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Don't We Have More Important Things Going On? Stop The Nanny State Bullsh*t!
I like Youngkin. I think he is a good governor, and he certainly would make an interesting candidate for national office.
But this sort of arrant nonsense makes me think he is far less serious than I had assumed and hoped. GOP Gov Signs Law That Would Set Daily Time Limit For Kids On Social MediaRepublican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill into law on Friday to limit the social media use of minors under the age of 16 to one hour per day. The Consumer Data Protection Act, supported by both Republican and Democrat state lawmakers, will require social media platforms, like Facebook and Instagram, to limit minors’ time on such platforms. Platforms will use “neutral age screen mechanisms” to determine the age of users and then limit their screen-time accordingly, Wavy.com reported. Parents, per the law, will be required to give “verifiable” consent if they want their child’s time on such apps increased or decreased.
First of all, it is almost certainly an unworkable restriction. Any kid on social media is probably more expert than his parents, and can avoid these restrictions with ease. Second, making social media platforms do the work that parents seem unwilling to do is allowing them to avoid responsibility for their own children. The nanny-statism of this bill is deeply troubling. Third, anything that receives bipartisan support should be immediately suspect. The Democrat party has an unblemished record of destruction, and anything they want is probably a bad thing. Undermining the family by ceding control to the social media companies is another step in the destruction of the traditional family structure, even if on the face of this is parental control. But it is a step away from allowing families to decide what is best for their children, and a step toward government deciding that! Do I think that children should have access to social media? Absolutely not. I think it has a corrosive and destructive influence on our culture, and all thinking people should fight against its influence on our children. Do I think that government should restrict access to social media? No. Maybe three generations of the destruction of the family by both the Democrat party and its enablers in the Republican party has done the lion's share of the damage. It is incumbent upon us to recover the concept that parents know best, that the family unit is the core of our culture, that government (and its corporate surrogates) should simply stay out of it and let us raise our children as we see fit.
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Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 04, 2025 12:01 PM (CSXpD)
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Had to get psst ad
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:01 PM (ypFCm)
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The Others have been summoned.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 04, 2025 12:01 PM (CSXpD)
Posted by: Aunt Ralph at May 04, 2025 12:02 PM (qMeWG)
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Tje Socialists love Nanny Stste to suck in the citizens
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:02 PM (ypFCm)
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And I concur. This is pure, unadulterated asshattery.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 04, 2025 12:05 PM (CSXpD)
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my meter is broken. How outraged should i be over this?
Posted by: Kwak! at May 04, 2025 12:06 PM (89Sog)
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Give all the kids flip phones that should take care of it
Posted by: doug at May 04, 2025 12:06 PM (Hy+R4)
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Hard for kids to be on social media if the y don’t have a smartphone and their computer access is limited to doing their schoolwork in the living room.
Of course, once they are in high school things change. But if they have been warned and shown examples of the potential evil of living your life to post on the internet, they may have a chance.
Of course, once they are in high school things change. But if they have been warned and shown examples of the potential evil of living your life to post on the internet, they may have a chance.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 04, 2025 12:06 PM (mT+6a)
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Typical Nanny State crapola. When ever someone proposes a "law" or to "ban" this or that or this ought to be "illegal" the response should be to ban, outlaw and make illegal the idiot proposing the new "law".
Got a mother, don't need 2 or 3 running around telling me what to do.
Got a mother, don't need 2 or 3 running around telling me what to do.
Posted by: Men's Room Wall at May 04, 2025 12:08 PM (R/m4+)
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I felt the same way when TX decided to raise the age limit for cigs to 21.
TX had time to do that but not piffling things like, you know, ending taxpayer-funded lobbying. (The Legislature could do that now, but my blithering idiot State Rep is chairing the State Affairs Committee, and is bottling up that legislation until sine die so he can go “Aw, shucks! Golly gee whiz! We’d love to put this to a vote, but damnit, we ran out of time. Whoopsie! See you in two years!!!”
TX had time to do that but not piffling things like, you know, ending taxpayer-funded lobbying. (The Legislature could do that now, but my blithering idiot State Rep is chairing the State Affairs Committee, and is bottling up that legislation until sine die so he can go “Aw, shucks! Golly gee whiz! We’d love to put this to a vote, but damnit, we ran out of time. Whoopsie! See you in two years!!!”
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:09 PM (vm8sq)
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Completely agree. The government taking the place of parents is bad…. Just on principle if I were a parent in VA I’d give my verifiable consent for unlimited time to my kids…. Then I’d make sure to limit their time myself like a good old fashioned parent
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 04, 2025 12:09 PM (/suuz)
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Why should we trust parents to do things like raise their own kids when we have The State?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:11 PM (vm8sq)
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I teach high schoolers. Most of them are total zombies now thanks to Smartphones (most were born 2006-200
. Libertarian arguments are moot in this area, because they presume rational individuals making rational choices, and these kids were not rational yet whenever they were given a phone and allowed to become addicted to it. Short of not giving your kid anything but a flip phone or one of those phones designed to only allowing texting and emergency apps, I don't think much of the "let parents decide" argument either. If you give a kid a smartphone, they will very soon figure out how to bypass any parental guardrails to find weird porn or social media or whatever other brainrot their peers show them. And we live in a society that makes it harder and harder to exist without a smartphone, thanks to QR codes and Authenticator apps.
In such a situation, you either crack down hard on the Technologists, or you crack down on kids' access to technology. The Trump coalition has a strong Tech/Crypto/AI component to it. So trying to stop the technology isn't going to fly, if it ever was feasible in the first place. So the only solution is to make it annoying for companies to market to kids.
. Libertarian arguments are moot in this area, because they presume rational individuals making rational choices, and these kids were not rational yet whenever they were given a phone and allowed to become addicted to it. Short of not giving your kid anything but a flip phone or one of those phones designed to only allowing texting and emergency apps, I don't think much of the "let parents decide" argument either. If you give a kid a smartphone, they will very soon figure out how to bypass any parental guardrails to find weird porn or social media or whatever other brainrot their peers show them. And we live in a society that makes it harder and harder to exist without a smartphone, thanks to QR codes and Authenticator apps.
In such a situation, you either crack down hard on the Technologists, or you crack down on kids' access to technology. The Trump coalition has a strong Tech/Crypto/AI component to it. So trying to stop the technology isn't going to fly, if it ever was feasible in the first place. So the only solution is to make it annoying for companies to market to kids.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 04, 2025 12:11 PM (+b4rY)
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Afternoon everyone, thx CBD
The Republicans, even like Youngkin, cannot grasp the idea that if you give the government more power the Dems will infest it and take more rights with it. Parents mind your own children.
The Republicans, even like Youngkin, cannot grasp the idea that if you give the government more power the Dems will infest it and take more rights with it. Parents mind your own children.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 04, 2025 12:12 PM (rp63B)
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Kids are regulated; they can't go into bars, strip clubs or various other venues. The time regulation is stupid but what adult content is should be established and eliminated from phones that children are allowed to possess.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 12:12 PM (f+dcG)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 04, 2025 12:14 PM (VJc7E)
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I agree that nanny-statism is deeply corrosive. It's almost like the borgstate wants people to never develop the ability to regulate ourselves. This also supplants one of the major responsibilities of parents.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 04, 2025 12:15 PM (Sf2cq)
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14: as a teacher I grew to hate smartphones. If I could have set off an EMP in my classroom I would have, and done so gleefully again and again. (Hell, I wanted my classroom to be functionally stuck in about 1985 or so.). Would I want kids not allowed to have them? Nah. Just not in the classroom…or the school at all. JMHO.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:15 PM (vm8sq)
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8 Give all the kids flip phones that should take care of it
Posted by: doug at May 04, 2025 12:06 PM (Hy+R4)
I got one about 6 month ago. Probably not one of my better decisions. I need a kid who can text with one to program my old call list into it.
People laugh when I bring it out.
Posted by: doug at May 04, 2025 12:06 PM (Hy+R4)
I got one about 6 month ago. Probably not one of my better decisions. I need a kid who can text with one to program my old call list into it.
People laugh when I bring it out.
Posted by: Reforger at May 04, 2025 12:15 PM (xcIvR)
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There is a large portion of Republican voters who are happy with, and want, a nanny state.
Just slap some religious morality bs on it and they'll vote for more government.
And they'll still call themselves conservative.
OTOH, there are shitty parents who'd let their kids drink whisky and smoke if it wasn't illegal.
Putting the burden future criminality and poor health on society.
Letting you your child under 18 have social media is like buying them a pack of Marlboros and a fifth of Jack Daniels.
There are, as Sowell says, no solutions, only trade-offs.
Just slap some religious morality bs on it and they'll vote for more government.
And they'll still call themselves conservative.
OTOH, there are shitty parents who'd let their kids drink whisky and smoke if it wasn't illegal.
Putting the burden future criminality and poor health on society.
Letting you your child under 18 have social media is like buying them a pack of Marlboros and a fifth of Jack Daniels.
There are, as Sowell says, no solutions, only trade-offs.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 04, 2025 12:15 PM (NwfFc)
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Also, it's fine to say that you are raising your kids right, and you aren't zombies. Fair enough. There are plenty of Gen Z kids I meet who aren't techno-zombies. But this then leads to what we do with the all zombies who have no skills and no attention span thanks to their crippling phone addictions. In an actual Libertarian society they'd eventually have to shape up or starve, but we do not live in such a society. It's like Ace wonders about all the mentally ill Karens. Do they just become "wards of the state"? In such a scenario I am happy to regulate the hell out of tech companies marketing to kids until most decide the cost of endless court battles is not worth the bother.
Also, it's fine to say that you are raising your kids right, and you aren't zombies. Fair enough. There are plenty of Gen Z kids I meet who aren't techno-zombies. But this then leads to what we do with the all zombies who have no skills and no attention span thanks to their crippling phone addictions. In an actual Libertarian society they'd eventually have to shape up or starve, but we do not live in such a society. It's like Ace wonders about all the mentally ill Karens. Do they just become "wards of the state"? In such a scenario I am happy to regulate the hell out of tech companies marketing to kids until most decide the cost of endless court battles is not worth the bother.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 04, 2025 12:15 PM (+b4rY)
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Cannot let kids get any ideas about freedom to choose.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2025 12:15 PM (/lPRQ)
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Electronic proxy for Bicycle helmet laws.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2025 12:17 PM (/lPRQ)
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So the next time I go to Virginia I can expect to be limited in my use of social media since I'm always being told I look considerably younger than my years.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:17 PM (W/lyH)
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...examples of the potential evil of living your life to post on the internet...
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Look away children! I'm hideous!
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Look away children! I'm hideous!
Posted by: muldoon at May 04, 2025 12:18 PM (uCfKO)
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So the only solution is to make it annoying for companies to market to kids.
Posted by: the lower depths at May 04, 2025 12:11 PM (+b4rY)
No, the solution is for parents to do their job. Never give more power to the state
Posted by: the lower depths at May 04, 2025 12:11 PM (+b4rY)
No, the solution is for parents to do their job. Never give more power to the state
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 04, 2025 12:19 PM (/suuz)
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Parents, per the law, will be required to give “verifiable” consent....
So...another way for government to track parents.
So...another way for government to track parents.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:20 PM (W/lyH)
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This is the sort of nonsense the GOP is really fond of doing; stuff that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2025 12:20 PM (Q4IgG)
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I kind of like this. Especially on a state level. If its too hard for TicTok et al to comply maybe they'll just block their app in VA and the young adults will also be saved from SM for a bit. 
To protect kids they should outlaw smart phones in school. If the parents want to be able to call or text their kid make them buy a flip phone that can only call or text. Hopefully a good # parents would then get the idea and not get their kids a smart phone as well.
To protect kids they should outlaw smart phones in school. If the parents want to be able to call or text their kid make them buy a flip phone that can only call or text. Hopefully a good # parents would then get the idea and not get their kids a smart phone as well.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 04, 2025 12:21 PM (bP/i4)
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People laugh when I bring it out But no one will steal it
Posted by: doug at May 04, 2025 12:22 PM (Hy+R4)
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27 The parents who do their job won't let kids on these apps anyway. It's the ones that don't that are the problem. Can you miracle us into a society where no welfare state exists? If so, great, then I agree with you. But since I'm going to be taxed to support the zombies with no attention span and no marketable skills, I'll take government regulation of what minors can look at. It's far LESS onerous than taking more of my money to support people on welfare or "disability".
Posted by: the lower depths at May 04, 2025 12:23 PM (+b4rY)
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"Any kid on social media is probably more expert than his parents". "Mom and Dad screwed with my TicTok and I'm gonna show 'em. Dude, watch this, it's rad!" Kid hacks into PEPCO from his school furnished Chromebook and it's lights out for the Delmarva.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 12:23 PM (gm9Sb)
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Platforms will use “neutral age screen mechanisms” to determine the age of users
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There.
That's probably the important bit and the reason this entire thing was passed.
This is an advertising tool.
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There.
That's probably the important bit and the reason this entire thing was passed.
This is an advertising tool.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 12:23 PM (oFxbF)
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The blackpilling on this is wonderful, it reminds me of the eternal wrangle over the budget that "we can't reduce spending because the only area to cut is Social Security and regulations that make us safer and healthier!" and year after year, we get poorer, the debt got larger, and we got sicker and medical care got worse. And then someone asked, "why can't we stop all the stealing as a first step"
The kids being stuck and manipulated by social media is real, and there is the wrangle between "control the technology" and "control the children" and no one is focusing on the fact that there are actual PREDATORS out there working to manipulate and addict kids, and maybe we should be focusing on the predators instead.
The kids being stuck and manipulated by social media is real, and there is the wrangle between "control the technology" and "control the children" and no one is focusing on the fact that there are actual PREDATORS out there working to manipulate and addict kids, and maybe we should be focusing on the predators instead.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2025 12:24 PM (D7oie)
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I'm afraid Pandora's box has already left the station, folks!
Posted by: muldoon at May 04, 2025 12:24 PM (uCfKO)
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People laugh when I bring it out But no one will steal it
Posted by: doug at May 04, 2025 12:22 PM (Hy+R4)
and you can drop it down the stairs and it will bounce
Posted by: doug at May 04, 2025 12:22 PM (Hy+R4)
and you can drop it down the stairs and it will bounce
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2025 12:25 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Sean Penn's alter ego at May 04, 2025 12:25 PM (VJc7E)
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A time limit? There is nothing more nannyish than that, and of course it will just spark 100 sign in names and a hundred different accounts for every kid to get around it. What an unworkably stupid idea.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2025 12:25 PM (3xZyM)
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I graduated HS in the 80s. I cannot imagine my school, or any of my teachers allowing a smart phone or even a flip phone to be turned on in class or study halls. It woud be something like if your phone rang or you were holding it to text they'd confiscate it for the rest of the day.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 04, 2025 12:25 PM (bP/i4)
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5 Tje Socialists love Nanny Stste to suck in the citizens
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:02 PM (ypFCm)
Might turns the kids away from it.
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:02 PM (ypFCm)
Might turns the kids away from it.
Posted by: easy the elder at May 04, 2025 12:25 PM (3r55Q)
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My favorite part remains the hope that the parents (who can't get off of their phones, who are where the kids learned "appropriate" phone habits from, and who bought the phones for the kids) will step forward and show the children the responsible use of phones.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 12:27 PM (oFxbF)
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Never give more power to the state
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 04, 2025 12:19 PM (/suuz)
No exceptions.
Even when the government wants to censor people you don't like.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 04, 2025 12:19 PM (/suuz)
No exceptions.
Even when the government wants to censor people you don't like.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:28 PM (ujR1Z)
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50%+ illiterate graduates can't be wrong.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 04, 2025 12:28 PM (VJc7E)
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40 Graduated from HS in the 80s. Didn't even have a student smoking area.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 12:29 PM (gm9Sb)
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I graduated HS in the 80s. I cannot imagine my school, or any of my teachers allowing a smart phone or even a flip phone to be turned on in class or study halls. It woud be something like if your phone rang or you were holding it to text they'd confiscate it for the rest of the day.
Posted by: PaleRider
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Yep. I remember digital watches having an hourly chime.
"Not my problem. You can pick it up in the principal's office after school."
Posted by: PaleRider
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Yep. I remember digital watches having an hourly chime.
"Not my problem. You can pick it up in the principal's office after school."
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 12:29 PM (oFxbF)
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Our grandkids spend an inordinate amount of time glued to smartphones. It's the 21st century security blanket, walkman, handheld video game all rolled into one.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2025 12:31 PM (Q4IgG)
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I graduated HS in the 80s. I cannot imagine my school, or any of my teachers allowing a smart phone or even a flip phone to be turned on in class or study halls. It would be something like if your phone rang or you were holding it to text they'd confiscate it for the rest of the day.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 04, 2025 12:25 PM
I graduated HS in 1994. I remember when the TI-82 calculator came out and kids were programming the answers to math tests into them. When teachers found out, they implemented a rule before every test that we had to wipe the memory of the calculator before the test.
I also remember that while teachers liked the technology, they hated that kids were not actually learning the principles of how to complete the math problems, but just learning how to program their calculators to give them the correct answers to certain math problems.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 04, 2025 12:25 PM
I graduated HS in 1994. I remember when the TI-82 calculator came out and kids were programming the answers to math tests into them. When teachers found out, they implemented a rule before every test that we had to wipe the memory of the calculator before the test.
I also remember that while teachers liked the technology, they hated that kids were not actually learning the principles of how to complete the math problems, but just learning how to program their calculators to give them the correct answers to certain math problems.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at May 04, 2025 12:31 PM (P5BPp)
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I really don't know, but pretty sure most schools require on-line access to do anything now including checking grades.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2025 12:31 PM (/lPRQ)
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46 My ex got me a Texas Instrument calculator with the voice deal. Kept it in my toolbox at work for figgeren math stuff. Left the voice time on one shift and it was driving the guys on graveyard nuts looking for it.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 12:32 PM (gm9Sb)
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Graduated from HS in the 80s. Didn't even have a student smoking area.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 12:29 PM (gm9Sb)
Graduated in 197...ahhh...earlier than that...the smoking area was the boys room. Don't let the coach catch you though.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 12:29 PM (gm9Sb)
Graduated in 197...ahhh...earlier than that...the smoking area was the boys room. Don't let the coach catch you though.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:33 PM (W/lyH)
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40 I graduated HS in the 80s. I cannot imagine my school, or any of my teachers allowing a smart phone or even a flip phone to be turned on in class or study halls. It woud be something like if your phone rang or you were holding it to text they'd confiscate it for the rest of the day.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 04, 2025 12:25 PM (bP/i4)
I went to high school in the late 1980s to early 1990s. One of my greatest accomplishments was never getting my Walkman confiscated, ever. If it came out or was known about, it would have been confiscated for the year and my parents would not intervene to get it back (which they could have done). But this is back in the day when discipline existed in schools.
The one I taught in had an assistant principal who was in it to get better retirement pay. He more or less was there to hand out lollipops to the kids and to berate the teachers trying to apply discipline in their classes.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 04, 2025 12:25 PM (bP/i4)
I went to high school in the late 1980s to early 1990s. One of my greatest accomplishments was never getting my Walkman confiscated, ever. If it came out or was known about, it would have been confiscated for the year and my parents would not intervene to get it back (which they could have done). But this is back in the day when discipline existed in schools.
The one I taught in had an assistant principal who was in it to get better retirement pay. He more or less was there to hand out lollipops to the kids and to berate the teachers trying to apply discipline in their classes.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:33 PM (vm8sq)
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Willowed but I find the Shroud of Turin fascinating. I’m agnostic and don’t have a strong opinion on its authenticity. But it seems certainly possible it’s authentic, or at least is a 2000 year old burial shroud of a crucified man.
It’s also fascinating because most of the “research” of the past 50 years on the shroud seems obviously designed to debunk it. Vague, shady research into carbon dating where they refuse to release raw data, etc. Sound familiar?
The skeptics claim it was painted or created in the 13th century. Yet nobody — even with 21st century tech — has been able to recreate it, nor even definitely say how it was done. Very very interesting.
It’s also fascinating because most of the “research” of the past 50 years on the shroud seems obviously designed to debunk it. Vague, shady research into carbon dating where they refuse to release raw data, etc. Sound familiar?
The skeptics claim it was painted or created in the 13th century. Yet nobody — even with 21st century tech — has been able to recreate it, nor even definitely say how it was done. Very very interesting.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 04, 2025 12:33 PM (aeiyZ)
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Posted by: Don Black at May 04, 2025 12:35 PM (AOsQT)
It's your hash. Ace doesn't want to be called cute.
It's your hash. Ace doesn't want to be called cute.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:36 PM (ujR1Z)
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Graduated in 197...ahhh...earlier than that...the smoking area was the boys room. Don't let the coach catch you though.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:33 PM (W/lyH)
Smoking was not allowed in my school. It was so comical. Around 0900 or so I’d go to the boys restroom which happened to be the place where the smokers went for a quick nicotine hit. Then the assistant principal would come in, shaking his head, busting all the smokers and sending them to the office. (This never included me because apparently he knew I didn’t smoke.)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:33 PM (W/lyH)
Smoking was not allowed in my school. It was so comical. Around 0900 or so I’d go to the boys restroom which happened to be the place where the smokers went for a quick nicotine hit. Then the assistant principal would come in, shaking his head, busting all the smokers and sending them to the office. (This never included me because apparently he knew I didn’t smoke.)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:37 PM (vm8sq)
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51 Our smoking area (Class of 69) was outside the cafeteria on the way to the automotive and body shop buildings.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 12:37 PM (gm9Sb)
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Time limit? Things you can learn in 58 minutes: on TikTok:
-How to tell your school counselor you think you were born in the wrong body but don't tell me parents.
-How to make a hand-held incendiary device
-How to do a nose piercing using a pair of pliers and a coat hanger
-How to inject heroin
-How to make a sourdough starter
There are others.
-How to tell your school counselor you think you were born in the wrong body but don't tell me parents.
-How to make a hand-held incendiary device
-How to do a nose piercing using a pair of pliers and a coat hanger
-How to inject heroin
-How to make a sourdough starter
There are others.
Posted by: muldoon at May 04, 2025 12:37 PM (uCfKO)
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:37 PM (ujR1Z)
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Raining steady here
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:37 PM (ypFCm)
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Never give more power to the state
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 04, 2025 12:19 PM (/suuz)
No exceptions.
Even when the government wants to censor people you don't like.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:28 PM (ujR1Z)
This!!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 04, 2025 12:19 PM (/suuz)
No exceptions.
Even when the government wants to censor people you don't like.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:28 PM (ujR1Z)
This!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:38 PM (W/lyH)
Posted by: muldoon at May 04, 2025 12:39 PM (uCfKO)
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-How to make a sourdough starter
There are others.
Posted by: muldoon at May 04, 2025 12:37 PM (uCfKO)
I had a relative give me a sourdough starter at Christmas.
Obviously a Chinese spy. Ban it!
There are others.
Posted by: muldoon at May 04, 2025 12:37 PM (uCfKO)
I had a relative give me a sourdough starter at Christmas.
Obviously a Chinese spy. Ban it!
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:39 PM (ujR1Z)
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Yep. I remember digital watches having an hourly chime.
"Not my problem. You can pick it up in the principal's office after school."
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 12:29 PM (oFxbF)
Really? None of my teachers ever peeped about that. In fact, in one of my classes the alarm going off one minute before lunch started was much appreciated (and I had an alarm for one minute before the end of the class day).
"Not my problem. You can pick it up in the principal's office after school."
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 12:29 PM (oFxbF)
Really? None of my teachers ever peeped about that. In fact, in one of my classes the alarm going off one minute before lunch started was much appreciated (and I had an alarm for one minute before the end of the class day).
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:40 PM (vm8sq)
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Once upon a time law reflected and enforced the will of the people. Now, law is either an obstacle or a cudgel. Community rules, adult rules. Wide open internet for children and teens is the most degrading, mentally and spiritually instrument devised by man.
It is a weapon against society and like other weapons should be age restricted.
It is a weapon against society and like other weapons should be age restricted.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 12:40 PM (f+dcG)
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At my high school smoking was in permitted in one particular stairwell and outside the building. You weren't supposed to leave the campus for lunch either. Couple kids were killed every year when they went off to get lunch and either wrecked their car or had some one wreck them.
There was a deli within walking distance. And they sold beer. So....
There was a deli within walking distance. And they sold beer. So....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2025 12:41 PM (Q4IgG)
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That should have been:
How to inject heroin using a pair of pliers and a coat hanger
My bad.
Posted by: muldoon at May 04, 2025 12:39 PM (uCfKO)
It is seriously difficult for heroin users to find heroin anymore.
Everything is little blue pills.
How to inject heroin using a pair of pliers and a coat hanger
My bad.
Posted by: muldoon at May 04, 2025 12:39 PM (uCfKO)
It is seriously difficult for heroin users to find heroin anymore.
Everything is little blue pills.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:41 PM (UQXxb)
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I don't have a list made but there have been several things over the years that Youngkin has done or promoted which would make me look elsewhere if I resided in Virginia.
I think Youngkin is an establishment Republican who blows with the wind.
I think Youngkin is an establishment Republican who blows with the wind.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 04, 2025 12:41 PM (2hHY4)
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Trying to sneak a calculator watch into math class in 1983... 10 hours detention.
Now they issue a tablet and failing grades are 9 percentage points lower than in the 80's.
I flunked 8th grade over 0.1%. 69.4% failed me, 69.5 would have passed me. Now 69.5 is rounded up to a C at 70%. 69.4% is a D.
Also of note is my parents has no idea I was failing as I had a friend with a printer and brought home fake report cards for the first 3 semesters.
Yes. I am the reason for the school mascot watermark on all report cards from that point on.
I got into pretty big trouble for that one.
Now they issue a tablet and failing grades are 9 percentage points lower than in the 80's.
I flunked 8th grade over 0.1%. 69.4% failed me, 69.5 would have passed me. Now 69.5 is rounded up to a C at 70%. 69.4% is a D.
Also of note is my parents has no idea I was failing as I had a friend with a printer and brought home fake report cards for the first 3 semesters.
Yes. I am the reason for the school mascot watermark on all report cards from that point on.
I got into pretty big trouble for that one.
Posted by: Reforger at May 04, 2025 12:42 PM (xcIvR)
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Meanwhile, over in TX there is an insane memes are illegal bill. I want to say it’s dumb to call yourself MAGA and not identify as a Republican, and this stuff happens.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2025 12:42 PM (p4NUW)
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Never been on TikTok, but I have to say YouTube, in the gun stuff, allows some pretty dangerous stuff. Usually a guy with a Milwaukees Best gut and a ZZ Top beard saying it's perfectly OK to use this ammo in that gun.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (gm9Sb)
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There's one bill I'd like to see President Trump send to Congress, but I cannot see it passing.
It would replace the US Code with a simplified version. All of the delegations to the Executive Branch would be removed, and limits placed on judges. Roughly 30-60% of the areas in the current code would be completely removed, dropping whole departments.
Most of the nanny state crap would be removed in this revision.
It would replace the US Code with a simplified version. All of the delegations to the Executive Branch would be removed, and limits placed on judges. Roughly 30-60% of the areas in the current code would be completely removed, dropping whole departments.
Most of the nanny state crap would be removed in this revision.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (VNX3d)
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When I taught at the University where I don't teach anymore except for when I need beer money, i gave up on the electronics in the classroom thing. Just made the exams take-home exams. Use anything you want. Anything goes.
All the questions were essay.
All the questions were essay.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (W/lyH)
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Eric I think I am with you that the 'tests' seem to want to say it's fake yet can't duplicate it
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (ypFCm)
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Youngkin is an odd duck. He seems to be skating on the knife's edge between MAGA and Bush/Rove entities in Virginia. Much of the Virginia GOP is run by Bush/Rove holdovers. During his campaigns, Youngkin never mentioned the #2A without mentioning hunting. Of course, one has nothing to do with the other. He has vetoed all of the anti-#2A bills Dems have passed but he has allowed AG Miyares to defend previously-passed unconstitutional #2A bills. A problem with politicians is they think government "fixes problems" when in fact government causes most of the problems they try to fix. We need a lot less government and bill is a prime example of why we need less government. This bill will get struck down in short order by courts. Youngkin may run for Senate but I don't see him on a national ticket as he is quite milquetoast. Virginia is mostly a purple state now and that's one reason we left. The November election will be a defining moment for Virginia. Somehow the Dems will have to paint Winsome Sears as a racist, white supremacist. If they do so, the state will lurch blue and Virginia will become Southern Maryland.
Posted by: WarEagle82 at May 04, 2025 12:44 PM (YcfMX)
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It is a weapon against society and like other weapons should be age restricted.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 12:40 PM (f+dcG)
How to enforce it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 12:40 PM (f+dcG)
How to enforce it?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:44 PM (vm8sq)
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67
I think Youngkin is an establishment Republican who blows with the wind.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
VA is now blue. It was fairly red when I first moved there, and was purple when I left. I am not from there, but it’s beautiful and RIC is (well parts) beautiful. I think Youngkin is the type of Republican who gets elected in that kind of area. He is miles ahead of any democrat. He is not Ronnie D.
I think Youngkin is an establishment Republican who blows with the wind.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
VA is now blue. It was fairly red when I first moved there, and was purple when I left. I am not from there, but it’s beautiful and RIC is (well parts) beautiful. I think Youngkin is the type of Republican who gets elected in that kind of area. He is miles ahead of any democrat. He is not Ronnie D.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2025 12:46 PM (p4NUW)
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69 Meanwhile, over in TX there is an insane memes are illegal bill. I want to say it’s dumb to call yourself MAGA and not identify as a Republican, and this stuff happens.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2025 12:42 PM (p4NUW)
This bill courtesy of the former Drinker of the House, Dade Phelan. Neither here nor there; why this bill wasn’t laughed out of existence I find quite disappointing. But then the TX HR is nothing but disappointment.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2025 12:42 PM (p4NUW)
This bill courtesy of the former Drinker of the House, Dade Phelan. Neither here nor there; why this bill wasn’t laughed out of existence I find quite disappointing. But then the TX HR is nothing but disappointment.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:47 PM (vm8sq)
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Eric I think I am with you that the 'tests' seem to want to say it's fake yet can't duplicate it
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (ypFCm)
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There’s some very recent testing using x-ray tech that does put the age of the shroud at about 2000 years
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (ypFCm)
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There’s some very recent testing using x-ray tech that does put the age of the shroud at about 2000 years
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 04, 2025 12:47 PM (aeiyZ)
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But seriously, Don, if you're on a VPN, close it and reopen it.
If you're not on a VPN, get one.
Posted by: BurtTC
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This.
Also Mullvad is maybe the only right answer to the next question.
If you're not on a VPN, get one.
Posted by: BurtTC
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This.
Also Mullvad is maybe the only right answer to the next question.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 12:49 PM (oFxbF)
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Really? None of my teachers ever peeped about that. In fact, in one of my classes the alarm going off one minute before lunch started was much appreciated (and I had an alarm for one minute before the end of the class day).
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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He's talking about control of the classroom and respect for teacher.
Really? None of my teachers ever peeped about that. In fact, in one of my classes the alarm going off one minute before lunch started was much appreciated (and I had an alarm for one minute before the end of the class day).
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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He's talking about control of the classroom and respect for teacher.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 12:49 PM (f+dcG)
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Never been on TikTok, but I have to say YouTube, in the gun stuff, allows some pretty dangerous stuff. Usually a guy with a Milwaukees Best gut and a ZZ Top beard saying it's perfectly OK to use this ammo in that gun.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (gm9Sb)
I'm of the George Carlin school, when it comes to this stuff.
Go ahead, try it.
Just don't come to me to pay for your medical bills. Or funeral.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (gm9Sb)
I'm of the George Carlin school, when it comes to this stuff.
Go ahead, try it.
Just don't come to me to pay for your medical bills. Or funeral.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:50 PM (UQXxb)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 04, 2025 12:50 PM (2hHY4)
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'GOP Gov Signs Law That Would Set Daily Time Limit For Kids On Social Media'
I hate pandering crap like this too but Youngkin has too many ovary-Americans he has to appease to be electable in VA.
Thanks for the IP help, CBD.
'GOP Gov Signs Law That Would Set Daily Time Limit For Kids On Social Media'
I hate pandering crap like this too but Youngkin has too many ovary-Americans he has to appease to be electable in VA.
Thanks for the IP help, CBD.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 04, 2025 12:50 PM (3wi/L)
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I think too many conservatives see nanny-state intrusions that limit the power of SM (at least in theory) as part of fighting the left in the culture war.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 04, 2025 12:50 PM (aeiyZ)
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My calculator puked out on me in middle school. Got through HS doing long multiplication, division, trig functions to four decimal places. Fortunately we were allowed look up tables for trig values for sin, cos, tan functions. My other kids just used their calculators. Got straight A's in all math related classes.... This was 40 years ago. Now they require calculators for math classes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2025 12:51 PM (/lPRQ)
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Uh oh! It looks like my one hour for today is almost up. I will have to make this my final comment.
Endeavor to persev....
Endeavor to persev....
Posted by: muldoon at May 04, 2025 12:51 PM (uCfKO)
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Washington State has been busy with lots of BS legislation as well. The dems have passed the largest tax increase in history; they have established a loan for only people of color to buy their first home; and while the state does not recognize Christian or Jewish holidays, it now officially recognizes not one, but two muzzie religious days.
I cannot wait to leave this place.
I cannot wait to leave this place.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:51 PM (W/lyH)
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If you're not on a VPN, get one.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:37 PM (ujR1Z)
Anyone on a VPN does not get the benefit of the doubt.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:37 PM (ujR1Z)
Anyone on a VPN does not get the benefit of the doubt.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 04, 2025 12:51 PM (mWSu4)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 04, 2025 12:52 PM (/y8xj)
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This.
Also Mullvad is maybe the only right answer to the next question.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 12:49 PM (oFxbF)
I'm not thrilled with Express VPN, but I signed up when it was offered at a "discount" rate, and then let the damn thing auto renew when the time came.
Being a cheapskate, I'll switch when it comes around again. Or I'll forget, and do another year.
Cuz I'm stooped.
Also Mullvad is maybe the only right answer to the next question.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 12:49 PM (oFxbF)
I'm not thrilled with Express VPN, but I signed up when it was offered at a "discount" rate, and then let the damn thing auto renew when the time came.
Being a cheapskate, I'll switch when it comes around again. Or I'll forget, and do another year.
Cuz I'm stooped.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:53 PM (UQXxb)
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Fourth, what the heck happened to individual rights?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 12:53 PM (ZmEVT)
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Dammit, Youngkin...
Stop trying to position the government between me and my kids.
Fuck all the way off.
Stop trying to position the government between me and my kids.
Fuck all the way off.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 04, 2025 12:53 PM (oSeBJ)
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How to enforce it?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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That's the part of law expressing the will of the people, no more.
First the product, a phone that is acceptable and functional for young one's and a practical law. Then just as cigarettes or guns enforce the law. They do it with those items they can do it with illicit phones.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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That's the part of law expressing the will of the people, no more.
First the product, a phone that is acceptable and functional for young one's and a practical law. Then just as cigarettes or guns enforce the law. They do it with those items they can do it with illicit phones.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 12:54 PM (f+dcG)
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Our families have always been raised in accord with those values and mores now derided by the left, and this practice will continue. There's never been any deviation nor will there be. Thus far, any opposition has been simply disregarded with no significant issues arising.
We (wife & I) don't proselytize this, but quietly live it. We have been fortunate to not have experienced any untoward behavior with either child excepting the normal growing pains most do.
We (wife & I) don't proselytize this, but quietly live it. We have been fortunate to not have experienced any untoward behavior with either child excepting the normal growing pains most do.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 04, 2025 12:54 PM (hKoQL)
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they have established a loan for only people of color to buy their first home; and while the state does not recognize Christian or Jewish holidays, it now officially recognizes not one, but two muzzie religious days.
I cannot wait to leave this place.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:51 PM (W/lyH)
So WA is officially adopting racism as state policy?
I cannot wait to leave this place.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:51 PM (W/lyH)
So WA is officially adopting racism as state policy?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:54 PM (vm8sq)
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Attempted Lady Gaga concert bombing:
https://t.co/j6KnLYIKZn
Is this an op?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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yes
https://t.co/j6KnLYIKZn
Is this an op?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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yes
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2025 12:55 PM (/lPRQ)
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82 Attempted Lady Gaga concert bombing:
https://t.co/j6KnLYIKZn
Is this an op?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 04, 2025 12:50 PM (2hHY4)
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I think yes. The suspected bombers were motivated by hatred of tranny bullshit? Yea, no. The rest of the article read like a Lady Gaga press release. Questionable.
https://t.co/j6KnLYIKZn
Is this an op?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 04, 2025 12:50 PM (2hHY4)
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I think yes. The suspected bombers were motivated by hatred of tranny bullshit? Yea, no. The rest of the article read like a Lady Gaga press release. Questionable.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 04, 2025 12:56 PM (aeiyZ)
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they have established a loan for only people of color to buy their first home...
You got change for a hundred?
You got change for a hundred?
Posted by: Rib Joint Customer at May 04, 2025 12:56 PM (R/m4+)
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>>> Lady Gaga’s massive free concert on Copacabana Beach, where more than 2 million fans gathered
I did not know that Brazil had that many gays in the whole country.
I did not know that Brazil had that many gays in the whole country.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2025 12:56 PM (/lPRQ)
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Sorry. I took the bait on youtube and listened to "Do you want to fondle my tits?"
LOL
Of course I do.
LOL
Of course I do.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 12:56 PM (ZmEVT)
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So WA is officially adopting racism as state policy?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:54 PM (vm8sq)
Apparently.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:54 PM (vm8sq)
Apparently.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 12:57 PM (W/lyH)
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Attempted Lady Gaga concert bombing:
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Those Swifties are getting out of control.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 04, 2025 12:52 PM (/y8xj)
Holy smokes! 2 million at a concert?
The article says Rod Stewart drew 4 mil at a free show in '94.
Honestly, the thought of trying to find a sanitary toilet makes me incontinent.
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Those Swifties are getting out of control.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 04, 2025 12:52 PM (/y8xj)
Holy smokes! 2 million at a concert?
The article says Rod Stewart drew 4 mil at a free show in '94.
Honestly, the thought of trying to find a sanitary toilet makes me incontinent.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 12:57 PM (UQXxb)
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The 70s and 80s were simpler times. The rebels were from that Brownsville Station song, smoking in the boys room…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 04, 2025 12:57 PM (v/5Y9)
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So WA is officially adopting racism as state policy?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:54 PM (vm8sq)
It sure sounds like it. Wonder if the court challenges have started?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 12:54 PM (vm8sq)
It sure sounds like it. Wonder if the court challenges have started?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 04, 2025 12:57 PM (0Dkf2)
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Reading further
... suspects were part of an online extremist group spreading hate against the LGBTQ community and attempting to radicalize young people...
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Apparently stereotypes are real.
... suspects were part of an online extremist group spreading hate against the LGBTQ community and attempting to radicalize young people...
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Apparently stereotypes are real.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2025 12:58 PM (/lPRQ)
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Attempted Lady Gaga concert bombing:
Those Swifties are getting out of control.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 04, 2025 12:52 PM (/y8xj)
The artists are bombing their shows on their own. They don't need outside help.
Those Swifties are getting out of control.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 04, 2025 12:52 PM (/y8xj)
The artists are bombing their shows on their own. They don't need outside help.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2025 12:59 PM (VNX3d)
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102
'Honestly, the thought of trying to find a sanitary toilet makes me incontinent.'
I never drink before going to any mass event just for that reason. But the number of people around bothers me more than sanitation. I need a certain amount of solitude.
'Honestly, the thought of trying to find a sanitary toilet makes me incontinent.'
I never drink before going to any mass event just for that reason. But the number of people around bothers me more than sanitation. I need a certain amount of solitude.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 04, 2025 01:00 PM (3wi/L)
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Washington State now has State Public Radio, featuring the Prayer Rug Home Companion. A reasonable amount of private advertising is permitted, like from Ali's Falafel and Toyota to Technical Customs.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 01:00 PM (gm9Sb)
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I wonder if someone explained to him that they have the same law in China ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 04, 2025 01:01 PM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2025 01:01 PM (/lPRQ)
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90 This.
Also Mullvad is maybe the only right answer to the next question.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
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Proton has a good reputation. Some of those VPNs are themselves collectors.
Also Mullvad is maybe the only right answer to the next question.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
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Proton has a good reputation. Some of those VPNs are themselves collectors.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:02 PM (f+dcG)
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Really? None of my teachers ever peeped about that. In fact, in one of my classes the alarm going off one minute before lunch started was much appreciated (and I had an alarm for one minute before the end of the class day).
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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He's talking about control of the classroom and respect for teacher.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep. It only had to happen once to one person, and after that the class knew the score and any friends of the students in the class did, too. And the teacher gained a reputation and and understanding.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
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He's talking about control of the classroom and respect for teacher.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep. It only had to happen once to one person, and after that the class knew the score and any friends of the students in the class did, too. And the teacher gained a reputation and and understanding.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 01:02 PM (oFxbF)
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Eric I think I am with you that the 'tests' seem to want to say it's fake yet can't duplicate it
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (ypFCm)
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There’s some very recent testing using x-ray tech that does put the age of the shroud at about 2000 years
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 04, 2025 12:47 PM (aeiyZ)
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I've read a couple of those Shroud books mentioned in the thread. Fascinating stuff for sure. For me it isn't about proving the shroud was the one used on Jesus. It's merely about the possibility that it could be. Believe or not, it sure reinforces our concept of faith.
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 12:43 PM (ypFCm)
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There’s some very recent testing using x-ray tech that does put the age of the shroud at about 2000 years
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 04, 2025 12:47 PM (aeiyZ)
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I've read a couple of those Shroud books mentioned in the thread. Fascinating stuff for sure. For me it isn't about proving the shroud was the one used on Jesus. It's merely about the possibility that it could be. Believe or not, it sure reinforces our concept of faith.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 01:03 PM (W/lyH)
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Pandora's box is not just a river in Egypt.
Posted by: toby928 at May 04, 2025 01:04 PM (vHqkz)
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I never drink before going to any mass event just for that reason. But the number of people around bothers me more than sanitation. I need a certain amount of solitude.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 04, 2025 01:00 PM (3wi/L)
Yeah, that would explain why I haven't been to any mass events in a while.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 04, 2025 01:00 PM (3wi/L)
Yeah, that would explain why I haven't been to any mass events in a while.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 01:04 PM (lIonU)
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The artists are bombing their shows on their own. They don't need outside help.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2025 12:59 PM (VNX3d)
We did it first. Even left it on the "live" album.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2025 12:59 PM (VNX3d)
We did it first. Even left it on the "live" album.
Posted by: Type O Negative at May 04, 2025 01:05 PM (xcIvR)
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I think yes. The suspected bombers were motivated by hatred of tranny bullshit? Yea, no. The rest of the article read like a Lady Gaga press release. Questionable.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
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You don't expect them to come right out and say "Muslim" do you?
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
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You don't expect them to come right out and say "Muslim" do you?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 01:05 PM (oFxbF)
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Social media is poison. It convinced the user they are popular and that others care what they think or say or do. It teaches selfishness and narcissism. It teaches kids to whip out their phones and record someone being bullied or beaten or harassed rather than stand up and say “this isn’t right.”
Even among my Gen X friends, I’ve had to point out to my kids the “take a picture first” rather than be on the moment attitude.
How many times do you see adults, of all ages, posting on the internet or taking selfies while sitting across the table from a friend or loved one? How many times do you see young adults go an entire meal having hardly acknowledged their date?
It’s easy to point out and mock.
Even among my Gen X friends, I’ve had to point out to my kids the “take a picture first” rather than be on the moment attitude.
How many times do you see adults, of all ages, posting on the internet or taking selfies while sitting across the table from a friend or loved one? How many times do you see young adults go an entire meal having hardly acknowledged their date?
It’s easy to point out and mock.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 04, 2025 01:05 PM (rn2/h)
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Remember the Socialists wat to have a village rule your children instead of parents
Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2025 01:05 PM (ypFCm)
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There's no way I'm anywhere near a concert with 2+ million people.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 04, 2025 01:06 PM (0Dkf2)
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There's no way I'm anywhere near a concert with 2+ million people.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 04, 2025 01:06 PM (0Dkf2)
I figure any musical act I would want to attend, 1.999999 million of those people at the Lady Gagme concert would not be interested in seeing.
That being said, I still say she's one of the sexiest ugly women on the planet.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 04, 2025 01:06 PM (0Dkf2)
I figure any musical act I would want to attend, 1.999999 million of those people at the Lady Gagme concert would not be interested in seeing.
That being said, I still say she's one of the sexiest ugly women on the planet.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 01:08 PM (lIonU)
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The last mass event I attended was the Right to Live March in Jan. 2020. We we so packed, like sardines, that I never ever want to attend something like that again.
btw, Trump showed up in person and was YUGE.
btw, Trump showed up in person and was YUGE.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:09 PM (ZmEVT)
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108 Washington State now has State Public Radio, featuring the Prayer Rug Home Companion. A reasonable amount of private advertising is permitted, like from Ali's Falafel and Toyota to Technical Customs.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 01:00 PM (gm9Sb)
Heh.
Years ago I had a Chevy Luv pick up with a great roll bar on it, complete with two halogen lights. I had a buddy weld a small round mount on it. The troops in my unit kept asking me about it. I'd just smile.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 01:00 PM (gm9Sb)
Heh.
Years ago I had a Chevy Luv pick up with a great roll bar on it, complete with two halogen lights. I had a buddy weld a small round mount on it. The troops in my unit kept asking me about it. I'd just smile.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 01:09 PM (W/lyH)
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100 Sorry. I took the bait on youtube and listened to "Do you want to fondle my tits?"
LOL
Of course I do.
Posted by: no one of any
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Some women give this look at my eyes.
A clip of young woman, back to camera, seated on the floor. Her baby is across the room facing mom and the camera. She beckons the teetering baby to come nurse. piddle, piddle
She gets baby's attention then raises her t-shirt. Baby comes to mama faster than Sea Biscuit.
LOL
Of course I do.
Posted by: no one of any
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Some women give this look at my eyes.
A clip of young woman, back to camera, seated on the floor. Her baby is across the room facing mom and the camera. She beckons the teetering baby to come nurse. piddle, piddle
She gets baby's attention then raises her t-shirt. Baby comes to mama faster than Sea Biscuit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:09 PM (f+dcG)
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That being said, I still say she's one of the sexiest ugly women on the planet.
I have never seen her without the makeup.
I have never seen her without the makeup.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:10 PM (ZmEVT)
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The trouble with the "down with the nanny state" argument is that we may be raising a generation of robots. I don't mean the current teens, but the kids. If that is the case, they won't be reading Rothbard before they vote.
BTW, from what I've read, having a nanny usually worked out.
I do wonder about whether it will be a waste, though.
BTW, from what I've read, having a nanny usually worked out.
I do wonder about whether it will be a waste, though.
Posted by: Eeyore at May 04, 2025 01:10 PM (1bNHn)
127
A sneaky way the opposition attempted control, and in some ways got it, was creating the position of guidance counselor in high school. Pretty much, you're dumb, off to voc ed with you. You're smart, definitely Oberlin material. Probably recruited a lot of kids for brainwashing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 01:10 PM (gm9Sb)
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I wonder if someone explained to him that they have the same law in China ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 04, 2025 01:01 PM
Feature, not a bug.
- Your Uniparty Overlords
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 04, 2025 01:01 PM
Feature, not a bug.
- Your Uniparty Overlords
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 04, 2025 01:11 PM (CSXpD)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:11 PM (ZmEVT)
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That being said, I still say she's one of the sexiest ugly women on the planet.
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I have never seen her without the makeup.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:10 PM (ZmEVT)
It's probably best we don't.
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I have never seen her without the makeup.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:10 PM (ZmEVT)
It's probably best we don't.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 01:12 PM (7L0HB)
131
Attempted Lady Gaga concert bombing:
https://t.co/j6KnLYIKZn
Is this an op?
It's an op. The bombers are anti-gay? Nah, pull the other one.
https://t.co/j6KnLYIKZn
Is this an op?
It's an op. The bombers are anti-gay? Nah, pull the other one.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 04, 2025 01:12 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:13 PM (f+dcG)
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My question is 'Is this what Virginia voters want?'.
If they do, I can hardly complain. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, maybe it will piss people off. I don't know.
If they do, I can hardly complain. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't, maybe it will piss people off. I don't know.
Posted by: toby928 at May 04, 2025 01:13 PM (vHqkz)
134
The bipartisan part is correct. If democrats want it, it’s a bad thing. Period.
Republicans never seem to learn this.
Republicans never seem to learn this.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 04, 2025 01:14 PM (NWr1F)
135
My mom was seriously pissed when my brother's counselor told him that he did not have to go to college.
So, a lifetime of stupid low-paying jobs awaited him. He dove in.
So, a lifetime of stupid low-paying jobs awaited him. He dove in.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:16 PM (ZmEVT)
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That being said, I still say she's one of the sexiest ugly women on the planet.
I have never seen her without the makeup.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:10 PM (ZmEVT)
She's fascinating that way. Kind of attractive onetime, not so much in another.
I have never seen her without the makeup.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:10 PM (ZmEVT)
She's fascinating that way. Kind of attractive onetime, not so much in another.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 01:16 PM (W/lyH)
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Here’s how this wil play out.
We start with something most people will agree is fine. Limit social media time for kids.
OK.
Then the next step is limit what kind of content kids get. We don’t want any of that “extremist” stuff for kids right? And before you know it any content mildly right of center is banned. For the children.
We start with something most people will agree is fine. Limit social media time for kids.
OK.
Then the next step is limit what kind of content kids get. We don’t want any of that “extremist” stuff for kids right? And before you know it any content mildly right of center is banned. For the children.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 04, 2025 01:17 PM (NWr1F)
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The artists are bombing their shows on their own. They don't need outside help.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2025 12:59 PM (VNX3d)
We did it first. Even left it on the "live" album.
Posted by: Type O Negative at May 04, 2025 01:05 PM (xcIvR)
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[takes a huge bong hit while tripping balls on multiple hard drugs]
“Hey, why don’t we make the album cover a closeup pic of my naked asshole, with a scratch and sniff that smells like human shit?”
[Stunned silence]
“Yea, bro! Sounds totes coolio!”
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2025 12:59 PM (VNX3d)
We did it first. Even left it on the "live" album.
Posted by: Type O Negative at May 04, 2025 01:05 PM (xcIvR)
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[takes a huge bong hit while tripping balls on multiple hard drugs]
“Hey, why don’t we make the album cover a closeup pic of my naked asshole, with a scratch and sniff that smells like human shit?”
[Stunned silence]
“Yea, bro! Sounds totes coolio!”
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 04, 2025 01:17 PM (aeiyZ)
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A few years ago I invited my mom, my sister and her 3 kids for a trip out to Block Island to celebrate my sister's birthday. Gorgeous summer day. My mom and sister where hanging out in the cockpit enjoying the sun. All 3 of the 20 somethings were huddled around the galley table on their smart phones. I asked them what they were doing and they said texting with their friends telling them how much fun they were having.
I was tempted to throw all of them overboard but I didn't want to get fined for littering.
I was tempted to throw all of them overboard but I didn't want to get fined for littering.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 04, 2025 01:18 PM (viF8m)
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I have too much screentime. Wait, is that camera on?
Posted by: Eromero at May 04, 2025 01:19 PM (LHPAg)
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It's fall in Brazil, which still wouldn't have mitigated that situation. 2M anywhere is a nightmare, packed into Copacabana and spilling over Ave. Atlantica into the built up area would be horrific. Worst similar situation I experienced was in summer, getting tickets for a soccer game, up in Bahia. Like many cultures Brazil (well, possibly not parts of the south) lacks an orderly line-forming habit - people just mob the ticket window, door, whatever. The crowding, body heat (summer) ..... was a notably unpleasant process.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 04, 2025 01:19 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Ciampino - unbelievable at May 04, 2025 01:19 PM (sPQoU)
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How will the vendors determine if you are an adult or a kid?
Posted by: toby928 at May 04, 2025 01:20 PM (vHqkz)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:20 PM (ZmEVT)
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54 Posted by: Don Black at May 04, 2025 12:35 PM (AOsQT)
It's your hash. Ace doesn't want to be called cute.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Ha! Didn't see it but he pissed off somebody.
It's your hash. Ace doesn't want to be called cute.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Ha! Didn't see it but he pissed off somebody.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:22 PM (f+dcG)
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She's fascinating that way. Kind of attractive onetime, not so much in another.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 01:16 PM (W/lyH)
Like the Seinfeld two-faced episode… in certain lighting his date is gorgeous but in the wrong lighting hideous
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 01:16 PM (W/lyH)
Like the Seinfeld two-faced episode… in certain lighting his date is gorgeous but in the wrong lighting hideous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 04, 2025 01:23 PM (i5Vkf)
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Inquiring minds want to know. Copacabana?
Were the women topless?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:20 PM (ZmEVT)
Does dental floss count?
Were the women topless?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 04, 2025 01:20 PM (ZmEVT)
Does dental floss count?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 01:23 PM (W/lyH)
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So WA is officially adopting racism as state policy?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
I'm sure they will call it ANTI racism.
So WA is officially adopting racism as state policy?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
I'm sure they will call it ANTI racism.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2025 01:23 PM (63Dwl)
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Does dental floss count?
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 01:23 PM
Raisin' it up, waxing it down..
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 01:23 PM
Raisin' it up, waxing it down..
Posted by: toby928 at May 04, 2025 01:24 PM (vHqkz)
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GOP Gov Signs Law That Would Set Daily Time Limit For Kids On Social Media
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Among the flaws here is that it is unenforceable
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Among the flaws here is that it is unenforceable
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 04, 2025 01:25 PM (L/fGl)
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135 In the mid 70s, even the Marine Corps got in on the counselor racket. I got orders to recruiting school and was not particularly interested and was trying to figure a way out. Bad duty at the time, "Nam just over, no draft. The Gunny (Career Counselor) was sympathetic and told me to put in for DI school and it would all go away, just flunk the PT. Genius.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 01:25 PM (gm9Sb)
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Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2025 01:16 PM (W/lyH)
Like the Seinfeld two-faced episode… in certain lighting his date is gorgeous but in the wrong lighting hideous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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A lot of the attraction is (personality) that she is a (professional) good performer and good musician. The audience perceives it as 'the thing', however, it's high level of professionalism.
Like the Seinfeld two-faced episode… in certain lighting his date is gorgeous but in the wrong lighting hideous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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A lot of the attraction is (personality) that she is a (professional) good performer and good musician. The audience perceives it as 'the thing', however, it's high level of professionalism.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:27 PM (f+dcG)
153
"Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill into law on Friday to limit the social media use of minors under the age of 16 to one hour per day."
There's a stupid. Parents job, yada yada, blah, blah.
My kids weren't allowed on social media at all until they were 18 and could decide their own path. Both are on Facebook mostly to interact with friends they don't get to see much. That's why I was on there for awhile. I decided it wasn't worth it.
Hubbymayhem still uses it but keeps getting put in time out. Idiots report him for hate speech because he disagrees with them. He has never posted anything that was racist, misogynist, bigotry, or advocating violence. But he has pointed those things out to those who have and got sidelined for a week due to hateful content.
Social media is a high school drama club, mean girl clique, and sewer all rolled into one pointless, time thief.
There's a stupid. Parents job, yada yada, blah, blah.
My kids weren't allowed on social media at all until they were 18 and could decide their own path. Both are on Facebook mostly to interact with friends they don't get to see much. That's why I was on there for awhile. I decided it wasn't worth it.
Hubbymayhem still uses it but keeps getting put in time out. Idiots report him for hate speech because he disagrees with them. He has never posted anything that was racist, misogynist, bigotry, or advocating violence. But he has pointed those things out to those who have and got sidelined for a week due to hateful content.
Social media is a high school drama club, mean girl clique, and sewer all rolled into one pointless, time thief.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 01:28 PM (2J/Lj)
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GOP Gov Signs Law That Would Set Daily Time Limit For Kids On Social Media
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Among the flaws here is that it is unenforceable
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes!
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Maybe if it made parents personally responsible under threat of imprisonment... Then with the miracle of the all-seeing electronic State bust a few parents to make examples of... Put the kids in foster care then cut off their junk... Then sell them out to a 'loving' homo couple...
Oh, hell yes it is enforcable.
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Among the flaws here is that it is unenforceable
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes!
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Maybe if it made parents personally responsible under threat of imprisonment... Then with the miracle of the all-seeing electronic State bust a few parents to make examples of... Put the kids in foster care then cut off their junk... Then sell them out to a 'loving' homo couple...
Oh, hell yes it is enforcable.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2025 01:29 PM (/lPRQ)
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A lot of the attraction is (personality) that she is a (professional) good performer and good musician. The audience perceives it as 'the thing', however, it's high level of professionalism.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:27 PM (f+dcG)
She did a whole season of American Horror Story some years back. Played a vampire.
I would find it hard to believe anyone could have encountered her, and not want to be bitten. She was beyond hot. And yeah, much of that was her charisma and persona.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:27 PM (f+dcG)
She did a whole season of American Horror Story some years back. Played a vampire.
I would find it hard to believe anyone could have encountered her, and not want to be bitten. She was beyond hot. And yeah, much of that was her charisma and persona.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 01:30 PM (7L0HB)
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Put the kids in foster care then cut off their junk... Then sell them out to a 'loving' homo couple...
The 'loving' homos won't want them if they have no junk.
The 'loving' homos won't want them if they have no junk.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 04, 2025 01:31 PM (2ocoG)
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+1. She's a lot better looking than when she was Amy Winehouse.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 01:31 PM (oFxbF)
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Mom-Gee it's a shame my little girl breaks every phone she is given. Sorry about that but she is only a child.
Posted by: Case at May 04, 2025 01:31 PM (OrSPY)
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154 GOP Gov Signs Law That Would Set Daily Time Limit For Kids On Social Media
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So, two hours on PronHub then Jr. must do his homework.
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So, two hours on PronHub then Jr. must do his homework.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:31 PM (f+dcG)
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Government is way to big so it does too many things.
But this is more of a unimportant thing and might get a few votes so who cares TBH in the large scale of things.
But this is more of a unimportant thing and might get a few votes so who cares TBH in the large scale of things.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 04, 2025 01:33 PM (t0Rmr)
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He's talking about control of the classroom and respect for teacher.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep. It only had to happen once to one person, and after that the class knew the score and any friends of the students in the class did, too. And the teacher gained a reputation and and understanding.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 01:02 PM (oFxbF)
Yeah, and so was I. My watches chimed on the hour and had the alarms to signify lunch was about to begin and the end of day was here. Not a peep. If this was seen as disrespectful to the class and a violation of classroom management, no one said anything to me about it, and this was in the early 1990s.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep. It only had to happen once to one person, and after that the class knew the score and any friends of the students in the class did, too. And the teacher gained a reputation and and understanding.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 04, 2025 01:02 PM (oFxbF)
Yeah, and so was I. My watches chimed on the hour and had the alarms to signify lunch was about to begin and the end of day was here. Not a peep. If this was seen as disrespectful to the class and a violation of classroom management, no one said anything to me about it, and this was in the early 1990s.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 01:33 PM (vm8sq)
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I would find it hard to believe anyone could have encountered her, and not want to be bitten. She was beyond hot. And yeah, much of that was her charisma and persona.
She's quite hot, and unlike most of what Big Record is pushing these days she can actually play and sing.
She's quite hot, and unlike most of what Big Record is pushing these days she can actually play and sing.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 04, 2025 01:34 PM (2ocoG)
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Oddball laws like this are ripe for capricious enforcement against political enemies, or to shake down marks to extort money.
Oddball laws like this are ripe for capricious enforcement against political enemies, or to shake down marks to extort money.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 04, 2025 01:35 PM (d4X7t)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 04, 2025 01:36 PM (3wi/L)
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Government is way to big so it does too many things.
But this is more of a unimportant thing and might get a few votes so who cares TBH in the large scale of things.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 04, 2025 01:33 PM (t0Rmr)
Well yeah. Boomer votes matter.
But this is more of a unimportant thing and might get a few votes so who cares TBH in the large scale of things.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 04, 2025 01:33 PM (t0Rmr)
Well yeah. Boomer votes matter.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 01:36 PM (7L0HB)
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I decided it wasn't worth it.
Hubbymayhem still uses it but keeps getting put in time out. Idiots report him for hate speech because he disagrees with them. He has never posted anything that was racist, misogynist, bigotry, or advocating violence. But he has pointed those things out to those who have and got sidelined for a week due to hateful content.
Social media is a high school drama club, mean girl clique, and sewer all rolled into one pointless, time thief.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 01:28 PM (2J/Lj)
It is. Facebook decided to kick me out for “violating community standards”. (I think this means showing even the slightest disapproval to Statism/Socialism). So I just said fuckit, social media isn’t worth it, and haven’t looked back.
Hubbymayhem still uses it but keeps getting put in time out. Idiots report him for hate speech because he disagrees with them. He has never posted anything that was racist, misogynist, bigotry, or advocating violence. But he has pointed those things out to those who have and got sidelined for a week due to hateful content.
Social media is a high school drama club, mean girl clique, and sewer all rolled into one pointless, time thief.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 01:28 PM (2J/Lj)
It is. Facebook decided to kick me out for “violating community standards”. (I think this means showing even the slightest disapproval to Statism/Socialism). So I just said fuckit, social media isn’t worth it, and haven’t looked back.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 01:36 PM (vm8sq)
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Oddball laws like this are ripe for capricious enforcement against political enemies, or to shake down marks to extort money.
It's an actual problem, but 100% that the Democrats like it because it keeps kids away from e.g. the Meme The Left channel on YouTube.
It's an actual problem, but 100% that the Democrats like it because it keeps kids away from e.g. the Meme The Left channel on YouTube.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 04, 2025 01:36 PM (2ocoG)
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'She was beyond hot. And yeah, much of that was her charisma and persona.'
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Big hooters?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 04, 2025 01:36 PM (3wi/L)
She's got a woman's body. Sounds silly to say it that way, but we know there are many "stars" who are being sold to us who are either fat slobs or skinflints.
She's got curves.
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Big hooters?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 04, 2025 01:36 PM (3wi/L)
She's got a woman's body. Sounds silly to say it that way, but we know there are many "stars" who are being sold to us who are either fat slobs or skinflints.
She's got curves.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 04, 2025 01:37 PM (7L0HB)
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The SPLC is running ads on METV+
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2025 01:38 PM (63Dwl)
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What singer are we talking about?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 04, 2025 01:39 PM (t0Rmr)
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127 A sneaky way the opposition attempted control, and in some ways got it, was creating the position of guidance counselor in high school. Pretty much, you're dumb, off to voc ed with you. You're smart, definitely Oberlin material. Probably recruited a lot of kids for brainwashing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 01:10 PM (gm9Sb)
I can see that. However, my HS guidance counselor was beyond worthless.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 04, 2025 01:10 PM (gm9Sb)
I can see that. However, my HS guidance counselor was beyond worthless.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 04, 2025 01:39 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 04, 2025 01:39 PM (2ocoG)
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I’ve never had a fb account.
My peers are heavily invested. It seems to be a popularity contest and an invasion of everyone’s privacy (those whose specific consent for having their pictures on the web was not granted).
And people who plaster embarrassing pictures of their little kids are awful people. Those kids will be made fun of for their entire lives. All because mommy wanted more “likes.”
My peers are heavily invested. It seems to be a popularity contest and an invasion of everyone’s privacy (those whose specific consent for having their pictures on the web was not granted).
And people who plaster embarrassing pictures of their little kids are awful people. Those kids will be made fun of for their entire lives. All because mommy wanted more “likes.”
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 04, 2025 01:40 PM (CzhWp)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 04, 2025 01:41 PM (3wi/L)
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From last night but still funny.
https://instapundit.com/717971/
MAY 3, 2025
OH NO! ANYWAY . . .
Mystery drone strikes activist supply ship bound for Gaza; was due to pick up Greta Thunberg in Malta en route.
https://t.co/S4Z7EDL04m
- wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) May 3, 2025
Posted at 8:06 pm by Glenn Reynolds
https://instapundit.com/717971/
MAY 3, 2025
OH NO! ANYWAY . . .
Mystery drone strikes activist supply ship bound for Gaza; was due to pick up Greta Thunberg in Malta en route.
https://t.co/S4Z7EDL04m
- wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) May 3, 2025
Posted at 8:06 pm by Glenn Reynolds
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 04, 2025 01:42 PM (Vqx30)
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Government sure seems more than willing to tell parents what their kids can and cannot do, but isn't all that willing to keep adults from perving on the kids or allowing parents to have a say in what their own kids can/can't do.
Weird.
Almost as if government was a perversion itself.
Weird.
Almost as if government was a perversion itself.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2025 01:46 PM (Q4IgG)
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It would be almost comical if Saint Greta got to Gaza and was taken hostage by Hamas. On second thought the hell with almost , I'd laugh my ass off
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 04, 2025 01:47 PM (rp63B)
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It would be almost comical if Saint Greta got to Gaza and was taken hostage by Hamas. On second thought the hell with almost , I'd laugh my ass off
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 04, 2025 01:47 PM (rp63B)
Who would be screeching louder, Greta or the unamplified call to prayer?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 04, 2025 01:47 PM (rp63B)
Who would be screeching louder, Greta or the unamplified call to prayer?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2025 01:48 PM (VNX3d)
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can see that. However, my HS guidance counselor was beyond worthless.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
My HS guidance counselor was awesome. Devout Catholic lady with six kids whose husband decided he wanted more from life than a big family in a small town. He left and never came back. The kids never saw him again but there was never a divorce. She didn't just counsel kids, she talked to their parents and counseled them too. More than one substandard parent raised their game because that lady knew....Most kids act up because parents allow it. Maybe because they aren't paying attention, maybe because they pay too much attention, and sometimes because the attention they give is toxic. She also knew a bad seed when see saw it standing in her office. She handed one kid over to the cops and told him, " I tried to help you but you didn't want that help. Now you have to live with the consequences. I will pray for you."
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33
My HS guidance counselor was awesome. Devout Catholic lady with six kids whose husband decided he wanted more from life than a big family in a small town. He left and never came back. The kids never saw him again but there was never a divorce. She didn't just counsel kids, she talked to their parents and counseled them too. More than one substandard parent raised their game because that lady knew....Most kids act up because parents allow it. Maybe because they aren't paying attention, maybe because they pay too much attention, and sometimes because the attention they give is toxic. She also knew a bad seed when see saw it standing in her office. She handed one kid over to the cops and told him, " I tried to help you but you didn't want that help. Now you have to live with the consequences. I will pray for you."
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 01:49 PM (2J/Lj)
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They were saying the same thing about tv's back in the late 50's through the 60's.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 04, 2025 01:51 PM (g8Ew8)
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was due to pick up Greta Thunberg in Malta en route.
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I've gotten to where I feel pity for her.
Her only appeal to Our Betters was being an adult and having the mind/communication of an adult while looking like a small sickly child.
Her hitting the wall was different from other women. She was never attractive, so her wall was looking like an adult. And now here she is, an unattractive adult female in a world where people have rejected her and her message and openly embraced MAGA and Trump.
The mind reels at what that must feels like for a young woman with mental disorders.
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I've gotten to where I feel pity for her.
Her only appeal to Our Betters was being an adult and having the mind/communication of an adult while looking like a small sickly child.
Her hitting the wall was different from other women. She was never attractive, so her wall was looking like an adult. And now here she is, an unattractive adult female in a world where people have rejected her and her message and openly embraced MAGA and Trump.
The mind reels at what that must feels like for a young woman with mental disorders.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 04, 2025 01:51 PM (Ji8U7)
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GOP Gov Signs Law That Would Set Daily Time Limit For Kids On Social Media
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Y'know how people say that the pendulum swings, nothing lasts forever, the Democrats will eventually come back to power etc? This is how it happens. Republicans getting all full of themselves and being conservative social engineers. Stave it off wherever you are however you can as long as you can.
GOP Gov Signs Law That Would Set Daily Time Limit For Kids On Social Media
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Y'know how people say that the pendulum swings, nothing lasts forever, the Democrats will eventually come back to power etc? This is how it happens. Republicans getting all full of themselves and being conservative social engineers. Stave it off wherever you are however you can as long as you can.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2025 01:52 PM (U7Gpi)
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She handed one kid over to the cops and told him, " I tried to help you but you didn't want that help. Now you have to live with the consequences. I will pray for you."
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 01:49 PM (2J/Lj)
This is the way.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 01:49 PM (2J/Lj)
This is the way.
Posted by: Eromero at May 04, 2025 01:53 PM (LHPAg)
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180 They were saying the same thing about tv's back in the late 50's through the 60's.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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So, total promiscuity with children is A-OK?
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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So, total promiscuity with children is A-OK?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:53 PM (f+dcG)
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The mind reels at what that must feels like for a young woman with mental disorders.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
She's a mass casualties event waiting to happen.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
She's a mass casualties event waiting to happen.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 01:53 PM (2J/Lj)
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Jen Psaki Denies Seeing Biden’s Obvious Issues, Claims it’s Dangerous to Call it a "Cover Up"
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She wrote her opinion in braille and had it delivered by her seeing eye dog.
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She wrote her opinion in braille and had it delivered by her seeing eye dog.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 04, 2025 01:54 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:54 PM (f+dcG)
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I only have a personal FB because you have to have a personal one to have a business one, and in my line of work, my target audience is on FB. I advertise on it and on Instagram, pretty successfully. I am going to do a targeted ad run on x this summer - building that business account first, to see how it goes. X is a whole lot easier to build an ad on than FB, which is a nightmare. Instagram isn’t bad. I never post anything on my personal account, it just sits there, all sad.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2025 01:55 PM (p4NUW)
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The mind reels at what that must feels like for a young woman with mental disorders.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 04, 2025 01:51 PM (Ji8U7)
But somewhere in a, 'certain' part of the world, somebody is pondering an aquisition.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 04, 2025 01:51 PM (Ji8U7)
But somewhere in a, 'certain' part of the world, somebody is pondering an aquisition.
Posted by: Eromero at May 04, 2025 01:55 PM (LHPAg)
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OT, but CBD doesn't seem to mind that:
I just began watching "The Adjustment Bureau", which is considered a good film (Philip K Dick story) and the lead character, running for office, meets and is endorsed by lots of IRL politicians and journos making cameos, all liberals and lefties. It really pulls me out of the story and also locks it into a particular point in time, as opinions have soured on many of them.
Only example I would endorse is Woody Allen's use of Howard Cosell, because that's awesome.
I just began watching "The Adjustment Bureau", which is considered a good film (Philip K Dick story) and the lead character, running for office, meets and is endorsed by lots of IRL politicians and journos making cameos, all liberals and lefties. It really pulls me out of the story and also locks it into a particular point in time, as opinions have soured on many of them.
Only example I would endorse is Woody Allen's use of Howard Cosell, because that's awesome.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 04, 2025 01:56 PM (kpS4V)
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>>>And now here she is, an unattractive adult female in a world where people have rejected her and her message and openly embraced MAGA and Trump.
The mind reels at what that must feels like for a young woman with mental disorders.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 04, 2025 01:51 PM (Ji8U7)
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Call for Hillary Clinton. Hillary to the rainbow phone.
The mind reels at what that must feels like for a young woman with mental disorders.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 04, 2025 01:51 PM (Ji8U7)
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Call for Hillary Clinton. Hillary to the rainbow phone.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 01:57 PM (f+dcG)
Posted by: My 15 year old self at May 04, 2025 02:00 PM (dg+HA)
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Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality****
Is she only fucked up if she has both? Does it have to be both a nose ring and a tattoo or is it one or the other. She could have a nose ring but no ink or tattoo without the hardware and it still means she's fucked up?
I need to know if I'm in this group. I have a tattoo but not a nose ring. I did have a belly button piercing but had to lose it when I had a hysterectomy. Does that count against me too?
Is she only fucked up if she has both? Does it have to be both a nose ring and a tattoo or is it one or the other. She could have a nose ring but no ink or tattoo without the hardware and it still means she's fucked up?
I need to know if I'm in this group. I have a tattoo but not a nose ring. I did have a belly button piercing but had to lose it when I had a hysterectomy. Does that count against me too?
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 02:01 PM (2J/Lj)
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They were saying the same thing about tv's back in the late 50's through the 60's.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
To state the obvious, kids weren't lugging them to class and everywhere they went. APPLE* and oranges.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
To state the obvious, kids weren't lugging them to class and everywhere they went. APPLE* and oranges.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 04, 2025 02:04 PM (mlg/3)
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it just sits there, all sad.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2025 01:55 PM (p4NUW)
It's probably lonely. It could get fat and depressed. I have no doubt you will whip it in to shape! Then you can use it as a success story!
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2025 01:55 PM (p4NUW)
It's probably lonely. It could get fat and depressed. I have no doubt you will whip it in to shape! Then you can use it as a success story!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 02:05 PM (2J/Lj)
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Gretta Turdbird's parents had everything to do with manipulating her for the press to use as a climate crisis casualty. Wonder what they're doing with all the cash they made off her early years?
Poster child for everything that's fake, gay and bullshit.
Poster child for everything that's fake, gay and bullshit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2025 02:05 PM (Q4IgG)
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Just ban social media altogether. It’s screwing up kids’ brains, turning young women into hoes, and making AWFLs psychotic.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 04, 2025 02:07 PM (l3YAf)
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Poster child for everything that's fake, gay and bullshit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Also a poster child for shitty parental skills. That girl is seriously fucked up.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Also a poster child for shitty parental skills. That girl is seriously fucked up.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 02:07 PM (2J/Lj)
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FBI Busts Satanic Neo-Nazi Child Exploitation Ring in Global Crackdown
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Well, at least they weren't vegan cross fitters.
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Well, at least they weren't vegan cross fitters.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 04, 2025 02:08 PM (L/fGl)
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@DataRepublican
New Substack Drop: How Soros and the NED Engineered Global Regime Change... with Your Tax Dollars 🇺🇸💸
I ran every issue of the Journal of Democracy (NED’s house organ) through AI to search for Soros references. And what I found is jaw-dropping.
_ Soros-backed groups ran exit polls to discredit elections (Moldova 2009)
_ “Civil society” NGOs blacklisted candidates before votes (Romania 2004)
_ Activists were flown across borders to learn how to topple regimes (Georgia’s Rose Revolution)
_ Soros-funded institutes literally wrote legislation and drafted constitutions abroad
_ Polling was used not just to measure opinion—but to shape political climates ahead of transitions
_ Western-backed coalitions targeted resource control (oil & gas) under the banner of “transparency”
New Substack Drop: How Soros and the NED Engineered Global Regime Change... with Your Tax Dollars 🇺🇸💸
I ran every issue of the Journal of Democracy (NED’s house organ) through AI to search for Soros references. And what I found is jaw-dropping.
_ Soros-backed groups ran exit polls to discredit elections (Moldova 2009)
_ “Civil society” NGOs blacklisted candidates before votes (Romania 2004)
_ Activists were flown across borders to learn how to topple regimes (Georgia’s Rose Revolution)
_ Soros-funded institutes literally wrote legislation and drafted constitutions abroad
_ Polling was used not just to measure opinion—but to shape political climates ahead of transitions
_ Western-backed coalitions targeted resource control (oil & gas) under the banner of “transparency”
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 02:09 PM (f+dcG)
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Or Methodists.
Posted by: Blazing Saddles reference at May 04, 2025 02:09 PM (dg+HA)
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Well, at least they weren't vegan cross fitters.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 04, 2025 02:08 PM (L/fGl)
Probably Amish.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 04, 2025 02:08 PM (L/fGl)
Probably Amish.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 02:10 PM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 04, 2025 02:11 PM (L/fGl)
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Also a poster child for shitty parental skills. That girl is seriously fucked up.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 02:07 PM
Yup. I blame the asshoe parents.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 02:07 PM
Yup. I blame the asshoe parents.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 04, 2025 02:12 PM (CSXpD)
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Is she only fucked up if she has both? Does it have to be both a nose ring and a tattoo or is it one or the other. She could have a nose ring but no ink or tattoo without the hardware and it still means she's fucked up?
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I'm reluctant to address anything in a way that makes it personal, but there are a number of scientific papers exploring the topic. Search for "tattoos and trauma" or similar.
It's especially interesting to be aware of it and pay attention to the arms of female soldiers, police officers, and paramedics.
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I'm reluctant to address anything in a way that makes it personal, but there are a number of scientific papers exploring the topic. Search for "tattoos and trauma" or similar.
It's especially interesting to be aware of it and pay attention to the arms of female soldiers, police officers, and paramedics.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 04, 2025 02:13 PM (Ji8U7)
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I see the value of the old "children's hour" in Ye Olde Days of only 3 major TV networks.
What was it? Certain subjects taboo before 9pm.
Anywho, totally impossible these days what with all the open media.
Pretty much any child of any age that's given open access to the internets has probably seen hard core porn of the perverted type.
Maybe a rating system where you could set the child's phone and computer to block any and all of those channels and ads.
Not sure how possible that is. Buuuuut, that wouldn't block anyone who didn't want to be blocked and give parents the ability to control, at least, at home what their kiddos see.
What was it? Certain subjects taboo before 9pm.
Anywho, totally impossible these days what with all the open media.
Pretty much any child of any age that's given open access to the internets has probably seen hard core porn of the perverted type.
Maybe a rating system where you could set the child's phone and computer to block any and all of those channels and ads.
Not sure how possible that is. Buuuuut, that wouldn't block anyone who didn't want to be blocked and give parents the ability to control, at least, at home what their kiddos see.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 04, 2025 02:13 PM (iJfKG)
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They were saying the same thing about tv's back in the late 50's through the 60's.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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(looks at American society)
Huh. Well I'll be.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons
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(looks at American society)
Huh. Well I'll be.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 04, 2025 02:14 PM (Ji8U7)
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Equality at last!
Trans Swimmer Ana Caldas Wins All 5 Races at Women’s Swim Nationals: “Real-Life South Park Episode.”
Trans Swimmer Ana Caldas Wins All 5 Races at Women’s Swim Nationals: “Real-Life South Park Episode.”
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Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 04, 2025 02:13 PM (Ji8U7
Couple of fun facts....
1) I don't have trauma. I had a navel ring because I wanted one
2) Hubbymayhem and I got tattoos as our wedding gift to one another. Permanent artwork as a symbol of permanent vows kinda thing. No one sees my ink except Hubbymayhem. His is visible and he got a second one as a memorial for my mom. Again, not about trauma or social class. Just a personal preference.
I truly do not understand why people here on this smart military blog insist that any woman who has ink is either trash, a fucked up mess, or both. It is baffling.
Couple of fun facts....
1) I don't have trauma. I had a navel ring because I wanted one
2) Hubbymayhem and I got tattoos as our wedding gift to one another. Permanent artwork as a symbol of permanent vows kinda thing. No one sees my ink except Hubbymayhem. His is visible and he got a second one as a memorial for my mom. Again, not about trauma or social class. Just a personal preference.
I truly do not understand why people here on this smart military blog insist that any woman who has ink is either trash, a fucked up mess, or both. It is baffling.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 04, 2025 02:24 PM (2J/Lj)
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Get a flip phone that’s ruggedized for military use, and you can be out in the field and _drop_it_on_a_ rock, then pick it up, and it will still work. I have one made by Kyocera, and while it’s a pain to send texts on it (read them easy, just the chiclet keyboard makes you cycle though mno, etc.), but you can with perseverance reply to texts. It makes it harder to text, in general, which I like. Got the idea from a geologist acquaintance. Very durable.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2025 02:24 PM (6nn2F)
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Men make the best women.
Posted by: Corporal Max Klinger at May 04, 2025 02:31 PM (dg+HA)
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Unless she was raised in the circus, a woman with a lot of ink ( them’s NOT tattoos; them’s skin illustrations!) may well have some embittering tragedy in her life. Not a sure thing, but it’s a “tell”. I personally don’t want to date a woman who has more tattoos than me (confession, I haven’t any!), but I would consider it she only had a few, unless one of them is a heart with a dagger through it!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2025 02:31 PM (6nn2F)
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Couple of fun facts....
1) I don't have trauma...
I truly do not understand why people here on this smart military blog insist that any woman who has ink is either trash, a fucked up mess, or both. It is baffling.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)
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Again, I am reluctant to make anything personal, and I won't.
I will say that it's always worth remembering that general statements and stereotypes are the way humans understand topics for a reason. Are there outliers? Yes. Can things that don't adhere to the norm exist? Absolutely.
That decent, normal outlier people might accidentally get hung up in assumptions of strangers basing opinions on true stereotypes is a topic that has been discussed in broader society for decades now, but it certainly happens.
An interesting related topic for us old folks:
Knowing this fact now, what should we teach our daughters?
Knowing this fact now, what should we teach our sons?
1) I don't have trauma...
I truly do not understand why people here on this smart military blog insist that any woman who has ink is either trash, a fucked up mess, or both. It is baffling.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)
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Again, I am reluctant to make anything personal, and I won't.
I will say that it's always worth remembering that general statements and stereotypes are the way humans understand topics for a reason. Are there outliers? Yes. Can things that don't adhere to the norm exist? Absolutely.
That decent, normal outlier people might accidentally get hung up in assumptions of strangers basing opinions on true stereotypes is a topic that has been discussed in broader society for decades now, but it certainly happens.
An interesting related topic for us old folks:
Knowing this fact now, what should we teach our daughters?
Knowing this fact now, what should we teach our sons?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 04, 2025 02:35 PM (Ji8U7)
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Parents either care or they don't. Neighbor buys his girlfriend's daughter an iPhone and within months she's cutting herself at age 11. I say, she didn't think of that herself -- she's getting that from the iPhone. He acts interested but doesn't do anything. Fast-forward, she is briefly institutionalized at a respected NoVa facility. They give her drugs. And she's pulled out of school several times a week for a woke therapist to talk to her. All of this is paid for through immigrant services. Her school performance nose-dives. Her mother discovers she's sending naughty photos of herself to her 18-year-old online boyfriend in PA and calls the cops on her. What can they do? And they are both illegal. She starts getting into fights -- and hurts a girl and parents take her to court. She relocates to live with her mother's boyfriend to get to a new school system. School sends her home to school remotely because they can't deal with her threatening to hurt herself. It's an effing mess.
I can't count the times we've offered to tutor her and tell our neighbor to cut the damn internet and smash the iPhone. It never had to be like this.
I can't count the times we've offered to tutor her and tell our neighbor to cut the damn internet and smash the iPhone. It never had to be like this.
Posted by: Coki at May 04, 2025 03:04 PM (Wkrcf)
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Posted by: Coki at May 04, 2025 03:04 PM (Wkrcf)
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Maybe call ICE on this resource-sucking mess.
Posted by: Coki at May 04, 2025 03:04 PM (Wkrcf)
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Maybe call ICE on this resource-sucking mess.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2025 03:16 PM (U7Gpi)
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>>> An Official Website of the United States Government
https://tinyurl.com/26puzhuk
Tattoos as a window to the psyche:
How talking about skin art can inform psychiatric practice
OK, good title, it’s implied intent to be objective and informative. But in the middle of the first paragraph it’s true objective is stated:
- “This paper aims to review the more recent epidemiology of tattoos in Western culture in order to establish that tattooing has become a mainstream phenomenon.”
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Another govt step toward re-defining our society.
https://tinyurl.com/26puzhuk
Tattoos as a window to the psyche:
How talking about skin art can inform psychiatric practice
OK, good title, it’s implied intent to be objective and informative. But in the middle of the first paragraph it’s true objective is stated:
- “This paper aims to review the more recent epidemiology of tattoos in Western culture in order to establish that tattooing has become a mainstream phenomenon.”
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Another govt step toward re-defining our society.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 03:26 PM (caSoV)
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- “This paper aims to review the more recent epidemiology of tattoos in Western culture in order to establish that tattooing has become a mainstream phenomenon.”
further into the paper:
"A more recent Harris poll of 2225 United States respondents performed in 2015 found that 29% of Americans had at least one tattoo, an increase from 14% in 2008 and 21% in 2012[4]. Tattoos were slightly more common among United States women (31%) than men (27%). Younger respondents were more likely to have tattoos, with nearly half (47%) of those 18-35 years old reporting that they had a tattoo. Regret about having a tattoo was reported in 23% of respondents, an increase from 14%-17% in previous years."
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None of these percentages approaches mainstream.
further into the paper:
"A more recent Harris poll of 2225 United States respondents performed in 2015 found that 29% of Americans had at least one tattoo, an increase from 14% in 2008 and 21% in 2012[4]. Tattoos were slightly more common among United States women (31%) than men (27%). Younger respondents were more likely to have tattoos, with nearly half (47%) of those 18-35 years old reporting that they had a tattoo. Regret about having a tattoo was reported in 23% of respondents, an increase from 14%-17% in previous years."
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None of these percentages approaches mainstream.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2025 03:39 PM (caSoV)
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Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
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