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Blade Runner posted:The parents are just really racist hth Honest question, is this really about racism or is it just about parent's control over their children's lives in Indian culture?
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Geoj posted:Some high schools aren't even allowed to tell their students about them. America: gently caress no we're not paying for condoms, that's a matter of personal responsibility even if you're poor. Just don't have sex! *has sex because they're loving teenagers* America: gently caress no we're not doing anything to help with raising your child, that's a matter of personal responsibility even if you're poor!
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Mar 26, 2019 20:04
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christmas boots posted:I'm still amazed when people think "look, just don't have sex when you're poor" is workable policy. Yep. Pile that on top of the fact that "poor people being poor is their own fault" has been hammered into American's minds for nearly a century (honestly longer).
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Mar 26, 2019 20:12
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Geoj posted:In the case of teenagers, typically the motivation is "if we tell them there's a cheap, readily-available way to mitigate the biggest risks of sex then they might start having sex!" not thinking that when left to their own devices they'll figure it out any way - with predictable results. I agree that this is the motivation among many parents, but I think with many people it's just a matter of "not with my taxpayer money!" with no forethought into what it costs us economically to have 15 year olds having kids instead of going out and working better, higher paying skilled jobs.
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quote:...American gothic on opiates... lol QuarkJets posted:i didn't know that alcoholism could "flare up" like that yeah that sure is a nice way of saying he fell off the wagon.
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Mar 26, 2019 20:31
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QuarkJets posted:AITA for drinking in front of sober people? Eh, this one seems like grey area. On the one hand I feel like hey, it's not her drinking problem. I feel like asking if it's okay is the right thing to do, and if the person says no, you shouldn't. But simply saying "yes" to asking if she'd be an rear end in a top hat is a dickhole move. All she would have had to say is "yeah, you know I'm still just struggling with alcohol being around me. If it's not a big deal, I'd really appreciate it if you'd abstain just for tonight."
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Mar 27, 2019 00:27
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DemoneeHo posted:Kind of a buried lede on this one Not just that. She's already cheating on him and is flipping out from toxic combo of guilt and selfishness.
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Mar 27, 2019 17:03
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LimburgLimbo posted:Did anyone ever post the update to pregnant teen or did I miss it here? Yeesh. I mean yeah the mom is pretty cold, but yeah this kid is not prepared for the reality of having a kid. Also the detail of the girl's 17 year old friend having a kid is interesting. Maybe this thread has just led me to think the worst of situations, but I'd put good money on either 1. the girl got pregnant on purpose after seeing how "fun" it was to have a kid that your parents basically raised or 2. She's not even really pregnant, and this is all some bat-poo poo way of acting out.
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Mar 27, 2019 17:24
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SalTheBard posted:Jesus loving Christ. Evict her at 18, what a oval office. It's bad, but so is expecting your parents to raise another kid for you so you don't have to give up on your life plans. Everyone involved is thinking pretty selfishly. Mind you, I sort of expect a 15 year old to be selfish, but still. I also can't imagine the stress of having a kid that young get pregnant and not want to give it up because of how fun it looked for her friend. She's threatening the daughter with everything she can so she'll give up on this idea of keeping the kid and having mom and dad raise it.
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Mar 27, 2019 18:05
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areyoucontagious posted:
Skinny dick guy spotted.
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Mar 27, 2019 21:08
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sneakyfrog posted:maybe we should be nice to one another The people in this thread or just human's in general?
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Mar 27, 2019 21:54
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Guildenstern Mother posted:5 year engagement? Wtf. Yeah I saw that too and thought it was weird. But I guess since he took jobs overseas they probably just put it off every year.
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DemoneeHo posted:Speaking of Dear Prudence, today's column linked to a classic Emily-era letter, which is one of the top ten greatest DP letters of all time. Whoa, holy poo poo. Honestly didn't see that ending coming, especially the husband knowing what was going on.
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Mar 28, 2019 17:30
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Vim Fuego posted:Son of Grover! Was grover the guy who renovated the bathroom because females?
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Mar 28, 2019 17:34
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areyoucontagious posted:For me, I just don’t understand what the husband’s equity was in that situation. What does he get out of allowing his mom to poison his wife? Unless he hates his wife? If I had to guess this was behavior the mother had pulled many times before but that he would never accept hearing about even though he knew it must be true. "Mother would never do anything to harm me, mother just wants to protect me". She should absolutley look at pressing charges though. It'd probably be a hard thing to prove at this point though. What she should have done was bring a baggie, put some food in it, and have it tested for poisons. Although admittedly I have no idea how one would go about that.
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Mar 28, 2019 17:59
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Vim Fuego posted:You have to punctuate text like a comic book. That means exclamation points and question marks only, unless you wish to convey an angry or overtly serious tone. It's a new medium, deal with it gramps I legit just had a keyser soze moment where I went to check my phone to prove that were wrong and that all my friends and family used periods, but in fact proved to myself that I am the only one doing this. gently caress.
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Yeah there's something really weird about the OP's retelling of the story. The way she describes the husband's reaction just doesn't read as the real story.Dazerbeams posted:Too bad the wife can't talk about this with her comedian husband. lol
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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > r/relationships: she would not have been a comfortable fit in such a meat heavy environment
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Apr 1, 2019 19:49
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Megillah Gorilla posted:This bullshit is why I'm glad we use percentages in Australia for most grades. Oh I think Americans are well aware just how dumb that is, but we refuse to change it because we throw it in the pile of not changing things "becuase that's how it was when I was a kid dammit, and I don't see any reason to change it".
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Apr 1, 2019 19:51
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Heliogabalos posted:Because there has to be a reason the wife was loving multiple men in order to get pregnant with their semen instead of her husband's Yeah because she's a bad person.
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Apr 1, 2019 20:03
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Midnight Voyager posted:That grade scale is loving bullshit and I will always hate it for this exact reason. Perfectionist parents, oh you only made an a-? Wasn’t there also some statistics showing that there are wayyy more A students now than like 30 years ago, and that it had everything to do with parents demanding their kids be A students? I might be making this up but I thought this was a thing a few years ago.
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Apr 1, 2019 20:09
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Leon Einstein posted:I don't really see the problem with the vegan explanation, but the chest guy is a complete jerk. Giving the chef that reason is completely normal and will prevent the woman from thinking it was because of x, y, or z that she wasn't hired. It also hopefully would prevent the girl from applying to jobs she’s not going to get, so she can instead focus on places that will actually hire a vegan chef. For example, a vegan restaurant. I realize this is easier said than done, but she could also just focus on places that aren’t literally all meat. Also, I in fairness, I think the previous poster was reacting to the dude saying he liked “boyish” girls. It still dumb, just not as dumb.
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Apr 1, 2019 20:23
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Smirking_Serpent posted:AITA for going to my sister’s dream school when she just got rejected? Late to the party on this one, but holy poo poo these are some awful parents. This girl has obviously been told her entire life that her sister was superior, and is just now finding out that there's more to life than grades in high school. Thank god the sister was cool about it, hopefully both these kids go off to college and loving  with the parents. I certainly hope the OP never let's her poo poo parents forget that they made her feel awful for a huge accomplishment.
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Apr 2, 2019 19:13
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Yes, you should beat a guy to death and sell his organs for being dirt poor and unlucky. You're definitely a good person and not an absolute loving monster yourself. Deadbeat dad spotted.
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Apr 2, 2019 19:19
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Dr. S.O. Feelgood posted:What are the chances that this guy has actually asked about missing a single day so he can take his epileptic son to the doctor vs. just throwing his hands up and going “can’t miss class, oh well” I mean even if he did, if the outcome was "you're going to have to drop out and get a job", then yeah, that sucks, but you hosed up by bringing a life into the world. If the guy even had the attitude of "I know it's my responsibility, but if I can just get through the next year of classes, my income will be vastly better than if I dropped out now" I would be somewhat empathetic. But instead it's just "yeah man, he's not really my problem, I'm fulfilling my dream and not letting this kid get in the way."
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DragQueenofAngmar posted:I [27M] broke up with my GF [24F] because she couldn't handle me not watching porn. If I had to guess.
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Leon Einstein posted:I was kidding, but it's certainly not the same as wiping a butt. Lots of people enjoy grooming their partners. It's probably the primate in us. Lots of people enjoy pimple popping too. I won't date anyone not willing to pick the bugs out my hair. I'm single.
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Whorelord posted:going "southern europeans aren't white" is an american thing though Are you sure you're not confusing the spanish with Hispanics? Because, yeah, there's legit debate among the hispanic community themselves about what race they identify as. Here's a pretty interesting article on the stats around that one: http://statchatva.org/2014/11/04/what-race-are-hispanics/ There's so many things to legit hate America for, and you go and pick the dumbest loving one. Renegret posted:you deserve all the bad things that are about to happen to you Yeah, but sadly his daughter doesn't deserve to have her wedding day ruined. This guy is a massive piece of poo poo, and I feel horrible for everyone's life he's ruined or is about to ruin, in particular all of his children. He could handled this like a man years ago, confessed what he did to his wife, dealt with the divorce, and done a good job supporting both of his families and hoped that he could rebuild his relationship with all of his children over time. But instead he's been content with his secret being kept, and seems to have little to no regret for his actions.
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therobit posted:You can't let poo poo like that go because the dude is not going to stop trying to sabotage her. And if he had influence on anybody else he can get a few other people to shut her out and make the job hell for her. If the dude is really in a position of power I totally agree. But it sounds more like a situation of this dude got caught being a total rear end in a top hat and called out on it. Best thing to do in that situation is just make friends with the rest of your co-workers until he self implodes. Eventually every is going to wise up to "huh, Lisa seems cool, the fact that Jeff keeps talking poo poo about her constantly.... seems like he's actually the rear end in a top hat here."
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CheesyDog posted:AITA for calling out my transgender friend after she questioned my national identity? (self.AmItheAsshole) You don't get to tease your friends for poo poo like their nationality and not expect them to throw something like being trans back in their face. I get that it might be a touchy subject, and that the issues are in no way equivalent, but the humor that comes from giving someone poo poo about something like that is "isn't it funny that I'd even make a joke about this, but that we both understand I don't really believe it". The best friendships I have are with the people in my life who all understand that there's no line we won't cross. A few years ago I was going through a bad breakup, and mentioned how I was going to get together with my ex to just talk some things out but she was too busy that evening, and my buddies response was "yeah too busy not loving you". It's a bad joke, but there's catharsis in being able to laugh at something so horrible. A few years later his marriage fell apart and similar jokes were had at his expense. That said, we can all be like that with each other because we have that trusting of a relationship. Maybe this dude just doesn't have the relationship with that trans girl that he thought. Either way, the correct response to the reaction is just to go "hey, I was just loving around, sorry if that crossed a line."
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Motronic posted:I'm just checking, but are you ranking which types of personal identity matter more/are more valid as a general rule, or specific to this circumstance? Just to circle back on this, while I think it's hosed up to rank who's personal identity has more of a right to be sensitive to harassment, that is what was in effect happening in this scenario, with someone drawing a line about giving someone poo poo about their thing as opposed to the other. Within that context, you could argue that trans people are facing greater levels of harassment and scrutiny at this moment in time than asain people. You could also argue that Asain people have been treated pretty loving horrible in this country for a long time, to the point that we imprisoned an entire race during world ward 2, probably one of the worst things the U.S. did. But you're not wrong in implying that's it'd dumb to rank them in the first place, which is why I think if you're not willing to have a laugh about your identity being made fun of, you probably should give anyone else poo poo over theirs.
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Dazerbeams posted:She should still sever, because the boyfriend is dumb and vulnerable enough to be manipulated into getting a child's face tattooed on his chest. Eh, people do dumb poo poo when grieving. poo poo, I'd guess tattoos while grieving is a significant portion of the profits of the both the tattoo and tattoo removal industries. Can't say I understand the notion of "getting more tattoos to distract from the creepy one. It's still going to be there. If you really want it gone, save up some dough and get it removed. Or find an artist to cover it up with something better. Edit: They are both in their early 20's too, so yeah they are both dumb as poo poo.
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areyoucontagious posted:Thesis goes in three places, not two, idiot. I think even as an idiot in college I knew well enough to make regular backup of everything. My roommate did have people spill a drink on his laptop right before thesis and lost some work. He had to take it to a data recovery place.
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Apr 4, 2019 16:14
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Comradephate posted:unironic victim blaming Not really blaming him for the situation, which does suck. Totally not his fault this his ex is crazy. I just don't get why, in 2019, you'd have something so important stored 100% locally. A google drive account is pretty basic to set up and store things on.
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Sagebrush posted:for gently caress's sake he said like three times that he continuously emailed versions of it to himself (presumably this means a Gmail account) as a backup. The ex knew this and went into his email account and deleted all of his emails as well as the original document on his hard drive. Oh, my bad. I misread it as the interviews themselves were in the email, not the entire thesis. I concede the point.
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DemoneeHo posted:AITA for refusing to donate sperm for my sister and her wife? Totally not the rear end in a top hat. I'd be pretty uncomfortable with the idea as well. Some people wouldn't be, and that's fine. But to me it'd be too much to hang around a kid that I knew I was the father of.
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Badly Jester posted:That kind of discrimination may be much less common today, but we only have to go a few decades back to see Italians and even the fookin' Irish in America to be considered "off-white" at best. That’s true, but the original debate was wether or not Americans today debated about Southern Europeans being white, which they don’t. Americans don’t spend much time thinking about Europe in general, outside of where to take the next vacation and pretending like it’s healthcare is horrible to justify not changing ours.
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CheesyDog posted:r/sex lol. Yeah nothing you can do here, short of what you've already done. It probably won't gently caress him up too much though, any moreso than kids walking in on their parents having sex. Or least you hope so.
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Renegret posted:It actually hurts me that he took it to geek squad. However, when I worked there and you came in with a sob story like "my ex deleted my thesis": Out of curiosity, why didn't they want you using the software in store? Did they just get more money by shipping it off?
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Dr. S.O. Feelgood posted:Poor kids. I’d suggest therapy... This. She's going to need a lot of therapy to get over the abuse she obviously faced as a child, and the husband needs to grow a spine and teach his wife all the damage she's doing to their children by transferring her trauma onto them.
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