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I've had doubts about my gender...plenty of times. Somewhere in my teens I was convinced I was actually a homosexual male. It was fun and interesting to explore my gender and sexual identity, which is why I fully believe in nonbinary genders despite identifying as a cisgendered bisexual female (although I've been attracted to nonbinary people so I guess that makes me pansexual, but whatevs).
 
My dad is a very, very homophobic person. He cannot stand homosexuals (and does not know about my sexual preferences obviously). But recently he got a new worker at his shop - she used to be Victor but now goes by Victoria and prefers female pronouns. Surprisingly, my father has not only TOTALLY respected her pronouns but has insisted to people that Victoria was "born in the wrong body" and is actually female despite what her birth-assigned gender says she should be in society.
 
So there is hope! My only qualm is that people tend to lump homosexuality and non-binary gender issues as one, which they can be...but they are not necessarily so.
 
ETA: After kissing a girl at a bar and making our way to another party, a drunk frat bro plopped down next to me on a couch. "Hey, were you at (bar name) just now?" I nodded and expected the worst. He then said: "I don't mean to be heteronormative, and if it's not an insulting question, I just wanted to know what you identify as. Like, a cisgendered homosexual female or...?"
 
That may have been the best pick up line ever.

I've had doubts about my gender...plenty of times. Somewhere in my teens I was convinced I was actually a homosexual male. It was fun and interesting to explore my gender and sexual identity, which is why I fully believe in nonbinary genders despite identifying as a cisgendered bisexual female (although I've been attracted to nonbinary people so I guess that makes me pansexual, but whatevs).
 
My dad is a very, very homophobic person. He cannot stand homosexuals (and does not know about my sexual preferences obviously). But recently he got a new worker at his shop - she used to be Victor but now goes by Victoria and prefers female pronouns. Surprisingly, my father has not only TOTALLY respected her pronouns but has insisted to people that Victoria was "born in the wrong body" and is actually female despite what her birth-assigned gender says she should be in society.
 
So there is hope! My only qualm is that people tend to lump homosexuality and non-binary gender issues as one, which they can be...but they are not necessarily so.
 
ETA: After kissing a girl at a bar and making our way to another party, a drunk frat bro plopped down next to me on a couch. "Hey, were you at (bar name) just now?" I nodded and expected the worst. He then said: "I don't mean to be heteronormative, and if it's not an insulting question, I just wanted to know what you identify as. Like, a cisgendered homosexual female or...?"
 
That may have been the best pick up line ever.

Personally, I am not very fond of the distribution of the prizes. The prizes themselves are quite good in my opinion, especially since I didn't expect anything great (after all, it was only a simple puzzle), but the fact that it was more profitable to answer earlier (albeit incorrectly) than to answer correctly, but on the last day, left me dumbfounded. I think that those who failed to solve the puzzle should not have received anything but the participation prize.

I never watched the previous generations of MLP as a kid and have only watched the current generation, i.e. G4 also known as MLP:FiM. When I started watching the show some years ago, if my memory isn't tricking me here, I saw it on TV and had no better thing to do and thought, ''ugh, another Barbie-like show...'' but then, wow, I liked it and have been hooked ever since! The shows characters are very well developed, they got depth, the voice acting is amazing, the animation that's done in flash is flawless, the music is wonderful, I love it! At first one would think that a MLP cartoon would be poorly done and just one long commercial made into a TV series, but no, MLP:FiM is something more. It teaches values that are good for children and are a good reminder to us adults that we should be more accepting, open-minded and that we should care more about each other. The team behind MLP:FiM has really outdone themselves with this cartoon, I mean, flash animation is a cheap medium to animate with and the characters are mostly the same model used for every single pony, but still they managed to give each character unique animations, a very distinct personality, a good background story, etc. . The community is also awesome. Bronies around the world come together and create amazing art, music and animations, they do fundraisings for charities,... they have really developed a community unlike anything else I've seen before.

For someone that has never watched the show I suppose some good introductory episodes would be ''Lesson Zero'' and maybe ''Wonderbolts Academy'', they really portray some of these things that make this show unique and appealing to adults. The comics would also be a great start, they're somewhat darker than the TV series, but a lot of fun! :D Also, if you're really wondering why the show is so popular, here's a good article on the subject in Round Stable, a webpage featuring news, articles and reviews about MLP:FiM made by bronies. ;)

For me the show is appealing in every single aspect: the characters are fun and relatable, the animation is bright and aesthetically appealing, I enjoy listening to the music and the remixes made by the fans,... the storyline is very entertaining. I'm a true Brony, I embrace being it, but I don't force people to watch the show and I respect that not everyone might like the franchise, but I do think that many people out there would think about MLP:FiM and us bronies differently if they took the time to watch the show and/or interact with us fans. :) I'm a fan of many things and I'm part of many communities, among other things I'm a nerd, an otaku, a brony, a gamer... I'm also part of the GLTBQ+ community (I've already mentioned once on this forum that I'm pansexual) and I truly want this world to become a better place; a world in which everyone, regardless of gender, race, believes, interests, etc. should be able to live in together in peace and harmony. For me, MLP:FiM is a good representation of these values, that even though everyone is different, if we put in a little effort we can make this place a better world, we can strengthen our communities, live in harmony with one another and all be happy with our lives. I fail to see who I harm for liking MLP:FiM, who I harm for being an adult male that plays Neopets, who I harm for being pansexual and believe that everyone has the right to live in peace and be treated equally. Well, I actually do understand why so many people hate us: it's all these outdated social norms and believes that everyone who doesn't fit into what's considered ''normal'' during a certain time in a certain place must be insane or a danger to society. That's really sad and it's the very reason why so many people face prejudice in their everyday lives, that they're even discriminated to the point that many consider suicide as the best way out and some even go ahead and kill themselves. It's so very depressing that so many persons just doesn't seem able to accept that, hey, everyone is different and that isn't a bad thing! Some people like the colour blue, others the colour red, others like to wake up early while others like to stay up all night, some like pop music while others like rock music... I could go on and on with examples and my point would always be the same: being different, liking things that others don't like is as little harmful as liking the colour red while your best friend or neighbour might like the colours blue and black. ;)

/haha I can really relate to that (that they treated it like a joke although they really had a genuine interest for the show), although I don't have any friends that are bronies. My best friend joke with me about how I like MLP:FiM sometimes showing me memes or videos that are simply hilarious that are actually made by bronies as ''inside jokes''. Most dudes (and I suppose many girls too) like to joke about their interests, we can joke about anything, it's simply our way to approach these things, even more so if what you like is something you could be made fun of. It's always better to be able to laugh at oneself than to be dragged down by hurtful comments from other people. Even my mom joke with me about it, but she does accept that I like the show and she even sympathize with Twilight Sparkle after showing her some videos. :P The show is truly engaging, the characters are fun and you can just sit back and relax while watching these colourful ponies and their antics. One thing I think is so great about MLP:FiM is to see many of the winks to us bronies from the animators and writers of the show; they're just brilliant! :D They really manage to put a smile on my face with their hilarious references and jokes... like dedicating a character to Weird Al Yankovic, having John de Lanice voice one of the villains, having Slendermane (Slenderman) appear in the background of one episode,... and that's fantastic taking into account that this show could just have been a dull attempt at reviving a toyline from the 80's that pretty much none of us guys would have liked to watch (or even dared to watch) if it weren't for the brilliant work of the staff behind MLP:FiM. :P

I decided to look up that documentary and watch it (here's a link), it was quite good, maybe a bit old (from 2012), but sure fun to see some notorious faces within the community when they first started out. :P There's another documentary that is more recent that you can watch here (although I haven't watched it yet) and are about to have a second part released soon. I was gonna watch it once I catched up with my backlog of viewing material, lol but I think that I might watch it later today instead of putting it back to my endless ''watch later'' list on youtube.

Well, that was a long post. I hope I could make some of you understand why we bronies like MLP:FiM so much. :)

Love and tolerance, fellow Neopians and Bronies! /)

No offense,but I honestly am against the idea of paperclip trading.
My reasons are:
1.You're trying to trade something that is worth 1 np for something that is like worth more than 1 million times its price with no work involved.
2.There are thousands of people who work hard and save up for their goals while somebody else managed to trade a jelly for a stealthy PB in 5 days.
3.Its plain unfair.
There are my reasons,now if you do a paperclip trade I have nothing against you,but honestly I think you should work towards your goals :/

I agree that strength and defense matter just as much as HP. I recently hit a higher defense boost and you can really see the difference.

I've been offering on a few of the Greater Healing Scrolls in the TP but I guess I haven't been lucky enough to nab one. And I'll definitely look into the other weapon suggestions and keep up training :)
 
ETA: GOT ONE! And I couldn't love it more, it's such a great little scroll.

I agree that strength and defense matter just as much as HP. I recently hit a higher defense boost and you can really see the difference.

Phew, had no internet connection for nearly the whole week, but now I'm back and my head is aching too >< But thanks to all the help from this post, my grid is looking very nice! Yay for TDNF! :)
 
"The guild that climbed the palace walls committed the theft sometime after the Wedding Ring was stolen."
 
Assuming midnight is the first time, the guild that climbed the walls didn't do it at midnight... Right? :mellow:

I live in the southwestern side of the US and I always see signs for Menudo! I know whats in it and thats why I'm afraid to try it.. but it it does look good!

So this means the Illuminated Manuscript was stolen using invisibility, since we know bribing the guard was used to steal Pocket Chess. Reference : clue 1 
CLUE:
The Illuminated Menuscript was either stolen using invisibility or by bribing a guard.

Yeah, definitely consider allergies! There's nut, dairy (ie chocolate chips), and gluten - but of the three, nut is the most severe. So if you're making things from a mix make note of any nuts in the ingredients. Sometimes people with these allergies are good about asking but usually they'll just act like they don't want any until you go "they're nut-free!"
 
My best friend is lactose intolerant (severely so) and has Celiac disease, so I always make at least one batch of something she can safely eat.

That's how I interpreted it, assuming midnight is the earliest time.

Mouseykins here, on location in Altador and not in a holding cell! Mighty came back a few days ago with some delightful news. It took him a little longer to return this time than we had anticipated. Once he got to The Daily Neopets Coverage Headquarters, Jerry was there talking to one of the head guards about my release.

Seeing as how the Altador Cup has been over for several weeks now, Jerry was petitioning to have me released. After several days of negotiations with the guards, he had a solution to my problem. This comes as a bit of a surprise to me; I was almost certain I would have to break some major laws and have to go into hiding in order to get out of here. Thankfully this was not the case!

Before I divulge this information I want to reveal what would have been my escape plan. While Mighty was gone I heard the guards discussing what to do with me. I overheard their plan to move me to a different location at the end of the week. The guards would be armed, but only three of them would be escorting me. After some careful consideration I decided that this would be the best time to make my escape. They would be caught unaware and I'm sure I could overpower them enough to get away and hide somewhere. Mighty would be hiding in my pocket and once I had gotten away and was in a safe place, he would go back to Jerry and arrange for me to be picked up and taken to a secured, hidden location where I would be safe. This plan had many variables and I wasn't feeling all that confident in its success, but at the time it was my only option and I had to stay positive that it would work and I would be free.

Upon Mighty's return he filled me in on the solution Jerry had made. In order to get released, I will have to pay for my crimes against the two guards. I guess the guards were some tough bargainers and my freedom is really going to cost me - 8 million Neopoints to be exact. While making this deal, Jerry knew how much I could afford and that 8 million was cutting it close to my account's total balance. I was shocked but thankful! I could buy my freedom and not have to break any more laws and upset the guards anymore than I already had.

A couple hours after Mighty returned to me and revealed the plan, the head guard came to discuss the matter with me. He said I would be released the next day as soon as the 8 million Neopoints were transferred to the Altador Colosseum Security Account. Once the funds were there, I would be escorted upstairs to Coverage Headquarters where Jerry would be waiting for me. The guard also stressed that I will not be allowed back in Altador without being escorted by a guard at all times. This could make future interviews a little challenging, but right now all I cared about was being free and able to go home.

As soon as the head guard had confirmation that I had paid my fine, he and two other guards escorted me upstairs. Mighty hid in my pocket so he could come with me. It seems I've made quite a good friend in this little Mootix. Jerry greeted me and assured the guards that we would be leaving Altador at the end of the day. A single guard remained outside the door waiting to escort us to the gates and send us on our way. They were not taking any chances with me causing any more trouble and being a nuisance.

After this report is out, I'll be on my way home to relax and then start working on rebuilding my bank account.

Reporting live from The Daily Neopets Coverage Headquarters, this is Mouseykins.

it is not against the rules as far as i know ...
 
so today's clue : The guild that used invisibility committed the theft one hour before the Dagger Clan.
 
which means the dagger clan didnt use invisibility (x)
 
and they didn't steal at midnight ??

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Good luck!
 
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Hey CurlyFreys. I'm sorry to hear you're struggling. I have complex PTSD (with a plethora of other junk) and definitely know what excruciating anxiety and hyper vigilance feel like :( It is terrible, and I greatly sympathize. It can be very hard to make sense of such strong emotions. But know that you are not alone!
 
It is too bad you can not afford medication right now, but that may not be a bad thing. I've experienced serious complications with medication (and I've tried many, many different kinds) and regret taking them. So, I am also focussing on non-medication approaches. The gym sounds like a great place to start, good for you. As you try new things, It'd be great to hear what works and what doesn't for you, if you don't mind. For me, music can be very healing, however, I have not found any 'solutions.' I do believe that strength comes from pain though, and that everything in life is about perspective.
 
Something I am learning is to always be my own best friend (which is very hard) and to always question EVERYTHING, thoughts and emotions included. I can't make my anxiety go away forever right now, but I find that when it does pop up, I need to take time to really analyze the emotion, the situation, what the healthy emotion SHOULD be, why am I feeling an exaggerated emotion, etc. This has helped me because it has taught me that not everything I feel is real (in reality, I mean, I'm not trying to minimize your experience). Just as a basic example, just because you feel you're in danger, does not mean you are. Many people think (and until recently, myself included) that what they feel is real. It is not. Your emotions are real, but that's different. Your emotions can exist and not be supported by reality. This can be OK if they are positive emotions, but nobody wants to experience persistent negative emotions. By checking the facts and comparing them to your emotions, you can see there are discrepancies between your emotions and reality. And that can actually be very comforting with repeated practice. Once you have checked the facts and thought the situation through, the best thing is to distract yourself from all the chaos in your mind by participating in the present moment. If you're riding the bus, read your book and focus on the words. Look out the window and focus on the things you are seeing. A hint is to engage your senses when participating to make it harder for your mind to wander to the default PANIC mode. It gets better the more and more you practice it. Don't be discouraged if it's hard at first... I find it very hard! Look up mindfulness if you struggle.
 
Something I learned from the trauma unit: If you're in the middle of a panic attack and you feel like there's no saving you, hold ice with your bare hands and keep holding it. This will break the harmful emotional cycle because it is impossible to ignore physical reality in this situation. I have found this extremely helpful. No matter how fast my thoughts are racing, this will snap you into the present.
 
I hope some of that makes sense and is helpful! I wish you luck!

I've been offering on a few of the Greater Healing Scrolls in the TP but I guess I haven't been lucky enough to nab one. And I'll definitely look into the other weapon suggestions and keep up training :)
 
ETA: GOT ONE! And I couldn't love it more, it's such a great little scroll.

I wish this weren't so straightforward :( I kinda wanted a plot, not an event.

That is actually amazing! Congrats!
 
Best I've gotten is a p3 worth 150k.

Yaaaaay, event! I hope we get a new avatar! :)

I already do cookies and battle Jetsam Ace for Nerks to sell.
 
I'm definitely not poor LOL I'm just antsy and impatient and frustrated because REs/The Coincidence/Faerie Queen Quests keep making my HP go up as SOON as I catch up to it with level. But thanks for the opinions.

Once, I was on my way to work...it had been a really windy day and there were tree branches and stuff everywhere, and it was pretty damn cold (December in PA). And when I steped out of my building I saw a bird unlike any I've ever seen. It was pretty big with a beak over 2 inches long and narrow. And the poor thing was hopping around pathetically and trying to hide under the steps. The security guard just stared at me as I ran around looking for a box, CHASED one down on the wind, and got the little guy to hop in it.
 
I left him in some bushes by our business school because I couldn't take him to work and I left him bits of a granola bar. He wasn't there when I came back but the box was intact so I'm assuming he finally got over being smacked around by the wind and flew away.

Hands Down Game of Thrones. I read the books first and loved them, but then I watched the show and became even more obsessed. The show is really intense though haah
 
I'm also a very dedicated once upon a time viewer (I can't wait for next season! :D )

Yes, I have seen that too. Also the one with the spiders, where they drop down, mine is always frozen. ALWAYS!!! And everyone else is going to town. Then when I am able to start up again, bam, frozen again. It is ridiculous. Lol.
Plus, I KNOW I am playing with people who are "friends" when I am way behind them and they keep using power ups on ME and taking the ONE key I have, LOL. I am NO threat to them, but yet, they pick on ME.
I guess if they keep me down, that assures them at least a silver key. So I can see their method. IDK, the game just aggravates me, hence the reason I don't play anymore.