I recommend you do as your doctor says for you, obviously. We are not saying that *everyone* should have the vaccine, but *everyone that can*. It seems you are in the *exceptions that shouldn't for medical reasons*. Everyone else getting the vaccine is doing so in part to protect you; their actions make it safer for you as well, it does directly affect you. Your advice is *specific* advice, not general; if you don't have specific advice to the contrary then the general applies: people aren't trying to "push it on you". Agree on a lot of research being out there. Also agree about a lot of opinions -- but, not all opinions are equal. That is why this board has been more concerned with scientific research and expert opinion from people in their respective fields. If you don't have the time to read every research paper that comes out, or the bckground/education to understand it (and frankly, I think many or most of American people simply don't have the ability to go past the abstracts and understand the actual research, sorry, I'm one of them), then we should listen to the experts. And if a vast majority of experts are saying ABC, with a small minority saying maybeABC and then an even smaller minority saying DFG, why are the DFG people the ones we should, as a society, listen to most? Why is their opinion more valid than 2x or 3x or 4x the number of voices on the other side? And why, after multiple times of this happening when you look at credentials and experience the DFGers are found to be , politely, as less-expert, they are held as equals or superiors? Informing people is not the same as controlling people. Having experts tell people about the importance of beneficial societal actions *is* in order to influence actions, but that is not controlling them. The recommendation to get a vaccine for something that can kill you, or make you very sick, and uses you as a vessel to spread to others and can kill them too, is as reasonable precaution and in the person's interest. Covid deaths doesn't lessen the sadness of non-covid pneumonia, but this is a whataboutism made to deflect and distract from what we can do to save other lives. Are you saying that because more people die from heart attacks we shouldn't care about lung disease? No, of course you're not, we can address different causes of death in different ways based off the tools/knowledge we have, without taking on high levels of risk. ALSO you are ignoring how many people have died to Covid and cherry-picking the deaths to a certain age group that everyone acknowledges to be lower risk, and saying that they are being particularly targeted; but the "controlling" media is not aimed only at them, it is aimed to the population as a whole with the age group as a segment. And, again, this segment affects the whole so it is entirely appropriate for them to be talked to as well. AND, again, this is ignoring the idea of spread, where just because patient A didn't die, they didn't give it to patient B who got it worse, patient C who was assymptomatic, and patient D who died. By giving patient A a vaccine, you potentially stop the spread to BCD and whoever they in turn spread it to. Just because patient A is 20 years old and didn't die doesn't mean that they wouldn't have benefited from the vaccine, or that the society around them wouldn't benefit either. This is a PUBLIC health issue, not a PERSONAL one. It affects us PERSONALLY and we need to make PERSONAL choice to be a part of the solution as best we can, but the solution isn't just for the PERSON, it is also for the PUBLIC.

I think the logic has to do with protecting those who *cannot* get the vaccine, even if they want to. Those are the people we protect by getting the vaccine even if we don't want to. It has nothing to do with those "who wish to be vaccinated are vaccinated" having "nothing to fear" from you, it has to do with "those who don't want to get Covid but *cannot* get the vaccine", and they *do* have something to fear from you -- ie, asymptomatic spread. I also agree the body is wonderfully and fearfully made, but I also believe in medications and medical interventions. The vaccine is just another one of those. That God made my body is not something to be seen as a weakness, but I'm given my body to take care of, and I see taking reasonable precautions as part of that, so the vaccine just falls into the category. On a risk-benefit analysis, I am much less likely to get a negative reaction to the vaccine than I would a "negative reaction" to Covid, and while I don't have a 100% chance of getting Covid, I also am not in control of if I get it or how badly I get it or who I give it to. So, either small controlled risk, or leave it to chaos. In balance, the barbell risk stacks heavily on one side. In the past, I have not gotten a flu vaccine, because I had bad reactions (essentially, the flu) after the shots when I was a teenager, and my mom had a similar reaction (hospitalization, near death, etc) back in the 90's. I appreciate others getting the flu vaccine to help protect me. I will probably try getting the flu vaccine this coming year, to see if I still have a negative reaction. All this being said, I do agree you have the choice to not get the vaccine, and none of this is being said to convince you that you SHOULD, as much as explaining the thought process I went through to get here, when my past non-flu-vaccine stance may make others think I'm less likely to. I can understand this thought. I think someone above already addressed this idea with a link, so probably a more scientifically-backed answer. I know that people who are obese, diabetic, etc., are at higher risk, and so you are just trying to say, there would be less people at higher risk if they didn't have this problem. So, I get you. I don't think, though, that this would have hugely affected the numbers, since it seems that age seems to be one of the larger high-risk medical conditions, and no matter how much you exercise or how well you eat, you aren't going to get any younger. So, it may have had an effect, but we can see the death rates from other countries you may consider "healthier" and I don't think we show a large amount of difference due to this. See others with better sources than me though, lol. Then again, all this is moot, because we do have these societal health issues, we don't have infrastructure in place to address these issues, and so we have to meet the virus where it met us.

So now that the boat is moving again, the captain can put his mind to the next challenge of his career: resume-writing! Experienced mariner, considered at one point to be one of the most influential forces of international trade. Intimately knows the value of supply and demand and schedules. Can adapt to out of the box situations, experience fitting the square peg in the round hole. Willing to consider the "shipping route less taken". Immediate availability. (Truthfully I feel bad for the guy, whether it was his fault or not, and I'm amazed that in my admittedly light following of this, I haven't heard his name once. Now THAT is a good PR firm.)

(So I'm cherry-picking your words to suit my reading so I can give the answer I want, lol) When we started to home school, the emphasis was on education: we wanted them to hit certain academic milestones by certain times, we wanted them to be continuously engaged and not bored, we wanted them to enjoy learning. Yes, I wanted them to be good people, but I definitely saw my goal as to learn them some books. All of this is still true, BUT it's no longer the primary focus: now, it's making sure they have strong skillsets [practice, endurance, communicating, problem solving, etc], healthy mental states as possible, healthy coping mechanisms, growth mindsets, and so on. The book subjects are vehicles: important vehicles, necessary in their own right, definitely emphasized and held to a standard, but being used to carry larger lessons. In general, we draw a lot of how to teach from resources about how to interact with others. So, how the brain works, on creativity, on creating positive environments and promoting a growth mindset, on how to be a better manager, on building habits, on setting goals, on negotiation, on memory, on breathing and stress relief, on opportunity and risk assessment, have been big influences/guides on the way we teach and what we want to teach. So in this vein: My Countdown of my home-school-philosophy-forming books, that I can think of at 1am in the morning (the page refreshed and the links now don't work? Maybe they'll work when I post. if not I'll try and come back later to re-link): 6. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Duckworth. 1 Sentence takeaway: I saw the discussion re intrinsic vs extrinsic motivations in the thread, this talks about the importance of intrinsic when possible. (Not saying that extrinsic doesn't have its place) 5. Behave, Sapolsky -- I'm still working through this slowly, DH had a lot of takeaways from this that we're working into approaches to learning, but I can't give a good takeaway until I finish. 4. The Psychology of Written Composition by Berieter and Scardamalia. 1-sentence takeaway: try to put kids into knowledge-making (or creating, can’t remember the exact thing), not knowledge-telling mode --> making sure that knowledge is not inert. Bonus topic that this was great for: they brought up short term memory problems (well, the shortage of short term memory). [This is probably closest to your original question for research-based book on education] 3. Edward de Bono (author) for basically different approaches to thinking, judgement, and creativity. "Teach Your Child How to Think" is great, but "The Six Thinking Hats" was the easiest to quickly apply. "Serious Creativity" was probably the most influential in terms of how we approach creativity in general and with the kids. 2. Range by David Epstein. 1-Sentence Takeaway: focus on exposing them to many different ideas because making connections across disciplines is a feature of many leaders in many fields. 1. Black Swan by Taleb. I cringe to mention this one because it's reached that popularity that brings rolled eyes, but the 1-sentence takeaway for us: learning asymmetric risk type of thinking, maximizing the upside and eliminate the downside as much as possible. This has influenced how we expose them to different things and ways of thinking, so that they are better prepared for the future, and how much emphasis we put on different subjects.

We're a type foundry! I won't take all the of the credit -- or most of the credit, lol -- since I've slowly been fading into background management and not hands-on design work anymore, but I am involved a lot in the beginning design process and decisions, and the making of promo materials etc., so I think I can share, yes? Here's a quick image with a few of our fonts. Won't include a link here atm, but if you're interested in learning/seeing more I'm happy to PM it because I love love love our fonts!

So yeah, 2 home businesses that I do the running of, 4 kids at home. Before this, I was working a full-time job outside the home and homeschooling 2 (#3 was still young, #4 hadn't arrived yet). The youngest isn' really doing anything formal, everyone else is (if you can see my sig). Kids help with the house a lot. 1 hour of chores a day keep it at a livable level (they aren't the most focused during this time, but I'm not monitoring it unless I see someone just staring at a wall or something). DH is a neat freak, though, and does not help with household things regularly (because then cleaning time would never end). Maybe once every other month he comes out of his room and really sees the house, then stops everyone with what they're doing and declares it a cleaning up day. The day usually turns into a 2-3 day house project, in which case I go to the bedroom office and work while he's with the kids all day. Mornings I'm intensely with the kids, afternoons they work on self-led subjects while I start working. 1-4pm is supposed to be me working, dinner at 5pm (on good days I made dinner in the morning and just reheat). I usually eat with everyone but leave the table by 5:20 even if they are still going. My desk is visible from kitchen so they may still talk to me but it's more I'm getting my brain into work mode. Truthfully, though, most work gets done after dinner: 6-11pm other than tuck-in I'm focused on work. I don't have a good sleep schedule, going to bed anywhere between 11pm-1am just depending on what needs to be done. The latest I'm allowed to sleep is 7:30 (morning time), so it can be rough and so I try to avoid a string of bad nights (I know this isn't healthy, no need to reply on this, I'm working on stabilizing). We talk about business at the table, the kids are involved in discussion and know what we're working on and the names of our clients or our in-house projects, sometimes they watch while we're working (I'm in a public spot so anyone can sit and watch and ask questions) and DH invites 1-2 kids in at a time to the closed office so they can see and learn about what he's doing. To answer OP's question of "How do you balance full time homeschooling with your job and house stuff?" Basically: 1) we put off things until it can't be put off, then take a few days off and get everything done, so we can get back on schedule. If something doesn't get done in the allotted time, it usually doesn't get done. I have curtains to hang in the bedroom since July 2019. I have everything there. It's just SUCH a low priority it's not getting done until I have some free time, probably in 2022, lol. 2) Speaking of free time... You can measure my free time by how much time is spent on the boards, as this is my main outlet for anything, I don't have "time off" during the week. DH and I have a date night on Saturday after kids are in bed or at least stop working by 10pm, (sometimes it's spent working but we try to watch a TV episode together or something). Sundays the kids have off and DH spends time with them/is in charge so I can go into the office most of the day and work through without interruption. 3) I compromise on how clean the house is and my sleep schedule. If a kid has a problem, DH does have times where he's off-limits, but I am always available and open for interruption for anything (hence most work getting done evening/after bedtime, and my staying up late). I've trained them to an acceptable level with their chores and just have to trust that it will get done, and not get irritated if they are trying and it isn't really there. 4) We have "normal drive" and "turbo time" schedules, just depending on if a project is due or not. Turbo time looks a bit different just depending on if me or DH is needing the most time. "Normal" has a 6-day School schedule so that way there's less variation, easy running of things. Kids love the order and school schedule so it works out, and makes up for when Turbo Time kicks in and they may miss 3-4 days of normal lessons. TLDR: People say that "home schooling is a lifestyle", I think "working and home schooling is a life style" also is true. It's just a very different way of approaching everything. Everything is about the kids, then the business. The business is integrated into daily life, just as home schooling sees the whole day as a teachable moment. eta: it took a long time to figure out this balance, and it sometimes still goes out of whack. So if you are new to it, don't feel bad about a hard adjustment. It feels hard because it is hard!

My grandmother was born in the early 1920s in Tombstone, Arizona. When she was 4-5, her father died, leaving her mother and 4 children. They were so poor, they had no shoes and dirt floors. (She would always pause here to remind you, though, it was a very clean dirt floor and her mother kept a very clean house). One day a lady at the church noticed my Nana and her sister (around 3 years old) had no shoes. "Where are your shoes?" "We don't have any, we've never had any." And they were promptly given fitting shoes and shoes for the other children at home. Exact quote: "We were so proud of our new shoes! We ran home to show everyone. Mother was so embarrassed, and so humiliated at how people must think we were so poor, that she found a man in another town, married him, and we moved away before the end of the month." (Obviously a child's viewpoint of cause and effect, but it was one of her favorite stories. As a side note, her family grew to include 16 children including herself. She was the second oldest child, and the oldest girl. She died in 2018, out-surviving all of her siblings except my Tia Mavi, who was the 3yo in the story.)

I have to get out my soapbox every time I hear this. This is not true. This is not correct. This is biased towards being a victim and biased towards a closed mindset, and it should not be encouraged on an education board. Especially on a thread about news sources, it would seem the very point of discussing this is so that we can better make our own opinions and be swayed by multiple viewpoints during that process. I have changed my mind and my opinion many many times because of posts/posters on this board. I have had good conversations (and read others') on this board. Others have also expressed that the board has helped them either change their mind or have a more nuanced view of a situation even if they held to their original position. By saying "no one ever changes their mind and opinion anyway" we are excusing ourselves from questioning OUR OWN opinions and opening OUR OWN minds to anyone's responses or points. Once we decide that "no one" else will be open enough to really consider our disagreement, we preemptively judge others to be close-minded, or misinformed, or stupid, or bigoted, or what have you. And instantly remove all requirements from ourselves of listening to WHY they may be disagreeing, since we can just shrug, "They aren't willing to, so why should I?" When people aren't agreeing with us, and taking the time to type out their reasons for disagreeing, it is in our best interest to actually stop and think about what they are saying. Isn't that why we are talking in the first place, especially in a forum like this? It can help give us more info on the topic, it can help us better understand why others have come to different conclusions, it can help us pinpoint and expand on why we hold our own view, and it can, indeed, change our own mind and opinion. We don't have an OBLIGATION to change our minds, but we shouldn't be too proud to consider it a possibility.

Stop being so awesome Lori! I'm jealous my kids don't have you for a mother already, lol.

I had memorized the entire Princess Bride movie by the time I was 5. My parents had recorded it on a VHS for me from a TV special, I watched it non-stop. Totally vote for it because it has everything to cater to a diverse crowd: fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles.. I will admit I didn't understand everything in the movie at that age, of course. The only time I got in trouble in kinder (that I remember) is when my carpool-mate and I were arguing and she locked me out of my mom's car in the school parking lot and I angrily responded by saying, "I want my mom's car back, you son of a *****" (very coincidentally and unfortunately for me the ONLY swearing in the entire movie). I had no idea what it meant other than it's what you say when you're really, really, serious about wanting something back. Anyway I got grounded for a week and learned to never call a girl a son, because girls are daughters.. All this to say: I vote Princess Bride.

So, not knocking personal responsibility. There are different levels that people can do due to situation, storage and affordability; what you can do to prepare for the expected situation is the level to which you are responsible for. But, it's interesting we are ok with saying that families should be responsible for preparing for multiple facets of an emergency -- water, food, clothing, heating and warmth, escape routes, means to evacuate with full tanks of gas, living without water or electric or gas, and maybe even set up backup electric -- but are glazing over a company responsible for just one: their own equipment. They knew this was coming, even if not the exact day or week, this isn't a once in a lifetime event; it happened only 10 years ago, and is likely to happen again in the next 10. They can't avoid every catastrophe, but more mitigation was probably possible. And unlike a family, where buying a size 10 jacket this year "just in case" won't help you next year (ie, a lot of your prep has an expiration on it), the companies very likely could have done small steps over time to spread out their preparations. And we start to hone in on the details instead of the bigger picture of if this should have happened in the first place, or in this way. Asking why people don't have a backup winter wardrobe of clothes for each current age/size, that they literally have never worn before "just in case." Or X weeks worth of drinkable water. Enough wood (and a place to burn it) for the entire duration. Or whatever bar we personally feel is most important. Even if the person has a generator, but only enough fuel for 12 hours, well, they should have been prepped for 24! I think what this type of criticism is actually about us wanting to have a sense of control. That if we were in a bad situation, we would be prepared and able to handle it. If 5 days of supplies wasn't enough, we would have known to have 7. If our electric went out, we would have been prepared with gas heaters. If our gas went out, we would have known to have a bunch of blankets. If our blankets got soaked by bursting pipes, we would have had an inflatable life rafts for our living room. It's about wanting to feel like we could succeed and control our own fate, not about what is actually reasonable to expect.

I wouldn't think that would be too hard. You'd just get into a ZIP and email, yeah? (...I'll see myself out, lol)

On the whole I agree. But acknowledging not just a job well done but also a job well tried is important to having them try again. Sometimes the goal is to try again, not necessarily succeed next time. [I'm not saying you said that, just trying to clarify my own feelings] There's usually at least one positive to be found in every situation. Sometimes they can only learn one thing at a time, so I just focus on one main thing to improve, max 2, when learning something still new. Basically, tailoring feedback to just what will be helpful/actionable immediately, not how much actually needs to be improved. A mountain is climbed one step at a time. With the makeup example," I love how much fun it was to do with you and the colors you chose look great with my outfit. Usually I only put lipstick on my lip parts because it is hard to wash off my regular face, but I like how you did the outline so carefully. And next time let's try out different brush types with the blush so you can see the different looks you can do with just one color. I can't believe how well you kept the foundation out of my hairline, I always have trouble with that! " And, maybe this was a big improvement from last time, I'd want to make sure that she *does* feel proud of the progress, even if we aren't to the finish line yet. eta: the more I think about this, I also would be more interactive for the entire process, giving continuous feedback, and also starting off the makeup session with a "last time, what did we say?, were you going to try a different brush for my cheeks?, or what did you want to try this time?" type of thing. So maybe that's why I see the positive reinforcement at the end as crucial, because we just went through a process of improvement, not just haphazardly gotten a result that can be improved. I am encouraging a process, not just a result.

Where I'm coming from: I grew up in a household where he was listened to avidly, he certainly well liked and respected and held as a model. I think the world is a better place without his show. I mean this as a literal statement: I think he made the world a worse place, because he was cruel, he marketed and promoted cruelty (the AIDS thing, etc), he marketed and promoted lies that directly hurt/impacted others (smoking doesn't cause cancer, Covid is a hoax, etc), and I do not feel grief that a negative source has stopped doing its work. I think it's unfortunate that it took his death to stop his negative impact on the world. I would have rather he had made a change instead. But he chose not to, and so it's a natural consequence to feel relief that his negative works have ceased (unfortunately the negative impact has not). I can also still feel a grief for all of the wasted potential. I mourn the man that could have been, and that it is now too late to happen. But no, I would not wish him back to us as he was. I won't judge where he is going in the next life, but will negatively judge the role he played in this one.

Wasn't really sure what reaction matched so I went with a "Heart", because 1) your name and 2) I'm glad you're figuring out what you need to do to make ends meet. All the hugs as you're figuring this out, I think of you often and am keeping you in my prayers. {{{{}}}}} On a happier tone, super excited that the magazine job seems to be working out well! The library was a great experience, and now hopefully your time will be easier with less jobs to juggle!

Our 10yo can basically perform above our 12yo in all subjects except for handwriting and piano at this point. It is apparent to her and can't be hidden because when they were younger they did their subjects together, and some (like history) still are. And she has a high competitive drive where he really doesn't care less, so it's taken a lot of mindset coaching this past 2 years or so. We emphasize that different people are different. He has blond hair, you have brown hair, it is a difference where it just IS, not that one is better. You have brown eyes he has green eyes, and one isn't better than the other. We phrase that one has a stronger interest, not necessarily ability. We tell them that we don't want them to be the best at something, but want them "to be the best at being you." Growth mindsets, competing with oneself instead of others, and how you choose to spend your own time are emphasized here. I discourage comparison between kids; they do it sometimes but I emphasize phrasing it in positive ways as possible. I come down hard on anyone saying they are better than someone else, or that someone else isn't good at XYZ. Complimenting one another is a huge thing that I try and work on, where they can recognize the others' qualities without jealousy and be able to see the good in themselves, too. It's been tricky to manage these conversations but we are getting better at it. The idea of talent is a starting point but hard work and time spent learning/practicing is always necessary regardless of ability: We talk a lot about that. I am fortunate in that we don't need to spend time correcting thoughts/attitudes from schools and peers since we homeschool. Grandparents have been a problem, though. Rinse and repeat the growth mindset lessons.

I mean, I was referencing a sci-fi TV show and summarizing their "evolution" in 1-2 sentences, not giving an actual path to a moneyless society, lol. My point was that in order for a cashless society to work, we would have to achieve a certain level of society where X things were assumed for every citizen. I do not see that we are remotely close to being there. I see a cash-optional society being achievable relatively soon, maybe for certain strata it's already here, but when electricity is not yet a given assumption for every house, I don't think cashless is a possibility or priority on any level.

I'm pretty sure in Star Trek, the prerequisite to a moneyless society was the solving of poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Once these were no longer a factor in society, it was a natural progress that since everyone had everything they needed and were focused on bettering themselves and being productive members of society, money was no longer needed. [Yes, I know that a cashless society is not the same as a moneyless society.] In a similar way, I think that there are certain baseline requirements for a cashless society. I would propose: free public internet, with full or near-full coverage even of hard-to-go places where you find people everyone having a digital device. like, literally everyone, you're given one as a child or something. options to secure your balance "offline" somehow options to pay during power outages -- registers having their own power cell and connection, for example Bonus: a way to secure your balance from being lost. One of the biggest "risks" of cash is losing your wallet and then all of your money is gone, it can't be reclaimed or stopped like a debit or credit card. I think if the new model had something to prevent easy theft, it would be an incentive to have people move to it.

Seconding Quill;I have a pair of Cowin as well, cost us $70 last year, looks like currently $60. This is pair #3; first pair lasted 2 years heavy use, current 2 pairs being used in house. They are good quality sound for a cordless version, have noise cancelling option. This pair is a little over a year old, some of the leather fabric stuff is starting to shed a little but not that much yet (I have really oily hair and we think it breaks down stuff faster, my DH has had his pair longer than me and his don't show the same signs of wear despite using them more). edit: and they are comfortable and hold their charge well.

I find it a bit ironic that a thread about frivolous lawsuits and people abusing the legal system was, in fact, a bit premature in jumping to conclusions. A frivolous thread, perhaps? I don't think there is anyone she can really sue for the recent treatment of her (TMZ probably very carefully stated their facts/speculation, as did other outlets), but she has certainly been badly treated. One of the common cases pointed to in my household growing up as proof of the frivolous litigious society we live in was the McDonald's coffee case. I will admit I parroted the line about someone being upset their coffee was hot. I have been cautious and ashamed ever since I learned the actual details of the case and use that as a reason to not rush to judgement in similar situations. Or if I do rush to judgement, not share it, at least. --- I saw her video well before this thread and I did not feel judgement, or find it funny. She made a mistake, and then made a video owning up to it to try and keep others from doing to themselves. It was a PSA, and if most people were half as helpful and honest about their own mistakes maybe we wouldn't feel so comfortable about calling others idiots and judging them so harshly for MISTAKES. Not malicious intent, not recklessness, but for temporary bad judgement and incorrect assessments. A MISTAKE.

You can also set up a Business Page for him in FB. You will be listed as an Admin on the page, but it won't be as prominent and you won't be posting on your regular timeline or as yourself when you set up a business page. Not sure how it works with FB Marketplace since we just have a Business Page for customer engagement and ads (you can have hours, links to website, etc) .

I was expecting them to be on fire, and I thought, "Finally! A cookie recipe I can't overbake!"

My parents and Covid, the saga continues. My parents asked me about potentially taking a couple of the kids in September to a family reunion out of state. Everything very tentative, no one is sure if it will be actually going forward (but my Grandma will be turning 100, so they want to get as much of the family together if the situation allows it). September, I said? Well, everyone, ie all the aunts and uncles, will be vaccinated by then. Yes, she confirms, they've all either gotten it or are scheduled. Oh, I asked, have you gotten scheduled yet? No, she says, both her and my dad are refusing the vaccine. The reason given is that she had 2 bad hospital-requiring reactions to the flu vaccines from 40-50 years ago and she "almost died with one of them". She refused to give another reason (for example, for my dad, who has not had a bad reaction to a vaccine ever and got them regularly, at least when I lived at home). So, that's that. Putting aside the idea of a family reunion in September, my "hold my breath until my parents are vaccinated" scheme is not going to work. So I guess I need to wait for herd immunity rates? Do I just start visiting every two weeks, taking the potential they spread it to my house but I'm definitely not the one who will give it to them? Is this the point I throw my hands in the air? I've got my own kinda-vulnerable people in the house, though, so it's not like I can just YOLO the situation even if I wanted to. Ugh. 😞

Yes. ------ Posts/comments asserting low trading volume and short ladders (picking the most relevant): This is what holding the line looks like! Look at that volume. Diamond-Hands keep it up! 15 U.S.C.A. § 78i - the Illegality of Short Ladder Attacks (Legal insight) Why $GME short interest appears to have fallen when in reality it has not. NO MORE SHARES TO SHORT How come no one is talking about the DUPLICATE charts of GME / AMC today? This was completely coordinated Every Dip and Every Peak Lined up perfectly ------- Encouraging others to keep holding: Millions in GME calls bought today at ~$800. HOLD! It needs to be said louder and more often. WE ARE KILLING IT. GME volume still low with positive CMF which means retards keep holding Today wasn’t a bloodbath for $GME or $AMC. WE watched LITERAL insanity as Hedgies sat and traded their trash BACK and forth to each other in order to cause YOU to panic. HOLD. BUY. 500k loss today. STILL HOLDING. <-- lots of posts like this, including u/Deepf*******value's post. He normally does end-of-month only, from my memory. I also saw guy saying $10M down for him, still holding, bought more. At these levels, it's NOT about the price of the stock. It is the number of shares in the hedge funds' possession. That's why they want you to sell. "As of January 29th GME stock is still the most heavily shorted stock in the market, with a short interest of 121.07%"Volume has not increased enough to cover shorts. Trends are following very closely to Thursday. We're still go for a moon mission, boys. I bought at 320. I don’t care. Posting fake silver news was the last straw. I will hold, and we will all bleed together. ------- Claims of media bias/manipulation: Fake News [Img of TV saying "retail traders low interest in Gamestop"] Bloomberg now insisting GME is "old news." HA! Pathetic last ditch effort. We got em by the balls now, HOLD Lol they're putting up ads now [img of Ad to buy silver] THEY ARE LYING STRAIGHT TO OUR FACE. DON’T BELIEVE THIS GARBAGE. [img of TV saying "from games opt to silver, reddit fueled frenzy continues"] ------ Again, I am only a messenger. No need to tell me I'm wrong about any of this, because I am a vessel, pouring itself out for you. 🙂 It just seems, if we are talking about what's happening, it's good to see what the actual scuttlebutt is from the ones who are posting on a public forum, with no PR involved.

Redditors are upset that this silver thing is a thing: it seems most/all of the posts promoting silver on Reddit have been from bots. There are also claims that there are ads being put there that are either about silver, and also ads that Melvin has already resolved its GME position (the question being, why put that as an ad?). Both r/stock and WSB are irritated at this and no one is claiming to actually be taking a silver position. They don't know why it's being reported as another Reddit movement. Hold Position is still the word on the GME stock from WSB, everyone is still stating this is the position to take ("Diamond Hands" hold it strong). They are saying that the trading volume is low, the trades to bring down the price are hedge funds passing a limited amount back and forth, to quote, " do not worry about the dip in today's price because it's a short ladder attack ... But it's literally not working because everyone is holding. ... Patience!!!" * *Moonhawk is neither agreeing nor asserting this as the truth. Moonhawk is just reporting from Reddit as faithfully as possible. This is not financial advice.