pelicanpride

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I never planned on respecting them

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Dating a guy for a little while is meant to filter out guys like you. That’s the strategy working effectively. If a guy doesn’t like a girl or is a dickhead like you, he will move on and quit wasting her time. That’s the whole point of making him wait. It used to work very well, and if women aren’t doing this anymore, they are setting themselves up to get strung along.

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quote: Tree-fiddy is a time-honored TD tradition Its the OG 6-7

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You beat me to it. 6-7 is 350’s baby.

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Maybe read instead of just starting another thread.

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I did read, and all I found was a bunch of wild speculation. Does that mean that’s the phase that we’re in?

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Why not just increase the cost of everything 3% and not say anything to your customers so as not to annoy weirdos like me?

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They will once the inflation has slowed and prices have stabilized. I remember when I was in business school an example of one of the hidden costs of inflation was the price of continually having to reprint menus.

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To the people downvoting me, tell me what you see? What do you see there?

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I think they are making the logical conclusion that it’s more likely than not that Lacey’s reckless behavior contributed to the accident. The issue is that the legal standard isn’t “more likely than not.” Pretty sure the prosecution would have to show that Lacey caused the wreck “beyond a reasonable doubt.” I wouldn’t convict based on the evidence that I’ve seen if that’s the standard. Do I think it’s more likely than not (so 50% plus a feather) that the accident doesn’t happens if Lacey is not there? Yes. But that’s not the standard.

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RFK jr said he’s never seen a 70 year old autistic person. Of course he hasn’t, i doubt he mingles with normal people and it would be my guess that many of the old homeless people have some form of what would be diagnosed as autism.

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They also used to put people like that in institutions when he was a kid. Several things can be true at once. We can be over diagnosing autism now. People who would’ve merely been considered quirky 30 years ago are now diagnosed as autistic. It can also be true that people are waiting until later in life to have kids, and that can lead to an increase in actual autism rates. I also have no doubt there are some environmental factors that move the needle for certain individuals in certain cases. I imagine you aren’t going to find a smoking gun, unfortunately. Either it doesn’t exist, or it’s looking for a needle in a haystack. While I applaud RFK‘s intentions, I wish he would focus on cleaning up our food supply instead.

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So far, tylenol if taken by pregnant women can increase the chances of autism in the child.

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I tried as best I could to avoid any medication other than prenatal vitamins when pregnant. Still, if I had to choose between a high fever or acetaminophen while pregnant, I would choose the acetaminophen. I’m pretty sure high to moderate fever during pregnancy is one of the few things that actually has been loosely linked to autism. I’m worried some of this stuff is going to cause more harm than good. I used to worry so damn much about autism when I was pregnant. This is back around the time the now-retracted vaccine study was published in the Lancet. The only thing that I learned after three pregnancies is, they don’t have a fricking clue what causes autism. There is clearly a genetic link for siblings, but after that, they have no idea. I’m not sure they’ll ever know.

I’m from a farming family. The answer is 100% Yes. Many small and medium sized farms went under and never came back. It’s nearly impossible to get into farming now.

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My point in all of this was to discuss the slippery slope we're on now as a society where everyone is actively pursuing opportunities to frick over those who disagree with them and that both sides do now actively engage in it.

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Trying to get someone fired from their job is such a bitch thing to do. I didn’t like it when it was left wing loons trying to get college professors fired. I don’t like it now. And I agree that none of this would be possible without social media. It really does bring out the worst in people.

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My kid is talking about getting one for college next year, great way to get around campus.

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I can see that, but I’m talking about middle schoolers, not college kids.