On the seventh Sunday of Pascha, we commemorate the holy God-bearing Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council.
The Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council has been celebrated by the Church of Christ from ancient times. The Lord Jesus Christ left the Church a great promise, “I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Mt. 16:18). Although the Church of Christ on earth will pass through difficult struggles with the Enemy of salvation, it will emerge victorious. The holy martyrs bore witness to the truth of the Savior’s words, enduring suffering and death for confessing Christ, but the persecutor’s sword is shattered by the Cross of Christ.
Persecution of Christians ceased during the fourth century, but heresies arose within the Church itself. One of the most pernicious of these heresies was Arianism. Arius, a priest of Alexandria, was a man of immense pride and ambition. In denying the divine nature of Jesus Christ and His equality with God the Father, Arius falsely taught that the Savior is not consubstantial with the Father, but is only a created being.
A local Council, convened with Patriarch Alexander of Alexandria presiding, condemned the false teachings of Arius. However, Arius would not submit to the authority of the Church. He wrote to many bishops, denouncing the decrees of the local Council. He spread his false teaching throughout the East, receiving support from certain Eastern bishops.
Investigating these dissentions, the holy emperor Constantine (May 21) consulted Bishop Hosius of Cordova (Aug. 27), who assured him that the heresy of Arius was directed against the most fundamental dogma of Christ’s Church, and so he decided to convene an Ecumenical Council. In the year 325, 318 bishops representing Christian Churches from various lands gathered together at Nicea.
Among the assembled bishops were many confessors who had suffered during the persecutions, and who bore the marks of torture upon their bodies. Also participating in the Council were several great luminaries of the Church: Saint Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia (December 6 and May 9), Saint Spyridon, Bishop of Tremithos (December 12), and others venerated by the Church as holy Fathers.
With Patriarch Alexander of Alexandria came his deacon, Athanasius [who later became Patriarch of Alexandria (May 2 and January 18)]. He is called “the Great,” for he was a zealous champion for the purity of Orthodoxy. In the Sixth Ode of the Canon for today’s Feast, he is referred to as “the thirteenth Apostle.”
The emperor Constantine presided over the sessions of the Council. In his speech, responding to the welcome by Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea, he said, “God has helped me cast down the impious might of the persecutors, but more distressful for me than any blood spilled in battle is for a soldier, is the internal strife in the Church of God, for it is more ruinous.”
Arius, with seventeen bishops among his supporters, remained arrogant, but his teaching was repudiated and he was excommunicated from the Church. In his speech, the holy deacon Athanasius conclusively refuted the blasphemous opinions of Arius. The heresiarch Arius is depicted in iconography sitting on Satan’s knees, or in the mouth of the Beast of the Deep (Rev. 13).
The Fathers of the Council declined to accept a Symbol of Faith (Creed) proposed by the Arians. Instead, they affirmed the Orthodox Symbol of Faith. Saint Constantine asked the Council to insert into the text of the Symbol of Faith the word “consubstantial,” which he had heard in the speeches of the bishops. The Fathers of the Council unanimously accepted this suggestion.
In the Nicean Creed, the holy Fathers set forth and confirmed the Apostolic teachings about Christ’s divine nature. The heresy of Arius was exposed and repudiated as an error of haughty reason. After resolving this chief dogmatic question, the Council also issued Twelve Canons on questions of churchly administration and discipline. Also decided was the date for the celebration of Holy Pascha. By decision of the Council, Holy Pascha should not be celebrated by Christians on the same day with the Jewish Passover, but on the first Sunday after the first full moon of the vernal equinox (which occured on March 22 in 325).
The First Ecumenical Council is also commemorated on May 29.
(from oca.org)

I saw it for the first time last week. And I've been seeing it everywhere since.
It has existed for millennia and comes from Latin, according to its dictionary definition.
Do you know what this word is?? Have you ever heard or seen it??
Articles focus on the word going back decades: https://magnet.me/guide/en/the-difference-between-junior-medior-and-senio#

Context:im part of a group of 4 we'll call the other 3, B, C, and D. We're all 17/18 f in 6th form college. I fell out with D. Friend B suffers from extreme anxiety and over thinks everything and friend C cannot stand conflict.
One night me, B and C were having a sleepover without D, this is because B's parents do not allow D to stay over as we were having a couple of drinks and she's a terrible drunk she threatened to leave to meet a stranger, she makes bad decisions and becomes generally aggressive and not nice to be around, she "ruins" sleepovers and stuff with her attitude etc and B and C agreed with this) we didn't intentionally not invite her it was spontaneous that friend C stay over as it was originally me and B, it was out of convenience tbh.
Every time any of us hung out without D in any combination she became bitter and Jealous and would make passive aggressive comments for no reason, but only with friend B. D only ever says things to friend B even if we're at friend C's house and she's chosen not to invite friend D. If it's a sleepover she will ignore friend B and only speak to friend C.
One night she made lots of comments over text and said some things that made B over think and cry because she was so stressed that she'd done something wrong even tho me and friend C tried re assuring her she had not. I was a little bit intoxicated and quite frankly sick of friend D's shit cos she does this all the time and manages to ruin things etc (she was at her own thing this night too so couldn't have come anyway) so I called her and basically said why do you do this your acting toxic etc. and that she needs to work on communication and thinking about her actions.
I admit that I said some things in the wrong way and apologised for that but I refuse to associate with her anymore friend C and B have decided to remain in contact but I have fit all contact with her as I find her incredibly draining.
I remain civil if I see her around as we go to the same college etc and don't have a problem with B and C remaining in contact but I refuse to entertain her behaviour because it's ridiculous. I have forgiven multiple times in the past etc but I refuse to do it anymore. I did say some things in the wrong tone etc and could have worded what I meant in a better way but have apologised and explained properly afterwords when sober.
Her argument is that she wants an explanation any time we did anything without her etc but has not given a reason as to why she focuses her anger on friend B even if it's not necessarily her decision.
Am I the buttface in this situation as I know doubting my decision to cut contact with her??

Chapter 1: The Discovery
In a small town named River's Bend,
Lived a young man named Jack, with dreams to tend.
One fateful day, while wandering in the woods,
He stumbled upon a hidden treasure, as fortune stood.
With wide eyes and disbelief, he gazed,
At a sack filled with riches, as his heart blazed.
A million dollars in cash, glittering bright,
Jack's life would soon change, day and night.
Chapter 2: The Mysterious Stranger
Word of Jack's newfound fortune spread,
Attracting attention, both green and red.
Amongst the curious crowd, a stranger appeared,
Dressed in a long coat, his intentions unclear.
Introducing himself as the enigmatic Mr. Black,
He offered Jack guidance, a mysterious track.
But behind his charming smile and wily glance,
Lurked a secret agenda, a dangerous dance.
Chapter 3: Illusions of Wealth
With newfound riches, a dream taking flight,
Jack basked in the glow of their delight.
Stacks of cash, a fortune to behold,
He marveled at the treasures he now hold.
Visions of grandeur danced within his mind,
As illusions of wealth began to unwind.
A life of luxury, a world so grand,
He believed fortune was within his command.
But as the days passed, reality unfurled,
The weight of wealth began to overworld.
For material possessions, though shiny and bright,
Cannot bring true happiness, day or night.
Chapter 4: Shadows of Greed
In shadows deep, where darkness resides,
Lurked the vices of greed that none could hide.
Whispers of envy, a treacherous game,
As Jack ventured, consumed by the flame.
Within his circle, a sinister plot,
As shadows of greed cast an ominous blot.
Friends turned foes, driven by desire,
A web of deceit, fueling the fire.
Chapter 5: Betrayal Unveiled
A twist of fate, a heart filled with dread,
Betrayal's venom, a poison widespread.
In this chapter, secrets began to unfold,
As loyalty shattered, a story to be told.
A trusted companion, once steadfast and true,
Revealed their true colors, their motives askew.
The bond that they shared, now tattered and torn,
Betrayal's sting, a lesson hard-learned.
Chapter 6: Twisted Alliances
In the labyrinth of schemes and deceit,
Jack sought allies, their purpose to meet.
But in this treacherous game of give and take,
Twisted alliances, risks they would make.
A figure emerged from shadows unknown,
With promises tempting, their intentions not shown.
A dance of manipulation, a dangerous affair,
As Jack treads cautiously, aware and prepared.
Chapter 7: Deception's Veil
In the depths of darkness, a cunning disguise,
Deception's veil covered truth from his eyes.
Chapter 7 unfurled, where secrets would be laid,
As Jack delved deeper into the charade.
A master of illusion, a puppeteer of lies,
A mysterious figure, veiled in disguise.
Their manipulative strings, so deftly entwined,
As Jack unraveled the truth, they'd find.
Chapter 8: Pursuit of Clues
In this chapter, a quest began to unfold,
The pursuit of clues, a story to be told.
Jack, driven by an insatiable need,
To unravel the mystery, and follow the lead.
With map in hand, he ventured wide,
Seeking answers that secrets would provide.
Each clue, a breadcrumb on his trail,
Leading him closer, without fail.
Chapter 9: Confronting Shadows
In this chapter, shadows grew strong,
Confronting darkness, where they belong.
Jack, determined to face his fears,
Stepped into the abyss, amidst silent tears.
The shadows whispered, taunting his mind,
Doubts and insecurities, difficult to bind.
But with courage as armor, he pressed ahead,
Confronting the shadows, where truth would spread.
Chapter 10: Redemption's Embrace
In the final chapter, redemption drew near,
Jack, transformed, the path became clear.
Lessons learned, a journey complete,
He embraced redemption, finding solace sweet.
Through trials endured, mistakes made in strife,
He sought forgiveness, to reclaim his life.
Atonement in his heart, a healing grace,
He embraced redemption, a warm embrace.
As Jack's story concludes, his life transformed,
Additional characters and names have swarmed.
Each playing a role in this tangled tale,
Where fortune's allure had caused a grand-scale.

After I was SA’d my mom said I was playing the victim. I begged her to make phone calls because it was too much stress for me. She said “this is your thing not mine.” she said I shouldn’t hate him and if I don’t forgive and let go, I’ll be miserable my whole life. My dad said rapists should be forgiven. I confided in her that I was feeling suicidal, she said “If you’re not serious you’re just gaslighting and manipulating me.” Then she angrily pointed at the dishes and said “those better be done by morning.” My dad said if I don’t let him touch me (my fear of men) then I’m a spoiled ungrateful brat. He also said “you’ve been reading too much woke bullshit.” He forced himself on me anyways no matter how much I cried. He would give me back rubs and touch my thighs, mimicking my abuser as revenge. I quit my job at Home Depot because a customer pulled his dick out at the register. I reached out to job & family services for help. The lady there judged me for being so weak. She said “oh come on, you can’t let these things get to you.”
I became homeless to flee my dad. My half sister (let’s call her Emma) begrudgingly let me stay with her. My other half sister (let’s say Hannah) was looking up SA lawyers for me, because I asked her to. It’s really hard for me to make those phone calls due to PTSD/panic attacks. Emma treated me like trash and gave me a nasty speech about how I don’t know how to be an adult, I don’t know what it’s like to work, and that Hannah is only helping me because I’m too lazy and refuse to help myself. I’ve been working since I was 16 and she knows that. I said “I’m asking her for help because it takes weight off my shoulders, it doesn’t mean I’m incapable.” Emma said “Ohhh really? So I can text her right now and tell her to stop then?” I said “If that’s what you really want to do...” so Emma pulled up her phone to text Hannah. I called Hannah and she said she never received such a text. Now I don’t know who is lying. Either way though, I don’t care. What the fuck? So I left the next day. That wasn’t the only manipulative and rude thing Emma did. She said “you’re almost 25 you can’t play the victim forever!” She only said “playing the victim” to hurt me. I naively confided in her earlier how much it hurt when my mom said those words. Mistake. See how our insecurities WILL be used against us?
I mustered up the courage to make a police report. The cop said it was all my fault for not saying “no” or “stop” to my uncle groping me. That my uncle would reasonably believe it’s ok unless I said stop. He said “your case isn’t going anywhere” and “next time, how about about you don’t wait so long.” then hung up. Never heard from him again. He blamed me for waiting 6 months to report. I’m still unemployed, still haven’t found a lawyer (for both my uncle and to sue that cop) because it’s too much stress. All I do is sleep and eat garbage. My parents and sisters are dead to me. My aunts and uncles still hang out with my abuser uncle knowing what he did. I have no one left to trust and no help. Not that I’d take “help” anymore anyways. What a fucking waste of time. I learned these lessons the hard way. Keep any insecurities or vulnerabilities to yourself. It’s only fuel for others to take advantage of. I guess file a police report but not without recording every conversation and phone call. Cops are corrupt on a level I never imagined. They won’t show it if there’s evidence. Both men and women change up their whole attitude and behaviors if you’re alone. It’s always when alone. Take notice. Doesn’t matter who it is. “Trusted” family, friends, working professionals, no one is actually on your side. It’s a facade.

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Let's discuss 3 common reasons why test-takers miss GRE questions and what to do to get more questions correct and get on track to your GRE score goal.
👉 Reason #1: Incomplete Understanding of a Topic
A common reason why GRE students miss questions is incomplete understanding of the topic a question involves.
The mistakes associated with this reason can masquerade as careless errors. A student misses a question, and then, when reading the explanation, thinks, “Oh, I get this. I just made a silly mistake.” However, the student didn’t really just make a silly mistake. He or she had an incomplete understanding of the topic. So, the student got the question incorrect because of not catching or knowing how to handle some aspect of the question.
For example, if you didn’t fully understand how to determine whether order matters in Combinatorics, in answering a question in which order doesn’t matter, you might calculate an answer as if order matters. Then, in reading the explanation, you might see that order didn’t matter and think you made a careless mistake. In reality, however, the issue was that you didn’t fully get the concept.
💡 Solution for #1
The solution to missing questions because your understanding of a topic is incomplete is, of course, to review the topic. However, you may not realize that you are not just making careless mistakes and need to review the topic.
So, to avoid that issue, you can do any of the following:
Presume that, if you’re missing many questions in a topic, you likely have an incomplete understanding of the topic, and go back and review it.
Carefully analyze your mistakes in a topic to determine whether they are careless errors and, if they are not, review the topic.
Keep an error log of your mistakes and analyze it for patterns that indicate that you didn’t fully understand topics, and review the indicated topics.
👉 Reason #2: Flawed Strategies
Another common cause of mistakes on GRE questions is flawed strategies. Basically, what is going on when people miss GRE questions because of flawed strategies is that they think what they’re doing will get them to correct answers. However, they keep missing GRE questions because the strategies they’re using are somehow flawed.
In such cases, the reasons for mistakes can be mysterious, and the experience can be disconcerting. After all, you think you’re doing everything right, but you’re not arriving at correct answers.
For instance, noticing contrast and agreement words is a key aspect of answering Text Completion questions correctly. However, relying too heavily on contrast and agreement words is a flawed strategy. To get TC questions correct reliably, we also have to read the sentences holistically and consider their meanings. So, GRE students who use a strategy that overemphasizes relying on contrast and agreement words may get easier Text Completion questions correct but have hit-or-miss performance on harder ones.
So, if you feel as though you’re doing everything right when you answer GRE questions, but you keep missing them, there is a good chance that strategies you’re using are flawed.
💡 Solution for #2
If you think you may be using flawed GRE strategies, there are a few things you can do.
One is to go back to the source of your strategies and make sure your understanding matches what the resource says. Often, GRE students catch part but not all of the strategy provided by a resource and end up doing things that don’t work.
Another is to check with another resource to see what it says about answering the types of questions you’re missing. You can also ask in online forums or ask a study buddy about the strategies you’re using. You may find that the resource you’ve been using has provided you with flawed strategies. Not every idea provided by every GRE preparation resource is valid.
Finally, you can consider the strategies you’re using and whether they really make sense. For instance, does it really make sense that you could get difficult questions correct on the Verbal section of the GRE, a graduate school entrance exam, by relying entirely on contrast and agreement words? Not really. So, by carefully considering whether that strategy makes sense, you could realize that it’s not a good GRE strategy and that you need to find a better one.
👉 Reason #3: Falling Into Traps
Questions on the GRE are different from questions on many other tests in that GRE questions typically include trap choices.
For instance, on an ordinary math test, to answer the questions, you choose among choices presented in straightforward ways. The choices are simply incorrect or correct. However, to find correct answers to GRE Quant questions, you have to avoid falling into traps set by the question-writers. In other words, you have to avoid choices designed to appear correct even though they aren’t. The same goes for GRE Verbal questions. So, another reason why GRE students miss questions is that they’re falling into traps.
For instance, in a Quantitative Comparison question, a diagram may be designed to seem to provide information it doesn’t actually provide. In a Sentence Equivalence question, some of the answer choices may fit the overall idea presented by the sentence but not make sense in the blank. In such cases, it’s easy for a test-taker to miss a question by selecting an incorrect choice because it seems or “feels” correct.
So, if it’s often the case that you feel good about your answers to GRE questions only to find that you got the questions incorrect, there is a good chance you’re falling for trap choices.
💡 Solution for #3
The key to not falling for trap choices is to simply understand what you’re up against. In other words, understanding that there are trap choices in GRE questions and knowing the types of traps will help you avoid them.
Once we’re aware of the types of GRE trap choices, we need to learn how to avoid them. The main way to do so is to be careful about the logic of what we’re doing. In both Quant and Verbal, we have to pay close attention to details and be careful not to make unsupported logical leaps.
Reach out to me with any questions. I've got your back!
Warmest regards,
Scott

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Let's discuss 3 common reasons why test-takers miss GRE questions and what to do to get more questions correct and get on track to your GRE score goal.
👉 Reason #1: Incomplete Understanding of a Topic
A common reason why GRE students miss questions is incomplete understanding of the topic a question involves.
The mistakes associated with this reason can masquerade as careless errors. A student misses a question, and then, when reading the explanation, thinks, “Oh, I get this. I just made a silly mistake.” However, the student didn’t really just make a silly mistake. He or she had an incomplete understanding of the topic. So, the student got the question incorrect because of not catching or knowing how to handle some aspect of the question.
For example, if you didn’t fully understand how to determine whether order matters in Combinatorics, in answering a question in which order doesn’t matter, you might calculate an answer as if order matters. Then, in reading the explanation, you might see that order didn’t matter and think you made a careless mistake. In reality, however, the issue was that you didn’t fully get the concept.
💡 Solution for #1
The solution to missing questions because your understanding of a topic is incomplete is, of course, to review the topic. However, you may not realize that you are not just making careless mistakes and need to review the topic.
So, to avoid that issue, you can do any of the following:
Presume that, if you’re missing many questions in a topic, you likely have an incomplete understanding of the topic, and go back and review it.
Carefully analyze your mistakes in a topic to determine whether they are careless errors and, if they are not, review the topic.
Keep an error log of your mistakes and analyze it for patterns that indicate that you didn’t fully understand topics, and review the indicated topics.
👉 Reason #2: Flawed Strategies
Another common cause of mistakes on GRE questions is flawed strategies. Basically, what is going on when people miss GRE questions because of flawed strategies is that they think what they’re doing will get them to correct answers. However, they keep missing GRE questions because the strategies they’re using are somehow flawed.
In such cases, the reasons for mistakes can be mysterious, and the experience can be disconcerting. After all, you think you’re doing everything right, but you’re not arriving at correct answers.
For instance, noticing contrast and agreement words is a key aspect of answering Text Completion questions correctly. However, relying too heavily on contrast and agreement words is a flawed strategy. To get TC questions correct reliably, we also have to read the sentences holistically and consider their meanings. So, GRE students who use a strategy that overemphasizes relying on contrast and agreement words may get easier Text Completion questions correct but have hit-or-miss performance on harder ones.
So, if you feel as though you’re doing everything right when you answer GRE questions, but you keep missing them, there is a good chance that strategies you’re using are flawed.
💡 Solution for #2
If you think you may be using flawed GRE strategies, there are a few things you can do.
One is to go back to the source of your strategies and make sure your understanding matches what the resource says. Often, GRE students catch part but not all of the strategy provided by a resource and end up doing things that don’t work.
Another is to check with another resource to see what it says about answering the types of questions you’re missing. You can also ask in online forums or ask a study buddy about the strategies you’re using. You may find that the resource you’ve been using has provided you with flawed strategies. Not every idea provided by every GRE preparation resource is valid.
Finally, you can consider the strategies you’re using and whether they really make sense. For instance, does it really make sense that you could get difficult questions correct on the Verbal section of the GRE, a graduate school entrance exam, by relying entirely on contrast and agreement words? Not really. So, by carefully considering whether that strategy makes sense, you could realize that it’s not a good GRE strategy and that you need to find a better one.
👉 Reason #3: Falling Into Traps
Questions on the GRE are different from questions on many other tests in that GRE questions typically include trap choices.
For instance, on an ordinary math test, to answer the questions, you choose among choices presented in straightforward ways. The choices are simply incorrect or correct. However, to find correct answers to GRE Quant questions, you have to avoid falling into traps set by the question-writers. In other words, you have to avoid choices designed to appear correct even though they aren’t. The same goes for GRE Verbal questions. So, another reason why GRE students miss questions is that they’re falling into traps.
For instance, in a Quantitative Comparison question, a diagram may be designed to seem to provide information it doesn’t actually provide. In a Sentence Equivalence question, some of the answer choices may fit the overall idea presented by the sentence but not make sense in the blank. In such cases, it’s easy for a test-taker to miss a question by selecting an incorrect choice because it seems or “feels” correct.
So, if it’s often the case that you feel good about your answers to GRE questions only to find that you got the questions incorrect, there is a good chance you’re falling for trap choices.
💡 Solution for #3
The key to not falling for trap choices is to simply understand what you’re up against. In other words, understanding that there are trap choices in GRE questions and knowing the types of traps will help you avoid them.
Once we’re aware of the types of GRE trap choices, we need to learn how to avoid them. The main way to do so is to be careful about the logic of what we’re doing. In both Quant and Verbal, we have to pay close attention to details and be careful not to make unsupported logical leaps.
Reach out to me with any questions. I've got your back!
Warmest regards,
Scott

I'm Jake and I'm a 19 yr old dude from the hellscape known as Florida, looking for his first ever and hopefully only girlfriend. I've had crushes in middle school, was isolated via homeschool for highschool, and a few people who tried to manipulate me to be their lover when that was never my desire with them on Discord. I have limited travel access and am introverted so it's hard to meet people at all. I love motorsports (F1, FE, NASCAR, & IndyCar), sports (Basketball, Gridiron Football, & Baseball), animals, writing, creativity, storytelling as an art form, movies, shows, and video games (RPGs, Adventure, Co-op, Simulation, Sports, & Party). I'm average height a 5'8, mixed complexion (half Caucasian and half black), have black curly hair, and brown eyes. I'm more than happy to verify myself with pictures. I would love someone who is also left leaning like myself, is open-minded, genuine in their intentions, not looking just to fuck or solicit nudes, and at least tolerates my passion for sports and gaming. Ideally it would lead to something in person down the road and we could voice calls, video calls, and text each other frequently/daily. I prefer Discord and Instagram to start communication wise. I'm attracted to white girls, latinas, mixed girls, and asian girls. I would prefer you were from NA or Europe. I would prefer you verify yourself with a photo or 2 and then I'll do the same as I'm not a fan of blind dating. If interested, introduce yourself and tell me a bit about yourself and we'll go from there. Hope to hear from you guys and have a good one. If you read this far include the word okapi in your message or I won't respond.

I'm Jake and I'm a 19 yr old dude from the hellscape known as Florida, looking for his first ever and hopefully only girlfriend. I've had crushes in middle school, was isolated via homeschool for highschool, and a few people who tried to manipulate me to be their lover when that was never my desire with them on Discord. I have limited travel access and am introverted so it's hard to meet people at all. I love motorsports (F1, FE, NASCAR, & IndyCar), sports (Basketball, Gridiron Football, & Baseball), animals, writing, creativity, storytelling as an art form, movies, shows, and video games (RPGs, Adventure, Co-op, Simulation, Sports, & Party). I'm average height a 5'8, mixed complexion (half Caucasian and half black), have black curly hair, and brown eyes. I'm more than happy to verify myself with pictures. I would love someone who is also left leaning like myself, is open-minded, genuine in their intentions, not looking just to fuck or solicit nudes, and at least tolerates my passion for sports and gaming. Ideally it would lead to something in person down the road and we could voice calls, video calls, and text each other frequently/daily. I prefer Discord and Instagram to start communication wise. I'm attracted to white girls, latinas, mixed girls, and asian girls. I would prefer you were from NA or Europe. I would prefer you verify yourself with a photo or 2 and then I'll do the same as I'm not a fan of blind dating. If interested, introduce yourself and tell me a bit about yourself and we'll go from there. Hope to hear from you guys and have a good one. If you read this far include the word okapi in your message or I won't respond.

Hi everyone! This may or may not be a bit of a long post so I apologize for the wall of text but ill try to keep things concise and if you read this whole thing thank you :). My best attempt at a TLDR before the post.
TLDR: I'd like to build a new art posting website that is built using community driven feedback. Honest thoughts? If the answer is anything along the lines of "no" thats completely fair :).
The gist is that I would like to build a new website for posting art. If reading that makes you groan very loudly I dont blame you at all lol as new ones have been springing up a lot lately. I have been reading a lot of posts on this subreddit regarding the different pain points with existing websites and the idea behind this new website at least based on my own thinking for now is that it will basically be a better user experience for artists. And over time it will continue to improve with feedback from the community and a bit of innovation.
To give some context about myself I am a terrible artist (my contribution to the sub: Gojou Satoru as a polar bear) but I speak Japanese and Im really passionate about art, anime, manga and Japanese language and culture. I also have the technical skills to build a platform for posting art. This overall skill set is something I would really like to take advantage of.
I would really like to build this platform with ongoing feedback from artists and that combines the best parts of every part of existing platforms with a few things added in. Ill admit upfront I recognize that there are a few problems with this:

• Im going to borrow the words of another user on this subreddit whose name I can't remember but essentially with every new art platform that springs up it might just end up turning into another website full of squares with no real charm about it.
• Until a new platform has a big enough user base what incentive is there for artists to switch over to it and get used to yet another platform.
• There enough platforms out there that most if not all artists can get by just fine using a mix of everything
• Sometimes a better user experience simply isnt enough unless this new website has something really unique to it which ill double admit i have yet to come up with

My hope is that community driven feedback can mitigate a lot of these issues but I understand this is probably a very naive way of thinking. Which brings me to the most important question. Is this something the community wants? Ultimately when it comes to building anything you have to make sure there are users who really want/need something like this. If the answer is no I think thats perfectly fair :).
I will triple admit that a lot of things are still up in the air and I completely understand that it makes it difficult to get feedback but I just want to gauge any amount of interest in this idea. Please share your honest thoughts and any questions you might have. Thank you so much and have a great day!

Back in the day this was standard in Android web view. Pretty much all browsers based on web view made it so that if you pinched to zoom in the text would automatically reflow at its larger size.
About 10 years ago now (time flies), in 2013, Google made a conscious decision to remove text wrapping / reflow from Android WebView. So if you zoomed in by pinching, the words would now extend past the confines of your screen horizontally and if you needed to read them at that new size you needed to scroll left and right with every new line. Their reasoning behind it was that they wanted to force more creators to make dedicated mobile views for their websites.
However they ignored people in the population that have sight issues. Accessibility was damaged. The only way to zoom in on Chrome was to go deep into the settings and set a default zoom for web pages. Depending on the web page this could either look comically large or it could still be too small for another. Going into the settings multiple layers and changing the zoom depending on your website was unusable. Scrolling left and right to read a web page so that you could see every line at a bigger font size was also extremely tedious and unusable.
Ever since then I've been using Opera Browser. Opera has had the best text wrapping experience I've experienced. I also like the browser's layout and simplicity and some of its features. Being that I was a symbian user before Android (a rarity in the North America!) I was well acquainted with Opera's mobile offerings and it was definitely a niche they were good at.
However these days I'm starting to get more and more fed up with Opera. For one, they keep adding a ton of features I will never use. Bloat. Second, external apps don't open when I click links in Opera like they would with Chrome. When I click reddit link I wanted to open in Reddit is Fun. When I click a YouTube link I want it to open in YouTube Revanced. Works in Chrome but not an opera. Third, maybe it's just lately but I've noticed a lot of websites don't support opera. It's kind of odd since it is based on chromium but some websites instruct me to use a different browser. Other times websites don't behave as expected. For example I had to upload files to my doctor's office and I had them on CD. Even though I kept selecting the d drive in the web app it would not detect the images on the disc. I thought the website was screwed up, but once I tried to in chrome it worked seamlessly.
Sorry for the long post... Is anybody using a browser that has text wrapping?
I did notice that Chrome improved the accessibility zoom feature recently. It's in the main menu now (although I believe it has to be enabled). This makes it much more usable than it was in the past. However it would still be nice to be able to pinch and have the text automatically resize without having to go into a menu at all.
Thank you!

So I started an internship. Mind you, I haven't had a normal/nontraumatic conversation since I left my mom at a hotel . We'd been hopping from hotel to hotel because we had no place to stay.
Then weeks prior, I got an email (that was sent to about 4 other interns) from a intern, I'll call him D.
D emailed us and I responded. We kept everything non flirtacious. I was nervous about being in a state I had never lived in, knowing that I had generalized anxiety and ADHD , I never lived on my own and I had to make a drastic change.
We joked about the internship. Since gaining weight, the idea of wearing anything business casual, gave me shivers. I barred myself to wearing baggy clothes. Which is all I said and I asked him where he went to get his business casual clothes. Most of his places were way too expensive for me, I went places that were cheaper.
He double texted me a lot because I didn't have much time and I also didn't have anything else to say most times.
Anyway, the day of the internship, he's talking to everyone but me. He even stood behind me, disrespectfully reached right aside me and shook the hand of my tablemate, who sat right across from me. I didn't say anything or force him to acknowledge me because he was just being human...and humans can be so wishy washy . He waited till most people had gone by the end of the day, to talk to me .
I responded and let him leave.
Every since then,due to my internship being male centric, he managed the day before to get the number of the male leadership member (who will soon be my project lead). After the first day, I started to notice a weirdness about the other men around us. My soon to be project lead could barely look at me and the others soon followed. I knew it was over when my own male project lead gathered all his "boys" (male interns) and had their own little chauvinist club DIRECTLY behind me. Talking about some uncomfortable stuff here and there. I noticed how all of them had a weirdness towards me too.
I had to take two days off and I left my group presentation early because I started to have a nose issue. I went to the hospital and they told me I might need to take a day or so off. I had been gone since Thursday and got a text by D friday. I deleted him from my messages Tuesday and just moved on. He says, "where did you go? " , then an hour later, "u ok". And I ask "whose this". He tells me its him and asked what happened to me. I just told him I was advised to take a day off due to my health. He responds with, "whose this". I tell him, " A 12 year old boy named D apparently". Like why text someone and try to be funny after learning about their health issue.
I'm not new to the idea of men/guys behaving weird around me because they think I have some other romantic interest towards them. I remember working at Hot Topic at 18 (my first job) as a seasonal employee. My objective was to get hired on and one of the ways (aside from doing a good job) was to try and make friendly convos to the other employees because maybe they'd put in a word for you. I've talked to everyone at one point except for the only guy there. He does the same thing. Just straight up acts weird like I was trying to suggest something else. I was never flirty, overly smiley, I was normal.
There were numerous other situations like this...
This one with D really bothers me because I really can't just quit my job, drive back home, order food and decide IF I want to work again. I have to stay here otherwise I will have to pay the company back OR go back to live with my grandma in my other home state but I don't because she's terrible.
I'm up to my wits end working with men. There's one guy I sit next to (because the seats are assigned) and we talk on and off. He's the only sane acting one. He doesn't take our conversations as me trying to flirt . He stares at me when I talk to him. He's not dotting his eyes away . I don't want to speak too soon about his character just yet though.
It bothers me because the other women in my internship, they are treated VASTLY different. There's only 7 or 5 so women in our internship and the rest are guys ( there's 24 interns in total).

This is somewhat a continuation based on my previous topic: "Foyen's Poem: Sitting Meditation [Update]"
The previous poem along with this one comes from the 30th volume of the Master Collection of Song Yuzang "Quotations of Gu Zunsu" 古尊宿语录." It has come to my attention that there are actually 10 poems that were discussed in this portion of the text. Just below the former poem we have the following poem. It appears to be a 47 line poem. It is known that ancient Chinese poems were not as formalized as they are today, which often consist of many couplets. In this poem it appears to be an irregular line system consisting of 7 x 5 block lines and 6 x 2 block lines.
To my knowledge, this poem hasn't been translated. Below I will show the Chinese, followed by my translation. Feel free to add any input or renders.
入道道本无瑕。
"The Way is Inherently Flawless"
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拟心已差。才生耪兆。遍界空花。若欲全举。除非直与。
Merely emulating mind-heart, already gone astray.
From which a trillion weeds instantly grow.
All over the world flowers fill the empty sky.
If you want to fully understand the matter.
It can only be straight and direct.
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不用增添。现成规矩。
No need to increase,
Established rules.
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洞彻根源。法法周圆。灵明法尔。妙绝言诠。言诠不得。
Penetrating through to the source.
All ways are completely consistent.
The Dharma is luminous and clear.
Beyond exquisite expression.
Words cannot describe it.
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得亦差忒。迥出根尘。
Gain and loss are erroneous distinctions.
Fundamentally no different than ashes.
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古今取则。存不可见。亡兮对面。匪存匪亡。森罗自现。
Taking to examples of modern or ancient.
When existence remains not to be seen.
When face to face with loss and death.
Not existing, yet not dying.
The myriad of phenomena are self-manifest.
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心外无法。法外无心。
Beyond the mind-heart, there is no Way.
Beyond the Way, there is no mind-heart.
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心法齐照。境智甚深。心忘照灭。境智同歇。一道通同。
When mind-heart and method illuminate together.
The conditions and wisdom are very deep.
If mind-heart is forgotten, and illumination is extinguished.
Conditions and wisdom cease together.
Altogether, these are all one and the same.
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十方俱摄。生死涅盘。
Commanding all directions.
Life and death, Nirvana.
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元无两般。四生六道。息苦停酸。平等大道。无有邪正。
The way originally not-two.
The four births, six paths.
For ceasing suffering and stopping grief.
The great way is equanimity.
There is no right and wrong.
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胡汉不来。欲何为镜。
The bearded barbarian does not come.
Why long for it? Be as a mirror.
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像虚镜皎。镜像斯照。像去镜亡。千圣非妙。此门难入。
Unoccupied and empty, like a clear mirror.
Illuminating every reflection it mirrors.
When there is no mirror, there is no appearance.
Thousands of sages are not so clever.
This gate is difficult to enter.
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唯君自息。若入此门。
Alone the sovereign rests.
If you enter this gate.
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半钱不直。不直半钱。万国争观。所以说云。大道体宽。
Half a coin isn't genuine.
Genuine isn't a half a coin.
Since the world strives to see the palace gate.
It is thus said.
"The great way is wide and spacious."

So I went on three really nice dates with this guy. He's currently in college and has a really busy schedule, so it's been difficult planning dates. He's also really bad at texting me back because he's so busy with school. Yesterday we had a date planned, but he never got back to me. Its been 2 days with no word from him at all... he seems like such a sweet guy and told me if he ever changed the way he felt he'd let me know.
Do I text him to see what's going on? Am I being ghosted? Should I just give up? I just got back into the dating scene so I'm really unsure of what to do next.

Being Italian, and loving old languages, I started studying Old Italian for fun. I have a grammar printed on paper, and also some online resources, such as the Tesoro della Lingua Italiana delle Origini (TLIO, 'Thesaurus of the Early Italian Language'), which is an ongoing dictionary project whose aim is to write definitions for all Old Italian attested words.
At the word 'spadaio' (swordsmith or swordsman), the dictionary notes the phrase 'spadaio del re/dell'imperatore' ('swordsman of the king/of the emperor') and translates it as 'dignitario di corte che portava una spada snudata dinanzi al proprio signore' (court official that bore a bare sword before his own master'), and it seems to be attested twice.
First, from the Vite dei SS. Padri ('Lives of the most holy fathers'), a text from about 1342:

Come lo spadario dell'imperadore sempre gli sta innanzi armato, così è bisogno che l'anima stia sempre armata a resistere alle demonia.

Translated:

As the emperor's swordsman is always standing before him, so it's necessary for the soul to always be armed to resist demons.

Which implies that this 'king's swordsman' had a defensive role of some sort.
The next attestation comes from a text about the saints Barlaam and Josaphat, dating to the same century:

lo spadai' del re per giuoco disse ch'elle sono demoni che ingannano gli uomini.

Translated:

the king's swordsman, as a joke, said that these were demons that deceived men.

Interestingly enough, here seems to refer to some sort of standardized position.
My question is: what precisely is this 'king's swordman'? Was it just a generic phrase, or did it refer to a specific official rank, which might have had another name? If so, what was it, and when was it employed?

This was my first large chorus piece and I’m very proud of it, imperfections notwithstanding. Please lmk what you think!
Video with Score: https://youtu.be/NrVHUsksERE
Score alone: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xr0SeAcNdGhQGEqcl3duBxz_m1-wX3Mf/view
Program notes:
Kyrie Eleison is a richly storied prayer, taking its origins from Ancient Greece, and was transliterated and integrated into Christian ceremony around the 4th century A.D. It is a vital prayer to in the Christian liturgy. Simple and direct: the text is in three lines, each repeated three times. For Christians, this is symbolically referencing the Holy Trinity, while reaching back to shalosh, the Hebrew word for three, it symbolizes harmony and new life.
The prayer is comprised and translated as follows: Kyrie, eleison Lord, have mercy Christe, eleison Christ, have mercy Kyrie, eleison Lord, have mercy
The meaning here, in modern convention, is a plea unto God and Jesus Christ.
The simplicity and structural unity of the short prayer makes it fertile ground for musical setting. In my version, each of the three lines personifies a different kind of appeal to a higher power: the first being one of suffering supplication, the second as loving worship, and the last a mysterious and existential reverence.
The music is composed in a secular spirit: it does not incorporate the Gregorian chant used in Catholic contexts, and interpolates into the iterations of each line a series of modified canonic reprises– obscuring both harmonic and verbal clarity while veiling the symbolic ternate structure.
KYRIE for double choir is a meditation, an undulation of joy and sorrow and mystery, and it is for listeners of every and any background and belief.

Only recently have I become aware that remarkable started doing a device with a keyboard. I am nearly convinced I should get it, but I am wondering if there are any other ones I should look for.
What I am looking for:
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Necessary:
- Simplicity. No complicated menus, or lots of features.
- Ability to completely opt out of any cloud storage, and either enough space on the device to store what I am working on, or to transfer it via a port onto a storage device.
- I want to mostly concentrate on distraction-free writing using the keyboard. Developed to write and read without internet distractions.
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Optional:
- Annotation and note taking with the pen is nice
- Ability to read and work with word/text files but also ideally with image file formats such as .jpg.
- ability to open book formats .epub etc. nice but optional

Warning: This will be a long nerdy post with a lengthy explanation of Magic Find mechanics, including math and graphs. (18 graphs, 4280 words, 20342 characters).
If you don’t want to read this wall of text, you can Ctrl+F and search for TLDR
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• This Post is meant as an Advanced Guide to Magic Find. You should already be familiar with the basics of Magic Finding before continuing with this post. Or if you like nerdy Diablo stuff, go right ahead.
• This Post delves into the mathematical formulas and code behind Magic Find. It’s NOT about “clear speed vs MF” or “best place to farm X item” or “full zones clearing vs elite sniping” or anything like that.
• Its purpose is to provide a comprehensive overview of Magic Find mechanics. This is a summary of Magic Find knowledge so you, the player, would have more understanding on how it all works.

Frequently, people inquire about the optimal amount of Magic Find. The typical response is that more Magic Find is generally better, but there are diminishing returns. Often, an EffectiveMF graph is referenced to illustrate this point. For example, one of such posts from a month ago.
However, relying solely on EffectiveMF graphs and diminishing returns can be highly misleading! Effective Magic Find is just one small component of the overall Magic Find formula! The Complete Magic Find formula takes several values from the game into the account when calculating your chances to get Unique / Set / Rare / Magic items. The final results are intricate and influenced by various factors. it is not as simple as this graph:
https://preview.redd.it/7uwnr9sa1n2b1.png?width=792&format=png&auto=webp&s=563dcea5172691d997c4c5c59f5e9905a009dae2
Why is this graph misleading? What does it actually tell us? Effective Magic Find grows Logarithmically, it has diminishing returns! Great! So, what does that mean? How does Magic Find and EffectiveMF actually affect our chances to get Unique, Set, Rare items? How many rare items do we get with 100 MF vs 500 MF? EffectiveMF for blue Magic Items grows linearly. Great, but what does that mean? How many more Magic items do we get?? Is there a limit to MF? This graph doesn’t tell us much unless you are very knowledgeable about the Magic Find process!
To answer all these questions, I have developed my own Drop Calculator with some advanced functions that showcase the actual distribution of items based on player Magic Find stat. My Drop Calculator takes into account all possible variables of the Magic Find function and displays the results in nice Graph form. Before showing the Item distribution graphs, I will first try to explain the complete MF Formula.

Selecting the Base Item

Selecting the Base Item is the initial step before the game applies the Magic Find formula to determine the magic quality of the item (Unique, Set, Rare, Magic). Examples of Base Items are: Diadem, Shako, Short Sword, Long Staff, Mage Plate, Sacred Armor etc..
Magic Find has no effect on Base Item selection! The Base Item is decided through Treasure Class selection and random roll mechanism. It is a fairly complex topic and deserves a post on its own. I won't go to much into details since Treasure Class selection is not the main focus of this post, but in short:
Each monster in the game from Act Bosses through Elite Packs to white trash monsters is assigned a “Treasure Class”. A Treasure Class is essentially a group or collection of items that can drop from that particular monster. There are many different TCs in the game typically comprising combinations of Item Drops (Base Items), Gold Drops, Junk Drops, Rune/Jewelry/Charm Drops, and NoDrop (indicating that no item will drop).
With random rolls, the game determines the type of item that the monster will drop, be it equipment, potion, rune, gold, etc. Once the item type is established, the game then checks if the item can be upgraded to Unique, Set, or other rarities. For the purposes of further discussion about Magic Find formula, we will assume that the game has selected an equipable item (Base Item, be it a Weapon or Armor). So what happens next? How does the game decide which quality to drop?

Selecting the Item Quality

Now that the game has the Base Item (Diadem, Shako, Mage Plate, etc.), two functions are called one after another to give the Base Item a specific quality. (There is some other stuff in between these two functions but this is the gist of it). Functions are pseudonym named: RollMagicQuality and MakeItemUnique (or MakeItemSet, MakeItemRare etc. depending on the roll from RollMagicQuality function). RollMagicQuality function is the main function that determines if the items will be a Unique, Set, Rare, Magic item. But let's first talk about MakeItemUnique:
MakeItemUnique (or Set, or Rare, or Magic) function confirms the roll from RollMagicQuality and double checks if the selected Base Item can drop as a Unique item. This is where you get those “Failed Uniques” as triple durability Rare item drops.
The MakeItemUnique function also determines which Unique item will drop if there are more Unique items for the selected Base Item. It adds up the Rarity value from the UniqueItems.txt file and rolls a random number to pick a Unique item. Examples are Tyrael’s or Templars Armor for Sacred Armor, The Cranium Basher or Earth Shifter for Thunder Maul, Azurewrath or Lightsabre for Phase Blade, etc.. Selection is fully random and can not be influenced by the Player.
There are 3 ways that Unique Item can fail to pass the MakeItemUnique check:

1. A Unique item will fail to roll if the Quality Level (qlvl) is higher than Item Level (ilvl). Quality Level refers to Level value from UniqueItems.txt file and its fixed. Each Unique item has a predetermined fixed Quality Level. Item Level is a different stat, basically ilvl is a level of the monster that dropped the item. When ilvl is lower than qlvl, a Unique item will fail to drop! Example of this is: Arachnid Mesh can not drop from Pindleskin! Qlvl of Arachnid Mesh is 87, Pindleskin is a level 86 monster that drops items with ilvl 86. Since qlvl of Arachnid Mesh is 87 and always higher than ilvl of Pindle items, Base Item Spiderweb Sash will never be a Unique item.
2. A Unique item will fail to roll if Base Item has no Unique version. The Item can pass a Unique check of RollMagicQuality function, but MakeItemUnique is the one that actually makes the item Unique. If there is no Unique version of the selected Base Item, the Base Item will fail this roll. Examples of this would be the Unique Archon Plate. There is no Unique Archon Plate, so every time the Base Item AP drops and passes the RollMagicQuality check for Unique item, it will drop as a Rare item with triple durability.
3. A Unique item will fail to roll if the same Unique item has already dropped in the current game session. Everytime the MakeItemUnique function makes the Unique version for a selected Base Item, it logs the Unique drop in a special List of dropped Unique items. The function checks the List every time it tries to roll a Unique item. If the Unique item is already on the list, the selected Base Item will drop as a Rare item with triple durability.

Base Item needs to pass all 3 checks of this function for the item to successfully drop as a Unique Item! Same thing applies for MakeItemSet, only now the Failed Set Items drop as a Magic Items with double durability.
Before the MakeItemUnique function is called, the Base Item needs to pass the RollMagicQuality selection.

RollMagicQuality Function

RollMagicQuality is where the magic happens! (pun intended!). RollMagicQuality is the function that actually picks the quality of the Base Item, based on your "% Better Chance of Getting Magic Item" stat and other variables in the game. This function determines your Unique / Set / Rare / Magic / etc probability.
Based on your %MF and other variables, RollMagicQuality function will first try to roll for a Unique item. If that random roll is lower than a certain number, the Base Item will not be a Unique item and RollMagicQuality will try to roll for a Set item. If that fails, the function will try to roll for a Magic item and so on.
The order for selecting Item Quality is always: Unique > Set > Rare > Magic > Superior > Normal. This order will be very important later on. If the Base Item passes one of these checks, the RollMagicQuality function stops and the above-mentioned MakeItemUnique(or MakeItemSet, or MakeItemRare, etc) will be called.
Step by step walkthrough on how RollMagicQuality function actually works. After the explanation, I will use my Drop Calculator to showcase the drop rates of different quality items based on Player Magic Find.
Step 1) Chance = (BaseChance - floor((ilvl-qlvl)/Divisor))*128
This is the code of the Magic Find Formula. Game reads the required values from a few sources, the main one, and the most important is itemRatio.txt file. This file determines your drop rates of Unique, Set, Rare and Magic items more than your Magic Find stat!

• BaseChance = value from "Unique/Rare/Set" column from itemRatio.txt
• ilvl = "item level" is level of a monster that dropped the Base Item
• qlvl = “quality level” value from "level" column from Armor.txt and Weapons.txt
• Divisor = value from "Unique/Rare/Set Divisor" column from itemRatio.txt
• Floor = division of integers, result is rounded down. (that is how the game works)
• 128 = multiplier for better precision.

itemRatio.txt and values within it are extremely important. The game utilizes different values depending on the Type of the Base Item. In other words: Class Specific items, Exceptional/Elite and Normal items have different chances to become Unique items. If we look at itemRation.txt we can see 6 rows:

• 1st Row refers to Normal items from Classic Diablo.
• 2nd Row refers to Exceptional/Elite items from Classic Diablo (there are no such items so we can ignore this row)
• 3rd Row refers to Normal items from Expansion.
• 4th Row refers to Exceptional/Elite from Expansion (has same values as 3rd Row)
• 5th Row refers to Class Specific Normal items
• 6th Row refers to Class Specific Exceptional/Elite items. (has same values as 5th Row)

From this, we can conclude that there are 3 types of different Base items: Normal Base Items, Exceptional/Elite Base Items, Class Specific Items. When the Base Item drops, the game checks item version values from weapons.txt and armor.txt and class specific values from itemTypes.txt. Based on those values, the game loads required BaseChance and Divisor values needed for the Magic Find formula and calculates your Chance: Chance = (BaseChance - floor((ilvl-qlvl)/Divisor))*128
Step 2) Chance= floor(100*Chance/(100+EffectiveMF))
After the first step, the game adjusts your chances with EffectiveMF. EffectiveMF is calculated with the formula: EffectiveMF=floor(Factor*(MF-100)/(Factor+MF-100)) Where

• Factor is: 250 for Unique items, 500 for Set items and 600 for Rare items
• MF is: your Characters Magic Find that is your "% Better Chance of Getting Magic Item" from your items with added values of 100: Magic Find = Better Chance of Getting Magic Items + 100. You basically have a base MF value even with 0% BCoGMI stat on items. EffectiveMF is only calculated if you have more than 10% Better Chance of Getting Magic Item but that's not really that important.

This is where that intial Graph comes from. It shows the EffectiveMF with diminishing returns. Here is the Graph again in more detail:
https://preview.redd.it/y3t2x7pd1n2b1.png?width=1408&format=png&auto=webp&s=0f1e43f98d5de4c9ba6a4652cc1a793cfa5755d6
Here, we can see something interesting for the first time in this post. Graph is NOT continuous but has rather discrete jumps. This is the result of the game using integer division for its calculation. For example:

1. You have 697% Better Chance of Magic Items on your gear. To calculate the EffectiveMF for Unique drops, you first add 100 to get Character Magic Find and then use this formula: floor(250*(797-100)/(250+797-100)) = 184% EffectiveMF for Unique items
2. You get two more Small Charms with 7% mf and now you have 711% Better Chance of Magic Items on your gear. EffectiveMF for Unique items is now: floor(250*(811-100)/(250+811-100)) = 184% EffectiveMF for Unique items! Exactly the same!

Going from 697 MF on your gear to 711 MF on your gear did nothing to improve your chances of getting Unique items. There are “Break Points” for Magic Find!
So, the game calculates your EffectiveMF and uses that value to get your new Chance: Chance= floor(100*Chance/(100+EffectiveMF))
Step 3) Chance=max(Chance,minChance)
Where the minChance is the value from the "UniqueMin" column from itemRatio.txt. Game checks if you have reached the maximum Chance for selected rarity. There is an upper limit on how many Unique, Set, Rare, Magic items you can get even with millions and millions of Magic Find on Hero Edited items!
That limit is unreachable for Unique items with standard game gear. But it is easily accomplished for Set, Rare and Magic items. Effects of this upper limit will be seen later in the Graphs.
Step 4) FinalChance=Chance-floor(Chance*QualityFacto1024)
Game adjusts your chances once again based on the QualityFactor of the monster that dropped the Base Item. Higher the QualityFactor of the monster, the better chance you have of getting Unique, Set, Rare, Magic items from that monster. This QualityFactor has a huge influence on your overall chances.
QF of 1024 means that ALL dropped Base Items will roll that quality and QF of 600 means that 4.8% of dropped Base items will become the desired quality at best. Here is the table with all monsters that have specified QualityFactors:
https://preview.redd.it/3j1hx4te1n2b1.png?width=587&format=png&auto=webp&s=4089a11e6ae143aa850130e038109c0212740121
You can see that Andariel has the highest QF of them all. That is because of “Quest Bug” that now became a feature in D2R. Act Bosses also have high QualityFactor. QF of 1024 for Magic items means all these monsters will always drop at least a Magic item and won't drop standard White items.
Final Step 5) random(FinalChance)<128 than: item is Unique
Game randomly rolls a number between 0 and your FinalChance. If that number is lower than 128 then the selected Base Item will become an Unique item and the above-mentioned MakeItemUnique function is called to double check if the selected Base Item can become an Unique.
If the randomly rolled number is higher than 128, selected Base Item fails and the game goes back to Step 1 and redos the process all over again for Set Item check. If that fails, the game redos the process for Rare Item check and so on. Again, the order for selecting Item Quality is always: Unique > Set > Rare > Magic > Superior > Normal.
Now that we know the process, let's look at one example: Let’s say you have 500 Magic Find on your gear, you just killed Hell Baal and the game dropped you a Diadem as a Base Item. What is the chance for that Diadem to be a Unique Diadem (Griffon’s Eye)? Lets go step by step while looking at itemRatio.txt file:

1. Chance = (BaseChance - floor((ilvl-qlvl)/Divisor))*128. Diadem is an Elite Expansion item, so BaseChance will be 400 and Divisor will be 1. Qlvl of Diadem is 85 and ilvl is 99. Chance = (400 - floor((99-85)/1))*128 = 49408
2. Chance= floor(100*Chance/(100+EffectiveMF)). To calculate EffectiveMF we use =floor(250*(600-100)/(250+600-100)) = 166 Now we can calculate the Chance= floor(100*49408/(100+166)) = 18574
3. Chance=max(Chance,minChance) minChance for Elite Expansion items from itemRation.txt is 6400. Our number is higher so we use 18574
4. FinalChance=Chance-floor(Chance*QualityFacto1024). The QualityFactor of Hell Baal is 983. So we now have: FinalChance=18574-floor(18574*983/1024) = 744
5. random(FinalChance)<128. we randomly roll a number between 0 and 744 and compare it to 128. It's basically: 128/744 = 0.1720430108

Everytime you kill Hell Baal with 500 Magic Find on your gear and it drops a Diadem, you have a 17.204% chance for that Diadem to be a Griffon’s Eye. With 100 Magic Find on your gear you have 11.063% chance for that Diadem to be a Griffon’s Eye. Going from 100 MF to 500 MF will increase your Unique chance by 6.141%!

Graphs, Graphs, and more Graphs

Now that we know how to calculate our Unique chances, it's time for some Graph! Please keep in mind, these graphs do not show your chance to get a specific item. These graphs show your chance for the Base Item to become an Unique item based on your Magic Find on your gear!
Drop Calculator goes through the complete Treasure Class list for the selected monster, pulls all Base Items that can drop and their probabilities, goes through all necessaries files like treasureclassex.txt, itemRation.txt, weapons.txt, armor.txt, itemTypes.txt, uniqueItems.txt and gets all needed values we talked about and calculates the probabilities for each point of Magic Find and for more or less, each monster in the game… But let's start with something simple:
Chance for a Base Item to become an Unique item (Boss)
Above graph shows the chance for a Base Item to become an Unique item when killing the Act Boss (Duriel, Mephisto, Diablo, Baal). Nothing abnormal here. The more Magic Find you have on your gear the better chance you have for a Base Item to become an Unique item. With 300 MF you have a pretty high chance to get a Class Specific Unique item at 25%! Here are some key details:

• We still have Break Points. There are discrete jumps in the graph. The more MF we have, the more we need for the next jump.
• With 0 MF you still have 6.7% chance for a Normal/Exceptional/Elite Unique Item and 11.2% chance for a Class Specific Unique item.
• With 167 MF you have double (x2) the amount of Unique items then with 0 MF. You chance is now 13.4% for Normal/Exceptional/Elite Unique Item ans 22.4% for Class Specific Unique item
• With 1000 MF you have triple (x3) the amount of Unique items than with 0 MF. You chance is now 20.1% for Normal/Exceptional/Elite Unique Item ans 33.6% for Class Specific Unique item

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Chance for a Base Item to become an Unique item (Unique monster)
Above graph shows the chance for a Base Item to become an Unique item when killing the Unique monster in Area level 85. (standard Pit run, CS run, AT run, WSK run), just for the reference point, Our chances are much lower than from killing an Act Boss. It is because the QualityFactor for Act Bosses is 983 while QF for Unique monsters is 800. (all other values are basically the same except qlvl-ilvl difference which does not affect drop rates that much).
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Chance for a Base Item to become an Set item (Boss)
Above graph shows the chance for a Base Item to become a Set item when killing the Act Boss. Now things are starting to look interesting! Why does it look like this? Because you can reach the maximum chance for Set items easily with enough Magic Find! After reaching that limit, your chances won’t increase any further. In fact, your chances for Rare items start to drop off with more Magic Find! It is because the game always checks for Unique > Set > Rare etc in that order. So more Base Items will become Unique items before they can become Set items.
For Normal Items, it maxes out at 290 MF, for Class Specific items it maxes at 255 MF and for Exceptional/Elite items it maxes out at 520 MF. After those values, you will see less Set items.
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Chance for a Base Item to become an Rare item (Boss)
Above graph shows the chance for a Base Item to become a Rare item when killing the Act Boss. Now things are starting to look really strange! You reach the maximum chance for Exceptional/Elite and Class Specific items early on; you never reach the maximum chance for Normal items. Your chances for Rare items start to drop off with more Magic Find! More Base Items can become Unique items and Set items (or Failed Set items) before they can become Rare items.
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Chance for a Base Item to become an Rare item (Unique monster)
For reference, chances for the Base Item to become a Rare item from a Unique monster are more flat but they still have maximum values and very slowly drop off with more Magic Find.
Now that we know the chance distribution per Unique / Set / Rare, let's look at some graphs for Normal, Exceptional/Elite and Class Specific items per monster kill.
For this part, we can pick the Monster that we are interested in, we can pick an Item Type we are interested in and the quality level of the item (qlvl). If we look at the initial formula above, the quality level is used in the calculation for a Base Item upgrade. Qlvl only affects the drop chance a little, but I wanted to be accurate as much as I can:
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Chance for a Exceptional and Elite items to upgrade to specified magic rarity (Boss)
Above graph shows the Chance distribution for all Exceptional/Elite Items that drop from Diablo. Something looks strange… After 420 Magic Find, NO Magic quality Exceptional/Elite Item will drop! But you are sure you saw some Magic items when you were farming Bosses, right? That is because the vast majority of Magic Exceptional/Elite items are Failed Set items! (when farming bosses). There are very few Set items compared to all Base Items. So when RollMagicQuality Function is successful for Set check and calls MakeItemSet, the MakeItemSet function can’t successfully make a Set item because there is no Set item for selected Base Item. Value of 71 for qlvl is used. It is a median level value of all Exceptional/Elite items that can drop from Diablo.
We can see chances for Unique Diadem (Griffon's Eye) is about 17.181% while chances for set Diadem is 46.292%. Ratio between the two is 2.69. If we go to any Online Drop Calculator, Maxroll Drop Calc for example, and we pick Baal (Baal because Diablo can't drop Diadems Base Items) and we compare the chances. We can see the chances for any Player count has same ratio as 2.69.
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Chance for a Class Specific items to upgrade to specified magic rarity (Boss)
Above graph shows the Chance distribution for all Class Specific Items that drop from Diablo. Same thing is true for Class Specific drops. Vast majority of Magic quality Class Specific drops you see from Act Bosses are actually Failed Set items. Value of 43 for qlvl is used. It is a median level value of all Class Specific items that can drop from Diablo.
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Chance for a Normal items to upgrade to specified magic rarity (Boss)
Above graph shows the Chance distribution for all Normal Items that drop from Diablo. Things look a little better for Normal Items. Magic quality items slowly drop off but never reach the bottom. It is because of Divisor value for Magic quality in itemRatio.txt file. Value of 28 for qlvl is used. It is a median level value of all Class Specific items that can drop from Diablo
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Chance for a Exceptional and Elite items to upgrade to specified magic rarity (Unique monster)
Above graph shows the Chance distribution for all Exceptional/Elite Items that drop from standard Unique monsters from Level 85 Area. Just showcasing the upper limits of monsters that are farmed regularly. After 490 MF your chances for Unique items will continue to increase, but chances for every other quality will flatten out or start to decrease. Same goes for Class Specific items, while Normal items for Rare quality will continue to rise slowly.
Now, let's combine all Graphs per Item Type into one Graph that shows Base Item chance to upgrade for selected monster and its Treasure Class:
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Based on selected settings; (what monster are we looking at, Player and Party Settings and if the monster is Terrorized or not), the Drop Calculator picks the corresponding Treasure Class for that monster. It calculates the probabilities for each single Base Item drop for that selected Monster. it checks what Type each Base Item is (is it Normal, Exceptional/Elite or Class Specific item) and calculates the cumulative upgrade Chance for each Unique / Set / Rare / Magic version based on Normal, Exceptional/Elite or Class Specific distribution…
For Diablo kills (for Act 5 (H) Equip A Treasure Class) Item distribution is:

• Normal Items: 67.84870452%
• Exceptional/Elite Items: 20.29650961%
• Class Specific Items: 11.85478587%

If we apply what we have learned so far, we get a Final Graph that looks like this:
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Final Chance Graph
Above graph shows the final Chance for Base Item upgrade. I would like to point out that the reason we are seeing Magic items here it’s because Normal Base Item drops make up 67.85% of all Diablo item drops. Normal Items like Clubs, Maces, Flails, Cap, Quilted Armor, Light Plate etc.
We know that not all Base Items have Unique and Set versions. If we apply that to our calculations and move every item that will always Fail the Unique check and Set check, we get the Final Item Distribution percentage per Magic Find with our gear:
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Item distribution
Let's look at Andariel's final Chance for Base Item upgrade and Item Distribution percentage:
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Final Chance Graph (Andariel)
Item distribution (Andariel)
Because Andariel is now “quest bugged” by default, her Quality Factor for Rare items is 1024. Which means, technically, no Magic item will drop from her. ALL Magic items from Andariel are Failed Set items.
Let's look at Unique Monsters final Chance for Base Item upgrade:
Final Chance Graph (Unique monster)
Chance for Unique upgrade flatlines rather quickly. It goes from 3.510% at 500 MF to 3.959% at 1000 MF. Chance for Set upgrade basically maxes out at 300 MF. Chance for Rare continues to rise slowly but it is because of Normal item types. Exceptional/Elite reaches max around 490 MF and Class Specific reaches max at 220 MF.

TLDR

More Magic Find is always better for Unique items. But for everything else (Set, Rare, Magic items), more Magic Find can mean less! No matter your clear speed or players in the game!
If you want to maximize your chances for that elusive item you are looking for you need to have the optimal amount of Magic Find for that specific item
Just considering EffectiveMF graph is misleading because it doesn't show the true extent of diminishing returns of your Magic Find Gear.
If you have any questions or remarks, please let me know.

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A little about me. I am a detailed and experienced roleplayer (7 years), meaning I can be crafty and descriptive. I also love to make new friends so let's talk OOC too (actually this is a requirement, please be friendly and conversable). Building a healthy chatty relationship will make it easier and nice for us to roleplay. We could get to know each other better, discuss roleplay more and drive it to our likings and more. Lastly, I like to play on Discord sooo.... Have it I guess?
I like to craft plots with my potential partner, including both of our interests to make it juicy! It also helps us to get to know how much compatible we are, our likes and interests, etc. I also like to send reference pics for the character and outfits, it just brings more life to the roleplay!
Now, I am going to leave some tropes that interest me and you can message me from any you like!
Married Couples, Arranged Marriage, Childhood Friends, Enemies To Lovers, Friends to lovers, Co-workers, Roommates, Classmates, Love Triangle.
I am probably forgetting some, but feel free to hit me up with your choice!
My ideal slice of life roleplay would be to include nice, warm, wholesome and lovey - dovey moments into the play. I really want something pure in it, I want to be smiling while roleplaying about this. The idea of two characters being so into each other, looking out for each other in their tough times, that magical touch of love into the play (if you know what I mean). Like the perfect romance, the "these two are meant for each other. These two are goals!" factor is what I am looking for. Along with that some spice, some drama, angst, twists and turns to just make it into a Netflix worthy (is that too dramatic? If so, pardon me!)
I know there are a lot of you who like the prompts to be tilted towards the fantasy side, I am up! I haven't really done a lot of fantasy prompts. I've only done modern slice of life roleplays back and forth. So, if you're patient with me, I'll quickly learn! Just have a nice prompt about it :).
That's all!
While messaging me -

• Please don't be 1-2 liner, like "Hi I am interested, Hi are you still looking". Ik you are interested and that's why you texted. Secondly, I am looking for partners as long as my post it up. I normally delete the post once I've found a partner.
  
• Stay away if you ghost literally without a cause. Seriously, it's really immature and cheap. I don't even want to get started about this. I get reached with really nice responses and then end up getting ghosted, I simply don't get why put such efforts discussing and typing such nice responses, if the true purpose is to ghost? So if there are any problems, let's talk it out like adults, I don't bite.
  
• I will literally ignore and block one liner commenters who ask me to dm them.
  
• I only rp with people around my age (18-25), so please be around that age. Don't be under 18 (and please don't lie about your age, I've faced such people.)
  
• Won't respond to new accs either, too shady.
  

Lastly, bring a prompt if you have one! I'd love to hear out :). I promise if I like it, I'll contribute my bits and pieces, or as I mentioned, the story creation is on the table!
So then! Message me with more than a "Hi I am interested, are you still looking" and let's proceed further!

Hello hello! Hope everyone is doing well! I am back here today on my search for a like minded partner, someone who's easy going, laid back and friendly. I want to create a beautiful and long term roleplay with you! I currently have a lot of time in my hands, so I can be available mostly the whole day.
A little about me. I am a detailed and experienced roleplayer (7 years), meaning I can be crafty and descriptive. I also love to make new friends so let's talk OOC too (actually this is a requirement, please be friendly and conversable). Building a healthy chatty relationship will make it easier and nice for us to roleplay. We could get to know each other better, discuss roleplay more and drive it to our likings and more. Lastly, I like to play on Discord sooo.... Have it I guess?
I like to craft plots with my potential partner, including both of our interests to make it juicy! It also helps us to get to know how much compatible we are, our likes and interests, etc. I also like to send reference pics for the character and outfits, it just brings more life to the roleplay!
Now, I am going to leave some tropes that interest me and you can message me from any you like!
Married Couples, Arranged Marriage, Childhood Friends, Enemies To Lovers, Friends to lovers, Co-workers, Roommates, Classmates, Love Triangle.
I am probably forgetting some, but feel free to hit me up with your choice!
My ideal slice of life roleplay would be to include nice, warm, wholesome and lovey - dovey moments into the play. I really want something pure in it, I want to be smiling while roleplaying about this. The idea of two characters being so into each other, looking out for each other in their tough times, that magical touch of love into the play (if you know what I mean). Like the perfect romance, the "these two are meant for each other. These two are goals!" factor is what I am looking for. Along with that some spice, some drama, angst, twists and turns to just make it into a Netflix worthy (is that too dramatic? If so, pardon me!)
I know there are a lot of you who like the prompts to be tilted towards the fantasy side, I am up! I haven't really done a lot of fantasy prompts. I've only done modern slice of life roleplays back and forth. So, if you're patient with me, I'll quickly learn! Just have a nice prompt about it :).
That's all!
While messaging me -

• Please don't be 1-2 liner, like "Hi I am interested, Hi are you still looking". Ik you are interested and that's why you texted. Secondly, I am looking for partners as long as my post it up. I normally delete the post once I've found a partner.
  
• Stay away if you ghost literally without a cause. Seriously, it's really immature and cheap. I don't even want to get started about this. I get reached with really nice responses and then end up getting ghosted, I simply don't get why put such efforts discussing and typing such nice responses, if the true purpose is to ghost? So if there are any problems, let's talk it out like adults, I don't bite.
  
• I will literally ignore and block one liner commenters who ask me to dm them.
  
• I only rp with people around my age (18-25), so please be around that age. Don't be under 18 (and please don't lie about your age, I've faced such people.)
  
• Won't respond to new accs either, too shady.
  

Lastly, bring a prompt if you have one! I'd love to hear out :). I promise if I like it, I'll contribute my bits and pieces, or as I mentioned, the story creation is on the table!
So then! Message me with more than a "Hi I am interested, are you still looking" and let's proceed further!