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Claudia-Delgado-LCSW OP t1_izgbn1j wrote
Reply to comment by Artisismus in I’m Online Therapist, Claudia Delgado, LCSW. I work with Women that are having an Affair - Emotional or Physical. AMA. by Claudia-Delgado-LCSW
Thank you for your question. A mistake is something that is regrettable. Bad choices might not be something someone regrets. Bad choices could be something someone regrets. Either way does not make it justifiable.
losangelestimes OP t1_izgavax wrote
Reply to comment by secoccular in I was the victim of an identity theft nightmare - and it could happen to you. AMA by losangelestimes
Right, but that data doesn't go into NIBRS, which is what most police departments, institutions, and journalists refer to for crime reporting and demographics. You can look up violent and property crime rates through the FBI's crime data explorer, but you can't look up cyber crimes.
https://crime-data-explorer.fr.cloud.gov/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend
Artisismus t1_izga6u1 wrote
Reply to I’m Online Therapist, Claudia Delgado, LCSW. I work with Women that are having an Affair - Emotional or Physical. AMA. by Claudia-Delgado-LCSW
I saw in another post you say affairs can be a mistake. How do you define a series of bad choices as a mistake? Or better can you give an example of how an affair is a mistake and not a choice? Do you think limerance is real?
losangelestimes OP t1_izga4qc wrote
Reply to comment by secoccular in I was the victim of an identity theft nightmare - and it could happen to you. AMA by losangelestimes
The bar is very, very high to get assigned a new Social Security number. Knowing yours is compromised from a data breach is not enough. Even being a victim of identity theft is not enough, unless you continue to experience issues after taking a number of steps to fight it.
losangelestimes OP t1_izg9wb0 wrote
Reply to comment by secoccular in I was the victim of an identity theft nightmare - and it could happen to you. AMA by losangelestimes
Well, you don't show your driver's license for online transactions, either. It's more about adding layers of identification for opening new accounts. For instance, when I was getting FMLA benefits earlier this year when I had a baby, I had to take a face scan video and send it in.
But, online transactions could be more secure. More cards could add two-factor authentication for online purchases. It's just a balance between convenience and protection, and right now most institutions lean toward convenience.
shrimptooth t1_izg98s7 wrote
Reply to comment by acmecorporationusa in I'm writer/director Jordan VanDina and my directorial debut "It's a Wonderful Binge" starring Danny Trejo, Kaitlin Olson, Tim Meadows and Nick Swardson premieres on Hulu tomorrow. Ask me anything about writing, directing, or about what a great guy Danny Trejo is! by [deleted]
I just wrote a long response to this and I don't think it went through! Which brings me to my first piece of advice, always SAVE. I gave some damn good advice too.
Basically what I said was that it's most important to FINISH your script. I talk to so many aspiring writers that have an idea, or have an outline or 20 pages of a script. It's so important to just finish so you can see it as a whole and then go back and revise.
And never be too precious because the script will get noted up by producers, studio, directors, actors! It is an ever evolving thing! It's going to change from your original draft. Or maybe I'm just a terrible screenwriter, jury is still out on that one.
CarryTheFlame t1_izg8ep5 wrote
Reply to We’re Sadeka Nujhat, Hannah Leese and Sandhya Moise from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. We research ways to detect cancer as early as possible to help save lives. by UniversityofBath
Could the same method be used to detect Prostate Cancer in men?
acmecorporationusa t1_izg7e6y wrote
Reply to I'm writer/director Jordan VanDina and my directorial debut "It's a Wonderful Binge" starring Danny Trejo, Kaitlin Olson, Tim Meadows and Nick Swardson premieres on Hulu tomorrow. Ask me anything about writing, directing, or about what a great guy Danny Trejo is! by [deleted]
Congratulations on your success. Have you any advice for an aspiring screenwriter?
shrimptooth t1_izg6u8a wrote
Reply to comment by Hamilton_Brad in I'm writer/director Jordan VanDina and my directorial debut "It's a Wonderful Binge" starring Danny Trejo, Kaitlin Olson, Tim Meadows and Nick Swardson premieres on Hulu tomorrow. Ask me anything about writing, directing, or about what a great guy Danny Trejo is! by [deleted]
All through social media. I would tweet full scripts out and put them on Reddit. Scripts that had IP that I didn't own. I knew I could never get them made but they would get attention.
I started this website www.WeekendScripts.com where I would take a news story like the Fyre Festival and write a full script in a weekend and people would be so stunned that there was already a movie script about a news story that came out a few days before that it would go viral. Wasn't necessarily that good but it was fast!
Once I had a few viral scripts, I got an agent and then started writing originals like "The Binge"
Hamilton_Brad t1_izg69kr wrote
Reply to I'm writer/director Jordan VanDina and my directorial debut "It's a Wonderful Binge" starring Danny Trejo, Kaitlin Olson, Tim Meadows and Nick Swardson premieres on Hulu tomorrow. Ask me anything about writing, directing, or about what a great guy Danny Trejo is! by [deleted]
What was the process to get your first script in front of the right person to even be considered?
secoccular t1_izg68n0 wrote
Reply to comment by losangelestimes in I was the victim of an identity theft nightmare - and it could happen to you. AMA by losangelestimes
Am I correct to assume you put fraud alerts on all your credit reports?
secoccular t1_izg61qn wrote
Reply to comment by Rock_Strongo in I was the victim of an identity theft nightmare - and it could happen to you. AMA by losangelestimes
>Not like you can request a new one.
Are you certain about that? It's literally one of the reasons you can get a new number.
secoccular t1_izg5qxw wrote
Reply to comment by yashwinacanter in I was the victim of an identity theft nightmare - and it could happen to you. AMA by losangelestimes
The FTC does track the and FBI has access to these numbers, when people take the time to report it.
https://www.usa.gov/stop-scams-frauds
They are basically in information-gathering mode, and won't open investigations into individual cases unless they involve other crimes like money laundering.
[deleted] OP t1_izg5mdw wrote
Claudia-Delgado-LCSW OP t1_izg52f0 wrote
Reply to comment by bgoug in I’m Online Therapist, Claudia Delgado, LCSW. I work with Women that are having an Affair - Emotional or Physical. AMA. by Claudia-Delgado-LCSW
All I can say is there are lots of gray in these situations as there are many different beliefs. This includes culture, religion and upbringing. An answer for one would not fit an answer for another.
constant94 t1_izg4w0r wrote
Reply to comment by shrimptooth in I'm writer/director Jordan VanDina and my directorial debut "It's a Wonderful Binge" starring Danny Trejo, Kaitlin Olson, Tim Meadows and Nick Swardson premieres on Hulu tomorrow. Ask me anything about writing, directing, or about what a great guy Danny Trejo is! by [deleted]
Thanks!
Claudia-Delgado-LCSW OP t1_izg4jm6 wrote
Reply to comment by KarpGrinder in I’m Online Therapist, Claudia Delgado, LCSW. I work with Women that are having an Affair - Emotional or Physical. AMA. by Claudia-Delgado-LCSW
Hi KarpGrinder. Thank you for your question. I have only encountered this a handful of times and in these cases we worked on telling partner. To my knowledge all partners were told.
bgoug t1_izg4hdp wrote
Reply to comment by Claudia-Delgado-LCSW in I’m Online Therapist, Claudia Delgado, LCSW. I work with Women that are having an Affair - Emotional or Physical. AMA. by Claudia-Delgado-LCSW
How many of those reasons do you believe to be morally justifiable?
eveningsand t1_izg4d9r wrote
Reply to I was the victim of an identity theft nightmare - and it could happen to you. AMA by losangelestimes
Did you get a second SSN and CA DL#?
When I had my ID stolen in the 90s, that was the response from federal and state entities.
shrimptooth t1_izg4848 wrote
Reply to comment by constant94 in I'm writer/director Jordan VanDina and my directorial debut "It's a Wonderful Binge" starring Danny Trejo, Kaitlin Olson, Tim Meadows and Nick Swardson premieres on Hulu tomorrow. Ask me anything about writing, directing, or about what a great guy Danny Trejo is! by [deleted]
Incredible! A very surreal experience to get to work with someone you've been watching and been a fan of for so long. She was insanely funny and made the character infinitely funnier than it was in the script.
Claudia-Delgado-LCSW OP t1_izg3rmo wrote
Reply to comment by naughtychick9999 in I’m Online Therapist, Claudia Delgado, LCSW. I work with Women that are having an Affair - Emotional or Physical. AMA. by Claudia-Delgado-LCSW
I apologize. I do not know where my response went. Yes, I have several clients in this situation as well. I can’t give a blanket statement as all situations are different and I can say that they too need and deserve support.
constant94 t1_izg3qju wrote
Reply to I'm writer/director Jordan VanDina and my directorial debut "It's a Wonderful Binge" starring Danny Trejo, Kaitlin Olson, Tim Meadows and Nick Swardson premieres on Hulu tomorrow. Ask me anything about writing, directing, or about what a great guy Danny Trejo is! by [deleted]
What was it like working with Kaitlin Olson?
KarpGrinder t1_izg3dk4 wrote
Reply to I’m Online Therapist, Claudia Delgado, LCSW. I work with Women that are having an Affair - Emotional or Physical. AMA. by Claudia-Delgado-LCSW
If a cheating spouse has become infected with an STD/STI, is there no obligation to inform their betrayed partner to the potential health risks they face if the cheater does not want to confess to the affair?
Claudia-Delgado-LCSW OP t1_izg3c5a wrote
Reply to comment by bgoug in I’m Online Therapist, Claudia Delgado, LCSW. I work with Women that are having an Affair - Emotional or Physical. AMA. by Claudia-Delgado-LCSW
I can’t disclose this information due to confidentiality and I can add that abuse is not the only reason it would not be safe to disclose affair. An example I can give is if partner is suicidal.
But there are many reasons. Sometimes it has to do with timing as well.
BlLLr0y t1_izgbtfx wrote
Reply to I'm writer/director Jordan VanDina and my directorial debut "It's a Wonderful Binge" starring Danny Trejo, Kaitlin Olson, Tim Meadows and Nick Swardson premieres on Hulu tomorrow. Ask me anything about writing, directing, or about what a great guy Danny Trejo is! by [deleted]
Can we get a fun Nick Swardson story? I imagine he was hilarious on set.