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About me
Hello there, my name is Coach Chesster(Yes, an obvious Chess reference, which is, by far, my favorite game). I've been playing League of Legends since season one, I've experienced everything from full AP Yi one-shotting my entire team to Tryndamere mains spinning around with a needlessly large rod instead of a sword. You could say I've been there during all the important historical moments of the game. I've been at the top of the ladder in Season 6 (Going between high Diamond and Challenger, based on how much time I've had to invest). I've competed in various tournaments, even being able to win a number of them, before I decided to get myself into coaching.
Coaching
I started the entire coaching thing during season 7 when one of my friends asked if I wanted to help him get out of that Diamond 4 hell. Ever since then, I was having a consistent number of sessions on a weekly basis, with my network of people slowly increasing(One of them actually gave me the idea to advertise on Reddit, which I did eventually accept!) I've coached more than 700 individuals ever since I started and I can proudly say I've had more than 500 sessions this year alone! So, if you are looking for someone who is around for more than 5 days actually add me.
Some of my personal coaching achievements include
Getting a player from Silver 1 to Platinum in just 5 weeks
Getting D2 to Masters in 2 weeks
Bronze 1 to Diamond, yes, this one happened as well, though it took slightly more time
Helping Duo players on NA reach Gold(They were actually stuck in Bronze 2 prior!)
Creating a coach from hard-stuck D2 after he got GM
Community
In addition to my services, I am proud to present to you our Educational community, which is steadily growing on a daily basis. Aside from Coaching, it is an amazing place to connect with other people, find friends and talk about the game all of us love and enjoy. Various events are held on a weekly basis, from 1v1 tournaments to Team Contests, with nice rewards being given out! Hint, you might win a free session!
All of our coaches have been vetted and verified, being certain all of you guys get the best service available! Every single one has peaked at least Grandmaster, with a minimum of 250 Coaching Hours to their name.
Discord Community: CLICK HERE
- Upon joining, message me in order to have a Role assigned!
Prices?
Prices for my sessions are negotiable and I can guarantee, they fall onto the affordable part of the specter!
My coaching sessions are oriented and tailored to each student's specific needs, and they do cover everything from theory to live coaching, in-game mentality, etc.

I am selling my 3-year old Shopify store, specializing in highly branded Streetwear niche dropshipping. It has generated over $130k in revenue, most of it was in the first 1.5 yrs, when I was active. And with only 5k TOTAL adspend and minimal scaling efforts. The new owner could spend 5k in a month, and expect such returns of 100k/mo. I think by now i’ve established a good brand foundation & a proven marketing strategy to take this to the next level.
In the past 12mths, 75% of the revenue came from organic traffic due to my personal inactivity (reason I want to sell now). The store has untapped potential for optimization, with a strong social media presence of about 70k followers and various growth opportunities. It has 30-50% prof margins, and received over 200k site visitors, 1,600 orders, and has a responsive highly branded website optimized for mobile and Gen Z. It also has over 4,000 niched products. The backend operations are smooth, and shipping is within 1-2 weeks through a private agent.
Now the reason for selling is my pursuit of dream career of piloting and bach of aerospace engineering. Any flight school student & engineer would know the struggle, I barely have time to brush my teeth. The store has been running on organic traffic and sales lately, I have come to decide to sell it.
I also forgot to mention, I only accepted PayPal as the sole payment method in this store. Revenue could’ve easily 2x or 3x. (One of more reasons why I would want to sell this)
I'm ready to provide proof of everything I said, as well as a playbook to help the new owner take this store to the next level. Contact me to discuss further. (Only serious people please)

Hello everyone, a little backstory. I went to CBT therapy, and after I figured out my problems, like perfectionism, lack of respect for myself and so on, Mindfulness really helped me with intrusive thoughts. So it like drastically helped me and I am at a much better place right now. Though, now I hit another roadblock which cripples me.
I believe, the thing which haunts me is the lack of meaning in everything. If I were able to, I would slack off all day long playing games, watching youtube and so on. I believe, I had\have an addiction to video games, I could play Dota or other highly stimulating competetive games all day long, so I tapered it off in the past year. On my way to right now I relapsed a few times and binged for a week or two, though It seems I can right now get back on the track on my own, if I relapse, and live without gaming for months.
Though...my motivation is almost non-existing I do not even feel like I am depressed or suffer a lot, but I am afraid that my current way of living is not sustaintable and would lead to much bigger problems in 2-5 years from now. And the reason why I have no motivation, I believe, is because I feel no sense of meaning. I can understand logically that I should study and find a job and so on.
I was thinking about visiting ACT therapist, as mindfulness really helped me, though I am not sure it can help with it, as I practice mindfulness everyday, meditate and just try to be aware all day long in order to avoid cognitive pitfalls of self-deprecation and perfectionism. And not sure whether it is a good approach if my problems stem from gaming addiction (which stem from my childhood). And I am a bit biased against psychoanalysis due to all that Freudian stuff. Though, I can't claim I am 100% well versed in this regard.
Any general advice or further reading I can do? I love reading good books, so if you have any recommendations, much appreciated
Sorry if it's all jumbled, I am not a native speaker

I'm setting up an EKS cluster, and trying to figure out which direction to go with securing the cluster secrets. Developer experience is a priority for our team, as we will not have a dedicated ops team and want all developers to be comfortable doing at least basic DevOps work.
My prior experience with KMS encryption at another company has been better than my experience with sealed secrets and I saw more dev engagement with KMS. A key team member whom I respect greatly feels strongly that sealed secrets that can be stored (encrypted, of course) in a repository will provide a better experience to our developers. I also know my bad experience with sealed secrets was related in part to the individual implementation / implementors, so I am pretty open to the idea that my experiences might not be representative.
Any opinions or experiences to share that might shed light on whether AWS KMS or Bitnami sealed secrets is likely to provide a better developer experience?

About Me
Hey there, my name is Shelbion and I've been an avid League of Legends player for over a decade. In Season 4, I reached Challenger for the first time and even considered pursuing a professional career. However, after much reflection, I decided to pursue other challenges within the game itself.
Some of my notable achievements as a player include:

• Reaching Challenger on multiple positions.
• Participating and winning in numerous SR and 1v1 tournaments.
• Playing for various teams(Amateur and Semi-Professional).

Community
In addition to my experience as a Player, I am also the Founder of Noxus Coaching - a rapidly growing, educational community on Discord. Our community is a great place to find new friends to play with, have a good time, and most importantly, improve your skills.
We hold various events on a weekly basis, including 1v1 & 5v5 tournaments, meme contests, and more. There are plenty of rewards to be won, including free coaching sessions with me. To join our community, visit https://discord.gg/TuTZAeRbx5 and message me upon joining to receive your role.
Coaching
As a coach with over 6.500 hours of experience, I have a passion for helping others improve and reach their goals. By studying the techniques of renowned coaches such as LS and MagiFelix, I have developed my own unique coaching approach that has helped countless individuals and over 20 teams advance their competitive play across 5 different continents, including members of various College and University E-Sports Teams.
Some of my notable achievements include:

• Assisting a Diamond 2 player reach Challenger in just five weeks.
• Helping a Silver 2 player climb to Platinum in three weeks.
• Guiding a Diamond 3 player to Grandmaster in six weeks.

I am dedicated to continuously honing my skills and providing the best coaching experience possible to all of my clients, regardless of their rank or location.
How Does it Work?
We will schedule an initial Interview during which we can discuss your goals and I can provide a more detailed explanation of my coaching services. This interview will typically last for 3-5 minutes.
The First Session is designed to assess your current level of gameplay and identify areas for improvement. After conducting an analysis, I will create a Personalized Coaching Plan tailored to your specific needs. This plan will outline a series of sessions designed to maximize your improvement.
The Coaching Plan may include various session types, such as:

• Theory sessions: These sessions will cover key concepts such as wave management, vision, decision making, and more.
• Practical sessions: These sessions will either be VOD reviews or live games, and will be used to put theoretical knowledge into practice and analyze gameplay.
• Reviews: These sessions will occur periodically and will be used as checkpoints to track your progress and identify any additional areas for improvement.

All sessions will be personalized and created specifically for each student's needs. By following this plan, you can feel confident that you are taking the most effective steps to achieve your goals.
Personalized Support (Available 24/7)
In addition to the structured coaching sessions, I offer personalized support to my clients on a 24/7 basis. Whether you have a specific question or just want to debrief after a tough game, I am always available to help. Simply message me and I will respond as quickly as possible.
AvailabilityPricesPayments
I am able to cover any server and any timezone! Rates for both Private and Team coaching are negotiable. We will easily get the sessions to fit your budget and your needs. Payments are usually done through PayPal, however other forms of Payment such as Direct Transfer can be discussed.
Contact?
Main form of contact is Discord on which you can find me at Shelbion#8832
Feel free to message me either on Discord or through a Direct Message on Reddit and I will come back to you as quickly as possible.

Hi. I am 15 years old and recently discovered TF2. I love the characters, the Meet the Mercs videos, and the amazing content the community has made.
Of course, I have seen people play TF2 before on YouTube. So I decided to download it myself as well. How hard could it be?
If only I knew lol
I am so incredibly bad at the game it’s not even funny. I can’t aim for sh*t and when I was playing Medic, the Heavy had to put in chat when I had to Uber him because I was so awful with the timing. I got backstabbed by a spy 3 times in a row……. I don’t have much gaming experience, so of course I expected that I wouldn’t be too good. But damn bro…
Also I wonder if it was like this with everyone who first started?? Haha
So: if you have any tips, please share
TLDR: I suck absolute ass at the game so does anyone have tips?

So i can assume most if not a large majority people who install tints want something like dark from the outside clear from the inside type of thing. Well for me weirdly i want something so dark i can almost see. At day. I got three cars and my daily i only use to go to work and back in the day time. I live in oven hot country. Where cops don’t give a shit about tints in the summer time. I am not trying to get. I used to have a very dark tint. That helped me a lot in the day time but i took it off when winter came. Now summer is here. (Where can i buy shitty tint that reduce visibility and light??)

About Me
Hey there, my name is Shelbion and I've been an avid League of Legends player for over a decade. In Season 4, I reached Challenger for the first time and even considered pursuing a professional career. However, after much reflection, I decided to pursue other challenges within the game itself.
Some of my notable achievements as a player include:

• Reaching Challenger on multiple positions.
• Participating and winning in numerous SR and 1v1 tournaments.
• Playing for various teams(Amateur and Semi-Professional).

Community
In addition to my experience as a Player, I am also the Founder of Noxus Coaching - a rapidly growing, educational community on Discord. Our community is a great place to find new friends to play with, have a good time, and most importantly, improve your skills.
We hold various events on a weekly basis, including 1v1 & 5v5 tournaments, meme contests, and more. There are plenty of rewards to be won, including free coaching sessions with me. To join our community, visit https://discord.gg/TuTZAeRbx5 and message me upon joining to receive your role.
Coaching
As a coach with over 6.500 hours of experience, I have a passion for helping others improve and reach their goals. By studying the techniques of renowned coaches such as LS and MagiFelix, I have developed my own unique coaching approach that has helped countless individuals and over 20 teams advance their competitive play across 5 different continents, including members of various College and University E-Sports Teams.
Some of my notable achievements include:

• Assisting a Diamond 2 player reach Challenger in just five weeks.
• Helping a Silver 2 player climb to Platinum in three weeks.
• Guiding a Diamond 3 player to Grandmaster in six weeks.

I am dedicated to continuously honing my skills and providing the best coaching experience possible to all of my clients, regardless of their rank or location.
How Does it Work?
We will schedule an initial Interview during which we can discuss your goals and I can provide a more detailed explanation of my coaching services. This interview will typically last for 3-5 minutes.
The First Session is designed to assess your current level of gameplay and identify areas for improvement. After conducting an analysis, I will create a Personalized Coaching Plan tailored to your specific needs. This plan will outline a series of sessions designed to maximize your improvement.
The Coaching Plan may include various session types, such as:

• Theory sessions: These sessions will cover key concepts such as wave management, vision, decision making, and more.
• Practical sessions: These sessions will either be VOD reviews or live games, and will be used to put theoretical knowledge into practice and analyze gameplay.
• Reviews: These sessions will occur periodically and will be used as checkpoints to track your progress and identify any additional areas for improvement.

All sessions will be personalized and created specifically for each student's needs. By following this plan, you can feel confident that you are taking the most effective steps to achieve your goals.
Personalized Support (Available 24/7)
In addition to the structured coaching sessions, I offer personalized support to my clients on a 24/7 basis. Whether you have a specific question or just want to debrief after a tough game, I am always available to help. Simply message me and I will respond as quickly as possible.
AvailabilityPricesPayments
I am able to cover any server and any timezone! Rates for both Private and Team coaching are negotiable. We will easily get the sessions to fit your budget and your needs. Payments are usually done through PayPal, however other forms of Payment such as Direct Transfer can be discussed.
Contact?
Main form of contact is Discord on which you can find me at Shelbion#8832
Feel free to message me either on Discord or through a Direct Message on Reddit and I will come back to you as quickly as possible.

Hi All,
I am a US Citizen by birth and I recently got married. My spouse is in India and I am ready to apply for her. Based on what I read online, I need to submit form I-130 and she has to submit form I-130A. Is it better to apply online or through mail?
I'd appreciate it if someone can tell me what the process is and what supporting documents are needed. Also, I am seeing some people getting approval within 5-6 months and other getting approved after 12-15 months or more. I'm located in NJ if that helps with the location of the processing center.
Any other information will be greatly appreciated.
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TIA

I’m looking into buying deluxe & am wondering how the subscription is charged. It says $45/year but also $3.75/month and am curious if it’s a one time payment of $45 or if it can be charged the smaller fee each month. Thanks for the help!

Hey, I'm Moira.
Just looking for some other c words to be friends with. When I'm not binge watching my 600lb life you will find me in the great outdoors. Hiking, cycling, swimming, dogging... If it's in the wilderness, you can bet I'm into it. I'm also a big music lover. Some of my faves are Paramore, nirvana, Shy FX and shaggy. If you are unhinged and as desperately lonely as I am then let's chat.

I've been lonely lately and missed having someone that I can game with and shoot the shit with throughout the night. I love just hanging out on discord and playing or talking about our day. Some of my all time games are stardew valley, rimworld, apex, TFT, and don't starve. As long as it's multiplayer though I'm down to play anything! Right now I've been way to addicted to diablo 4.
Now I am also looking for a girl that doesn't mind some flirting. I figure I'd be upfront about so there aren't any confusions. I'd want us to feel comfortable roasting each other one sec and flirty the next.
A little about me. I work at a hospital so my schedule can be all over the place sometimes. In my space time I love to watch nba, play games, binge watch tv. I love listening to songs from the 90s and 2000s but l can listen to almost any genre. Oh and I love making really bad jokes or puns. Talk to me long enough and I'll make you eyeroll for sure Also age and location don't really matter to me. So if you're interested drop me a message

I realize that there is a market for these types of fun, distinctly American vehicles in the UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, etc.
I curate the sales of these types of vehicles on a regular basis and I am looking for a reliable partnegroup of partners located either Stateside or on the ground in the Middle East to offer these vehicles for sale.
Does anyone here already work in this industry, or can point me in the direction of discussing opportunities with those who are?

I have tried these five supplements so far:
- Marshmallow Root
-Slippery Elm
-Collagen Peptides
-Gut Assist
-Aloe Vera
Every one of these was tried separately and gave me a burning sensation in my stomach. I have had gastritis for a year now and am losing hope. I've read good things about all of these, so you can imagine my disappointment when it didn't even just not help - it made me worse.
Are there any other supplements out there?

Polo Ralph Lauren Green Cologne 40ml, sprayed a few times
A&F First Instinct Extreme 50ml, sprayed a few times
A&F Fierce Intense 50ml, sprayed a few times
Acqua Di Gio EDP 40ml, sprayed a few times
Prada Luna Rossa Extreme 50ml, can’t remember level. 50 or 60% I think.
I am looking for:
Acqua Di Gio Profondo any size
Prada L’Homme any size
Dolce & Gabanna Light Blue Sun any size
If you see something you like, message me and we’ll work something out. Thank you.
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We both hove chronic migraine. She fucking KNOWS how bad this is. We beth also have depression.
She’s cleaning the kitchen right now, and not even trying to be quiet about it.
If it were me, I would ren the tap very slow, and take the extra time to wait for the pan to fill up. I would cut the package with a pair of scissors to avoid making as much noise as possible. I wouldn’t CLEAN THE ENTIRE FUCKING KITCHEN when my stupid whore ass could choose ANY OTHER DAY to fucking clean it.
If it were me, I’d do whatever it took to awoid making noise. She’s not doing that. She doesn’t care. I keep telling her how much every single fucking sound she makes LITERALLY makes me wanna FUCKING KILL MYSELF and she KEEPS. FUKCING DOING IT
What the fuck? Be quiet or stop doing shit, you fat white bitch. Oh my shit.
“You have a migraine because you play video games all day. That’s all you do mith your life. Play wideo games. Stare at a screen, I guarantee you’ll get a migraine”
Excuese me? Cunt, you fucking KNOW i’m currently appliyng for a C.A.D.I waiver, S.S.I, county cash assistance, I have had 5 appointments this month so far, and have about 7 more to go until the month is up, I’m constantly making calls, filing paperwork, and on TOP of that, I have 10-15 headache days a month, a Functional Neurological Disorder, I’m AUTISTIC and cant handle noise on the BEST of days, severely depressed, just got ABANDONED by my FUCKING THERAPIST and need to find a new one, I am constantly misunderstood, misinterpreted, talked down to, condescended to, ignored, forgotten, talked shit about behind my fucking back, my boyfriend is stationed in Hawaii and I haven’t seen him in over a YEAR, I hate my body, I desperately want to work but I CANT until that FUCKING CADI WAIVER goes throug, ANNDD I’m on my fucking period.
Worthless.
Fucking.
Trash.
“You have a bedroom”
It’s full of shit right now. I can’t move any of it right nom because I HAVE A FURKING MIGRAINE.
It’s an Icepick headache. Aptly named, as they really do feel like an Icepick lobotomy. I fucking WISH i could be lobotomized.
My pulses feel like thunderclap headaches too. I wanna fucking die right now, and THIS CUNT who HAS my fucking conditions, who KNOWS what this shit is like, who fucking GVE me my conditions because of her shit genetics, has the fucking AUDACITY to tell me this ignorant, vile bullshit?
I don’t even have the fucking words.
Send cat pics, or pain meds. or a fucking guillotine. Take your bloody pick.

I've been binging Stormlight for the first time and recently finished Oathbringer. Originally I was planning on moving on to Rhythm of War right away, but some of the elements in the series I dislike most became more prominent during Oathbringer and the book disappointed me a fair bit. I was planning on at least finishing Stormlight Era 1, but now that I finished Oathbringer I'm not sure I should go through Rhythm of War, especially given the negative feedback it seems to have.
Some of the stuff I didn't enjoy in Oathbringer:

• Shallan. I find her portrayal of DID and repressed memories thus far to be extremely weak (in contrast to the rest of the mental illness portrayals which I think are ok to good). Shallan feels like a fanfic character, and though I am invested in her story, I haven't enjoyed her chapters in any book. I'm fine with the puns and I love Pattern, it's the ~everything else~ that's the problem. Especially the ever-evolving backstory, which seems to turn the serious condition of repressed memories into a way for convenient exposition at plot-relevant times.
  
• Flashbacks that take up too much time. I enjoyed young Dalinar, but there wasn't enough "there" to justify so many pages about it.
  
• Bad "adult" scenes. The scenes that featured politicians, diplomacy and meetings in Oathbringer were honestly embarassing to read. I saw a comment here about how it felt like 13 year olds playing soldier or dressing up in their parents' clothes, and I couldn't agree more. A meeting devolved into chaos and Navani or Jasnah fixed it by going "Azish people, you like bureocracy right? Wanna do the paperwork for the coalition? And Thaylens you're good at merchants, want to take care of that?". Do they get better in RoW, do they happen less frequently, or is it always this bad?
  
• The young adult vibe. Honestly at first I bought Stormlight as epic fantasy, it even got very dark with the concept of bridgemen (I don't necessarily want dark fantasy, just adult fantasy). The history behind the Listeners and all of the dilemmas and tricky philosophical questions that could come from the early conflicts were very intriguing. But halfway through WoR and now in Oathbringer I feel like I'm reading a shonen manga turned novel. Love triangles, a focus on "anime powers-ups", a very whiney and angsty main cast, a relatively simplistic "good vs evil" dynamic with a main villain literally called Odium (Odio means hate in Portuguese and Spanish). It's like they side-stepped all of the interesting questions, the oaths all end up being basic kindergarten platitudes. "I'll protect the weak!" isn't exactly a ground-breaking principle, having 3 different versions of that as the Windrunner oaths together with "carpe diem" as the first oath feels sort of silly. Which leads me to...
  
• Everyone is just so damn mopey in Oathbringer. I can enjoy a story about characters with mental illnesses or vices (Teft and his drug addiction is an interesting thing to explore), but when 90% of the cast is always whining and being sour it's just not a very engaging read. Yeah ok realistic but how much of that gets exposed to the reader is the author's prerogative, and also when the characters go through their arcs. It's usually repetitive whining too, at least evolve a little so it doesn't feel like padding. The one bright spot is Adolin, but he seems to be taking a back scene for anything that actually matters plot-wise.
  
• The "hard magic system" is a bit of a lie. Yes, it's layed out as if it was physics, but new rules and features get pulled out of thin air whenever a main character needs an anime power-up. It doesn't help that much of it is either in other books or not revealed at all yet, so the old idea of "you need to know what to expect from characters so things don't feel like ass pulls" doesn't really apply. There's just such a massive amount of lore and orders and tiers of gods and shards and other random magical details, that essentially anything can happen and be justified in retrospect with new details. Like Dalinar creating a perpendicularity to bring the cast from Shadesmar, how convenient that whole sequence was.
  
• The sheer volume of lore and world building is also overwhelming to the point where I'm frequently glossing over stuff. I'm not into the interludes that only serve to introduce a random island that might be relevant 2 books later. I'm also not into the times where the text just throws a bunch of new words at you without explaining what any of it means, and hope you remember it when it comes up 600 pages later. I'm invested in characters, relationships, ideologies, cultures. I'm interested in seeing how a character like Jasnah or Dalinar handles hard questions, or how Kaladin's relationship with his family and friends evolve as his powers grow. I'm not invested in memorizing lore like it's a wiki article, shard of adonalsium this, investiture that, give me a break. It feels self-indulgent - it's a book, not a tabletop RPG module. (Incidentally, this is also why I'm not that big of a fan of the foreshadowing in this series. There's just such an insane amount of details given and also so much still unknown about the lore, that it's not easy to understand what matters and what doesn't.)
  
• In Oathbringer, Roshar started to feel very disconnected, like it's not one world and more a collection of place descriptions. The characters having these crazy powers and being able to teleport between far-away places doesn't help, but this didn't happen in the first book. The first book talked about how culture evolved from one town to the next, how trade routes shaped cities like Carbranth in relation to the places around it, and how it all changed due to the shift to the Shattered Plains. Now it's just "Thaylen is the merchant city, Azir is the lawyer city and they have neighbour problems". As the scale of the conflict grows, I'm worried this becomes more of an issue - with characters jumping between Shadesmar and possibly the spiritual realm or other planets in the future.
  

I really enjoyed The Way of Kings and Words of Radiance, and I'm fond of the characters and want to see the story through. But Oathbringer really shat on my cereal and honestly even the Sanderlanche wasn't that worth it (the big W is the enemy retreating? ok lol). From my reaction to Oathbringer, will I also dislike Rhythm of War? These books are really long, it's a big time investment

So I don’t know if this is more of a sign of depression or not, but I reckon it’s connected to my lack of empathy so I’ll post it here.
So I’ve noticed that I don’t have the same depth in emotions as other do most of the times. I rarely stress about things, and I often have an indifference towards negative consequences directed at me. If I get fired from work for example, I’ll have basically little to no reaction, but others around me expect me to have some form of life altering revelation about how I need to change my ways. It’s annoying to try to fit in, because if I don’t, I come across as nonchalant, which many have pointed out I am, which I can almost agree with.
But when I actually feel intense emotions such as stress, anger and annoyance, it manifests as explosive aggression, which may lead me to insult, mock and yell at people, but also throw and destroy things, slam doors, etc. and it’s very short lived and after the “episode” I’ll return to my neutral zombie state.
It’s not very fun to feel this way. It’s basically like seeing emotions in black and white instead of a broad spectrum of colors.

Author's Note: This story is long. I'm sorry. It really deserves to be told exactly as it happened and therefore, I am forced into murdering brevity. I hope that in time you'll forgive me.
I'm going to tell y'all another stupid story. I should warn you that this one isn't really a comedy, despite being set in a RadioShack.
A few months after Cocaine-Kevin took off for Brazil in pursuit of true love, we got a new transfer employee. We came to call him 'Aikedo-Kevin' (I'm adding the -Kevin because this is a subreddit about Kevins.)
We called him 'Aikedo' because we met him before the final act of the following chain of events took place and afterwards we just didn't have the motivation to attach anything else to him.
When I replay what happened in my head, it astounds me that this took place at all. I mean, we had our fair share of Kevins at RadioShack. There was Cocaine-Kevin, (whom you've previously met.) Crazy-Kevin, 'TP' Kevin, Kevin the Customer, and Kevin the Destroyer. Every one of these people occupy space in my brain for various reasons, but out of all these Kevins, Aikedo-Kevin is the most memorable. And not for the reason you'd most expect.
As if he represented the cosmic opposite to the Kevin he was replacing, this new Kevin came across as competent. He was older and well-kept. He didn't smell at all like sun-dried squirrel and rather than being cartoonishly fat, he was worryingly thin. He looked surprisingly normal for a RadioShack employee; completely trustworthy, certainly like the guy you'd confidently go to to get your Questions Answered.
Looking at him, I would never have believed in a million years that he would be the most profligate serial liar that I've ever had the misfortune to meet.
I know that I should start this tale at the beginning; with the story of how he got his name, but I really don't have the space, so instead we'll just rollercoaster through this cascade of events much like I did originally.
Almost from the moment Kevin showed up, things got real weird, real fast. He lasted for about six months with us, but they were unforgettable. It started with Kevin telling us that he was a 'triple-stripe; dragon-class' black belt in aikedo. Then he told us that he met Kiss back in the 70's and they invited him back to their hotel to party. Then the lies got egregious. He was late because there was a riot at Publix. Someone else ate the food that I had clearly marked and labelled in the back fridge. His dad was in the CIA and helped plan Vietnam with Henry Kissinger. He didn't know why the drawer was short $5.34. He was allergic to fruit. The list was long and got progressively weirder as the weeks went by, but it was generally innocuous; innocent.
But then he fucked up. He told a lie about NASA. Guys, this was a RadioShack. We were all nerds of various stripes, with varying areas of scientific interest and knowledge. There was NO possibility in any universe that one could just traipse into my RadioShack and successfully lie about NASA. Especially this particular lie. There was even less of a possibility that upon hearing such a lie spoken, any of us RadioShack employees would let it go unchallenged.
Ok, now that all the foreshadowing is out of the way, let me get down to the meat. I mean, that's why you're still here, right?
This chain of events spanned three days and it began in the way these things always do; somewhat accidentally.
DAY 1: THE NASA PROVOCATION
It was a normal Florida afternoon for everyone who didn't work at my store. As usual, I came in on second (closing) shift. I was taking over from Kevin, who'd just returned from his vacation. The drawer was missing $5.34. Again? Wtf? He 'fixed' it while I was in the back re-counting it. Okay. $5.34? This is so weird. I have to report this shit.
While waiting for his wife to pick him up, Kevin told me that he and his family had had a blast in Cape Canaveral. That he was able to take his son into the 'anti-gravity chamber' at NASA. He went into great detail about how they 'flew around in the tunnel.'
Now, y'all... I'm not an idiot. I very well know how NASA trains their astronauts in Zero-G. Fuck it, I'll bite.
"Uh, Kevin, they use planes to simulate zero-gravity. What are you talking about?"
He shook his head conspiratorially and said, "No, they have secret pods. There's two. One in Huntsville, Alabama, and one at Cape Canaveral. It's top-secret. I have a friend."
I stood there transfixed as Kevin embellished his experiences at NASA a bit more, making sure I knew how cool it was that his kids got to meet all the astronauts and how big the pod really was (almost as big as the Pentagon) until his wife finally showed up and they left.
I think I took a minute before going back inside. I had to call Frank (our store manager) to report the drawer discrepancy. And if I'm being honest, I also wanted to inform him of NASA's Pentagon-sized secret. We were all getting sick of Kevin's fibs, but nobody had really said anything to him yet and I knew Frank was a huge NASA fan. Repeating to him what Kevin had said was tantamount to lighting off firecrackers at a funeral, and at that age, I just wanted to watch the world burn.
Frank answered on the first ring, as I knew he would if the store was calling him.
"Heeeyyyyy, Frank. So. My drawer was short $5.34 again. Kevin somehow fixed it. He also went to the, uh, secret anti-gravity pod at NASA while he was at Cape Canaveral."
Frank laughed. There was a long pause. Then he snarled.
"What? Your drawer was short?! I'm DONE with this!" Frank hung up. I looked down at the phone. Dang. Frank is a terrible force for truth in the universe. I knew this from painful personal experience.
DAY 2: KEVIN'S LAST LIE
I got a call at 5 am to come in early; that Kevin couldn't open. Whatever. More money for me. I rolled out of bed.
When I got there, Frank was behind the counter pacing and literally purple. I've never seen a human being that color before. He looked like an engorged eggplant preparing for a Kanly duel.
I was putting my stuff away in the back when Frank stomped in behind me. He was hollering about gravity and idiots and I realized immediately that Kevin was in major, major trouble.
A frission tickled its way through my central nervous system. Fear or anticipation? Uncertain. Frank could be terrifying. Alternately, Frank could be compassionate. Frank was a real street-dude; a living tragedy-to-triumph, rags-to-riches kind of guy. He was also a VERY understanding boss. He basically only had three rules: 'Don't fuckin' steal,' 'Don't bring your personal fuckery to the store,' and, most importantly, 'Don't EVER fuckin' LIE to me.'
Those are exact quotes and he lived up to them. I know this. And now you all know this too. Kevin should have known this, but Kevin lived life on the edge.
In the backroom, I squared my shoulders and pretended to be uninterested while watching Frank's face pulse with incandescent rage.
"What's up?" I ventured, trying to hide my curiosity.
Frank exploded like something you shouldn't microwave. His purple face rippled as he tried to roll his eyes and snort simultaneously. He looked for all the world like an indignant water buffalo. Which is funny really. See, big game hunters will tell you that despite looking slow and stupid, the water buffalo is one of the most dangerous animals on Earth. African buffalo will lay traps. They will actually double back to lie in wait to hunt their hunter. And, much like the animal he resembled, Frank too was dangerous and known for his traps.
He smiled at me ferally.
"Kevin called out this morning. Apparently his cousin the St. Petersburg cop got shot last night in a drug raid."
"What does that have to do with NASA?" I said stupidly.
Frank stared at me like I was the only Red Gal in the Blue Man Group.
"I busted Kevin last night for theft." Frank said slowly, with that owlish look he saved for especially thick customers.
Okaaaay "But, what does tha-" I stopped, the light bulb over my head starting to flicker.
"Oh." I said.
Frank was still staring at me, perhaps waiting for my brain to finish its loading sequence. Accurately concluding that I was operating somewhat below dial-up speed, he sighed impatiently and continued.
"My wife called the hospital just now. They don't have anyone by the name of (Kevin's cousin's name) on file there. She called two other hospitals just to be sure."
I just looked at him blankly. "Waaaait. what?!" My mental bulb finally snapped on and flared brightly. Oh shiiit. My brain is furiously connecting dots. Did he lie to get un-caught for thieving? Is that a even a thing? Wtf?
Frank nodded grimly and picked up the phone. He dialed Kevin's number.
Unfortunately for this story, I had a customer walk in right then and therefore didn't hear what was said. Customers can be the most annoying things in the world sometimes. This one probably wasn't, but I don't remember because all I could think about was Kevin's career suicide. It seemed like an eternity passed before I was able to rejoin Frank in his investigation.
In the time I was away, Frank had learned two things: the first thing being that no cops had been shot according to the news, (which Kevin countered by claiming that the news wouldn't report a cop being shot in an on-going investigation,) and the second thing being that no hospital in the tri-county area had admitted anyone matching his cousin's name, (which Kevin dismissed by saying that secrecy was standard operating procedure in a 'Full Blackout' situation and that it's all put in place to protect a wounded cop's identity.
It was a testament to Frank's determination that he was able to do all this so quickly. Especially since this all happened back in the 90's before the sum of human knowledge was only a smartphone click away.
This inanity went on for my entire shift. Frank sending his wife to check out hospitals while he alternately called the local newspapers, TV stations, and Kevin.
Frank was terrifying in his pursuit of truth and I have to admit, it was a thing of beauty to watch him put his case together. Perry Mason be damned; Frank was on an investigative roll. But no matter what he learned, when he called Kevin, Kevin had an answer to it. A detailed answer. He went into specifics about how the bullet (9mm) hit his cousin's vest and richocheted off of a rib. He explained how it was a 'cartel case,' and everything has to be kept hush-hush. It was quite entertaining, if schadenfreude is your thing. It's not mine. I can't really explain how uncomfortable the whole thing made me feel. Like chewing on cotton. There's no way Kevin keeps his job. Kevin has the survival skills of a suicide bomber and the critical thinking skills of a cabbage. It was plain as day that Kevin was a drowning man grasping desperately for an anchor.
Finally, my shift ended and I went home mentally exhausted on Kevin's behalf.
As I left, I could see Frank behind the counter, still on the phone, hyper-focused, and absolutely intent upon some mission objective that I apparently wasn't cleared for. He told me just to be ready to close the next day.
DAY 3: THE GREAT DENOUEMENT
I woke up haunted with the strange certain knowledge that disaster was nigh. Maybe it was the same instinct that allows animals to sense an earthquake before it strikes. I really don't know. I felt both uncomfortable and giddy as I readied myself for work.
When I pulled into the RadioShack, I saw that Frank's Jeep was there. So was Frank's wife's SUV. Kevin's car was nowhere to be seen.
Oh boy... this was not a good sign. I parked and went in. Immediately I could see Frank, his wife, and the employee who had opened huddled furtively together behind the counter. No customers in sight.
Excellent, I thought. Maybe I'll finally get some Answers. This IS a RadioShack, after all, right?
As I counted in my drawer, the preliminary results of Frank's investigation poured out: allegedly Kevin had been taking money from the drawer to get McDonalds for lunch. The amount ($5.34) matched perfectly with the meal Kevin was observed eating each day that he worked. No one knew why he did this. He very obviously brought his lunch in from home every morning.
Frank was a-twitter with anticipatory fury as he spoke. After the conversation he'd had with Frank the previous night, Kevin had slyly switched shifts with another employee to avoid having to open and therefore face Frank. Which, of course, had jacked Frank's temper over from red to plaid. Kevin daring to dodge him like this was simply the last straw, and he had decided he was going to fire Kevin. ...Except, despite trying all morning, he hadn't managed to actually reach Kevin to give him the news.
Frank being Frank, this had in no way deterred him. He had simply looked in Kevin's employee file and called the emergency contact. By the time I walked in, the proverbial shit had hit the fan and was well on its ballistic arc towards us in the form of Kevin's wife.
Yall. It's really important for this story that you have a mental picture of Kevin's wife. Essential, even.
Do y'all remember that 90's song 'All Star' by that band Smashmouth? Remember the lead singer? If you don't, it's okay. Just picture Guy Fieri instead. Now picture Guy Fieri/the Smashmouth dude dressed up as Xena: Warrior Princess. That's what she looked like. She was enormous. Not necessarily fat, but big. I bet she could crush a watermelon with her thighs, easy. (That's really a thing, by the way. You should probably Google it. Fuck it, here ya go )
Anyway, 'Xena' was surprised to hear that Kevin wasn't at work. She was even more stunned by what Frank had to say.
At roughly the same time this phone conversation was taking place at the RadioShack, another, weirder conversation was taking place in person across town. Out of exasperation, and to out-manuever Kevin completely, Frank had finally just sent his wife down to the police station...
...which went something like this: she walked in, and asked if any cops had been shot recently. I imagine there was a pregnant pause at the reception desk while it was hurriedly determined whether or not she was a threat or a crazy person. She asked again and was told that no, no one had been shot recently. She then asked to speak with Officer (Kevin's Cousin's Name) and lo and behold! he happened to be walking by at that exact moment, un-wounded, ambulatory, and utterly confused as to why anybody thought he'd been shot in the first place.
Perched behind the counter in the RadioShack, listening to Frank and his wife list the steps they had taken and the results of taking said steps, I actually felt kind of bad for Kevin. I mean, why would he do this?
Why would anyone make up such a ridiculous lie? What did he have to gain? And most mysteriously, why was he stealing to buy lunch when he brought his own lunch in? The whole thing was steeped in bizarre absurdity and I was beginning to lose perspective of the situation when the door-chime dinged and Kevin walked contritely into the store, followed by his strapping virago of a wife.
Y'all. Holy shit. I don't think that I will be able to properly describe what followed but I will do my best.
When I was a kid, there was a cartoon I saw once. Maybe it was part of a Disney movie, maybe a Bugs Bunny short, I don't really remember. But in it, a ginormous nanny-type woman drags a teensy man into a room by his ear to force him to apologize for something.
That's almost exactly what happened. Xena frog-marched Kevin into the RadioShack and made him apologize for stealing. She literally made him hand over an envelope with $600 in it. (The amount Frank calculated Kevin had stolen over six months.) And then she berated him for breaking the diet she had set for him.
I'm going to say that again. He broke the diet she had set for him. This ... veritable Amazon of a woman had set a caloric limit for this dude who was already so skinny that he could likely crawl through the holes in a chain-link fence. All of a sudden, it all made sense. All of it. Kevin was emasculated, hence the lies. Kevin was desperate and fucking starving, so he stole to feed himself. I was wrestling with my new-found understanding of all things Kevin when she told us the envelope was all of his 'allowance' money. At this point, I was entirely speechless. I could only gape witlessly at her.
Stealing a glance back at Frank, I could tell he was going through the very same emotional turmoil as I was.
In the uncomfortable silence, Kevin handed over his keys and mumbled something about it being great working with us and then they left.
With the possible exception of the first time I saw the cemetary scene in Steel Magnolias, I have never gone from one emotional extreme to the other so quickly. Where I had been affronted by his actions only minutes earlier, now I felt unimaginable regret and I could tell Frank felt the same way. Frank had held back from revealing that he'd had his wife visit the police station and he never even brought it up. He looked deflated; all the energy and momentum of the chase gone, replaced by utter shock and remorse.
Y'all, I bet you thought this story was going to have a happy ending. Or at least a funny one. I'm sorry to disappoint you. No happy ending here, just a cloudy moral lesson.
Kevin was fired and we never saw him again, though I insisted that Frank's wife go back down to the police station and tell Kevin's cousin everything we'd seen and heard. I felt that I owed him that much, being responsible for the initial phone call that had set everything in motion.
Yes, Frank and I learned much and more that day. That experience changed something in me. I'd like to think I'm a better person now.
Oh, I still laugh at Kevins, but I don't assume anything anymore. Oh, no. I've learned that everyone has a truth to tell, even if it comes swaddled in lies.

Unfortunately, u/BraveBreakfast decided to leave reddit and discord permanently. This is very upsetting news to me and a lot of people in the community. When I first joined Reddit, I was active here and on LGBTEgypt. I deliberately didn’t join Egypt because I thought it’s going to be another homophobic Egyptian space. When Egypt announced their Trans Awareness Talk, I was surprised. It’s pretty unlikely for a big egyptian centered space to organize an educational talk about anything related to the Lgbtq+ community.
Since then, there have been multiple collaborations between us. It was Brave who I contacted to add LGBTEgypt to their related communities section. Previously, u/ConfusedHamlet was the one who contacted Brave to add ExEgypt into the Egypt’s related communities.
If you have wondered how a lot of times Egypt was very progressive, it was because of him. He was the reason why Egypt seemed like such a progressive community for a lot of people.
Last year during Pride Month, Brave was the one who created the controversial Pride Banner. If you want to know more about it, you can read the post on SubredditDrama https://www.reddit.com/SubredditDrama/comments/v4n1v9/regypt_posted_gay_pride_community_responded_with/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1 And although there’s a widespread belief that the Egypt moderation team chickened out and removed it, Brave was the only one to stand his ground. He was obviously outnumbered! (Maybe there was someone else but that person is no longer a moderator as well).
This year I posted a graphic to celebrate Pride on Egypt. Brave immediately pinned it and changed the banner to include that graphic as well. As expected and similar to last year, the other moderators removed it. Throughout the last couple of months as moderator on both ExEgypt and LGBTEgypt, Brave and I have been in contact multiple times. We organized a watch party of The Square. He would always ask me what could Egypt do to make minorities in Egypt (e.g. LGBTQ people, atheists and other minorities) feel included in the Egypt subreddit. The Trans Awareness Talk was a start of many ideas we had to foster good discussions and good relationships across all 3 subreddits.
Brave told me that he wanted Egypt to be a place of acceptance and inclusion for ALL Egyptians. That includes marginalized minorities as well. But as you all might have imagined, being abused by fellow moderators and having bans (for homophobes) reversed among other things can take a toll on one’s mental health and effort to instill change in the community. These were Brave’s last words to me, “I am afraid I have done all what I could do in order to foster safe, civil and friendly communities.”
This is not the first time we have all seen good people who put real effort to create change be beaten down by our toxic society. No wonder most of us leave or are trying to. Brave always went above and beyond for people like me. I used to tell multiple people that he’s literally an angel. I'm sure he’s not going to see this, but it’s worth noting that in the middle of such a toxic society, he gave me hope that there are good people and they are always working to do good things. I’m known to always put a lot of effort into the community to make it a better place, and Brave was the same. It’s a blow to my heart for him to leave. We all took the energy to do the work in our communities from each other and seeing someone go definitively affects my will to continue my efforts.
I’m asking people to not lose hope though! Things change when people like us put the effort and energy to do so. We will continue to do so!
Good things are coming to the community here, so stay tuned!