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a cyborg mug posted:I don’t have the slightest clue of how credit scores work because I don’t live in a hell country like the US of A Seriously, reading this page is like looking at a bizarre alien script that may also somehow make my brain explode  yea ok posted:i need someone to drill a hole in the direct center of my skull, letting air hiss out and alleviate pressure, allowing me sweet relief. is that so much to ask? God I hate that feeling (the pressure that leads to the desire to drill the hole), hope you feel better soon.
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I was homeless for like 5 years when I was in college, never had a credit card, or even a debit card for a lot of that, after I graduated I made some more permanent life changes and accidentally discovered my credit score was, somehow, like 800. I dunno how or why, but it helped when we scraped enough together for a down payment on a lil condo 
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loving christ has football been hard to follow during this pathetic "salute to service" weekend I just wanna watch goddamn nfl redzone without being subject to propaganda made by mass murderers
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Barry Bluejeans posted:loving christ has football been hard to follow during this pathetic "salute to service" weekend is this your first weekend watching sports in America?
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Barry Bluejeans posted:loving christ has football been hard to follow during this pathetic "salute to service" weekend cowboys are kicking rear end
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WatermelonGun posted:is this your first weekend watching sports in America? it's always bad but the past couple days have been especially brutal
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Nov 14, 2021 20:59
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There’s a great bit in Stephen Fry’s Tour of America show or w/e it was called when he visits a high school football game. There’s an Air Force flyby overhead during kickoff and he just looks at he camera, aghast and confused. Here it is: https://youtu.be/FuPeGPwGKe8
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Nov 15, 2021 01:56
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That's a college game and one of the biggest rivalries in the country
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Captain Magic posted:There’s a great bit in Stephen Fry’s Tour of America show or w/e it was called when he visits a high school football game. There’s an Air Force flyby overhead during kickoff and he just looks at he camera, aghast and confused. I could watch Stephen Fry looking befuddled at America all day. In other countries, do they not take their favorite sports as seriously as America does football on the high school and University level? Like in England or Spain are their soccer teams at high schools and colleges that people get super hyped about or is that just an American thing? I would figure everyone is like that because frankly the love of sports seems to be a very human thing - just different sports from culture to culture.
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Nov 15, 2021 02:32
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Shard posted:I could watch Stephen Fry looking befuddled at America all day. It's a very American thing. Professional sports are a lot more localised in Europe so most people have a local team they can go support. Going to watch a school team that you don't have a personal connection too would be very weird behaviour.
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Nov 15, 2021 04:15
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Shard posted:I could watch Stephen Fry looking befuddled at America all day. the only other comparison I can think of off the top of my head is japan and high school baseball, they go crazy for that poo poo
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why would I need some dude from cold rear end island with weird toilets look bemused at USA when I can do it my own dang self? Nah Stephen Fry's cool I guess. I have a limited point of reference. Anyway, the NHRA season is concluded which means I get to get actual work done instead of loafing around race tracks. After sitting through the rah rah speech at the wrap up party, it really galvanized my desire to really get the network bullshit really lookin good. Its nice not being completely bogged down by managerial nonsense and I can finally work on the stuff I like. E: jeez weed really kicked in. The AK47 strain is more like E/N strain. coconono fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Nov 15, 2021 |
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Nov 15, 2021 06:49
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America’s college sports -> professional sports pipeline is also not a thing in Europe at all. If you’re a hot prospect as a soccer player you join some club’s youth program, so you could be part of Man Utd’s youth academy from like 8 years old, working your way up through the youth teams until you’re good enough to play for their first team University sports are for the most part* just regular students playing a game they like. The standard isn’t much better than any other amateur team *Oxford/Cambridge is an exception here in some cases
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Just saw this on the archive site of our national broadcaster, thought it was funny, there's a nice little clip as well. Wrestling Giant Haystacks 1978 quote:The wrestling villain fans love to hate Giant Haystacks packs out the Lakeland Forum in Enniskillen. https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/1113/1010659-giant-haystacks-in-enniskillen/
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jesus WEP posted:America’s college sports -> professional sports pipeline is also not a thing in Europe at all. If you’re a hot prospect as a soccer player you join some club’s youth program, so you could be part of Man Utd’s youth academy from like 8 years old, working your way up through the youth teams until you’re good enough to play for their first team The US pro sports pipeline starts way before college. There was that whole thing with the bullshit high school that got a game on ESPN and it really exposed an ugly truth about youth sports in america: its a ticket out of poverty, and worse yet, exploited by some really awful people. There are parents so desperate for their kids to get a better life they'll send them to these special sports prep schools in hopes they'll get scouted by college teams, get that full ride scholarship and eventually get pro placement. Its speaks very poorly of america, imo.
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Oh yeah I was in no way suggesting that it starts there, just that in Europe there typically isn’t any step in the process that isn’t “be signed by a big club before puberty”. The European model has plenty of scope for abuse as well of course. Just because you’re signed at 8 there’s zero guarantee you won’t be out of the game with no education or prospects at 17.
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The Harder They Fall on Netflix is a really fun revisionist Western on Netflix right now and doesn't feel like 2 hours 20 minutes at all, if you're lookin' for some cowboy poo poo rn
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Nov 15, 2021 16:10
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Writer Cath posted:Everyone, please take a moment to appreciate this fine set of ears. I love that youtube channel. Everyone should go waste their afternoon watching dogs and cats get groomed.
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Jiro posted:I love that youtube channel. Everyone should go waste their afternoon watching dogs and cats get groomed. Disclaimer for that channel: Be prepared to turn your volume down if you see a husky enter the shot, because they (most of them at least) tend to be quite loud, and returning customer Fredo is LOUD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YaBLkXV1FE
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Nov 15, 2021 22:07
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Seems a lot of people didn't care for Last Night in Soho. A lot of people are wrong.
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I'm playing Judgement and Yagami might be dreamier than Kiryu.
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Bluedeanie posted:Seems a lot of people didn't care for Last Night in Soho. I watched part of it over a lady's shoulder on a plane. Its pretty wild with no audio.
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Gumball Gumption posted:I'm playing Judgement and Yagami might be dreamier than Kiryu. Johnny & Associates: Please ensure you put a black bar over Takuya Kimura in any fantasies you have or we will be forced to sue you.
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This remaster is a mess but it's been a lot of fun taking over Vice City again
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Bluedeanie posted:Seems a lot of people didn't care for Last Night in Soho. I can see why people had issues, but I absolutely loved it.
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Every venture Edgar Wright has made into movies that aren’t with his Spaced crew have seen immense diminishing returns for me so I don’t have a world of faith in this one.
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It has something for everyone though. Pretty colors. Cool music. Thrills. Anya Taylor Joy. Frankenstein's Monster. Come one come all
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The job hunt in Indiana is winding down, about time to make a decision. I have three offers so far - Supportive Services for Veteran Families with Volunteers of America, Foster Care Case Manager with The Villages of Indiana and claims processor for Progressive. I think I'm leaning towards the Foster Care case manager.
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Shard posted:The job hunt in Indiana is winding down, about time to make a decision. I have three offers so far - Supportive Services for Veteran Families with Volunteers of America, Foster Care Case Manager with The Villages of Indiana and claims processor for Progressive. I think I'm leaning towards the Foster Care case manager. I don't think a lot of people would look at that list and go "foster care care manager". You seem like a good egg Shard
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Shard posted:The job hunt in Indiana is winding down, about time to make a decision. I have three offers so far - Supportive Services for Veteran Families with Volunteers of America, Foster Care Case Manager with The Villages of Indiana and claims processor for Progressive. I think I'm leaning towards the Foster Care case manager. I'd ask what the average caseload is before taking a CM job, underhiring CM's while drowning them in a massive caseload is depressingly common. I've worked with VoA before and had a good experience but I've never been directly employed by them, only contract stuff so ymmv
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:I'd ask what the average caseload is before taking a CM job, underhiring CM's while drowning them in a massive caseload is depressingly common. I've worked with VoA before and had a good experience but I've never been directly employed by them, only contract stuff so ymmv Yes I totally get you on that. I'm currently a case manager for DCFS in LA so I already got a huge caseload. Soon had third seizure in last three weeks. At doctor now hopefully can find him some kind of preventative meds
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:I'd ask what the average caseload is before taking a CM job, underhiring CM's while drowning them in a massive caseload is depressingly common. I've worked with VoA before and had a good experience but I've never been directly employed by them, only contract stuff so ymmv Case Manager Punk
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Shard posted:The job hunt in Indiana is winding down, about time to make a decision. I have three offers so far - Supportive Services for Veteran Families with Volunteers of America, Foster Care Case Manager with The Villages of Indiana and claims processor for Progressive. I think I'm leaning towards the Foster Care case manager. I believe Villages has an operation near my neck of the woods. If you need cheap food recs for Kokomo or Indy, let me know.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Case Manager Punk now there's a gimmick people can relate to
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Got my covid booster today. Feel ok - just really tired
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I decided to go with the Volunteers of America job to help homeless veterans. It pays the least of my offers but I think I'll be happiest there. Helping people, getting paid a livable wage. Also my wife got a job with The State of Indiana and she'll have to be on call sometimes at night and weekends but I won't so that'll help so I can care for our kids. Transition from Louisiana to Indiana complete. Mission success.
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Happy for you, Shard
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Dangerous Person posted:Happy for you, Shard Thanks  . It's been a hard 2 years for me and my family but it feels like we're finally seeing light. This place helped me and my family a lot. Besides financial help when I was hit by 2 hurricanes and a lawsuit from a roofer, this place also helped me through a deep depression earlier this year when I had to take medical leave due to self harm thoughts. I say this without a shadow of irony, I love this place and most the folks in it especially in Fight Island. You guys are the best
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I took a job that came with a big pay rise a few months ago and it gives me panic attacks on an almost weekly basis so I fully endorse the idea of not being an idiot like me and going with the job you think will make you happiest
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