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I'm Michael Slepian, a behavioral scientist who studies secrets and the author of The Secret Life of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being Relationships, and Who We Are. For the past decade, I've studied the psychology of secrets. Ask me anything!
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My short bio: I was born into and raised in the Unification Church and left around 2007, but still have family members who are involved.
My Proof: Updated proof with username
After the assassination of Shinzo Abe by Yagasami shocked the world last Friday, a great deal of attention is now on the motivation behind the assassin, Tetsuya Yamagami. Yamagami has indicated that he was upset at a "religious group" that his mother had donated money to, leading to bankruptcy, and seemed to blame Shinzo Abe who had ties to this group that are well known.
Furthermore, today the Unification Church leaders in South Korea confirmed that his mother had been a member, leading many to conclude that the Unification Church was indeed the religious group he referred to. Since this seems to be legit, I wanted to put up an AMA for those interested in the Unification Church. It has changed a lot over the years, and since the death of its leader, Sun Myung Moon in 2012, has actually splintered into 3 separate groups. I did an AMA a long time ago, so im not sure if im doing this right, but feel free to ask me anything!
I believe that Stoic philosophy is just as relevant today as it was in 2nd AD century Rome, or even 3rd century BC Athens. Ask me anything you want, especially about Stoicism or Marcus Aurelius. I’m an expert on how psychological techniques from ancient philosophy can help us to improve our emotional resilience today.
Who am I? I wrote a popular self-help book about Marcus Aurelius called How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, which has been translated into eighteen languages. I’ve also written a prose biography of his life for Yale University Press’ Ancient Lives forthcoming series. My graphic novel, Verissimus: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius, will be published on 12th July by Macmillan. I also edited the Capstone Classics edition of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, based on the classic George Long translation, which I modernized and contributed a biographical essay to. I’ve written a chapter on Marcus Aurelius and modern psychotherapy for the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius edited by John Sellars. I’m one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato’s Academy Centre, a nonprofit based in Athens, Greece.
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Hello, I hope you're all doing well. I browse Reddit frequently, but did not make an account until now. My name is Hunter Shaffer, I was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta type 3: A severe brittle bone disorder that has left me with more shattered bones than I can count. In my first year of life alone, I suffered over 100 broken bones: That number is now well over 500, we stopped counting. I have rods hip to toe in both legs, as well as my left forearm. I could go on for days about the various stories behind the broken bones, surgeries and the like. The worst accident occurred during laser tag on May 9th, 2015 with my now ex-girlfriend at a post prom party. I was healing from left forearm rodding surgery, and she was pushing my chair while I was shooting the people behind us. Foolishly, I did not have a seatbelt on and she whipped the wheelchair around a corner on a VERY sharp turn. I flew over my armrest, shattering my pelvis, both femurs, 7 ribs, broken skull and a brain bleed among other injuries. Follow-up surgeries were required to replace the rods in my legs, and the final one resulted in a near fatal about of aspiration pneumonia. I will be 25 this year, and attended Cornell for Oceanography. I have been in several news publications, including syracuse .com and the NY Times. In 2017, I was diagnosed with inoperable compression of the brainstem. It all started on November 13th, 2017, something just did not feel quite right. A CT scan of my head alone showed no abnormalities, but the Basilar Invagination&Chiari malformation were discovered after I demanded a scan that included my neck. In light of the fact that I am unable to get an MRI due to metal rods all throughout my body, finding out what was wrong with me took quite some time. In 2019, 3 pieces of skull bone were removed to decompress the Chiari Malformation. Unfortunately, they were not able to fuse the neck and remove the piece of bone impinging on my brainstem. Sadly, this has led to a rather strong dependence on Oxycodone to manage the pain and symptoms as well as Valium to manage the seizure-like activity and muscle spasms in the neck area that go through my entire body. I have some very odd symptoms as a result of the compression, such as sudden paralysis, blackouts, but it is not without its gifts: The pressure on the auditory nerves allows me to listen to a song once, memorize it and "hear" it if I focus on the lyrics. It has also greatly boosted my Eidetic Memory, reaching 24 numbers for memorization on Human Benchmark. Proof: Reddit AMA video on my Youtube Link to the Syracuse.com video covering my typing speed and discussing cyber threats: NY Times Article covering the world of speed typing:Video of me sustaining over 200WPM on a 60 second test:
I'm not too sure how much longer I have on this planet, as my condition is incredibly rare and there is no federal funding for it. I'm taking things one day at a time, attempting to keep my head above water with all of the sudden onset of symptoms, medication costs and especially ambulance bills(The last one I received was for a whopping $4900 USD)
No question is off limits, ask away!
Hi Reddit! My name’s Yvette Griggs and I’m here to answer your questions!
My new album, No Hesitation, No Looking Back! came out yesterday and I had the time of my life writing these songs. You can check it out on all streaming platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, etc.
Ask whatever you’d like, but please keep it nice, considerate and appropriate!
PROOF: https://imgur.com/a/WNXRix6
Edit: Hey! Thanks to everyone for your questions. This was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. Peace out and take care. Loootttsss of Loveeeee.
Yvette
proof I’m a cast member at Chuck E. Cheese. (Basically I don’t do kitchen/management) Just an edit I’m literally a high schooler, I don’t represent CEC at all. (Saying this so I don’t get fired <333 I love my job)
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