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Made a small bet with a friend that the Warriors would sweep a couple weeks ago, got soundly mocked A week ago (before the series started) upgraded it to the Warriors will sweep and win every game by double digits, was mocked even more Feeling good so far
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:Don't make a kid you dumbass, if you really want to be a parent adopt one of the many children who already exist and need a good family. Who says I'm not also doing that at some point?
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Jun 5, 2017 16:57
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:Don't make a kid you dumbass, if you really want to be a parent adopt one of the many children who already exist and need a good family. I like fuckin' and well one thing lead to another
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Jun 5, 2017 16:58
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Intruder posted:I like fuckin' and well one thing lead to another *burps* any other questions son
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Jun 5, 2017 17:00
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I also have a biological imperative to propagate my genes come at me son
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Jun 5, 2017 17:01
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:Don't make a kid you dumbass, if you really want to be a parent adopt one of the many children who already exist and need a good family. lol shut the gently caress up
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Jun 5, 2017 17:08
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seiferguy posted:Every research on the topic has shown that marital satisfaction decreases significantly after having a kid. It's even worse if the child is unplanned. A not surprising paradox is that you're less likely to get divorced after a kid, so basically you get to be miserable together. But the survival of our race depends on us having kids so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think Earth would be happier if humanity died off
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Jun 5, 2017 17:14
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Ehud posted:I can't decide if I should have a kid Babysit for a full week a kid that is between 4 and 10 years old. Babies grow and the responsibilities change, but once they hit 4 they are mostly unchanged until they are teenagers, and become even more independent. By 4 they are pretty independent in that they can feed, bathe, and toilet themselves. If you can handle that and you have fun, then have a kid! Its a good way to see if that life is for you.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:15
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I think Earth would be happier if humanity died off Earth is ambivalent in all things, it is humanity which gives meaning
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Jun 5, 2017 17:16
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I think Earth would be happier if humanity died off Earth don't give a drat. Just as happy as a meteor smashed ball of fire as it is a life giving paradise inhabited by assholes.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:17
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Entropy will take everything eventually. There is no meaning, the universe is a cold and unfeeling machine, everything you are and everything you do in your entire life will one day be utterly forgotten and have meant nothing.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:23
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swickles posted:Babysit for a full week a kid that is between 4 and 10 years old. Babies grow and the responsibilities change, but once they hit 4 they are mostly unchanged until they are teenagers, and become even more independent. By 4 they are pretty independent in that they can feed, bathe, and toilet themselves. If you can handle that and you have fun, then have a kid! Its a good way to see if that life is for you. what if I just adopt one of those used kids
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Jun 5, 2017 17:24
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Leperflesh posted:Entropy will take everything eventually. There is no meaning, the universe is a cold and unfeeling machine, everything you are and everything you do in your entire life will one day be utterly forgotten and have meant nothing. 
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Jun 5, 2017 17:25
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Leperflesh posted:Entropy will take everything eventually. There is no meaning, the universe is a cold and unfeeling machine, everything you are and everything you do in your entire life will one day be utterly forgotten and have meant nothing. Meaning is a construct after all But gravity will probably drag everything back together and bang it out endlessly so it's trill
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Jun 5, 2017 17:26
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Diqnol posted:Meaning is a construct after all nah dark energy seems to be winning it's OK just don't think about it too much. Evolution has conditioned us to pay attention to just living and eating and loving and so on, your brain doesn't want you to ponder your ultimate oblivion so just focus on breakfast
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Jun 5, 2017 17:28
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In an ideal world, I create two kids and adopt three.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:44
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Ehud posted:what if I just adopt one of those used kids My man 
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Jun 5, 2017 17:44
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Every child I have will be tossed off a cliff and only the ones who climb back up can join the zaibatsu
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Jun 5, 2017 17:47
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:My man My wife and I have discussed that a lot. She doesn't really want to be pregnant (who would?) Also we are 30 and 31 and if we are going to have a baby it needs to happen soon-ish and neither of us feel particularly ready. I played Overwatch for 6 hours on Sunday, for instance
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Jun 5, 2017 17:51
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Ehud posted:Also we are 30 and 31 and if we are going to have a baby it needs to happen soon-ish and neither of us feel particularly ready. You likely have at least some time? Swickles can confirm but I think it's relatively safe these days for 35+ first pregnancies? You can go all out and have a kid at 43 if you're dumb like my mom, but then you end up with me so I wouldn't advise it.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:55
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JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:Don't make a kid you dumbass, if you really want to be a parent adopt one of the many children who already exist and need a good family. As someone who has been kinda curious about it, it apparently takes a poo poo-ton of money.
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I mean the risk increases over a long enough timeline, but yeah, you've got more time than you think. Source: Wife of Gonad is an OB/GYN nurse/childbirth educator/title salad haver about babies.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:57
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Did someone seriously mention the movie Sucker Puck as something other than misogynistic dreck? Diqnol posted:loving lol deez nuts my man but that is interesting, never cared much about Sparta though. My thought at the time was you can't call the Persians the good guys when they were conquering poo poo and building an empire on slavery and opportunism. Good guys implies some sort of moral high ground when in reality that period in human evolution is so far removed from modern society that judging their morals is utter folly. Viewing history through the prism of 21st century ethics is pretty dumb. Here's a list of the ancient empires that didn't conquer, loot and enslave:
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Quiet Feet posted:As someone who has been kinda curious about it, it apparently takes a poo poo-ton of money. My brother and sister in law tried it, and yeah not only does it cost a ton but there is all kinds of legal hoops to jump through. They ended up giving up after a year+ of trying.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:59
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White people in Park Slope don't start having kids until they're, like, 40.
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Jun 5, 2017 17:59
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fsif posted:No one in my freaking city starts having kids until they're like 40. That's because your city is obsessed with anal
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Jun 5, 2017 18:00
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weird Asian candy posted:That's because your city is obsessed with anal I meant bougie white NYC, heh.
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Jiminy Christmas! Shoes! posted:Did someone seriously mention the movie Sucker Puck as something other than misogynistic dreck? Agreed
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Jun 5, 2017 18:02
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My parents had me when they were in their early 40's. I always felt embarrassed of them a bit because all my friends had much younger parents. But now... I go to pickup my kids from school and daycare and at least half the parents are all in their 40s or older. It's normal now.
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Jun 5, 2017 18:02
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Someone in this thread recommended Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and I've been marathoning it and it's a good show so thanks, whoever you were. fsif posted:White people in Park Slope don't start having kids until they're, like, 40. I feel old enough at 42, I can't imagine what it'd be like to be managing teenagers in your mid-fifties. And it'll suck for your kids' kids not getting to have grandparents (because they all died already). If you're gonna have kids, do it in your 30s in my opinion, when you're old enough to not be a total idiot about parenting but still young enough for parenting to not just kill you.
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Jun 5, 2017 18:03
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I am 36 and I cannot imagine dealing with a baby at this point. We started young, my baby is 8 now, but I cannot imagine my life right now with work and other responsibilities and add onto it a newborn and all the demands that come with it. And I LOVE the baby phase...
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Jun 5, 2017 18:05
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weird Asian candy posted:My brother and sister in law tried it, and yeah not only does it cost a ton but there is all kinds of legal hoops to jump through. They ended up giving up after a year+ of trying. This. It's super easy to just say "adopt". People don't realize that even if you get fosters, their parent(s) can change their mind and take them back, only to surrender them again month's later. My wife's coworker has had the same fosters taken back twice, after almost a year, because mom gets sober-ish and changes her mind. They want so badly to adopt these kids and give them a permanent family, but the system is completely hosed in doing things in an efficient/sane manner. Adoption is a massive pain in the rear end and good on the folks who are wealthy/persistent enough to actually make it happen.
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Jun 5, 2017 18:06
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Neil Armbong posted:This. It's super easy to just say "adopt". People don't realize that even if you get fosters, their parent(s) can change their mind and take them back, only to surrender them again month's later. My wife's coworker has had the same fosters taken back twice, after almost a year, because mom gets sober-ish and changes her mind. They want so badly to adopt these kids and give them a permanent family, but the system is completely hosed in doing things in an efficient/sane manner. There is a reason people go to China and Russia (well not anymore!) to adopt. It is just too difficult in the United States.
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Neil Armbong posted:This. It's super easy to just say "adopt". People don't realize that even if you get fosters, their parent(s) can change their mind and take them back, only to surrender them again month's later. My wife's coworker has had the same fosters taken back twice, after almost a year, because mom gets sober-ish and changes her mind. They want so badly to adopt these kids and give them a permanent family, but the system is completely hosed in doing things in an efficient/sane manner. The saddest part is the people who end up paying the most are the poor kids 
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weird Asian candy posted:The saddest part is the people who end up paying the most are the poor kids Yep. The foster system largely fails the only people it should be serving, the kids.
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Jun 5, 2017 18:11
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I love that in this subforum I can be over 30 and still feel young
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Jun 5, 2017 18:16
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I was reminiscing about stuff we liked in college with a friend this weekend and then we realized it was all 15-20 years old now.
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Jun 5, 2017 18:17
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When my wife and I began our relationship, we took pictures of stuff on film. I have developed photographs documenting the first ~8 years of our relationship.
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The problem is many, if not most, child agencies in this country consider keeping a family intact more important than other important priorities. Well this is understandable on its face, it can lead to some tragic consequences. Popular media is full of dramatizations of the bureaucratic drones who come and take children away from their misunderstood parents. But the reality is the opposite. Most places are sending kids back to abusive homes far too frequently.
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Kalli posted:I was reminiscing about stuff we liked in college with a friend this weekend and then we realized it was all 15-20 years old now. Does anyone else have a weird habit of still imagining the 90s were a decade ago? Like, someone mentions 1998 and I am like "man that was only five or six years a....oh my god"
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