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The Battle of Florida is 1-1 after the first period.

Jays with another win in San Diego. They're looking a lot more like the team I thought they would be. Their first 10 games or so they were NOT great.

Leafs outshot the Bruins, but the Bruins get the game 1 win 5-1.

Billyionaire posted...

My response to this would be: life has always sucked. People have lived in much, much worse conditions than we have across the many centuries of human civilization. And, while death probably would have been an appealing option in those times too, most people would rather have lived than died.

I'm not saying this woman in her own personal circumstance is wrong for choosing to die, but to act like the quality of life in these times is so appalling that death is beginning to seem more appealing as each day passes is... well it's just irresponsible to suggest that to anyone who may be having mental issues.

We need to be really careful with our assumptions on how all this works. No ethical medical professional is ever going to suggest "death" to someone. Even doctors who deal primarily with patients who are going to die (Cancer, for example) don't ever suggest to a patient that they should make that choice. They talk about end of life care and stuff like that.

It is the patient who is asking those questions and looking for what options they have. My wife never met a medical practitioner (and she saw I would ballpark it around 70 or so different doctors in her lifetime) who EVER broached that subject. She did the research on the MAID program here in Canada, she looked up how to follow through on it, and took the steps as the law required.

I can only speak for the program here in Canada, but you have to wait 3 months from the start of the process before you can get the procedure done. It's not as if in a moment of desperation you just walk to a doctor and get to pass away. You need to go through quite a rigorous process and prove that you have done everything possible to be treated for what is going on and multiple doctors need to agree that you have done that as well as the fact your condition is to a point that it would be cruel and unusual to continue to decline.

I know that we are terrified of our loved ones dying. As much as I supported my wife through her decision and got her to her finish line of her life, it made me incredibly sad and hurt me dearly. But who is ANYONE on this planet to try and force them to live through whatever it is that is putting them in the position where medically assisted suicide is what they truly want?

Canes beat the Isles 3-1 in a great game to take a 1-0 series lead!

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How our draft went. The only major rule we have (and its a weird one) is that you can pick at max 3 players from one team, and then you have to spread out with a max of 2 players for every other team.

Edit - Yeah, it's a snake draft

The first couple years they did the draft (before I jumped in) they found that most people would just grab like 7-8 players from one team and hope they went on a long run. We wanted to value research and forced spreading picks across multiple teams. Do you pick, for example, a depth player on a team you think might go far, or take a flyer on a star for a team you don't think will move on? Will Ovechkin in ONE series maybe get more points than a 3rd line guy for a team that goes to the conference finals?

Yeah, Jays with a nice win against the Padres!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b5deb206.jpg

... why am I leaning slightly towards the Islanders to steal their series against the Canes?

I always like the Islanders for some reason and dislike the Canes for some reason. O_o

Jays back at it tonight, but also it's draft day for my hockey draft. Ffffff

Anyone doing a draft? Mine is coming up at 9:30 tonight. So fucking excited!

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Yeah! Go Nucks Go!

The only Canadian team I hate is the Flames. Fuck the Flames.

Bump

superben posted...

Wat happen to st Louis this year?

The Western Conference happened. So much parity.

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Round 1 I got...

Dallas over Knights in 6
Jets over Avs in 6
Canucks over Preds in 5
Oilers over Kings in 5

Panthers over Bolts in 7
Leafs over Bruins in 6
Rags over Caps in 4
Canes over Isles in 7

Fucking Jays couldn't close out game 3 with the Yankees yesterday. Fuck.

Nobody?

The first season was awesome with the whole Liv vs. PGA stuff just starting off, and seeing it continue to heat up in S2... the show is REALLY well done.

Anyone who likes sports docu-series they should watch it, even if they aren't huge golf fans.

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https://youtu.be/umvgwXINJBE?si=vINXQTDew7iKmqxH

Classic. XD

Steamworld Heist 2 baby!!!!

The only stuff I was watching was Funhaus, who could probably pull an EZA and go the Patreon route and be a collective that way.

I'm wondering if deoxxys trolled the topics about my wife. One of the few who did.

Zikten posted...

I wish he had as much passion for The Orville

He actually is VERY passionate about Orville. Pretty sure he works directly on its creation as opposed to just acting on it. He doesn't write for Family Guy or American Dad anymore, but I do think he is still VERY involved with Orville and the new Ted TV show.

https://youtu.be/ZSK0f7H--L8?si=PRE9fYJiGnRwH4IZ

Jays win again, with Romano getting himself his first save of the season!

CE won't fold. Trolls will just have to stop trolling.

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It was powerful for sure. I'm not a religious or spiritual person. My wife was spiritual and definitely had experiences that reinforced those thoughts for her. I told her she would have to give me those experiences for me to maybe be a bit more spiritual.

There is so much logically that could have made that seat be empty. Or I can just thank her for giving me that experience I asked for.

Thanks, that means a lot.

It was an ordeal for sure. I'm glad that she got the resolution she needed. I'm not "happy" that it happened, but she rarely ever got what she wanted in her life and I am glad she got to dictate how her life ended.

That is amazing DM! Well done, so proud of you!

My wife chose medically assisted suicide last year due to her overall health. Her physical health was deteriorating rapidly, but also mental health was as well. It needs to be said that health, in general, is all related. Someone who has intense mental health problems will have physical problems as well, and vice-versa.

Had a good workout today! Gonna get back to my regular schedule and work hard. I've had kinda a laid back 2-3 weeks so now I'm gonna fucking kill it!

Thankfully my laid back few weeks hasn't seen me gain much weight. I'm around 306, been going between 300 and 306 the entire year so far.

Another Jays win!

I tend to think about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which I tend to enjoy.

There's still a huge glut of amazing games that released in the last 6 months or so. 2023 was a fucking BANGER year for video games, so there's probably a lot of people who still have some 2023 games to play before they dip into 2024 titles.

Jays win 5-0!!

It's also so well written around the concept of like... yeah, if you can live thousands and thousands of years, it would quintessentially change how you handle relationships and what is "important" to you or not. And Frieren does such an amazing job of examining that.

Absolutely loved it. Made me cry a few times, made me cheer, and the animation and fight choreography and all that was fucking amazing

I haven't gotten past 5 yet, but I only got it 2 hours ago.

I had a really good thing going with a deck all about Flushes, and then boss 5 I couldn't play the same type of scoring hand twice. So.... I was fucked.

LonelyStoner posted...

Even on this board, I feel like going into detail about my mental health as well as childhood trauma would make others ask many questions out of genuine concern.

I made multiple topics about my wife choosing medically assisted suicide and how that all impacted me. Beyond a few really unfortunate trolls everyone was super supportive and understanding.

https://youtu.be/R6L9bUouDr8?si=oxe91aBFzgC3VOfy

So much silly drama with them but I enjoyed the music.

Weird to think that 20 years ago, the leading goal scorers got 41 goals.

Nice little 5-3 win from the Jays today. Rodriguez looked good in his 70 pitches or so

Varsho just hit a grand slam for the Jays, so that makes me smile.

That sort of weight loss in a year, have you also lost muscle mass at the same time? I'm just curious if you feel as strong as you may have been in like the 250 range?

I had a rough week or so when it came to eating. Lots of Vietnamese food last weekend, lots of camping/cookout food, LOTS of ice cream.

Back to my more successful food choices today and moving forward.

Excellent episode. It sucks he likely won't make a lot of money on this excellent piece of legit journalism.

Let's fucking go!!!