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BattleMoose posted:My entire family was heavily involved in anti-apartheid protests. My uncle was involved in a number of protests on the UCT campus leading to his arrest, he emigrated to the UK in the 1980s because apartheid is loving awful. My aunt and her husband emigrated to Australia also in the 80s also for apartheid is poo poo reasons. Her husband who was a nuclear physicist somehow got employed by the state but was never allowed to touch anything or do anything or know anything because of his very anti apartheid political leanings. My mom was very involved in the black sash organisation and I was dutifully dragged to all their charity raising events and so forth. We were also supposed to emigrate to Australia, also for apartheid is poo poo reasons but inconveniently my mom died of cancer so I ended up growing up and finishing my education in South Africa. South Africa is a nice place, but I too should warn everyone that when you as a white person go to the pub you are liable to get bored to tears by a lengthy paraphrase of the above speech by some old alcoholic afrikaner. Pretty much unavoidable.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 16:50 |
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Friedman Doctrine is BWM if it makes democracy rear its ugly head.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 16:53 |
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https://twitter.com/iamsosorry/status/958839243475996672
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 18:17 |
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Libertarian is constantly surprised real-world businesses don't operate like they would in his perfect fantasy world. Also water is wet. MLM indoctrination starts earlier and earlier every year.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 18:51 |
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Please don't post war crimes in the thread, thanks.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 19:51 |
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Better production values than I'd have expected for Al Qaeda recruiting posters.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 20:02 |
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Ahh that's adorable It's like when that sheltered friend from high school finally moves out from his parent's at 25 and realizes that holy poo poo his viewpoints don't exactly align with reality and maybe that's why people are quick to bitch him out every time he contributes his 2 cents Quite specific but I know y'all know the type
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Lead out in cuffs posted:Did you know that hornbills and toucans are actually unrelated? Their somewhat similarly large beaks are a result of convergent evolution. i mean they aren't the same bird, but they're still Aves and convergent evolution or not they're still pretty closely related they're in the same class
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 23:29 |
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I bought into BTC, LTC, and ETH on Monday so it's me, I'm BWM
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 23:30 |
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Hoodwinker posted:G...gesundheit? Up your Weekend Web game, dawg.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 23:52 |
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:I bought into BTC, LTC, and ETH on Monday so it's me, I'm BWM Why?
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 00:01 |
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FrozenVent posted:
Thought I'd be able to sell it to someone else for more than I paid
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 00:04 |
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Ah yes the greater fool theory, a sound investment strategy.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 00:19 |
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FrozenVent posted:Ah yes the greater fool theory, a sound investment strategy. In cryptocurrency markets, it's a safer bet than usual
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 00:25 |
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Cryptocurrencies are literally never "investments". They're just gambling.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 00:27 |
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:I bought into BTC, LTC, and ETH on Monday so it's me, I'm BWM Since Monday BTC LTC ETH But hey, could go back up to 20k by end of Feb, who knows! It's crypto!
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 00:46 |
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No, it's "crapto". Crypto means "cryptography".
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 01:11 |
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MLM + truck equity If she didn't spend the $6000 on the LuLaRoe starter kit (plus however much additional money they've drained from her) she wouldn't have to beg other people to help pay for her fertility treatments. Also, to continue with the unofficial thread theme The horse became "quiet" because she is poisoning him. Animals + essential oils don't mix well.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 01:52 |
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I don't think you should spend $9k for fertility treatments if you are completely broke. Do they know that actual babies cost money AFTER they are born too?
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 02:03 |
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:I don't think you should spend $9k for fertility treatments if you are completely broke. Do they know that actual babies cost money AFTER they are born too? They can swaddle the baby in unwanted LulaRoe leggings.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 02:08 |
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Are you sure the fertility treatments aren't for the horse?
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 02:09 |
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Y'all know that super low income people can and do successfully raise children? "the poors should not breed" is creepy and gross
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 02:09 |
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:I don't think you should spend $9k for fertility treatments if you are completely broke. GoGoGadgetChris posted:"the poors should not breed" I was always better at math than reading comprehension, but I'm like, almost positive those two sentences mean different things. Any English experts want to chime in? Asking for a friend.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 02:13 |
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:Do they know that actual babies cost money AFTER they are born too? here you go brah, you accidentally cut off the important part
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 02:20 |
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quote:I just did my taxes and it turns out I lost almost everything (self.CryptoCurrency)
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 02:42 |
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I'm not sure you should spend 9k on fertility treatments instead of adoption, but I understand the compulsion to do so.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 02:52 |
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Y'all know that super low income people can and do successfully raise children? Kids are best represented as a percent of your income rather than actual amounts. Middle class people are just as cash strapped paying for kids as poor people, even if one spends more actual dollars than the other. So yeah, poor people can afford children surprisingly well. There's a lot of BWM poo poo here we can pick on people for. Their desire to have children though should probably get a pass. That poo poo sucks when you want children, but can't have them.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:07 |
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Krispy Wafer posted:There's a lot of BWM poo poo here we can pick on people for. Their desire to have children though should probably get a pass. That poo poo sucks when you want children, but can't have them. You can adopt one of the countless orphan kids who want parents at least as much as you want children, and they can't spend $25k to create a set of parents in vitro.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:12 |
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Y'all know that super low income people can and do successfully raise children? Let's not go there. I wasn't judging her for trying to have a kid, I am judging her for going on GoFundMe to beg for "donations" because she pays to shill LLR instead of working a real job.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:16 |
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Phanatic posted:You can adopt one of the countless orphan kids who want parents at least as much as you want children, and they can't spend $25k to create a set of parents in vitro. Content: Maxed credit cards thinking I would get a new job https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/7um9j7/maxed_credit_cards_thinking_i_would_get_a_new_job/ posted:Turns out I'm pretty much banned from my career for 8 years, thought I would be back to making 4 to 5 take home a month now problem . quote:[–]magic_is_might 4 points 4 hours ago
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:28 |
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Out of country adoption can cost between $50k and $100k, at least in Canada.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:41 |
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Haifisch posted:Adopting kids isn't free either, although it does get cheaper if you're willing to adopt a kid in less in-demand categories(like older kids instead of babies). A literal man-child.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:44 |
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Banned from career for 8 years? Talk about burying the lede, what glorious gently caress up led to an 8 year ban?
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:45 |
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quote:I am heartbroken! Please help me understand why friends have kept silent, not donated or even acknowledged my GoFundMe plea. I am recovering from breast cancer and cannot afford the medicine I need. Only one man, from the 50 requests I sent, has donated. At first, I made excuses: “It’s the holidays.” Then I hoped folks were sending checks directly. Now, I’ve started to think: If so-and-so gave up her latte once a week, she could donate. It’s been over a month. How could close friends do this to me? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/style/breast-cancer-gofundme.html
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:48 |
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CannonFodder posted:Banned from career for 8 years? quote:[–]strokeme2 1 point 4 hours ago
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:51 |
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I'm ok with a guy who rolls his 20 ton missile on wheels not being allowed in that profession anymore. But I'd imagine a long haul trucker may still be allowed to drive smaller things locally? Like, maybe this dude shouldn't drive a 53 foot trailer at 75mph on the highway, but he's probably got the chops for a florist van.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 03:56 |
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I'm ok with a guy who rolls his 20 ton missile on wheels not being allowed in that profession anymore. But I'd imagine a long haul trucker may still be allowed to drive smaller things locally? Like, maybe this dude shouldn't drive a 53 foot trailer at 75mph on the highway, but he's probably got the chops for a florist van.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 04:31 |
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I love that story. Comments in the thread were good too.
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# ? Feb 2, 2018 04:59 |
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Y'all know that super low income people can and do successfully raise children? I'm leaning towards "the poors should not breed" myself, especially in this age of wealth inequality, environmental stress, and technological birth control. After all, I don't want to take sex away from poor people. It's one of the things they can enjoy almost as well as the rich. I'm also not a fan of this push for government mandated paid family leave. If you can not finance your 12 weeks of FMLA, perhaps that's a clue you should be on birth control until your finances improve. I would also take it one step further and like to see those on TANF/SNAP benefits on mandatory birth control. Because I do have some compassion, and a soft spot for children, I would support an increase in the cash value of TANF/SNAP benefits, but I would want that contingent on accountability measures such as mandatory birth control more so than able bodied work requirements or drug testing. I understand this is a controversial opinion but do not understand why it is so controversial that it is rarely spoken aloud. Is there room for debate on whether and by how much should government and society discourage poor people from conceiving more poor people?
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Crazy Mike posted:I'm leaning towards "the poors should not breed" myself, especially in this age of wealth inequality, environmental stress, and technological birth control. After all, I don't want to take sex away from poor people. It's one of the things they can enjoy almost as well as the rich. Oooooooooooooh poo poo here we GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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