m a Dad.
I am looking for a woman who is also in an open relationship or at least has some experience with that. I look to find someone to date and see long term in a secondary type relationship. Emotional and physical intimacy is important to me. I’m poly in that I’m open to romantic feelings if they develop but I also am not trying to force anything. Just want someone to appreciate and feel connected to.
I’m 43, white, 6’1”, 190lbs. I workout and run regularly. I have long ashy/brown/blonde hair (still have all of it and it’s wavy/curly and thick), blue eyes, I currently have a trimmed goatee and I wear glasses. I generally get the comment that I don’t look like a Dad, I’m happy to trade pics so we can test that assertion haha you can rate me on my dad-ness. Personality wise I’m strong, quietly confident, laid back, sweet, and introverted.
I like nerdy stuff like board/video games and I also enjoy football (Niners!), hiking and occasionally going out to dance. I work as a lead software engineer in video games. I also enjoy weed so be friendly with it please. Generally open as well to other party/psychedelic type drugs and enjoy experimenting with the right person (combine this with dancing?), but I should say this is not something I have to have nor do I have a ton of experience with.
In the bedroom I have a natural, passionate and sensual way. I enjoy being the masculine one in general but I am not formally kinky or a dom type. Sensually very intuitive with a strong desire to cause and experience pleasure. I’ve had a vasectomy…
Attributes I like in a partner are short, sweet, sensual, genuine and down to earth.
A word about my relationship; we are open but not swingers. I look to find a purposeful connection with a like mind. I am not looking for something quickly or for the short term. I want to meet someone that I can build a strong connection with over time.
I live in San Jose and I am quite mobile and happy to drive almost anywhere within reason.
Thank you for reading this far and I hope to hear from you!
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I am looking for a woman who is also in an open relationship or at least has some experience with that. I look to find someone to date and see long term in a secondary type relationship. Emotional and physical intimacy is important to me. I’m poly in that I’m open to romantic feelings if they develop but I also am not trying to force anything. Just want someone to appreciate and feel connected to.
I’m 43, white, 6’1”, 190lbs. I workout and run regularly. I have long ashy/brown/blonde hair (still have all of it and it’s wavy/curly and thick), blue eyes, I currently have a trimmed goatee and I wear glasses. I generally get the comment that I don’t look like a Dad, I’m happy to trade pics so we can test that assertion haha you can rate me on my dad-ness. Personality wise I’m strong, quietly confident, laid back, sweet, and introverted.
I like nerdy stuff like board/video games and I also enjoy football (Niners!), hiking and occasionally going out to dance. I work as a lead software engineer in video games. I also enjoy weed so be friendly with it please. Generally open as well to other party/psychedelic type drugs and enjoy experimenting with the right person (combine this with dancing?), but I should say this is not something I have to have nor do I have a ton of experience with.
In the bedroom I have a natural, passionate and sensual way. I enjoy being the masculine one in general but I am not formally kinky or a dom type. Sensually very intuitive with a strong desire to cause and experience pleasure. I’ve had a vasectomy…
Attributes I like in a partner are short, sweet, sensual, genuine and down to earth.
A word about my relationship; we are open but not swingers. I look to find a purposeful connection with a like mind. I am not looking for something quickly or for the short term. I want to meet someone that I can build a strong connection with over time.
I live in San Jose and I am quite mobile and happy to drive almost anywhere within reason.
Thank you for reading this far and I hope to hear from you!