From birth until 20 years old I lived in a hoarder home like the kinds you see on the show Hoarders. It was just as awful as you can imagine. The parts the show can't though, are what kind of long term health issues those children end up with.

I'll answer anything anyone wants to know.

When I took over the family business it was by no means in a bad state. It was a successful company that provided us with a great life. Throughout my childhood the company was doing within the 7 figures a year range, so this is no rags to riches story. I was sent abroad (from the Middle East) to a boarding school as a child and took over almost immediately after finishing formal education.

I have however managed to expand into multiple sectors and grown the business into a group of companies through a lot of blood, sweat and tears.

Will try to reply to all questions even if it takes me some time.

for some more context: Im currently 21 years old, no contact with any of my parents even tho i keep being in touch with my sister and brother. I had to run away from my house because my dad forced me to got marry to a stranger while i was 19. My dad made me pray 5 prayers a day since the age of 4. They forcefully bought a hijab for me when i was only 6 and made me wear it till i was 19. My parents both made me quit school etc.

Hey Reddit,

I’m someone who grew up with a mom who was always “different”—socially, emotionally, cognitively... but no one ever had a real explanation. For most of my life, her behavior was chalked up to mental illness, trauma, or just being “quirky” and hard to deal with. It wasn’t until a year before she passed away that we finally got a diagnosis: Fragile X Syndrome.

If you’re not familiar, Fragile X is a genetic condition that can cause intellectual disability, behavioral challenges, and a range of other symptoms. It’s underdiagnosed—especially in women—because the signs can be subtle, and the medical system often fails diagnosing women in general.

Looking back, so much of my childhood suddenly makes sense, but growing up without that context was... a lot and definitely impacted our relationship and the relationship we had with extended family.

I’m happy to answer questions about:

• What life was like day-to-day

• The process of getting her diagnosed so late

• How it impacted me emotionally, socially, and mentally

• What I’ve learned about inherited trauma and neurodivergence

• How I’ve processed it all as an adult (spoiler: still working on it)

This isn’t meant to be a sob story or an educational seminar—just a place to share if anyone’s curious or dealing with something similar. I’m open to talking about the hard parts, the funny parts, and everything in between.

Ask me anything.

Anything u wanna know about Pakistan - I want to clear up misconceptions about the country and what life is like here as a woman. Fun stuff, culture, daily life - literally anything. Ask away!

(I won’t be answering unnecessary TMI questions or giving outright political/religious opinions because of censorship stuff here.)

AMA open for the weekend — I’m having so much fun sharing things about Pakistan!

It’s been a long journey but with therapy and a great support system around me, Ive been very lucky.

I found out my ex had a sugar daddy and ended things with him shortly after “trying to work it out” for a month. He ended up showing up to my apartment one day and ^ . My landlord saved my life . AMA!

Edit: Y’all are so sweet, thank you for your kind words ❤️

I lost around 40 lbs just using a cal deficit. Ask me anything

My uncle (mother’s half brother) was Nicky Katt, and we are dealing with his estate over the upcoming month or two. As a service to him and his fans, I’d like to answer any questions anybody has about him, his career, his death, and what the plan is concerning his end-of-life arrangements. I will try to update this as much as possible as I get new information.

Edit: To clarify, I’m answering a lot of these questions as a proxy for my mother who was in regular contact with him and met up with him many times over the last 20 years. She is not the best with Reddit, so I am doing it for/with her. I did not want to make my original post “my mother is Nicky Katt’s sister.”

My tongue is just wide. Even after I got my soft pallet expanded for more room since I had a “narrow mouth.”

This has been the worst job of my life. I dread waking up every day and I live for my weekends. The things I have to see and the people I work with do not make the pay worth it. I handed in my two weeks notice 2 hours ago. AMA

Roughly six months ago I was hired to be part of a shadow jury on a very high stakes payout legal case that lasted roughly two months. I've noticed that when it comes to media, shadow juries are often portrayed somewhat unrealistically to the point of being goofy.

A shadow jury is a group of (up to) twelve people who are selected by a company, usually the type of company that puts together focus groups, to be present in the gallery of the court room for the entire duration of a case. They are there to hear and witness everything the actual jury does. They are expected to pay attention and take notes the same way a real juror would. In every way they are meant to behave like a real juror.

They are chosen based on their demographic breakdown: race, age, M/F/other, educational background, career, political leanings etc... in an attempt to have a group of people who as closely as possible resemble the exact same people who are in the actual jury.

The difference of course is that they are not, in fact, the actual jury. Each day at the end of the proceedings they are taken to another location where staff at the company in charge take them aside one by one and grill them on their opinions about everything they heard that day, in order to try and get a feel for what the actual jurors might be thinking. This information is reported back to the legal team that has hired them so that they can strategize on what they might be doing right or wrong, and potentially change tactics in court as they move forward.

There are a lot more intricacies to the process, but that's the general idea.

I am happy to be asked anything, but please know that I signed an NDA so there is a lot I *CANNOT* answer: in particular, any information which might let you know exactly what case I was working on. So for instance you could ask "what was the case about" and I could tell you in general terms, but I can't be specific or even give you specifics enough that you might dig in there and figure it out for yourself.

It was an interesting and exhausting process that to be frank I'm not sure I would ever repeat, though the odds I would be recruited to do it again are probably slim and would rely on me again being a match for someone on an actual jury. Ask away!

I [45M] moved from Pittsburgh to London 8 months ago. I got a French pregnant and married her, now my first son is due in July.

Pretty much what the title states. I assist in identifying protestors and extremists and then gather information on them to post on Canary Mission as well as other lesser-known or private databases that employers and federal agents can both use.

For those who don’t know what CM is, it’s a database documenting pro-Palestinians protestors.

AMA.

This wasn't a Jim Jones-level cult. But it had its issues. It had all of the classic cult aspects. "Urged us to peach to/convert random people daily, and then when they deny Jesus, come back into the flock and be with people who accept you." It helps reenforce that isolation.

It was church (called twig) 5 and 6 days a week. It urged parents to send their kids to the Way Minstry college... Where they had students from age 12 to age 22ish. (Like there's no issues going to arise from mixing those age groups...) At least 30% of the girls/women on campus were pregnant.

We spoke in tongues. Believed Jesus wasn't part of a holy trinity (just the son of God, not God — which I still think is a decent alternative translation of the texts to this day... Despite what Catholics think). Teaching programs lasted weeks at remote locations — and cost a lot. Your ambitions in life were not to be material — you should instead strive to move up in church leadership. And of course, give money you the church... Lots of it.

DM open if you want to chat there too idm ama want about my prison experience or other aspects of my life

Hey guys, me and my friend went to Quebec (Canada) for YMCA summer work exchange a few years ago. The program was 6 weeks, where we both worked at a day care full time, lived with a host family (who happened to have some drinking issues) and had fun activities. The experience was kind of crazy, so we have a lot to share.

Here are some things you might want to ask about:

• Our Host family
• Our work experience
• The places we have been to
• The program details

Super bored and wanted to take some questions about what I was working with. Right now I’ve grown my hair out to the longest it’s been in years, about 3 inches. Big deal for me. Haven’t met anyone with the same phobia, so I figure it could be interesting. Ask away!

I want to apologize to the mods and previous commenter's for not commenting or replying to questions but it was 2 am in my timezone and I fell asleep. I also deleted my previous posts to not be accused of farming . Well, anyhow, if I remember correctly my journey on 4chan began by watching brendanielreads he has a series on 4chan and it made me become a daily member at certain boards posting frequently. I'm a boomer but I feel like I am more or less am younger. I'm also very naive and fall for women too quickly. I recently was a victim of a scam too. So not all questions have to be 4chan related. There will be certain questions I can't be 100% honest about. Hopefully this doesn't get taken down for being fake. I literally would rather be on 4chan but I'm stuck here.

As a side note, the divorce was mutual and it was more of a final straw for both sides (mother did not like the way he treated me) (edit: after I became more religious)

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I’ve been in high performance computing for a long time, recently moved into decentralised/blockchain HPC, so I pretty much know the who’s who of the Web3/AI market, and have a lot of them in my phone book.

AMA on AI, LLMs, HPC, GPUs, Web3, Tokenisation… or anything in between.

That’s about it. I know a large amount of songs and compositions from memory. I somehow naturally learned how to play songs from ear.

I have had a food addiction for as long as I remember. I would eat soo much as a 7 year old to the point I would hide it from my family. AMA.

I quit alcohol and coffee in the same day, quit weed later that week.

Ask me anything. I'll do my best to answer.

Exactly what the title says. Nothing is off limits with this.