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android47
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Reversal? How about *triple* reversal? I was running a Karador junk deck, I had [Saffi Eriksdottir]( and [Corpse Connoisseur]( a handful of other stuff in play, and a big fat graveyard. The Blue Player had no board position and wicked gleam in his eye.
**The reversal:** The Blue Player casts [Diluvian Primordial]( and uses that to cast a board wipe from one opponent's grave and [Rise Of The Dark Realms]( from mine. Looks like he's about to wallop the crap out of us with my RotDR, right?
**The double reversal:** I sac Saffi to save Corpse Connoisseur, and when the board wipe resolves (with RotDR still on the stack) I start searching my deck. I casually mention that I'm going to entomb [Phage]( Blue player goes as white as a Gallows Warden. He quickly counters his own Rise of the Dark Realms.
**The triple reversal:** I don't have Phage in my deck. Blue Player is pissed. Next turn I get out a [Sepulchral Primordial]( Blue takes it from me and puts it on [Deadeye]( Takes the rest of the creatures out of my graveyard and beats me with them.
**tl;dr:** Opponent steals my Rise of the Dark Realms. I bluff him into countering his own spell. Then he finds a *different* way to kill me with my own creatures.
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Reversal? How about triple reversal? I was running a Karador junk deck, I had [Saffi Eriksdottir]( and [Corpse Connoisseur]( a handful of other stuff in play, and a big fat graveyard. The Blue Player had no board position and wicked gleam in his eye.
The reversal: The Blue Player casts [Diluvian Primordial]( and uses that to cast a board wipe from one opponent's grave and [Rise Of The Dark Realms]( from mine. Looks like he's about to wallop the crap out of us with my RotDR, right?
The double reversal: I sac Saffi to save Corpse Connoisseur, and when the board wipe resolves (with RotDR still on the stack) I start searching my deck. I casually mention that I'm going to entomb [Phage]( Blue player goes as white as a Gallows Warden. He quickly counters his own Rise of the Dark Realms.
The triple reversal: I don't have Phage in my deck. Blue Player is pissed. Next turn I get out a [Sepulchral Primordial]( Blue takes it from me and puts it on [Deadeye]( Takes the rest of the creatures out of my graveyard and beats me with them.
tl;dr: Opponent steals my Rise of the Dark Realms. I bluff him into countering his own spell. Then he finds a different way to kill me with my own creatures.
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EDH
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t5_2scee
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cbszoyy
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Reversal? How about triple reversal? I was running a Karador junk deck, I had [Saffi Eriksdottir]( and [Corpse Connoisseur]( a handful of other stuff in play, and a big fat graveyard. The Blue Player had no board position and wicked gleam in his eye.
The reversal: The Blue Player casts [Diluvian Primordial]( and uses that to cast a board wipe from one opponent's grave and [Rise Of The Dark Realms]( from mine. Looks like he's about to wallop the crap out of us with my RotDR, right?
The double reversal: I sac Saffi to save Corpse Connoisseur, and when the board wipe resolves (with RotDR still on the stack) I start searching my deck. I casually mention that I'm going to entomb [Phage]( Blue player goes as white as a Gallows Warden. He quickly counters his own Rise of the Dark Realms.
The triple reversal: I don't have Phage in my deck. Blue Player is pissed. Next turn I get out a [Sepulchral Primordial]( Blue takes it from me and puts it on [Deadeye]( Takes the rest of the creatures out of my graveyard and beats me with them.
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Opponent steals my Rise of the Dark Realms. I bluff him into countering his own spell. Then he finds a different way to kill me with my own creatures.
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Hyper_Threaded
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The flaw here is that the people hosting the digital poker games don't care what happens. The stakes of president or any other held office in this country are FAR FAR greater than the average digital poker game. Even if an online poker game has a 10million dollar pot, the manipulation effort is hardly worth the time by comparison to winning the biggest election in the land.
TL;DR: Politicians would do ANYTHING to manipulate the votes in their favor. Sites hosting digital poker will make their money either way, they could care less what size of a pot you choose to gamble in.
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The flaw here is that the people hosting the digital poker games don't care what happens. The stakes of president or any other held office in this country are FAR FAR greater than the average digital poker game. Even if an online poker game has a 10million dollar pot, the manipulation effort is hardly worth the time by comparison to winning the biggest election in the land.
TL;DR: Politicians would do ANYTHING to manipulate the votes in their favor. Sites hosting digital poker will make their money either way, they could care less what size of a pot you choose to gamble in.
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AskReddit
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t5_2qh1i
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cbsw7t8
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The flaw here is that the people hosting the digital poker games don't care what happens. The stakes of president or any other held office in this country are FAR FAR greater than the average digital poker game. Even if an online poker game has a 10million dollar pot, the manipulation effort is hardly worth the time by comparison to winning the biggest election in the land.
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Politicians would do ANYTHING to manipulate the votes in their favor. Sites hosting digital poker will make their money either way, they could care less what size of a pot you choose to gamble in.
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memetherapy
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The reason r/atheism got buried is because once reddit went mainstream, the user base slowly was invaded my the PC brigade... vocal atheists, by their very nature, enjoy telling people they're being stupid when they're being really stupid... most people see that as fuckwadery rather than honesty. And so here we are...
TL;DR ... apologists for Islam are louder than we are
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The reason r/atheism got buried is because once reddit went mainstream, the user base slowly was invaded my the PC brigade... vocal atheists, by their very nature, enjoy telling people they're being stupid when they're being really stupid... most people see that as fuckwadery rather than honesty. And so here we are...
TL;DR ... apologists for Islam are louder than we are
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atheism
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t5_2qh2p
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cbtam0x
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The reason r/atheism got buried is because once reddit went mainstream, the user base slowly was invaded my the PC brigade... vocal atheists, by their very nature, enjoy telling people they're being stupid when they're being really stupid... most people see that as fuckwadery rather than honesty. And so here we are...
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apologists for Islam are louder than we are
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Guck_Mal
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>That’s less than half the number of active users from one of the least active default subreddits. Unfortunately I don’t have numbers from several months ago to demonstrate an actual decline in active users, but my conclusion remains that r/atheism is in decline and it needs to change. My vote is for the reinstatement of skeen, but if not that then something. Things cannot and should not go on this way – at the end of the day r/atheism needs to fun again.
TL:DR I have no evidence to back up my assumptions, but I'm going to just assume that I'm right because thats what I think
It looks like you need to visit /r/skeptic more often.
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>That’s less than half the number of active users from one of the least active default subreddits. Unfortunately I don’t have numbers from several months ago to demonstrate an actual decline in active users, but my conclusion remains that r/atheism is in decline and it needs to change. My vote is for the reinstatement of skeen, but if not that then something. Things cannot and should not go on this way – at the end of the day r/atheism needs to fun again.
TL:DR I have no evidence to back up my assumptions, but I'm going to just assume that I'm right because thats what I think
It looks like you need to visit /r/skeptic more often.
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atheism
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t5_2qh2p
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cbvlc1z
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That’s less than half the number of active users from one of the least active default subreddits. Unfortunately I don’t have numbers from several months ago to demonstrate an actual decline in active users, but my conclusion remains that r/atheism is in decline and it needs to change. My vote is for the reinstatement of skeen, but if not that then something. Things cannot and should not go on this way – at the end of the day r/atheism needs to fun again.
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I have no evidence to back up my assumptions, but I'm going to just assume that I'm right because thats what I think
It looks like you need to visit /r/skeptic more often.
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Shimata
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I suggest a not so popular **Tryndamere** for top. He is harder to learn and has some bad match ups, but unless you are laning against a hard counter like Teemo or Kennen, you should do fine. Rundown:
- Good damage throughout the game (good duelist);
- Reduces enemies' AD with W for better trades;
- Best towerdiver from 6 and on;
- Fairly hard to harass down with just a vamp scepter;
- Pushes hella fast;
- Cheap IP wise.
- Item dependant
- Bad in team fights (clean up man);
- Easy to counter through picks and items;
- No hard CC.
Another suggestion is **Rengar**. Again, this one is harder to master.
- Versatile skill-wise (maxing q/w/e are all viable options in different situations);
- Ok sustain in lane;
- Massive burst through skill resets (thanks to ferocity mechanic);
- Great roaming potential because of ult;
- Somewhat spammable gap closer AND a bit of CC;
- Pushes even faster than Tryndamere thanks to Q.
- Bursts squishies in one combo.
- Item dependant;
- Works better as a clean up man;
- No reliable escape apart from ult.
**TL; DR: I suggest Tryndamere or Rengar because they are pretty fun to play.**
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I suggest a not so popular Tryndamere for top. He is harder to learn and has some bad match ups, but unless you are laning against a hard counter like Teemo or Kennen, you should do fine. Rundown:
Good damage throughout the game (good duelist);
Reduces enemies' AD with W for better trades;
Best towerdiver from 6 and on;
Fairly hard to harass down with just a vamp scepter;
Pushes hella fast;
Cheap IP wise.
Item dependant
Bad in team fights (clean up man);
Easy to counter through picks and items;
No hard CC.
Another suggestion is Rengar . Again, this one is harder to master.
Versatile skill-wise (maxing q/w/e are all viable options in different situations);
Ok sustain in lane;
Massive burst through skill resets (thanks to ferocity mechanic);
Great roaming potential because of ult;
Somewhat spammable gap closer AND a bit of CC;
Pushes even faster than Tryndamere thanks to Q.
Bursts squishies in one combo.
Item dependant;
Works better as a clean up man;
No reliable escape apart from ult.
TL; DR: I suggest Tryndamere or Rengar because they are pretty fun to play.
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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cbtbjir
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I suggest a not so popular Tryndamere for top. He is harder to learn and has some bad match ups, but unless you are laning against a hard counter like Teemo or Kennen, you should do fine. Rundown:
Good damage throughout the game (good duelist);
Reduces enemies' AD with W for better trades;
Best towerdiver from 6 and on;
Fairly hard to harass down with just a vamp scepter;
Pushes hella fast;
Cheap IP wise.
Item dependant
Bad in team fights (clean up man);
Easy to counter through picks and items;
No hard CC.
Another suggestion is Rengar . Again, this one is harder to master.
Versatile skill-wise (maxing q/w/e are all viable options in different situations);
Ok sustain in lane;
Massive burst through skill resets (thanks to ferocity mechanic);
Great roaming potential because of ult;
Somewhat spammable gap closer AND a bit of CC;
Pushes even faster than Tryndamere thanks to Q.
Bursts squishies in one combo.
Item dependant;
Works better as a clean up man;
No reliable escape apart from ult.
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I suggest Tryndamere or Rengar because they are pretty fun to play.
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InflamedMonkeyButts
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I'm 28 and I held onto goth for a long time, but around my mid-20s I came to realise something. When I went to goth clubs, there were a lot of eldergoths there in their 30s and 40s, and they were all absolute losers. They'd sit around with their absinthe, heavy eyeliner melting into their wrinkles, and talk about how shitty the scene is nowadays and how they're so oppressed by society. Of course none of them had real jobs- they cite depression and anxiety as disabilities keeping them from holding down a career, even though they're so much smarter than *normal* people. I think that because all their friends and partners were fellow weirdos, they had lost touch with reality and fallen into this sort of echo chamber. When everyone around you is a loser and validates your idea that "working for the man" is wrong, it just becomes normal to you. Your friends are all unemployed because they're depressed or following some impossible dream of becoming an artist or just think that the system is evil and they want no part in a system that requires them to give up their individuality, so you come to accept this as your lifestyle.
I was shunned by my fishnet-clad peers when I became what they called "traditionally successful". I finished my degree, got a job in my field, and am now a 9 to 5'er with a car and investments and enough money to be perfectly comfortable. One of my friends informed me that our clique had been bitching about how I had acquired "middle class syndrome" and had sold out because I'm a superficial bitch who only cares about money. In reality, I just found sitting around on welfare to be incredibly boring and wanted to do something interesting with my life that didn't involve living off the dole. And when I started earning my own money instead of having it handed to me by the government, I found that I'd rather spend it on saving up for overseas trips and home renovations instead of blowing it all on big stompy boots and expensive corsetry. (In my local goth scene, it's common for people to spend their welfare on clothes and cigarettes instead of groceries.)
So I guess what I'm saying is, some people never stop being 15. There are plenty of cool older goths out there who have found a balance, but the scene can be so insular and far removed from reality that some people will just hold onto the more immature aspects of it forever (ie, bitching about normal people and avoiding getting a job). I still don the odd bit of cross jewellery and heavy black coats, and my playlists consist of bands who have an unhealthy obsession with angst and heavy eyeliner, but I want nothing to do with the subculture. For me, it's gone from a scene where you can hang out with people who share your interests and worldviews to a sucking black hole.
**tl;dr:** There are a lot of immature losers that use the goth scene as an excuse to never grow up.
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I'm 28 and I held onto goth for a long time, but around my mid-20s I came to realise something. When I went to goth clubs, there were a lot of eldergoths there in their 30s and 40s, and they were all absolute losers. They'd sit around with their absinthe, heavy eyeliner melting into their wrinkles, and talk about how shitty the scene is nowadays and how they're so oppressed by society. Of course none of them had real jobs- they cite depression and anxiety as disabilities keeping them from holding down a career, even though they're so much smarter than normal people. I think that because all their friends and partners were fellow weirdos, they had lost touch with reality and fallen into this sort of echo chamber. When everyone around you is a loser and validates your idea that "working for the man" is wrong, it just becomes normal to you. Your friends are all unemployed because they're depressed or following some impossible dream of becoming an artist or just think that the system is evil and they want no part in a system that requires them to give up their individuality, so you come to accept this as your lifestyle.
I was shunned by my fishnet-clad peers when I became what they called "traditionally successful". I finished my degree, got a job in my field, and am now a 9 to 5'er with a car and investments and enough money to be perfectly comfortable. One of my friends informed me that our clique had been bitching about how I had acquired "middle class syndrome" and had sold out because I'm a superficial bitch who only cares about money. In reality, I just found sitting around on welfare to be incredibly boring and wanted to do something interesting with my life that didn't involve living off the dole. And when I started earning my own money instead of having it handed to me by the government, I found that I'd rather spend it on saving up for overseas trips and home renovations instead of blowing it all on big stompy boots and expensive corsetry. (In my local goth scene, it's common for people to spend their welfare on clothes and cigarettes instead of groceries.)
So I guess what I'm saying is, some people never stop being 15. There are plenty of cool older goths out there who have found a balance, but the scene can be so insular and far removed from reality that some people will just hold onto the more immature aspects of it forever (ie, bitching about normal people and avoiding getting a job). I still don the odd bit of cross jewellery and heavy black coats, and my playlists consist of bands who have an unhealthy obsession with angst and heavy eyeliner, but I want nothing to do with the subculture. For me, it's gone from a scene where you can hang out with people who share your interests and worldviews to a sucking black hole.
tl;dr: There are a lot of immature losers that use the goth scene as an excuse to never grow up.
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cringepics
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t5_2va9w
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cbtgd8l
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I'm 28 and I held onto goth for a long time, but around my mid-20s I came to realise something. When I went to goth clubs, there were a lot of eldergoths there in their 30s and 40s, and they were all absolute losers. They'd sit around with their absinthe, heavy eyeliner melting into their wrinkles, and talk about how shitty the scene is nowadays and how they're so oppressed by society. Of course none of them had real jobs- they cite depression and anxiety as disabilities keeping them from holding down a career, even though they're so much smarter than normal people. I think that because all their friends and partners were fellow weirdos, they had lost touch with reality and fallen into this sort of echo chamber. When everyone around you is a loser and validates your idea that "working for the man" is wrong, it just becomes normal to you. Your friends are all unemployed because they're depressed or following some impossible dream of becoming an artist or just think that the system is evil and they want no part in a system that requires them to give up their individuality, so you come to accept this as your lifestyle.
I was shunned by my fishnet-clad peers when I became what they called "traditionally successful". I finished my degree, got a job in my field, and am now a 9 to 5'er with a car and investments and enough money to be perfectly comfortable. One of my friends informed me that our clique had been bitching about how I had acquired "middle class syndrome" and had sold out because I'm a superficial bitch who only cares about money. In reality, I just found sitting around on welfare to be incredibly boring and wanted to do something interesting with my life that didn't involve living off the dole. And when I started earning my own money instead of having it handed to me by the government, I found that I'd rather spend it on saving up for overseas trips and home renovations instead of blowing it all on big stompy boots and expensive corsetry. (In my local goth scene, it's common for people to spend their welfare on clothes and cigarettes instead of groceries.)
So I guess what I'm saying is, some people never stop being 15. There are plenty of cool older goths out there who have found a balance, but the scene can be so insular and far removed from reality that some people will just hold onto the more immature aspects of it forever (ie, bitching about normal people and avoiding getting a job). I still don the odd bit of cross jewellery and heavy black coats, and my playlists consist of bands who have an unhealthy obsession with angst and heavy eyeliner, but I want nothing to do with the subculture. For me, it's gone from a scene where you can hang out with people who share your interests and worldviews to a sucking black hole.
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There are a lot of immature losers that use the goth scene as an excuse to never grow up.
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neojima
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I might be less surprised if they ever tried to engage me in conversation.
The only times I've been approached by LDS members in an official capacity is when they stopped by to welcome me to the neighborhood -- once they established my lack of interest in their services, they've politely refrained from darkening my doorstep. I'm willing to respect those who respect me.
TL;DR: Concerns about "ZOMG BUT THE MORMONS" are overhyped.
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I might be less surprised if they ever tried to engage me in conversation.
The only times I've been approached by LDS members in an official capacity is when they stopped by to welcome me to the neighborhood -- once they established my lack of interest in their services, they've politely refrained from darkening my doorstep. I'm willing to respect those who respect me.
TL;DR: Concerns about "ZOMG BUT THE MORMONS" are overhyped.
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SaltLakeCity
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t5_2r7ac
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cbuk3db
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I might be less surprised if they ever tried to engage me in conversation.
The only times I've been approached by LDS members in an official capacity is when they stopped by to welcome me to the neighborhood -- once they established my lack of interest in their services, they've politely refrained from darkening my doorstep. I'm willing to respect those who respect me.
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Concerns about "ZOMG BUT THE MORMONS" are overhyped.
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HiiiPowerd
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tbh I've seen shit like this happen. was at a party during the last weekend of college semester in sf, friends were moving out in 3 days to go home, landlord goes nuts because people are over and calls the cops - cops come, dont really see a problem, we aren't loud at all, are trying to reason with the crazy lady, she goes inside and calls in some sergeants, who show up SUPER PISSED because they have better thigns to be doing and this women is clearly crazy. they go upstairs, landlord forces her way into the house, the cop comes in, picks her up, removes her from the building and apologizes to us. She then screams at the cops for 15 minutes until she finally tries to pound on one of the officers chest (in a super weak way, but nonetheless). Game over. We had a free pass to party all night!
tldr: irrational neighbors/landords call cops and then freak out on said cops while friends high as hell act composed and reasonable, so they turn on the landlord
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tbh I've seen shit like this happen. was at a party during the last weekend of college semester in sf, friends were moving out in 3 days to go home, landlord goes nuts because people are over and calls the cops - cops come, dont really see a problem, we aren't loud at all, are trying to reason with the crazy lady, she goes inside and calls in some sergeants, who show up SUPER PISSED because they have better thigns to be doing and this women is clearly crazy. they go upstairs, landlord forces her way into the house, the cop comes in, picks her up, removes her from the building and apologizes to us. She then screams at the cops for 15 minutes until she finally tries to pound on one of the officers chest (in a super weak way, but nonetheless). Game over. We had a free pass to party all night!
tldr: irrational neighbors/landords call cops and then freak out on said cops while friends high as hell act composed and reasonable, so they turn on the landlord
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thatHappened
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t5_2vmb7
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cbtylrh
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tbh I've seen shit like this happen. was at a party during the last weekend of college semester in sf, friends were moving out in 3 days to go home, landlord goes nuts because people are over and calls the cops - cops come, dont really see a problem, we aren't loud at all, are trying to reason with the crazy lady, she goes inside and calls in some sergeants, who show up SUPER PISSED because they have better thigns to be doing and this women is clearly crazy. they go upstairs, landlord forces her way into the house, the cop comes in, picks her up, removes her from the building and apologizes to us. She then screams at the cops for 15 minutes until she finally tries to pound on one of the officers chest (in a super weak way, but nonetheless). Game over. We had a free pass to party all night!
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irrational neighbors/landords call cops and then freak out on said cops while friends high as hell act composed and reasonable, so they turn on the landlord
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0ttr
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Sorry for the WALL of text...
When I see a church policy that is out of practice with western educated culture (and let me say, that many of the things that are not PC are only not PC with that surprisingly small segment of world population), I like to keep an open mind in both directions. But I also, as someone who likes to debate, will debate both sides of the point to myself.
A couple of thoughts in generally in support of the status quo--a patriarchal priesthood. Note, that I'm largely ambivalent. I support it, but barely so. I also believe that probably about 2/3 of men in the church misunderstand (or even abuse) the nature of that role. But then again, this isn't Enoch's time...so we all have a lot to become.
* We all know of the stories of women giving blessings in 19th century Utah. For more fascinating stories, read Claudia Bushman (editor) "Pioneer Women of Early Utah". When I last asked her about this, which was some years ago, she said that not long after the turn of the 20th century, the church stopped encouraging women to perform blessings. Note, they did not discourage it or say it was false, but they started focusing on the men. The reason? There are a number of them, but Claudia said there's at least a few statements to suggest that the focus on the men was because the men were failing to do their duty. That rings true today. In most wards, the men are the ones who need to step up and do their priesthood duties. This appears to be policy, not doctrine, but perhaps if men in the church were doing their duties, then paradoxically, the leadership would feel less concern about women performing roles that were more "priesthood-like".
* Before the industrial age, men's and women's roles were still associated with gender specific activities, but running a household included running a farm for most people. Running a farm was a life or death endeavor--or at least, life or extreme poverty. Both men and women were primarily focused on running the household. Women did more "masculine" things than we typical suburban housewife would do today (e.g. chopping firewood, harvesting, etc). In any case, it was not until this notion of the father leaving the house everyday that doing an outside career became a priority for most people, and this meant leaving the wife and kids behind and this distorted the gender roles, I think for most. I think that lots of the career/no career debate today is about pride. We are raised to "make something" of our careers. There's no harm in that, but I think a true latter-day saint family is one where both the husband and wife have a primary focus on the household and the running of that household. Once a career becomes secondary for both people then having discussions about careers and who works and when becomes in harmony with the gospel. I do think that mother's are divinely called to be the primary provider of childcare, but I also think that, again, probably about 2/3 of men in the church don't spend enough time raising children. There are many contexts where it makes sense for the woman to work or for the man to work more flexible hours, etc. When the focus is on the family first, then these other things fall into place. Personally, if I could, I would buy a small farm and work on it and raise my child on it--as in, they would work with me on the farm. I actually intend to do this within the next 5 - 10 years, though I will probably still work outside the home for at least part time.
* One of the real problems I have with people who assume that when the church is out of step with western educated culture is that they assume the church is wrong. Why is it so impossible to consider the following things? - 1) God might simply know more than you. Period. Full stop. We say He knows everything, but now all of a sudden, He's wrong. Really? We say the church is true, but on this point it's wrong. Really?? Just how far does your faith extend? Note what Hasidic Jews do to practice their belief, what Amish or Mennonites do? How much is being asked of you exactly? When I wander around areas of Brooklyn where virtually no stores are open on Saturdays, I feel embarrassed for myself and for how casually many latter-day saints practice their faith. 2) Is it not possible that there is a plan that you don't have a full picture of? 3) We have more knowledge about more things concerning God, life after death, the plan of salvation, scripture, etc than any religion I'm aware of. But just where does your faith start? Accepting and having faith in things you already basically agree with is easy--but real faith is in part struggling with things that you do not understand or agree with. Make a list of things in your life you do not agree with doctrinally but that you are willing to have faith in. If that list is empty, then I submit to you that you do only have a basic concept of faith.
There are many things that separate us from the world. Some of them are accepted by the world and some of them are not. I bask in the light of all of them, and the reason is, that as I have put my faith in them, I've been blessed in profound ways. Some of the church policies may change, some may not, but I'm willing to have faith in them. I'm happy to be part of the conversation about controversial topics, but that doesn't mean that I believe that current policies are wrong. I also believe that the church is informed by sincere and educated thought from the world, but to suggest that the current practice of the church somehow aggravates the problem, is something I disagree with. The problems of the world far outweigh the problems of the church, and to be a true practicing latter-day saint is to be full of love and to be in harmony with D&C121 on gender and priesthood issues. The subculture of the church has its problems, but true practitioners of the Gospel disregards aspects of subculture that are out of harmony with the scriptures. i.e. make your practice of the priesthood (and father/spousehood) in harmony with D&C121 and the rest of the teachings of the Savior.
TL;DR You might be wrong. God might know more than you. :)
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Sorry for the WALL of text...
When I see a church policy that is out of practice with western educated culture (and let me say, that many of the things that are not PC are only not PC with that surprisingly small segment of world population), I like to keep an open mind in both directions. But I also, as someone who likes to debate, will debate both sides of the point to myself.
A couple of thoughts in generally in support of the status quo--a patriarchal priesthood. Note, that I'm largely ambivalent. I support it, but barely so. I also believe that probably about 2/3 of men in the church misunderstand (or even abuse) the nature of that role. But then again, this isn't Enoch's time...so we all have a lot to become.
We all know of the stories of women giving blessings in 19th century Utah. For more fascinating stories, read Claudia Bushman (editor) "Pioneer Women of Early Utah". When I last asked her about this, which was some years ago, she said that not long after the turn of the 20th century, the church stopped encouraging women to perform blessings. Note, they did not discourage it or say it was false, but they started focusing on the men. The reason? There are a number of them, but Claudia said there's at least a few statements to suggest that the focus on the men was because the men were failing to do their duty. That rings true today. In most wards, the men are the ones who need to step up and do their priesthood duties. This appears to be policy, not doctrine, but perhaps if men in the church were doing their duties, then paradoxically, the leadership would feel less concern about women performing roles that were more "priesthood-like".
Before the industrial age, men's and women's roles were still associated with gender specific activities, but running a household included running a farm for most people. Running a farm was a life or death endeavor--or at least, life or extreme poverty. Both men and women were primarily focused on running the household. Women did more "masculine" things than we typical suburban housewife would do today (e.g. chopping firewood, harvesting, etc). In any case, it was not until this notion of the father leaving the house everyday that doing an outside career became a priority for most people, and this meant leaving the wife and kids behind and this distorted the gender roles, I think for most. I think that lots of the career/no career debate today is about pride. We are raised to "make something" of our careers. There's no harm in that, but I think a true latter-day saint family is one where both the husband and wife have a primary focus on the household and the running of that household. Once a career becomes secondary for both people then having discussions about careers and who works and when becomes in harmony with the gospel. I do think that mother's are divinely called to be the primary provider of childcare, but I also think that, again, probably about 2/3 of men in the church don't spend enough time raising children. There are many contexts where it makes sense for the woman to work or for the man to work more flexible hours, etc. When the focus is on the family first, then these other things fall into place. Personally, if I could, I would buy a small farm and work on it and raise my child on it--as in, they would work with me on the farm. I actually intend to do this within the next 5 - 10 years, though I will probably still work outside the home for at least part time.
One of the real problems I have with people who assume that when the church is out of step with western educated culture is that they assume the church is wrong. Why is it so impossible to consider the following things? - 1) God might simply know more than you. Period. Full stop. We say He knows everything, but now all of a sudden, He's wrong. Really? We say the church is true, but on this point it's wrong. Really?? Just how far does your faith extend? Note what Hasidic Jews do to practice their belief, what Amish or Mennonites do? How much is being asked of you exactly? When I wander around areas of Brooklyn where virtually no stores are open on Saturdays, I feel embarrassed for myself and for how casually many latter-day saints practice their faith. 2) Is it not possible that there is a plan that you don't have a full picture of? 3) We have more knowledge about more things concerning God, life after death, the plan of salvation, scripture, etc than any religion I'm aware of. But just where does your faith start? Accepting and having faith in things you already basically agree with is easy--but real faith is in part struggling with things that you do not understand or agree with. Make a list of things in your life you do not agree with doctrinally but that you are willing to have faith in. If that list is empty, then I submit to you that you do only have a basic concept of faith.
There are many things that separate us from the world. Some of them are accepted by the world and some of them are not. I bask in the light of all of them, and the reason is, that as I have put my faith in them, I've been blessed in profound ways. Some of the church policies may change, some may not, but I'm willing to have faith in them. I'm happy to be part of the conversation about controversial topics, but that doesn't mean that I believe that current policies are wrong. I also believe that the church is informed by sincere and educated thought from the world, but to suggest that the current practice of the church somehow aggravates the problem, is something I disagree with. The problems of the world far outweigh the problems of the church, and to be a true practicing latter-day saint is to be full of love and to be in harmony with D&C121 on gender and priesthood issues. The subculture of the church has its problems, but true practitioners of the Gospel disregards aspects of subculture that are out of harmony with the scriptures. i.e. make your practice of the priesthood (and father/spousehood) in harmony with D&C121 and the rest of the teachings of the Savior.
TL;DR You might be wrong. God might know more than you. :)
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latterdaysaints
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t5_2uas2
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cbtpf4o
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Sorry for the WALL of text...
When I see a church policy that is out of practice with western educated culture (and let me say, that many of the things that are not PC are only not PC with that surprisingly small segment of world population), I like to keep an open mind in both directions. But I also, as someone who likes to debate, will debate both sides of the point to myself.
A couple of thoughts in generally in support of the status quo--a patriarchal priesthood. Note, that I'm largely ambivalent. I support it, but barely so. I also believe that probably about 2/3 of men in the church misunderstand (or even abuse) the nature of that role. But then again, this isn't Enoch's time...so we all have a lot to become.
We all know of the stories of women giving blessings in 19th century Utah. For more fascinating stories, read Claudia Bushman (editor) "Pioneer Women of Early Utah". When I last asked her about this, which was some years ago, she said that not long after the turn of the 20th century, the church stopped encouraging women to perform blessings. Note, they did not discourage it or say it was false, but they started focusing on the men. The reason? There are a number of them, but Claudia said there's at least a few statements to suggest that the focus on the men was because the men were failing to do their duty. That rings true today. In most wards, the men are the ones who need to step up and do their priesthood duties. This appears to be policy, not doctrine, but perhaps if men in the church were doing their duties, then paradoxically, the leadership would feel less concern about women performing roles that were more "priesthood-like".
Before the industrial age, men's and women's roles were still associated with gender specific activities, but running a household included running a farm for most people. Running a farm was a life or death endeavor--or at least, life or extreme poverty. Both men and women were primarily focused on running the household. Women did more "masculine" things than we typical suburban housewife would do today (e.g. chopping firewood, harvesting, etc). In any case, it was not until this notion of the father leaving the house everyday that doing an outside career became a priority for most people, and this meant leaving the wife and kids behind and this distorted the gender roles, I think for most. I think that lots of the career/no career debate today is about pride. We are raised to "make something" of our careers. There's no harm in that, but I think a true latter-day saint family is one where both the husband and wife have a primary focus on the household and the running of that household. Once a career becomes secondary for both people then having discussions about careers and who works and when becomes in harmony with the gospel. I do think that mother's are divinely called to be the primary provider of childcare, but I also think that, again, probably about 2/3 of men in the church don't spend enough time raising children. There are many contexts where it makes sense for the woman to work or for the man to work more flexible hours, etc. When the focus is on the family first, then these other things fall into place. Personally, if I could, I would buy a small farm and work on it and raise my child on it--as in, they would work with me on the farm. I actually intend to do this within the next 5 - 10 years, though I will probably still work outside the home for at least part time.
One of the real problems I have with people who assume that when the church is out of step with western educated culture is that they assume the church is wrong. Why is it so impossible to consider the following things? - 1) God might simply know more than you. Period. Full stop. We say He knows everything, but now all of a sudden, He's wrong. Really? We say the church is true, but on this point it's wrong. Really?? Just how far does your faith extend? Note what Hasidic Jews do to practice their belief, what Amish or Mennonites do? How much is being asked of you exactly? When I wander around areas of Brooklyn where virtually no stores are open on Saturdays, I feel embarrassed for myself and for how casually many latter-day saints practice their faith. 2) Is it not possible that there is a plan that you don't have a full picture of? 3) We have more knowledge about more things concerning God, life after death, the plan of salvation, scripture, etc than any religion I'm aware of. But just where does your faith start? Accepting and having faith in things you already basically agree with is easy--but real faith is in part struggling with things that you do not understand or agree with. Make a list of things in your life you do not agree with doctrinally but that you are willing to have faith in. If that list is empty, then I submit to you that you do only have a basic concept of faith.
There are many things that separate us from the world. Some of them are accepted by the world and some of them are not. I bask in the light of all of them, and the reason is, that as I have put my faith in them, I've been blessed in profound ways. Some of the church policies may change, some may not, but I'm willing to have faith in them. I'm happy to be part of the conversation about controversial topics, but that doesn't mean that I believe that current policies are wrong. I also believe that the church is informed by sincere and educated thought from the world, but to suggest that the current practice of the church somehow aggravates the problem, is something I disagree with. The problems of the world far outweigh the problems of the church, and to be a true practicing latter-day saint is to be full of love and to be in harmony with D&C121 on gender and priesthood issues. The subculture of the church has its problems, but true practitioners of the Gospel disregards aspects of subculture that are out of harmony with the scriptures. i.e. make your practice of the priesthood (and father/spousehood) in harmony with D&C121 and the rest of the teachings of the Savior.
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You might be wrong. God might know more than you. :)
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shevagleb
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Drafted him rd 14 after 1 preseason game, after hearing about how awesome a camp he was having from my podcast (cbs) before a single preseason game had started!!!
And yeah, people gave me confused looks and laughed - then i reminded them that maybe i knew what i was doing (won twice in past 4 years)
Tl dr : cbs podcast guys know their shit (fantasy football today podcast)
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Drafted him rd 14 after 1 preseason game, after hearing about how awesome a camp he was having from my podcast (cbs) before a single preseason game had started!!!
And yeah, people gave me confused looks and laughed - then i reminded them that maybe i knew what i was doing (won twice in past 4 years)
Tl dr : cbs podcast guys know their shit (fantasy football today podcast)
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fantasyfootball
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t5_2qlqq
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cbtmkfn
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Drafted him rd 14 after 1 preseason game, after hearing about how awesome a camp he was having from my podcast (cbs) before a single preseason game had started!!!
And yeah, people gave me confused looks and laughed - then i reminded them that maybe i knew what i was doing (won twice in past 4 years)
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cbs podcast guys know their shit (fantasy football today podcast)
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Java_The_Slut
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I'm a cashier and on this particular day there was a very long line. One of my newer coworkers was working the register in front of me when a guy comes up to by two packages of socks. He says he wants to use a coupon and his military discount on the socks. My coworker scans the coupon and types in the military discount code. Neither work so he turns to me for help.
I'm ringing up a large stack of clothes and squinting at his monitor. The socks the guy is buying are on sale already so he can't use the coupon or discount on them, which I explain to him. He says he's always gotten tonuse his discount on top of sale prices. I then give my full attentiom to the customer I was helping. The guy is still insisting he gets his discount and now wants to speak to a manager (he would be saving about forty cents so I assume he's jokingly being an asshole).
One of my managers walks by so I snag her and tell her "Hey, this guy doesn't believe me" because, again, I assumed he was joking. He then completely flips out and tells me I'm rude and to changey 'attitude.' I just turn my back on that situation and focus on ringing up my own customers as this guy throws a hissy fit. He demands to talk to the store manager who happens to have a short fuse. The guy is in his face telling him how horrible I am at my job and how I completely embarassed him in front of all the people in line. My manager then informs him he's doing the exact same thing to me but about a million times worse.
I have this cute little old lady who's so distraught by the situation that she's trembling as she fills out her check and says she thinks he must have PTSD because no rational human being would behave that way. The line is gone after that so I go out on the sales floor to get away from him.
Almost forty-five minutes later he leaves after buying and returning the socks, and telling us all we have poor customer service a skills.
Tl; Dr Guy with small penis couldn't handle following company policy while little old lady tries to save my job.
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I'm a cashier and on this particular day there was a very long line. One of my newer coworkers was working the register in front of me when a guy comes up to by two packages of socks. He says he wants to use a coupon and his military discount on the socks. My coworker scans the coupon and types in the military discount code. Neither work so he turns to me for help.
I'm ringing up a large stack of clothes and squinting at his monitor. The socks the guy is buying are on sale already so he can't use the coupon or discount on them, which I explain to him. He says he's always gotten tonuse his discount on top of sale prices. I then give my full attentiom to the customer I was helping. The guy is still insisting he gets his discount and now wants to speak to a manager (he would be saving about forty cents so I assume he's jokingly being an asshole).
One of my managers walks by so I snag her and tell her "Hey, this guy doesn't believe me" because, again, I assumed he was joking. He then completely flips out and tells me I'm rude and to changey 'attitude.' I just turn my back on that situation and focus on ringing up my own customers as this guy throws a hissy fit. He demands to talk to the store manager who happens to have a short fuse. The guy is in his face telling him how horrible I am at my job and how I completely embarassed him in front of all the people in line. My manager then informs him he's doing the exact same thing to me but about a million times worse.
I have this cute little old lady who's so distraught by the situation that she's trembling as she fills out her check and says she thinks he must have PTSD because no rational human being would behave that way. The line is gone after that so I go out on the sales floor to get away from him.
Almost forty-five minutes later he leaves after buying and returning the socks, and telling us all we have poor customer service a skills.
Tl; Dr Guy with small penis couldn't handle following company policy while little old lady tries to save my job.
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AskReddit
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t5_2qh1i
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cbtmbtg
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I'm a cashier and on this particular day there was a very long line. One of my newer coworkers was working the register in front of me when a guy comes up to by two packages of socks. He says he wants to use a coupon and his military discount on the socks. My coworker scans the coupon and types in the military discount code. Neither work so he turns to me for help.
I'm ringing up a large stack of clothes and squinting at his monitor. The socks the guy is buying are on sale already so he can't use the coupon or discount on them, which I explain to him. He says he's always gotten tonuse his discount on top of sale prices. I then give my full attentiom to the customer I was helping. The guy is still insisting he gets his discount and now wants to speak to a manager (he would be saving about forty cents so I assume he's jokingly being an asshole).
One of my managers walks by so I snag her and tell her "Hey, this guy doesn't believe me" because, again, I assumed he was joking. He then completely flips out and tells me I'm rude and to changey 'attitude.' I just turn my back on that situation and focus on ringing up my own customers as this guy throws a hissy fit. He demands to talk to the store manager who happens to have a short fuse. The guy is in his face telling him how horrible I am at my job and how I completely embarassed him in front of all the people in line. My manager then informs him he's doing the exact same thing to me but about a million times worse.
I have this cute little old lady who's so distraught by the situation that she's trembling as she fills out her check and says she thinks he must have PTSD because no rational human being would behave that way. The line is gone after that so I go out on the sales floor to get away from him.
Almost forty-five minutes later he leaves after buying and returning the socks, and telling us all we have poor customer service a skills.
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Guy with small penis couldn't handle following company policy while little old lady tries to save my job.
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kazeikan
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What beginners method did you use?
Have a look at other methods. Read up on the way CFOP, Roux and petrus all progress in solving and decide on the type of method you want to use.
If you're going to follow on the CFOP route, I would suggest 2 Look OLL/PLL. Assuming the beginners method taught you 2 look OLL, then that should suffice until you get much more quicker. Learn PLL algorithms especially the easier and the more reoccurring cases. Don't rush in learning these as well, 21 algorithms may seem a lot and you feel like the need to rush through all but its much more important in learning to perform the algorithm off muscle memory and grasp how to recognise the case quickly and execute alg.
F2L should be progressive throughout getting faster at CFOP. Don't try to force to learn F2L algs. It should all be intuitive and a learning experience. The more you solve and the more you experiment with F2L you start to look at certain pairs different and you may come across a fast way to insert pairs. This improves your intuitive thought process and may help with other cases.
Also, don't time yourself all the time. Just practice experimenting F2L and some 'shortcuts' you might find on the way.
tl;dr learn pll while experimenting with f2l.
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What beginners method did you use?
Have a look at other methods. Read up on the way CFOP, Roux and petrus all progress in solving and decide on the type of method you want to use.
If you're going to follow on the CFOP route, I would suggest 2 Look OLL/PLL. Assuming the beginners method taught you 2 look OLL, then that should suffice until you get much more quicker. Learn PLL algorithms especially the easier and the more reoccurring cases. Don't rush in learning these as well, 21 algorithms may seem a lot and you feel like the need to rush through all but its much more important in learning to perform the algorithm off muscle memory and grasp how to recognise the case quickly and execute alg.
F2L should be progressive throughout getting faster at CFOP. Don't try to force to learn F2L algs. It should all be intuitive and a learning experience. The more you solve and the more you experiment with F2L you start to look at certain pairs different and you may come across a fast way to insert pairs. This improves your intuitive thought process and may help with other cases.
Also, don't time yourself all the time. Just practice experimenting F2L and some 'shortcuts' you might find on the way.
tl;dr learn pll while experimenting with f2l.
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Cubers
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t5_2r6a3
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cbtqo6b
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What beginners method did you use?
Have a look at other methods. Read up on the way CFOP, Roux and petrus all progress in solving and decide on the type of method you want to use.
If you're going to follow on the CFOP route, I would suggest 2 Look OLL/PLL. Assuming the beginners method taught you 2 look OLL, then that should suffice until you get much more quicker. Learn PLL algorithms especially the easier and the more reoccurring cases. Don't rush in learning these as well, 21 algorithms may seem a lot and you feel like the need to rush through all but its much more important in learning to perform the algorithm off muscle memory and grasp how to recognise the case quickly and execute alg.
F2L should be progressive throughout getting faster at CFOP. Don't try to force to learn F2L algs. It should all be intuitive and a learning experience. The more you solve and the more you experiment with F2L you start to look at certain pairs different and you may come across a fast way to insert pairs. This improves your intuitive thought process and may help with other cases.
Also, don't time yourself all the time. Just practice experimenting F2L and some 'shortcuts' you might find on the way.
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learn pll while experimenting with f2l.
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APeacefulWarrior
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>The exact mixture of the precious metals suggests the Romans knew what they were doing—“an amazing feat,” says one of the researchers, archaeologist Ian Freestone of University College London.
Lines like this annoy me because they're ignoring the timescales involved here. It's *deeply* unlikely some forgotten Roman DaVinci -type invented this whole cloth. Chances are, they'd been experimenting with putting ground-up metals in the glass to make it sparkle or change color a bit for centuries, and the technique just got more refined in the usual way crafts do.
Plus, as someone else mentioned in the thread, the Romans were amazing glassmiths in their time - arguably the only art (aside from killing) they really mastered. So we're talking about a LOT of people experimenting with different ways to make glass pretty, in one of the richest cities in the world.
But still, at the end of the day, the only real insight required here is someone realizing that more-fine means more-sparkly and deciding to see how far that can go.
(edit)TL;DR: “The Romans knew how to make and use nanoparticles for beautiful art,” is BS phrasing that's projecting a LOT onto them. They just knew that ground-up metal in glass made it pretty and had a lot of time to spend on making it more pretty.
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>The exact mixture of the precious metals suggests the Romans knew what they were doing—“an amazing feat,” says one of the researchers, archaeologist Ian Freestone of University College London.
Lines like this annoy me because they're ignoring the timescales involved here. It's deeply unlikely some forgotten Roman DaVinci -type invented this whole cloth. Chances are, they'd been experimenting with putting ground-up metals in the glass to make it sparkle or change color a bit for centuries, and the technique just got more refined in the usual way crafts do.
Plus, as someone else mentioned in the thread, the Romans were amazing glassmiths in their time - arguably the only art (aside from killing) they really mastered. So we're talking about a LOT of people experimenting with different ways to make glass pretty, in one of the richest cities in the world.
But still, at the end of the day, the only real insight required here is someone realizing that more-fine means more-sparkly and deciding to see how far that can go.
(edit)TL;DR: “The Romans knew how to make and use nanoparticles for beautiful art,” is BS phrasing that's projecting a LOT onto them. They just knew that ground-up metal in glass made it pretty and had a lot of time to spend on making it more pretty.
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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cbtzf5p
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The exact mixture of the precious metals suggests the Romans knew what they were doing—“an amazing feat,” says one of the researchers, archaeologist Ian Freestone of University College London.
Lines like this annoy me because they're ignoring the timescales involved here. It's deeply unlikely some forgotten Roman DaVinci -type invented this whole cloth. Chances are, they'd been experimenting with putting ground-up metals in the glass to make it sparkle or change color a bit for centuries, and the technique just got more refined in the usual way crafts do.
Plus, as someone else mentioned in the thread, the Romans were amazing glassmiths in their time - arguably the only art (aside from killing) they really mastered. So we're talking about a LOT of people experimenting with different ways to make glass pretty, in one of the richest cities in the world.
But still, at the end of the day, the only real insight required here is someone realizing that more-fine means more-sparkly and deciding to see how far that can go.
(edit)
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The Romans knew how to make and use nanoparticles for beautiful art,” is BS phrasing that's projecting a LOT onto them. They just knew that ground-up metal in glass made it pretty and had a lot of time to spend on making it more pretty.
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CarnieTheImmortal
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Yeah once there was a dude in front of me at a theater recoding on an IPad so I got up walked around to his isle excused myself and crouched down in front of him, completely obscuring his view and recording. Of course I was carrying my .40 cal in case he got excited, but that's beside the point. All in all he pissed and moaned and I explained that he was fucking everyone behind him and he put his shit away and we all watched the movie.
TL/DR : I was a prick to someone doing this in a movie and they stopped.
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Yeah once there was a dude in front of me at a theater recoding on an IPad so I got up walked around to his isle excused myself and crouched down in front of him, completely obscuring his view and recording. Of course I was carrying my .40 cal in case he got excited, but that's beside the point. All in all he pissed and moaned and I explained that he was fucking everyone behind him and he put his shit away and we all watched the movie.
TL/DR : I was a prick to someone doing this in a movie and they stopped.
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funny
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t5_2qh33
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cbu2jch
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Yeah once there was a dude in front of me at a theater recoding on an IPad so I got up walked around to his isle excused myself and crouched down in front of him, completely obscuring his view and recording. Of course I was carrying my .40 cal in case he got excited, but that's beside the point. All in all he pissed and moaned and I explained that he was fucking everyone behind him and he put his shit away and we all watched the movie.
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I was a prick to someone doing this in a movie and they stopped.
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d8uv
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There's around 90ms of latency for trans-atlantic traffic, added to the around 45ms latency for intercontinental traffic. (Super approximate rough worst-case scenario). 135ms of latency is fine for chat, fine for downloading or streaming video. But it's just *barely* long enough to make real time communication annoying.
It's noticeable for voice and video calls (you've seen something like that on the news, where the guy in the studio asks the guy in the field a question, and there's an awkward short pause).
In games, though, that tenth of a second is sometimes really crucial. Imagine getting downed, and that latency makes you miss that last skill that would make you rally. You're defeated simply because the laws of physics made you lag *just* enough to screw you over. That's why real-time cross-continental gaming isn't widespread.
**TL;DR: Going across the atlantic makes you lag 3 times harder than sticking to your own continent. Sometimes, that doesn't matter. Sometimes it does.**
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There's around 90ms of latency for trans-atlantic traffic, added to the around 45ms latency for intercontinental traffic. (Super approximate rough worst-case scenario). 135ms of latency is fine for chat, fine for downloading or streaming video. But it's just barely long enough to make real time communication annoying.
It's noticeable for voice and video calls (you've seen something like that on the news, where the guy in the studio asks the guy in the field a question, and there's an awkward short pause).
In games, though, that tenth of a second is sometimes really crucial. Imagine getting downed, and that latency makes you miss that last skill that would make you rally. You're defeated simply because the laws of physics made you lag just enough to screw you over. That's why real-time cross-continental gaming isn't widespread.
TL;DR: Going across the atlantic makes you lag 3 times harder than sticking to your own continent. Sometimes, that doesn't matter. Sometimes it does.
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Guildwars2
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t5_2r9po
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cbtziwd
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There's around 90ms of latency for trans-atlantic traffic, added to the around 45ms latency for intercontinental traffic. (Super approximate rough worst-case scenario). 135ms of latency is fine for chat, fine for downloading or streaming video. But it's just barely long enough to make real time communication annoying.
It's noticeable for voice and video calls (you've seen something like that on the news, where the guy in the studio asks the guy in the field a question, and there's an awkward short pause).
In games, though, that tenth of a second is sometimes really crucial. Imagine getting downed, and that latency makes you miss that last skill that would make you rally. You're defeated simply because the laws of physics made you lag just enough to screw you over. That's why real-time cross-continental gaming isn't widespread.
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Going across the atlantic makes you lag 3 times harder than sticking to your own continent. Sometimes, that doesn't matter. Sometimes it does.
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donteatolive
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I have the same set and I swear by them - they are a very common top quality set to use. However, I would suggest getting all four strings new at once, even if it means using less expensive strings. You want your strings to age at the same rate instead of always replacing here and there. It becomes really noticeable when you have brand new top strings and old bottom strings etc.
I know helicores are a really popular less-expensive set among college students. Dominants are popular too but I find them very dark.
If you want your strings to last longer, keep a bunch of alcohol wipes with your cello and wipe down the strings after every practice. It keeps them sounding new for longer and it keeps them from dying as quickly overall. I only replace my strings twice a year and I am a grad student who plays hours and hours and hours a day. And even so I COULD replace them less often - I never let my strings die all the way because I am picky.
TL;DR - get a full set at once, even if they are less expensive strings and wash them every day with alcohol wipes that you can get at the pharmacy to keep them fresher longer.
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I have the same set and I swear by them - they are a very common top quality set to use. However, I would suggest getting all four strings new at once, even if it means using less expensive strings. You want your strings to age at the same rate instead of always replacing here and there. It becomes really noticeable when you have brand new top strings and old bottom strings etc.
I know helicores are a really popular less-expensive set among college students. Dominants are popular too but I find them very dark.
If you want your strings to last longer, keep a bunch of alcohol wipes with your cello and wipe down the strings after every practice. It keeps them sounding new for longer and it keeps them from dying as quickly overall. I only replace my strings twice a year and I am a grad student who plays hours and hours and hours a day. And even so I COULD replace them less often - I never let my strings die all the way because I am picky.
TL;DR - get a full set at once, even if they are less expensive strings and wash them every day with alcohol wipes that you can get at the pharmacy to keep them fresher longer.
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Cello
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t5_2qpfi
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cbufof3
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I have the same set and I swear by them - they are a very common top quality set to use. However, I would suggest getting all four strings new at once, even if it means using less expensive strings. You want your strings to age at the same rate instead of always replacing here and there. It becomes really noticeable when you have brand new top strings and old bottom strings etc.
I know helicores are a really popular less-expensive set among college students. Dominants are popular too but I find them very dark.
If you want your strings to last longer, keep a bunch of alcohol wipes with your cello and wipe down the strings after every practice. It keeps them sounding new for longer and it keeps them from dying as quickly overall. I only replace my strings twice a year and I am a grad student who plays hours and hours and hours a day. And even so I COULD replace them less often - I never let my strings die all the way because I am picky.
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get a full set at once, even if they are less expensive strings and wash them every day with alcohol wipes that you can get at the pharmacy to keep them fresher longer.
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ycnz
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AFAIK, it was entirely to do with him repeatedly having a go at McCaw during the year of the RWC. There were a couple of pretty cheap shots, and he was entirely unapologetic about it, and talked it all up.
TL;DR Act like a cunt, get treated like one.
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AFAIK, it was entirely to do with him repeatedly having a go at McCaw during the year of the RWC. There were a couple of pretty cheap shots, and he was entirely unapologetic about it, and talked it all up.
TL;DR Act like a cunt, get treated like one.
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rugbyunion
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t5_2qkbe
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cbubxgn
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AFAIK, it was entirely to do with him repeatedly having a go at McCaw during the year of the RWC. There were a couple of pretty cheap shots, and he was entirely unapologetic about it, and talked it all up.
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Act like a cunt, get treated like one.
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sexinthepark
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one of the best things i got from my parents is the attitude of "oh, you want that? we can make one. In fact, we can make a better one."
my dad built my brother and i a treehouse on stilts (we didn't have a suitable tree) out of old pallets. it had a hammock made of a cargo net and a pulley system so we could bring things up in a milk crate. he also attached swings to the trees (he used a bow and arrow to get the rope over, if i recall correctly), but not just regular swings. we had two swings attached to rope, a climbing rope with knots in it, a swing made from an old surfboard he found at the dump, and a swing held up by bungee cords instead of rope.
my mom made us elaborate halloween costumes, dress-up outfits, matching clothes for me and my dolls, customized backpacks for school, and my senior prom dress.
I don't have the same sets of skills my parents do, but I'm definitely a DIY type person. I really hope that someday I can be that type of parent too.
**tl;dr:** a parent who makes cool shit for my kids.
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one of the best things i got from my parents is the attitude of "oh, you want that? we can make one. In fact, we can make a better one."
my dad built my brother and i a treehouse on stilts (we didn't have a suitable tree) out of old pallets. it had a hammock made of a cargo net and a pulley system so we could bring things up in a milk crate. he also attached swings to the trees (he used a bow and arrow to get the rope over, if i recall correctly), but not just regular swings. we had two swings attached to rope, a climbing rope with knots in it, a swing made from an old surfboard he found at the dump, and a swing held up by bungee cords instead of rope.
my mom made us elaborate halloween costumes, dress-up outfits, matching clothes for me and my dolls, customized backpacks for school, and my senior prom dress.
I don't have the same sets of skills my parents do, but I'm definitely a DIY type person. I really hope that someday I can be that type of parent too.
tl;dr: a parent who makes cool shit for my kids.
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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cbuhp8i
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one of the best things i got from my parents is the attitude of "oh, you want that? we can make one. In fact, we can make a better one."
my dad built my brother and i a treehouse on stilts (we didn't have a suitable tree) out of old pallets. it had a hammock made of a cargo net and a pulley system so we could bring things up in a milk crate. he also attached swings to the trees (he used a bow and arrow to get the rope over, if i recall correctly), but not just regular swings. we had two swings attached to rope, a climbing rope with knots in it, a swing made from an old surfboard he found at the dump, and a swing held up by bungee cords instead of rope.
my mom made us elaborate halloween costumes, dress-up outfits, matching clothes for me and my dolls, customized backpacks for school, and my senior prom dress.
I don't have the same sets of skills my parents do, but I'm definitely a DIY type person. I really hope that someday I can be that type of parent too.
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a parent who makes cool shit for my kids.
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hannes_brt
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I have actually only one experience with CO2. We were out on a 200k brevet when I flattened. I put in a fresh tube and got my PDW Magic Flute out, which is a combined mini-pump and CO2 inflator. I had never used the CO2 function before, because in a non-emergency I would always use my floor pump.
So I screw the cartridge in and open the valve. The tire inflates and the cartridge as well as the valvestem freeze over. I think "Alright, no idea what pressure I have, but hopefully this should do." My buddy is interested in checking the pressure, extends his finger and just very lightly touches the tire. As soon as his finger touches the tire there is a big "POOF" and the tube has exploded.
TLDR: Be very careful to control the pressure when you're using CO2 inflators.
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I have actually only one experience with CO2. We were out on a 200k brevet when I flattened. I put in a fresh tube and got my PDW Magic Flute out, which is a combined mini-pump and CO2 inflator. I had never used the CO2 function before, because in a non-emergency I would always use my floor pump.
So I screw the cartridge in and open the valve. The tire inflates and the cartridge as well as the valvestem freeze over. I think "Alright, no idea what pressure I have, but hopefully this should do." My buddy is interested in checking the pressure, extends his finger and just very lightly touches the tire. As soon as his finger touches the tire there is a big "POOF" and the tube has exploded.
TLDR: Be very careful to control the pressure when you're using CO2 inflators.
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bicycling
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t5_2qi0s
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cbuofu0
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I have actually only one experience with CO2. We were out on a 200k brevet when I flattened. I put in a fresh tube and got my PDW Magic Flute out, which is a combined mini-pump and CO2 inflator. I had never used the CO2 function before, because in a non-emergency I would always use my floor pump.
So I screw the cartridge in and open the valve. The tire inflates and the cartridge as well as the valvestem freeze over. I think "Alright, no idea what pressure I have, but hopefully this should do." My buddy is interested in checking the pressure, extends his finger and just very lightly touches the tire. As soon as his finger touches the tire there is a big "POOF" and the tube has exploded.
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Be very careful to control the pressure when you're using CO2 inflators.
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The_Entendre
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Basically someone who follows the latest fashion trend or the 'hype'--what's popular. They don't have any originality believing that following whats popular will make them "stand out" or have "fashion sense", so they all tend to look the same. Some defining factors are snapbacks, fake glasses/ray-ban style wayfarers, nike's/jordans and now usually a comb-over-esque hairstyle.
TL;DR: Everyone that I pretty much grew up with.
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Basically someone who follows the latest fashion trend or the 'hype'--what's popular. They don't have any originality believing that following whats popular will make them "stand out" or have "fashion sense", so they all tend to look the same. Some defining factors are snapbacks, fake glasses/ray-ban style wayfarers, nike's/jordans and now usually a comb-over-esque hairstyle.
TL;DR: Everyone that I pretty much grew up with.
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malefashionadvice
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t5_2r65t
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cbur5k8
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Basically someone who follows the latest fashion trend or the 'hype'--what's popular. They don't have any originality believing that following whats popular will make them "stand out" or have "fashion sense", so they all tend to look the same. Some defining factors are snapbacks, fake glasses/ray-ban style wayfarers, nike's/jordans and now usually a comb-over-esque hairstyle.
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Everyone that I pretty much grew up with.
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ricky1030
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When I rebuilt my pc last month after buying a new case I had no idea how to use the standoffs. I was placing them *above* the motherboard but obviously the threads are short so I was having to apply heavy force to get them to hold and two of them wouldn't go in after bending the motherboard a bit in different of the 9 spaces.
Thus it was no wonder the rear I/o ports were being bent up because the mb wasn't at the level it was supposed to be. Anyway, I then placed the screws on top of the standoffs and tried booting so many times and about 20% of the time it'd turn on for a quick second before shutting down. I just couldn't figure out why!
I was using the standoffs, and the screw on top of them. I even took out the motherboard a couplet times and it booted without a case just fine. I just didn't have standoffs in the previous case and I wasn't using two of them in this case.
I got desperate and was getting ready to start pulling hairs when some kind soul came upon my build help post and after a few messages and some pics, knew I had wrongly placed the standoffs **on top** of the motherboard and either causing a short, or it simply wasn't grounded and it didn't allow itself to power on. For saving me from having though I fried my motherboard, I bought the dude some Gold.
**Tl;dr:** we need to ramp up [build help] help.
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When I rebuilt my pc last month after buying a new case I had no idea how to use the standoffs. I was placing them above the motherboard but obviously the threads are short so I was having to apply heavy force to get them to hold and two of them wouldn't go in after bending the motherboard a bit in different of the 9 spaces.
Thus it was no wonder the rear I/o ports were being bent up because the mb wasn't at the level it was supposed to be. Anyway, I then placed the screws on top of the standoffs and tried booting so many times and about 20% of the time it'd turn on for a quick second before shutting down. I just couldn't figure out why!
I was using the standoffs, and the screw on top of them. I even took out the motherboard a couplet times and it booted without a case just fine. I just didn't have standoffs in the previous case and I wasn't using two of them in this case.
I got desperate and was getting ready to start pulling hairs when some kind soul came upon my build help post and after a few messages and some pics, knew I had wrongly placed the standoffs on top of the motherboard and either causing a short, or it simply wasn't grounded and it didn't allow itself to power on. For saving me from having though I fried my motherboard, I bought the dude some Gold.
Tl;dr: we need to ramp up [build help] help.
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buildapc
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t5_2rnve
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cbuzl7z
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When I rebuilt my pc last month after buying a new case I had no idea how to use the standoffs. I was placing them above the motherboard but obviously the threads are short so I was having to apply heavy force to get them to hold and two of them wouldn't go in after bending the motherboard a bit in different of the 9 spaces.
Thus it was no wonder the rear I/o ports were being bent up because the mb wasn't at the level it was supposed to be. Anyway, I then placed the screws on top of the standoffs and tried booting so many times and about 20% of the time it'd turn on for a quick second before shutting down. I just couldn't figure out why!
I was using the standoffs, and the screw on top of them. I even took out the motherboard a couplet times and it booted without a case just fine. I just didn't have standoffs in the previous case and I wasn't using two of them in this case.
I got desperate and was getting ready to start pulling hairs when some kind soul came upon my build help post and after a few messages and some pics, knew I had wrongly placed the standoffs on top of the motherboard and either causing a short, or it simply wasn't grounded and it didn't allow itself to power on. For saving me from having though I fried my motherboard, I bought the dude some Gold.
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we need to ramp up [build help] help.
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otp1144
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Hmmm here's my thoughts on stocking fish tanks summed up in one sentence: Gallons don't matter, square footage does. (for most fish) Mainly because fish don't like to swim up and down, the like to swim horizontally. So while you could have a 20 gallon fish tank that is 40" high, yes it'd be 20 gallons but it'd be ~11" square footprint, and you couldn't really put any fish in it because nothing would be happy swimming in such a tall slim tank. (Not the best example, but you get my point)
So I'd say stick with the stocking you have. Though adding a betta probably would work seeing as they aren't very dirty are one of the few fish that actually does use the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the tank.
TL;DR: Stick with your stocking. Betta would work.
p.s. $6 A SHRIMP!?!? GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY! I paid $0.75 and i thought that was high.
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Hmmm here's my thoughts on stocking fish tanks summed up in one sentence: Gallons don't matter, square footage does. (for most fish) Mainly because fish don't like to swim up and down, the like to swim horizontally. So while you could have a 20 gallon fish tank that is 40" high, yes it'd be 20 gallons but it'd be ~11" square footprint, and you couldn't really put any fish in it because nothing would be happy swimming in such a tall slim tank. (Not the best example, but you get my point)
So I'd say stick with the stocking you have. Though adding a betta probably would work seeing as they aren't very dirty are one of the few fish that actually does use the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the tank.
TL;DR: Stick with your stocking. Betta would work.
p.s. $6 A SHRIMP!?!? GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY! I paid $0.75 and i thought that was high.
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Aquariums
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t5_2rc6i
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cbus8n1
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Hmmm here's my thoughts on stocking fish tanks summed up in one sentence: Gallons don't matter, square footage does. (for most fish) Mainly because fish don't like to swim up and down, the like to swim horizontally. So while you could have a 20 gallon fish tank that is 40" high, yes it'd be 20 gallons but it'd be ~11" square footprint, and you couldn't really put any fish in it because nothing would be happy swimming in such a tall slim tank. (Not the best example, but you get my point)
So I'd say stick with the stocking you have. Though adding a betta probably would work seeing as they aren't very dirty are one of the few fish that actually does use the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the tank.
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Stick with your stocking. Betta would work.
p.s. $6 A SHRIMP!?!? GOOD GOOGLY MOOGLY! I paid $0.75 and i thought that was high.
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ScareTheRiven
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Go to "Training" then "Offline Practice". As far as I know it doesn't put you in to a server, it's just completely offline.
Source: I've had similar and worse internet problems before for years at a time. Almost all of my hours that I've logged have been in offline. It's still fun, can be better than online sometimes as well. Just remember to set the difficulty to hard or expert, and the bot count to 24. It makes for a far better experience that way. Also, item drop still works in offline.
TL;DR: Offline = good.
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Go to "Training" then "Offline Practice". As far as I know it doesn't put you in to a server, it's just completely offline.
Source: I've had similar and worse internet problems before for years at a time. Almost all of my hours that I've logged have been in offline. It's still fun, can be better than online sometimes as well. Just remember to set the difficulty to hard or expert, and the bot count to 24. It makes for a far better experience that way. Also, item drop still works in offline.
TL;DR: Offline = good.
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tf2
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t5_2qka0
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cbv2mw5
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Go to "Training" then "Offline Practice". As far as I know it doesn't put you in to a server, it's just completely offline.
Source: I've had similar and worse internet problems before for years at a time. Almost all of my hours that I've logged have been in offline. It's still fun, can be better than online sometimes as well. Just remember to set the difficulty to hard or expert, and the bot count to 24. It makes for a far better experience that way. Also, item drop still works in offline.
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Offline = good.
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OllieMarmot
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That house is a style referred to as Queen Anne style, which was first popularized in the UK. Homes referred to as "Victorian" were homes built between 1837 and 1901, and used one of the several styles of the period.
TL;DR, T_O_G_G_Z has no goddamn clue what he is talking about.
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That house is a style referred to as Queen Anne style, which was first popularized in the UK. Homes referred to as "Victorian" were homes built between 1837 and 1901, and used one of the several styles of the period.
TL;DR, T_O_G_G_Z has no goddamn clue what he is talking about.
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pics
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t5_2qh0u
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cbv6816
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That house is a style referred to as Queen Anne style, which was first popularized in the UK. Homes referred to as "Victorian" were homes built between 1837 and 1901, and used one of the several styles of the period.
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T_O_G_G_Z has no goddamn clue what he is talking about.
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lavendercoffee
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You think they should have their license revoked if they don't get a cochlear implant? That's pretty rude, not to mention unfair.
First of all, not all of deaf people can have a cochlear implant to make them hearing, it's just not possible. Also, where is the money for the implant coming from? I laughed when you wrote "cheap cochlear implant" like you can get them for $500 at the pharmacy. It's not just the implant that has to be bought but the *entire* procedure including therapists which can run from $40,000 to $100,000 and beyond. Where is that money coming from? Not sure what country you're from but in America we don't have universal health care. Unless you have insurance (which is also obscenely expensive if not provided by your career) those costs would be out of pocket. That is extremely unfair to people whose license would be revoked because they can't afford it or aren't the proper candidates for the procedure, period.
Second of all, I don't think you understand the culture of the deaf community, which is very very strong and supports one another as much as any other culture supports its own. Many of them are happy the way they are and don't view being deaf as a "defect", they just see themselves as different. Also, there are very very few accidents that have to do with a driver being deaf, most deaf people are more visually alert than hearing people. Hearing people tend to cause more accidents with as you said, talking on the cell phone.
And a person talking on a phone whilst driving is nothing like a deaf person driving. A person talking on the phone is *choosing* to be unsafe and break the law. A deaf person was born that way or became that way due to circumstances out of their control, and a deaf person driving is probably more careful at driving than a even a focused hearing person.
TL;DR: Revoking the driving licenses of the deaf for not choosing to get a cochlear implant is a dick move.
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You think they should have their license revoked if they don't get a cochlear implant? That's pretty rude, not to mention unfair.
First of all, not all of deaf people can have a cochlear implant to make them hearing, it's just not possible. Also, where is the money for the implant coming from? I laughed when you wrote "cheap cochlear implant" like you can get them for $500 at the pharmacy. It's not just the implant that has to be bought but the entire procedure including therapists which can run from $40,000 to $100,000 and beyond. Where is that money coming from? Not sure what country you're from but in America we don't have universal health care. Unless you have insurance (which is also obscenely expensive if not provided by your career) those costs would be out of pocket. That is extremely unfair to people whose license would be revoked because they can't afford it or aren't the proper candidates for the procedure, period.
Second of all, I don't think you understand the culture of the deaf community, which is very very strong and supports one another as much as any other culture supports its own. Many of them are happy the way they are and don't view being deaf as a "defect", they just see themselves as different. Also, there are very very few accidents that have to do with a driver being deaf, most deaf people are more visually alert than hearing people. Hearing people tend to cause more accidents with as you said, talking on the cell phone.
And a person talking on a phone whilst driving is nothing like a deaf person driving. A person talking on the phone is choosing to be unsafe and break the law. A deaf person was born that way or became that way due to circumstances out of their control, and a deaf person driving is probably more careful at driving than a even a focused hearing person.
TL;DR: Revoking the driving licenses of the deaf for not choosing to get a cochlear implant is a dick move.
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aww
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t5_2qh1o
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cbwqu7j
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You think they should have their license revoked if they don't get a cochlear implant? That's pretty rude, not to mention unfair.
First of all, not all of deaf people can have a cochlear implant to make them hearing, it's just not possible. Also, where is the money for the implant coming from? I laughed when you wrote "cheap cochlear implant" like you can get them for $500 at the pharmacy. It's not just the implant that has to be bought but the entire procedure including therapists which can run from $40,000 to $100,000 and beyond. Where is that money coming from? Not sure what country you're from but in America we don't have universal health care. Unless you have insurance (which is also obscenely expensive if not provided by your career) those costs would be out of pocket. That is extremely unfair to people whose license would be revoked because they can't afford it or aren't the proper candidates for the procedure, period.
Second of all, I don't think you understand the culture of the deaf community, which is very very strong and supports one another as much as any other culture supports its own. Many of them are happy the way they are and don't view being deaf as a "defect", they just see themselves as different. Also, there are very very few accidents that have to do with a driver being deaf, most deaf people are more visually alert than hearing people. Hearing people tend to cause more accidents with as you said, talking on the cell phone.
And a person talking on a phone whilst driving is nothing like a deaf person driving. A person talking on the phone is choosing to be unsafe and break the law. A deaf person was born that way or became that way due to circumstances out of their control, and a deaf person driving is probably more careful at driving than a even a focused hearing person.
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Revoking the driving licenses of the deaf for not choosing to get a cochlear implant is a dick move.
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Shammyhealz
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The goal of AdBlock isn't to stop advertising entirely, you'll notice Google's ads on searches remain, I think Reddit gets off pretty scot free. The goal of it is to remove overly distracting ads (you may be too young or may not have seen the late 90s/early 00s ads that flashed, highly annoying), or ads that overstep boundaries such as the 30 second or minute long ads on Youtube. Some of this does get into a somewhat touchy area, sites do need to make money after all, who are we to stop them?
The reality is that people who spend the time to install AdBlock aren't clicking ads anyways. I haven't clicked an ad in probably a couple years (I actually think once I clicked one because it was advertising for something totally off the wall, but never for things I had the intention to buy).
Tl;dr there's a fine line between acceptable advertising, and blatantly annoying advertising. AdBlock wants to remove the blatantly annoying ads.
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The goal of AdBlock isn't to stop advertising entirely, you'll notice Google's ads on searches remain, I think Reddit gets off pretty scot free. The goal of it is to remove overly distracting ads (you may be too young or may not have seen the late 90s/early 00s ads that flashed, highly annoying), or ads that overstep boundaries such as the 30 second or minute long ads on Youtube. Some of this does get into a somewhat touchy area, sites do need to make money after all, who are we to stop them?
The reality is that people who spend the time to install AdBlock aren't clicking ads anyways. I haven't clicked an ad in probably a couple years (I actually think once I clicked one because it was advertising for something totally off the wall, but never for things I had the intention to buy).
Tl;dr there's a fine line between acceptable advertising, and blatantly annoying advertising. AdBlock wants to remove the blatantly annoying ads.
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AskReddit
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t5_2qh1i
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cbvmdh0
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The goal of AdBlock isn't to stop advertising entirely, you'll notice Google's ads on searches remain, I think Reddit gets off pretty scot free. The goal of it is to remove overly distracting ads (you may be too young or may not have seen the late 90s/early 00s ads that flashed, highly annoying), or ads that overstep boundaries such as the 30 second or minute long ads on Youtube. Some of this does get into a somewhat touchy area, sites do need to make money after all, who are we to stop them?
The reality is that people who spend the time to install AdBlock aren't clicking ads anyways. I haven't clicked an ad in probably a couple years (I actually think once I clicked one because it was advertising for something totally off the wall, but never for things I had the intention to buy).
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there's a fine line between acceptable advertising, and blatantly annoying advertising. AdBlock wants to remove the blatantly annoying ads.
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SharpieTheSupport
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I've done quite a bit of calculating with Vladimir. Here are some of my points.
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o Having 3 AP Quints effectively gives you a free HP Quints through his passive
o Fiddle can continue draining you when you use your Pool
o Build Abyssal Scepter and Zhonya's. The resistances from these items, combined with your passive and %AP increase from the offense tree gives you insane Effective Health for little money.
o Vlad's Q's Health is based on AP, not damage dealt.
o You have no CC. Get the resistances, mpen and CDR you need, then go for Rylai's to make sure you keep up with your opponent.
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Lengthy Facts:
CDR is hard to come by if you are Vlad. You have three options: Spirit of the Spectral Wraith, Lucidity Boots, Spirit Visage. The last two items need counterweights to be built.
Spirit Visage -> You got no AP, you need the Zhonya's, fast.
Lucidity Boots -> You got no Mpen, you need any combination of Haunting Guise, Abyssal Scepter and Void Staff.
Vlad is pretty vulnerable to burst damage and can only sustain when he has cooldowns. He needs survivability to fight. He is not a burst mage, but a sustained damage mage. This is why you focus on bruisery items, CDR and Zhonya's; the longer you fighter the stronger you are.
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Masteries:
21 in offense increases his Q healing and increases your chances of last-hitting with Ult.
Defense Tree is geared for those who are soaking damage willingly and consistently. You should not be soaking damage, but should build to be able to survive the focus you get. Don't start a fight 1v5, but you should build Zhonya's to make sure Veigar won't 100-0 you.
Utility Tree gives you a little bit more of what you already have (Spellvamp, CDR, Movespeed, Low Summspell CD). This means that the utility tree depends really on your Runes and Build Path.
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Conclusion:
Runes, Build Path and Masteries should all go hand in hand. If you decide to go no Mpen in your build, then you NEED 9 offense.
Going 21 Utility leaves you with no Defense. If you build accordingly, then go ahead. However, a Vladimir with 21 utility and a tanky build won't be all that useful.
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TL;DR
If you want extra movespeed on Vlad, go for Quints or Twin Shadows. In the end it's based on your role in the game, your runes and build path.
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I've done quite a bit of calculating with Vladimir. Here are some of my points.
o Having 3 AP Quints effectively gives you a free HP Quints through his passive
o Fiddle can continue draining you when you use your Pool
o Build Abyssal Scepter and Zhonya's. The resistances from these items, combined with your passive and %AP increase from the offense tree gives you insane Effective Health for little money.
o Vlad's Q's Health is based on AP, not damage dealt.
o You have no CC. Get the resistances, mpen and CDR you need, then go for Rylai's to make sure you keep up with your opponent.
Lengthy Facts:
CDR is hard to come by if you are Vlad. You have three options: Spirit of the Spectral Wraith, Lucidity Boots, Spirit Visage. The last two items need counterweights to be built.
Spirit Visage -> You got no AP, you need the Zhonya's, fast.
Lucidity Boots -> You got no Mpen, you need any combination of Haunting Guise, Abyssal Scepter and Void Staff.
Vlad is pretty vulnerable to burst damage and can only sustain when he has cooldowns. He needs survivability to fight. He is not a burst mage, but a sustained damage mage. This is why you focus on bruisery items, CDR and Zhonya's; the longer you fighter the stronger you are.
Masteries:
21 in offense increases his Q healing and increases your chances of last-hitting with Ult.
Defense Tree is geared for those who are soaking damage willingly and consistently. You should not be soaking damage, but should build to be able to survive the focus you get. Don't start a fight 1v5, but you should build Zhonya's to make sure Veigar won't 100-0 you.
Utility Tree gives you a little bit more of what you already have (Spellvamp, CDR, Movespeed, Low Summspell CD). This means that the utility tree depends really on your Runes and Build Path.
Conclusion:
Runes, Build Path and Masteries should all go hand in hand. If you decide to go no Mpen in your build, then you NEED 9 offense.
Going 21 Utility leaves you with no Defense. If you build accordingly, then go ahead. However, a Vladimir with 21 utility and a tanky build won't be all that useful.
TL;DR
If you want extra movespeed on Vlad, go for Quints or Twin Shadows. In the end it's based on your role in the game, your runes and build path.
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cbvnfef
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I've done quite a bit of calculating with Vladimir. Here are some of my points.
o Having 3 AP Quints effectively gives you a free HP Quints through his passive
o Fiddle can continue draining you when you use your Pool
o Build Abyssal Scepter and Zhonya's. The resistances from these items, combined with your passive and %AP increase from the offense tree gives you insane Effective Health for little money.
o Vlad's Q's Health is based on AP, not damage dealt.
o You have no CC. Get the resistances, mpen and CDR you need, then go for Rylai's to make sure you keep up with your opponent.
Lengthy Facts:
CDR is hard to come by if you are Vlad. You have three options: Spirit of the Spectral Wraith, Lucidity Boots, Spirit Visage. The last two items need counterweights to be built.
Spirit Visage -> You got no AP, you need the Zhonya's, fast.
Lucidity Boots -> You got no Mpen, you need any combination of Haunting Guise, Abyssal Scepter and Void Staff.
Vlad is pretty vulnerable to burst damage and can only sustain when he has cooldowns. He needs survivability to fight. He is not a burst mage, but a sustained damage mage. This is why you focus on bruisery items, CDR and Zhonya's; the longer you fighter the stronger you are.
Masteries:
21 in offense increases his Q healing and increases your chances of last-hitting with Ult.
Defense Tree is geared for those who are soaking damage willingly and consistently. You should not be soaking damage, but should build to be able to survive the focus you get. Don't start a fight 1v5, but you should build Zhonya's to make sure Veigar won't 100-0 you.
Utility Tree gives you a little bit more of what you already have (Spellvamp, CDR, Movespeed, Low Summspell CD). This means that the utility tree depends really on your Runes and Build Path.
Conclusion:
Runes, Build Path and Masteries should all go hand in hand. If you decide to go no Mpen in your build, then you NEED 9 offense.
Going 21 Utility leaves you with no Defense. If you build accordingly, then go ahead. However, a Vladimir with 21 utility and a tanky build won't be all that useful.
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If you want extra movespeed on Vlad, go for Quints or Twin Shadows. In the end it's based on your role in the game, your runes and build path.
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Eblumen
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Getting a friend/family member/minion to help would make it a lot easier to diagnose. Have them sit on the bike while you listen for the squeak. I had a squeak that I could've sworn was coming from my front brake caliper, and when I had my friend listen they said that it was coming from the back tire.
**TL;DR**: It's easier to diagnose when you're not sitting on it.
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Getting a friend/family member/minion to help would make it a lot easier to diagnose. Have them sit on the bike while you listen for the squeak. I had a squeak that I could've sworn was coming from my front brake caliper, and when I had my friend listen they said that it was coming from the back tire.
TL;DR : It's easier to diagnose when you're not sitting on it.
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motorcycles
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t5_2qi6d
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cbvuuq9
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Getting a friend/family member/minion to help would make it a lot easier to diagnose. Have them sit on the bike while you listen for the squeak. I had a squeak that I could've sworn was coming from my front brake caliper, and when I had my friend listen they said that it was coming from the back tire.
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It's easier to diagnose when you're not sitting on it.
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Defiant001
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I bought a CPO Jetta with a 2 year warranty included, I used it once for the electrics.
It also has had many engine parts replaced under warranty trying to fix a rough idle issue (coil packs/injectors/etc) but that was never resolved.
TL;DR I'm very glad it came with the warranty.
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I bought a CPO Jetta with a 2 year warranty included, I used it once for the electrics.
It also has had many engine parts replaced under warranty trying to fix a rough idle issue (coil packs/injectors/etc) but that was never resolved.
TL;DR I'm very glad it came with the warranty.
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Volkswagen
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t5_2qr4f
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cbw8sfm
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I bought a CPO Jetta with a 2 year warranty included, I used it once for the electrics.
It also has had many engine parts replaced under warranty trying to fix a rough idle issue (coil packs/injectors/etc) but that was never resolved.
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I'm very glad it came with the warranty.
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Themsen
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But the problem with that angle is that it ruins Batmans depth.
Lets be clear, I am not disagreeing that Batman has severe issues and mental scars, that much is clear. But for me a good Batman story always left me unsure whether Batmans motivation is un-treated crazy or genuine will to make the world better and safer. Part of the point is that Batman HIMSELF doesn't even know for sure, or better yet, doesn't want to know, since he is afraid of what he will find if he goes down that rabbit hole. Miller puts the crazy and despicable part of Batman in the drivers seat from the get go and never lets up, therefore robbing the character of any ambiguity IMO.
TL;DR: A good Batman story leaves it up to the viewer to decide what drives Batman, Miller makes that answer too obvious by making Batman nearly psychopathic in his works.
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But the problem with that angle is that it ruins Batmans depth.
Lets be clear, I am not disagreeing that Batman has severe issues and mental scars, that much is clear. But for me a good Batman story always left me unsure whether Batmans motivation is un-treated crazy or genuine will to make the world better and safer. Part of the point is that Batman HIMSELF doesn't even know for sure, or better yet, doesn't want to know, since he is afraid of what he will find if he goes down that rabbit hole. Miller puts the crazy and despicable part of Batman in the drivers seat from the get go and never lets up, therefore robbing the character of any ambiguity IMO.
TL;DR: A good Batman story leaves it up to the viewer to decide what drives Batman, Miller makes that answer too obvious by making Batman nearly psychopathic in his works.
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movies
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t5_2qh3s
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cbw80m2
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But the problem with that angle is that it ruins Batmans depth.
Lets be clear, I am not disagreeing that Batman has severe issues and mental scars, that much is clear. But for me a good Batman story always left me unsure whether Batmans motivation is un-treated crazy or genuine will to make the world better and safer. Part of the point is that Batman HIMSELF doesn't even know for sure, or better yet, doesn't want to know, since he is afraid of what he will find if he goes down that rabbit hole. Miller puts the crazy and despicable part of Batman in the drivers seat from the get go and never lets up, therefore robbing the character of any ambiguity IMO.
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A good Batman story leaves it up to the viewer to decide what drives Batman, Miller makes that answer too obvious by making Batman nearly psychopathic in his works.
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seraphatty
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a lot of people whine about David Gaider being unprofessional or whatever but I just can't help it, he makes me smile. His dismissive, derisive tone & attitude are exactly what the vast majority of gamers deserve. He has made many mistakes and said many questionable things, but his growth in regards to many (certainly not all - no one is perfect) SJ issues has been easily observable, and these days I feel he is one of the few people deeply involved in AAA games that I honestly feel is coming from a place of good faith. Most of the time.
TL;DR: Most gamers are scum and I'm glad David Gaider treats them that way
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a lot of people whine about David Gaider being unprofessional or whatever but I just can't help it, he makes me smile. His dismissive, derisive tone & attitude are exactly what the vast majority of gamers deserve. He has made many mistakes and said many questionable things, but his growth in regards to many (certainly not all - no one is perfect) SJ issues has been easily observable, and these days I feel he is one of the few people deeply involved in AAA games that I honestly feel is coming from a place of good faith. Most of the time.
TL;DR: Most gamers are scum and I'm glad David Gaider treats them that way
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SRSGaming
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t5_2t5qh
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cbvvki8
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a lot of people whine about David Gaider being unprofessional or whatever but I just can't help it, he makes me smile. His dismissive, derisive tone & attitude are exactly what the vast majority of gamers deserve. He has made many mistakes and said many questionable things, but his growth in regards to many (certainly not all - no one is perfect) SJ issues has been easily observable, and these days I feel he is one of the few people deeply involved in AAA games that I honestly feel is coming from a place of good faith. Most of the time.
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Most gamers are scum and I'm glad David Gaider treats them that way
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cafeconpan
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Speaking from a very broad knowledge of military tactics, moderate knowledge of GoT and LOTR, and a love of history, I give it to Washington. Here's I would see it play out:
Assume a large hunger-games-esque arena. Large open plain, dotted with hills and ridges to break line of sight, and surrounded by forests too dense for cavalry but not infantry.
Eisenhower would charge in hard and fast with cavalry (similar to WWII tank tactics), attempting to flank whichever army he faced while laying down a full-frontal infantry assault. This would work against Leonidas' mostly Attican army, but decimate Ike's front lines and his cavalry would take casualties from a barrage of javelins. He would also face area denial weapons from Tyrion and a sea of arrows from Bard and his Lake Men.
Instead, Ike would fight the strongest army on the field while his own army was fresh: Lee. Seeing as Lee's strength is also flanking maneuvers, Eisenhower would have to use his superior knowledge of artillery support to break up movement along the roads Lee like to build behind the front lines. Denying him the ability to quickly reinforce his front, while attacking with his infantry, would cause Lee to crumble. Eisenhower's gambit to split his cavalry and threaten both of Lee's flanks, would be risky but would succeed given Lee's over reliance on Jeb Stuart and his proclivity for joy riding.
Meanwhile, Tyrion has laid down caltrops, dug ditches, and built traps to deter flanking from either Lee or Eisenhower. Tyrion's opening move is to send three columns forward to attack Bard's archers which by now are pissing everybody off. Leading his center column in a tactical retreat, Bard's overly zealous infantry takes the bait and leaves their archers exposed to Tyrion's cavalry hidden in the trees.
Meanwhile, Leonidas is waiting with his 300 Spartans and several thousand Attican troops all arrayed in phalanx for someone to attack him. His army is not mounted and takes longer to mobilize since the Greeks would be moving in big-bristly-spear-encrusted-porcupine formation to protect against Bard's archers.
But where is Washington in this hurly burly? His rag tag band of soldiers are poorly armed, poorly fed, and outmatched. Recognizing this, Washington leads his army in a withdrawal at the start of the battle, sacrificing part of his forces as a delaying tactic for his main force to make it to cover. What his army lacks in resources, it makes up for in discipline. They march under fire, and retreat without losing morale. The retreat is successful, even though he has lost many troops.
At this point, Leonidas orders his men to drop their shields and heavy armor and charge Tyrion's flank, drawing the imp away from finishing off Bard's infantry entirely.
The outcome of Ike vs Lee, favors Ike and his army limps on to mop up Bard's Lake men (they're interchangeable at this point).
But where is Washington? Seizing the advantage, Washington's troop attack in hit and runs in small squads against the flank of Ike's and Tyrion's armies.
Ike attacks Leonidas with his cavalry, crushing the Greeks, and softens Tyrion up with his remaining artillery before charging in with his infantry. At this point Washington's sharpshooters begin aiming for stripes, taking out Tyrion's and Ike's officers to cause confusion in the melee.
**TL;DR** Washington takes it with tactical withdrawals and guerrilla tactics by avoiding the big fights and waiting to fight battles he can win.
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Speaking from a very broad knowledge of military tactics, moderate knowledge of GoT and LOTR, and a love of history, I give it to Washington. Here's I would see it play out:
Assume a large hunger-games-esque arena. Large open plain, dotted with hills and ridges to break line of sight, and surrounded by forests too dense for cavalry but not infantry.
Eisenhower would charge in hard and fast with cavalry (similar to WWII tank tactics), attempting to flank whichever army he faced while laying down a full-frontal infantry assault. This would work against Leonidas' mostly Attican army, but decimate Ike's front lines and his cavalry would take casualties from a barrage of javelins. He would also face area denial weapons from Tyrion and a sea of arrows from Bard and his Lake Men.
Instead, Ike would fight the strongest army on the field while his own army was fresh: Lee. Seeing as Lee's strength is also flanking maneuvers, Eisenhower would have to use his superior knowledge of artillery support to break up movement along the roads Lee like to build behind the front lines. Denying him the ability to quickly reinforce his front, while attacking with his infantry, would cause Lee to crumble. Eisenhower's gambit to split his cavalry and threaten both of Lee's flanks, would be risky but would succeed given Lee's over reliance on Jeb Stuart and his proclivity for joy riding.
Meanwhile, Tyrion has laid down caltrops, dug ditches, and built traps to deter flanking from either Lee or Eisenhower. Tyrion's opening move is to send three columns forward to attack Bard's archers which by now are pissing everybody off. Leading his center column in a tactical retreat, Bard's overly zealous infantry takes the bait and leaves their archers exposed to Tyrion's cavalry hidden in the trees.
Meanwhile, Leonidas is waiting with his 300 Spartans and several thousand Attican troops all arrayed in phalanx for someone to attack him. His army is not mounted and takes longer to mobilize since the Greeks would be moving in big-bristly-spear-encrusted-porcupine formation to protect against Bard's archers.
But where is Washington in this hurly burly? His rag tag band of soldiers are poorly armed, poorly fed, and outmatched. Recognizing this, Washington leads his army in a withdrawal at the start of the battle, sacrificing part of his forces as a delaying tactic for his main force to make it to cover. What his army lacks in resources, it makes up for in discipline. They march under fire, and retreat without losing morale. The retreat is successful, even though he has lost many troops.
At this point, Leonidas orders his men to drop their shields and heavy armor and charge Tyrion's flank, drawing the imp away from finishing off Bard's infantry entirely.
The outcome of Ike vs Lee, favors Ike and his army limps on to mop up Bard's Lake men (they're interchangeable at this point).
But where is Washington? Seizing the advantage, Washington's troop attack in hit and runs in small squads against the flank of Ike's and Tyrion's armies.
Ike attacks Leonidas with his cavalry, crushing the Greeks, and softens Tyrion up with his remaining artillery before charging in with his infantry. At this point Washington's sharpshooters begin aiming for stripes, taking out Tyrion's and Ike's officers to cause confusion in the melee.
TL;DR Washington takes it with tactical withdrawals and guerrilla tactics by avoiding the big fights and waiting to fight battles he can win.
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whowouldwin
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t5_2s599
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cbvzxu4
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Speaking from a very broad knowledge of military tactics, moderate knowledge of GoT and LOTR, and a love of history, I give it to Washington. Here's I would see it play out:
Assume a large hunger-games-esque arena. Large open plain, dotted with hills and ridges to break line of sight, and surrounded by forests too dense for cavalry but not infantry.
Eisenhower would charge in hard and fast with cavalry (similar to WWII tank tactics), attempting to flank whichever army he faced while laying down a full-frontal infantry assault. This would work against Leonidas' mostly Attican army, but decimate Ike's front lines and his cavalry would take casualties from a barrage of javelins. He would also face area denial weapons from Tyrion and a sea of arrows from Bard and his Lake Men.
Instead, Ike would fight the strongest army on the field while his own army was fresh: Lee. Seeing as Lee's strength is also flanking maneuvers, Eisenhower would have to use his superior knowledge of artillery support to break up movement along the roads Lee like to build behind the front lines. Denying him the ability to quickly reinforce his front, while attacking with his infantry, would cause Lee to crumble. Eisenhower's gambit to split his cavalry and threaten both of Lee's flanks, would be risky but would succeed given Lee's over reliance on Jeb Stuart and his proclivity for joy riding.
Meanwhile, Tyrion has laid down caltrops, dug ditches, and built traps to deter flanking from either Lee or Eisenhower. Tyrion's opening move is to send three columns forward to attack Bard's archers which by now are pissing everybody off. Leading his center column in a tactical retreat, Bard's overly zealous infantry takes the bait and leaves their archers exposed to Tyrion's cavalry hidden in the trees.
Meanwhile, Leonidas is waiting with his 300 Spartans and several thousand Attican troops all arrayed in phalanx for someone to attack him. His army is not mounted and takes longer to mobilize since the Greeks would be moving in big-bristly-spear-encrusted-porcupine formation to protect against Bard's archers.
But where is Washington in this hurly burly? His rag tag band of soldiers are poorly armed, poorly fed, and outmatched. Recognizing this, Washington leads his army in a withdrawal at the start of the battle, sacrificing part of his forces as a delaying tactic for his main force to make it to cover. What his army lacks in resources, it makes up for in discipline. They march under fire, and retreat without losing morale. The retreat is successful, even though he has lost many troops.
At this point, Leonidas orders his men to drop their shields and heavy armor and charge Tyrion's flank, drawing the imp away from finishing off Bard's infantry entirely.
The outcome of Ike vs Lee, favors Ike and his army limps on to mop up Bard's Lake men (they're interchangeable at this point).
But where is Washington? Seizing the advantage, Washington's troop attack in hit and runs in small squads against the flank of Ike's and Tyrion's armies.
Ike attacks Leonidas with his cavalry, crushing the Greeks, and softens Tyrion up with his remaining artillery before charging in with his infantry. At this point Washington's sharpshooters begin aiming for stripes, taking out Tyrion's and Ike's officers to cause confusion in the melee.
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Washington takes it with tactical withdrawals and guerrilla tactics by avoiding the big fights and waiting to fight battles he can win.
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GhostofEnlil
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I went halfsies on Dimir and Izzet. Izzet was meh but I LOVE Cyclonic Rift and Dimir had Lazav and Consuming Aberration which are good in EDH but that's honestly it. I love overload and cipher from a flavor perspective but I don't think I'll be using anything except for maybe Stolen Identity, Rift and Mizzium Mortars.
TL;DR: I felt very meh about the new rav block.
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I went halfsies on Dimir and Izzet. Izzet was meh but I LOVE Cyclonic Rift and Dimir had Lazav and Consuming Aberration which are good in EDH but that's honestly it. I love overload and cipher from a flavor perspective but I don't think I'll be using anything except for maybe Stolen Identity, Rift and Mizzium Mortars.
TL;DR: I felt very meh about the new rav block.
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magicTCG
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t5_2qn5f
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cbvvk0s
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I went halfsies on Dimir and Izzet. Izzet was meh but I LOVE Cyclonic Rift and Dimir had Lazav and Consuming Aberration which are good in EDH but that's honestly it. I love overload and cipher from a flavor perspective but I don't think I'll be using anything except for maybe Stolen Identity, Rift and Mizzium Mortars.
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I felt very meh about the new rav block.
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TK421isAFK
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I can affirm this with first-hand experience. I helped my former father-in-law with his flooring contract business, and we were "given" a review page by a friend that was getting commission from Angie's List. She brought in new businesses (like us), and we were thereafter heavily marketed to buy ads on AL. We bought one, and were given access to a special customer service link to request the removal (I think they used the word 'moderate' or 'verify') any reviews we wished.
We had 1 bad review, but the funny thing was, it wasn't from a customer we could identify. They claimed to hire us, but nothing they wrote matched any work we had ever done within 3 years of the date the reviewer claimed.
So, as paying advertisers, we had the review "sent in for verification", or some similar wording. AL staff removed the review, but 2 months later, we saw 2 more bad reviews. Go figure - same bullshit. Non-existing "customers" writing about experiences they never had.
They kept bugging us to buy more ads, assuring us that the negative reviews would be "moderated" if we were "customers in good standing with them". I had to have a lawyer send AL a letter threatening to sue for defamation of character. At that point, they deleted our page entirely.
**tl;dr:** Angie's List is a fucking scam. They force you to buy ads by printing fake negative reviews they remove if you pay them for monthly ads.
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I can affirm this with first-hand experience. I helped my former father-in-law with his flooring contract business, and we were "given" a review page by a friend that was getting commission from Angie's List. She brought in new businesses (like us), and we were thereafter heavily marketed to buy ads on AL. We bought one, and were given access to a special customer service link to request the removal (I think they used the word 'moderate' or 'verify') any reviews we wished.
We had 1 bad review, but the funny thing was, it wasn't from a customer we could identify. They claimed to hire us, but nothing they wrote matched any work we had ever done within 3 years of the date the reviewer claimed.
So, as paying advertisers, we had the review "sent in for verification", or some similar wording. AL staff removed the review, but 2 months later, we saw 2 more bad reviews. Go figure - same bullshit. Non-existing "customers" writing about experiences they never had.
They kept bugging us to buy more ads, assuring us that the negative reviews would be "moderated" if we were "customers in good standing with them". I had to have a lawyer send AL a letter threatening to sue for defamation of character. At that point, they deleted our page entirely.
tl;dr: Angie's List is a fucking scam. They force you to buy ads by printing fake negative reviews they remove if you pay them for monthly ads.
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WTF
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t5_2qh61
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cbw6cgg
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I can affirm this with first-hand experience. I helped my former father-in-law with his flooring contract business, and we were "given" a review page by a friend that was getting commission from Angie's List. She brought in new businesses (like us), and we were thereafter heavily marketed to buy ads on AL. We bought one, and were given access to a special customer service link to request the removal (I think they used the word 'moderate' or 'verify') any reviews we wished.
We had 1 bad review, but the funny thing was, it wasn't from a customer we could identify. They claimed to hire us, but nothing they wrote matched any work we had ever done within 3 years of the date the reviewer claimed.
So, as paying advertisers, we had the review "sent in for verification", or some similar wording. AL staff removed the review, but 2 months later, we saw 2 more bad reviews. Go figure - same bullshit. Non-existing "customers" writing about experiences they never had.
They kept bugging us to buy more ads, assuring us that the negative reviews would be "moderated" if we were "customers in good standing with them". I had to have a lawyer send AL a letter threatening to sue for defamation of character. At that point, they deleted our page entirely.
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Angie's List is a fucking scam. They force you to buy ads by printing fake negative reviews they remove if you pay them for monthly ads.
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Anonnymush
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Serious improvement. Wow. Yeah, she does NOT need raccoon eyes to draw attention to her face, everyone is gonna want to look at her eyes already. Well, unless her tits are top-notch like her face. Then, there will be at least some conflict.
TL;DR
Nice face. Hope nice tits. She shouldn't go back to the old look.
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Serious improvement. Wow. Yeah, she does NOT need raccoon eyes to draw attention to her face, everyone is gonna want to look at her eyes already. Well, unless her tits are top-notch like her face. Then, there will be at least some conflict.
TL;DR
Nice face. Hope nice tits. She shouldn't go back to the old look.
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pics
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t5_2qh0u
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cbw3htg
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Serious improvement. Wow. Yeah, she does NOT need raccoon eyes to draw attention to her face, everyone is gonna want to look at her eyes already. Well, unless her tits are top-notch like her face. Then, there will be at least some conflict.
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Nice face. Hope nice tits. She shouldn't go back to the old look.
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rivers61
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Not to sound sentimental. But our history never left, the books still say the name was in Charlotte before
New Orleans. So as far as I'm concerned it was never really gone, and that's part of what will be great about it being back. We are the fan base for both the old and the new Charlotte Hornets. What happened in New Orleans became irrelevant the day they decided to dump the name. Those past few years are the pelicans history now, just like how the bobcats have become part of the hornets history. But to answer your question truthfully, no. It is still the same franchise as the bobcats and thus will keep their history and not the original hornets. If the ravens were to change their name to the colts they would still be the same franchise that won two super bowls since 96, not the one Irsay moved to Indy.
Tldr: no
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Not to sound sentimental. But our history never left, the books still say the name was in Charlotte before
New Orleans. So as far as I'm concerned it was never really gone, and that's part of what will be great about it being back. We are the fan base for both the old and the new Charlotte Hornets. What happened in New Orleans became irrelevant the day they decided to dump the name. Those past few years are the pelicans history now, just like how the bobcats have become part of the hornets history. But to answer your question truthfully, no. It is still the same franchise as the bobcats and thus will keep their history and not the original hornets. If the ravens were to change their name to the colts they would still be the same franchise that won two super bowls since 96, not the one Irsay moved to Indy.
Tldr: no
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CharlotteBobcats
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t5_2sbvc
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cbw3uqa
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Not to sound sentimental. But our history never left, the books still say the name was in Charlotte before
New Orleans. So as far as I'm concerned it was never really gone, and that's part of what will be great about it being back. We are the fan base for both the old and the new Charlotte Hornets. What happened in New Orleans became irrelevant the day they decided to dump the name. Those past few years are the pelicans history now, just like how the bobcats have become part of the hornets history. But to answer your question truthfully, no. It is still the same franchise as the bobcats and thus will keep their history and not the original hornets. If the ravens were to change their name to the colts they would still be the same franchise that won two super bowls since 96, not the one Irsay moved to Indy.
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no
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LonelyNixon
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I drink at least 3 cups a day. I don't understand you addicts and all I feel is groggy when I don't drink coffee, and that's usually because if I'm not drinking coffee I have to wake up early but I overslept but still didn't get enough sleep.
tl;dr don't let the coffee master you. Master it.
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I drink at least 3 cups a day. I don't understand you addicts and all I feel is groggy when I don't drink coffee, and that's usually because if I'm not drinking coffee I have to wake up early but I overslept but still didn't get enough sleep.
tl;dr don't let the coffee master you. Master it.
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Coffee
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t5_2qhze
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cbwqas7
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I drink at least 3 cups a day. I don't understand you addicts and all I feel is groggy when I don't drink coffee, and that's usually because if I'm not drinking coffee I have to wake up early but I overslept but still didn't get enough sleep.
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don't let the coffee master you. Master it.
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GreatGoldenGord
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Speaking of panties in a knot... I think the most ironic part of both of your tirades is the way you bitch about the hipster girl with a bike while using a pitch perfect hipster attitude. "I cycled before it was cool."
I refer actually to the majority of trails in this city. Like the ones on the riparian areas along the Assiniboine River. All that open soil encourages runaway erosion.
So no, it's not OK to trash shit. But I'd argue mountain bikers are far from lily white on the subject. Never saw anything that looked like a cycle trail in nature.
Oh, and also, just for the record, I just passed the 3000 KM mark for my riding season earlier this week, so blow it out your ass. I have a bike. I use my bike. I have intensively for the past 15 plus years.
TL;DR Go fuck yourself.
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Speaking of panties in a knot... I think the most ironic part of both of your tirades is the way you bitch about the hipster girl with a bike while using a pitch perfect hipster attitude. "I cycled before it was cool."
I refer actually to the majority of trails in this city. Like the ones on the riparian areas along the Assiniboine River. All that open soil encourages runaway erosion.
So no, it's not OK to trash shit. But I'd argue mountain bikers are far from lily white on the subject. Never saw anything that looked like a cycle trail in nature.
Oh, and also, just for the record, I just passed the 3000 KM mark for my riding season earlier this week, so blow it out your ass. I have a bike. I use my bike. I have intensively for the past 15 plus years.
TL;DR Go fuck yourself.
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Winnipeg
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t5_2qtno
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cbx687g
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Speaking of panties in a knot... I think the most ironic part of both of your tirades is the way you bitch about the hipster girl with a bike while using a pitch perfect hipster attitude. "I cycled before it was cool."
I refer actually to the majority of trails in this city. Like the ones on the riparian areas along the Assiniboine River. All that open soil encourages runaway erosion.
So no, it's not OK to trash shit. But I'd argue mountain bikers are far from lily white on the subject. Never saw anything that looked like a cycle trail in nature.
Oh, and also, just for the record, I just passed the 3000 KM mark for my riding season earlier this week, so blow it out your ass. I have a bike. I use my bike. I have intensively for the past 15 plus years.
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Go fuck yourself.
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GreatGoldenGord
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I also find it ironic that your great defence to jealously guarding these trails is that the land belongs to someone else. Therefore your statement basically boils down to "Only we get to tresspass." Simple solution then. Tell the railway to post the land so only approved cyclists get to use it. Oh, no, wait, they'll tell you to go fuck yourself. So let me save them the trouble: Go fuck yourself. And I don't track my mileage, asshole, the little app on my phone does that. TL;DR Eat a dick, little boy.
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I also find it ironic that your great defence to jealously guarding these trails is that the land belongs to someone else. Therefore your statement basically boils down to "Only we get to tresspass." Simple solution then. Tell the railway to post the land so only approved cyclists get to use it. Oh, no, wait, they'll tell you to go fuck yourself. So let me save them the trouble: Go fuck yourself. And I don't track my mileage, asshole, the little app on my phone does that. TL;DR Eat a dick, little boy.
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Winnipeg
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t5_2qtno
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cbxae7d
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I also find it ironic that your great defence to jealously guarding these trails is that the land belongs to someone else. Therefore your statement basically boils down to "Only we get to tresspass." Simple solution then. Tell the railway to post the land so only approved cyclists get to use it. Oh, no, wait, they'll tell you to go fuck yourself. So let me save them the trouble: Go fuck yourself. And I don't track my mileage, asshole, the little app on my phone does that.
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Eat a dick, little boy.
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sakurashinken
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the hyperbole you are noticing is called the news industry.
People live in two spheres. One, the "public" sphere, is one that people love to gripe about. They read their tragedy porn on the news and then forget about it. When given the option to actually do something about it, even small, (besides comment on reddit) they usually do almost nothing, because the reality is it doesn't effect them beyond making them pleasantly uncomfortable in the way a good movie does. People like complaining. A lot. And it spawns a whole industry. Notice that no newspaper has any adds on the editorial page, because these are the most read pages.
TL;DR people don't care about what is going on beyond reading an article, commenting cleverly, and forgetting about it. It doesn't really affect their lives.
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the hyperbole you are noticing is called the news industry.
People live in two spheres. One, the "public" sphere, is one that people love to gripe about. They read their tragedy porn on the news and then forget about it. When given the option to actually do something about it, even small, (besides comment on reddit) they usually do almost nothing, because the reality is it doesn't effect them beyond making them pleasantly uncomfortable in the way a good movie does. People like complaining. A lot. And it spawns a whole industry. Notice that no newspaper has any adds on the editorial page, because these are the most read pages.
TL;DR people don't care about what is going on beyond reading an article, commenting cleverly, and forgetting about it. It doesn't really affect their lives.
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cbwth9s
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the hyperbole you are noticing is called the news industry.
People live in two spheres. One, the "public" sphere, is one that people love to gripe about. They read their tragedy porn on the news and then forget about it. When given the option to actually do something about it, even small, (besides comment on reddit) they usually do almost nothing, because the reality is it doesn't effect them beyond making them pleasantly uncomfortable in the way a good movie does. People like complaining. A lot. And it spawns a whole industry. Notice that no newspaper has any adds on the editorial page, because these are the most read pages.
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people don't care about what is going on beyond reading an article, commenting cleverly, and forgetting about it. It doesn't really affect their lives.
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freakazoid318
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**BOLD PREDICTION OF THE YEAR:** Jeff Tuel beats the Patriots, giving Buffalo's coaching staff the confidence to let EJ take his time returning from injury. Tuel goes 2-1 over the next 3 weeks, finally being replaced by EJ, who squanders the opportunity losing 3 straight.
That's when they turn to Kolb who looks sharp in his first game, going 18/23 for 236 yards and 2 TD's, no INT's. They lose narrowly on a field goal as time expires after a botched punt. They decide to keep Kolb as starter, he flops in his next game, going 3/14 for 23 yards and 3 INT's in the first half. The Bills decide to turn to none other than Jeff Tuel.
Jeff comes in and rescues his team from a 10 point half time deficit and win 24-17. The following week Tuel is named starter for the remainder of the season. He leads his team to a 5-3 record the following 8 games, using his new favorite weapon, Robert Woods.
They ultimately miss the playoffs, finishing 9-7, but the team has new hope for next season, with the Patriots on the decline, and Buffalo's new stud QB, Jeff "J-Time" Tuel, the only direction for this franchise is up.
**TL; DR:** Jeff Tuel is the man.
*I really believe this guys, no joke*
Edit: I say this because of all the Bills fans that feel all hope is lost
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BOLD PREDICTION OF THE YEAR: Jeff Tuel beats the Patriots, giving Buffalo's coaching staff the confidence to let EJ take his time returning from injury. Tuel goes 2-1 over the next 3 weeks, finally being replaced by EJ, who squanders the opportunity losing 3 straight.
That's when they turn to Kolb who looks sharp in his first game, going 18/23 for 236 yards and 2 TD's, no INT's. They lose narrowly on a field goal as time expires after a botched punt. They decide to keep Kolb as starter, he flops in his next game, going 3/14 for 23 yards and 3 INT's in the first half. The Bills decide to turn to none other than Jeff Tuel.
Jeff comes in and rescues his team from a 10 point half time deficit and win 24-17. The following week Tuel is named starter for the remainder of the season. He leads his team to a 5-3 record the following 8 games, using his new favorite weapon, Robert Woods.
They ultimately miss the playoffs, finishing 9-7, but the team has new hope for next season, with the Patriots on the decline, and Buffalo's new stud QB, Jeff "J-Time" Tuel, the only direction for this franchise is up.
TL; DR: Jeff Tuel is the man.
I really believe this guys, no joke
Edit: I say this because of all the Bills fans that feel all hope is lost
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nfl
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t5_2qmg3
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cbwjb8y
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BOLD PREDICTION OF THE YEAR: Jeff Tuel beats the Patriots, giving Buffalo's coaching staff the confidence to let EJ take his time returning from injury. Tuel goes 2-1 over the next 3 weeks, finally being replaced by EJ, who squanders the opportunity losing 3 straight.
That's when they turn to Kolb who looks sharp in his first game, going 18/23 for 236 yards and 2 TD's, no INT's. They lose narrowly on a field goal as time expires after a botched punt. They decide to keep Kolb as starter, he flops in his next game, going 3/14 for 23 yards and 3 INT's in the first half. The Bills decide to turn to none other than Jeff Tuel.
Jeff comes in and rescues his team from a 10 point half time deficit and win 24-17. The following week Tuel is named starter for the remainder of the season. He leads his team to a 5-3 record the following 8 games, using his new favorite weapon, Robert Woods.
They ultimately miss the playoffs, finishing 9-7, but the team has new hope for next season, with the Patriots on the decline, and Buffalo's new stud QB, Jeff "J-Time" Tuel, the only direction for this franchise is up.
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Jeff Tuel is the man.
I really believe this guys, no joke
Edit: I say this because of all the Bills fans that feel all hope is lost
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Vayshen
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There will likely be problems with online. As a wise man once said on a Diablo reddit when D3 came out: It's like trying to fit a penis through a cheerio, be it flaccid or erect.
Sony doesn't have all that much experience with hundreds of thousands of people connecting to their service, making accounts, assigning consoles to accounts etc in a day or two.
TL;DR
Expect day 1 MMO type problems. If you want a slightly better chance at survival,make a PSN account now so at least you don't have to do that on launch day.
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There will likely be problems with online. As a wise man once said on a Diablo reddit when D3 came out: It's like trying to fit a penis through a cheerio, be it flaccid or erect.
Sony doesn't have all that much experience with hundreds of thousands of people connecting to their service, making accounts, assigning consoles to accounts etc in a day or two.
TL;DR
Expect day 1 MMO type problems. If you want a slightly better chance at survival,make a PSN account now so at least you don't have to do that on launch day.
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t5_2rrlp
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cbwfaxb
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There will likely be problems with online. As a wise man once said on a Diablo reddit when D3 came out: It's like trying to fit a penis through a cheerio, be it flaccid or erect.
Sony doesn't have all that much experience with hundreds of thousands of people connecting to their service, making accounts, assigning consoles to accounts etc in a day or two.
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Expect day 1 MMO type problems. If you want a slightly better chance at survival,make a PSN account now so at least you don't have to do that on launch day.
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shrpshwtrlol
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Why the fuck people would want to average 45 minute duration for sex blows my mind. Most girls i've been with in the past openly admit they don't want penetration for an hour and beyond. I mean the marathon romp has it's time and place sure but all the comments about averaging that time is ridic!
With my girlfriend, not including foreplay my preferred time is like 10-15 minutes, and then I just give her oral to climax.
tl;dr make sure your girl likes the hour long romp before trying to give it everytime
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Why the fuck people would want to average 45 minute duration for sex blows my mind. Most girls i've been with in the past openly admit they don't want penetration for an hour and beyond. I mean the marathon romp has it's time and place sure but all the comments about averaging that time is ridic!
With my girlfriend, not including foreplay my preferred time is like 10-15 minutes, and then I just give her oral to climax.
tl;dr make sure your girl likes the hour long romp before trying to give it everytime
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AskMen
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t5_2s30g
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cbwfrml
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Why the fuck people would want to average 45 minute duration for sex blows my mind. Most girls i've been with in the past openly admit they don't want penetration for an hour and beyond. I mean the marathon romp has it's time and place sure but all the comments about averaging that time is ridic!
With my girlfriend, not including foreplay my preferred time is like 10-15 minutes, and then I just give her oral to climax.
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make sure your girl likes the hour long romp before trying to give it everytime
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sotomoto
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nobody has mentioned this so far so I will.
Like most people in here I vary. It could be 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 30 minutes shit even an hour depending on the situation. Stress is a big wrench in my game. Depression can destroy sexual desire for a looong time as well.
BUT...
FORESKIN. Uncircumcised guys tend to probably last not as long as circumcised men. When you are cut you lose vital nerves in that area, and it is well known that uncircumcised men feel greater orgasms, and the woman tend to enjoy it better as well. The reason for the woman is that the foreskin prevents the rubbing of her skin, rather is slides in without the harsh rub. Obviously this is going to vary with a woman's preference. So, yeah back to the foreskin.
TL:DR- No skin=less feeling, good for time, but missing out.
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nobody has mentioned this so far so I will.
Like most people in here I vary. It could be 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 30 minutes shit even an hour depending on the situation. Stress is a big wrench in my game. Depression can destroy sexual desire for a looong time as well.
BUT...
FORESKIN. Uncircumcised guys tend to probably last not as long as circumcised men. When you are cut you lose vital nerves in that area, and it is well known that uncircumcised men feel greater orgasms, and the woman tend to enjoy it better as well. The reason for the woman is that the foreskin prevents the rubbing of her skin, rather is slides in without the harsh rub. Obviously this is going to vary with a woman's preference. So, yeah back to the foreskin.
TL:DR- No skin=less feeling, good for time, but missing out.
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AskMen
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t5_2s30g
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cbwhn6n
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nobody has mentioned this so far so I will.
Like most people in here I vary. It could be 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 30 minutes shit even an hour depending on the situation. Stress is a big wrench in my game. Depression can destroy sexual desire for a looong time as well.
BUT...
FORESKIN. Uncircumcised guys tend to probably last not as long as circumcised men. When you are cut you lose vital nerves in that area, and it is well known that uncircumcised men feel greater orgasms, and the woman tend to enjoy it better as well. The reason for the woman is that the foreskin prevents the rubbing of her skin, rather is slides in without the harsh rub. Obviously this is going to vary with a woman's preference. So, yeah back to the foreskin.
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No skin=less feeling, good for time, but missing out.
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NoGodsNoKingsNoFear
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Though I am glad that you realize yo ex is yo ex for a reason. It's kinda bad to be gloating at the expense of others. Ain't nobody like or got time for a schadenfreude faggot. Further, you reduce yourself to his level. Realize that you is a homo who is gonna be trading up and that his a$$ needs to not take a back seat but left out in the road. It's one thing to miss somebody because of the potential that you see that they have but they don't realize or attempt to achieve and another to take cheap shots at a faggot.
**tl;dr** You got your shit together now rock out with your cock out and realize the fact that you's a ballin' homo.
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Though I am glad that you realize yo ex is yo ex for a reason. It's kinda bad to be gloating at the expense of others. Ain't nobody like or got time for a schadenfreude faggot. Further, you reduce yourself to his level. Realize that you is a homo who is gonna be trading up and that his a$$ needs to not take a back seat but left out in the road. It's one thing to miss somebody because of the potential that you see that they have but they don't realize or attempt to achieve and another to take cheap shots at a faggot.
tl;dr You got your shit together now rock out with your cock out and realize the fact that you's a ballin' homo.
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nogagreflex
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t5_2v14z
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cbwpk7e
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Though I am glad that you realize yo ex is yo ex for a reason. It's kinda bad to be gloating at the expense of others. Ain't nobody like or got time for a schadenfreude faggot. Further, you reduce yourself to his level. Realize that you is a homo who is gonna be trading up and that his a$$ needs to not take a back seat but left out in the road. It's one thing to miss somebody because of the potential that you see that they have but they don't realize or attempt to achieve and another to take cheap shots at a faggot.
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You got your shit together now rock out with your cock out and realize the fact that you's a ballin' homo.
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CharlieSheen94
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I used to smoke weed every day. I did this for like, a year. I did consider myself addicted, but then again a weed addiction isn't that serious.
At one point though, I thought it was enough. I was kinda bored of being high all the time, it didn't feel so good as it did earlier, it just became a habit. So I thought it was time to quit. First, I cut down to once every 2/3 days, couldn't go any lower than that because I would start to feel really anxious and stressed and couldn't sleep well.
So I started working out at the gym, was able to cut smoking back to the weekends pretty easily, started to skip weekends eventually and right now I smoke like, twice a month.
Fapping however seems to be more difficult. But then again the first time I tried NoFap was like 2 weeks ago, so I don't have much experience with it. So I can't really compare the two.
TL;DR: as far as my little NoFap experience goes, at this point I'd say quitting weed is easier than quitting fapping.
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I used to smoke weed every day. I did this for like, a year. I did consider myself addicted, but then again a weed addiction isn't that serious.
At one point though, I thought it was enough. I was kinda bored of being high all the time, it didn't feel so good as it did earlier, it just became a habit. So I thought it was time to quit. First, I cut down to once every 2/3 days, couldn't go any lower than that because I would start to feel really anxious and stressed and couldn't sleep well.
So I started working out at the gym, was able to cut smoking back to the weekends pretty easily, started to skip weekends eventually and right now I smoke like, twice a month.
Fapping however seems to be more difficult. But then again the first time I tried NoFap was like 2 weeks ago, so I don't have much experience with it. So I can't really compare the two.
TL;DR: as far as my little NoFap experience goes, at this point I'd say quitting weed is easier than quitting fapping.
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NoFap
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t5_2skrn
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cbx66vf
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I used to smoke weed every day. I did this for like, a year. I did consider myself addicted, but then again a weed addiction isn't that serious.
At one point though, I thought it was enough. I was kinda bored of being high all the time, it didn't feel so good as it did earlier, it just became a habit. So I thought it was time to quit. First, I cut down to once every 2/3 days, couldn't go any lower than that because I would start to feel really anxious and stressed and couldn't sleep well.
So I started working out at the gym, was able to cut smoking back to the weekends pretty easily, started to skip weekends eventually and right now I smoke like, twice a month.
Fapping however seems to be more difficult. But then again the first time I tried NoFap was like 2 weeks ago, so I don't have much experience with it. So I can't really compare the two.
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as far as my little NoFap experience goes, at this point I'd say quitting weed is easier than quitting fapping.
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bestincal
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But there is a problem that exists. A lot of athletes (people) are homophobic and don't realize it. You can disagree but when people say stuff using gay in a derogatory manner it affects them.
Imagine you're a closeted male who just got the call to the NHL. You walk into the locker room and you're in awe. There's all these players you've looked up to. And there's the Captain and he's pissed off about a blown call from the previous game. He's going off "that fucking cocksucker of a ref. What a moron. He better wake up and take that dick out of his ass before I put my stick up his".
This is obviously an extreme example but stay with me. Now as this rook who's gay you're in fear that your captain don't accept you. Your captain hates gay people. You're going to stay in the closet and be miserable because you can't be who you are.
You Can Play is out there to make sure like situations like this don't happen. They're there for education and education only. That's why when one of the NFL players tweeted something about something "being gay" YCP wasn't mad about the NFL not dishing out any punishment. All they wanted to do was to talk to the player and say "this is what happened, this is why you shouldn't say that".
You Can Play is there to make sure that athletes like myself have a safe and fun atmosphere to play in.
TL;DR: If you can play, you can play.
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But there is a problem that exists. A lot of athletes (people) are homophobic and don't realize it. You can disagree but when people say stuff using gay in a derogatory manner it affects them.
Imagine you're a closeted male who just got the call to the NHL. You walk into the locker room and you're in awe. There's all these players you've looked up to. And there's the Captain and he's pissed off about a blown call from the previous game. He's going off "that fucking cocksucker of a ref. What a moron. He better wake up and take that dick out of his ass before I put my stick up his".
This is obviously an extreme example but stay with me. Now as this rook who's gay you're in fear that your captain don't accept you. Your captain hates gay people. You're going to stay in the closet and be miserable because you can't be who you are.
You Can Play is out there to make sure like situations like this don't happen. They're there for education and education only. That's why when one of the NFL players tweeted something about something "being gay" YCP wasn't mad about the NFL not dishing out any punishment. All they wanted to do was to talk to the player and say "this is what happened, this is why you shouldn't say that".
You Can Play is there to make sure that athletes like myself have a safe and fun atmosphere to play in.
TL;DR: If you can play, you can play.
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hockey
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t5_2qiel
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cbxe1vs
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But there is a problem that exists. A lot of athletes (people) are homophobic and don't realize it. You can disagree but when people say stuff using gay in a derogatory manner it affects them.
Imagine you're a closeted male who just got the call to the NHL. You walk into the locker room and you're in awe. There's all these players you've looked up to. And there's the Captain and he's pissed off about a blown call from the previous game. He's going off "that fucking cocksucker of a ref. What a moron. He better wake up and take that dick out of his ass before I put my stick up his".
This is obviously an extreme example but stay with me. Now as this rook who's gay you're in fear that your captain don't accept you. Your captain hates gay people. You're going to stay in the closet and be miserable because you can't be who you are.
You Can Play is out there to make sure like situations like this don't happen. They're there for education and education only. That's why when one of the NFL players tweeted something about something "being gay" YCP wasn't mad about the NFL not dishing out any punishment. All they wanted to do was to talk to the player and say "this is what happened, this is why you shouldn't say that".
You Can Play is there to make sure that athletes like myself have a safe and fun atmosphere to play in.
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If you can play, you can play.
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barfsuit
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There is an interesting post in /r/AskHistory/ or something that asked why their symbolism was so evil. Apparently it wasn't conceived that evil until after the war, when post war propaganda overdemonized the Nazi regime. Yes I said overdemonized. They weren't the worst of the worst of mankind. Hard to believe but true. Just read a bit about Mao and Stalin.
Tl;Dr: I accidentally built a solar array that looked like a Hakenkreuz and realized it just after extending the panels. Just go ahead and fly your beautiful contraption. These people have destroyed so much, don't let em destroy the fun you have with your rocket. Cheers :)
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There is an interesting post in /r/AskHistory/ or something that asked why their symbolism was so evil. Apparently it wasn't conceived that evil until after the war, when post war propaganda overdemonized the Nazi regime. Yes I said overdemonized. They weren't the worst of the worst of mankind. Hard to believe but true. Just read a bit about Mao and Stalin.
Tl;Dr: I accidentally built a solar array that looked like a Hakenkreuz and realized it just after extending the panels. Just go ahead and fly your beautiful contraption. These people have destroyed so much, don't let em destroy the fun you have with your rocket. Cheers :)
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KerbalSpaceProgram
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t5_2smr1
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cbxmd43
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There is an interesting post in /r/AskHistory/ or something that asked why their symbolism was so evil. Apparently it wasn't conceived that evil until after the war, when post war propaganda overdemonized the Nazi regime. Yes I said overdemonized. They weren't the worst of the worst of mankind. Hard to believe but true. Just read a bit about Mao and Stalin.
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I accidentally built a solar array that looked like a Hakenkreuz and realized it just after extending the panels. Just go ahead and fly your beautiful contraption. These people have destroyed so much, don't let em destroy the fun you have with your rocket. Cheers :)
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nerdtony
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I was on a conference call in my home office, pacing around. My wife needed to get something in the room so she walked in quietly. This is not uncommon, but she had a look on her face. I realized my hand was casually down my pants. Not tugging it or anything, just kinda there. Then I caught myself a week later doing the same thing. A few days later I realized I was about to do it again... No I've just given up and accepted the fact that I like to have my hand down my pants when on the phone. Weird.
tl;dr: I adjust my furniture while on work conference calls
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I was on a conference call in my home office, pacing around. My wife needed to get something in the room so she walked in quietly. This is not uncommon, but she had a look on her face. I realized my hand was casually down my pants. Not tugging it or anything, just kinda there. Then I caught myself a week later doing the same thing. A few days later I realized I was about to do it again... No I've just given up and accepted the fact that I like to have my hand down my pants when on the phone. Weird.
tl;dr: I adjust my furniture while on work conference calls
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gifs
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t5_2qt55
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cbxw3uj
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I was on a conference call in my home office, pacing around. My wife needed to get something in the room so she walked in quietly. This is not uncommon, but she had a look on her face. I realized my hand was casually down my pants. Not tugging it or anything, just kinda there. Then I caught myself a week later doing the same thing. A few days later I realized I was about to do it again... No I've just given up and accepted the fact that I like to have my hand down my pants when on the phone. Weird.
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I adjust my furniture while on work conference calls
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chevymonster
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Chevy Belair 4 door (with post) - black and salmon pink, original paint, with black and white diamond tuck interior. I bought it for $500 in 1982. My friends and I had many adventures in that car. It died a horrible death on the freeway, one sunny Sunday afternoon in 1985. I was driving back to Los Angeles, after having spent the day up in the hills near the Rock Store, watching friends ride their motorcycles on the twisty roads. I got a front left flat tire on the freeway. Traffic did not cooperate and I had to repair it in the skinny breakdown lane in the center, up against the jersey wall (concrete divider). I finished changing the tire and told my friends to get back in the car, we were leaving. Let me set the scene up for you. My Belair, about 12 inches from the barrier, parked, not running. My girlfriend is inside, lying down on the front bench seat, going through cassette tapes in a box on the passenger floor. A guy friend is smoking a cigarette about 20 feet in front of the car. Another guy friend is standing about 3 feet behind the car, but leaning against the barrier. I am walking from the front to the back, squeezed in between the car and barrier, I am right next to the rear wheel. I have a Crafstman toolbox in my right hand and a scissor-style jack in my left hand. Got it? Then my car disappeared with the loudest bang I ever heard. Some part of my car clipped the scissor-jack and knocked it into the toolbox, which went flying over the barrier and scattered tools across the opposite side of the freeway. Two cars had tools go through their windshields. The friend at the rear of the my car fell down where he was. The scissor-jack, which I had my fingers through, tried to follow the toolbox. My arm did not let it. The bruise was huge, the entire shoulder turned purple. The crash sounds ended as I turned to see where my car had gone. It was still sliding, sideways. A Chevy S10 pickup had plowed into my car at over 90 mph. It was still pushing my car along, even though both were sideways. Another car, a big Cadillac, had run into the pickup also. I began running towards my car. I ran past my friend who had been smoking in front of the car, he was huddled on the ground and looked bloody. I reached my car and grabbed my girls hair and sweater and dragged her through the door window. The other guy ran up and led her away as I ran to the Caddy and tried to open his door. Had to go to the passenger side and help him out, he was very groggy. The driver of the truck was out and shouting at me. He was very drunk. About this time a little station wagon stopped and 6 big guys got out. Big guys. They started dealing with traffic and aid the the Caddy driver and my friends. This is where the adrenaline stopped working and I began to freak out. The friend on the ground was in bad shaped. Very bad. My car hit him so hard the front bumper was dented in. Then he went over the hood and stuck his head through the windshield. Then he slipped back out and went over the leading side of the still moving car. Which means he got run over by my car. He had glass all over his face and chest. All the muscle from the knee down to his ankle on his left leg was torn off. Gone. Bone so white it looked fake. Foot still in the shoe, just fine. He spent 6 months in the hospital having his leg rebuilt. Then he spent 3 years in rehab to get off the painkillers he got in the hospital. My girl was fine, a little sore from the initial bash. The bench seat had folded over her like a clam-shell, clamping down and protecting her. The car folded up. The rear axle was under the back seat - the front edge of the back seat. The backseat was up where the roof should have been. The roof was where the dash should have been. The 20 gallon gas tank - which was full when hit - was crammed up about where the rear window should be. It was pouring gas every where the whole time. The 6 big guys were off duty Coast Guard sergeants. They were great. My friends on motorcycles pulled up at this time, as we had left well ahead of them. Picture six guys jumping off their bikes, yelling "What the hell?". At this point, I realize the drunk is nowhere to be seen. Someone says they saw him head for the fence and the surface streets. So 6 bikers go after him, jumping the fence. No luck finding him, which was lucky for him. Turns out, it would have been his sixth (6) DUI. He tried to get his truck out of impound the next day, having no recollection of what he did. The tow yard called the cops, they arrested him when he tried to get his truck. No remorse at all. The only positive that came out of this was I met a great girl at the emergency room and dated her and her friend.
TL;DR I typed it all out, you can go ahead and read it
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Chevy Belair 4 door (with post) - black and salmon pink, original paint, with black and white diamond tuck interior. I bought it for $500 in 1982. My friends and I had many adventures in that car. It died a horrible death on the freeway, one sunny Sunday afternoon in 1985. I was driving back to Los Angeles, after having spent the day up in the hills near the Rock Store, watching friends ride their motorcycles on the twisty roads. I got a front left flat tire on the freeway. Traffic did not cooperate and I had to repair it in the skinny breakdown lane in the center, up against the jersey wall (concrete divider). I finished changing the tire and told my friends to get back in the car, we were leaving. Let me set the scene up for you. My Belair, about 12 inches from the barrier, parked, not running. My girlfriend is inside, lying down on the front bench seat, going through cassette tapes in a box on the passenger floor. A guy friend is smoking a cigarette about 20 feet in front of the car. Another guy friend is standing about 3 feet behind the car, but leaning against the barrier. I am walking from the front to the back, squeezed in between the car and barrier, I am right next to the rear wheel. I have a Crafstman toolbox in my right hand and a scissor-style jack in my left hand. Got it? Then my car disappeared with the loudest bang I ever heard. Some part of my car clipped the scissor-jack and knocked it into the toolbox, which went flying over the barrier and scattered tools across the opposite side of the freeway. Two cars had tools go through their windshields. The friend at the rear of the my car fell down where he was. The scissor-jack, which I had my fingers through, tried to follow the toolbox. My arm did not let it. The bruise was huge, the entire shoulder turned purple. The crash sounds ended as I turned to see where my car had gone. It was still sliding, sideways. A Chevy S10 pickup had plowed into my car at over 90 mph. It was still pushing my car along, even though both were sideways. Another car, a big Cadillac, had run into the pickup also. I began running towards my car. I ran past my friend who had been smoking in front of the car, he was huddled on the ground and looked bloody. I reached my car and grabbed my girls hair and sweater and dragged her through the door window. The other guy ran up and led her away as I ran to the Caddy and tried to open his door. Had to go to the passenger side and help him out, he was very groggy. The driver of the truck was out and shouting at me. He was very drunk. About this time a little station wagon stopped and 6 big guys got out. Big guys. They started dealing with traffic and aid the the Caddy driver and my friends. This is where the adrenaline stopped working and I began to freak out. The friend on the ground was in bad shaped. Very bad. My car hit him so hard the front bumper was dented in. Then he went over the hood and stuck his head through the windshield. Then he slipped back out and went over the leading side of the still moving car. Which means he got run over by my car. He had glass all over his face and chest. All the muscle from the knee down to his ankle on his left leg was torn off. Gone. Bone so white it looked fake. Foot still in the shoe, just fine. He spent 6 months in the hospital having his leg rebuilt. Then he spent 3 years in rehab to get off the painkillers he got in the hospital. My girl was fine, a little sore from the initial bash. The bench seat had folded over her like a clam-shell, clamping down and protecting her. The car folded up. The rear axle was under the back seat - the front edge of the back seat. The backseat was up where the roof should have been. The roof was where the dash should have been. The 20 gallon gas tank - which was full when hit - was crammed up about where the rear window should be. It was pouring gas every where the whole time. The 6 big guys were off duty Coast Guard sergeants. They were great. My friends on motorcycles pulled up at this time, as we had left well ahead of them. Picture six guys jumping off their bikes, yelling "What the hell?". At this point, I realize the drunk is nowhere to be seen. Someone says they saw him head for the fence and the surface streets. So 6 bikers go after him, jumping the fence. No luck finding him, which was lucky for him. Turns out, it would have been his sixth (6) DUI. He tried to get his truck out of impound the next day, having no recollection of what he did. The tow yard called the cops, they arrested him when he tried to get his truck. No remorse at all. The only positive that came out of this was I met a great girl at the emergency room and dated her and her friend.
TL;DR I typed it all out, you can go ahead and read it
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AskReddit
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t5_2qh1i
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cbxyycx
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Chevy Belair 4 door (with post) - black and salmon pink, original paint, with black and white diamond tuck interior. I bought it for $500 in 1982. My friends and I had many adventures in that car. It died a horrible death on the freeway, one sunny Sunday afternoon in 1985. I was driving back to Los Angeles, after having spent the day up in the hills near the Rock Store, watching friends ride their motorcycles on the twisty roads. I got a front left flat tire on the freeway. Traffic did not cooperate and I had to repair it in the skinny breakdown lane in the center, up against the jersey wall (concrete divider). I finished changing the tire and told my friends to get back in the car, we were leaving. Let me set the scene up for you. My Belair, about 12 inches from the barrier, parked, not running. My girlfriend is inside, lying down on the front bench seat, going through cassette tapes in a box on the passenger floor. A guy friend is smoking a cigarette about 20 feet in front of the car. Another guy friend is standing about 3 feet behind the car, but leaning against the barrier. I am walking from the front to the back, squeezed in between the car and barrier, I am right next to the rear wheel. I have a Crafstman toolbox in my right hand and a scissor-style jack in my left hand. Got it? Then my car disappeared with the loudest bang I ever heard. Some part of my car clipped the scissor-jack and knocked it into the toolbox, which went flying over the barrier and scattered tools across the opposite side of the freeway. Two cars had tools go through their windshields. The friend at the rear of the my car fell down where he was. The scissor-jack, which I had my fingers through, tried to follow the toolbox. My arm did not let it. The bruise was huge, the entire shoulder turned purple. The crash sounds ended as I turned to see where my car had gone. It was still sliding, sideways. A Chevy S10 pickup had plowed into my car at over 90 mph. It was still pushing my car along, even though both were sideways. Another car, a big Cadillac, had run into the pickup also. I began running towards my car. I ran past my friend who had been smoking in front of the car, he was huddled on the ground and looked bloody. I reached my car and grabbed my girls hair and sweater and dragged her through the door window. The other guy ran up and led her away as I ran to the Caddy and tried to open his door. Had to go to the passenger side and help him out, he was very groggy. The driver of the truck was out and shouting at me. He was very drunk. About this time a little station wagon stopped and 6 big guys got out. Big guys. They started dealing with traffic and aid the the Caddy driver and my friends. This is where the adrenaline stopped working and I began to freak out. The friend on the ground was in bad shaped. Very bad. My car hit him so hard the front bumper was dented in. Then he went over the hood and stuck his head through the windshield. Then he slipped back out and went over the leading side of the still moving car. Which means he got run over by my car. He had glass all over his face and chest. All the muscle from the knee down to his ankle on his left leg was torn off. Gone. Bone so white it looked fake. Foot still in the shoe, just fine. He spent 6 months in the hospital having his leg rebuilt. Then he spent 3 years in rehab to get off the painkillers he got in the hospital. My girl was fine, a little sore from the initial bash. The bench seat had folded over her like a clam-shell, clamping down and protecting her. The car folded up. The rear axle was under the back seat - the front edge of the back seat. The backseat was up where the roof should have been. The roof was where the dash should have been. The 20 gallon gas tank - which was full when hit - was crammed up about where the rear window should be. It was pouring gas every where the whole time. The 6 big guys were off duty Coast Guard sergeants. They were great. My friends on motorcycles pulled up at this time, as we had left well ahead of them. Picture six guys jumping off their bikes, yelling "What the hell?". At this point, I realize the drunk is nowhere to be seen. Someone says they saw him head for the fence and the surface streets. So 6 bikers go after him, jumping the fence. No luck finding him, which was lucky for him. Turns out, it would have been his sixth (6) DUI. He tried to get his truck out of impound the next day, having no recollection of what he did. The tow yard called the cops, they arrested him when he tried to get his truck. No remorse at all. The only positive that came out of this was I met a great girl at the emergency room and dated her and her friend.
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I typed it all out, you can go ahead and read it
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hydrogen_with_time
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so when my dad's friend got a jag, he parked it on the corner of his house. He was just moving in so the drive way was full of moving trucks. He left it on the corner though the night. At some point, he woke up to the sound of a car engine revving.
He freaked out and ran to his car to find his car about 2 feet away and a guy trying to drive it. He then called the cops, instead of confronting the theft. By the time the cops got there, the car was only a block away.
TL:DR a guy tried to steal a stick shift but couldn't drive it.
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so when my dad's friend got a jag, he parked it on the corner of his house. He was just moving in so the drive way was full of moving trucks. He left it on the corner though the night. At some point, he woke up to the sound of a car engine revving.
He freaked out and ran to his car to find his car about 2 feet away and a guy trying to drive it. He then called the cops, instead of confronting the theft. By the time the cops got there, the car was only a block away.
TL:DR a guy tried to steal a stick shift but couldn't drive it.
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pics
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t5_2qh0u
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cbydotb
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so when my dad's friend got a jag, he parked it on the corner of his house. He was just moving in so the drive way was full of moving trucks. He left it on the corner though the night. At some point, he woke up to the sound of a car engine revving.
He freaked out and ran to his car to find his car about 2 feet away and a guy trying to drive it. He then called the cops, instead of confronting the theft. By the time the cops got there, the car was only a block away.
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a guy tried to steal a stick shift but couldn't drive it.
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harring17
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You should definitly try out heavy rain its not like a traditional rpg in that you dont level up. However you do step into the lives of these people and make decisions for the characters as the follow this incredibly immersive story.
Tldr: Heavy Rain= good
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You should definitly try out heavy rain its not like a traditional rpg in that you dont level up. However you do step into the lives of these people and make decisions for the characters as the follow this incredibly immersive story.
Tldr: Heavy Rain= good
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gamingsuggestions
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t5_2sxyv
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cbyco4a
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You should definitly try out heavy rain its not like a traditional rpg in that you dont level up. However you do step into the lives of these people and make decisions for the characters as the follow this incredibly immersive story.
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Heavy Rain= good
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MyNameIsDon
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Ha! That sucks that you're now starting to get into GL because its hayday of like 10 years just ended 4 months ago. The guy behind it, you all know him, geoff johns, just left GL and it's going into the tubes no doubt just like it was before he got there. It's kind of symbolic though, his relation with Hal Jordan. At the time GL was pretty dead, and the comics were currently writing Kyle as THE Green Lantern. But Geoff takes the reigns, and he's like "Hey let's revive Hal Jordan from the dead" which was a character that everyone had resented and was dead for like 10 years, returning as a villan at times. But he revived Hal and in so doing the entire GL series. Now with Geoff leaving, he puts Hal in charge of the entire GL Corps, much like Geof Johns left to take greater responsibilities at DC.
TL;DR Hal Jordan as written by Geoff Johns is an analogy for Geoff Johns
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Ha! That sucks that you're now starting to get into GL because its hayday of like 10 years just ended 4 months ago. The guy behind it, you all know him, geoff johns, just left GL and it's going into the tubes no doubt just like it was before he got there. It's kind of symbolic though, his relation with Hal Jordan. At the time GL was pretty dead, and the comics were currently writing Kyle as THE Green Lantern. But Geoff takes the reigns, and he's like "Hey let's revive Hal Jordan from the dead" which was a character that everyone had resented and was dead for like 10 years, returning as a villan at times. But he revived Hal and in so doing the entire GL series. Now with Geoff leaving, he puts Hal in charge of the entire GL Corps, much like Geof Johns left to take greater responsibilities at DC.
TL;DR Hal Jordan as written by Geoff Johns is an analogy for Geoff Johns
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DCcomics
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t5_2qlmm
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cbzar70
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Ha! That sucks that you're now starting to get into GL because its hayday of like 10 years just ended 4 months ago. The guy behind it, you all know him, geoff johns, just left GL and it's going into the tubes no doubt just like it was before he got there. It's kind of symbolic though, his relation with Hal Jordan. At the time GL was pretty dead, and the comics were currently writing Kyle as THE Green Lantern. But Geoff takes the reigns, and he's like "Hey let's revive Hal Jordan from the dead" which was a character that everyone had resented and was dead for like 10 years, returning as a villan at times. But he revived Hal and in so doing the entire GL series. Now with Geoff leaving, he puts Hal in charge of the entire GL Corps, much like Geof Johns left to take greater responsibilities at DC.
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Hal Jordan as written by Geoff Johns is an analogy for Geoff Johns
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IPredictAReddit
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Good question. Let's follow the money: Who would hire and pay for the private regulation company?
If the meat packing companies are responsible for hiring the companies, then they will have a *massive* incentive to simply rubber stamp the meat packing company practices. If Inspector X is coming down too hard on your slaughterhouse, then switch to Inspector Y - he's offering a good price, and he doesn't seem to insist on sniffing around your buddy's "meat recycling bin". Inspector Y now gets more business, doesn't have to work as hard, and your plant saves a little money and gets to continue "recycling" meat. *Every incentive lines up with being lax and simply rubber-stamping the meat*.
Sure, Inspector Y may end up approving of some bad meat, but it's a corporation - it's easy to wall off assets, so they won't be liable (a handy trait, eh?), and all they have to do is reincorporate again under a different name and start over.
If you're talking about taxpayers paying for the service, well...what's the difference between a bunch of inspectors working for a private corporation but paid by taxpayers and a bunch of inspectors getting a federal paycheck? There isn't. In fact, I'm fairly certain that some number of USDA inspectors are private contractors, but they are hired (and fired) by the government, so the incentive to be permissive is cut out.
TL;DR - incentives are very strong for private corporations, both processors and private regulation/inspection, to cheat, cut corners, and be permissive.
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Good question. Let's follow the money: Who would hire and pay for the private regulation company?
If the meat packing companies are responsible for hiring the companies, then they will have a massive incentive to simply rubber stamp the meat packing company practices. If Inspector X is coming down too hard on your slaughterhouse, then switch to Inspector Y - he's offering a good price, and he doesn't seem to insist on sniffing around your buddy's "meat recycling bin". Inspector Y now gets more business, doesn't have to work as hard, and your plant saves a little money and gets to continue "recycling" meat. Every incentive lines up with being lax and simply rubber-stamping the meat .
Sure, Inspector Y may end up approving of some bad meat, but it's a corporation - it's easy to wall off assets, so they won't be liable (a handy trait, eh?), and all they have to do is reincorporate again under a different name and start over.
If you're talking about taxpayers paying for the service, well...what's the difference between a bunch of inspectors working for a private corporation but paid by taxpayers and a bunch of inspectors getting a federal paycheck? There isn't. In fact, I'm fairly certain that some number of USDA inspectors are private contractors, but they are hired (and fired) by the government, so the incentive to be permissive is cut out.
TL;DR - incentives are very strong for private corporations, both processors and private regulation/inspection, to cheat, cut corners, and be permissive.
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Libertarian
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t5_2qh63
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cbzjz3o
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Good question. Let's follow the money: Who would hire and pay for the private regulation company?
If the meat packing companies are responsible for hiring the companies, then they will have a massive incentive to simply rubber stamp the meat packing company practices. If Inspector X is coming down too hard on your slaughterhouse, then switch to Inspector Y - he's offering a good price, and he doesn't seem to insist on sniffing around your buddy's "meat recycling bin". Inspector Y now gets more business, doesn't have to work as hard, and your plant saves a little money and gets to continue "recycling" meat. Every incentive lines up with being lax and simply rubber-stamping the meat .
Sure, Inspector Y may end up approving of some bad meat, but it's a corporation - it's easy to wall off assets, so they won't be liable (a handy trait, eh?), and all they have to do is reincorporate again under a different name and start over.
If you're talking about taxpayers paying for the service, well...what's the difference between a bunch of inspectors working for a private corporation but paid by taxpayers and a bunch of inspectors getting a federal paycheck? There isn't. In fact, I'm fairly certain that some number of USDA inspectors are private contractors, but they are hired (and fired) by the government, so the incentive to be permissive is cut out.
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incentives are very strong for private corporations, both processors and private regulation/inspection, to cheat, cut corners, and be permissive.
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freddith_
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This isnt meant to offend anybody, so please take what i say as a personal opinion, but i dont get why people feel incredibly weirded out by the sex stuff. unless maybe you're 14, in which case you shouldnt be reading this VN yet anyways.
I'd be weirded out if i was reading a sex scene in front of my mom, sure, but thats just the same reason why its awkward when theres a sex scene in a movie you're watching with the family. other than that, what? i dont understand.
firstly, its *meant* to feel awkward, like real sex is. its intended to be true and real, and its intents are not shy and they do not go unfulfilled. So yes, you feel awkward, because your supposed to. **but not that much!**
more importantly, its an act of love. so what are your qualms with sex? you're by yourself, you're reading a story that you (so far) really like.
what if a sex scene comes up in a movie you're watching? do you stop it and never watch it again? what if its an *amazing* movie?
TL;DR of course you should keep playing
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This isnt meant to offend anybody, so please take what i say as a personal opinion, but i dont get why people feel incredibly weirded out by the sex stuff. unless maybe you're 14, in which case you shouldnt be reading this VN yet anyways.
I'd be weirded out if i was reading a sex scene in front of my mom, sure, but thats just the same reason why its awkward when theres a sex scene in a movie you're watching with the family. other than that, what? i dont understand.
firstly, its meant to feel awkward, like real sex is. its intended to be true and real, and its intents are not shy and they do not go unfulfilled. So yes, you feel awkward, because your supposed to. but not that much!
more importantly, its an act of love. so what are your qualms with sex? you're by yourself, you're reading a story that you (so far) really like.
what if a sex scene comes up in a movie you're watching? do you stop it and never watch it again? what if its an amazing movie?
TL;DR of course you should keep playing
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katawashoujo
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t5_2tb50
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cbz7n0l
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This isnt meant to offend anybody, so please take what i say as a personal opinion, but i dont get why people feel incredibly weirded out by the sex stuff. unless maybe you're 14, in which case you shouldnt be reading this VN yet anyways.
I'd be weirded out if i was reading a sex scene in front of my mom, sure, but thats just the same reason why its awkward when theres a sex scene in a movie you're watching with the family. other than that, what? i dont understand.
firstly, its meant to feel awkward, like real sex is. its intended to be true and real, and its intents are not shy and they do not go unfulfilled. So yes, you feel awkward, because your supposed to. but not that much!
more importantly, its an act of love. so what are your qualms with sex? you're by yourself, you're reading a story that you (so far) really like.
what if a sex scene comes up in a movie you're watching? do you stop it and never watch it again? what if its an amazing movie?
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of course you should keep playing
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Sykotik
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I may be a tad biased but from over 10 years of experience in and around the construction field and working closely with any other tradesman of any type you can imagine I'd have to say that masonry is beyond a shadow of a doubt the hardest, most physically demanding trade there is. I'm not saying it's the hardest job ever, obviously oil riggers and arctic fishermen have harder jobs then masons but in the construction field we definitely bust our asses more than any other trade. You need to be in shape, prepared to work long hours with little breaks and willing to start on the absolute bottom.
That said, I really loved doing it. I started out at 16 working for my father who was a foreman for a very large masonry company in and around the D.C. area. I started in the mixer mixing concrete and mortar nonstop for about 10 hours a day. My dad knew I was smart and could do a lot more good at another task but he had to "put me through the paces" so to speak so that the other laborers wouldn't think I'd just been given a good job cause he's my dad.
Shortly after that I moved on to being a tender and tending to the needs of the bricklayers. I stocked the brick/block and mortar, ran cuts(taking blocks or brick to the saw after they'd been marked by the layer) and shook(added water to) the mortar when it started to harden up in the pan.
Not long after that I started running the saw. That's one of the easiest jobs as long as you're not a moron with numbers. You make custom cuts when they show up from a layer and also make cuts you know you will need for later that day or the next day/future. A lot of guys top out there.
I had been there for about a year and was doing some random cleanup one day when one of the forklift drivers was trying to navigate a corridor turn on the floor below me in the stairwell I was in. I watched him for a minute and knew why he was getting it wrong but I couldn't tell him because at the time I knew almost no Spanish so I kinda shooed him off the forklift[(about the size you see at Costco or Home Depot)]( and made the turn myself. After I gave it back I saw my dad looking down at me from where I had been and he just kind of nodded at me and the next day I was driving the lift. Without a doubt the single best most desirable job besides being the foreman in charge. I drove those smaller lifts for awhile and then eventually moved up to a [mid sized all terrain lift]( which is a lot more fun. I was an excellent operator and I moved on to the [biggest thing the company owned]( not long after that. That Lull is about 26,000lbs., can deadlift like 16 tons and has a boom length of 48ft. + a mast that can raise the load vertically ten more feet. There's nothing more satisfying than frantically running concrete as fast as you can from the truck to the wall trying to be as fast as possible while maintaining enough grace with the load so as not to drop or spill it while at the same time trying to do a favor for another trade in any spare time you have because you're a good dude and they might buy you lunch. Sometimes I'd be moving two levers with both hands while still moving forward and hitting the two outrigger levers with my elbow, driving a thing with so many moving parts is a whole lot of fun. If you're going to get into masonry aim for this job, it's a blast.
You asked what masonry entails and I wrote you a fucking book, I hope you're happy.
**Tl;Dr: I like forklifts.**
> Edit: The reverse is true if you're a plumber. Carrying pipe fucking sucks. Pipes are the devil and just slide around and do whatever the fuck they want. Fuck pipes in the ass. Seriously.
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I may be a tad biased but from over 10 years of experience in and around the construction field and working closely with any other tradesman of any type you can imagine I'd have to say that masonry is beyond a shadow of a doubt the hardest, most physically demanding trade there is. I'm not saying it's the hardest job ever, obviously oil riggers and arctic fishermen have harder jobs then masons but in the construction field we definitely bust our asses more than any other trade. You need to be in shape, prepared to work long hours with little breaks and willing to start on the absolute bottom.
That said, I really loved doing it. I started out at 16 working for my father who was a foreman for a very large masonry company in and around the D.C. area. I started in the mixer mixing concrete and mortar nonstop for about 10 hours a day. My dad knew I was smart and could do a lot more good at another task but he had to "put me through the paces" so to speak so that the other laborers wouldn't think I'd just been given a good job cause he's my dad.
Shortly after that I moved on to being a tender and tending to the needs of the bricklayers. I stocked the brick/block and mortar, ran cuts(taking blocks or brick to the saw after they'd been marked by the layer) and shook(added water to) the mortar when it started to harden up in the pan.
Not long after that I started running the saw. That's one of the easiest jobs as long as you're not a moron with numbers. You make custom cuts when they show up from a layer and also make cuts you know you will need for later that day or the next day/future. A lot of guys top out there.
I had been there for about a year and was doing some random cleanup one day when one of the forklift drivers was trying to navigate a corridor turn on the floor below me in the stairwell I was in. I watched him for a minute and knew why he was getting it wrong but I couldn't tell him because at the time I knew almost no Spanish so I kinda shooed him off the forklift[(about the size you see at Costco or Home Depot)]( and made the turn myself. After I gave it back I saw my dad looking down at me from where I had been and he just kind of nodded at me and the next day I was driving the lift. Without a doubt the single best most desirable job besides being the foreman in charge. I drove those smaller lifts for awhile and then eventually moved up to a [mid sized all terrain lift]( which is a lot more fun. I was an excellent operator and I moved on to the [biggest thing the company owned]( not long after that. That Lull is about 26,000lbs., can deadlift like 16 tons and has a boom length of 48ft. + a mast that can raise the load vertically ten more feet. There's nothing more satisfying than frantically running concrete as fast as you can from the truck to the wall trying to be as fast as possible while maintaining enough grace with the load so as not to drop or spill it while at the same time trying to do a favor for another trade in any spare time you have because you're a good dude and they might buy you lunch. Sometimes I'd be moving two levers with both hands while still moving forward and hitting the two outrigger levers with my elbow, driving a thing with so many moving parts is a whole lot of fun. If you're going to get into masonry aim for this job, it's a blast.
You asked what masonry entails and I wrote you a fucking book, I hope you're happy.
Tl;Dr: I like forklifts.
> Edit: The reverse is true if you're a plumber. Carrying pipe fucking sucks. Pipes are the devil and just slide around and do whatever the fuck they want. Fuck pipes in the ass. Seriously.
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mildlyinteresting
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t5_2ti4h
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cbzntib
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I may be a tad biased but from over 10 years of experience in and around the construction field and working closely with any other tradesman of any type you can imagine I'd have to say that masonry is beyond a shadow of a doubt the hardest, most physically demanding trade there is. I'm not saying it's the hardest job ever, obviously oil riggers and arctic fishermen have harder jobs then masons but in the construction field we definitely bust our asses more than any other trade. You need to be in shape, prepared to work long hours with little breaks and willing to start on the absolute bottom.
That said, I really loved doing it. I started out at 16 working for my father who was a foreman for a very large masonry company in and around the D.C. area. I started in the mixer mixing concrete and mortar nonstop for about 10 hours a day. My dad knew I was smart and could do a lot more good at another task but he had to "put me through the paces" so to speak so that the other laborers wouldn't think I'd just been given a good job cause he's my dad.
Shortly after that I moved on to being a tender and tending to the needs of the bricklayers. I stocked the brick/block and mortar, ran cuts(taking blocks or brick to the saw after they'd been marked by the layer) and shook(added water to) the mortar when it started to harden up in the pan.
Not long after that I started running the saw. That's one of the easiest jobs as long as you're not a moron with numbers. You make custom cuts when they show up from a layer and also make cuts you know you will need for later that day or the next day/future. A lot of guys top out there.
I had been there for about a year and was doing some random cleanup one day when one of the forklift drivers was trying to navigate a corridor turn on the floor below me in the stairwell I was in. I watched him for a minute and knew why he was getting it wrong but I couldn't tell him because at the time I knew almost no Spanish so I kinda shooed him off the forklift[(about the size you see at Costco or Home Depot)]( and made the turn myself. After I gave it back I saw my dad looking down at me from where I had been and he just kind of nodded at me and the next day I was driving the lift. Without a doubt the single best most desirable job besides being the foreman in charge. I drove those smaller lifts for awhile and then eventually moved up to a [mid sized all terrain lift]( which is a lot more fun. I was an excellent operator and I moved on to the [biggest thing the company owned]( not long after that. That Lull is about 26,000lbs., can deadlift like 16 tons and has a boom length of 48ft. + a mast that can raise the load vertically ten more feet. There's nothing more satisfying than frantically running concrete as fast as you can from the truck to the wall trying to be as fast as possible while maintaining enough grace with the load so as not to drop or spill it while at the same time trying to do a favor for another trade in any spare time you have because you're a good dude and they might buy you lunch. Sometimes I'd be moving two levers with both hands while still moving forward and hitting the two outrigger levers with my elbow, driving a thing with so many moving parts is a whole lot of fun. If you're going to get into masonry aim for this job, it's a blast.
You asked what masonry entails and I wrote you a fucking book, I hope you're happy.
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I like forklifts.
> Edit: The reverse is true if you're a plumber. Carrying pipe fucking sucks. Pipes are the devil and just slide around and do whatever the fuck they want. Fuck pipes in the ass. Seriously.
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CrimsonedenLoL
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I've played like 20 games with him but this is what I can tell you:
* His laning phase is pretty much unmatched.With a decent support you can outrade every other matchup,maybe except Vayne due to her Q dodge/attacking back to you.
* His mid game is okay.With a decent lane phase (Assuming a ~3500g item [Bork/BT/IE] + boots @ 20mins) he can do pretty decently.But as one comment said,he can't singehandedly carry.He needs a strong frontline or,a couple assasins soaking up stuff for him.Don't use his ult unless you wanna kite or you are chasing people.Mid fight it's a waste of dps.
* Late game.A 6 item lucian can easily take place in top 5 hypercarries in the game.But the lack of cc,puts him on the bottom of the top 5.His passive kinda covers of a lack of an attack speed steroid,but still,he lacks the ability of tristana to reposition/chase so easily.Again,his ult is a waste unless kiting/chasing.
tl;dr His laning phase is one of the strongest I've seen in bot lane.Pick him in comps with a very solid frontline that can protect you or in strong pick-off comps.Don't bring him in teams that don't have heavy cc.His ult,unless you are kiting back or chasing people,is a truly truly outrageous waste of DPS.
Usefull tip: Muramana procs in everything that his Q hits.Meaning a well lined Muramana Q can chunk off their backline decently enough.
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I've played like 20 games with him but this is what I can tell you:
His laning phase is pretty much unmatched.With a decent support you can outrade every other matchup,maybe except Vayne due to her Q dodge/attacking back to you.
His mid game is okay.With a decent lane phase (Assuming a ~3500g item [Bork/BT/IE] + boots @ 20mins) he can do pretty decently.But as one comment said,he can't singehandedly carry.He needs a strong frontline or,a couple assasins soaking up stuff for him.Don't use his ult unless you wanna kite or you are chasing people.Mid fight it's a waste of dps.
Late game.A 6 item lucian can easily take place in top 5 hypercarries in the game.But the lack of cc,puts him on the bottom of the top 5.His passive kinda covers of a lack of an attack speed steroid,but still,he lacks the ability of tristana to reposition/chase so easily.Again,his ult is a waste unless kiting/chasing.
tl;dr His laning phase is one of the strongest I've seen in bot lane.Pick him in comps with a very solid frontline that can protect you or in strong pick-off comps.Don't bring him in teams that don't have heavy cc.His ult,unless you are kiting back or chasing people,is a truly truly outrageous waste of DPS.
Usefull tip: Muramana procs in everything that his Q hits.Meaning a well lined Muramana Q can chunk off their backline decently enough.
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cbzdx0v
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I've played like 20 games with him but this is what I can tell you:
His laning phase is pretty much unmatched.With a decent support you can outrade every other matchup,maybe except Vayne due to her Q dodge/attacking back to you.
His mid game is okay.With a decent lane phase (Assuming a ~3500g item [Bork/BT/IE] + boots @ 20mins) he can do pretty decently.But as one comment said,he can't singehandedly carry.He needs a strong frontline or,a couple assasins soaking up stuff for him.Don't use his ult unless you wanna kite or you are chasing people.Mid fight it's a waste of dps.
Late game.A 6 item lucian can easily take place in top 5 hypercarries in the game.But the lack of cc,puts him on the bottom of the top 5.His passive kinda covers of a lack of an attack speed steroid,but still,he lacks the ability of tristana to reposition/chase so easily.Again,his ult is a waste unless kiting/chasing.
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His laning phase is one of the strongest I've seen in bot lane.Pick him in comps with a very solid frontline that can protect you or in strong pick-off comps.Don't bring him in teams that don't have heavy cc.His ult,unless you are kiting back or chasing people,is a truly truly outrageous waste of DPS.
Usefull tip: Muramana procs in everything that his Q hits.Meaning a well lined Muramana Q can chunk off their backline decently enough.
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PietjepukNL
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It's no really a case of decline but more a case of being surpassed in economic growth. This had a number of reasons:
- Mercantilism/Colbertisme (other country's protecting their own trade) Example: Act of Navigation (1651) Banned foreign ships from trading in English ports.
- high wages/ low productivity
- Costly wars and disastrous wars. In 1672 an alliance of France, England, Sweden, Munster and Cologne Invaded the Netherlands and almost conquered it. This year is dubbed rampjaar ("disaster year") in Dutch.
- Political Corruptness/Laziness the Netherlands where a republic and governed by a group of people called 'regenten' they where members of rich and influenced families, the most important regent was the *raadpensionaris van het gewest Holland* of *Landsadvocaat* the most important military role was *de Stadhouder* *de facto* was this a hereditary position hold by a member of the House of Orange.
There was always a power struggle between the *Staatsgezinden* ( people who supported the Landsadvocaat ) and the *Prinsgezinden* ( people who supported the Stadhouders ) in times of peace and prosperity the *landsadvocaat* held the most power, between 1650 and 1672 there was no *stadhouders*. when in 1672 the french invaded the people blamed the regents for the state of the army and demanded a *stadhouder*. William III was made *stadhouder* and defended the republic. William had ambitions to become king! and in 1689 he became king of England, this meant safety for the Nederlands but the Bill of Rights prevented that William revoked bills like The Acts of Navigation. But it also meant that The Netherlands needed support England in some large wars, with peace deals that clearly favored British interests. (I'am looking a you Peace of Utrecht (1713))
In the same period ( early to late 18th centenary) the ruling class became corrupted and lazy they where more busy protecting their interests than protection the Dutch interest, they where becoming also more of a aristocracy/Plutocracy. They where appointing important jobs to each other, it was increasingly harder to join their class.
- Political stability in the rest of Europe
One of the most important factors in the decline of the republic is the growth of other countries. The Netherlands is a small country ( DUH ) and can't produce the same amount of goods than the economic power house France, the same is with manpower and military strength. The Dutch Republic most successful years where in the period that England, France and The Holy Roman Empire where weak.
England had to deal with their civil wars (1639-1651) and the political aftermath. From 1688 there was a fast economic growth.
France became a powerhouse under the rule of Louis XIV (1643-1715) he gave France the largest army in the world, this forced the Dutch to invest in their army what raided the tax burden in the Netherlands.
between 1618-1648 their was the 30 year war in the HRE which devastated much of what is now Germany. The Netherlands where involved in this war, but the war didn't affect the Netherlands that much. After the war the HRE could rebuild them self.
**TL;DR: The rest of Europe gets their shit together and simply out growth the Dutch. While the Dutch lost their edge they didn't had an answer**
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It's no really a case of decline but more a case of being surpassed in economic growth. This had a number of reasons:
Mercantilism/Colbertisme (other country's protecting their own trade) Example: Act of Navigation (1651) Banned foreign ships from trading in English ports.
high wages/ low productivity
Costly wars and disastrous wars. In 1672 an alliance of France, England, Sweden, Munster and Cologne Invaded the Netherlands and almost conquered it. This year is dubbed rampjaar ("disaster year") in Dutch.
Political Corruptness/Laziness the Netherlands where a republic and governed by a group of people called 'regenten' they where members of rich and influenced families, the most important regent was the raadpensionaris van het gewest Holland of Landsadvocaat the most important military role was de Stadhouder de facto was this a hereditary position hold by a member of the House of Orange.
There was always a power struggle between the Staatsgezinden ( people who supported the Landsadvocaat ) and the Prinsgezinden ( people who supported the Stadhouders ) in times of peace and prosperity the landsadvocaat held the most power, between 1650 and 1672 there was no stadhouders . when in 1672 the french invaded the people blamed the regents for the state of the army and demanded a stadhouder . William III was made stadhouder and defended the republic. William had ambitions to become king! and in 1689 he became king of England, this meant safety for the Nederlands but the Bill of Rights prevented that William revoked bills like The Acts of Navigation. But it also meant that The Netherlands needed support England in some large wars, with peace deals that clearly favored British interests. (I'am looking a you Peace of Utrecht (1713))
In the same period ( early to late 18th centenary) the ruling class became corrupted and lazy they where more busy protecting their interests than protection the Dutch interest, they where becoming also more of a aristocracy/Plutocracy. They where appointing important jobs to each other, it was increasingly harder to join their class.
Political stability in the rest of Europe
One of the most important factors in the decline of the republic is the growth of other countries. The Netherlands is a small country ( DUH ) and can't produce the same amount of goods than the economic power house France, the same is with manpower and military strength. The Dutch Republic most successful years where in the period that England, France and The Holy Roman Empire where weak.
England had to deal with their civil wars (1639-1651) and the political aftermath. From 1688 there was a fast economic growth.
France became a powerhouse under the rule of Louis XIV (1643-1715) he gave France the largest army in the world, this forced the Dutch to invest in their army what raided the tax burden in the Netherlands.
between 1618-1648 their was the 30 year war in the HRE which devastated much of what is now Germany. The Netherlands where involved in this war, but the war didn't affect the Netherlands that much. After the war the HRE could rebuild them self.
TL;DR: The rest of Europe gets their shit together and simply out growth the Dutch. While the Dutch lost their edge they didn't had an answer
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AskHistorians
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t5_2ssp3
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cbzkz15
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It's no really a case of decline but more a case of being surpassed in economic growth. This had a number of reasons:
Mercantilism/Colbertisme (other country's protecting their own trade) Example: Act of Navigation (1651) Banned foreign ships from trading in English ports.
high wages/ low productivity
Costly wars and disastrous wars. In 1672 an alliance of France, England, Sweden, Munster and Cologne Invaded the Netherlands and almost conquered it. This year is dubbed rampjaar ("disaster year") in Dutch.
Political Corruptness/Laziness the Netherlands where a republic and governed by a group of people called 'regenten' they where members of rich and influenced families, the most important regent was the raadpensionaris van het gewest Holland of Landsadvocaat the most important military role was de Stadhouder de facto was this a hereditary position hold by a member of the House of Orange.
There was always a power struggle between the Staatsgezinden ( people who supported the Landsadvocaat ) and the Prinsgezinden ( people who supported the Stadhouders ) in times of peace and prosperity the landsadvocaat held the most power, between 1650 and 1672 there was no stadhouders . when in 1672 the french invaded the people blamed the regents for the state of the army and demanded a stadhouder . William III was made stadhouder and defended the republic. William had ambitions to become king! and in 1689 he became king of England, this meant safety for the Nederlands but the Bill of Rights prevented that William revoked bills like The Acts of Navigation. But it also meant that The Netherlands needed support England in some large wars, with peace deals that clearly favored British interests. (I'am looking a you Peace of Utrecht (1713))
In the same period ( early to late 18th centenary) the ruling class became corrupted and lazy they where more busy protecting their interests than protection the Dutch interest, they where becoming also more of a aristocracy/Plutocracy. They where appointing important jobs to each other, it was increasingly harder to join their class.
Political stability in the rest of Europe
One of the most important factors in the decline of the republic is the growth of other countries. The Netherlands is a small country ( DUH ) and can't produce the same amount of goods than the economic power house France, the same is with manpower and military strength. The Dutch Republic most successful years where in the period that England, France and The Holy Roman Empire where weak.
England had to deal with their civil wars (1639-1651) and the political aftermath. From 1688 there was a fast economic growth.
France became a powerhouse under the rule of Louis XIV (1643-1715) he gave France the largest army in the world, this forced the Dutch to invest in their army what raided the tax burden in the Netherlands.
between 1618-1648 their was the 30 year war in the HRE which devastated much of what is now Germany. The Netherlands where involved in this war, but the war didn't affect the Netherlands that much. After the war the HRE could rebuild them self.
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The rest of Europe gets their shit together and simply out growth the Dutch. While the Dutch lost their edge they didn't had an answer
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stairatthesun
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CBS 10-team league. Standard scoring other than the fact that interceptions are not penalized. (Part of the reason I took who I did at QB).
Keepers are people selected after the 6th round. This is my first year in this league so I didn't have a keeper.
Jamaal Charles (1.03)
Stevan Ridley (2.08)
Jimmy Graham (3.03)
Darren Sproles (4.08)
Shane Vereen (5.06)
DeSean Jackson (6.05)
Jordy Nelson (7.06)
Cecil Shorts (8.05)
BenJarvus Green-Ellis (9.04)
Michael Vick (10.07)
Chris Givens (11.08)
DeAndrew Hopkins (12.03)
Andre Brown (13.02)
Lance Moore (14.09)
Ravens DST (15.03)
Greg Zuerlein (16.08)
My biggest issue as I see it is I took Vick at Quarterback because of the upside in the pure amount of plays they'll run and the fact that interceptions aren't penalized. If he can stay healthy I think I got a great deal... But I didn't take a backup because I didn't want to waste a spot on someone like Big Ben or Freeman when guys like Lance Moore were still available.
Took Andre Brown late because he may not be out that long and thought it was good value.
TEs aren't required to be played in this league but you can at the WR spots (WR-TE). Jimmy Graham is more like a WR though and I thought the 3rd round was good value.
(One question... Blackmon went undrafted in this league which pained me a bit. Is there anyone you see on my roster that I should drop for him. I didn't take him because I already had Shorts... But after he comes back from his suspension, I think there's a good amount of upside there. Thoughts?)
TL;DR: Rate the team!
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CBS 10-team league. Standard scoring other than the fact that interceptions are not penalized. (Part of the reason I took who I did at QB).
Keepers are people selected after the 6th round. This is my first year in this league so I didn't have a keeper.
Jamaal Charles (1.03)
Stevan Ridley (2.08)
Jimmy Graham (3.03)
Darren Sproles (4.08)
Shane Vereen (5.06)
DeSean Jackson (6.05)
Jordy Nelson (7.06)
Cecil Shorts (8.05)
BenJarvus Green-Ellis (9.04)
Michael Vick (10.07)
Chris Givens (11.08)
DeAndrew Hopkins (12.03)
Andre Brown (13.02)
Lance Moore (14.09)
Ravens DST (15.03)
Greg Zuerlein (16.08)
My biggest issue as I see it is I took Vick at Quarterback because of the upside in the pure amount of plays they'll run and the fact that interceptions aren't penalized. If he can stay healthy I think I got a great deal... But I didn't take a backup because I didn't want to waste a spot on someone like Big Ben or Freeman when guys like Lance Moore were still available.
Took Andre Brown late because he may not be out that long and thought it was good value.
TEs aren't required to be played in this league but you can at the WR spots (WR-TE). Jimmy Graham is more like a WR though and I thought the 3rd round was good value.
(One question... Blackmon went undrafted in this league which pained me a bit. Is there anyone you see on my roster that I should drop for him. I didn't take him because I already had Shorts... But after he comes back from his suspension, I think there's a good amount of upside there. Thoughts?)
TL;DR: Rate the team!
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fantasyfootball
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t5_2qlqq
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cbzrstm
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CBS 10-team league. Standard scoring other than the fact that interceptions are not penalized. (Part of the reason I took who I did at QB).
Keepers are people selected after the 6th round. This is my first year in this league so I didn't have a keeper.
Jamaal Charles (1.03)
Stevan Ridley (2.08)
Jimmy Graham (3.03)
Darren Sproles (4.08)
Shane Vereen (5.06)
DeSean Jackson (6.05)
Jordy Nelson (7.06)
Cecil Shorts (8.05)
BenJarvus Green-Ellis (9.04)
Michael Vick (10.07)
Chris Givens (11.08)
DeAndrew Hopkins (12.03)
Andre Brown (13.02)
Lance Moore (14.09)
Ravens DST (15.03)
Greg Zuerlein (16.08)
My biggest issue as I see it is I took Vick at Quarterback because of the upside in the pure amount of plays they'll run and the fact that interceptions aren't penalized. If he can stay healthy I think I got a great deal... But I didn't take a backup because I didn't want to waste a spot on someone like Big Ben or Freeman when guys like Lance Moore were still available.
Took Andre Brown late because he may not be out that long and thought it was good value.
TEs aren't required to be played in this league but you can at the WR spots (WR-TE). Jimmy Graham is more like a WR though and I thought the 3rd round was good value.
(One question... Blackmon went undrafted in this league which pained me a bit. Is there anyone you see on my roster that I should drop for him. I didn't take him because I already had Shorts... But after he comes back from his suspension, I think there's a good amount of upside there. Thoughts?)
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Rate the team!
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daknapp0773
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He is ignoring the fact that you can grab skills from a multitude of other classes. If you stay as just a class, you can grab up to 10 cross class abilities, such as a heal or a dps CD. If you decide to specialize into a Job (I am deliberately leaving this vague, as the concept can be a bit weird at first), you can grab up to 5 cross skills.
You can also allocate stat poitns however you want, although it is usually preferable to put them all in a dps stat or the healer stat for the respective class. Then again, this happened with WoW as well if you wanted to min/max.
TLDR; there is a lot of customization.
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He is ignoring the fact that you can grab skills from a multitude of other classes. If you stay as just a class, you can grab up to 10 cross class abilities, such as a heal or a dps CD. If you decide to specialize into a Job (I am deliberately leaving this vague, as the concept can be a bit weird at first), you can grab up to 5 cross skills.
You can also allocate stat poitns however you want, although it is usually preferable to put them all in a dps stat or the healer stat for the respective class. Then again, this happened with WoW as well if you wanted to min/max.
TLDR; there is a lot of customization.
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ffxiv
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t5_2rgs7
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cbzl6n5
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He is ignoring the fact that you can grab skills from a multitude of other classes. If you stay as just a class, you can grab up to 10 cross class abilities, such as a heal or a dps CD. If you decide to specialize into a Job (I am deliberately leaving this vague, as the concept can be a bit weird at first), you can grab up to 5 cross skills.
You can also allocate stat poitns however you want, although it is usually preferable to put them all in a dps stat or the healer stat for the respective class. Then again, this happened with WoW as well if you wanted to min/max.
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there is a lot of customization.
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zoidy-1
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One night finishing up smoking at my buddies on his deck at his vacation house. We were wrapping it up and about to move inside to watch some TV.
I go down his deck to toss the ashes into the woods. As I approach the woods I sense something is watching me so I toss the ash and backed away slowly
I get back up on his deck,which is gated to keep his dogs in, and turn on the outside lights. Just seconds later a mountain lion appeared at the base of steps crouched down and making a grunting noise at my friend and me.
We booked it inside.
TL:DR almost mauled by a mountain lion
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One night finishing up smoking at my buddies on his deck at his vacation house. We were wrapping it up and about to move inside to watch some TV.
I go down his deck to toss the ashes into the woods. As I approach the woods I sense something is watching me so I toss the ash and backed away slowly
I get back up on his deck,which is gated to keep his dogs in, and turn on the outside lights. Just seconds later a mountain lion appeared at the base of steps crouched down and making a grunting noise at my friend and me.
We booked it inside.
TL:DR almost mauled by a mountain lion
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cigars
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t5_2r090
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cbzt5bk
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One night finishing up smoking at my buddies on his deck at his vacation house. We were wrapping it up and about to move inside to watch some TV.
I go down his deck to toss the ashes into the woods. As I approach the woods I sense something is watching me so I toss the ash and backed away slowly
I get back up on his deck,which is gated to keep his dogs in, and turn on the outside lights. Just seconds later a mountain lion appeared at the base of steps crouched down and making a grunting noise at my friend and me.
We booked it inside.
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almost mauled by a mountain lion
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ultrasecretacct
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I just found out a couple weeks ago that I have HPV too. What really sucks is I found a super tiny little bump that you can't really see without a magnified glass and a bright light towards the base. I didn't think much of it because I've heard genital warts are larger and show up in groups. Went to the doctor and they said yep that looks like a super tiny HPV lesion. My doctor told me not to worry it's no big deal. Honestly I'm terrified and don't understand the long term implications. Moral of the story is your not alone in all this. I forget its there because I can't see it with my eyes but then I feel it and remember oh yeah I have an STD now.
TLDR; your not alone. I was diagnosed and I'm scared shitless too.
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I just found out a couple weeks ago that I have HPV too. What really sucks is I found a super tiny little bump that you can't really see without a magnified glass and a bright light towards the base. I didn't think much of it because I've heard genital warts are larger and show up in groups. Went to the doctor and they said yep that looks like a super tiny HPV lesion. My doctor told me not to worry it's no big deal. Honestly I'm terrified and don't understand the long term implications. Moral of the story is your not alone in all this. I forget its there because I can't see it with my eyes but then I feel it and remember oh yeah I have an STD now.
TLDR; your not alone. I was diagnosed and I'm scared shitless too.
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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cc0eg1m
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I just found out a couple weeks ago that I have HPV too. What really sucks is I found a super tiny little bump that you can't really see without a magnified glass and a bright light towards the base. I didn't think much of it because I've heard genital warts are larger and show up in groups. Went to the doctor and they said yep that looks like a super tiny HPV lesion. My doctor told me not to worry it's no big deal. Honestly I'm terrified and don't understand the long term implications. Moral of the story is your not alone in all this. I forget its there because I can't see it with my eyes but then I feel it and remember oh yeah I have an STD now.
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your not alone. I was diagnosed and I'm scared shitless too.
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WhaleBlubber
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Holy shit.
Listening to the music made by their music director while reading the whole page was quite exhilarating. I can't pin point what it was, but as the music progressed, and I read more and more, the whole idea of the game being an actuality finally hit me.
My childhood was formed by Megaman and the franchise. I remember when I was like six or seven, I'd imagine my hand being the heroine in my very own Megaman game in my parents' car, running across the speeding view outside of the passenger window. I would (as silly and as embarrassing as this sounds) pretend to be Rockman shooting my mega-buster in the mall hallways, letting my creativity run wild.
Once I finally finished reading everything, and as the song reached its end, I finally realized just how important it is to me for this game to reach the recognition and backing it deserves.
The chills man~~~~the *chillllllllllllllllls*.
Tl;Dr - I had a super-nostalgic moment, and I probably embarrassed the living shit out of my parents.
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Holy shit.
Listening to the music made by their music director while reading the whole page was quite exhilarating. I can't pin point what it was, but as the music progressed, and I read more and more, the whole idea of the game being an actuality finally hit me.
My childhood was formed by Megaman and the franchise. I remember when I was like six or seven, I'd imagine my hand being the heroine in my very own Megaman game in my parents' car, running across the speeding view outside of the passenger window. I would (as silly and as embarrassing as this sounds) pretend to be Rockman shooting my mega-buster in the mall hallways, letting my creativity run wild.
Once I finally finished reading everything, and as the song reached its end, I finally realized just how important it is to me for this game to reach the recognition and backing it deserves.
The chills man~~~~the chillllllllllllllllls .
Tl;Dr - I had a super-nostalgic moment, and I probably embarrassed the living shit out of my parents.
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cc016q9
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Holy shit.
Listening to the music made by their music director while reading the whole page was quite exhilarating. I can't pin point what it was, but as the music progressed, and I read more and more, the whole idea of the game being an actuality finally hit me.
My childhood was formed by Megaman and the franchise. I remember when I was like six or seven, I'd imagine my hand being the heroine in my very own Megaman game in my parents' car, running across the speeding view outside of the passenger window. I would (as silly and as embarrassing as this sounds) pretend to be Rockman shooting my mega-buster in the mall hallways, letting my creativity run wild.
Once I finally finished reading everything, and as the song reached its end, I finally realized just how important it is to me for this game to reach the recognition and backing it deserves.
The chills man~~~~the chillllllllllllllllls .
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I had a super-nostalgic moment, and I probably embarrassed the living shit out of my parents.
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chucknorris24
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Pretty damn awful actually. I'm grounded all week because I got three tardies last week. My birthday is on Wednesday. I'm grounded on my birthday. I have to spend it with my family now. I go camping with my family every year for my birthday. This year was going to be the exception. All my friends are ignoring me, and my religious family is pissed at me for being agnostic. I had one adult I trusted and last night I realized that everything I tell him he tells my parents which is why I've been in trouble all summer. I was looking forward to two things this year. My fall out boy concert which I missed and my birthday. Ruined and ruined.
Tldr: My family hates me, my friends hate me, and I'm grounded on my birthday.
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Pretty damn awful actually. I'm grounded all week because I got three tardies last week. My birthday is on Wednesday. I'm grounded on my birthday. I have to spend it with my family now. I go camping with my family every year for my birthday. This year was going to be the exception. All my friends are ignoring me, and my religious family is pissed at me for being agnostic. I had one adult I trusted and last night I realized that everything I tell him he tells my parents which is why I've been in trouble all summer. I was looking forward to two things this year. My fall out boy concert which I missed and my birthday. Ruined and ruined.
Tldr: My family hates me, my friends hate me, and I'm grounded on my birthday.
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teenagers
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t5_2rjli
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cbzzqm1
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Pretty damn awful actually. I'm grounded all week because I got three tardies last week. My birthday is on Wednesday. I'm grounded on my birthday. I have to spend it with my family now. I go camping with my family every year for my birthday. This year was going to be the exception. All my friends are ignoring me, and my religious family is pissed at me for being agnostic. I had one adult I trusted and last night I realized that everything I tell him he tells my parents which is why I've been in trouble all summer. I was looking forward to two things this year. My fall out boy concert which I missed and my birthday. Ruined and ruined.
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My family hates me, my friends hate me, and I'm grounded on my birthday.
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Mabel_Mabel_Not
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I'm not in med school, but I am a mom! What I can honestly say is, your kids won't need much the first few years, and you can get everything second-hand. Seriously, people over buy for babies. They need a safe place to sleep (crib or whatever), some clothes (unless you live in a hot climate!), and diapers. Formula if your wife can't breastfeed (which is expensive, so she should try, but leave that up to her! It can be hard!). That's kind of it! We had ours on a budget while my husband finished his PhD, and we had to move around and were squeaking by, but it's do-able. Don't buy them toys! Someone else will! Oh, and babies can eat real food! I think I bought 5 jars of food between my two kids. Mash up your food like your grandma did! I'm sure there's a reddit for this kind of stuff, and your wife can look into it when you get to that point. I think the biggest thing is finding a place where she is happy and can find support when you are away so much. As long as she can connect with other moms, you'll be fine.
TL; DR: We had two kids on your same budget, and everyone here is happy, developmentally on target and following the growth curve just fine.
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I'm not in med school, but I am a mom! What I can honestly say is, your kids won't need much the first few years, and you can get everything second-hand. Seriously, people over buy for babies. They need a safe place to sleep (crib or whatever), some clothes (unless you live in a hot climate!), and diapers. Formula if your wife can't breastfeed (which is expensive, so she should try, but leave that up to her! It can be hard!). That's kind of it! We had ours on a budget while my husband finished his PhD, and we had to move around and were squeaking by, but it's do-able. Don't buy them toys! Someone else will! Oh, and babies can eat real food! I think I bought 5 jars of food between my two kids. Mash up your food like your grandma did! I'm sure there's a reddit for this kind of stuff, and your wife can look into it when you get to that point. I think the biggest thing is finding a place where she is happy and can find support when you are away so much. As long as she can connect with other moms, you'll be fine.
TL; DR: We had two kids on your same budget, and everyone here is happy, developmentally on target and following the growth curve just fine.
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medicalschool
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t5_2re2p
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cc0et8l
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I'm not in med school, but I am a mom! What I can honestly say is, your kids won't need much the first few years, and you can get everything second-hand. Seriously, people over buy for babies. They need a safe place to sleep (crib or whatever), some clothes (unless you live in a hot climate!), and diapers. Formula if your wife can't breastfeed (which is expensive, so she should try, but leave that up to her! It can be hard!). That's kind of it! We had ours on a budget while my husband finished his PhD, and we had to move around and were squeaking by, but it's do-able. Don't buy them toys! Someone else will! Oh, and babies can eat real food! I think I bought 5 jars of food between my two kids. Mash up your food like your grandma did! I'm sure there's a reddit for this kind of stuff, and your wife can look into it when you get to that point. I think the biggest thing is finding a place where she is happy and can find support when you are away so much. As long as she can connect with other moms, you'll be fine.
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We had two kids on your same budget, and everyone here is happy, developmentally on target and following the growth curve just fine.
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Kanex
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First, that's a strangely amusing name for a medical condition. Second, I looked it up, sounds like hell. I'm sorry that you have to go through that and I'm glad your therapy is working for you. I was just saying that therapy, and especially medication, should *never* be the first response to symptoms of a mental illness. Talking to a doctor, or the people close to you, should always be the first step, and seeing a psychiatrist should follow **only if** it is deemed neccessary by YOU, no one else. Telling someone with a mental illness to "get help" can be taken as an insult as much as it can be meant as helpful advice.
However, following a traumatic event or experience, therapy is highly recommended for most (read: **most**, not **all**) people, as in cases like that it can be much more helpful. It is also much more important to seek *some* kind of help in this case.
But when it comes to "coping", literally anything can be a 100% effective and enjoyable coping method, but only the person who may (or may not) need to cope can decide what helps them. It is important to remember that not all people even *need* to cope with their problems in the first place, as they might view the situation as not a problem at all.
TL;DR Why did my mother have to be a therapist...? *sigh*
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First, that's a strangely amusing name for a medical condition. Second, I looked it up, sounds like hell. I'm sorry that you have to go through that and I'm glad your therapy is working for you. I was just saying that therapy, and especially medication, should never be the first response to symptoms of a mental illness. Talking to a doctor, or the people close to you, should always be the first step, and seeing a psychiatrist should follow only if it is deemed neccessary by YOU, no one else. Telling someone with a mental illness to "get help" can be taken as an insult as much as it can be meant as helpful advice.
However, following a traumatic event or experience, therapy is highly recommended for most (read: most , not all ) people, as in cases like that it can be much more helpful. It is also much more important to seek some kind of help in this case.
But when it comes to "coping", literally anything can be a 100% effective and enjoyable coping method, but only the person who may (or may not) need to cope can decide what helps them. It is important to remember that not all people even need to cope with their problems in the first place, as they might view the situation as not a problem at all.
TL;DR Why did my mother have to be a therapist...? sigh
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skyrim
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t5_2s837
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cc0rod2
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First, that's a strangely amusing name for a medical condition. Second, I looked it up, sounds like hell. I'm sorry that you have to go through that and I'm glad your therapy is working for you. I was just saying that therapy, and especially medication, should never be the first response to symptoms of a mental illness. Talking to a doctor, or the people close to you, should always be the first step, and seeing a psychiatrist should follow only if it is deemed neccessary by YOU, no one else. Telling someone with a mental illness to "get help" can be taken as an insult as much as it can be meant as helpful advice.
However, following a traumatic event or experience, therapy is highly recommended for most (read: most , not all ) people, as in cases like that it can be much more helpful. It is also much more important to seek some kind of help in this case.
But when it comes to "coping", literally anything can be a 100% effective and enjoyable coping method, but only the person who may (or may not) need to cope can decide what helps them. It is important to remember that not all people even need to cope with their problems in the first place, as they might view the situation as not a problem at all.
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Why did my mother have to be a therapist...? sigh
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Ska-jayjay
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That's fine. it's a flat nipple that had to be lifted, as opposed to a stander-upper.. (is there some form of terminology for this?)
So the skin on the sides will pull to the sides along with the skin of the areola, giving this effect.
TL;DR That looks perfectly normal for the shape of the nipple.
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That's fine. it's a flat nipple that had to be lifted, as opposed to a stander-upper.. (is there some form of terminology for this?)
So the skin on the sides will pull to the sides along with the skin of the areola, giving this effect.
TL;DR That looks perfectly normal for the shape of the nipple.
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PiercedNSFW
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t5_2st17
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cc0u7hv
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That's fine. it's a flat nipple that had to be lifted, as opposed to a stander-upper.. (is there some form of terminology for this?)
So the skin on the sides will pull to the sides along with the skin of the areola, giving this effect.
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That looks perfectly normal for the shape of the nipple.
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fizzicist
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This is wrong. Obama is not using congress to avoid Syria, and here's why.
What he said:
* He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
* It's our moral duty to intervene
* He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
* If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
**TLDR:** Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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This is wrong. Obama is not using congress to avoid Syria, and here's why.
What he said:
He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
It's our moral duty to intervene
He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
TLDR: Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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PoliticalDiscussion
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t5_2sfmf
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cc1b2fc
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This is wrong. Obama is not using congress to avoid Syria, and here's why.
What he said:
He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
It's our moral duty to intervene
He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
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Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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fizzicist
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Posted this elsewhere, but I feel it's worth repeating. Obama is not using congress to avoid Syria, and here's why.
What he said:
* He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
* It's our moral duty to intervene
* He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
* If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
**TLDR:** Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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Posted this elsewhere, but I feel it's worth repeating. Obama is not using congress to avoid Syria, and here's why.
What he said:
He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
It's our moral duty to intervene
He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
TLDR: Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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PoliticalDiscussion
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t5_2sfmf
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cc1b32v
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Posted this elsewhere, but I feel it's worth repeating. Obama is not using congress to avoid Syria, and here's why.
What he said:
He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
It's our moral duty to intervene
He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
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Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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pointyhorcruxes
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This is why you don't make promises you can't keep. As a leader of a sitting member on the security council, you have obligations to the rest of the world. When you entrench your country in two very costly wars (in every sense of the word), your ability to meet those obligations diminishes. This is most noticeable right now, as America is coming out of two wars, Obama has an obligation to not go back on his "red line" as it's being referred to. He faces not only a beleaguered military, but a fatigued public, *and* economy, and a decision to devote any sort of resources to another foreign conflict will undoubtedly have negative consequences. On the other hand not doing anything will also have negative consequences. What he and his advisers have to do is weigh the potential economic and physical (lives lost) consequences against the potential political damage that would result from not doing anything. Both paths carry potentially negative political blow back but figuring out which one has **more** is the trick. This process is even more complicated as one option involves trying to predict the future.
That's the possible negative scenarios, now for the potentially good ones. Obama relinquishes control of going to war where it should be - congress. Congress decides to intervene in Syria and Obama is praised as allowing the political system do it's job. Only criticism to arise from this path would be that he didn't act quick enough - this will be deflected as staunch hard right conservatives only trying to derail the president and further their own agenda.
Congress votes not to intervene in Syria. Obama publicly admonishes members of congress who voted against such an act. Any attempt to attribute his inaction to the current administration is passed on to congress. This plays well for the administration, allowing them to further show the political gridlock and inadequacy of the current congress. Possible ramifications: Nothing - things go on as they have up until now **or** Obama and the Democratic party use the inability for congress to approve the **"right"** choice to show that the executive branch needs more power to stop potential and current threats to human rights around the world and to the United States.
tl;dr either Obama is a really smart politician or a really big dummy.
**[Edit]** put quotations around right.
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This is why you don't make promises you can't keep. As a leader of a sitting member on the security council, you have obligations to the rest of the world. When you entrench your country in two very costly wars (in every sense of the word), your ability to meet those obligations diminishes. This is most noticeable right now, as America is coming out of two wars, Obama has an obligation to not go back on his "red line" as it's being referred to. He faces not only a beleaguered military, but a fatigued public, and economy, and a decision to devote any sort of resources to another foreign conflict will undoubtedly have negative consequences. On the other hand not doing anything will also have negative consequences. What he and his advisers have to do is weigh the potential economic and physical (lives lost) consequences against the potential political damage that would result from not doing anything. Both paths carry potentially negative political blow back but figuring out which one has more is the trick. This process is even more complicated as one option involves trying to predict the future.
That's the possible negative scenarios, now for the potentially good ones. Obama relinquishes control of going to war where it should be - congress. Congress decides to intervene in Syria and Obama is praised as allowing the political system do it's job. Only criticism to arise from this path would be that he didn't act quick enough - this will be deflected as staunch hard right conservatives only trying to derail the president and further their own agenda.
Congress votes not to intervene in Syria. Obama publicly admonishes members of congress who voted against such an act. Any attempt to attribute his inaction to the current administration is passed on to congress. This plays well for the administration, allowing them to further show the political gridlock and inadequacy of the current congress. Possible ramifications: Nothing - things go on as they have up until now or Obama and the Democratic party use the inability for congress to approve the "right" choice to show that the executive branch needs more power to stop potential and current threats to human rights around the world and to the United States.
tl;dr either Obama is a really smart politician or a really big dummy.
[Edit] put quotations around right.
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PoliticalDiscussion
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t5_2sfmf
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cc0itct
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This is why you don't make promises you can't keep. As a leader of a sitting member on the security council, you have obligations to the rest of the world. When you entrench your country in two very costly wars (in every sense of the word), your ability to meet those obligations diminishes. This is most noticeable right now, as America is coming out of two wars, Obama has an obligation to not go back on his "red line" as it's being referred to. He faces not only a beleaguered military, but a fatigued public, and economy, and a decision to devote any sort of resources to another foreign conflict will undoubtedly have negative consequences. On the other hand not doing anything will also have negative consequences. What he and his advisers have to do is weigh the potential economic and physical (lives lost) consequences against the potential political damage that would result from not doing anything. Both paths carry potentially negative political blow back but figuring out which one has more is the trick. This process is even more complicated as one option involves trying to predict the future.
That's the possible negative scenarios, now for the potentially good ones. Obama relinquishes control of going to war where it should be - congress. Congress decides to intervene in Syria and Obama is praised as allowing the political system do it's job. Only criticism to arise from this path would be that he didn't act quick enough - this will be deflected as staunch hard right conservatives only trying to derail the president and further their own agenda.
Congress votes not to intervene in Syria. Obama publicly admonishes members of congress who voted against such an act. Any attempt to attribute his inaction to the current administration is passed on to congress. This plays well for the administration, allowing them to further show the political gridlock and inadequacy of the current congress. Possible ramifications: Nothing - things go on as they have up until now or Obama and the Democratic party use the inability for congress to approve the "right" choice to show that the executive branch needs more power to stop potential and current threats to human rights around the world and to the United States.
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either Obama is a really smart politician or a really big dummy.
[Edit] put quotations around right.
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fizzicist
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Obama is not using congress to avoid Syria, and here's why.
What he said:
* He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
* It's our moral duty to intervene
* He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
* If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
**TLDR:** Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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Obama is not using congress to avoid Syria, and here's why.
What he said:
He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
It's our moral duty to intervene
He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
TLDR: Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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PoliticalDiscussion
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t5_2sfmf
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cc0ocii
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Obama is not using congress to avoid Syria, and here's why.
What he said:
He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
It's our moral duty to intervene
He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
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Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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fizzicist
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I think you're partly right in that Obama isn't trying to avoid Syria.
What he said in his speech:
* He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
* It's our moral duty to intervene
* He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
* If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
**TLDR:** Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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I think you're partly right in that Obama isn't trying to avoid Syria.
What he said in his speech:
He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
It's our moral duty to intervene
He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
TLDR: Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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PoliticalDiscussion
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t5_2sfmf
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cc0okut
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I think you're partly right in that Obama isn't trying to avoid Syria.
What he said in his speech:
He has the right to act unilaterally if he chooses to
It's our moral duty to intervene
He will ask congress for their backing
What he didn't say:
If congress refuses to back this action, I won't act unilaterally
If he was really interested in using congress as an excuse to avoid Syria he would have included that last statement, but he didn't. So what does this mean?
He does want to intervene in Syria, but he wants it to appear he has the will of the people behind him since his popularity lately has been waning. So he does a head count on how congress will vote, and then gives a speech asking for congress' approval knowing ahead of time he's going to get their approval.
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Obama wants to go into Syria, checked before hand how congress will vote, and is asking for approval publicly to make it seem like he cares what congress or the people think.
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ProFarmer
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Fuckin love this idea, HOWEVER, the only thing I object to is if they made it to where the autoleveled at a certain level of XP. I like doing pushes here and there and I've deliberately kept my king at lvl 10-- since I don't gem my troops, I don't use the strongest army because it takes forever and costs a lot so I pretty much HAVE to use my king every single attack past 2500. At level 10 he takes enough time to where my regular army is done training and I'm simply waiting on him to heal. If I played forever and ended up with a high level king (25+) every single attack would take hours longer just because I have to wait on him to heal after my regular army and spells are done. I'd rather have a lvl 10 hero than a lvl 40 simply because I'd rather use a low level more often than a high level less often.
TLDR: In certain scenarios, some players would rather have a lowish level king because he takes less time to regen and can be used regularly rather than a high level who kicks ass but takes hours to regen.
But as far as the idea goes, I absolutely love it, as long as you had the option to manually level him after he got enough XP, I think it'd be a great addition! :)
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Fuckin love this idea, HOWEVER, the only thing I object to is if they made it to where the autoleveled at a certain level of XP. I like doing pushes here and there and I've deliberately kept my king at lvl 10-- since I don't gem my troops, I don't use the strongest army because it takes forever and costs a lot so I pretty much HAVE to use my king every single attack past 2500. At level 10 he takes enough time to where my regular army is done training and I'm simply waiting on him to heal. If I played forever and ended up with a high level king (25+) every single attack would take hours longer just because I have to wait on him to heal after my regular army and spells are done. I'd rather have a lvl 10 hero than a lvl 40 simply because I'd rather use a low level more often than a high level less often.
TLDR: In certain scenarios, some players would rather have a lowish level king because he takes less time to regen and can be used regularly rather than a high level who kicks ass but takes hours to regen.
But as far as the idea goes, I absolutely love it, as long as you had the option to manually level him after he got enough XP, I think it'd be a great addition! :)
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ClashOfClans
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t5_2usfk
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cc0qiy5
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Fuckin love this idea, HOWEVER, the only thing I object to is if they made it to where the autoleveled at a certain level of XP. I like doing pushes here and there and I've deliberately kept my king at lvl 10-- since I don't gem my troops, I don't use the strongest army because it takes forever and costs a lot so I pretty much HAVE to use my king every single attack past 2500. At level 10 he takes enough time to where my regular army is done training and I'm simply waiting on him to heal. If I played forever and ended up with a high level king (25+) every single attack would take hours longer just because I have to wait on him to heal after my regular army and spells are done. I'd rather have a lvl 10 hero than a lvl 40 simply because I'd rather use a low level more often than a high level less often.
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In certain scenarios, some players would rather have a lowish level king because he takes less time to regen and can be used regularly rather than a high level who kicks ass but takes hours to regen.
But as far as the idea goes, I absolutely love it, as long as you had the option to manually level him after he got enough XP, I think it'd be a great addition! :)
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hurrikaneDITKA
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I think that this answer sums it up pretty well. We don't call any of the shots, we are required under law to obey our superiors (The military answers to our civilian elected officials) and we just do what we are told. I can already hear the cries of Poli-sci majors screaming about WW2 and the Axis powers and all that but bear with me. You would be surprised to see how often there are situations where we are told to do something either wrong or outright illegal and the order will be straight up refused and sent up the chain of command and to oversight entities. It's our civilian leadership that is bogus and asks us to do fucked up shit and if it's blatant enough bullshit it's the guys in uniform that will say hell no and call them out. We are often put into tight spots by our elected officials and backed into corners that we cannot escape from. There are a large number of service members, from what I've seen at least, Who do not support action in Syria, who think we lost sight of our mission in Afghanistan, who knew Iraq was bullshit and see through the facade that is GWOT. What are we gonna do, refuse a deployment and get barred from reenlistment or thrown in Levenworth? Then its our families that suffer. I for one feel that all this anti-US sentiment is wrongly directed at the military. The fact is we don't have a say in shit as the military. This isn't the 60's where we have rogue generals playing nation builder or lining there pockets with dirty money (the politicians do that).
To conclude this incoherent ramble I would like to post a disclaimer so I do not end up on a watchlist. lol. I do not represent the military as a whole, these are just my personal opinions based on my observations and experience thus far. I don't think that we as a country are evil or anything like that at all. I just think we have lost sight of what we stand for and our leadership has succumbed to greed and is trying (and arguably succeeding) to cut the citizens out of the process. I love my country to death, there is nowhere that I would rather live. I do not wish any ill will on any person or my country. I just hate to see a few bad apples tarnish our good name and turn us into villians in the eyes of the international community because they don't want to give up their power. The last thing I want is internal turmoil in my land or there to be unrest. My dream is that we will be able to reform our laws peacefully to cut out this corruption we are plagued with. I think that a good place to start is limiting campaign contributions to candidates from businesses or similar entities. If there is anybody who wants to shed some light on anything or show me that my thinking is wrong and can back it up then I am more than open to it.
TL;DR Blame the politicians not the military because the troops don't have a say in jack or shit.
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I think that this answer sums it up pretty well. We don't call any of the shots, we are required under law to obey our superiors (The military answers to our civilian elected officials) and we just do what we are told. I can already hear the cries of Poli-sci majors screaming about WW2 and the Axis powers and all that but bear with me. You would be surprised to see how often there are situations where we are told to do something either wrong or outright illegal and the order will be straight up refused and sent up the chain of command and to oversight entities. It's our civilian leadership that is bogus and asks us to do fucked up shit and if it's blatant enough bullshit it's the guys in uniform that will say hell no and call them out. We are often put into tight spots by our elected officials and backed into corners that we cannot escape from. There are a large number of service members, from what I've seen at least, Who do not support action in Syria, who think we lost sight of our mission in Afghanistan, who knew Iraq was bullshit and see through the facade that is GWOT. What are we gonna do, refuse a deployment and get barred from reenlistment or thrown in Levenworth? Then its our families that suffer. I for one feel that all this anti-US sentiment is wrongly directed at the military. The fact is we don't have a say in shit as the military. This isn't the 60's where we have rogue generals playing nation builder or lining there pockets with dirty money (the politicians do that).
To conclude this incoherent ramble I would like to post a disclaimer so I do not end up on a watchlist. lol. I do not represent the military as a whole, these are just my personal opinions based on my observations and experience thus far. I don't think that we as a country are evil or anything like that at all. I just think we have lost sight of what we stand for and our leadership has succumbed to greed and is trying (and arguably succeeding) to cut the citizens out of the process. I love my country to death, there is nowhere that I would rather live. I do not wish any ill will on any person or my country. I just hate to see a few bad apples tarnish our good name and turn us into villians in the eyes of the international community because they don't want to give up their power. The last thing I want is internal turmoil in my land or there to be unrest. My dream is that we will be able to reform our laws peacefully to cut out this corruption we are plagued with. I think that a good place to start is limiting campaign contributions to candidates from businesses or similar entities. If there is anybody who wants to shed some light on anything or show me that my thinking is wrong and can back it up then I am more than open to it.
TL;DR Blame the politicians not the military because the troops don't have a say in jack or shit.
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AskReddit
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t5_2qh1i
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cc0s269
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I think that this answer sums it up pretty well. We don't call any of the shots, we are required under law to obey our superiors (The military answers to our civilian elected officials) and we just do what we are told. I can already hear the cries of Poli-sci majors screaming about WW2 and the Axis powers and all that but bear with me. You would be surprised to see how often there are situations where we are told to do something either wrong or outright illegal and the order will be straight up refused and sent up the chain of command and to oversight entities. It's our civilian leadership that is bogus and asks us to do fucked up shit and if it's blatant enough bullshit it's the guys in uniform that will say hell no and call them out. We are often put into tight spots by our elected officials and backed into corners that we cannot escape from. There are a large number of service members, from what I've seen at least, Who do not support action in Syria, who think we lost sight of our mission in Afghanistan, who knew Iraq was bullshit and see through the facade that is GWOT. What are we gonna do, refuse a deployment and get barred from reenlistment or thrown in Levenworth? Then its our families that suffer. I for one feel that all this anti-US sentiment is wrongly directed at the military. The fact is we don't have a say in shit as the military. This isn't the 60's where we have rogue generals playing nation builder or lining there pockets with dirty money (the politicians do that).
To conclude this incoherent ramble I would like to post a disclaimer so I do not end up on a watchlist. lol. I do not represent the military as a whole, these are just my personal opinions based on my observations and experience thus far. I don't think that we as a country are evil or anything like that at all. I just think we have lost sight of what we stand for and our leadership has succumbed to greed and is trying (and arguably succeeding) to cut the citizens out of the process. I love my country to death, there is nowhere that I would rather live. I do not wish any ill will on any person or my country. I just hate to see a few bad apples tarnish our good name and turn us into villians in the eyes of the international community because they don't want to give up their power. The last thing I want is internal turmoil in my land or there to be unrest. My dream is that we will be able to reform our laws peacefully to cut out this corruption we are plagued with. I think that a good place to start is limiting campaign contributions to candidates from businesses or similar entities. If there is anybody who wants to shed some light on anything or show me that my thinking is wrong and can back it up then I am more than open to it.
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Blame the politicians not the military because the troops don't have a say in jack or shit.
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ImAnAlbatross
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1) They aren't the world police but the UN has refused to act upon the use of chemical weapons because Russia is an ally of Syria and they the dictatorship to remain in control because it has one of their last naval bases outside of the former Soviet union and because they make money selling them weapons (there are other reasons but those are pretty much the main 2).
2) What the fuck does Al Qaeda have to do with this? Just because they are Islamic, doesn't mean that that is the basis of their agenda. The rebel are apart of an oppressed majority (similar to the Hutu's in Rwanda) who snapped and are lashing out against the dictatorship, which is led by the privileged minority.
So since you are unaware of what is going on, let me break it down for you. Chemical weapons were deemed bad in the early 1900s because they are terrible for warfare but really good at killing innocent civilians which is bad. Therefore when forming the Geneva Convention (laws of war to make it less terrible), the UN decided to outlaw chemical weapons.
However, Russia is an ally of Syria and therefore will profit from supplying the dictatorship with arms and they need the money. Since taking action wasn't unanimous amongst the countries involved, the UN decided not to take action.
The US basically decided that we cannot let these war crimes go unanswered but everyone is so exhausted from constant war and it would only cost money an lives for military intervention, so Obama decided to hold a vote in congress about whether or not to launch cruise missiles (which are relatively inexpensive) to punish the Syrian government for breaching the terms of Geneva Convention, thus, keeping the integrity of the laws of war in tact.
**TLDR:** The general theory is that if we let Syria get away with breaking these laws, then logically future armies will also feel like they can get away with it since the laws aren't being enforced. If you'd known anything about what's going on then you would've known the answers to those questions.
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1) They aren't the world police but the UN has refused to act upon the use of chemical weapons because Russia is an ally of Syria and they the dictatorship to remain in control because it has one of their last naval bases outside of the former Soviet union and because they make money selling them weapons (there are other reasons but those are pretty much the main 2).
2) What the fuck does Al Qaeda have to do with this? Just because they are Islamic, doesn't mean that that is the basis of their agenda. The rebel are apart of an oppressed majority (similar to the Hutu's in Rwanda) who snapped and are lashing out against the dictatorship, which is led by the privileged minority.
So since you are unaware of what is going on, let me break it down for you. Chemical weapons were deemed bad in the early 1900s because they are terrible for warfare but really good at killing innocent civilians which is bad. Therefore when forming the Geneva Convention (laws of war to make it less terrible), the UN decided to outlaw chemical weapons.
However, Russia is an ally of Syria and therefore will profit from supplying the dictatorship with arms and they need the money. Since taking action wasn't unanimous amongst the countries involved, the UN decided not to take action.
The US basically decided that we cannot let these war crimes go unanswered but everyone is so exhausted from constant war and it would only cost money an lives for military intervention, so Obama decided to hold a vote in congress about whether or not to launch cruise missiles (which are relatively inexpensive) to punish the Syrian government for breaching the terms of Geneva Convention, thus, keeping the integrity of the laws of war in tact.
TLDR: The general theory is that if we let Syria get away with breaking these laws, then logically future armies will also feel like they can get away with it since the laws aren't being enforced. If you'd known anything about what's going on then you would've known the answers to those questions.
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AdviceAnimals
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t5_2s7tt
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cc18zll
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1) They aren't the world police but the UN has refused to act upon the use of chemical weapons because Russia is an ally of Syria and they the dictatorship to remain in control because it has one of their last naval bases outside of the former Soviet union and because they make money selling them weapons (there are other reasons but those are pretty much the main 2).
2) What the fuck does Al Qaeda have to do with this? Just because they are Islamic, doesn't mean that that is the basis of their agenda. The rebel are apart of an oppressed majority (similar to the Hutu's in Rwanda) who snapped and are lashing out against the dictatorship, which is led by the privileged minority.
So since you are unaware of what is going on, let me break it down for you. Chemical weapons were deemed bad in the early 1900s because they are terrible for warfare but really good at killing innocent civilians which is bad. Therefore when forming the Geneva Convention (laws of war to make it less terrible), the UN decided to outlaw chemical weapons.
However, Russia is an ally of Syria and therefore will profit from supplying the dictatorship with arms and they need the money. Since taking action wasn't unanimous amongst the countries involved, the UN decided not to take action.
The US basically decided that we cannot let these war crimes go unanswered but everyone is so exhausted from constant war and it would only cost money an lives for military intervention, so Obama decided to hold a vote in congress about whether or not to launch cruise missiles (which are relatively inexpensive) to punish the Syrian government for breaching the terms of Geneva Convention, thus, keeping the integrity of the laws of war in tact.
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The general theory is that if we let Syria get away with breaking these laws, then logically future armies will also feel like they can get away with it since the laws aren't being enforced. If you'd known anything about what's going on then you would've known the answers to those questions.
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execjacob
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As I said, it's the pretense of going in, with justifications. It's within the interest of the U.S. to go into Syria. tl;dr U.S. Gains an ally, Russia/Iran lose an ally.
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As I said, it's the pretense of going in, with justifications. It's within the interest of the U.S. to go into Syria. tl;dr U.S. Gains an ally, Russia/Iran lose an ally.
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AdviceAnimals
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t5_2s7tt
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cc0z4yw
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As I said, it's the pretense of going in, with justifications. It's within the interest of the U.S. to go into Syria.
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U.S. Gains an ally, Russia/Iran lose an ally.
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rozas8890
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I started reading the books when I was 13-14 years old. I don't really remember, I just know that only the first four were out. A friend from school had let me borrow each book. After reading the first four as fast as I could and anxiously awaiting the DVD/VHS release of the first movie, my mom became concerned that I was obsessed. Instead of reading the books herself or trying to figure out why I thought the books were so good, she made me sit down and watch a video by Pastor John Hagee called "Harry Potter: The Re-packging of Witchcraft for America", or something like that. She made me swear that I would never read them again because that "isn't what God wants. It's evil witchcraft and the devil is trying to use it to get me to sin against God." Well...that being said, I simply started reading them in secret. I must have re-read all four books 5-6 times before the first movie came out, all while in secret. I would get home from school and lock myself in my room. If I had to leave my room, I would hide which ever book I was reading as best as I could. I would never hide it in the same spot either. Sometimes on the top shelf of my closet with stuff stacked in front, sometimes under my bed, sometimes under the pile of clothes I had lying around in my room. I did whatever it took not to get caught. For me Harry Potter was an escape. When I read those books I could forget about the shitty life I had. It was liberating. I often found myself having dreams about the Harry Potter universe. Whenever that happened I would wake up in a panic, praying that I hadn't been talking in my sleep and that my mom wouldn't find out. I watched the first two movies at a friend's house and made him and his mom swear that they wouldn't tell my mom. His mom was really confused by this, but she went along with it anyways. Then the 5th book came out two years after I first started reading. By this time I had read the books several times each year. Each time was almost like reading it for the first time, only with the difference of knowing what was going to happen. The same friend that let me borrow the books from him, let me borrow the fifth one right after he finished it. I about had a heart attack when he showed up at my house waving the book in the air screaming "Rozas8890 I have the 5th book that you wanted to borrow." He had totally forgotten I was doing this all in secret like they were some kind of dirty drug. Once again I fell into reading in private and then re-reading the entire series. By this time I was a sophmore in high school, my mom and step-dad had a real strong religous hold on me and I always felt really guilty. Between my sophmore and junior year in high school, we moved to a different town. I went to school there for a year and made a couple of friends. Nothing too major, but at the end of the year I began talking to a girl. Then my parents decided to move us again so she and I exchanged mailing addresses and began writing letters back and forth. That summer the 6th book came out. By this time I had a job working at McDowell's and the day the book was released I went and bought it. I kept it hidden in the break room at work and everytime I went on break or we were really slow I would go read as much as I possibly could. I would even stay an extra hour or two after work to read even more. I began lying to my mom about my work shifts so she wouldn't get suspicious. Well, remember that girl I mentioned earlier? She was a big HP fan as well. One day I wrote her a letter and told her all about what I had read so far (she had already finished the book), but then noticied a lot of grammatical errors so instead of going back to fix them I crumpled up the letter and started again. I just basically re-wrote what I had already written, minus the errors of course. After finishing my letter, I put it into an envelope and mailed it off. Went to work, and came home to the crumpled up letter, that I had forgotten to throw away and instead left on the desk in the computer room, folded nice and neat at the foot of my bed. When I opened it, I noticed my mother and taken a red pen/highlighter to it and basically pointed out key things from the letter and wrote in the margin things like "Sinner", "Rebellion against God", "You will burn in hell if you do not repent", and so on and so forth. She then asked me where the book was and after a while I caved and told her it was at work. She then drove me there, made me get the book, and made me bring it home so we could burn it. I had to tear the book apart, burn it, and at the same time pray out loud for gods forgiveness and for his strength to overcome my addiction to witchcraft. While I was doing that I swore to myself that I would read everyone of the books if it was the last thing I ever did. Not long after that I moved in with my older brother, finished reading the 6th book, and caught up on the movies. I think by that time they were only up to the third, maybe the fourth movie. Once I graduated high school in 2006 I joined the Navy the following February. That first summer is when the 7th book was realeased. I bought it the day it came out, and read it that same week. To this day I don't think my mom knows I have read the entire series. I think maybe she thinks I got over it and never wanted to finish reading it. I too will read the series to my own children someday. If at all possible I would like to have them never come in contact with HP until they are like 10-11. Then I will read the series as slow as possible so they can grow up with it, but in a much better way then I did. I can't thank J.K. Rowling enough for writing the series. Those books were pretty much the only thing that kept me sane while living in that mad house. Well that's my story.
**TLDR**: Read the first four books several times, mom got worried due to religous beliefs. Made me stop reading them, but read them in secret. Got caught reading the 6th one. Mom made me burn book/pray to god for forgiveness for studying witchcraft. Finished reading the series anyway. Ususally read the series at least once, sometimes twice a year, every year since series ended.
**EDIT**: I apologize in advance if there are any typos. I didn't mean to type that much, and I'm too lazy to go through it all and proof read it.
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I started reading the books when I was 13-14 years old. I don't really remember, I just know that only the first four were out. A friend from school had let me borrow each book. After reading the first four as fast as I could and anxiously awaiting the DVD/VHS release of the first movie, my mom became concerned that I was obsessed. Instead of reading the books herself or trying to figure out why I thought the books were so good, she made me sit down and watch a video by Pastor John Hagee called "Harry Potter: The Re-packging of Witchcraft for America", or something like that. She made me swear that I would never read them again because that "isn't what God wants. It's evil witchcraft and the devil is trying to use it to get me to sin against God." Well...that being said, I simply started reading them in secret. I must have re-read all four books 5-6 times before the first movie came out, all while in secret. I would get home from school and lock myself in my room. If I had to leave my room, I would hide which ever book I was reading as best as I could. I would never hide it in the same spot either. Sometimes on the top shelf of my closet with stuff stacked in front, sometimes under my bed, sometimes under the pile of clothes I had lying around in my room. I did whatever it took not to get caught. For me Harry Potter was an escape. When I read those books I could forget about the shitty life I had. It was liberating. I often found myself having dreams about the Harry Potter universe. Whenever that happened I would wake up in a panic, praying that I hadn't been talking in my sleep and that my mom wouldn't find out. I watched the first two movies at a friend's house and made him and his mom swear that they wouldn't tell my mom. His mom was really confused by this, but she went along with it anyways. Then the 5th book came out two years after I first started reading. By this time I had read the books several times each year. Each time was almost like reading it for the first time, only with the difference of knowing what was going to happen. The same friend that let me borrow the books from him, let me borrow the fifth one right after he finished it. I about had a heart attack when he showed up at my house waving the book in the air screaming "Rozas8890 I have the 5th book that you wanted to borrow." He had totally forgotten I was doing this all in secret like they were some kind of dirty drug. Once again I fell into reading in private and then re-reading the entire series. By this time I was a sophmore in high school, my mom and step-dad had a real strong religous hold on me and I always felt really guilty. Between my sophmore and junior year in high school, we moved to a different town. I went to school there for a year and made a couple of friends. Nothing too major, but at the end of the year I began talking to a girl. Then my parents decided to move us again so she and I exchanged mailing addresses and began writing letters back and forth. That summer the 6th book came out. By this time I had a job working at McDowell's and the day the book was released I went and bought it. I kept it hidden in the break room at work and everytime I went on break or we were really slow I would go read as much as I possibly could. I would even stay an extra hour or two after work to read even more. I began lying to my mom about my work shifts so she wouldn't get suspicious. Well, remember that girl I mentioned earlier? She was a big HP fan as well. One day I wrote her a letter and told her all about what I had read so far (she had already finished the book), but then noticied a lot of grammatical errors so instead of going back to fix them I crumpled up the letter and started again. I just basically re-wrote what I had already written, minus the errors of course. After finishing my letter, I put it into an envelope and mailed it off. Went to work, and came home to the crumpled up letter, that I had forgotten to throw away and instead left on the desk in the computer room, folded nice and neat at the foot of my bed. When I opened it, I noticed my mother and taken a red pen/highlighter to it and basically pointed out key things from the letter and wrote in the margin things like "Sinner", "Rebellion against God", "You will burn in hell if you do not repent", and so on and so forth. She then asked me where the book was and after a while I caved and told her it was at work. She then drove me there, made me get the book, and made me bring it home so we could burn it. I had to tear the book apart, burn it, and at the same time pray out loud for gods forgiveness and for his strength to overcome my addiction to witchcraft. While I was doing that I swore to myself that I would read everyone of the books if it was the last thing I ever did. Not long after that I moved in with my older brother, finished reading the 6th book, and caught up on the movies. I think by that time they were only up to the third, maybe the fourth movie. Once I graduated high school in 2006 I joined the Navy the following February. That first summer is when the 7th book was realeased. I bought it the day it came out, and read it that same week. To this day I don't think my mom knows I have read the entire series. I think maybe she thinks I got over it and never wanted to finish reading it. I too will read the series to my own children someday. If at all possible I would like to have them never come in contact with HP until they are like 10-11. Then I will read the series as slow as possible so they can grow up with it, but in a much better way then I did. I can't thank J.K. Rowling enough for writing the series. Those books were pretty much the only thing that kept me sane while living in that mad house. Well that's my story.
TLDR : Read the first four books several times, mom got worried due to religous beliefs. Made me stop reading them, but read them in secret. Got caught reading the 6th one. Mom made me burn book/pray to god for forgiveness for studying witchcraft. Finished reading the series anyway. Ususally read the series at least once, sometimes twice a year, every year since series ended.
EDIT : I apologize in advance if there are any typos. I didn't mean to type that much, and I'm too lazy to go through it all and proof read it.
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harrypotter
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t5_2qiqi
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cc15skd
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I started reading the books when I was 13-14 years old. I don't really remember, I just know that only the first four were out. A friend from school had let me borrow each book. After reading the first four as fast as I could and anxiously awaiting the DVD/VHS release of the first movie, my mom became concerned that I was obsessed. Instead of reading the books herself or trying to figure out why I thought the books were so good, she made me sit down and watch a video by Pastor John Hagee called "Harry Potter: The Re-packging of Witchcraft for America", or something like that. She made me swear that I would never read them again because that "isn't what God wants. It's evil witchcraft and the devil is trying to use it to get me to sin against God." Well...that being said, I simply started reading them in secret. I must have re-read all four books 5-6 times before the first movie came out, all while in secret. I would get home from school and lock myself in my room. If I had to leave my room, I would hide which ever book I was reading as best as I could. I would never hide it in the same spot either. Sometimes on the top shelf of my closet with stuff stacked in front, sometimes under my bed, sometimes under the pile of clothes I had lying around in my room. I did whatever it took not to get caught. For me Harry Potter was an escape. When I read those books I could forget about the shitty life I had. It was liberating. I often found myself having dreams about the Harry Potter universe. Whenever that happened I would wake up in a panic, praying that I hadn't been talking in my sleep and that my mom wouldn't find out. I watched the first two movies at a friend's house and made him and his mom swear that they wouldn't tell my mom. His mom was really confused by this, but she went along with it anyways. Then the 5th book came out two years after I first started reading. By this time I had read the books several times each year. Each time was almost like reading it for the first time, only with the difference of knowing what was going to happen. The same friend that let me borrow the books from him, let me borrow the fifth one right after he finished it. I about had a heart attack when he showed up at my house waving the book in the air screaming "Rozas8890 I have the 5th book that you wanted to borrow." He had totally forgotten I was doing this all in secret like they were some kind of dirty drug. Once again I fell into reading in private and then re-reading the entire series. By this time I was a sophmore in high school, my mom and step-dad had a real strong religous hold on me and I always felt really guilty. Between my sophmore and junior year in high school, we moved to a different town. I went to school there for a year and made a couple of friends. Nothing too major, but at the end of the year I began talking to a girl. Then my parents decided to move us again so she and I exchanged mailing addresses and began writing letters back and forth. That summer the 6th book came out. By this time I had a job working at McDowell's and the day the book was released I went and bought it. I kept it hidden in the break room at work and everytime I went on break or we were really slow I would go read as much as I possibly could. I would even stay an extra hour or two after work to read even more. I began lying to my mom about my work shifts so she wouldn't get suspicious. Well, remember that girl I mentioned earlier? She was a big HP fan as well. One day I wrote her a letter and told her all about what I had read so far (she had already finished the book), but then noticied a lot of grammatical errors so instead of going back to fix them I crumpled up the letter and started again. I just basically re-wrote what I had already written, minus the errors of course. After finishing my letter, I put it into an envelope and mailed it off. Went to work, and came home to the crumpled up letter, that I had forgotten to throw away and instead left on the desk in the computer room, folded nice and neat at the foot of my bed. When I opened it, I noticed my mother and taken a red pen/highlighter to it and basically pointed out key things from the letter and wrote in the margin things like "Sinner", "Rebellion against God", "You will burn in hell if you do not repent", and so on and so forth. She then asked me where the book was and after a while I caved and told her it was at work. She then drove me there, made me get the book, and made me bring it home so we could burn it. I had to tear the book apart, burn it, and at the same time pray out loud for gods forgiveness and for his strength to overcome my addiction to witchcraft. While I was doing that I swore to myself that I would read everyone of the books if it was the last thing I ever did. Not long after that I moved in with my older brother, finished reading the 6th book, and caught up on the movies. I think by that time they were only up to the third, maybe the fourth movie. Once I graduated high school in 2006 I joined the Navy the following February. That first summer is when the 7th book was realeased. I bought it the day it came out, and read it that same week. To this day I don't think my mom knows I have read the entire series. I think maybe she thinks I got over it and never wanted to finish reading it. I too will read the series to my own children someday. If at all possible I would like to have them never come in contact with HP until they are like 10-11. Then I will read the series as slow as possible so they can grow up with it, but in a much better way then I did. I can't thank J.K. Rowling enough for writing the series. Those books were pretty much the only thing that kept me sane while living in that mad house. Well that's my story.
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Read the first four books several times, mom got worried due to religous beliefs. Made me stop reading them, but read them in secret. Got caught reading the 6th one. Mom made me burn book/pray to god for forgiveness for studying witchcraft. Finished reading the series anyway. Ususally read the series at least once, sometimes twice a year, every year since series ended.
EDIT : I apologize in advance if there are any typos. I didn't mean to type that much, and I'm too lazy to go through it all and proof read it.
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breakingbadgers
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bioshock infinite for $19.99 is definitely worth it, and 1&2 for $4.99 is just a steal. great storyline, fantastic setting and a plethora of interesting and mostly mental characters.
combat is fairly average in terms of gunplay and enemy AI, but the addition of vigours (and tears in infinite) help to keep is fresh and entertaining, especially on high difficulties when they are more important. plus variety of enemies helps- big daddies/ handymen etc really step up the past of battles.
TL;DR. just bought all three of these games for around $60, no regrets at all.
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bioshock infinite for $19.99 is definitely worth it, and 1&2 for $4.99 is just a steal. great storyline, fantastic setting and a plethora of interesting and mostly mental characters.
combat is fairly average in terms of gunplay and enemy AI, but the addition of vigours (and tears in infinite) help to keep is fresh and entertaining, especially on high difficulties when they are more important. plus variety of enemies helps- big daddies/ handymen etc really step up the past of battles.
TL;DR. just bought all three of these games for around $60, no regrets at all.
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cc172b6
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bioshock infinite for $19.99 is definitely worth it, and 1&2 for $4.99 is just a steal. great storyline, fantastic setting and a plethora of interesting and mostly mental characters.
combat is fairly average in terms of gunplay and enemy AI, but the addition of vigours (and tears in infinite) help to keep is fresh and entertaining, especially on high difficulties when they are more important. plus variety of enemies helps- big daddies/ handymen etc really step up the past of battles.
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just bought all three of these games for around $60, no regrets at all.
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InternetPost
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Looks beautiful. I'm glad they chose this game to do the HD remake. It really was one of the best GC games. It's funny how good of a long-run decision the cell shading ended up being in spite of the backlash. I just wish I didn't have to wait until December to play this... It's been so long since I played the GC it's going to feel like a fresh experience all over again. I'm beyond excited.
TL;DR: I'm going to play the crap out of this game.
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Looks beautiful. I'm glad they chose this game to do the HD remake. It really was one of the best GC games. It's funny how good of a long-run decision the cell shading ended up being in spite of the backlash. I just wish I didn't have to wait until December to play this... It's been so long since I played the GC it's going to feel like a fresh experience all over again. I'm beyond excited.
TL;DR: I'm going to play the crap out of this game.
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wiiu
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t5_2sjnz
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cc1dtje
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Looks beautiful. I'm glad they chose this game to do the HD remake. It really was one of the best GC games. It's funny how good of a long-run decision the cell shading ended up being in spite of the backlash. I just wish I didn't have to wait until December to play this... It's been so long since I played the GC it's going to feel like a fresh experience all over again. I'm beyond excited.
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I'm going to play the crap out of this game.
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R99
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It's not hard at all. I live in a town of 2500 with 4 main stores. First, I went to Walgreens. The lady said you have to be 18. Then I went to Kwik Trip, but they were behind the counter, so I didn't bother. The other Kwik Trip was the same. So I went to Pick n Save and used self checkout.
**tl;dr**: use self checkout
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It's not hard at all. I live in a town of 2500 with 4 main stores. First, I went to Walgreens. The lady said you have to be 18. Then I went to Kwik Trip, but they were behind the counter, so I didn't bother. The other Kwik Trip was the same. So I went to Pick n Save and used self checkout.
tl;dr : use self checkout
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teenagers
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t5_2rjli
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cc1a8p6
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It's not hard at all. I live in a town of 2500 with 4 main stores. First, I went to Walgreens. The lady said you have to be 18. Then I went to Kwik Trip, but they were behind the counter, so I didn't bother. The other Kwik Trip was the same. So I went to Pick n Save and used self checkout.
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use self checkout
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vallydap
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YES! I've been waiting for an opportunity to tell this story.
At my sister's wedding, I was really nervous about reading my speech so I made the best man go first. The best man was the groom's younger brother. I was told their family isn't emotional at all and although they may be close, they never talk about feelings, etc.
So, the best man goes up and starts talking with a smile on his face. He probably only got 5 words out until he stopped mid-sentence. (I was re-reading my speech at this point, and hearing silence, I decided to look up.) The best man was sobbing. All he could blubber out was, "we used to share rooms and I miss you....coming into my room.......and.....I love you.." That whole phrase took him about 10 minutes of horrible sobbing. It was extremely awkward for everyone there.
The groom finally saved him by going up there and giving him a hug and taking away the mic. I think I have to add that no, the best man was not drunk.
My speech was a breeze after that but omg was it one of the most awkward things I've ever seen.
**tldr- best man sobs his way through the speech**
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YES! I've been waiting for an opportunity to tell this story.
At my sister's wedding, I was really nervous about reading my speech so I made the best man go first. The best man was the groom's younger brother. I was told their family isn't emotional at all and although they may be close, they never talk about feelings, etc.
So, the best man goes up and starts talking with a smile on his face. He probably only got 5 words out until he stopped mid-sentence. (I was re-reading my speech at this point, and hearing silence, I decided to look up.) The best man was sobbing. All he could blubber out was, "we used to share rooms and I miss you....coming into my room.......and.....I love you.." That whole phrase took him about 10 minutes of horrible sobbing. It was extremely awkward for everyone there.
The groom finally saved him by going up there and giving him a hug and taking away the mic. I think I have to add that no, the best man was not drunk.
My speech was a breeze after that but omg was it one of the most awkward things I've ever seen.
tldr- best man sobs his way through the speech
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AskReddit
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t5_2qh1i
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cc1af0u
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YES! I've been waiting for an opportunity to tell this story.
At my sister's wedding, I was really nervous about reading my speech so I made the best man go first. The best man was the groom's younger brother. I was told their family isn't emotional at all and although they may be close, they never talk about feelings, etc.
So, the best man goes up and starts talking with a smile on his face. He probably only got 5 words out until he stopped mid-sentence. (I was re-reading my speech at this point, and hearing silence, I decided to look up.) The best man was sobbing. All he could blubber out was, "we used to share rooms and I miss you....coming into my room.......and.....I love you.." That whole phrase took him about 10 minutes of horrible sobbing. It was extremely awkward for everyone there.
The groom finally saved him by going up there and giving him a hug and taking away the mic. I think I have to add that no, the best man was not drunk.
My speech was a breeze after that but omg was it one of the most awkward things I've ever seen.
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best man sobs his way through the speech
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Chawp
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Oregon doesn't have sales tax, but you can't just buy something as expensive as a car there and bring it back to your home in Washington/California. When you go to register that car, they find out where it's purchased and you have to pay to your state.
TL;DR it's hard to tax evade on expensive things.
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Oregon doesn't have sales tax, but you can't just buy something as expensive as a car there and bring it back to your home in Washington/California. When you go to register that car, they find out where it's purchased and you have to pay to your state.
TL;DR it's hard to tax evade on expensive things.
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mildlyinteresting
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t5_2ti4h
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cc1fdps
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Oregon doesn't have sales tax, but you can't just buy something as expensive as a car there and bring it back to your home in Washington/California. When you go to register that car, they find out where it's purchased and you have to pay to your state.
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it's hard to tax evade on expensive things.
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xIIPuppetIIx
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Hmm. How to explain.
Its a way for an organization (or individual) to better its community. They can "adopt" a road which they then help maintain. They can do landscaping and things like that. I dont believe they can make additions to it like adding a median or painting the lines anything but the legal colors. But helping pay for repaving or painting is fine. In return, You get a pretty blue sign on the road. :]
TLDR Its a service to your community.
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Hmm. How to explain.
Its a way for an organization (or individual) to better its community. They can "adopt" a road which they then help maintain. They can do landscaping and things like that. I dont believe they can make additions to it like adding a median or painting the lines anything but the legal colors. But helping pay for repaving or painting is fine. In return, You get a pretty blue sign on the road. :]
TLDR Its a service to your community.
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mildlyinteresting
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t5_2ti4h
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cc1dxmo
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Hmm. How to explain.
Its a way for an organization (or individual) to better its community. They can "adopt" a road which they then help maintain. They can do landscaping and things like that. I dont believe they can make additions to it like adding a median or painting the lines anything but the legal colors. But helping pay for repaving or painting is fine. In return, You get a pretty blue sign on the road. :]
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Its a service to your community.
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greghatch
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Reposting my comment from the original thread below.
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I know everyone is angry about these tragedies, but this "eye for an eye" shit has got to stop.
He was deemed too dangerous for society and we exiled him. He took his own life of his own choice. The idea that "justice wasn't served" is pretty tragic one, as the only thing we get out of out hatred for violent criminals is a darker heart.
Let it be over, let him go. We hate people along with the things they do - and we are all a little more hateful as a result.
We can change.
We can be kinder.
We can be more understanding.
We can teach our children what it means to exile a dangerous person without seeking revenge.
We can be people that prevent suffering.
We do not prevent crime by punishing "evil doers," we prevent crime by identifying criminals that carry with them an unacceptable risk of violence or harm to others and exiling them with humility and our sincere apologies that our society is forced to resort to this option.
Ask yourself, if these kids answered the question "What should happen to the man who did this to you?" with "Just don't hurt him, too." or something to that effect, would we care?
We should ask ourselves why we seek revenge, and then determine if we are really getting the peace of mind we crave from an action we loathe under normal circumstances.
Lets stop state mandated suffering. Lets stop hurting people. Lets show people what kindness is. Lets exile high risk criminals when needed and show empathy for whatever brought them to commit such a horrible crime.
Lets take responsibility as a society for how this person was brought to be in this position. Lets banish these abhorrent persons with grace and professional demeanor.
Lets convict in order to improve the public good by removing what amounts to an unacceptable cancer. At the same time, lets not wish harm to come to anyone for any reason - no closure is worth additional suffering. Lets stop making people suffer for any reason and treat harmful people as a real problem. Lets remove them and give them a reasonable and humane living setting at a low cost - certainly can't cost more than the $77,000 per prisoner per year number I saw.
The pragmatic approach is complicated, but I'd be happy if we all just stopped hating people so much - even when they do terrible things.
There is data on both sides of this and a reasonable section of criminal psychologists that attest that closure is a shallow and heuristic approach to a complicated problem.
TL;DR - Lets stop making criminals suffer and treat them as risk factors to be exiled. A humble approach to criminal justice aimed at rehabilitation will go a long way towards helping the people OUTSIDE of prison escape the need for revenge and closure while diminishing the natural response of hatred felt towards the ones that would do the unspeakable. Lets overcome our desire to hurt those who hurt us.
End the cycle.
EDIT: phrasing and spacing
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Reposting my comment from the original thread below.
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I know everyone is angry about these tragedies, but this "eye for an eye" shit has got to stop.
He was deemed too dangerous for society and we exiled him. He took his own life of his own choice. The idea that "justice wasn't served" is pretty tragic one, as the only thing we get out of out hatred for violent criminals is a darker heart.
Let it be over, let him go. We hate people along with the things they do - and we are all a little more hateful as a result.
We can change.
We can be kinder.
We can be more understanding.
We can teach our children what it means to exile a dangerous person without seeking revenge.
We can be people that prevent suffering.
We do not prevent crime by punishing "evil doers," we prevent crime by identifying criminals that carry with them an unacceptable risk of violence or harm to others and exiling them with humility and our sincere apologies that our society is forced to resort to this option.
Ask yourself, if these kids answered the question "What should happen to the man who did this to you?" with "Just don't hurt him, too." or something to that effect, would we care?
We should ask ourselves why we seek revenge, and then determine if we are really getting the peace of mind we crave from an action we loathe under normal circumstances.
Lets stop state mandated suffering. Lets stop hurting people. Lets show people what kindness is. Lets exile high risk criminals when needed and show empathy for whatever brought them to commit such a horrible crime.
Lets take responsibility as a society for how this person was brought to be in this position. Lets banish these abhorrent persons with grace and professional demeanor.
Lets convict in order to improve the public good by removing what amounts to an unacceptable cancer. At the same time, lets not wish harm to come to anyone for any reason - no closure is worth additional suffering. Lets stop making people suffer for any reason and treat harmful people as a real problem. Lets remove them and give them a reasonable and humane living setting at a low cost - certainly can't cost more than the $77,000 per prisoner per year number I saw.
The pragmatic approach is complicated, but I'd be happy if we all just stopped hating people so much - even when they do terrible things.
There is data on both sides of this and a reasonable section of criminal psychologists that attest that closure is a shallow and heuristic approach to a complicated problem.
TL;DR - Lets stop making criminals suffer and treat them as risk factors to be exiled. A humble approach to criminal justice aimed at rehabilitation will go a long way towards helping the people OUTSIDE of prison escape the need for revenge and closure while diminishing the natural response of hatred felt towards the ones that would do the unspeakable. Lets overcome our desire to hurt those who hurt us.
End the cycle.
EDIT: phrasing and spacing
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AskReddit
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t5_2qh1i
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cc1fsmm
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Reposting my comment from the original thread below.
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I know everyone is angry about these tragedies, but this "eye for an eye" shit has got to stop.
He was deemed too dangerous for society and we exiled him. He took his own life of his own choice. The idea that "justice wasn't served" is pretty tragic one, as the only thing we get out of out hatred for violent criminals is a darker heart.
Let it be over, let him go. We hate people along with the things they do - and we are all a little more hateful as a result.
We can change.
We can be kinder.
We can be more understanding.
We can teach our children what it means to exile a dangerous person without seeking revenge.
We can be people that prevent suffering.
We do not prevent crime by punishing "evil doers," we prevent crime by identifying criminals that carry with them an unacceptable risk of violence or harm to others and exiling them with humility and our sincere apologies that our society is forced to resort to this option.
Ask yourself, if these kids answered the question "What should happen to the man who did this to you?" with "Just don't hurt him, too." or something to that effect, would we care?
We should ask ourselves why we seek revenge, and then determine if we are really getting the peace of mind we crave from an action we loathe under normal circumstances.
Lets stop state mandated suffering. Lets stop hurting people. Lets show people what kindness is. Lets exile high risk criminals when needed and show empathy for whatever brought them to commit such a horrible crime.
Lets take responsibility as a society for how this person was brought to be in this position. Lets banish these abhorrent persons with grace and professional demeanor.
Lets convict in order to improve the public good by removing what amounts to an unacceptable cancer. At the same time, lets not wish harm to come to anyone for any reason - no closure is worth additional suffering. Lets stop making people suffer for any reason and treat harmful people as a real problem. Lets remove them and give them a reasonable and humane living setting at a low cost - certainly can't cost more than the $77,000 per prisoner per year number I saw.
The pragmatic approach is complicated, but I'd be happy if we all just stopped hating people so much - even when they do terrible things.
There is data on both sides of this and a reasonable section of criminal psychologists that attest that closure is a shallow and heuristic approach to a complicated problem.
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Lets stop making criminals suffer and treat them as risk factors to be exiled. A humble approach to criminal justice aimed at rehabilitation will go a long way towards helping the people OUTSIDE of prison escape the need for revenge and closure while diminishing the natural response of hatred felt towards the ones that would do the unspeakable. Lets overcome our desire to hurt those who hurt us.
End the cycle.
EDIT: phrasing and spacing
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rugtoad
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Retributive justice is considered distinct from revenge, in that it is designed to work aside from the victims and society's feelings.
Of course, you can't remove the human factor from any justice system, but we do our best.
But anyway, the theory behind it is that it absolutely *does* help society. It helps to fulfill a basic human need, The need for justice, and it does so in a controlled manner thereby limiting the incidence of "street justice".
Additionally, retributive justice helps to fulfill the "deterrence" purpose of our penal system. Understanding that society sees criminal action as taking out a debt against society is likely to make some people reconsider whether or not they want to pay that debt. It puts a value on their actions, and forces them to consider that value (at least, in some regards, it should).
Castro owed a debt, and he has not payed it in the manner which was prescribed to him. He was not supposed to be in control of his fate, he was in debt to society. But there's only so much freedom you can take, I suppose.
TL;DR: You're trivializing an incredibly important facet of Justice.
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Retributive justice is considered distinct from revenge, in that it is designed to work aside from the victims and society's feelings.
Of course, you can't remove the human factor from any justice system, but we do our best.
But anyway, the theory behind it is that it absolutely does help society. It helps to fulfill a basic human need, The need for justice, and it does so in a controlled manner thereby limiting the incidence of "street justice".
Additionally, retributive justice helps to fulfill the "deterrence" purpose of our penal system. Understanding that society sees criminal action as taking out a debt against society is likely to make some people reconsider whether or not they want to pay that debt. It puts a value on their actions, and forces them to consider that value (at least, in some regards, it should).
Castro owed a debt, and he has not payed it in the manner which was prescribed to him. He was not supposed to be in control of his fate, he was in debt to society. But there's only so much freedom you can take, I suppose.
TL;DR: You're trivializing an incredibly important facet of Justice.
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AskReddit
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t5_2qh1i
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cc1hx63
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Retributive justice is considered distinct from revenge, in that it is designed to work aside from the victims and society's feelings.
Of course, you can't remove the human factor from any justice system, but we do our best.
But anyway, the theory behind it is that it absolutely does help society. It helps to fulfill a basic human need, The need for justice, and it does so in a controlled manner thereby limiting the incidence of "street justice".
Additionally, retributive justice helps to fulfill the "deterrence" purpose of our penal system. Understanding that society sees criminal action as taking out a debt against society is likely to make some people reconsider whether or not they want to pay that debt. It puts a value on their actions, and forces them to consider that value (at least, in some regards, it should).
Castro owed a debt, and he has not payed it in the manner which was prescribed to him. He was not supposed to be in control of his fate, he was in debt to society. But there's only so much freedom you can take, I suppose.
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You're trivializing an incredibly important facet of Justice.
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absurdamerica
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Except most of the states with the highest rates of unintended pregnancy tend to be red states.
tl;dr: You're wrong.
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Except most of the states with the highest rates of unintended pregnancy tend to be red states.
tl;dr: You're wrong.
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self
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t5_2qh96
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cc1seb5
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Except most of the states with the highest rates of unintended pregnancy tend to be red states.
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You're wrong.
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melangechurro
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He's an asshole, no questions asked there, and even though I love Dilbert, his comic is no excuse for how much of a dick HE is about parody and unlicensed use.
What I meant to say, though, was that if he could get away with it, I wouldn't be suprised if he tried publishing a dick joke.
tl;dr: fan of Dilbert, not dilberts creator
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He's an asshole, no questions asked there, and even though I love Dilbert, his comic is no excuse for how much of a dick HE is about parody and unlicensed use.
What I meant to say, though, was that if he could get away with it, I wouldn't be suprised if he tried publishing a dick joke.
tl;dr: fan of Dilbert, not dilberts creator
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talesfromtechsupport
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t5_2sfg5
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cc3uvj5
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He's an asshole, no questions asked there, and even though I love Dilbert, his comic is no excuse for how much of a dick HE is about parody and unlicensed use.
What I meant to say, though, was that if he could get away with it, I wouldn't be suprised if he tried publishing a dick joke.
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fan of Dilbert, not dilberts creator
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kathartik
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that's absolutely what the cause of this was. especially when they started talking about oligopolies, because that's what's going on here and that's what they're (justifiably) being accused of.
I'm really glad that I missed their entire campaign of ignorance since I don't have cable/satellite TV, and I don't listen to the radio, but I've been doing whatever I can to get away from big Telcom. I've got my internet on an indie (Teksavvy) and I'll be switching my phone away from Rogers to Wind as soon as my contract allows. I would have done it a few years ago, but they tricked and manipulated my wife and I using what was probably illegal tactics to get us on a new contract back in 2011. (the story being that my wife called to ask - just ask, nothing more - if there was any way to lower our bill because I was on a long term hospital stay. they changed the account without my say so since it's my name on the account and put us on a new 3 year contract and they weren't even going to give us new handsets. we had to fight for those alone, and no one at the company or the government seemed to care what they were doing.
TL;DR - fuck Rogers right in the ear.
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that's absolutely what the cause of this was. especially when they started talking about oligopolies, because that's what's going on here and that's what they're (justifiably) being accused of.
I'm really glad that I missed their entire campaign of ignorance since I don't have cable/satellite TV, and I don't listen to the radio, but I've been doing whatever I can to get away from big Telcom. I've got my internet on an indie (Teksavvy) and I'll be switching my phone away from Rogers to Wind as soon as my contract allows. I would have done it a few years ago, but they tricked and manipulated my wife and I using what was probably illegal tactics to get us on a new contract back in 2011. (the story being that my wife called to ask - just ask, nothing more - if there was any way to lower our bill because I was on a long term hospital stay. they changed the account without my say so since it's my name on the account and put us on a new 3 year contract and they weren't even going to give us new handsets. we had to fight for those alone, and no one at the company or the government seemed to care what they were doing.
TL;DR - fuck Rogers right in the ear.
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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cc2616v
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that's absolutely what the cause of this was. especially when they started talking about oligopolies, because that's what's going on here and that's what they're (justifiably) being accused of.
I'm really glad that I missed their entire campaign of ignorance since I don't have cable/satellite TV, and I don't listen to the radio, but I've been doing whatever I can to get away from big Telcom. I've got my internet on an indie (Teksavvy) and I'll be switching my phone away from Rogers to Wind as soon as my contract allows. I would have done it a few years ago, but they tricked and manipulated my wife and I using what was probably illegal tactics to get us on a new contract back in 2011. (the story being that my wife called to ask - just ask, nothing more - if there was any way to lower our bill because I was on a long term hospital stay. they changed the account without my say so since it's my name on the account and put us on a new 3 year contract and they weren't even going to give us new handsets. we had to fight for those alone, and no one at the company or the government seemed to care what they were doing.
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fuck Rogers right in the ear.
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hawkfeathers
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Here's my opinion, and keep in mind it's just my opinion. I've been in two different types of poly relationships, one in which my partner and I mutually dated another woman, and the other where we were just open. I also have a number of poly friends of all sorts.
When my partner (now ex, for what it's worth) brought up polyamory, I was game. I personally hadn't really desired it, but we had tons of poly friends and it seemed like a fine idea. I'm very open minded in general, and she was a very sexual person. I was starting from a better emotional place than you. Despite that, I felt the drop very quickly. The mutual triad was alright, I enjoyed it, but didn't like the particular girl we dated. The open relationship was a consensual nightmare.
At first, I tried to be supportive. Poly was clearly something that was a fundamental trait of my partner. And I'm massively open minded, right? Totally accepting? And I love her more than life itself? So I stuck with it. Even though I was realising this type of poly wasn't how I was wired, I continued to fully support her. Over time, my jealousy became this big green monster living inside my skin that I had no control over. Even when I restrained my pain, I felt like I was melting inside. But because I wanted to be accepting, I never said anything, so she continued to unintentionally walk all over me. She thought I was happy to pick her up from lovers' houses at 4am, that I was a content listening ear when she ranted about a drug-fuelled night at another lover's house. I was dying inside, and it was my fault because I never told her how I felt.
The situation wasn't right for me, and no amount of forcing myself into it made it right. It just made everyone unhappy.
I've been witnessing a similar situation with some friends of mine, happening now. A married couple have agreed to a polyamorous relationship. My friend is the poly boyfriend. Both the wife and boyfriend are loving it. This is clearly for them, they've struck a great balance, and this situation is stimulating an important part of their identities. However, in the background, the husband is melting. He hasn't found an extramarital partner, largely because he isn't interested in one, but he hasn't had the courage to tell his wife that. His desire to support her has overridden his own happiness. After spending a night at their house, I found him in the living room, rocking, deeply unhappy. He explained to me that every night, he slowly freaks out from anxiety and jealousy over the situation - but he swore me to secrecy. He refuses to allow his wife to know. Like me, he's unhappy because he's too scared to be honest with himself.
Whatever you do, don't allow your desire to love and support her override what is best for you. If you know you're not going to happy with polyamory, don't do it. You need to be good to you first and foremost. No amount of wishful thinking will change you anymore than it could change her. You both are who you are.
**TL/DR:** If you aren't poly, you aren't poly. Don't torture yourself in an unhappy relationship simply because you want to love and respect someone.
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Here's my opinion, and keep in mind it's just my opinion. I've been in two different types of poly relationships, one in which my partner and I mutually dated another woman, and the other where we were just open. I also have a number of poly friends of all sorts.
When my partner (now ex, for what it's worth) brought up polyamory, I was game. I personally hadn't really desired it, but we had tons of poly friends and it seemed like a fine idea. I'm very open minded in general, and she was a very sexual person. I was starting from a better emotional place than you. Despite that, I felt the drop very quickly. The mutual triad was alright, I enjoyed it, but didn't like the particular girl we dated. The open relationship was a consensual nightmare.
At first, I tried to be supportive. Poly was clearly something that was a fundamental trait of my partner. And I'm massively open minded, right? Totally accepting? And I love her more than life itself? So I stuck with it. Even though I was realising this type of poly wasn't how I was wired, I continued to fully support her. Over time, my jealousy became this big green monster living inside my skin that I had no control over. Even when I restrained my pain, I felt like I was melting inside. But because I wanted to be accepting, I never said anything, so she continued to unintentionally walk all over me. She thought I was happy to pick her up from lovers' houses at 4am, that I was a content listening ear when she ranted about a drug-fuelled night at another lover's house. I was dying inside, and it was my fault because I never told her how I felt.
The situation wasn't right for me, and no amount of forcing myself into it made it right. It just made everyone unhappy.
I've been witnessing a similar situation with some friends of mine, happening now. A married couple have agreed to a polyamorous relationship. My friend is the poly boyfriend. Both the wife and boyfriend are loving it. This is clearly for them, they've struck a great balance, and this situation is stimulating an important part of their identities. However, in the background, the husband is melting. He hasn't found an extramarital partner, largely because he isn't interested in one, but he hasn't had the courage to tell his wife that. His desire to support her has overridden his own happiness. After spending a night at their house, I found him in the living room, rocking, deeply unhappy. He explained to me that every night, he slowly freaks out from anxiety and jealousy over the situation - but he swore me to secrecy. He refuses to allow his wife to know. Like me, he's unhappy because he's too scared to be honest with himself.
Whatever you do, don't allow your desire to love and support her override what is best for you. If you know you're not going to happy with polyamory, don't do it. You need to be good to you first and foremost. No amount of wishful thinking will change you anymore than it could change her. You both are who you are.
TL/DR: If you aren't poly, you aren't poly. Don't torture yourself in an unhappy relationship simply because you want to love and respect someone.
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actuallesbians
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t5_2rch0
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cc27gss
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Here's my opinion, and keep in mind it's just my opinion. I've been in two different types of poly relationships, one in which my partner and I mutually dated another woman, and the other where we were just open. I also have a number of poly friends of all sorts.
When my partner (now ex, for what it's worth) brought up polyamory, I was game. I personally hadn't really desired it, but we had tons of poly friends and it seemed like a fine idea. I'm very open minded in general, and she was a very sexual person. I was starting from a better emotional place than you. Despite that, I felt the drop very quickly. The mutual triad was alright, I enjoyed it, but didn't like the particular girl we dated. The open relationship was a consensual nightmare.
At first, I tried to be supportive. Poly was clearly something that was a fundamental trait of my partner. And I'm massively open minded, right? Totally accepting? And I love her more than life itself? So I stuck with it. Even though I was realising this type of poly wasn't how I was wired, I continued to fully support her. Over time, my jealousy became this big green monster living inside my skin that I had no control over. Even when I restrained my pain, I felt like I was melting inside. But because I wanted to be accepting, I never said anything, so she continued to unintentionally walk all over me. She thought I was happy to pick her up from lovers' houses at 4am, that I was a content listening ear when she ranted about a drug-fuelled night at another lover's house. I was dying inside, and it was my fault because I never told her how I felt.
The situation wasn't right for me, and no amount of forcing myself into it made it right. It just made everyone unhappy.
I've been witnessing a similar situation with some friends of mine, happening now. A married couple have agreed to a polyamorous relationship. My friend is the poly boyfriend. Both the wife and boyfriend are loving it. This is clearly for them, they've struck a great balance, and this situation is stimulating an important part of their identities. However, in the background, the husband is melting. He hasn't found an extramarital partner, largely because he isn't interested in one, but he hasn't had the courage to tell his wife that. His desire to support her has overridden his own happiness. After spending a night at their house, I found him in the living room, rocking, deeply unhappy. He explained to me that every night, he slowly freaks out from anxiety and jealousy over the situation - but he swore me to secrecy. He refuses to allow his wife to know. Like me, he's unhappy because he's too scared to be honest with himself.
Whatever you do, don't allow your desire to love and support her override what is best for you. If you know you're not going to happy with polyamory, don't do it. You need to be good to you first and foremost. No amount of wishful thinking will change you anymore than it could change her. You both are who you are.
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If you aren't poly, you aren't poly. Don't torture yourself in an unhappy relationship simply because you want to love and respect someone.
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M_Binks
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At my local station in Ontario the difference is 12% today between regular and premium. Regular is $1.286/L ($4.868/US Gallon) while premium is $1.440/L ($5.451/US Gallons). The price of regular here is slightly below the current provincial average of $1.319/L.
From the sounds of some of the numbers above, US gas is typically around 40% cheaper than Ontario gas, which would put it in a ballpark of $0.864/L for "premium".
If we convert your price to litres, it'd be £1.400/L or, in Canadian funds, $2.290/L.
It's hard to compare gas prices directly. There's apparently [more octane in most UK fuels]( though with all the specific automotive brands a clear consensus is hard to come by.
From what I can tell, 98 RON is a reasonably typical UK example of octane level; whereas in Canada most "regular" gas is around 91 or 92 RON. Canadian "premium" gas will get higher, somewhere as high as 100-102 RON.
TL;DR: It looks like UK "regular" gas is more directly comparable to US/Canadian "premium" unleaded gas, if we factor in octane levels. It's still expensive though.
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At my local station in Ontario the difference is 12% today between regular and premium. Regular is $1.286/L ($4.868/US Gallon) while premium is $1.440/L ($5.451/US Gallons). The price of regular here is slightly below the current provincial average of $1.319/L.
From the sounds of some of the numbers above, US gas is typically around 40% cheaper than Ontario gas, which would put it in a ballpark of $0.864/L for "premium".
If we convert your price to litres, it'd be £1.400/L or, in Canadian funds, $2.290/L.
It's hard to compare gas prices directly. There's apparently [more octane in most UK fuels]( though with all the specific automotive brands a clear consensus is hard to come by.
From what I can tell, 98 RON is a reasonably typical UK example of octane level; whereas in Canada most "regular" gas is around 91 or 92 RON. Canadian "premium" gas will get higher, somewhere as high as 100-102 RON.
TL;DR: It looks like UK "regular" gas is more directly comparable to US/Canadian "premium" unleaded gas, if we factor in octane levels. It's still expensive though.
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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cc2gynk
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At my local station in Ontario the difference is 12% today between regular and premium. Regular is $1.286/L ($4.868/US Gallon) while premium is $1.440/L ($5.451/US Gallons). The price of regular here is slightly below the current provincial average of $1.319/L.
From the sounds of some of the numbers above, US gas is typically around 40% cheaper than Ontario gas, which would put it in a ballpark of $0.864/L for "premium".
If we convert your price to litres, it'd be £1.400/L or, in Canadian funds, $2.290/L.
It's hard to compare gas prices directly. There's apparently [more octane in most UK fuels]( though with all the specific automotive brands a clear consensus is hard to come by.
From what I can tell, 98 RON is a reasonably typical UK example of octane level; whereas in Canada most "regular" gas is around 91 or 92 RON. Canadian "premium" gas will get higher, somewhere as high as 100-102 RON.
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It looks like UK "regular" gas is more directly comparable to US/Canadian "premium" unleaded gas, if we factor in octane levels. It's still expensive though.
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emergent_properties
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A company is limited by their Privacy Policy? Lol.. They **set the terms of their privacy policy**.
And TOS can change without notice at any time. They **set those terms too**.
Paying for it means jack shit as well.
If -you- can use the search to find an email, it means they have already scanned your email.
tldr: A Privacy Policy or Terms of Service hasn't stopped a company from doing what they want, ever.
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A company is limited by their Privacy Policy? Lol.. They set the terms of their privacy policy .
And TOS can change without notice at any time. They set those terms too .
Paying for it means jack shit as well.
If -you- can use the search to find an email, it means they have already scanned your email.
tldr: A Privacy Policy or Terms of Service hasn't stopped a company from doing what they want, ever.
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cc2ad8v
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A company is limited by their Privacy Policy? Lol.. They set the terms of their privacy policy .
And TOS can change without notice at any time. They set those terms too .
Paying for it means jack shit as well.
If -you- can use the search to find an email, it means they have already scanned your email.
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A Privacy Policy or Terms of Service hasn't stopped a company from doing what they want, ever.
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greyhoundLocker
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Interesting. I have never read this autobiography before, so I certainly can't claim to be any sort of expert on this. [Here]( is what claims to be the full text.
A couple of first impressions:
1) Hancock was born April 1834, and Smith died June 1844. That would mean young Mosiah had just turned 10 years old at the time of this encounter with Smith in his family's carpentry shop (assuming it was just prior to Smith leaving for his arrest in Carthage).
2) Snowflake, AZ was settled in 1878, which would mean inclusion of that name in his autobiography would have come after that time (he was 44 years old when the entry was penned, at minimum). Joseph would have been pointing towards a blank spot on the map circa 1843-44 when the story allegedly transpired, as no "Snowflake AZ" existed at the time.
3) The story of "democrats vs. republicans" and "dividing the country" sounds remarkably like events which transpired during the Civil War, minus the parts about warring in foreign lands, and Helaman's Warriors saving the day.
This would lead me to believe that much of this autobiography is going to be fond recollections from a life-long adherent to TSCC. A little revisionist history and "sweetening" of the prophecies is probably to be expected.
I don't know about you, but I can't remember *shit* from when I was 10 years old. Lots of random flashes of 4th grade classrooms... I remember we put on a haunted house and charged people a quarter to enter... but not a whole lot of other details. Forget about a story as detailed as the one Mr. Hancock relates. Did he keep a detailed journal as a 10-year-old? Props to him if he did.
I assume this is referring to the White Horse prophecy, with the reference to "hanging by a hair". I admittedly know very little on the subject, so these are just first impressions, without deeper research. I'm sure people much more knowledgeable than I can weigh in to provide more info.
**TL;DR:** Ignore me, I'm just rambling. ;-)
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Interesting. I have never read this autobiography before, so I certainly can't claim to be any sort of expert on this. [Here]( is what claims to be the full text.
A couple of first impressions:
1) Hancock was born April 1834, and Smith died June 1844. That would mean young Mosiah had just turned 10 years old at the time of this encounter with Smith in his family's carpentry shop (assuming it was just prior to Smith leaving for his arrest in Carthage).
2) Snowflake, AZ was settled in 1878, which would mean inclusion of that name in his autobiography would have come after that time (he was 44 years old when the entry was penned, at minimum). Joseph would have been pointing towards a blank spot on the map circa 1843-44 when the story allegedly transpired, as no "Snowflake AZ" existed at the time.
3) The story of "democrats vs. republicans" and "dividing the country" sounds remarkably like events which transpired during the Civil War, minus the parts about warring in foreign lands, and Helaman's Warriors saving the day.
This would lead me to believe that much of this autobiography is going to be fond recollections from a life-long adherent to TSCC. A little revisionist history and "sweetening" of the prophecies is probably to be expected.
I don't know about you, but I can't remember shit from when I was 10 years old. Lots of random flashes of 4th grade classrooms... I remember we put on a haunted house and charged people a quarter to enter... but not a whole lot of other details. Forget about a story as detailed as the one Mr. Hancock relates. Did he keep a detailed journal as a 10-year-old? Props to him if he did.
I assume this is referring to the White Horse prophecy, with the reference to "hanging by a hair". I admittedly know very little on the subject, so these are just first impressions, without deeper research. I'm sure people much more knowledgeable than I can weigh in to provide more info.
TL;DR: Ignore me, I'm just rambling. ;-)
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exmormon
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t5_2r0gj
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cc2rn0p
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Interesting. I have never read this autobiography before, so I certainly can't claim to be any sort of expert on this. [Here]( is what claims to be the full text.
A couple of first impressions:
1) Hancock was born April 1834, and Smith died June 1844. That would mean young Mosiah had just turned 10 years old at the time of this encounter with Smith in his family's carpentry shop (assuming it was just prior to Smith leaving for his arrest in Carthage).
2) Snowflake, AZ was settled in 1878, which would mean inclusion of that name in his autobiography would have come after that time (he was 44 years old when the entry was penned, at minimum). Joseph would have been pointing towards a blank spot on the map circa 1843-44 when the story allegedly transpired, as no "Snowflake AZ" existed at the time.
3) The story of "democrats vs. republicans" and "dividing the country" sounds remarkably like events which transpired during the Civil War, minus the parts about warring in foreign lands, and Helaman's Warriors saving the day.
This would lead me to believe that much of this autobiography is going to be fond recollections from a life-long adherent to TSCC. A little revisionist history and "sweetening" of the prophecies is probably to be expected.
I don't know about you, but I can't remember shit from when I was 10 years old. Lots of random flashes of 4th grade classrooms... I remember we put on a haunted house and charged people a quarter to enter... but not a whole lot of other details. Forget about a story as detailed as the one Mr. Hancock relates. Did he keep a detailed journal as a 10-year-old? Props to him if he did.
I assume this is referring to the White Horse prophecy, with the reference to "hanging by a hair". I admittedly know very little on the subject, so these are just first impressions, without deeper research. I'm sure people much more knowledgeable than I can weigh in to provide more info.
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Ignore me, I'm just rambling. ;-)
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itsme10082005
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Just to be clear, you're essential argument is that because it isn't a human yet, we should be able to kill it. Correct? I'm assuming that argument is based on the fact that as a "non-human" it can't feel, has no nerve activity, and if removed from the mother(life support), it will die. So basically anyone being kept alive by life support that shows no signs of nerve activity or pain response should be killed too, right?
Frankly, I don't care whether women have abortions or not. I believe if they do, they should follow the law that is in place. I also believe that if they do, they shouldn't hide behind some bullshit excuse that it isn't alive yet so it's ok. It's murder. Period. There's no getting around it. You are robbing that fetus of a chance to live.
I understand the need for abortions to be legal. Rape, harm to mother, etc. they are all very valid reasons to have an abortion. I for one will never judge a woman who has gotten an abortion for any of those reasons. However, while I fully believe it is the woman's choice to get that abortion, if I meet a woman who got an abortion because she became pregnant from choices that she made willingly, I will think less of her. That's not saying I don't believe she should be able to get it, but I believe that if she does get it, I have the right to think less of her.
TL;DR - Abortion is murder. Sorry, but it's true. The victim may not feel it, or even know it's happened, but it's true. Having said that, it's not my place to pass laws on it, but if you get an abortion because you made bad choices WILLINGLY, then I will think less of you.
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Just to be clear, you're essential argument is that because it isn't a human yet, we should be able to kill it. Correct? I'm assuming that argument is based on the fact that as a "non-human" it can't feel, has no nerve activity, and if removed from the mother(life support), it will die. So basically anyone being kept alive by life support that shows no signs of nerve activity or pain response should be killed too, right?
Frankly, I don't care whether women have abortions or not. I believe if they do, they should follow the law that is in place. I also believe that if they do, they shouldn't hide behind some bullshit excuse that it isn't alive yet so it's ok. It's murder. Period. There's no getting around it. You are robbing that fetus of a chance to live.
I understand the need for abortions to be legal. Rape, harm to mother, etc. they are all very valid reasons to have an abortion. I for one will never judge a woman who has gotten an abortion for any of those reasons. However, while I fully believe it is the woman's choice to get that abortion, if I meet a woman who got an abortion because she became pregnant from choices that she made willingly, I will think less of her. That's not saying I don't believe she should be able to get it, but I believe that if she does get it, I have the right to think less of her.
TL;DR - Abortion is murder. Sorry, but it's true. The victim may not feel it, or even know it's happened, but it's true. Having said that, it's not my place to pass laws on it, but if you get an abortion because you made bad choices WILLINGLY, then I will think less of you.
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bestof
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t5_2qh3v
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cc4v376
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Just to be clear, you're essential argument is that because it isn't a human yet, we should be able to kill it. Correct? I'm assuming that argument is based on the fact that as a "non-human" it can't feel, has no nerve activity, and if removed from the mother(life support), it will die. So basically anyone being kept alive by life support that shows no signs of nerve activity or pain response should be killed too, right?
Frankly, I don't care whether women have abortions or not. I believe if they do, they should follow the law that is in place. I also believe that if they do, they shouldn't hide behind some bullshit excuse that it isn't alive yet so it's ok. It's murder. Period. There's no getting around it. You are robbing that fetus of a chance to live.
I understand the need for abortions to be legal. Rape, harm to mother, etc. they are all very valid reasons to have an abortion. I for one will never judge a woman who has gotten an abortion for any of those reasons. However, while I fully believe it is the woman's choice to get that abortion, if I meet a woman who got an abortion because she became pregnant from choices that she made willingly, I will think less of her. That's not saying I don't believe she should be able to get it, but I believe that if she does get it, I have the right to think less of her.
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Abortion is murder. Sorry, but it's true. The victim may not feel it, or even know it's happened, but it's true. Having said that, it's not my place to pass laws on it, but if you get an abortion because you made bad choices WILLINGLY, then I will think less of you.
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Futsushi
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From my experience -10 years married and we are not sexless (not trying to be an ass, just answering the question).
There sounds like a ton of stuff going on here, that we don't know shit about (and it really doesn't matter) so...
My advice is to work on yourself. If your wife doesn't want you, there is a reason for it. Get to the gym, learn some new hobbies, enjoy the time with the kids and don't focus on her. It can go two ways, 1. your wife changes her attitude once she sees that you are becoming a better man or 2. she doesn't change and the marriage end. If number 2 happens you will have spent the time becoming a better you, bonding with your kids and be in a healthy position to move on.
TL;DR: work on yourself, become a better man/father, then you will be in a position to make a better judgement of your own future and lead your family.
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From my experience -10 years married and we are not sexless (not trying to be an ass, just answering the question).
There sounds like a ton of stuff going on here, that we don't know shit about (and it really doesn't matter) so...
My advice is to work on yourself. If your wife doesn't want you, there is a reason for it. Get to the gym, learn some new hobbies, enjoy the time with the kids and don't focus on her. It can go two ways, 1. your wife changes her attitude once she sees that you are becoming a better man or 2. she doesn't change and the marriage end. If number 2 happens you will have spent the time becoming a better you, bonding with your kids and be in a healthy position to move on.
TL;DR: work on yourself, become a better man/father, then you will be in a position to make a better judgement of your own future and lead your family.
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relationship_advice
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t5_2r0cn
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cc2t1nf
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From my experience -10 years married and we are not sexless (not trying to be an ass, just answering the question).
There sounds like a ton of stuff going on here, that we don't know shit about (and it really doesn't matter) so...
My advice is to work on yourself. If your wife doesn't want you, there is a reason for it. Get to the gym, learn some new hobbies, enjoy the time with the kids and don't focus on her. It can go two ways, 1. your wife changes her attitude once she sees that you are becoming a better man or 2. she doesn't change and the marriage end. If number 2 happens you will have spent the time becoming a better you, bonding with your kids and be in a healthy position to move on.
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work on yourself, become a better man/father, then you will be in a position to make a better judgement of your own future and lead your family.
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AdvanceRatio
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Thanks for this. Right now, I've pretty much accepted that this was an unusual case, and this suggestion was mostly a result of months of minor frustrations bubbling over all at once.
I suppose it was just a case of me being concerned that no action was being taken towards pretty blatant posts I thought I reported. Following some experimentation today, I discovered that pressing the report button on my phone is doing exactly nothing.
tl;dr: Keep up the good work. Next time I go police mode, I'll make sure to do it on a real computer.
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Thanks for this. Right now, I've pretty much accepted that this was an unusual case, and this suggestion was mostly a result of months of minor frustrations bubbling over all at once.
I suppose it was just a case of me being concerned that no action was being taken towards pretty blatant posts I thought I reported. Following some experimentation today, I discovered that pressing the report button on my phone is doing exactly nothing.
tl;dr: Keep up the good work. Next time I go police mode, I'll make sure to do it on a real computer.
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MetaAnime
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t5_2ujin
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cc3f897
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Thanks for this. Right now, I've pretty much accepted that this was an unusual case, and this suggestion was mostly a result of months of minor frustrations bubbling over all at once.
I suppose it was just a case of me being concerned that no action was being taken towards pretty blatant posts I thought I reported. Following some experimentation today, I discovered that pressing the report button on my phone is doing exactly nothing.
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Keep up the good work. Next time I go police mode, I'll make sure to do it on a real computer.
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gandalf_alpha
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So... here is my problem, and the reason that I do this...
People in this state simply cannot fucking driver! They sit at a green light for 5 seconds until you lay on the horn, then accelerate like they DIDN'T just use up the entirety of the green arrow.
They sure as hell can't merge. I can't even begin to count the number of times that I've gotten into gridlocked traffic because there was a lane ending.
Finally, they won't let you merge when you signal. Colorado drivers seem to have this "I'm going to speed up as soon as I see your turn signal indicating you'd like to merge because fuck you, this is MY personal space". I've NEVER seen this ANYWHERE other than CO.
Also, to all those who like to heap hate on Californians, I invite you to come to California and see for yourself how we drive (I moved from there 13 years ago)... We are actually required to take drivers ed and have some supervised driving instruction time before we're allowed to take the test for our permit. Here, you show up when you turn 16 and they give you a permit. (Unless they have changed that... it's how it works in Montrose.)
TL;DR: It's not people from out of state. It's Coloradans who never had to take drivers ed and who don't know how to drive that are the problem in a vast majority of situations.
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So... here is my problem, and the reason that I do this...
People in this state simply cannot fucking driver! They sit at a green light for 5 seconds until you lay on the horn, then accelerate like they DIDN'T just use up the entirety of the green arrow.
They sure as hell can't merge. I can't even begin to count the number of times that I've gotten into gridlocked traffic because there was a lane ending.
Finally, they won't let you merge when you signal. Colorado drivers seem to have this "I'm going to speed up as soon as I see your turn signal indicating you'd like to merge because fuck you, this is MY personal space". I've NEVER seen this ANYWHERE other than CO.
Also, to all those who like to heap hate on Californians, I invite you to come to California and see for yourself how we drive (I moved from there 13 years ago)... We are actually required to take drivers ed and have some supervised driving instruction time before we're allowed to take the test for our permit. Here, you show up when you turn 16 and they give you a permit. (Unless they have changed that... it's how it works in Montrose.)
TL;DR: It's not people from out of state. It's Coloradans who never had to take drivers ed and who don't know how to drive that are the problem in a vast majority of situations.
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Denver
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t5_2qn3i
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cc3lkzs
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So... here is my problem, and the reason that I do this...
People in this state simply cannot fucking driver! They sit at a green light for 5 seconds until you lay on the horn, then accelerate like they DIDN'T just use up the entirety of the green arrow.
They sure as hell can't merge. I can't even begin to count the number of times that I've gotten into gridlocked traffic because there was a lane ending.
Finally, they won't let you merge when you signal. Colorado drivers seem to have this "I'm going to speed up as soon as I see your turn signal indicating you'd like to merge because fuck you, this is MY personal space". I've NEVER seen this ANYWHERE other than CO.
Also, to all those who like to heap hate on Californians, I invite you to come to California and see for yourself how we drive (I moved from there 13 years ago)... We are actually required to take drivers ed and have some supervised driving instruction time before we're allowed to take the test for our permit. Here, you show up when you turn 16 and they give you a permit. (Unless they have changed that... it's how it works in Montrose.)
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It's not people from out of state. It's Coloradans who never had to take drivers ed and who don't know how to drive that are the problem in a vast majority of situations.
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drogepirja
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I think you perhaps misunderstand the point of a subreddit for Browncoats. it's for people who choose to approach things with optimism despite their appearance not exactly matching their ideal. because that's all you can do. nothing is going to be perfect.
and there's a bit of a resemblance, sure, I'll hand you that. but I think I'm gonna take a point-by-point negative criticism of a woman's looks with a grain of salt, coming from a user whose comment history is nearly empty once all the "everything you've ever liked is trash and you should feel bad" stuff is ignored.
tl;dr I don't think you're much of a guy I'd like to know, and your comment reminds me of the "sharp knees" meme on Fark years ago.
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I think you perhaps misunderstand the point of a subreddit for Browncoats. it's for people who choose to approach things with optimism despite their appearance not exactly matching their ideal. because that's all you can do. nothing is going to be perfect.
and there's a bit of a resemblance, sure, I'll hand you that. but I think I'm gonna take a point-by-point negative criticism of a woman's looks with a grain of salt, coming from a user whose comment history is nearly empty once all the "everything you've ever liked is trash and you should feel bad" stuff is ignored.
tl;dr I don't think you're much of a guy I'd like to know, and your comment reminds me of the "sharp knees" meme on Fark years ago.
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firefly
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t5_2qs24
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cc43eec
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I think you perhaps misunderstand the point of a subreddit for Browncoats. it's for people who choose to approach things with optimism despite their appearance not exactly matching their ideal. because that's all you can do. nothing is going to be perfect.
and there's a bit of a resemblance, sure, I'll hand you that. but I think I'm gonna take a point-by-point negative criticism of a woman's looks with a grain of salt, coming from a user whose comment history is nearly empty once all the "everything you've ever liked is trash and you should feel bad" stuff is ignored.
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I don't think you're much of a guy I'd like to know, and your comment reminds me of the "sharp knees" meme on Fark years ago.
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CrossyNZ
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Bah. You're always going to have problems when you try and take something so fluid and shifty as "what is a religion" and then try to take away ambiguity from it. Ambiguity is kinda what religions *require*. You've got your finger on the problem right there - Albanese goes "it's new age" because she's cherry picking certain associations of American Bhuddism to create a static picture, and never mind the richness of all the tradition and how it's changed over time.
You're better off using something like... I dunno *Theorizing Myth* by Lincoln as a text. He's got the speaker. He's got the audience. And then he's got the two negotiating with each other and their sources to produce something meaningful. THAT'S what's important about religion, not arbitrarily categorizing them.
TL:DR grumble grumble grumble.
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Bah. You're always going to have problems when you try and take something so fluid and shifty as "what is a religion" and then try to take away ambiguity from it. Ambiguity is kinda what religions require . You've got your finger on the problem right there - Albanese goes "it's new age" because she's cherry picking certain associations of American Bhuddism to create a static picture, and never mind the richness of all the tradition and how it's changed over time.
You're better off using something like... I dunno Theorizing Myth by Lincoln as a text. He's got the speaker. He's got the audience. And then he's got the two negotiating with each other and their sources to produce something meaningful. THAT'S what's important about religion, not arbitrarily categorizing them.
TL:DR grumble grumble grumble.
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AskHistorians
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t5_2ssp3
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cc3uo0n
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Bah. You're always going to have problems when you try and take something so fluid and shifty as "what is a religion" and then try to take away ambiguity from it. Ambiguity is kinda what religions require . You've got your finger on the problem right there - Albanese goes "it's new age" because she's cherry picking certain associations of American Bhuddism to create a static picture, and never mind the richness of all the tradition and how it's changed over time.
You're better off using something like... I dunno Theorizing Myth by Lincoln as a text. He's got the speaker. He's got the audience. And then he's got the two negotiating with each other and their sources to produce something meaningful. THAT'S what's important about religion, not arbitrarily categorizing them.
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grumble grumble grumble.
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Erraahh
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I'm a 21 year old Asian man, and I really only like Hispanic women (As Hispanic I mean Mexican, Cuban, Colombian, Brazilian, etc ). I can't feel attracted to other type of women. I have many friends that don't judge me by that and don't mock me because I simply cannot like non-Hispanic women. It's not some kind of creepy fetish, it's just that I feel Hispanic women are crazier in all ways.
I really don't know what to do. I know that it is not sick. Also, I know that this is not sick.
TL;DR What up, girl!? Hit me up on the myspace.
P.S. If this is real; thank god for women like you.
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I'm a 21 year old Asian man, and I really only like Hispanic women (As Hispanic I mean Mexican, Cuban, Colombian, Brazilian, etc ). I can't feel attracted to other type of women. I have many friends that don't judge me by that and don't mock me because I simply cannot like non-Hispanic women. It's not some kind of creepy fetish, it's just that I feel Hispanic women are crazier in all ways.
I really don't know what to do. I know that it is not sick. Also, I know that this is not sick.
TL;DR What up, girl!? Hit me up on the myspace.
P.S. If this is real; thank god for women like you.
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AskReddit
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t5_2qh1i
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cc433d6
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I'm a 21 year old Asian man, and I really only like Hispanic women (As Hispanic I mean Mexican, Cuban, Colombian, Brazilian, etc ). I can't feel attracted to other type of women. I have many friends that don't judge me by that and don't mock me because I simply cannot like non-Hispanic women. It's not some kind of creepy fetish, it's just that I feel Hispanic women are crazier in all ways.
I really don't know what to do. I know that it is not sick. Also, I know that this is not sick.
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What up, girl!? Hit me up on the myspace.
P.S. If this is real; thank god for women like you.
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Wallbounce
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If you can't carry out of Bronze V in 100+ games then you belong there. 100%, point blank, period. Instead of bitching about your teammates, recognize your own mistakes. (I guaran-fucking-tee you make a ton.)
Your adc rune page doesn't have lifesteal quints which is almost essential. You also average less than 180 CS with every champion except cait. Do you know how low this is? To put it into perspective I have 19 champs that I average 180+ cs with. These are just two examples that I found out by looking at your lolking for 30 seconds. I could go on about you belonging in bronze but you probably don't want to hear it.
TL;DR: You aren't as good as you think.
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If you can't carry out of Bronze V in 100+ games then you belong there. 100%, point blank, period. Instead of bitching about your teammates, recognize your own mistakes. (I guaran-fucking-tee you make a ton.)
Your adc rune page doesn't have lifesteal quints which is almost essential. You also average less than 180 CS with every champion except cait. Do you know how low this is? To put it into perspective I have 19 champs that I average 180+ cs with. These are just two examples that I found out by looking at your lolking for 30 seconds. I could go on about you belonging in bronze but you probably don't want to hear it.
TL;DR: You aren't as good as you think.
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cc41eom
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If you can't carry out of Bronze V in 100+ games then you belong there. 100%, point blank, period. Instead of bitching about your teammates, recognize your own mistakes. (I guaran-fucking-tee you make a ton.)
Your adc rune page doesn't have lifesteal quints which is almost essential. You also average less than 180 CS with every champion except cait. Do you know how low this is? To put it into perspective I have 19 champs that I average 180+ cs with. These are just two examples that I found out by looking at your lolking for 30 seconds. I could go on about you belonging in bronze but you probably don't want to hear it.
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You aren't as good as you think.
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