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I may end up needing to ask for donations at some point. Not only is my partners mom at the hospital, and it has been a lot to stress on my partner and I, and I haven't always been able to get ride from friends and had to use ubers to check on her... I won't be getting paid for being her aide for any time she was admitted which at this point has been almost a full week at this point. We have food in the house at the moment. But given that we live pay check to paycheck it will be rough loosing a week of pay.
Hey yeah, shes pre-stroke and the doctors are talking about a living will. I'm gonna put this out here now.
If she does die, I am not only gonna be dealing with the loss of a loved one, I will be out of work, and potentially out of housing. My gf and I have been trying to save to help move in with her partners but we are nowhere near that goal. Putting this out here now. Survival funds, paying off beds fun, potentially moving funds. I hadn't been asking for help because it felt selfish, that I should have been able to handle it all. But living paycheck to paycheck is scary and having to deal with this is scary. And it's not just me, its my partner who might be losing her mother. who is disabled and tries her best to help with the house but can't do traditional work.
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âWhoever spares the rod hates their children,
but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.â
     â Proverbs 13:24
Castigators can be found in the ranks of almost every pilgrimage. They serve an essential role in being the first and the foremost to provide direct spiritual guidance and vigorous moral correction to the milling hordes of their fellow Trench Pilgrims, acting not unlike the non-commissioned officers of a regular military force. The path of righteousness is not always easy to follow, and transgressions made by pilgrims must be promptly punished to remind supplicants that they must always fear Godâs Judgement more than the enemy or even death itself. As befits the Castigatorâs role they are often both imposing in stature, dour in dress and demeanour, and possessed of stentorian voices capable of penetrating even the most enraptured ears.Â
All Castigators bear a ceremonial scourge of some kind as their badge of office. The precise form of this instrument of correction punishment can vary greatly depending on the Castigatorâs patron saint and orthodoxy. For example, Methodians employ metal rods, the Dunstanians use hempen ropes, and the Mariansâ preference is for red-hot irons. The Lazarist Castigators of the Sacred Affliction commonly use scourges of braided leather, or of knotted hair shorn from their flock.Â
The symbolism of the instrument is always singular whatever form it takes: it is the Whip of God, both a reminder and a physical manifestation of the righteous metaphysical punishment that is in store for all sinners in the eyes of the Lord. For those who have dedicated themselves to be martyred for the everlasting glory of God it is a necessary and welcome tool, used to expose and exorcise the weaknesses of the body when confronted by the temptations of sin. Pride, envy, wrath, gluttony, lust, sloth, and greed can seep all too easily into even the most pious mortal soul. The watchful Castigators always stand ready to discover any trace of sin and to vigorously drive it out.
On the march Castigators keep discipline within the ranks of the pilgrimage and issue the War Prophetâs commands to the faithful. They act as the prophetâs confidants and personal confessors, shriving them and granting absolution for any of their sins which do not fall under the auspices of the Apostolic Penitentiary. Castigators also take daily confessions from the faithful, typically after vespers and by necessity en masse if the pilgrimage is a large one. Depending on the degree, transgressions made by the pilgrims can be absolved through vows, additional duties, privation, enforced fasting, or corporal punishment.
In the latter case, the individual orthodoxy and patron saint of the pilgrimage also greatly influence the degree and nature of the punishment. Flogging, branding and even mutilation are widely accepted as forms of physical absolution for most pilgrimages, but some disagree.
Methodians abhor gratuitous and barbaric practices, and will prefer exile or incarceration over anything more serious than the most symbolic of physical correction. Naturally, Marians prefer to use severing and branding, while Dunstanians favour pressing. Lazarist Castigators assign the weight of the millstone given to leper-pilgrims to carry as their symbolic weight of sin, so among that horde a wayward pilgrim will receive a yet weightier stone to bear.Â
In the case of repeated or serious transgressions, a Castigator may invoke a reduction to the ranks of the Ecclesiastic Prisoners, or even immediate martyrdom for final judgement to be made by God. Heresy or blasphemy are universally met with instant excommunication and execution without last rites or sanctified burial. The sin of personally taking up the cause of the Almighty and then turning aside from the path is among the most reprehensible to a Castigator, no matter what their creed, and they meet it accordingly. In a more pastoral role, Castigators also act as the guardians of the pilgrimâs shrine and its sacristy and they are often the pilgrimageâs acting quartermasters as well.Â
In battle many Castigators lead their flock from the front, but in better equipped pilgrimages Castigators may stay in a supporting role to direct the pilgrimsâ righteous but at times unruly fury against the foe with more precisely directed volleys. In either role Castigators constantly remind the pilgrims of their ultimate duty to the Kingdom of Heaven, and absolve any temporary lapses on the spot with suitable verbal encouragement and corrective application of the Whip of God. Inevitably such a prominent presence makes Castigators prime targets for Heretic snipers and assassins, so they may wear armour or bear trench shields for protection. Some pilgrim dogmas eschew such protections entirely to demonstrate complete commitment to Godâs plan, but even these Castigators may utilize martyrdom pills and holy icons to ensure they will not fall before the battle is won.
Although they are confirmed members of the clergy as appointed by a pilgrimage, few Castigators are students of the innumerable parish and metropolitan seminaries of Europa. Indeed their role falls outside the doctrines of the Unified Church, which does not officially condone pilgrim processions.
In some cases Castigators may barely stand within the broader Orthodoxy of Faith at all, as is demonstrated by the notoriously brutal Castigators of the Cavalcade of the Tenth Plague.Â
Most Castigators refer to their purpose as a âcallingâ that came to them later in life as a result of their natural disposition or personal experiences they typically cite as receiving revelations from the Lord to set about His work âat lastâ. Combat veterans, non-commissioned officers, shipâs bosuns, prison wardens, schoolmasters, deacons, postmasters, executioners, torturers, farmers, and police officers have all been noted as making effective Castigators with little more than additional biblical studies.Â
Those from other walks of life usually require a more rigorous period spent as an acolyte to a full-fledged Castigator to learn the ropes, in many cases literally. There are whispered rumours that Castigators are, in fact, Ecclesiastic Prisoners who survived martyrdom or Heretics forgiven by the grace of God, but those who speak them are careful not to do so anywhere where a Castigator might hear.
For those Pilgrimages that do follow the official Church doctrine, confirmation of a Castigator into the clergy can be made in the field via a writ of authority from the ranking cleric. The preferred method is to register the confirmation with Rome to ensure the Castigatorâs name is added to the ledgers of the righteous that rest in the Vatican Archives. Orthodox Castigators will strive hard to ensure that their flock is sufficiently purified that they can one day make a personal pilgrimage to the Holy See and receive confirmation in person. Few succeed in this goal; either their daily God-given burdens occupy all of their time or they are martyred long before the opportunity arises. Other Castigators have little care for notions of propriety dictated from afar by the Supreme Pontiff in Rome and are content to pursue their cause and their faith unmarked and unknown save by the eyes of God.Â
Because of this the sight of a hard-bitten veteran Castigator from the frontlines on the streets of any city will draw guilty whispers and averted glances from some, and a huge upwelling of faith in others. Many a pilgrimage has begun with just a single Castigator and a worthy Prophet that they found in the hinterlands and persuaded to lead the faithful to battle. From these first small stones, a righteous avalanche grows.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is among my favorite authors. I wish I had more insightful things to say about Love in the Time of Cholera but it's just such an enjoyable read. Romantic and vital without straying into vulgar sentimentality.
this is not exactly correct. the earth is about 150 million kilometers from the sun which, when divided by 6792 years, gives a speed of 0.7 meters per second. according to Wikipedia, the exact transmission speed of nerves depends on the type of nerve cells and varies from person to person, with a maximum speed of 120 meters per second.
the nociceptors of the paleospinothalamic tract (responsible for prolonged pain) transmit at between 0.5-2.0 m/s, so The Cheney Sentinelâs choice of 0.7 m/s is perfectly fine, if on the low end. however, the nociceptors of the neospinothalamic tract (responsible for sudden sharp pain) transmit at 3-30 m/s. letâs take a speed on the low end, maybe 7 m/s.
if your arm was long enough to touch the sun and burn your fingers, you would first feel a sharp pain starting after 679.2 years, and a continuous throbbing pain starting after 6792 years.
this is assuming youâre floating in space above the Earth as you reached towards the sun. if you were standing on Earth and lifted your arm towards the sun then, due to the rotation of the Earth, it would take you much less time to feel pain.
This was post and reply were originally made in 2018 according to Tumblr, so we have NEW INFORMATION!
A 2019 study from Sweden found that pain can travel at the same speed as touch, which is between 75-120 m/s.
This changes the time it it would take for you to feel the pain to a mere 39.6 to 63.4 years, depending. (This is not taking into account the 2022 CalTech study that tracked nerve impulses traveling at 134 m/s, as I could not determine that these were ether touch or pain sensations.)
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