Youtube comments of P M (@pm2886).

  1. They actually look like the kinds of people who would do that. Amazing.
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  2. The fact that this 'teacher' made it about herself ... a grown adult, is horrifying. We have a serious narcissism problem.
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  3. Your reporter is terrible. Send her back to media training for a refresher.
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  4. Beautiful mansion. Two things - open concept kitchens are gradually losing favour , so it may be unwise to create one at this point. Especially in a heritage home, where so much of the original material would be lost. Kitchens are slowly moving to something like a large separate room, but which also contains a kitchen dining suite, and perhaps a breakfast nook or a couple of armchairs next to a fireplace. An all in one kitchen and keeping room, but which is separate from the living or family room. A true cook's domain, as it were. And lastly, those beautiful Victorian bricks have been very badly mortared, with what looks like cement. That won't breathe. It needs to be scraped out and replaced with lime mortar, then pointed. Doesn't look like any pointing has been done - or it was carelessly covered by that ugly mortar.
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  5. That's a pretty serious mistake though. If you're a normal, honourable person, you're never going to be doing such things.
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  6. I restore pre-1900 houses professionally, and know something about the long term harm of invasive renovations. On the strength of that experience and knowledge, I'm compelled to beg you NOT to touch that glorious kitchen. Don't move or change a thing except perhaps add a traditional marble (or quartz) countertop. Those cabinets are incredible, and positioned just right. Even the colour is beautiful. If the buyer wants more countertop, a refectory table would fit in the space. And don't under any circumstances, touch a brick of that incredible kitchen fireplace and its bread ovens. That's exactly the kind of very special feature people pay the most money for. I would also urge you in the strongest possible terms, not to rip out the upstairs fireplace for the sake of a bathroom. Once gone, it's gone forever. Build your bathroom around it - make it a feature of the room. Very pleased to see you understand the importance of retaining those original undulating floors, meantime. Ripping those out would be a big mistake.
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  7. I feel you should have given far more emphasis to the fact that this effectively results from bad food storage/handling practices. That's they key here. Food safety just isn't a priority in some cultures. Particularly when it comes to refrigeration/temperature.
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  8. The lack of people is so strange. Where I live, even dying small towns still have people out in the street, gardening, walking dogs, maintaining their homes, etc etc.
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  9. Policing is infinitely harder now, than it's ever been. The heart breaks for these officers.
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  10. The oddest thing about this, is the pronunciation of Whittaker. It's a common name in Anglo Saxon countries/cultures, but it's never pronounced "wit-tay-ker".
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  11. To all those pointing out the straw mat for sleeping ... many Asian cultures sleep without mattresses. Even when they do use them, they're much thinner than what we use in the West. As for blankets etc, in South East Asia it's common to sleep uncovered. It's very hot and humid, after all.
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  12. Exactly. People keep complaining about 'capitalism', but keep buying capitalist crap.
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  13. Not at all. She chose a life of public exposure, and unfortunately that comes with lots of attention - whether good or bad. Please remember that she's also very very rich, and is paid by the tax payer. That comes with some responsibility. Meantime, while I feel terrible for all those diagnosed with cancer (unless you've been there you can't know how truly awful it is), the Palace handled this very very badly. Had they been honest at the outset - in the same way the King was - none of this would have happened. I realise there are children to consider, but if you have a family in that world, you accept that your kids are going to be exposed to things that normal kids won't be exposed to. Also, kids are very resilient. Most are told more or less straight away when a parent has cancer, and it's said they actually benefit from that early information. It gives them time to process how it all works before hair starts falling out etc. I'm not sure I agree with keeping it from children for so many months, but that was their choice. I suspect the speculation will probably have hurt those children more than the truth would have. People have been saying all sorts of crazy stuff - like domestic violence, that their mother was dead, etc etc.
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  14. I actually feel bad for these messed up kids. Their parents totally failed them. Look how that boy is living ... and alone, at 19. It's not good enough, parents. Respect your children. Give them a chance to break the cycle.
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  15. Well done for acknowledging that it IS rare. Very rare in fact.
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  16. I live in a country famous for bushfires (what Americans call 'wildfires'), and have to say that I've been shocked and horrified at how many people don't seem to understand the huge health risk they're taking by being outdoors in an atmosphere of visible smoke haze. You don't have to be coughing, to be subject to irreversible particulate damage to your lungs. The kind of damage which - if you're very lucky - only makes you prone to bronchitis.
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  17. How did a four year old end up almost drowning? Kids that age should never be unsupervised (very very closely) around water. Not for a split second.
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  18. That would be their family.
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  19. Never ever borrow money for a car. That's insanity.
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  20.  @ironboy3245  They only solved it because their citizens are socially responsible and compliant. Would never work in the West - people would gripe that the homes were not good enough, or were in the "wrong" place etc.
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  21. Your mother must have earned that love and respect from you. Both by raising you to be a hard working and responsible person, and by being an honourable and respectful person herself.
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  22. Health insurance, home insurance, car insurance ... all scams. And borrowing money for depreciating assets (cars) is beyond insanity.
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  23. Tough love is exactly what the West is lacking. Lack of tough love will be our doom. People who haven't recognized that yet are a big part of the problem.
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  24. That's a load of absolute copium. They're just desperate.
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  25. Not quite. Most of us have some kind of trauma in our past .. and plenty of people have really serious trauma in their past .. yet they don't become addicts. Global studies prove that fact, emphatically. Even people who've been subjected to the worst deprivations mankind can visit (eg brutal wars) topped by things like starvation etc, manage to get through life without becoming addicts or dysfunctional. They may have some minor personality quirks, but they function. They maintain intact families, go to work, pay the bills, put food on the table, and retain the respect of their communities. The addiction and dysfunction we see in these interviewees is almost entirely a result of disinterested, self-indulgent parents. It's a very specific kind of parenting failure - a type that primarily happens in the richest first world societies. Those people mentioned above .. who experience arguably much greater traumas but remain functional and intact - are the product of high quality parenting. Good parenting builds resilience. Such people are born into terrible circumstances .. deep poverty, war, etc .. yet have stable, focused, supportive parents who model diligence and self-discipline. That's the root of it all.
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  26. It's actually the opposite. Breastfeeding is very good protection against breast cancer.
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  27. ​ @cantthinkofausername8698 If they're Americans, that's not possible. No one eats as much cheese as Americans. To be that cheese-obsessed, yet know nothing about cheese, doesn't make the slightest bit of sense. How can you love something, but at the same time not care about it?
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  28. ​ @michaelharrison3602 Exactly. All this kind of help is thoroughly abused - just like welfare. It should be heavily policed. No one who isn't genuinely suffering through no fault of their own, should get a cent. And it really needs to 100% no fault of their own.
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  29. It's not an explosion. They always happened, but we just didn't hear about them. The internet plus people being willing to tell their stories, is why it seems suddenly common.
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  30. You are aware that one of the 'conspiracy theories' was that she has cancer, right? It was probably the main 'conspiracy theory'. Do you actually think having that proven true, is going to stop people? On the contrary, it's going to confirm that 'conspiracies' are now just spoiler alerts. It's going to show that those who dismiss such things automatically, may be a little gullible.
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  31.  @echo1336A  How do you think humans have survived for this long, without knowing the amount? How do other mammals survive without knowing? How are you even asking this question?
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  32.  @Vykk_Draygo  Wrong. This behavior has increased dramatically in the last ten years. DRAMATICALLY.
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  33. It's bizarre to know some people actually borrow money for vehicles. That's like the first thing you learn about finances. Never borrow for a depreciating asset!
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  34. Actually very few can't breastfeed. Medical inability to produce milk is very rare. 99% of cases of "inability" are really a choice.
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  35.  @peteregan7864  Tax payers definitely contribute.
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  36. They're NOT lonely. If they were lonely they'd find a local companion of their own age. An elderly man seeking attention from 25 year olds, is doing so for very different reasons ... none of them good.
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  37. ​ @multifoco09 What are you doing about the world's problems - besides thinking about them? The very best thing the average person can do to ease global poverty, is focus on their own neighborhood. Don't travel, don't support global corporations, and mind your own business. If we all did that, the world would have far fewer problems.
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  38. Dude, she's a PRINCESS. Her whole existence is public property. All the normal 'young mums' get to remain private - she doesn't.
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  39. How is it that no one was watching you?
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  40. ​ @MagcargoMan  Japan could not possibly be less European. Calling it Europe adjacent is bizarre.
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  41. It's not unfortunate - at all. It natural and normal.
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  42. ​​ @sabrinatomlinson9115  What do you think evil is? Sane people? Evil is as evil does. There are no excuses.
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  43. The woman in the pink shirt saying living with parents doesn't help you get a rent history ... WTF? Renting isn't a flex either! It's the opposite. Many young people stay at home to save a down payment, precisely so they never have to rent. They win.
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  44.  @MagcargoMan  They also make 'exceptions' for Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. Hong Kong too, sometimes. And what 'exceptions' do Asiacentrists make, do you think? How about Africacentrists? How about South America-centrists? YOU have a problem with Europe and people who like the place. That's a you problem.
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  45. Seven years, and you did nothing? Not buying the claim "doctors did nothing". Not even slightly.
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  46. The American healthcare system is barbaric. Having to fight for a PET scan your doctor wants you to have? Then having to wait for them to 'decide' whether you can have it or not? Having to go to different hospitals and different doctors, and having to do all the legwork yourself? Needing to have money to get 'better quality' healthcare? It's like the dark ages 😢 I feel so very very sorry for all Americans having to navigate that nightmare, while battling cancer. Every time I hear these stories, I'm reminded of how lucky we are to have universal healthcare. It's the same standard (and it's a very high standard, here) for everyone - rich or poor. We all get treated at our local hospital, by whichever specialist we need. Those specialists treat everyone equally, because they're not paid by the patient. We get testing/scans etc as soon as our doctor wants us to have them - in the same facility. We don't have to do any legwork. Our hospital organises everything for us. I would wish that for you, and for everyone going through this already challenging experience.
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  47. While despairing for those in Palestine, this is a very good reason to never give this company a cent. I won't give my hard earned money to businesses who openly display political bias. It basically tells anyone who isn't on the same side, to 'get f#cked'. That's sociopathic and narcissistic - not to mentional insanely unprofessional. I support businesses who have more respect for their customers, and don't have a toddlers' need to show off.
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  48. Don't come to Australia in summer. You won't survive.
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  49. Apologise for what? It turns out that the vultures were right.
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  50. Think about what you're suggesting. You're saying that everyone who presents to their doctor with symptoms of what could be any one of many benign conditions - easily treated with meds - should FIRST be given multiple scans and extensive bloodwork on the suspicion of cancer? There are two massive problems with that thinking. First, it would be astronomically expensive and logistically impossible. Second, in going straight to 'cancer thinking', conditions which could become life -threatening (infections, for example) are ignored. What you're expecting/hoping for, is never going to happen. Not in our lifetimes, and not on this planet. It's just not possible.
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  51. MX K knew at age 13, that she wasn't going to be able to compete with the other girls. Her bitterness at that reality morphed into this. It's often the way, with these non-binarian tubsters.
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  52.  @OpalBerries  Let's talk about that giant elephant in the room. No one NEEDS to eat out or travel. A huge percentage of our weekly expenditure goes on non-essentials. And that's the stuff which feeds the corporate monsters. Even if you don't eat out or travel, I'd wager there are many many ways in which you pay for services you don't actually need. Something as simple as turning on AC if it gets above 80 degrees, is a luxury non-essential. Heating the house overnight, ditto. Keeping all your appliances in standby mode. Buying processed convenience foods instead of cooking from scratch. Etc etc etc. There are so many ways we give our money to the corporates - none of which are necessary.
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  53.  @checkfactschecking  It's heartless to have exposed the kids to all that speculation? Yes, I agree. It was handled badly. I suspect they will probably come to regret that choice.
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  54. That's should be regarded as normal parenting. Tragic that it's regarded as special.
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  55.  @alistaircraig7849  True. In most cases, we no longer have any excuses after a certain age, but in this case I'm pretty sure the woman has a developmental delay of some kind. Probably fetal alcohol spectum disorder.
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  56. This is the world we created, when we decided feelings must be protected. No one grows up anymore.
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  57. It's not that they believe their own lies, it's that they don't really care whether you believe them. To the narcissist, having to tell lies is a boring chore. They only do it because others seem to need them, and therefore it helps the narcissist get what they want.
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  58. You're supposed to do it from DAY ONE. That's what Better is saying. She's saying don't freaking start the fake milk in the first place.
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  59.  @mf--  Still not buying it. Doctors are responsible people, and communicate any important information. Unfortunately patients don't always listen - especially if they don't like what they're hearing. Other patients just avoid medical treatment altogether, then blame some doctor in the deep past for not magically guessing everything that might happen in the future.
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  60. Congrats to you! But sorry you have to deal with a healthcare system which depends upon profit. How awful, to think lifesaving treatment is "expensive" for the patient. Incredibly cruel, really. It should be 100% free for anyone who needs it.
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  61. Charles is handling him like he's a demented 96 year old. Sweet.
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  62. Are you aware that they're royalty? The most famous royalty on the planet?
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  63. Nailed it!
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  64. Couldn't possibly agree more. We Australians are our own worst enemies, with our obsession for big city living. It's insane.
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  65.  @coranna02  That's because it is ALWAYS the parents. This stuff doesn't happen in a vacuum. It's not random chance. It's simple poor parenting - whether those parents are now dead or alive. These two siblings were clearly badly let down by those responsible for their character growth. Abandoned too, given the boy is only 19, disabled, and living in pretty damned shitful circumstances without support. What chance does he have? He's already stealing, and his sister - who probably thinks she's protecting him, is a psycho. She COULD instead have had him live with her, so that she can support him and provide the security he needs to make better choices, but instead she does that. She's not being 'responsible' for him at all, she's doing the opposite. All of us are the product of our upbringing. Even given your suggestion that these two are orphans (which is unlikely, given that's not common at all), that does not compel them to be bad people. People end up bad when those around them as children, taught them to be bad. Besides, plenty of orphans manage to reach adulthood with their honour and decency intact. That's no kind of excuse.
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  66. The fact he was 40 and she was 25, is enough for any sane person to know he's a creep.
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  67. Yes, we non-Americans are taught that there is a culture of active opposition to education - especially in urban demographics. We're told that young people are even bullied for effort and rule following. And the proliferation of YT vids hilighting the profound deficits in literacy and numeracy - even in college students - doesn't help. It seems the "progressive" education policy of setting the bar really low, has done the job intended. Made sure those who most need the boost, get the opposite.
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  68. ​ @coopsnz1 Singapore has the highest home ownership in the world. It's over 90%.
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  69. I'm a bit of a royalist myself, but we have to be honest and admit that this was handled badly by the Palace. That poor handling has probably resulted in those dear children being more harmed than they needed to be.
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  70. ​​ @navidbutt-inflammationwiza1983  That's the point - people shouldn't be trying to do things alone. They're supposed to have the support of family. We're not meant to lean on Govt - we're meant to lean on each other.
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  71.  @siusaidhchaimbeul5499  It's not your fault, it's your parents' fault. Something in the way they behaved, meant you did not learn good mood regulation. They may have been inconsistent, or emotionally unstable, or addicts, or some other dysfunction.
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  72.  @josefstalin4526  No there is not - that's nonsense. But there IS a correlation between self-advocacy and better outcomes. Meaning we all have to take care of ourselves by seeking medical attention as soon as we notice a problem. Waiting is a choice - especially in a country with free healthcare for all.
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  73. How do you know she was genuine? Many people may have tried to help her - and she refused their advice and support. Maybe she made it impossible to help, by demanding a certain kind of help and declining all others. Narcissists are impossible to help, usually. They say "no" to everything. They won't try any kind of healing if it doesn't give them a pay off in some way
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  74. To a non-American, those incredible brick mansions in Detroit are like a dream. Any one of those neglected houses would be worth millions in my country - in any condition. That's how rare they are.
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  75. He's unusually intelligent, it's true. A rare intellect.
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  76. That was because you could trust that those passing strangers were not addicted grifters. You reap what you sow.
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  77. Stable bloods during treatment isn't uncommon. It has nothing to do with diet. I say this because it's important that newly diagnosed people don't think diet has more power than it does.
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  78. EXACTLY! You never get the back story, and the back story is the most important information! It's infuriating, because without it, no one gets the benefit of learning which choices are good and which lead to this situation. It's all just BS without the back story, and helps no one. Homelessness is just a symptom of something else - and it's the something else people need to know about.
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  79.  @melodychest9020  Unfortunately that's true. You can't have it both ways. We get to keep our own stuff private, but we're not living in palaces.
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  80. This is in no way, shape, or form .. sad.
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  81. Yes, the poor woman had zero self respect. Either that or the lure of the lifestyle he provided mattered more.
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  82. ​ @Nichole-wd5ce  No one has a magical right to a place just because their parents lived there. That's not how it works. Also, no one is "priced out". Times change and we all have to adapt by moving to places we can afford. No one is making you stay in a place you can't afford.
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  83. ​ @stephensmith8665 The first one. He's a puppet of the overlords. Establishment toady all the way.
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  84. Very very likely, yes. A huge number of people die from untreated pneumonia. It's a special kind of ignorance, or wilful neglect - in this day and age. If you have a cold/flu and it doesn't resolve within two weeks, if you're still spiking fevers, feel no better, or develop a cough, you MUST seek medical attention asap.
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  85.  @ariamason9324  She had major surgery and is now having chemo. She has cancer. No matter what vague wording is being used, that's the reality. "Preventative chemo" isn't a medical term. It's a term being used to make it sound less serious. Chemo is a treatment and a life-extender. It's not given to people just in case they get cancer one day. Nor does it prevent people from getting cancer.
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  86. They weren't NARCICISSTS.
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  87.  @jdp2828  On the contrary, 86 year olds with dementia should not be listened to when their choices put them at risk. You need to have them declared 'incompetent' by their doctors, and exercise power of attorney. Families who 'allow' elderly and inform relatives to make decisions as though they're competent 30 year olds, are negligent. You HAVE to step in and take charge.
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  88. Take a picnic and a Frisbee to the park. And walk there. Costs next to nothing.
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  89. Even in an emergency you'd be terrified to do it ... but for a hair appointment? And hours at home afterwards? Nope - doesn't add up.
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  90. Eating once a day is absolutely NOT healthy.
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  91. No expects that - but we should all expect PARENTS to step up and keep their kid from making stupid decisions.
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  92. I almost can't believe grown adults BORROW MONEY for a freaking vacation. I thought borrowing money for cars was insane, but this is a whole nother level of insanity. It's like these individuals never matured past 14.
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  93. ​ @the11theleven  Yeah, no. Calling asshole-ness an illness which needs "support" is what has created so much narcissism.
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  94. Not "realising" is a choice. They know, they just think they'll never need to find food the old fashioned way. A lot of them are going to pay for that hubris in the coming months.
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  95. No one 'deserves' housing. What a greedy sense of entitlement you have! Everyone has to earn their keep. No one is so special that they should be given what they need, just for existing.
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  96. They can, but their expectations are so absurd (they must have their own private residence, in a big expensive city .. etc etc) that nothing is likely to change for them.
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  97.  @ccalcote9125  It's a disgrace on the part of the FAMILY, not the doctors or hospitals. Families are supposed to rally to take care of their elders.
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  98.  @ry-land-  Families who fail to take care of their elders, are responsible.
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  99. Oh they would have known. Even a child knows. They just didn't care ... or cared more about some stupid cultural loyalty than they cared about the child. That's truly evil.
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  100. ​ @LuckyCharms777  Only if you're an absolutely terrible parent, will family abandon you. And no matter what you think of yourself, if your kids abandon you, they did so for a reason.
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  101.  @bonkers2011  Of course. It's hard working people being abused and endangered. It's actually disgusting.
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  102. I cannot imagine how hard that must be, to have to pay for healthcare. It's barbaric 🥺
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  103.  @Rokugatsu-6  To be clear, it's unlikely she only found out about the cancer after the surgery. If she was subjected to major surgery (and all abdominal surgery is major), it would have been because there was a mass picked up on scans, or some other alert like a bad pap smear or suspicious faecal sample. These findings would ordinarily be biopsied to establish malignancy, before exposing the patient to potentially unnecessary surgery. Had they gone directly to surgery without that formal diagnosis, it would have been because the cancer is aggressive and expediency was necessary. In which case the biopsy is performed on excised tissue (collected during surgery). Either way, she would have known that cancer was suspected. An incidental cancer diagnosis resulting from unrelated surgery - as in the case of Charles - isn't very common. For obvious reasons.
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  104.  @hazeleyes1951  The problem is that this isn't normal physiology. It just doesn't happen in a healthy individual. There is either alcoholism, cancer, or an endocrine disorder. Sometimes even plain old obesity will do it.
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  105. A 1981 house is considered relatively new in Australia. An "old" house here, is usually Victorian. Meaning built around or before 1900. Also, very few Australian houses have ducted climate control. We're tough people .. we don't need that much "comfort".
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  106. To be clear, if you have to borrow money to buy a car, you're NOT middle class.
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  107. I own a house which was built in 1890, by a woman who worked her way up from junior nurse to matron. No inheritances. She bought the land, and contracted a builder to build the house - and she was married. She earned the main money. The husband was the appendage 😅
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  108. "Nervous disorder"? You can't be that naive.
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  109. The essential misogyny is becoming harder and harder to hide.
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  110.  @douglaslang2218  That's fine, but she's not in control of things. Once we're no longer able to care for ourselves, we have to allow family to make our decisions for us. That's their responsibility - and it's our responsibility to allow them to do it.
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  111.  @sallypope7871  He was 86 years old. He's nowhere near capable of caring for a heavy old woman.
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  112. Let me explain. Stage four blood cancer (especially lymphoma), is not the same as stage four in "regular" tumorous cancers. Tumorous cancers are usually harder to treat and more aggressive. Stage four lymphoma just means it's in a few different lymphatic areas. It's not a prognosis in the same way it would be in the case of tumors. You could have stage four lymphoma and not even need any treatment, and live for another 30 years .. ultimately dying of something else. Blood cancers are unique in this way.
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  113. A standard FBC (full blood count), does not show cancer. If it did, no one would ever need biopsies.
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  114. ​ @broncobra Insurance is mostly a scam. A very expensive one. Get rid of it for everything except personal liability (third-party). We no longer insure our houses. Their value is 90% in the land, so it's a waste of money.
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  115. That's grotesque. But good on her for the grift.
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  116. ​ @SVanTha  North Africans don't look the same as sub-Saharans. And SE Asians don't look the same as NE Asians. At all.
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  117. I love these countries, personally. I love a society which doesn't depend on fatuous Western "entertainment" (cafes and drinking). I've always been warmly welcomed in mosques, and been shown great respect. It takes very little to see the beauties - just respect for the traditional and moral, and for those who protect it. If you honour them, they'll honour you. When they honour you, the richness comes forth.
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  118. You can help by raising the next generation according to current and future conditions .. instead of for conditions which no longer exist. Make sure you own a paid for family home - no matter how modest. Support your kids' education to the point they qualify for high paying degrees or solid trade apprenticeships, and allow them to live at home rent free for as long as they need to save a downpayment for their own place. Be a stable, honourable, responsible, frugal, clean-living parent .. so they have a role model for survival into the future. That's what it takes now. It's especially important for families which aren't wealthy.
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  119. Her family has no option but to "give up on her". Who can be expected to live with this? That's why we need mandatory institutionalization back. Worst mistake ever, to get rid of it. Police and emergency service workers have to try and manage it, when they should be out solving crimes and saving lives.
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  120. Stop making excuses for evil!
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  121. They are not "left behind"! They are smart, actually.
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  122. ​ @ShantalhaitianPrincess  What TF does law have to do with it? This is bare minimum parental responsibility, anywhere on the planet.
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  123. I'm always impressed by those who can go into tests assuming nothing will be wrong. I'm the opposite - I always assume the worst. The only upside of this catastrophisation is that when nothing is wrong I feel immortal, and when something is actually wrong I'm not even slightly shocked .. haha!
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  124. That's a beautiful town! Yes there are some who don't keep their houses and yards clean and tidy, but you get those in every town. This looks amazing to me. I don't understand why more Americans on low incomes don't buy houses there, and reinvigorate the town. That's happening in a lot of previously run down country towns where I live. Young people priced out of the big cities, are finding these picturesque and historic old towns with cheap housing, and bring life and civic pride back.
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  125. I have a 135 year old house which is indestructible. Costs less to maintain than my 1960's house, and much less than a friend's 2014 house.
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  126. That wasn't it. The people willing to actually stay in the same house as the host, were very few. Most people would never do that. It was always a stupid idea.
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  127. Hope and power to the dear woman with cancer. Once ascites gets to that stage, things are usually very advanced. Not impossible to overcome, but very difficult to overcome. It's truly hard to understand why she ignored such an obvious problem, in a country with free healthcare 😢.
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  128.  @hus390  While I agree with you to an extent - in that the vagueness just creates more speculation - I think they do have a right to privacy in terms of the specifics. Though it would silence a lot of curiosity to simply say that it was a 'very common and very treatable' cancer (eg colon cancer), and leave it at that. Discussing the stage of the condition doesn't help. EG stage IV in some cancers isn't actually terrible. Unless you know the specifics of the diagnosis, the staging won't mean much.
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  129.  @HelloKitty-jz5gm  Definitely ascites
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  130. OMG .. that poor girl 🤮
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  131. This is why America desperately needs universal healthcare. The patient should never have to think of all these logistics. The patient should never have to chase things or "find" doctors. They should be able to present, have non-profit-seeking doctors arrange non-profit-seekinginvestigation, then arrange everything for the patient at zero cost. The patient should then be able to receive all required treatment at their local hospital. It's heartbreaking to hear what Americans have to contend with.
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  132. Because the goal is to get individuals out of private property. You would be evicted for that reason - because you hold the title. Squatters can be controlled because they don't own anything. That's why they're tolerated.
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  133. @Ayat78 You have two options. Work smarter (train for a higher paying job), or live on less. There's no third option. You might find that offensive, but that would merely be a reflection of a sense of entitlement. You're offended that there isn't a third option.
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  134.  @natalieperez2666  Sure. And who's paying for that? In home privately contracted care is insanely expensive.
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  135. But even in an apartment, they can't tell you how to live. You can hang neon drapes, fill your balcony with plants, whatever.
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  136. ​ @napvanvuegt  Same. That scene ended my interest in Outlander.
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  137. They should be outlawed, as they are in most civilised nations.
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  138. Consider yourself blessed, as it means you don't have such people in your life.
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  139. But how did you only realize after the fact? Isn't it obvious that $6 coffee isn't sustainable as a daily habit .. if you're not rich? I believe you did know, but made the choice to indulge regardless.
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  140. Not that being poor is an excuse.
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  141.  @fonzaug3355  They already have it. That's the point.
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  142. With respect, "changed bowel habits" isn't enough information. It's vague stuff like this which leads to people ignoring symptoms. Please 🙏 ... be specific. How did habits change? From what, to what? How frequent was it? Etc etc. Details are so important.
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  143. The advances in cancer care are amazing, truly. Incredibly saddening to know people in some countries still have to pay for it 😮
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  144. ​ @alexhonoratobr  For the millionth time, it's NOT loneliness. There are far better ways to cure loneliness - yet they don't do those things. This is ego and lust, 100%
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  145. What possible business is it of yours, why a property owner wants you out? It could be for any reason, or no reason at all. It's HER property, and she can do whatever she likes with it.
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  146. The answer seems obvious to me. It's what I would do, without hesitation. You and your granddaughter need to move in to your mother's home (which we can assume is paid for, given she's 80). You can all be a wonderful support to each other, and at the same time dramatically increasing your security, plus dramatically reducing your cost of living.
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  147. What I find weird (apart from all the killing and such), is that his parents didn't know he was gaming instead of studying, or that the job wasn't real. He lived with them, after all. We have three college students at home and we know where all of them are in terms of term workloads, exam prep, tutorial schedules, results, etc etc. We talk to them constantly about their education and their jobs - and always have done. Kids have to know a) that they're answerable, and b) that their parents are interested and involved.
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  148. ​ @chickenmadness1732 Poor people shouldn't be living alone. Obviously.
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  149.  @kbw6917  With respect, the same people who claim 'free will', also say that everything is part of god's plan. That 'he' knows what our lives will be before we're born. If you can reconcile that with free will, then you engaging in some very clever mental gymnastics.
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  150.  @elenaovcharuk8529  Of course they have other food at three. Surely you didn't think the person meant exclusive breastfed? LOL
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  151. Not feeling remorse IS psychopathy. That's exactly what it is. The reason for not feeling remorse is irrelevant.
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  152. It's "difficult" for everyone. That isn't a reason not to do it.
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  153. How can you not afford to leave, if you can't afford to stay? Just curious, since that sounds contradictory.
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  154. No it won't. Stop wasting your energy waiting for others to make things nice for you. Go and buy your own place.
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  155. Why do some people feel entitled to live in the most expensive cities? We working stiffs live where we can afford, and thus end up owning more property than those who keep paying big city rents and expecting a miracle. That sense of entitlement is a huge issue.
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  156. Probably as many as are here with other theories. Until there's verified evidence, there are only theories - so all theories are valid at this point. IOW it can't be "conspiracy" at this point. All questions should be asked.
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  157. Which you'd think would be a good thing - but one of those luxury beliefs is that people can't help being poor. The last thing they want to be reminded of, is that people like this guy pulled themselves up by the bootstraps, therefore they can too. They find that idea very offensive.
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  158.  @popartpistol  Why would a family hire an 86 year old carer? That's insane.
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  159. Carbs are not the problem either.
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  160.  @pinktights747  There's nothing good about "losing naivety". And it's not naivety, it's healthiness.
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  161.  @tammyduncan2112  No, they are not. The problem is that too many women overlook the problems that come with a bad man.
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  162. Why wouldn't she be able to walk out? I've had three (without pain relief), and walked after all of them. When you haven't had pain meds, you're fine after. Tired, but not disabled.
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  163. ​ @JessicaBuena000  Sure, but not ten hour shifts. Part-time by 60 is a good goal.
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  164.  @zopEnglandzip  Not the point. The point is that there a million ways to keep an active mind and body without turning up for 10 hour shifts at a job. That's the point of retirement ... the freedom to do all the 'busy' things you don't have time for because of your job. I know lots of retired people, and they're all very busy. Travelling, hiking, camping, studying, socialising, cycling, volunteering, helping raise grandkids, restoring old houses, gardening, engaging in sport, etc etc.
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  165. ​ @urbanphoenix09 Please don't try to claim unintended consequences. Even a child knows what happen if you coddle people. Unless you're stupider than a six year old, you did this on purpose. Nothing was unintended.
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  166. ​ @arribaficationwineho32  Yes, and?
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  167. Are you saying they're angry that you can speak their language? WTF?
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  168. Please provide the science on this.
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  169. Just a reminder - open floorplans are well and truly out of fashion. But if you must have such an outdated look, please dear God, never EVER do it to an old house. Not ever.
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  170. Follicular lymphoma is not usually aggressive. In fact it's referred to as indolent - meaning it's so slow growing that many patients don't need any treatment at all. Treatment in cases where all disease is confined to the lymphatic system, is usually only done if a lymph node's size or location might impact nearby organs or vessels. EG pressing on an artery or similar. It's treated because of that mechanical problem - not because of the disease itself. Also, follicular lymphoma is not rare. It's the most common form of NHL.
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  171.  @bradysmith4405  Yeah, but Viggo Mortensen. She's only human :D
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  172. I'm so sorry you had to deal with this in a barbaric healthcare system. It's truly inconceivable that at the worst moment of your life, you have to think about money 😢 Do you not have public hospitals there?
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  173. ​ @lindaarnold5683 Exactly. And healthcare is free there. It's incredibly hard to understand.
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  174.  @kbw6917  So god is not omnipotent, and there are things beyond 'his' knowledge and control? Please help me out ... because every Christian I've ever asked, has assured me that god is omnipotent, and that 'he' planned everything, and therefore knows and sees all before it happens. No matter what gymnastics with 'time' you engage in, that CANNOT be reconciled with free will. It's not possible.
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  175. ​ @saruflan5441  Freud was a bored Western aristocrat, playing god. Just like Marx, and so many others of certain times and places.
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  176. Even parents who cause these problems, can sometimes still want desperately to fix them. They'll do just about anything. Causing it is distinct from wanting to fix it, because it's unconscious.
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  177. They absolutely understand. They just don't want to delay gratification. It's NEVER lack of knowledge. Even children know how to save money.
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  178. Excuse me? You're worried about HER? What about the kids she abandoned when she moved across the country? What about her indulging her addiction no matter how much it hurts her kids? You have horrible priorities. Mirror time for you.
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  179. And do Americans commonly have a "family paediatrician"? If so, why? Why see a medical specialist when a regular doctor can manage childhood illnesses. Paediatricians are not there for colds and scrapes, they are there for serious complications. Unless you have a child with a serious condition, you don't need a specialist. Most children in my country never see a paediatrician, for that reason. Insisting on seeing one for ordinary health checks is very odd (and unnecessarily expensive!).
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  180. Why would they? Sex is about the least important thing possible, when you have cancer. It couldn't be more irrelevant.
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  181. Why do these people think the Govt has to fix this? This is a people problem.
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  182.  @smartyjonez5470  Exactly. I'm in a related field, and I guarantee this is true of homeless everywhere in the First World. 99% of them are there by choice. Just because they make choices which they may then live to regret, does not change the fact that they chose it.
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  183. Insurance is not mandatory, anywhere. That's completely untrue. Your bank may require it if you have a morty, but that's particular to your personal financial contract.
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  184. ​ @openorwap5412 His boots were off. That's the tell.
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  185.  @Maldoror200  disorientatatededed
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  186. Why would losing your husband cause bad credit? Please give the full details, so that others might learn what to avoid.
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  187.  TheAdderkop  Very likely. One of our obligations as we age, is to be a good and decent person. Barring any dementia, we owe it to those taking care of us to be exemplary in our behaviour.
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  188.  @thomas2236  It has nothing to do with "inequality". This is social decay. A society which has given up on good parenting, personal responsibility, and ethics.
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  189. That panic is supposed to happen at 25, not 35.
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  190. One thing it's very hard to understand, is abandoned houses. In my country there are very few, because every house has infinite value to whoever owns it. It's impossible to fathom why someone who has nothing but that house, would think they're better off leaving and renting. It doesn't make any economical sense at all. For that reason, I suspect people abandon houses just because they can't be bothered looking after them. I mean if you wanted to move for better job opportunities, you'd make the effort to tidy the place up and sell it. IOW I think these abandoned places are just sheer laziness and apathy.
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  191.  @carissaf6909  I'm sorry, but this just isn't correct. I'm indigenous, and I guarantee that I not only have all the rights you have, but I also have access to MORE than you do (assuming you're not indigenous). I can get into university more easily, I can obtain funding for all sorts of things, I can get jobs more easily than you can, and I can access public housing more easily than you can. Heck, we even got our vaccinations way ahead of the rest of our age group. And that's just a few examples.
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  192.  @shalacyofficial  Bingo! This is a social decay problem, not specifically a result of trauma. I worked with refugees from an horrific war (rapes and murders in front of kids, starvation, etc etc), and they were entirely different. They were highly motivated to be clean and responsible. The difference was that they did not originate from a decayed society. They came from a society in which the next meal was not guaranteed, and so being at your peak was essential. Their world did not prop up the lazy with welfare, nor feed the addict. If you dropped the ball you died - period. That reality makes all the difference.
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  193. The man died from heatstroke. Happens far more than people realise.
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  194.  @kellysouter4381  The best way to avoid that fate is to plan ahead. Maintain solid relationships, always live below your means, and ensure you have survival skills and no debt. If you start poor (as we did), it takes a long time, so it's crucial to start young and stay the course. For those who miss the boat, there's no point regretting something you didn't want to do. You made the choices that were right for you, so it's important to be satisfied with them. Plenty of people trade tomorrow for today, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's a very human choice. We just weren't rich enough to risk it.
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  195.  @mjrausch  Do the research. The information is readily available. Almost cases of "insufficiency" are self-caused.
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  196.  @sophiadouglaswagner  Multigenerational is how it should always have been done. This housing problem is happening because we STOPPED doing that.
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  197.  @peteregan7864  That's tax payer funding. Around $110m a year of it. If that's small potatoes to you, you may be richer than most of us.
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  198. ​ @jovandraganescu1406 No one in America doesn't have access to fresh food. They simply have a preference for everything to be easy ... including going to a decent supermarket
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  199.  @forest2727  What do you mean by 'hold men accountable'? Do you mean charge them if they commit assault? We already do that. Not sure what more can be done.
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  200.  @alexb7092  "Just not be creeps" .... okay, I'm sure that will fix it. Unless and until men stop being predatory, women will have to keep adjusting their behaviour to stay safe. We don't lie down on the freeway because it's not safe .. even if we really really want to lie down on the freeway. It's not about what 'should' be, it's about what is. Ignore reality at your peril.
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  201. So if your salary was out of step with the standard for your job, and your boss offered to increase it to match the going rate, would you refuse because you're 'not greedy'? Or how about you decide to sell your car, but instead of selling it for the going rate, you choose to discount it heavily so as not to be 'greedy'?
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  202.  @jamesdarby3991  Not at all. It's exactly the reality of the claim that landlords are 'greedy' because they stay abreast of the market rate. If you're opposed to that kind of thing, you should be happy to work for less than the going rate. And you should be happy to sell your car for less than it's worth. It's EXACTLY the same as a landlord charging the market rate. Not one bit less 'greedy'. Or rather, none of it is actually greedy. People call it greed when they're at the receiving end, but 'fair' when it's a win for them.
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  203.  @kbw6917  If he has a plan, how can we have free will? If he knows what we'll do, then it's only the ILLUSION of free will. If it was real free will, we could surprise him with a choice he wasn't expecting. Meaning he doesn't know what we'll do. Meaning he's not omnipotent. You need to reconcile this if you're a believer. It's nonsensical, so you have some work to do.
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  204.  @kbw6917  If he knows ahead of time what we'll choose, then we have no way of NOT making that choice. So either we don't have free will, or he's not omnipotent. Which is it? There's a very simple logic here, which you're trying to circumvent.
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  205. ​ @kbw6917 Can you do something god wasn't expecting? Something he didn't know you would do?
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  206. On the contrary, we need to see this stuff MORE. Shaming works, no matter how much we like to imagine it doesn't.
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  207. Trust me, they understood you.
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  208. ​​ @deoravin9039 They wait til the last minute ... then complain when they miss out. These are the same kinds of people who try to panic buy food before lockdowns. When they find nothing but empty shelves, they complain about " hoarders" and "rich people". Even 4 years on since the blazing alert that being prepared was now essential, they still live for the moment. Never feel bad for them.
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  209. You think considering brown ancestry is "throwing dirt"? What's the matter with you?
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  210. We don't know if it was actually the mother, who caused the problem. More often it's the homeless person who has the issues.
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  211.  @hus390  Like I said .. I agree with you to an extent. I agree it would have been much better to issue a statement early, to the effect she was fighting an ongoing battle with a common but treatable condition, and leave it at that. It would have been obvious to everyone it was cancer .. and most would probably assume it was colon cancer because it was 'abdominal', and colon cancer is becoming horribly common in young and healthy people. I personally don't agree with her choice to keep the information from her children. I think they need to be in at the outset, so their young minds can gradually accept as things change for their mother. By the time her hair falls out or whatever, they will be at a place of acceptance and even understanding of the process - that it's for 'good'. Kids need time to do that processing, and it's best if they can do it organically and feel like they're part of the process. Thrusting them into the thick of it out of the blue, can sometimes feel like a betrayal - especially for kids over the age of reason (around 8 years). There are some things I think should be kept from children until it can be addressed safely - but physical illness of a parent definitely isn't one of them. I think mental illness should be kept private (because of it's potential to impact children in an unhealthy way), and anything criminal obviously, and certainly anything along the lines of addiction. Divorce should also be navigated carefully. Physical illness though, is normal and natural and unavoidable in life - unlike the things mentioned above. Kids need to know about it early, to develop resilience around the realities of it.
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  212.  @annabrahamson4320  Not really. It's not a 'body type'. In the absence of cancer or alcoholism, it's usually a result of a very sedentary lifestyle, which in turn causes metabolic sluggishness.
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  213.  @intheparlance  No two year old has a waist. And if your middle is 'large' it's almost certainly because you're overweight and don't exercise enough. Once again, it's not a natural state, to carry excess adipose tissue (fat) around the middle. Even if your genetics .. your frame .. is for a broader waist, being fit and having a low BMI will mean it's barely noticable.
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  214. "A student of International Affairs" LOL
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  215. I'm fascinated by the fact that Antony was much less affected by the cold than the others. Very interesting.
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  216.  @bath_neon_classical  The irony being that some of those systemic issues are the fruit of luxury beliefs. The bourgeoisie themselves are responsible, IOW. For example the claimed 'socialism' of the urban middle and upper classes. This faux socialism erodes the motivation of the common man (the working and middle classes), which subsequently erodes their potential to drive change. The faux socialists have convinced the common man he doesn't need to own property, or be enterprising, or even just consider their own financial security. This disempowers us more effectively than just about anything, and actively contributes to the formation of a massive underclass of dependents (exactly what the overlords want). The common man loses his last bulwark against complete control and exploitation. And even in their day to day lives, these faux socialists make choices FOR massive corporate capitalism, 24/7. They travel more than anyone else, and they purchase labour more than anyone else (via goods & services). They happily pay rents, and happily allow themselves to become reliant on massive and resource hungry infrastructures. They are as pro-capitalism as it gets. They just hope that we're too stupid to notice. They prefer we just run with their luxury beliefs.
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  217. I mean, steak has been a "champagne luxury" in the rest of the world for decades now. America's bizarrely cheap meat (and fuel, and real estate, etc) has always been the anomaly. Think of it as simply adjusting to First World prices.
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  218. ​@@C-lp6jb Wow ... sneering tosser much?
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  219. That's because it's deliberate. They know exactly what they're doing.
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  220. That's exactly what the plebians DON'T want - more responsibility for themselves. We've been conditioned to believe Govt will be our eternal parent, so that we can stay an eternal child. We said yes to that initially, because we're essentially lazy. Now there are millions upon millions who are terrified of less Govt, because they've never learned to stand on their own two feet. PS: It was all deliberate - no Govt is going to create that much dependence "accidentally".
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  221. Carbs aren't the enemy. Lack of exercise is.
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  222. There are excuses, actually. What if the parent is a narcissist, or an addict, or irresponsible, or lazy, or disrespectful?
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  223.  @IMSiegfried  That's one of the best things about a community, and it's what keeps people honest. Also, loneliness is rare.
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  224.  @sazzieb1  We know adjuvant chemo exists, but it's not 'preventative'. It doesn't prevent cancer.
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  225. To be fair, apartments (what Americans call "condo's"), were always a bad idea. ANYTHING which attracts ongoing fees, and doesn't give you freehold land, is some type of scam. That should be obvious. It's always been obvious.
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  226. Who cares. If you're in a safe place and have all you need, what they do is irrelevant. It's a mistake to invest energy into doing their thinking for them.
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  227. ​ @Trashed20659  So you're classist?
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  228. The first woman did it all so very wrong. If she wanted a rich husband, she should have married a regular guy in her 20's. A regular guy with prospects and motivation. She should have given him kids, and been the hard working support for his financial success journey. Waiting til you're 40+, infertile, and demonstrably immature and irresponsible, is never EVER going to earn you a rich man. Even if she was stunningly beautiful (and definitely isn't), she'd have hope. That's just not the way things work. She's like the female equivalent of the average looking and average earning man, who holds out for a "hot chick". Doesn't work that way either.
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  229.  @jolenejoleeene  It's pretty damned simple. Finish school. Don't become an addict. Don't have kids you can't afford. Don't live beyond your means. Don't trash relationships with family/friends/partners. Get a job and keep it. Get married and stay married.
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  230. Why didn't your building inspector pick that up?
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  231. I work in an old hospital .. a publicly funded old hospital .. and if someone in the main lobby so much as trips on a step or looks like they might faint, the crash team comes running from the ER, and they're usually there within 60 seconds. And that's after half a dozen passing doctors and nurses have already gone to the person's aid. It's our job, FFS. There are no excuses for such a horrifying lack of rapid response from staff in that place. And the word horrifying doesn't go far enough to describe such clear disinterest in human lives. Those people are in the wrong business. They need to be in marketing or something. Anything which doesn't require a soul. That was truly brutal to watch.
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  232. Also, insurance is a scam.
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  233. What's so alien - to my eyes at least - is the lack of people on the streets. Even in the centre, there was no one. Towns of 70,000 in my country are full of pedestrians at 9am. The centre would be buzzing with foot traffic. So strange and surreal.
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  234. The great thing is that no one is forced to live in Sydney! Melbourne is considerably cheaper, for example. And regional cities with universities are cheaper again. Just like many things in life, if you want the 'gold standard', you have to pay for it.
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  235. Please don't have kids if you can't afford to stay home and take care of them yourself 😢
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  236. That will be true for maybe 30%, at best. More will simply STOP.
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  237. As soon as you know someone is for this kind of enabling, cut them out of your life. They're either far too stupid, or too evil, to deserve your respect.
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  238. There aren't any other options. Family is it. But it should have been the kids and grandkids, not the 86 year old.
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  239. Not possibly, definitely.
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  240.  @gjmjajaj  The same thing that happens in the rest of the world. If you like a 'nice' neighbourhood, you just buy a house in a location that scummy lowlifes don't like or can't afford. It's very simple.
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  241. Kinsey was a depraved monster. But it doesn't surprise at all, that Progressives are impressed by anything remotely associated with smut. They're basically obsolete 14 year old rebels trapped in adult bodies. Still acting out like the 1950's was last week.
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  242. Cops profile for a reason. They don't have the time or resources to consider personal backstories. They can only work with likelihoods. They do the same thing where I live, and it's white people they "target". That's because here, white people do more crime than non-white people. It has NOTHING to do with racism.
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  243. ​ @ynwa3476  You live in London by choice.
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  244. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. Act like your employees are stupid children, and your employees will eventually have so little respect for you that they'll happily relax on company time. A respectful employer can get even the laziest person to try harder.
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  245.  @inpropriapaislee  That's insane! Way too fast. No wonder your roads are so dangerous 😱
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  246. It has nothing to do with loneliness. This is ego and social dysfunction, coupled with lust. Loneliness is easily cured by volunteering, spending time with family and friends, pets, hobbies, church/religion, and people your own age who live in your own country. These old people are not seeking these things - that's how you know it's not loneliness.
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  247. This guy has very little going for him - in a market dependant on looks, class, social skill, health, fitness, and manners. I'll bet he's hunting way out of his lane.
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  248. Family is your safety net. It's the only way.
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  249.  @johncostello3174  Once hypothermia sets in, you basically lose your mind. Hallucinations aren't unusual.
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  250.  @carissaf6909  How is it divisive, to want a multicultural Australia? Because that's what the NO vote is telling you. Most Australians want all those who call themselves Australian, to be treated equally. They don't want a 'heirarchy of arrival', making it a contest fought on the grounds of how long your ancestors have been here (a contest that can never be won, because there are always new arrivals). Or worse, a contest of ethnicities. Given that, it shouldn't be surprising that the majority of migrants voted NO. And if you think THEY are devisive/racist, I don't know what to tell you. Perhaps you're just not paying nearly enough attention.
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  251. Why do you need her to be "good looking"? Are YOU good looking?
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  252. Our mammalian nature isn't going to be easily "fixed". Male mammals are hardwired to pressure for mating rights. While it's a noble idea to imagine all men can overcome their essential drivers, not all will be able to. It's particularly difficult for men raised in personal or cultural contexts which allow for male dominance or male misbehaviour. IOW it's not as simple as men simply deciding to do better. Our opposable thumbs and big brains don't obviate the fact we're rutting mammals.
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  253. I was just commenting on that. For some reason Australia has never done it, which I think is a good thing. It keeps parents honest, and preserves limited resources for academics.
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  254. We became arrogant, and discarded the old ways. Thought we didn't need to live like peasants, because the Govt would save us. We did it to ourselves, IOW. No Govt can save people determined not to save themselves.
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  255. You have to do more than that, if want to survive retirement.
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  256. What a bizarre institution.
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  257. ​ @mariog1051 Because Italian families stick together, and support each other.
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  258. ​ @kathrinkaefer Fine. Food is expensive, so we grow our own. Housing is expensive, so we paid ours off as fast as possible by living ultra-frugally. Power is expensive so we put in solar before the price went up. Etc etc. It's's been obvious for years, that the cost of living was going to skyrocket. We knew we'd be screwed if we did nothing.
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  259.  @62Hazenut62jrlv  It's unlikely she didn't know about the cancer before the surgery, but that's the line they're giving us so we'll go with that. And chemo isn't 'preventative' - at least that's not the right term for it in this situation. Chemo is never given lightly, and there must be good reason to believe it's necessary before it's undertaken. Some cancer patients are cured with surgery alone, and don't require any further treatment.
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  260.  @zjjir  Spelling differs, but not pronunciation. It's always "wit-tuh-ker".
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  261. Why is someone who's been working for 39 years, worried about jobs? That makes no sense. It's time to step back and let a younger person have that job. You shouldn't need it, anyway. You should be financially secure after 40 years in full time work.
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  262.  @SHB77784  Slow down, friend. All parents want what's best for their children. Doesn't mean all parents get it right. There are cultural artifacts involved (in being a Royal) which ordinary people don't have to contend with, and these are not always in the best interests of the mental health of the individuals - adults or children. Secrecy is one of them. It might have worked before the internet, but it no longer does. You can't shield children the way you could 60 years ago.
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  263. ​ @magnessskippton2509  If they "starve" it's because they have oversized appetites. Cereal and banana is plenty for breakfast. My whole family is high carb and low fat, and we're all thin. Carbs will only cause problems if you're sedentary.
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  264. No single adult should be occupying an entire residence. THAT'S why there's a housing crisis!
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  265. Where are the parents when the girl is having sex at 14? Poverty is no excuse.
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  266. No. That's a very dysfunctional family. Most reasonable people check in on elderly parents daily.
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  267. Women should do what's best for their child, actually.
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  268. No. They actually haven't.
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  269.  @aaronsannet  100%. Sydney is for the rich. Let them have it. And yes, people are nicer outside the city.
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  270.  @1ihws  And yet it is true. An old house - in most of Australia - and to most Australians - means something over a hundred years old. 1981 is 'modern'.
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  271.  @kathymc234  Sure, but it's our responsibility to gain such skills over the course of our working lives. It doesn't happen by accident or luck.
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  272. So don't rent. Or upskill so you can earn more. It's on you.
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  273.  @thisisgettingold  Exactly my point. Bad parents create children with low self esteem and inability to delay gratification .. and these kids grow up to tolerate assholes. They don't see themselves as worth better, and their childlish impulsivity prevents them from stepping back and assessing before getting involved.
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  274. ​ @mcdonna840 I have three kids (now young adults) and I never slept when they were unwell. Not until my husband could take over the "nursing". So you're wrong, in thinking only people without kids claim such things.
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  275.  @thatonedog819  Surely you don't think they were out doing office jobs? We're talking about 250 years ago. Women did work around the house all day. Growing a kitchen garden (vegetables/fruit etc), raising chickens, cooking, cleaning, milking, making cheese and butter, perhaps helping out with 'man' work on the homestead, raising children, etc etc. They were STILL being housewives, because they were working at home for the family, rather employed for money.
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  276. So if you didn't need sex after all, why get divorced?
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  277. Maybe that's your problem. Maybe try thinking of lyrics as another instrument. It's nice if they coalesce into a punchy idea, but it's not essential.
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  278.  @africamilton934  Well of course it's a joke .. if you expect to buy in areas you can't afford. And why would you expect that? If you can't afford to buy in the area, you shouldn't be renting there. You'll never buy if you keep doing that.
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  279. It's FAR more disturbing that their own families won't help them. Because that's the source of the problem - right there.
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  280. This kind of behaviour is 90% of their work these days. This and domestic disputes. They're dealing with the fallout from a failed society.
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  281. I know someone who's mayor of a locality with about 70,000 residents. He has no security (of any kind, much less working police officers). He also drives himself around, in his own ten year old car. Either this woman thinks she's President, or her small town is extremely dangerous. As in orders of magnitude more dangerous than a small town should be.
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  282. Also, fixed windows in a bathroom are a terrible idea. Ventilation is so important, and we shouldn't be making such things impossible without expensive technology and power. We should always build/renovate to allow for low budget living, ensuring the options to avoid appliances and climate control etc are intact.
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  283.  @berryhij1  On the contrary, it's less helpful to make it a thing, because for many MANY people living with cancer (or undergoing treatment, or whatever), that side of life is as good as over. Those who retain that function and are still interested in that, good luck to them - but you have to know it's not super common. I think it's more important to reinforce the idea that it doesn't matter if your life changes and no longer involves sex. No one should be made to feel like it matters so much that they feel bad about themselves if that's no longer part of their life. And on the contrary, it's not about spending all day thinking about cancer. It's about embracing whatever new life cancer throws your way. For many, that's a life without sex, and they need to feel completely okay with that.
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  284. It's important to remember that no one is entitled to live in NYC, and nor is anyone forced to live in NYC. People who live there and tolerate the high prices, do so 100% voluntarily.
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  285. Should HAVE, not should OF. You're welcome 😌
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  286. Even if you couldn't quite remember, you'd be doing your level best to at least provide a short list of possibilities.
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  287.  @msy408  There aren't enough social workers on the planet, to meet the needs of an ever increasing number of people who just don't even try in life. Besides, social workers rarely fix anything.
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  288. When was that? 1950's? And which country?
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  289.  @peapod6747  So why didn't she behave like one? You can't be as reckless as a child, but demand to be treated like an adul.
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  290. Why? It's completely normal and natural to birth standing up, kneeling, squatting, or on all fours. The truly bizarre way is on a bed 😳
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  291. Landlords want the market rate. Just like you want market rate wages for your job. Loyalty etc come from your personal relationships. Your landlord is a businesses person, not a friend or relative. It's not their job to care about you personally. That stuff has nothing to do with them. If you want someone to take care of you, call your parents.
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  292.  @a.salmon8193  We're not a rich country, ourselves. And our healthcare levy is about 2%. Barely anything. I will agree though, that mass migration has thrown out the balance. So has a rapidly increasing percentage of non-contributing citizens. In previous generations there were far fewer people who were under/unemployed, and so the system was able to fund itself easily. As the welfare state increased its enabling by offering to prop up anyone who put their hand out, so too has the exploitation of that boon. Universal healthcare can only work well when the vast majority of citizens are responsible contributors. The welfare state has destroyed that culture of responsibility in my country (and no doubt in yours, too).
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  293. The thing about Sam Smith, is that he's actually an insanely gifted singer. Stunning voice, and originally very into mellow soul. Something went horribly wrong, and now his gorgeous voice is lost in this noisy BS music. It's worth going back to see the difference. Go listen to "Stay", and his other early stuff, and you'll see why a lot of people are sad and angry about his decline. He's no ordinary artist. Or at least he wasn't.
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  294. We're supposed to pay off a house before retirement. Low income isn't an excuse not to either - there are plenty of cheap houses in country towns. People should not be expecting the govt to save them when they're old. We all have to plan ahead and live responsibly, so that we don't end up homeless. Seriously, how did these people think they were going to pay rent in old age? They're had many decades to work that stuff out.
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  295. Have never heard Heathcliffe used as a female name. It's kinda cool. It suits her in this role playing mode!
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  296. It's hard to really grasp what Americans go through when it comes to healthcare. It's bizarre and awful that you have to hunt down your own specialists, hospitals, and treatments. And if that wasn't bad enough, you then have to haggle to have it all paid for. It's like a nightmare. Truly dystopian. Where I live, you go to a general practitioner - any one will do, doesn't have to be some kind of personal physician - and they refer you to the specialists at your local public hospital for further investigation. Those specialists then organises everything. Blood tests, scans, surgeries, tests, treatments, etc. All of that is done in that same local hospital, and the patient doesn't have to plan or think about any of it. It's all done for you - and it's all free. I feel incredibly sorry for Americans, having to live with such a barbaric system 😢
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  297. Sometimes family see that problems are not only self-inflicted (addictions, irresponsibility, unstable relationships, etc) but repeated. In which case they're absolutely right to refuse to help. No one is automatically entitled to help just for existing. We're sometimes entitled to a second chance, but that's it. If you do get a second chance, you'd better make good on it. Unfortunately too many people don't make good on such opportunities to get things right. They just keep abusing substances, or gambling, or wasting money, or being lazy, etc etc ... then get upset when family turns their back.
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  298. So very sorry you have to deal with the most cruel and brutal healthcare system in the developed world. Having to think about money is insane. Having to deal with insurance is insane. Having to shop around for care is insane. We who are lucky enough to never need to think about any of that (because we have universal healthcare), wonder when America is going to grow up. Meantime, more power to you on this difficult journey. For what it's worth you look amazing, like someone who's never been sick a a day in her life 🤗
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  299. I would have liked a proper "accountant" breakdown of her costs, compared to her income. A numbers audit, rather than a philosophical audit.
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  300. ​ @richardingamells7213  There are many men infuriated by this stuff. They hate what's being done to us.
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  301.  @amberpowell2609  So you're basically agreeing that there are at least large areas of these towns, which are effectively abandoned. It still doesn't explain anything. WHERE are the people who live in the towns. If your small city has 20,000 people (for example), they would be very visible. They would be out and about around town. Walking their dogs. Gardening. Shopping. Catching up with friends at cafes. Playing tennis. Working out. Hiking. Riding bikes. Commuting to work. Jogging. Etc etc? All the normal things that normal people do.
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  302. ​ @Justin-jh4ym  So earn the money you need to stay. No one is so special they're entitled to be subsided to stay in an expensive area.
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  303.  @heliotropezzz333  Yes, that's why it's cheaper. Obviously. There's also no beach, or ski fields. If you want premium locations (with lots of jobs and great transport, or a beach, or skiing, or whatever) you have to pay for them. You're not entitled to them just because you exist.
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  304.  @Stuark54  That's weird, because I'm not a boomer. I can ask my parents though, if you like.
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  305.  @stephendiggines9122  Dude .. if you think 'empathising' with people who are so entitled they expect to live in the most expensive locations on earth, alone, on a minimum wage job, and have hard working tax payers who don't get to live in such places, fund it - you have a very warped sense of what makes someone awful. I'm not the one demanding struggling families fund my London pad. You might be, though.
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  306.  @evilspyke5760  When you are no longer caring for yourself, you have no choice but to allow others to make decisions for you. It's the natural process.
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  307.  TheAdderkop  BINGO!
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  308. Yes, some people age very badly. Weight gain, loss of muscle tone, facial bone structure which only works in firm flesh, etc. Compare this guy to Morten Harkett (an actual rock star) who's aged like fine wine. Ditto Jon Bon Jovi.
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  309. Not "high" sense of self .... low. They have pathological low self-esteem.
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  310. And one third of Americans eat fast food every day? Holy hellfires. That's truly shocking!
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  311. ​ @mssophietomko  Exactly. So those of us who don't, make extra sure we can leave our kids property.
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  312. Or not knowing the difference between then/than. Or using "whenever" in single incident situations (which should be "when"). Or saying "off of". Or saying "had went". Or saying "I seen".
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  313. "Invisible"? What does that even mean?
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  314. They never tell the whole story .. and they leave out the most important part - the HOW and WHY. And yes, those are absolutely the most important part. Not all homelessness is equal.
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  315. It depends on your age when you get it. If you're 30 you're in trouble. If you're over 60, it probably won't make much difference to your lifespan.
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  316. And incidentally, follicular lymphoma isn't incurable .. it's just difficult to cure. There are cases which are cured, so technically it's possible. The reason we don't see more cases cured, is because most people who get it are older, so many of them will actually die from something else. Some may actually be cured at that point, but we don't check so we don't we don't know.
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  317.  @breezeh1127  Are you a haematologist, or even a doctor? You're talking to a health professional, so you may want to limit your arrogance.
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  318.  @loveli420  It wasn't "getting up", as I didn't lie on a bed for any of mine. I was active throughout.
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  319.  @cmdjk1  For real! They act as though it's some dire medical procedure. So odd!
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  320. ​ @reneeskutt9451  Going easy on kids isn't "nice" though. It's lazy.
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  321. It takes sociopathy, actually. This is the essence of 'not giving a shit' about anyone.
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  322. ​ @sandrametcalfe7483  Bullshit. If you require essential surgery, you will get it - immediately. The only people who wait are those wanting non-essential surgery. And that's totally fair.
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  323. It's not beautiful though.
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  324. Whereas if a Japanese person moves to the West, learns the language, wears the clothes, and takes an interest in the culture ... it's applauded. The white people who are discomforted by this, reveal their own racism. They cringe because subconsciously, they can't stand to see white people give so much deference to a non-white culture. Make no mistake ... they are the real white supremacists.
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  325.  @tlrcarroll  Family means more than just your adult kids. You can't expect them to meet all your needs - unless you have a LOT of kids. For most of us, family means siblings, cousins, close friends, etc. All the people who'll give you the shirt off their back. Something that comes about when we're a good and dependable friend/relative to those people, for many many years. We have to earn help.
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  326.  @AaronBlox-h2t  Not sure what's going on there. Either the govt isn't issuing nearly enough warnings, or people aren't taking them seriously. You'd think that in a location which sees a lot of fires, people would know how to stay safe.
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  327. Bingo!
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  328.  @TheSuperappelflap  It's full circle. That could go on forever. It's what happens when a society becomes too rich and too safe. They need a solid dose of something awful, to regain perspective. They need a bonfire of this vanity.
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  329. The mother looks Marfanoid also. Her face is quite typical. Either way, a first year doctor could have diagnosed the kid in five minutes. The only mystery here is why this didn't happen. Either the parents never took him to a regular general practitioner and listed his symptoms (and why the heck wouldn't they do that?), or this show is BS.
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  330. It doesn't matter if they quashed the woke in a last ditch effort to seem egalitarian. They've been first world probleming for years, and everyone knows it.
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  331. But children are a choice. If you can't afford them, don't have them.
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  332. Sure, if your idea of fun is spending money in a concrete jungle. Nothing else to do there.
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  333.  @michelle1081  Nope, sorry. There's no way on earth most mothers would EVER give another child to that woman, not even for ten seconds. And the drowning would never be forgiven. No way. No one falls asleep with a toddler in the house, unlocked doors, and big fucking lake right outside the door. At least no one who isn't so grotesquely lazy or self-indulgent that they couldn't think beyond their own immediate comfort and pleasure .. and to behave like that as a grown adult responsible for children, is to be far beyond any kind of redemption.
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  334. ​ @irishcockneyrebel If they're rented, they're not your home. If you want security and ownership, don't rent.
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  335.  @tropheusanims698  No, it does NOT. It can only happen if you are not supervised. Failing to supervise small children around water, is fucking reprehensible.
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  336. ​ @Ninnjette-  They aren't. That part of the story is BS.
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  337.  @Ninnjette-  You not being up to date on what's possible with AI etc, doesn't make a wildly unlikely idea true. The whole point of that "footage", was to make you think what you thought. It's ALL bullshit.
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  338. ​ @kimberlymartin459  Just to be clear, the market value of a house is rarely predicted on size. A giant McMansion in the suburbs is going to be a lot cheaper than a tiny 2 bedder close to the city, for example.
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  339.  @crimsonrose  To be honest, it doesn't matter. Historically, human parents have always been focused on the practicalities in their approach to child rearing. Some cultures still are, as you know. This is about the end result. More functional people able to feed and house themselves, and avoid serious dysfunction like addiction & homelessness. That's what matters. Making parental hugs and approval more important than function, is how we end up with so many people like those interviewed here. Your words "those with good empathetic parents who experienced trauma outside of the home are well adjusted because their parents modelled appropriate coping skills for traumatic events." are exactly what I'm talking about. Coping skills are what keep us functional and stable.
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  340. ​ @randallhorlick4259  What's wrong, is the expectation that someone else with take care of YOUR family members.
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  341. ​ @beverlybalius9303 That's not a hospital's job. They keep people alive then move them out. That's it. That's all they do. That specialized care you speak of, is something YOU have to provide. Either by paying for it, or doing it yourself.
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  342. ​ @marcisunshine18  That's normal in most of the world. Our problem is we think we shouldn't have to do it.
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  343. ​ @marcisunshine18  That's normal in most of the world. Our problem is we think we shouldn't have to do it.
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  344.  @tuttuttut7758  Only if their parents raised them to be freeloaders.
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  345. ​ @mistersniffer6838  Not even cheating.
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  346. To be fair, Jerry was doing it all wrong. I absolutely get her frustration when he keeps "starting again". For some reason, some men just cannot make the brain connection that you have to work against your instinct when backing a tow. It truly is infuriating. Still, she went way too far with the verbal abuse.
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  347. Society is people. That's us. We did this to ourselves. We all think we can live like islands. Don't need families, or good solid friends, or property, or any of the things that have always kept the common man safe. We think the govt will save us, so we don't take anywhere near enough care of the things that matter. Then when our own mistakes come back to bite us, we cry that govt didn't save us. News flash .. govt never was going to save you. It never will. We're all on our own when it comes to feeding and housing ourselves. If we're not super rich, we MUST have solid family - bare minimum. And the poorer we are, the more people we need around us.
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  348.  @palapalak.8907  The idea is to avoid ending up in situations of helplessness. That's what independence means. It's even more important if you're not wealthy. You don't have money to buy your way out of trouble, so you have to build a life which keeps you out of trouble.
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  349. ​ @mysterymaverick1982 On the contrary, it's the majority. That's why disabled and elderly people are starving.
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  350.  @WhatIsSanity  Sorry, no. I'm in public health (have been for decades), and I guarantee that if patients are proactive, truthful, and compliant, they do not fall through the cracks. Even in a public system.
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  351.  @Capitan_Captain  Thank you. This is exactly what I've been trying to say. Patients need to be good advocates for themselves (or have a relative advocate for them if they're confident to do it themselves). We all have to keep up with our routine checks, and mention anything new or unusual.
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  352. It's the parents job to model self-discipline. That's the only way kids learn it. Self-discipline is established in the home. A school can't "teach" it.
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  353.  @arneblonski2688  Yet not in hundreds of year has it been pronounced anything like that.
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  354. He looks better. He seems more lucid.
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  355. Alcoholics should be automatically excluded from transplant. Period.
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  356. Correction .. the onus was put back on families. Still, the institutions should never have been closed. Also, they were closed in the 80's, not during Howard's term.
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  357. Same. I could never work in the private sector.
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  358.  @cyagami90  That's a dangerously incorrect understanding. It's not the object of worship which is the problem. They don't even need an object of worship. The true marker of a cult is cultish behaviour in the members. If they behave like cultists, they're in a cult.
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  359.  @julibeswick-valentine3690  Having no social life is a choice, though.
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  360. Buying a trailer which is sited on RENTED land, is deeply foolish if you're poor. A dirt cheap house in some hick town would likely be cheaper than the cost of the trailer, and much more secure for someone without a lot of money. There's just no way that people make this mobile home/rented land choice for purely financial reasons. They're doing it because they want to live in areas they can't technically afford. That kind of recklessness comes with a high cost, one way or the other.
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  361. What's more likely - that you're traveling between universes? Or your jacket faded on the shoulders?
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  362. So don't be their patsy. Make sure you own a house.
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  363. Those are not solutions. A) because they'll never happen, and B) because they ignore the elephant in the room ... centralisation. The solution is to decentralise. Move much of the commerce out of Sydney, to regional areas. Build more Canberras, if necessary. Sydney wasn't designed for a highly centralised populace. Too many people trying to get as close to a maxed out city as possible. It's ridiculous.
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  364. @@Haneen-zo6wq Exactly. It's outrageous, what we expect. And this expectation is why there's a housing crisis.
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  365. She probably earned your respect. That's the crucial difference!
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  366.  @Cwgrlup  If your only understanding of a 'good' relationship is predicated upon sex, I'm truly sorry for you.
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  367. BINGO! Families are no longer sticking together, and parents are not supporting their kids long enough for them to gain financial security. It's disgraceful.
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  368.  @jsc2606  And who created those kids?
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  369.  @thesupergreenjudy  Your expectations are probably so horribly low because you grew up in an environment where parents ditch their kids at 18. That's PARENTAL failure, not kid failure.
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  370.  @victoriavarzinova9748  You missed the point. Parents are supposed to support their kids to financial independence. That might be at 21, or it might be at 28. You don't kick them out at 18, then watch them struggle for another 15 years, then try and fix it after the fact.
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  371.  @victoriavarzinova9748  You're talking about highly dysfunctional people though. Slackers, or maybe addicts. Let's focus on normal, responsible adult children.
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  372.  @victoriavarzinova9748  You must know them to be selfish assholes, in that case. What if you wanted to study medicine .. which takes about 7 years? What would they do? Kick you out and make that impossible for you?
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  373. This is the result of truly terrible parenting. At 17, she's barely responsible.
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  374. ​ @elizabethroberts6215  You didn't get it, did you.
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  375.  @thecoolestfaisal  I'm afraid that still makes no sense. With respect, it's this kind of behaviour which causes people problems in life. People back themselves into a corner because they want to keep living beyond their means til the last minute. That's crazy. It's not as though Sydney hasn't been shockingly expensive for years, so an exit plan should have been in place before now (drastic lifestyle adjustment to allow a savings plan, etc). Read the room, and plan accordingly.
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  376. Eww
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  377. The two massive elephants in the room .... no windows opening to the outside, and no grocery store in the building. A home with no access to fresh air or direct sunlight, would be a nightmare. I can't imagine why they thought that would be okay. And I can't imagine why they don't have at least two supermarkets in that building. Sorry, third elephant in the room .. not being able to cook! Done properly (with external windows, supermarkets, and proper kitchens), this would be great.
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  378. No, it tells you there's nothing to respond to. The drones involved are not breaking any laws. The rest are regular aircraft.
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  379.  @musa7606  Wrong. It's NEVER okay to borrow for a car. If you can't afford to pay cash for it, you can't afford it. Save money until you can pay cash, or buy a cheap car if you absolutely must have a car (and if you've put yourself in a situation which relies on a car, without actually being able to afford a car, you're some kind of idiot). Live somewhere with good public transportation until you can buy with your own money. That's what sane people do. Cars are depreciating assets. It's a golden rule to never borrow on anything which depreciates .. for obvious reasons. Honestly, I've never seen such willingness to borrow on vehicles. Very few people do that where I live. If we're poor we just drive beaters or take the bus. No wants a car so badly they're willing to go into debt for it.
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  380. Your mother is either pure evil, or you're not telling us the full story.
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  381.  @sashamwalungo5611  Why? Our primary obligation in adulthood is to be stable, responsible, dependable, and to ensure we're able to help our loved ones. Failing to take this obligation seriously is exactly why people end up homeless.
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  382. ​ @kati-ana It's about money.
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  383.  @OfficeSpaceRedStapler  Which is why it's seldom used alone except in 'last ditch' trials. It's almost always used in conjunction with chemotherapy, which is very successful for a lot of people.
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  384. That's terrible. Shelf stackers get about $35 an hour where I live.
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  385. Because they are community - in the true sense of the word. The people around the single mother are dependable, reliable, responsible, and trustworthy. Community takes a LOT of self-sacrifice and stability.
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  386. No one is stuck. Nothing is preventing people from leaving but their own circumstances. And that's PERSONAL, not systemic.
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  387. Sure, but a lot of what they believe is bunkum. It doesn't deserve measured consideration.
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  388. Incredible that in America, you have to shop around for a doctor. No one should have to do that. Where I live, everything is arranged for you by your local public hospital. If they don't know your rare cancer, they'll get someone in who does. All your tests, consultations, surgeries, and treatments are done in your own local area, within one hospital. And they organise all of it. The patient doesn't have to do anything but show up.
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  389. Almost certainly, the husband is still number one suspect ... as he should be. Police might say he's cleared, but that's standard when they want the perp's guard down. There's very little likelihood he wasn't involved in some way.
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  390. Or just an alert that you can't be a Neanderthal.
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  391. None of it is accidental .. it can't be. Not when even a child knows what happens if you let people do whatever they want. Best guess is their end game is control, thus profits. Disenfranchised people have to spend a lot more to stay alive, than those with options.
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  392.  @Trysaratop  Exactly. When a society tolerates bad behaviour from adults, this is the result. Old people in Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, Africa, etc etc .. don't behave badly. Those societies train them out of it early.
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  393. Why in heck would he pass out?
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  394. On the contrary ... people with strong social support networks are much less likely to succumb.
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  395.  @shannon2748  Why? Living within your means is very honourable.
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  396.  @aleayh  No it isn't. If young people stay at home (rent free, obviously) for the first few years of full time work, they can save most of their income. That easily covers a downpayment - as long as they're not an entitled lunatic and expect to buy in one of the world's most expensive cities .. like LONDON.
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  397.  @brownnomad6805  Well said. Kids have to do what the current economic climate demands. If they don't adapt to the economic conditions, they'll fail. For those who aren't born into money, that means STAYING AT HOME and saving as much money as possible while there's no rent or mortgage to pay. It may be the only time in their lives they can do that, so they have to make it work for them. Push it as far as they can. All decent parents will encourage and support this 100%. To do otherwise, would be to sabotage what may be their child's only chance to build any kind of financial security .. and what kind of parent would do that? One who hates their kid, maybe. Or one who's own 'freedom and comfort' are more important that their childs' welfare.
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  398.  @StillJustD  100%. The vast majority of those who claim to be struggling with housing, are in CITIES! It's insane. It's very difficult to feel anything but contempt for them, given that. You wonder what happened .... after all, we used to accept the realities of our economic status, and didn't expect to have champagne on a beer budget. Now we live in fantasy worlds where we think we can live like the rich, and get angry when it doesn't happen. We even demand that govt fix it for us, so we can live where the rich live. Incredible!
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  399. Not strange, just British.
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  400. ​ @AmandathePandaBooks Yep. The fuck ups ruin it for everyone. This is what happens when you enable dissolution.
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  401. Families abandoning their homeless, is the crime here.
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  402. ​ @TG-pr4ve The listing agent represents the seller ONLY. Jeez America, you don't need a freaking "representative" to buy a house. The rest of the world manages without one.
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  403.  @leo0986  And he did it with good reason. Indolent cancers are very different to 'regular' cancers!
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  404. "Struck by conviction" ... yeah, not exactly the scientific method. But who am I to doubt your conviction. People believe all sorts of things just because they want to believe.
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  405.  @sigaries4062  It doesn't taste ok though .. not really. It tastes like cheap fake shit. I mean in a cheese emergency I'll eat it, but not if there's any kind of choice in the matter. As regards price, pre-grated is always going to cost more, pound for pound. Plus it has additives, and loses flavour. Always buy block cheese and grate your own. Better flavour, and cheaper!
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  406. ​ @magenetent  If they're educated, they should know about the health risks to the children.
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  407. ​ @D-rd5wf  If you can't afford housing, that's a you problem. The taxpayer is not obliged to fix your life.
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  408.  @les0101s  Exactly. People in high demand fields (IOW on high salaries), can afford to rent. People on modest salaries can't afford to rent, period - precisely because rents keep increasing. How are they going to handle that when they're retired .. unless they're rich? It makes no sense therefore, to expect to rent housing on a minimum or modest wage. It's wanting champagne on beer budget. If you're poor, you have no choice but to buy your own place or live with family. Either that or end up homeless.
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  409. Bingo! This is the true source of the problem. Not the hospital's fault in any way.
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  410. But you have a paid for family home. Why would that be a bad thing?
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  411. Agree. Even if you have an indolent (very slow growing blood cancer), better to treat immediately and ease some of the fear of "worryful watching". It buys really important worry-free time.
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  412. Sure ... but we've known thingswere heading this way for at least four years. Kids who were finishing high school then, likely knew that a modest income wasn't going to cut it - and their parents definitely knew. Thus they had time to choose a path leading directly to a higher paying job. A STEM degree, or a trade, etc. Luxury degrees ( arts and humanities etc) are for rich people.
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  413. Yeah, that's how grooming works.
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  414. Bottom line .. if people who look like the images, and have a glamorous career plus loads of money, AREN'T hitting on you in real life, it's a scam. This woman is painfully delusional, thinking a 45 year old rich hottie would be interested in her. Incredibly juvenile and narcissistic. Grow up lady. Focus on family.
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  415.  @thewatcheronthewalls4809  Because they chose to live in a way which prevents them having homes. They don't stop using drugs/drink, or clean themselves up, or repair relationships with family, or any of the crucial steps for recovery and reintergration.
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  416. More housing isn't the solution. In fact it will just encourage us to waste housing - more so than we already do.
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  417.  @gamingsuperun  There is cheap housing all over the country. I saw a place last week selling for $110k. Rent for a similar house was $150 a week. You can pay that on social security, easily. Rent assistance covers half of it! If someone insists on living in Sydney or Melbourne, but says they can't afford housing, they're not serious.
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  418.  @gamingsuperun  Dude ... starvation and renting in Sydney, aren't even in the same universe.
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  419. Bingo! The changes in the brain result from the neglect. Autism is NOT genetic.
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  420.  @kathleenlynch5763  They can leave any time they like. I personally know members of the family who left the UK a long time ago and live in anonymity. It's only those who leave but keep seeking attention, who are badgered.
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  421.  @Patrick-kt5mc  It's unlikely, since he still has a full head of hair. Chemo for pancreatic cancer is usually the brutal kind.
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  422. Yes, and institutionalised children are DEPRIVED of emotional engagement.
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  423.  @Jeremy-wp4yh  It's relative. If a kid takes a really expensive degree - say Medicine - their starting salary at graduation is six figures. They can live at home for the next two or three years and pay off that degree in that time frame, no problem. Even if they don't live at home, on six figures the degree pays for itself quickly. That's the kind of degree kids who aren't from rich families need to be taking. Degrees that won't even pay themselves off, are strictly for the rich - obviously. They're for people who don't need to work for a living. We peasants need to be doing STEM courses in fields of high demand. Guaranteed jobs, and guaranteed high salaries. It's a no brainer. It's so self-evident that if it hasn't occurred to the young person (or their stupid parents!), they're probably not smart enough for university.
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  424. ​ @peki943  Sure, but where do you live? If you're anywhere near a big city, you're living beyond your means. That's why you're poor. You're trying to live like a rich person.
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  425.  @peki943  To be fair though, we're not supposed to keep renting if we're not rich. Renting is definitely a luxury most of us can't afford. When you know that you're never going to be wealthy, you have to buy cheap while you're young, so it's paid off by the time you retire. Even if you never live in the place you buy, you can rent it out and cover the mortgage. It will also give you a lifetime income in case you do choose to rent.
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  426.  @peki943  Actually I'm not talking about you in the here and now. The idea (for young people) is to stay in the family home rent free, and save enough money to make a downpayment .. or even pay cash for a cheap place, if you earn/save enough.
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  427. Your parents didn't do it, unless they kicked you out at 18. If not, then it's your sense of entitlement to your own private residence, in the most expensive big cities. That's the problem. Too many people believing they're owed premium locations, and far FAR too many people attempting to live alone (thus absorbing many times the amount of housing square feet than they actually need).
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  428. Absolutely. So can a heart attack, or a car wreck. The great thing is that those who've had a treatable cancer and done all the PET scans etc, know they have nothing else to worry about. That's freaking gold. You however, are walking around not knowing what's going on inside your body. A young friend of mine died two months after diagnosis, due to very advanced cancer. She had no clue, because she'd never had a reason to be scanned. You yourself could have something like that going on right now, and not know. The woman in this video however, does know. She knows she's clean and sparkling.
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  429. As much as these kinds of dogs have a certain majesty - the low energy, tendency to obesity, and short lifespans make them far less conceptually threatening, than smaller, lighter, and far more athletic breeds.
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  430. I fear there is something VERY wrong with America's healthcare system. Apart from the obvious "for profit" thing, that is. To explain, GP's in my country refer any complex or worrisome cases to a specialist, pretty much immediately. The patient doesn't have to chase anything, or hunt down specialists, or doctor shop. It's all done for them. They just turn up on the day. And if something like cancer is found (and it will be found quickly, because we're not weird and money focused about tests), it's treated immediately at the patient's local hospital. No waiting. Everything organised by the hospital. No running around seeing endless different doctors, none of whom have the full picture. That's how it should be. Doctors willing to refer, and specialists willing to test early and comprehensively. Money should not even enter the equation. Patients should not have to do their own leg work.
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  431. Exactly. If people stopped demanding to live only in big capital cities, everyone could be housed.
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  432. The echocardiogram was for the Ritux. Immunotherapy is very hard on the heart, which is why it's sometimes not used in patients over 60.
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  433. ​ @ambrosiaemryssunfire4868  Yes, and he never discusses hypothermia, because hypothermia isn't mysterious. The guy is a grifter. Exploiting sad but very ordinary deaths.
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  434.  @earlgreco8636  As brutal as that sounds, it's true. This only happens to people who never planned ahead for old age.
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  435. I don't understand America. Those Detroit houses two miles from Downtown, would be worth many millions in my country. Even the abandoned and windowless ones. And they'd be in such high demand here that none would ever be empty.
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  436. Yes, it is. That's exactly how it works. Try being a subsistence farmer in the third world - you won't have time to be "depressed". You will have no option but to get over yourself, because the village needs to eat.
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  437. Oh you think this is a result of Brexit? The same thing is happening everywhere in the West. Plus in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia - three very 'global' countries, with Left wing governments. I think you need to take your tinfoil hat off .. it's obscuring your vision.
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  438.  @orangeorangeness2116  Exactly. It's up to each of us to ensure we don't make ourselves such a burden on others. That's just basic decency and social responsibility.
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  439. ​​ @heliotropezzz333 Sure, if you prefer to work your ass off just to maintain a lifestyle. Which is what you're doing if you try to live in areas you can't afford, or try to live alone. Those are lifestyle choices you don't have to make. It's not Govt's responsibility to save you if you choose to live beyond your means.
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  440.  @heliotropezzz333  So don't live in a big city. And of course it's a choice to live alone. It's a choice to be single, or not share with family or friends, etc etc.
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  441.  @heliotropezzz333  Excuses. If you intend to share your life with others, you live accordingly. It's a choice YOU make.
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  442.  @swolfe9668  Exactly my point. Thank you for backing me up!
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  443.  @swolfe9668  Careful, you'll be told you're an awful human being (you're not, for the record).
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  444.  @Woohchaiell  In an ideal world, and if she was extremely wealthy, sure. In the real world however, if you're dependent upon others, you have no choice but to hand responsibility to them. Since the beginning of time, that's how it's worked. Parents are responsible for their kids, then their kids are responsible for them in turn. If we're lucky we'll live long enough to be unable to care for ourselves. Either mentally or physically. At that point we can still have our preferences etc, but only in the small day to day choices. We don't get to choose where we live or how we live. It's our kids' turn to make those kinds of decisions. This is the natural order, and being a mature adult means accepting that. Multigenerational families in other cultures are able to co-exist because the elders don't try to retain an independence they no longer have. They don't make things 'difficult' by refusing to pass the reins to the next generation.
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  445. Every time I hear one of these American stories, I'm horrified anew at how utterly barbaric the American healthcare system is. Three months wait for appointments and scans etc? With aggressive cancer? Because "insurance"? That's as good as second degree murder.
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  446. It's not about working, it's about what you do with the money earned!
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  447. Hats off to Louisiana. Not only progressive and human-centred, but ideal climate and conditions for self-sufficiency ✌️✌️
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  448. How are they going to determine who's black? And if people can identify as anything they like, there isn't really any actual biology involved in the first place. I mean ... what is a black person? Any biologists here who can answer? I look forward to hearing how the racists responsible, plan to navigate these and other glaring probelems.
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  449. Most cancer patients don't spend time in hospital other than for any surgery or for complications of chemo. Most treatment is outpatient, and the majority get through it all as outpatients.
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  450. They aren't. Paying attention that is.
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  451. Where I live (a rich, white, western country), Chinese and Indians pay white males to clean their pools and mow their lawns. And those white males rent houses from brown migrant landlords. This idiotic woman is about 25 years behind the zeitgeist.
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  452. You mean people who understand enough about addiction to avoid it? I'm going to suggest they know more than those who 'knew', but did it anyway.
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  453. On the contrary, that theory is absolute bunk. Emotional neglect absolutely causes developmental delay (ASD type behaviours).
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  454. Yes. And rightly so.
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  455. At 17, his parents should be held accountable.
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  456. Why didn't they review "Maurice"? That's a really important breakthrough role for Hugh.
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  457.  @irh_real  Required by whom? You own your property freehold. No one can change that but your govt (in a mandatory acquisition for a highway or whatever).
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  458. I knew about the Louisiana Purchase at age 15, and I've never set foot in America. The only explanation for this level of dumbness is sabotage. They put something in your water supply which causes brain damage.
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  459. Those who stay strictly with Leftist media, will never see it. That media is engaging in almost total blackout on the subject. They're doing everything they can to stop us pulling out of the system to save ourselves.
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  460.  @h0rriphic  relationships plural. There's your problem.
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  461.  @helloworld6126  That's a bizarre idea. No one who isn't seriously ill, thinks about whether they're close to a hospital when they choose a home. It's not even remotely on the radar. That's such a negative and depressing thing to make a priority. Talk about a fun-killer approach!
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  462.  @breezeh1127  Not sure what it has to do with 'activity', and it doesn't actually matter much how far it's progressed if it remains within the lymphatic system with no extra-nodal activity. It's very very slow to progress, so diagnosis at 60 really isn't likely to rob you of too many years. A non-curable but slow cancer, is exactly the kind you want in later life. You absolutely don't want an aggressive one over 60 .. and you sure as hell don't want a non-curable one when you're only 30 or 40. FTR, many indolent lymphomas aren't detected til they're advanced, because they're not very symptomatic. It's quite common for them to only be discovered at stage 3+. Doesn't change the outlook, as it would with regular cancers.
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  463.  @breezeh1127  Knowing you're dying at 80, is not like knowing you're dying at 50.
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  464.  @breezeh1127  You're not paying attention. You're just throwing out confounders to everyone who comments here. You seem hell bent on being argumentative and bizarrely negative. Let me correct you .. I said being diagnosed with INDOLENT LYMPHOMA - only indolent lymphoma, not other cancers - after age 60 is probably not going to impact your lifespan too much. Many older patients die WITH the disease, not from it. It's very slow growing, and if it remains that way many people life a normal life .. some will never even need treatment. Whereas being diagnosed with indolent lymphoma at age 30 or 40 will almost certainly kill you, simply because it has enough years to become a problem.
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  465. The Guardian is basically Infotainment. Or a religious periodical 🤗
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  466. LOL. To an Australian, the idea that American real estate is expensive is a joke.
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  467. How did you get sick? Curious to know, since you wouldn't have been around aot of people to pick up a virus or other transmissible infection. Was it perhaps food or water borne? Because if so, that's definitely preventable.
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  468. EXACTLY. Kids learn that stuff from an adult.
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  469. It's not their responsibility. Housing is something you and your family need to sort out for yourselves. Working cooperatively with family is even more important if you're poor.
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  470. ​@monkeymeemee3053 Waiting only happens if the surgery isn't essential. If it's essential, you get it immediately. That's exactly as it should be.
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  471.  @donnamaco1  In 35 years he'd have paid off his home. Why would he lose all his savings?
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  472. That makes sense. The Guardian is like some kind of long con troll. Nothing but sneering toffs and first world problems. It's hard to believe they're serious.
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  473. In 99% of such cases, there's a reason these mothers end up alone. Either they raised terrible kids, they raised financially irresponsible kids, or they themselves are terrible people. It simply doesn't happen by accident.
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  474. But WHY do you choose to be single?
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  475.  @solsticebaby  It's somehow wrong, when a thousand year old family - especially one with so much power over the indigenous - isn't even indigenous.
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  476. Beautiful house, but definitely not 1930's. The fireplace and mouldings are late Victorian.
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  477. What else do you expect them to do?
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  478. The question has to be asked. Why would anyone leave this kind of food item on a bench, at room temperature, for a month? That's a very unusual kind of recklessness.
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  479. Public housing was never the answer. It was always a token gesture. And it was always a very bad message to send .. that govt would come to your rescue no matter what. That message was taken way too seriously, by way too many people. The only kind of public housing which actually works to raise people out of poverty (and that should be its only purpose .. it should NOT be a lifetime crutch), is the kind Singapore has. Govt builds the tower blocks, and SELLS the apartments to citizens at cost price - which is around half what they would be on the open market. Even low income earners can afford them.
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  480. This isn't cluelessness, it's pure arrogance.
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  481. ​ @nonoway288  Spend time with people. Romance is never a solution for loneliness.
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  482. The man is actually UNattractive. No clue how or why he was considered attractive. Maybe those responsible don't get out much.
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  483. Your second instinct was the right one. They did this to themselves, and to those kids.
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  484. It was always going to be the paracetamol. That stuff will kill your liver, even with a modest overdose.
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  485. Still is.
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  486. 1) Why are you even looking when you're over 50. Grow up. 2) If you are an overgrown teenager and "must" have a romance, the only women you're going to be visible to are women exactly like you. Your age, your looks level, and you social/educational level. Even 30 year men have to stay in their lane. 3) Don't be a sex creep. Ever. When women know you're looking for a genuine companion, they're much less likely to regard you as a dirty old man. 4) I'll say it again because it's the key - dating over 50 is unnatural, so if you have to do it, don't ever make it about sex. Old men looking for sex is repulsive and creepy to almost all females - even those your own age, so just don't go there. 5) Find a way to be friends with women your own age. If something develops later, fine ... the worst thing that can happen is you have some new buddies.
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  487. ​ @pleasetakemecanada  Yes it absolutely should be! That's what a caring society is. A society in which everyone takes care of their loved ones. A socially responsible society. It's NOT a society in which no one takes care of anyone but themselves. Look at the result of people thinking they shouldn't have to be socially responsible. Disaster!
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  488. Katabatic winds. They're very deadly.
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  489. She was not 'dumped'. As sad as this is, this is a result of homelessness. She was returned to where she came from, that's all. The hospital cannot do more. She can't stay at the hospital if she's not sick enough to be hospitalised, period. No one can - homless or not.
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  490. If there's even slight disparity in your ages and looks, she's there for your money. 100% guaranteed. If you want genuine, you need to find someone your own age and your own looks category, who has close to the same wealth you do. If you're a 60 year old manon a modest income, you need to look for a woman over 50 with her own money. The young good looking Western guys in SE Asia get the genuine young women. But if you're not that guy, expect to get scammers. They may play a long game, and convince you it's real, but you have to know they despise you. They see you as a dirty old man who deserves to be ripped off.
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  491. It's not a "pup" nor a "cub", it's a Kit.
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  492. Most third Worlders are more civilized.
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  493. Cities are finished.
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  494. I also, have seen this same problem over many years. The neglect is always there, somewhere. It can be very well hidden .. even to the point that caring and responsible relatives aren't aware. Because the child might be very well cared for in every other respect, no one notices that Mom just doesn't really engage with the child .. eye to eye, and in a very focused way ... regularly throughout the day, every day. It could be something as invisible as the child not being breastfed (women who breastfeed are proven to be more engaged with the infant), or baby being put in a room alone from birth (instead of co-slept in parents' room). All these little 'disconnections' can go under the radar, but absolutely contribute to developmental delays.
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  495. Suburbs are the ideal halfway point between urban and rural. Yes, they're inefficient, but they answer the overwhelming preference people have to NOT live in a city. Very few humans genuinely want to live in crowded places - especially when such cramped quarters comes with a total lack of community (due to a renting and thus transient populace). We can't all be rural, so suburbs go some way to servicing the better mental health that comes with space and nature.
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  496. "I always thought that a cloud with a silver lining would always be there when I needed it" Why did you think that, though? That's childlike thinking - magical thinking. Why would a grown adult believe such a thing?
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  497. ​ @Alexander-dt2eq  Yeah, they don't want him. Young women don't want a middle aged man.
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  498. This is what happens when people think they're too speacial to move somewhere inexpensive, or to share with family. It's self-inflicted.
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  499.  @Cindy-gn8ry  That tells me the mother was actually very relaxed about leaving her baby with the grandmother, even taking some 'time out' at home after her hair appointment. What's just as strange (to me, at least) is that she knew the grandmother was going out with friends that day, and was apparently totally okay knowing that the baby would be taken along. There's no way in the world I'd have allowed that with my kids, and their grandmothers are not psycho drunks! If you're caring for someone else's baby or small child, you don't get to carry on with your damned social life. Hair appointments can be changed FFS.
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  500.  @dorasurploer6432  But her mother DID harm her child. It had already happened once, so it wasn't a matter of not believing it possible. For something like that - KNOWN gross negligence leading to death - there's no second chance. No way.
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  501.  @Matthew2414a  No, it can't happen to anyone. Many people ensure they have enough to survive illnesses and job losses. That's the whole point, after all.
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  502.  @Matthew2414a  Nope. Born into poverty, and had to drag myself out of it as a young adult. It was a choice. Like others who don't come from wealth or inheritance, I had no option but to make sure I was financially secure. I don't have family money to support me in old age .. I had to raise that money myself .. like most people.
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  503.  @OpalBerries  Only if we keep choosing to give our money to them. Put it into land, instead of wasting it on goods and services. That will stop them on TWO fronts.
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  504.  @kommisar.  Reasonable by whose standards? The top 10% of human society? If that's what you think is a 'reasonable' standard, there's no hope for any of us. And there's definitely no hope for the planet.
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  505. While times are definitely tougher, there are some basic economic rules which need to be followed. ESPECIALLY in tougher times. Don't have kids or pets you can't afford. Don't live alone. Don't live in big cities. Don't have any bad habits - even if it's just fast food. Don't pay for services (hair stylists, nail art, pet grooming, gym, hobbies, tattoos, etc etc). These are obvious, and poor people have always had to live that way. The problem in our rich first world societies, is that we've become used to being able to break those rules and get away with it. We're feeling the effects of that hubris now. When we're not wealthy, we have no business trying to live as though we are. We need to remember how people lived back in the Depression. They shared with extended family, they grew their own vegetables, they cooked from scratch, they 'made good and mended' instead of buying new, they bought a cheap house rather than pay rent (which is much more expensive over a lifetime), they didn't eat out or take holidays .. etc etc.
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  506. Yes, we do need to do better. In previous generations, families took care of each other. When we each make sure we can support our loved ones, AND be worthy of their support in return, far fewer people fall through the net. We once saw this as a fundamental obligation, not as an inconvenient burden. We didn't imagine we had 'options' like welfare and public housing. We knew that if we didn't take care of each other, we'd be in trouble. It was only when we abandoned these habits, that people started falling through the net in droves. The end result is thousands upon thousands of people expecting govt to take care of them. Given that that will never happen again, that expectation is disastrous.
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  507. She's awful, but financial abuse is very real. It's still a massive problem for women.
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  508. Okay, but why would you assume anything can be truly free? Everything has to be paid for, in some way.
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  509. 100% correct!
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  510. That's exactly what we DON'T need. Why do you think there's a housing crisis? Way too many people living alone! There should be at least three people per kitchen and bathroom. Underutilisation of current housing stock is at plague proportions. No wonder so many are homeless! What we need is people living together in groups, so that more housing is freed up. Whether it's family or friends .. it needs to be at least three per household. Living alone is a luxury the planet - and humanity - can't afford. Hogging an entire residence to yourself, is disgraceful.
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  511.  @seven4109  If If If. That's true of every evil psychopath who ever committed evil.
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  512. Vegies on the valve! Dental in origin, as usual. AB prophylaxis is so important. We're past the scarlet fever days, after all.
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  513.  @MrAshley4440  That was exactly my response! I'm in Australia, and it's the same here (and in the UK). Even in small impoverished towns, people still walk their dogs and do a little gardening etc. They also go for walks ... because walking is free.
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  514.  @brightharbor_  It doesn't work like that where I live. Here, country towns are bustling during the day, and quiet at night.
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  515.  @itsok2bwhiteendanti-whiteh548  I agree - and I'm not even white. We're seeing the reincarnation of 1950's style racism.
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  516.  @katelynpoorman7746  I'm sure you'd love that to be true, so your own parenting gaps are justified. Unfortunately you're out of luck. I birthed three of the little devils - and kept them alive.
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  517. By not holding people accountable, you ARE making their lives harder.
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  518.  @tyronejackson6593  Still cheap. In my country, we have close to the most expensive real estate in the world - some stats say the most expensive. It doesn't matter what you earn here, the cheapest house in any kind of useful town, is going to be over $350k. And that's the really cheap places. For example I can drive three solid hours from the city, and find regular family houses in rural towns selling for $1m. That's in a town with low average incomes. When I say you don't know how good you have, I'm using understatement. You really REALLY have no idea how lucky you are to have so much cheap property. You guys can still buy houses for less than $50k. That hasn't been possible in my country for a generation.
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  519.  @tyronejackson6593  We have more land than we know what to do with. A HUGE country. The issue is we don't have a lot of towns, so most residential housing is confined to state capitals (which are all coastal). Our capitals house millions, but our scattered towns house barely any.
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  520.  @SpinSatx  There's some truth to that, even in our market (rated most expensive or second most expensive in the world .. just like yours, ironically). We CAN still buy places at $350k or less. The problem we have isn't so much that there are no cheap properties .. it's that the people whining about property prices expect to live in our very expensive capitals. They refuse to consider moving to cheaper areas, and they pay the price for that. The same appears to be true in America (mainland). Everyone wants to live in the city.
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  521.  @SpinSatx  And that's exactly the kinds of things people tell themselves to justify trying to live somewhere they can't afford. That comes from a perverse and unjustified expectation of easy access to the most and best jobs. It's an expectation which is wholly out of step with those who aren't likely to earn enough to live comfortably in a big city. As for smaller towns not having all the jobs and facilities of a big city .. obviously. But people have been finding a way to carve good lives out of such places, for generations. That's likely to remain the case for a few generations yet. It's a matter of will and determination. Besides, in a rural town you would have so much less money invested in housing, that you could afford to start a business, or produce food, or whatever. You actually have more options than you do in the city, in some ways.
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  522. As much as he's picked up the speech patterns and lifestyle of rural Australia, his inner toff is still apparent. I suspect he would adapt rather well to the Throne, were he interested in it.
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  523. What a bizarre thing to think, with respect! And who is "society"? The only people letting this happen is we ourselves. Either we're abandoning our own, or our own are too obnoxious to help. There is no magical rescue fairy. It's on each of us to live right all our lives, if we expect to live right in old age.
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  524. ​ @figurenative  Opportunity doesn't discriminate ... it's WE who differ. Some of us are just not motivated to exploit opportunities.
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  525.  @georgesmith8268  How? Who is forcing you to stay there? Why do you think you have some special rights to the place?
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  526.  @justyouraveragehuman4069  No, it's the other way around. Young people are finally realising that they can't expect to live in big cities on the income of the average 22 year old. They're moving out.
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  527. But this is exactly how it should be done! People working together, instead of expecting their own private residence. Congratulations to the both of you, for being intelligent and unselfish and thus solving the problem 👍
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  528. With respect, people don't disapprove of you because they themselves are lacking something. They disapprove because they believe that your "lifestyle" causes actual harm.
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  529. ​ @jimbothegymbro7086  Planting those trees means making sure your kids can own property. It's on each of us to plant the trees, as you say.
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  530. So this woman chose to be an "artist" knowing it wouldn't pay for her retirement, but now expects help from the tax paying working stiff?
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  531.  @didforlove  Anyone who's worked for 40 years, could have paid off their own home. Houses were much more affordable then, and 40 years is plenty of time to pay one off. People who rent for 40 years, then end up in a trailer, have therefore done it to themselves. They made bad choices.
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  532. It was in the inner city suburbs, and yes - many people in that area would buy a derelict house for $1.9m.
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  533. You've missed the point. We should all be doing this, all the time. That's how you avoid HAVING to do it in desperation. Doing it at the 11th hour is chaotic and stupid. It's merely a gesture, as you point out. This has to be lifetime behaviour to be useful - a lifestyle. Not a reaction, but a pro-action.
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  534. The dumbness is spectacular.
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  535. Marriage is about so much more than sex. If you can't tolerate marriage without it (and the sex will disappear for periods of time in all long marriages) you're not mature enough be married. Also, you're not owed sex. Intimacy yes, but sex no. Men are not entitled to sex. It has to given freely, by the woman. That's how it works with mammals. Make peace with that, or spend your life frustrated by your delusion of entitlement. You guys need freaking pills to do it once you reach a certain age anyway. Try listening to nature. If your own body doesn't want you doing it, and your wife doesn't want to do it, just freaking stop. You won't die.
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  536.  @Billy-the-Kid  And if your wife has cancer, or becomes disabled? You'll cheat because she's not stepping up to her "duty"? Nice.
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  537. ​ @Foxy_bbb_b  That's insane ... sorry. There's no greater privilege or honour, than taking care of your grandkids.
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  538.  @CC-si3cr  You misunderstand. All apartments attract a strata fee. It's money used for general upkeep of the building. And there are always extraneous matters which come up over time .. requiring lump sum input from each individual apartment owner. This is completely different to a HOA, where actual freehold land is involved.
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  539. ​ @ScarletWitch597  Why do you expect a school to teach that? These kinda of things are the parents' responsibility. Telling time, tying shoes, reading, roman numerals, geography, and so on.
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  540.  @betsyr4724  We al have problems. It's our responsibility to not allow those problems to be an excuse for failing to be responsible for ourselves.
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  541.  @dudarsky  No idea what you're saying here, sorry.
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  542. The far more problematic mindset, is thinking society owes you a private residence in the location of your choice. That's the source of the trouble.
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  543.  @georgia4407  And she is public property. That's the price of being royal. Unfortunately you don't get to choose that life, and still demand the anonymity that the poor folk enjoy.
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  544. People in the comments saying they had no idea this had happened. How? It was on the news all over the world, for weeks. It was huge.
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  545.  @peenyyt4921  No, it almost never does. In 99% of these cases, it was patient non-compliance. I've been in this game for decades, and while I accept there are less than stellar doctors out there, most are responsible enough to cover the basics. The problem is almost always patients, I'm sorry to say. You'd be amazed what people will do and tell themselves, to avoid jumping through the hoops they should be jumping through. And amazed at how long people ignore things before seeking treatment. And also amazed at the things people don't tell their doctors. People are afraid. People are lazy. People don't want the bother. People are forgetful. People don't recognise the seriousness of symptoms, etc etc etc. We're all capable of that, if we're not doctors ourselves. Doctors on the other hand, only have ONE job, and that is to find out what's wrong with you. They're hardly going to refuse to do so, given that, since they serve no other purpose. You have to grasp that crucial difference, to appreciate why it's almost always a patient thing.
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  546.  @WhatIsSanity  No, it isn't. Doctors can only act upon what they're given. Patients, because they're not doctors, cannot always present the right information - or even present at all until something has advanced. Patients must be good advocates for themselves. If you feel you can't be, take someone with you who can be. And on the contrary, I've encountered all sorts of utter dicks in the medical profession. But never once have I encountered deliberate negligence. Keep in mind I'm around doctors all the time, and have been most of my adult life. On the other hand, I encounter patient "negligence" almost daily. It's not a moral contest, so please don't waste energy being offended. It's simply the different psychological and technical position of the two parties. That's why patients have to be good advocates for themselves.
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  547.  @Capitan_Captain  No, not in Europe (or America), but I am aware that Americans will hold back on visits and investigations due to cost. While a for-profit healthcare system is diabolically evil for that reason, it's still not the doctor's fault if things aren't picked up under those conditions.
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  548. They're all narcissists. They think they're too good for average or below average people like themselves. They think they deserve younger, better looking, much more educated partners. They deserve everything they get.
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  549.  @zjjir  You can't control it no, but when everyone pronounces it correctly there's no need to. I've heard that name countless times in my lifetime, and have never EVER heard it pronounced incorrectly til now. Where I live, if a kid accidentally pronounces something incorrectly, they're corrected by the adults around them. We don't just let it ride like Americans seem to do.
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  550.  @emmonsterd  The narrator is pronouncing it as the family does, and I'll bet my left leg most of those commenting are NOT American. Myself included. And I'll bet my right leg that if you tried saying wit-tay-ker in the UK, people wouldn't know you were saying Whittaker. The UK pronunciation is wit-tuh-kah.
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  551.  @curlyb4c95  The greater pride is in thinking the world owes you housing.
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  552.  @cascadianrangers728  Oh right .. yeah. Thank god he's such a prince, and only wants your money to fund his wars.
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  553. Correction .. that look was popular in the 70's. It was well and truly out by the 80's.
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  554. They understand all right - they've just chosen denial. They fear having to take survival action, more than they fear hunger ... apparently.
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  555. You realise that the most common theory was that she has cancer, right? Why would anyone be ashamed for knowing the truth? Your comment is bizarre, in light of that.
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  556.  @TS-rd7oy  That's part of the problem. People no longer think they need to treat each other honourably. They don't care if they lose family - because they think the govt will take care of them.
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  557. All that would do is stop people from acquiring more than the cut off, or find ways to evade the tax by putting money offshore. It would be disastrous for business, and thus employment.
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  558. It's not greed, it's business. Landlords are experiencing the same cost of living increases as you. If you were running a business, would you keep your prices at 2019 level just to be "ungreedy", knowing it would bankrupt you? Of course you wouldn't. Landlords are no different.
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  559. Girls won't - but mature women might.
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  560. Women, PLEASE have high standards for the males you allow into your lives. And for gods sake, don't live alone when you're elderly!
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  561. Cancelling PUBLIC activity is absolutely normal while undergoing chemo. Immunity is almost non-existent. It's a very standard protocol.
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  562. What went wrong here, isn't that the parents are conservative, it's the fact that they failed at modelling that conservatism. They relied on words, instead of actions. That will always result in a bad outcome. Conservative parents who walk the talk, modelling the goodness and responsibility they want for their kids, overwhelmingly produce kids who are good and responsible. Conservatism isn't the problem here - inconsistency is.
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  563. I'm a member of a very not white family from a very poor "developing" nation, who migrated to the West the proper way. My relatives despise illegals - including those from the mother country. Their opinion is that if you're not going to strive to learn English BEFORE you apply to migrate, and you offer nothing at all in the way of skills, you have no right to be here. And if you actually expect citizen taxpayers to fund you, you're worse than dirt. None of it is ever about race. It's about plain old decency and social responsibility. Being an honourable and productive person.
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  564.  @Mary-xc2gu  "Even" for those in the limelight? They get the least respect, actually. People aren't in awe of celebrity anymore. You can call that a good thing or a bad thing.
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  565. Many people say immunotherapy is worse than chemo, because it's so unpredictable.
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  566. People aren't boycotting fast food joints because the food is unhealthy, or because they work from home. They're boycotting purely because of price. It's delusional to imagine it's some reason unrelated to price. People will walk through fire, and eat any garbage, if it's cheap. All these corporations who think they can keep selling garbage at high quality prices, are going to fail. Guaranteed.
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  567. Why do people keep saying "returned to"? Where did you go?
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  568. That's the normal way, isn't it? At least it's normal in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and probably a good part of Northern Europe.
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  569. This is all personal problems, though. Nothing to do with 'council'. A mother who can't be relied on, and who would throw her pregnant daughter under the bus to move in with an ex? Yeah .. that's not a council problem.
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  570. Nonsense. Plenty of people will never be homeless. But what you say is important. We all have live our lives in a way which prevents homelessness. And the more poor we are when we start, the more important that is. We have to plan ahead for retirement, from earliest adulthood.
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  571.  @sewerrat7612  Exactly the point. You need to go where the cheap houses are.
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  572.  @SweetCandyDragon  Not at all. A spook is very different, and not deliberate. What this horse did was strike - which is deliberate and done in anger. It's the horse attack method, basically.
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  573. Urbanization is a major cause of the problem. Or rather, too many of us demanding an urban lifestyle.
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  574. That actually works, if the debt is for an appreciating asset - like a house.
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  575. Tough love is exactly what's missing. And it's called "tough" because it's hard on the GIVER, not because it's hard on the receiver.
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  576. A comeback? It never left. Unless you're in America of course.
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  577. I work in public health, and I guarantee that conversation about they/them would NEVER happen. We're scientists first, tax payer funded second, and cultists last.
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  578.  @janinewetzler5037  People on low incomes should not be attempting to live in these cities. It's insane.
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  579. You have two sons and you're homeless?
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  580. His side piece is a dude in Nigeria - guaranteed. And that is FANTASTIC.
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  581.  @Johnrider1234  What's wrong with human breasts?
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  582.  @donnamyers2025  I've not doubt it was horrendous. Unfortunately that's how it works. It's always very important for people like your father to have someone when they need to go to the ER, so that there is clarity and understanding about all the processes. No one should be going alone. It makes things much harder for that person, and harder for doctors too.
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  583. ​ @muffinman4544 That's not what happens, actually. Cities are single concentrated locations. Everything outside the cities is dispersed. Even if half of each city population left, they would disperse so much that any city-like effect would be impossible.
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  584. The reason the root cause is not addressed, is that the overwhelming majority of Progressives won't agree to it. Every person who complains about these benches, is part of the problem. The root cause requires tough love .. and it's called tough because it's tough on the giver, not the receiver. Progressives want easy fixes (IOW throwing money) that don't soil their own hands.
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  585. On the contrary, it's these very important studies which have been 'neglected' due to political correctness. So the root cause of developmental delays (maternal neglect) goes on unabated, and more kids suffer. Brilliant.
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  586. Since you feel that way, I'm guessing that if your employer was paying you 1999 wages, even though the wage for your job had tripled since then, you'd accept it because you "wouldn't want to be greedy"? Yes? No?
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  587. He totally did it. Speculation is a disservice to those girls.
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  588. Yeah, because they're basically newlyweds.
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  589.  @nicadair7700  I can't comment on the green screen, but yes .. she almost certainly knew about this earlier than claimed.
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  590.  @pbc5137  Only if they're immature and selfish. That's a cultural problem of the West. In societies where it's normal for multiple generations to live together, people know how to behave.
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  591.  @hellokittydimaggio  Meaning they're normal parents. It's tragic that so few Western parents get that.
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  592.  @MrPaulosophy  You are quite wrong. The statistics clearly demonstrate that growing up with drinking parents makes you much more likely to drink yourself. And vice versa. It's never okay to drink around our children.
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  593. Parents ... ignore the BS about kicking your small children out of your bedroom. That's exactly where they should be at that age. Don't like it? Don't have kids. But for gods sake, don't make them pay the price for your urges. Put your kids first. Find a way.
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  594.  @SisterMaji  Why would she do that? There must be a reason. Most people, if they had the space like your sister, would take in a relative over the winter. There's always more to the story, and without that crucial information we can't learn. We can't benefit from your experience if we don't actually know what it was.
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  595.  @katieb.1184  Baby comes first ... end of story. If you're not prepared for that, get a goldfish.
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  596.  @haleyjohnson7204  Inability to produce is incredibly rare, and can only be diagnosed by a doctor. It's not a mood, it's a rare physical condition. If you don't have that condition you are sabotaging your supply by your feeding method (IOW by not doing it nearly often or long enough).
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  597. Her parents where in the China Trade, and were Quakers - it's not hard to see where her issues with money came from. Quakers are compelled to live a very simple lifestyle, and the Chinese are the masters when it comes to financial self-discipline. Her parents were evidently heavily influenced by both - and passed this on to their daughter. Having said that, I'm surprised both parents were so unified in what was obviously a problematic level of emotional investment in money for its own sake. Ordinarily, parents will differ on these kinds of eccentricities - which is why they ultimately have less influence on the children. Dad might be as tight as a drum, but Mom will see the potential harm of that and make an effort to teach the kids that spending money on pleasures and comforts now and then, is always a good investment. Poor Hetty had the misfortune to have two parents with the same disease.
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  598. Just to clarify ... a $1.2m house is practically working class, to a regular anaesthetist. They normally live in homes worth upwards of $5m. It's one of the highest paying medical specialties. They never "struggle" unless they have some kind of serious gambling problem .... or America pays medical specialists way less than other countries do. Something is very wrong with this picture.
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  599. Cannot afford it where? Clearly you're looking in an area you can't afford. It's all relative. You absolutely can afford a house, on six figures. So decide what you actually want - a house, or a lifestyle.
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  600. It's rarely luck, it's usually hard work and dedication .. but I understand your sentiment.
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  601. Evidently not by cutting back on food.
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  602. The other way around actually. Many of us forgot his music when we realized what kind of person he was and what life he was living. That's all we remember now.
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  603. And kids only make that choice for very good reasons. NEVER blame the child. How freaking dare you.
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  604.  @haleyt3754  She should have been a better mother, if she didn't see want the consequences of being a bad mother. 100% her fault. She's the grown up.
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  605. The problem is that generations of safety and plenty, made us believe we shouldn't have to do all that life admin. We're spoiled babies.
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  606. Holy hell ... what kind of area did they live in, if a house could be broken into while the resident is outside for a short period? Some kind of war zone? That can't be a genuine risk - no one in their right mind would live in such a place!
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  607.  @meatavoreNana  I doubt that's the reason. Pain should not be the only reason you seek medical care.
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  608. Congratulations 😉 For the other thing, not the subscribers 😊
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  609. This is ridiculous. It takes barely more than a handful of brain cells to know that if you're poor, you MUST own your land. And the price of some these trailers is more than that of cheap land, so no excuses. This "rented land" scenario is the fool's way of living in areas they prefer, instead of areas they can afford.
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  610.  @Sunsn7  But societies who treat their elderly well, do so because their elderly earned that privilege by being responsible, stable, and selfless all their lives. It's a two-way street.
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  611. To be fair, goats are basically insane too. Lovely creatures, but utterly nuts
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  612. That's the main issue for most of these people. Family failure.
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  613.  @MarioEstevez-re1us  Yep. And that's the way we have to play the game in the 21stC. The better you are at demonstrating that you see and hear both sides - while remaining non-commital - the further you'll get in life.
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  614. They're quite triggering, it's true.
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  615. This man is not well. Horrifying to see his suffering enabled. Also, there's no way on earth this guy is 24.
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  616.  @Geminicricketi  Grown ups don't allow themselves to feel resentment about the normal obligations of adulthood. If he thought his potential resentment was more important than his children, he's barely better than her.
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  617. In all seriousness, who are these people buying cars on credit? I don't know anyone who's ever done that - and I'm 60 years old. Everyone I know pays cash, whether it's a $2k car or a $100k car. You buy only what you can pay cash for. You never EVER borrow money for a depreciating asset. I thought everyone knew that 😮
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  618. For the record, the south shore of Jervis Bay, in New South Wales, Australia, allegedly has the whitest beach sand in the world. At least it did a few years back.
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  619. ​ @JohnDoe-vo6rf  Propaganda for what?
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  620. That's very cheap! Not many people want a poorly built and badly designed house in a treeless new estate miles from services and facilities, so I'm guessing that keeps the price down.
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  621. There have been zero warnings issued about buying/eating dried mushrooms from Asian grocery stores. Nothing. That would never happen, if there was even the slightest possibility that what she claims is true. Every seller of dried mushrooms would have to remove them until all tracing etc was complete, and recall warnings would be all over the news, 24/7. I think this tells us all we need to know (well this, and the fact that dried mushrooms don't need food dehydrators!). Police are conspicious in their silence. They haven't even so much as hinted that there's a risk to the public.
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  622. In that case they're living beyond their means.
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  623. Did you think the emergency department has specialists from every discipline, just waiting around in case they're needed? Seriously?
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  624. ​ @OfficeSpaceRedStapler  That's what immunotherapy is for.
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  625. We can only hope that people watching this realise how important it is for families to stick together. Start taking responsibility for each other again.
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  626. PPD is a function of our isolationist societies. Women in societies in which extended families live together, have much lower incidence of the condition. A hormone crash is normal, but raising babies in isolation from daily support from female relatives, is not. It's not natural at all, in social mammals. As for PP psychosis ... irrelevant. All such killing is a result of some kind of mental illness. Trying to find reasons to avoid "hating" her for what she did, is appalling.
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  627. ​@dogguy7705 To be able to help neighbors, we first have to know they'll reciprocate. That's the foundation of community. Everyone answerable.
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  628. The world is full of crazies and bullies, and that will always be true. It's on each of us to ensure we don't fall victim.
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  629.  @cloud9_26  I'd bet a thousand dollars that that place was NOT run by Japanese people.
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  630. You're absolutely right that this has been caused by the welfare state. As soon as people realised they didn't have to strive, or stay together as families to support each other, they stopped doing both. This is the end result.
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  631. How is it possible so many people don't know about 42? How? It's not like Hitchhikers is an obscure book. It's a 20thC classic FFS.
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  632.  @itarry4  Seriously? You don't get the pop culture reference?
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  633. Not like this!
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  634. If a child could figure it out, we know it's deliberate. Any adult so profoundly stupid that they couldn't see it coming, is too stupid to leave their house unsupervised.
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  635. Yes, it's a Western affliction - parents who are basically overgrown teenagers.
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  636. A section is major surgery. They should never be done just to avoid pain, for that reason.
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  637. ​ @wintergirl8 Actually also NHL. Many are indolent, so very slow growing.
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  638. If they hadn't cast a woman who looks 20 years older than the man, this might have worked.
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  639. If you own your home outright (which is much easier in such places) and can grow your food, $300 - $400 a week is plenty to live well. If you share your resources house/land etc with others earning the same, you're pretty much rich.
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  640.  @apegrasshoplizard  So if you refuse to play by the rules, don't expect the help which comes from people who play by the rules.
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  641. When the elderly are cared for within their own family (assuming their family are normal and therefore decent) is far superior.
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  642.  @LostDesertGirl  I've raised three to adulthood, and none of them have done anything anywhere near as dysfunctional as have a baby at 19 (much less drugs at 16) - and all three are university educated and earning more money than I ever made or will make. Evidently I've done something right. Meantime you totally contradict yourself. You condemn what you call helicopter parenting, then go on to say kids should be parented closely past the age of 18. Which is it? You can't have both.
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  643. I'm an English speaker and don't rate English highly. It doesn't even make the list. Also, I like Mandarin but hate Cantonese. I like Vietnamese but hate Thai. I like German but hate Dutch. My favourites are Portuguese, Arabic, and Welsh. To my ear, all three are very musical.
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  644. ​ @Globaldave1970 Exactly. And the longer they wait before doing that, the more suspicious it looks.
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  645. ​ @chaytonhurlow840  Make "due"? It's make "do". As in make something do the job.
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  646.  @solemn2854  That just isn't true. Very few men are so rattled by birth that they actually pass out.
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  647. ​ @mickeypopa There's no joke on her. She dodged a bullet, if she's 26 and you're 40 - no matter how good you think you look
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  648. Glad you're calling out the mass hysteria. At this point it's pretty clear that's what's happening.
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  649.  @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072  That's not my point, at all. It was suggested in the vid that kids go to paediatricians for 'check ups', and for ordinary healthcare. You would normally take your child to a GP for that. If the GP finds anything potentially complex going on, they might then refer to a specialist. Going to a specialist for GP care, is massive over-servicing.
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  650.  @drichmo  Wrong question! The question you need to ask, is why you believe you're entitled to live in a place you can't afford, just because previous generations could afford it? My grandparents once owned a beach house that they paid a month's wages for (and they were working class). Those houses now sell for about $4m. I can't afford that, so I don't live there. It's not rocket science my friend.
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  651.  @boathemian7694  All Western Govts are servants of big business in the 21stC - irrespective of party. There is no independent benevolent Govt anymore.
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  652. The guy who thinks white people should leave their wealth to non-white people - based purely on the colour of their skin, seems to have zero awareness that that is actually racism. What an A-grade idiot.
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  653. You're supposed to own your own place by the time you retire. Renting is a total luxury, because it involves giving away potentially a million dollars over a lifetime, with nothing to show for it at the end. The poor absolutely cannot afford to do that, obviously - yet so many do it willingly!
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  654.  @brownnomad6805  Exactly. And the good thing is that it's all optional. Those who want financial security will do it. Those who don't care what happens to them, will likely chose otherwise. There are still an awful lot of young people out there who think conditions are the same as they were for their parents - in other words that 18 year olds can 'make it alone' on a minimum wage. It's actually really weird to see young folk so out of touch with what's happening currently. They're normally very across trends - both social and financial. The current youngsters are unusually stuck in the past. You wonder if it's some new brand of 'conservatism', to keep plodding along using the same old methods, long after they stopped working.
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  655. If all of her kids are struggling, then they clearly weren't raised to be financially responsible. That comes back to her, not them.
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  656. Trump didn't cause this, though. He's meant to be the antidote - as futile as that hope is, given who Trump is.
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  657. There is no housing crisis in the First World. There's a housing 'problem' caused by too few people per dwelling. One of the BIGGEST contributors is people living alone. Far too many people demand a residence entirely to themselves. That doesn't happen outside the First World.
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  658. Irrelevant. There are ample very good studies of the impact of neglect on development. And it doesn't have to be complete neglect. Even children who've had every possible physical need met, can be emotionally neglected by a detached mother. The science is VERY solid on this. The bad science is happening now .. when we pretend developmental delays aren't a result of environment. And who pays for that lie? The kids, that's who.
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  659. You have lighthouses on lakes? That's insane! Meantime, Sheila is great. Love the fact she doesn't rent it out. It's just hers.
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  660. I've been saying just that, all along. It's "toys" and regular aircraft.
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  661. ​ @Mjg_00  Says who?
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  662. And it's learned from parents who don't take accountability for themselves. Immature, irresponsible, inconsistent parents.
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  663.  @deenanthekemoni5567  Dude, it's the Progressive Left who are working for the elites. Remember their motto "You will own NOTHING".
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  664. Because they're MUCH cheaper. Also, in some climates they're ideal. EG, in cold parts of Australia they significantly help with passive heat gain. We don't get much snow, so it's a very good choice.
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  665.  @Ceerads  You're making a very odd assumption here. For MANY people, sex is finished at the point of cancer. To suggest that it's a 'big factor' in most peoples' lives, is not only not true (at all), but is unhelpful for those who are no longer able. You're inadvertently suggesting there's something wrong with them.
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  666.  @Ceerads  Exactly. My point is that only SOME will expect or want sex at this time (and many will never return to it, by choice if not limitation). I work in the field, and talk to a lot of people about their experience. Sex is a very low priority, for almost everyone. People inadvertently being made to feel like they SHOULD want it (when they really don't), is just another reminder of the things they lost. They need to know it's not a loss, it's just a change. A new life, with new (maybe better!) things to share with a partner. They need to know that sex someone else's want, and isn't particularly common. Given the majority of cancer patients are over 50, that makes sense.
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  667. Well a man in his 40's marrying a 23 year old - what in hell did he expect? He knew full well she wasn't interested in him. Only a raging narcissist would think that, in that situation. Also, what a creep. Dirty old man. Zero sympathy.
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  668. Yes, spoiled by neglect. That's what spoiled means. Parents who are not present and focused. The fact she was doing what she was doing (amongst other things), shows the parent is not nearly involved enough in her daughter's life. Very sad.
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  669. Crazy that you have to pay for immunotherapy. Unbelievable.
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  670. So much of this crap comes from unfulfilled women. Whether men or babies (or both) have eluded them, so much of it is driven by a thwarted sense of value and purpose. Yes we need to find that in ourselves to an extent, but our animal nature only feels truly at ease when we realise our biological drivers.
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  671. ​ @kellylowery3089 Nonsense. That's exactly how we do it in my country, and how much of the world does. Buyers agents are totally unnecessary.
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  672.  @helleosborne7168  Yes, it is. That's the price of being famous. Even more so in the information age. PS: It's 'ridiculous', not 'rediculous'.
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  673. Not dumb ... self indulgent.
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  674. The landscape, your sense of humour, and the "Flower Duet" for cello.
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  675. I thought everyone knew that a mobile home is only cheap if you own the land. If you're silly enough to buy a depreciating asset AND pay rent, you really don't deserve a lot of sympathy.
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  676.  @hulkslayer626  Fair enough. And yes, wine and cheese are a match made in heaven :p
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  677.  @IMSiegfried  You can call it whatever you want, but people knowing that they're answerable is what keeps them honest. It's not 'morals', though I'm sure that idea works well in Disney movies. Human nature takes the path of least resistance. If we're 'allowed' to behave badly, we will.
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  678. ​ @isaacvanderbilt4505  No, he wants everything. Free house, free food, welfare, free utilities, etc. That's not wanting nothing.
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  679. You can only ever know what's affordable for YOU. What you think isn't affordable, is affordable to someone else. Ditto what you can afford, won't be affordable to the next person. Thus there's no such thing as 'affordable housing'. There's only what you can afford, personally.
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  680. Yes it is. Which is why it's so hard to understand those who are working or middle class, who choose to rent. What do they think is going to happen when they retire? Seriously? How can anyone go through an entire adult life, never once thinking about how they'll survive on a pension?
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  681. No one should borrow money for a car. Buy whatever you can afford in cash.
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  682.  @D-rd5wf  Nope. It's the same in my country.
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  683. ​ @tedpiliouras7341  Doesn't exist anymore. That shift only started happening recently, and was complete after Big Donnie was elected.
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  684. Tell us how you 'help' homelessness.
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  685. Ego and hubris.
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  686.  @reinapaloma422  Your birth team were freaks, in that case. No midwives, I'll bet.
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  687. No co-morbidities? The woman is obese FFS.
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  688.  @deelee7641  Exactly. It's misleading and not reality. I worry that some people might be influenced by it, and think that it's something other than what it is. I really don't understand why they would use such a misleading term, other than perhaps they thought Joe Public would think "oh, well that's not too serious". I'll bet we start seeing people asking their doctors for a little preventative chemo, on the assumption that it can ward of cancer. Really disappointing to see figures of authority dabble in untruths like this. People listen and believe.
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  689.  @blackworldtraveler3711  Sure .. because they're villas. But if they don't come with freehold land, and no ongoing fees .. it's still a scam. The point is that what Americans call 'condos' are called apartments in most countries.
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  690. Toronto is one of the most expensive cities in the world. What are you doing there, if you can't afford it?
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  691.  @iansharp7422  There isn't a lack of affordable rentals in Australia. Australia currently has an historically low vacancy rate in almost all states. That would not be possible if people couldn't afford the rents. There would be loads of vacancies.
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  692.  @roja7426  Except those are individual PERSONAL matters. The reality in the broader scheme of things, is that there is nothing .. no law or force .. preventing people from moving. Just like anything else most of us peasants have to work towards, so too do we need to work towards moving - IF it's a high priority. The key is that nothing outside ourselves is stopping us.
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  693.  @iansharp7422  Once again though .. if rents were NOT affordable, there would be loads of vacancies. Far more renters would choose to buy (any cheap place they can find, anywhere), because over their lifetime it would save them a fortune. Since that's not happening, and vacancies are at all time low .. then clearly plenty of people can afford currents rents. An individual's personal situation is not relevant in this scenario - IOW how any one individual pays their rent. They're paying, so they can afford it. Some will choose to stay in areas they can no longer afford, so they'll obvously struggle, but if they're paying then ipso facto - they can afford it. And it's voluntary remember. They could buy their own place, or move someone cheaper, or team up with family to cut costs. If they're not doing any of those obvious things, then it's a choice to pay those high rents and struggle.
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  694. Why are you sorry for her, FFS?
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  695. ​ @briangriffin8106 They're racists, so anything is possible.
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  696. If you ask who the rudest TOURISTS are, you'll get different answers. My guess is that the Chinese will be #1, and Americans #2.
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  697. These creatures don't give a shit about women and girls. They're absolute misogynists, no question. They'll throw women under the bus to safeguard the feelings of men, every time.
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  698.  @les0101s  Irrelevant. If you knew your. boss was paying you less than the market rate (let's say he told you that his costs have gone up, so therefore he can't pay you the market rate), would you be okay with that? I highly doubt it. You're not a charity, after all. Well .. neither is your landlord a charity. And plenty of people are getting wage increases. You may not be, but that's a you situation .. it's not universal. In some fields, wages are increasing all the time. It's about demand, just like anything else. If you're in a high demand field, you'll be well paid.
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  699.  @les0101s  That's a personal, individual matter. Every one of us has different circumstances. Your battles aren't the same as my battles. Etc etc.
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  700. ​ @les0101s  One person can easily spend over a million dollars on rent in their lifetime. Most will probably spend more, especially now. Are you telling me that's more affordable than buying a $250k house? If so, then something is wrong your math. Most poor people can't afford to throw away a million dollars. I'm glad you can, but most can't. I certainly can't - which is why I did whatever was necessary to buy a cheap place. I didn't care where it was, because I didn't have the wealth to be picky about location.
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  701. ​ @jezebeltourmaline2068  Not THOSE kind of accidents!
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  702. ​ @rjrocks6345  They only happen if the adult in charge isn't paying very close attention - which all adults are supposed to do with kids around water.
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  703. ​ @davinaburkholder2678  Bullshit. You'd have to be near braindead to forget there's a whole child in the back. Children make you hyper alert.
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  704. One look at the guy and you know he's gay. How could she not realise
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  705. There will ALWAYS be people prepared to rent these places, no matter how much the land rents go up. The investors are smart to put their money into low end housing, for that reason.
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  706. Sure, but this only applies if you buy a cheesy new build in a cheesy 'estate'. Sensible people don't want that crap. They want houses built before 1980 - the older the better. And they don't want to live in some godawful new estate - miles from services and public transportation.
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  707. Affordable housing is housing that YOU can afford. No one is so special that they're entitled to live wherever they want at a discount.
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  708.  @bonariablackie4047  Thinking any old degree (even from Cambridge) is going to keep you fed and housed, is idiotic. You could have a PhD, but if it's in Feminist Dance Theory you're going to be hungry.
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  709.  @josephjones1093  It's not about how much you earn, it's about your CHOICES. Are you choosing to live in places you can't afford, and expect to have your own private residence in those places?
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  710. What does the Govt have to do with it? They're not your daddy. If you want to see change, BE the change. Go live collectively with extended family, and lead by example. Show others how it's done.
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  711.  @ccr10833  It's not lack of information, it's lack of will. Even children know how to save money. Adults CHOOSE not to.
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  712.  @RevengeOfTheDarkKnight  Nope. SOME degrees will never keep you fed and housed (eg Arts degrees). Obviously, if you're not from a rich family, you have no business taking such degrees. They're only for people who don't need to work for a living. For everyone else, it must be a degree in a field of high demand and good pay. That means STEM. If you're poor, and you want to go to university, you damned well better make sure you take medicine, or engineering, or dentistry, or computer science, or food science, or agricultural science, etc etc. Fields which always need people, and which pay well. The upshot is that if you deliberately chose a 'rich person' degree (arts or whatever), and now find yourself struggling, you have no one to blame but yourself. You could have made a better choice - and if you were socially responsible, you would have. You had no business making yourself a potential burden on the state.
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  713.  @SMD965OFFICIAL  90%+ of homeless people are addicts. And they were addicts before they were homeless. That's your answer. Homelessness isn't an economic problem .. it's a social decay problem.
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  714.  @Zibi21  Will NEVER happen. People are already afraid .. there's no way they'll take that kind of risk. The only way is for people to protect themselves by adjusting to conditions. If that means sharing a house with two other families, so be it. Either earn more money, or live in an affordable way. There isn't third option.
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  715.  @josephjones1093  Irrelevant. If they're on a low income and choosing to live in one of the most expensive locations on earth, they're OBJECTIVELY and TANGIBLY living beyond their means. There's no way to make that untrue. The fact that they end up living in poverty, is the evidence of that truth. The sense of entitlement which drives people to expect these ultra-expensive locations on a modest income, is incredible. They're not prepared to live in less expensive areas, they're not prepared to earn enough to afford the big city, and they're not prepared to share with extended family the way migrants do. They want to have their cake and eat it .. then they're shocked when they can't pay their power bill. You just can't help some people.
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  716.  @josephjones1093  No idea what you're saying here, sorry.
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  717.  @josephjones1093  They live in London because they can AFFORD to live in London. Lots of people can afford to live in London. The question is, why do you feel entitled to, when you can't afford it? I'd love to live at the beach, but I can't afford it so I don't. I don't demand to live there, like some spoiled brat. And I especially don't expect the hard working tax payer to fund me a house at the beach! That would make me a raging asshole.
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  718. No one is forced to live there.
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  719. So live with family. Don't rent.
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  720.  @edelleaa  Why do they rent? Previous generations had no trouble buying houses ... even the poorest families in low paid jobs. Your family evidently chose not to, and now everyone pays for that choice. You would do well to consider how they sabotaged themselves, so you don't make the same mistakes. Did they live in areas they couldn't afford? Did they blow loads of money on stupid things like takeout and processed foods? Did they waste money on new clothing, shoes, vacations, restaurants, beer, hair stylists, tattoos, nail artists, cosmetics, gambling, cigarettes, getting fat, etc etc?
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  721.  @edelleaa  So if your grandparents own property, then your parents inherit it. What are you leaving out of the story?
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  722.  @monaymonay7446  So move to a place where houses aren't $200k. It's not rocket science. You live where you can afford to OWN.
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  723.  @edelleaa  How did all your grandparents own property, but your parents didn't? What happened to those properties? All these "reasons" leave out the crucial information.
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  724.  @lastotallyawesomebleach204  I haven't been a kid for years, and was raised by a poor single mother. I just chose to ensure my own family would never have to experience poverty. It's not difficult to do - unless you want to live beyond your means or in places you can't afford.
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  725.  @carissaf6909  There's more going on here than you realise. There are indigenous people who've been hookwinked by white Progressives. Utilised, you might say. The same Progressives who pander and enable (because we all know by now that that's the best way to keep the brown peasants on their knees). The same wealthy urban whites who've always imagined they know what's best. The White Saviours. People like Jacinta have the brass to call that out. What you're seeing here is actual Black Power. You don't recognise it - probably because unless it's sanctioned by wealthy urban whites, you can't hear what's being said. I'm hoping you can see your own disconnect in that. You're denying indigenous voices.
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  726. Why did you ever reach homelessness in the first place, if you have family?
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  727. If she has kids and grandkids, why is she living in her car? Something isn't right about her story. She's leaving out some crucial information.
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  728. It's hard to believe 80% of home buyers are that stupid. The fact that they think the cost of "maintaining" a house is dictated by the house - and not by the people living in it - is horrifyingly dumb. How are they unaware that utility usage is determined by the resident's personal preference? That insurances are optional? That maintenance isn't mandatory, nor does it have to be done by paid labour?
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  729.  @rickycordero9348  Pigeons aren't junkies.
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  730.  @LauraOvTheePsychicYouth  Over a lifetime, the amount a junkie spends on drugs can equal several homes.
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  731. Fascinating to hear about faux apple pies which still required a purchased product. My grandparents were poor, and also lived through the Great Depression - they survived by growing their own vegetables and gathering wild foods. Apple pies in particular, were made with just a single apple, bulked with choko. Every vacant lot or patch of scrub had choko vines back then, so they were readily available - for free. Since choko basically tastes like nothing, they absord the flavour of anything they're cooked with. Sweet or savory. A brilliant hard times food. Prisons notwithstanding, it's difficult to understand poverty food which doesn't involve wild gathering and home grown fruit & vegetables. Seems altogether odd, for the poor to rely on purchased and processed foods.
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  732. No one did it to them. They do it to themselves.
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  733. Yes, other cultures have it right. We're incredibly stupid and selfish in the West, and we pay for that when we're old.
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  734. By living at home with family, of course. That's how it was always done, and how smart young people are still doing it.
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  735. NYC is full of shelters, and they're half empty all the time. If you don't care to understand WHY, you're not genuinly interested in helping to reduce homelessness.
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  736. The grandparents were bizarrely irresponsible and odd. They evidently hated her. There's no other explanation for such negligence and intolerance. All blame is on them, and on the parents who allowed the child to go camping with such people. Awful human beings, all around. Poor kid 😢
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  737. What a shitty content-farmed effort this is. Dumbed down to idiocy, and voiced by a machine.
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  738. Why didn't you rebuild with your insurance payout?
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  739. So odd to see houses completely unfenced like that. Totally exposed to the street and to neighbours. Strange way to live.
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  740.  @joehamlet7576  I've just never seen it. Where I live, all houses are fenced. If not across the front, then definitely on the other three sides. Literally, every single house. I cannot imagine being okay without fences .. it's horrifying! Where is your privacy? How do your dogs/kids play safely? Where is the security?
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  741. ​ @joehamlet7576  Are you sure it's law though? The state/city can't prevent you fencing your own property. It's a basic right, and only the height and type of fence can be legislated. Meantime, here it's a cultural thing. Everyone wants their place fenced. Always. Even if someone is a bit of a weirdo and doesn't want fences, they still get them because all their neighbours will build them anyway. And they're built on boundaries.
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  742. Exactly.
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  743.  @zSwift42  No on said it was easy. If it matters to you you'll do it. We all have different priorities, and unfortunately some people prioritise avoiding the hard yards.
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  744. If you can't drink water straight out of the faucet, the country hasn't even begin to be 'advanced'.
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  745. ​ @jolenethiessen357 No. Junk food is MORE expensive than food cooked at home. And everyone can find a grocery store with fresh produce. So it might be half an hour away by bus, so what. That's what it takes for many of us. Stop making excuses for obesity. It's laziness and gluttony.
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  746. ​ @lindazha Wrong! Fast food is more expensive than the same meal cooked at home. Always.
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  747. ​ @MrJbfool There's no such thing as a food desert! There are just people too lazy to travel further than ten minutes to buy cheap healthy food. They expect everything at their doorstep.
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  748.  @MrJbfool  Are you kidding me? People in NEW YORK CITY claim there's no food around. Gimme a break. They're just too lazy to travel across town (or whatever) to access good food. People who claim to be in a food desert, expect a grocery store within five minutes of their home. It's absurd. This kind of entitled thinking is the actual problem - not a lack of grocery stores. FTR, I have elderly relatives in NYC who do travel across town - by train and on foot, which takes them almost an hour each way - to access cheap produce. They do it every week, and have done for years. Yet their fat and much younger neighbours claim to be in food desert.
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  749. Renting is voluntary, therefore no one is being ripped off. If they didn't like the price, or the condition of the house, they wouldn't rent the place. Obviously.
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  750. It's a fake show, but fun anyway. Such couples do actually exist in Mormon land.
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  751. ​ @Jeremy-wp4yh  No, the flaw is in the stupid Theatre degree.
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  752.  @Jeremy-wp4yh  They're not the same prices though. A Bachelor of Arts is going to be half the price, usually.
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  753.  @Jeremy-wp4yh  Pay it off quickly, and the interest is minimal. Kids get into trouble when they take way too long to pay off the loan.
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  754.  @Jeremy-wp4yh  Since going to university (and borrowing money) is a choice, then it can never be the fault of any but the kid and their parents. We all know there are things for sale which aren't good value for money, but we're not forced to buy them. EG I didn't want to borrow money for university, so I worked during the day and went to school at night. Others might choose to do a trade instead, and get paid to learn. There are so many ways to do things, that we can never blame any but ourselves if we make a stupid choice.
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  755. Yes. Exactly what we should all be doing. We're thoroughly spoiled though, and now we all expect our own private palace. We brought this on ourselves.
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  756. ​ @bensheard3969  It's not about the economy, it's about personal choices.
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  757. ​ @Keys879 If you feel it's an imposition to do what needs to be done, then you have no grounds for complaint.
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  758.  @bensheard3969  Of course. You chose to live in a place and a residence which doesn't allow you to produce your own lettuce. I grow my own lettuce from seed. I water them with rainwater. I fertilise them with compost that I produce from kitchen scraps etc. It's always the choices we make. You chose to be enslaved to market prices. I chose not to be.
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  759.  @peki943  You missed the crucial point. You don't need to buy where you live. You buy where you can AFFORD. You don't need to live in the house you buy. You can rent it out.
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  760. Dental only for medically necessary treatment like abcesses, infections, broken teeth, etc - but definitely no mental health. A public system is finite, and resources are limited. If we expect the ultimate First World care (treating 'moods' as well as cancer), we should pay for that privilege. Public health must be about preserving life. Any deviation from that purpose will crash the system.
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  761.  @Killerjerick  Where did I say mental health conditions don't exist? Read my comment again, if you missed the point. There is a limit to what ANY nation can provide in the way of care, and so we have to draw the line somewhere. We simply can't afford to fund all of it, so we have to restrict it to medically necessary care. If we start trying to squeeze in every other 'speciality', the system will collapse to a point where the standard of care for much more urgent things (heart attacks, cancer, etc) are compromised. It's a very privileged mindset, to feel our every little discomfort and problem must be tended to. It ignores the impact of such 'luxury' on broader human society .. a huge number of whom can't even pay for antibiotics.
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  762.  @Killerjerick  You're dang right I'm "dismissing" it. There are people starving in the world, and dying of preventable diseases and injuries. The demand to have every last issue we First Worlders deal with, feted and cared about, is fucking grotesque.
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  763.  @Killerjerick  Of course a lack of mental HEALTH is behind such violence. Fixing that means addressing the CAUSE of it, not running along behind trying to pick up the pieces. The violence continues because the cause is ignored.
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  764.  @markwaters3050  You're impossibly naive if you think endless money will fix the mental health crisis. All that would do is take resources from the truly needy, AND wouldn't fix the problem. In fact increases in mental healthcare are positively associated with increases in mental illness presentations. If you genuinely cared, that fact would already be known to you, and you would take it very seriously. If you're choosing to ignore it, it means your interest is purely ideological, and NOT in the interests of those who suffer.
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  765.  @Killerjerick  ALL mental illness stems from environment (other than in the case of brain injury). IOW bad parenting. Fixing mental illness means addressing bad parenting. Everything else is bullshit bandaids.
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  766. It's very simple. Never buy a brand new car, and never EVER borrow money to buy a depreciating asset (aka a vehicle). If you can't pay cash for it, you can't afford it. I could pay cash for a Lambo, but I drive a $10k car because I refuse to buy comprehensive insurance. That's how you avoid poverty.
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  767. ​ @Mayssoun3121 You don't get it. All psychopaths are mentally ill. That's how it works. That's what evil actually is.
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  768. As sad as this is, these kinds of activities are inherently very dangerous. We know that going in.
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  769. ​ @georgiegirl8345 It was on the news worldwide. For weeks.
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  770.  @katehack1677  No, it wasn't. I'm on the other side of the world, and it was in the news here often. It was also in all the major global news.
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  771. Sounds like her childhood was chaotic and unstable. That can be enough for mental illness to develop.
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  772. To the second husband ... your 'wife' seems to have a lot of masculine features. Probably wisest to move on and find a biological female.
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  773. Why do you expect the Govt to take care of you?
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  774. ​ @Re3iRtH  And so they should be. It's their reward for being creeps.
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  775. Certain types of women would, yes. The women with low self esteem.
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  776. Govts are not responsible for keeping you fed and housed.
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  777.  @tradeladder146  So you'd be happy if this surveillance was used to support fascism, or totalitarianism? NEVER grant yourself a power that wouldn't want in the hands of your enemy.
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  778. Sure, if your goal is to create more homelessness. Maybe it is?
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  779. OMG. People are pigs.
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  780. The question which must ALWAYS be asked, is why these women have such dangerously low standards. What message have they absorbed in their upbringing, which tells them these deeply flawed men are acceptable.
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  781. Wait ... did I hear correctly? Did she say that other woman's name is "Heathcliff"?
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  782.  @potato1084  But it's totally the issue! Big expensive cities are simply not logical for people on modest incomes. Such people either need to find work elsewhere (or start a business, or raise kids, or whatever they want to do), or find a way to earn enough to afford the big city. These are literally the only solutions. Staying in a place you can't afford and whining, isn't a solution. And no, no one is so special that they should be able to live in such places at a tax payer funded discount .. while everyone else has to pay full price. You don't get to have your cake and eat it. If you can't afford a place, you shouldn't live there. Obviously. What you do about work/earning money is a personal matter, and thus not at all relevant.
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  783.  @doghat1619  And when your fast food job takes you to San Francisco, where rents can be $7k a month? Once again, if you can't afford a place, you can't afford a place. Your personal job situation isn't relevant. People DO have jobs in the cheaper places - and start businesses, etc. They find a way to make it work for them, obviously. Nothing is stopping the London whiners from doing the same.
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  784.  @ChartreuseDan  I don't think for others. We all have to make choices we can afford, or starve. It's on each of us individually, to sort our own lives out. None of us are so special that we get to have things more easily than others. Being tax payer funded to live in the most expensive cities on earth, while working low stress minimum wage jobs, is outrageous. Truly exploitative and selfish.
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  785. Or you could just live in a country which doesn't have rabies ... like mine. Can't imagine having to worry about such a disease. Horrible.
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  786. ​ @barapoxbenumpra  No, the person used the term appropriation correctly - you just didn't understand the point.
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  787. And it's "they're", not "their" :)
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  788. Several mistakes, actually. Not checking the weather. Not aborting as soon as they realised the heat was climbing above 80 degrees. Leaving the trail and getting lost. Not taking enough water. Separating from the group. Few of us pack that many serious errors into one event.
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  789. She was not dumped, she was removed. If she no longer had any right to be on the premises, and refuses to leave, they have to remove her.
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  790. There's no way on earth that was only a week of garden neglect. Seriously people, of you can't be assed maintaining your landscape, don't live in a house!
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  791. The misogyny is off the charts. It FEELS like we're going backwards at warp speed.
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  792.  @amberpowell2609  Sure, a town of 1000 isn't going to have crowds. But I've seen these documentaries about actual small cities (like 50,000+), and the streets were empty even there. No one around. No one out and about living lives. Just the odd person aimlessly wandering desolate and decaying streets. No one doing 'normal people' stuff. So where are they? Even on weekends these places are deserted. It's actually quite post-apocalyptic. No one taking care of their homes. No one walking dogs. No kids hopping off the school bus. No one in the cafes (some don't even have cafes .. which is super weird). No one engaging in sport/recreation. Not even shopping.
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  793.  @tuvoca825  That makes no sense. Abusive people ARE mentally ill. Violent people are mentally ill. Probably every person in prison is mentally ill. Evil isn't good mental health, it's sick minds.
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  794.  @Unbearable.Unbearable  They did? I had no idea. Oh well ... privacy and freedom were nice while they lasted. I guess when there are enough people happy to trade their freedom and privacy for govt cheese, this is what you get.
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  795. There's nothing wrong with a mobile home, but you MUST own the land it sits on unless you're wealthy enough to comfortably cover land rent increases for life.
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  796.  @michoacan55  One of our properties attracts "tax" (called "rates" in this country) of $2000 per annum, and rents out for $3500 per month. We pay $800 per annum insurance. We own it free and clear - no mortgage. Anyone who thinks renting is better, is bonkers.
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  797.  @LowkeyXxx  You'd have to out of your mind to buy into one of those HOA scams. Never understand it why Americans do that. Or why do America even has such "associations" in the first place. Would never be legal here - nor in many other countries.
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  798. Yes they have a downside (a bad one), but they absolutely have their place when used at low doses and ONLY on occasion. The problems arise when they're taken daily, or abused for recreational purposes.
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  799. This is an increasing problem. And there just aren't enough facilities to house all these people who can't pay. Blame social decay. People not being financially responsible, and families not supporting each other. It's getting worse, too. More and more of those who believed the seductive lie the they didn't have to plan ahead (because daddy govt would take care of them), are finding out that was all BS. Choosing to believe the lie is the error though .. because plenty of people never believed it. It was always a very obvious lie.
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  800.  @HSBsoulsurfer  But why would that mean the streets are deserted?
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  801. If working and middle class people had made the effort to buy their own place, this wouldn't be happening. The only way to stop corporate investors and AirBB etc, is to buy houses before they can.
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  802. Bingo! If people truly didn't like renting (because of the cost), they wouldn't do it.
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  803. You're missing the whole point. It's not about forcing the govt to help (never going to happen), it's about each of us making sound choices throughout our lives, so that we can afford retirement. People are SO spoiled now, that they won't do the long term planning and hard yards. They expect "society" to rescue them.
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  804. Wait ... what was that about G6PD?
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  805. Wait ... who has a mortgage after 37 years? That's freaking insane.
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  806. Ah ... so you want to be despised and exploited when you're old and frail? Classy goals!
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  807. Golden Retriever x Samoyed
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  808.  @SamuelBlack84  Because the people who whine loudest about the cost of housing, are the people who think they're entitled to live in the most expensive places on earth.
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  809.  @ShaferHart  How can that be? Most of those estates are full of butt ugly McMansions, and 'nice' people don't want to live in those architectural nightmares.
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  810. Yeah .. that's always a red flag. The question has to be asked .. why? Every one of my friends would house me in a crisis. As would even the most 'lowlife' of my relatives. And they'd do that because they know I'm not a grifter, and would only need help in a genuine (as in outside my control) crisis. They know me well enough to know any problems would not be a result of poor choices.
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  811. When was housing ever a charity? And no, nothing will change. At least not the way you hope it will. Housing will keep increasing in price.
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  812. ​ @JojoDrawings  Unlikely
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  813. Subsidised housing is the worst possible response to this problem. Either build it and SELL it to the citizens at cost price, the way Singapore does, or don't do it at all. Subsidised public housing just entrenches poverty.
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  814. Who is forcing them to stay in those jobs?
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  815. Because people don't want to believe anything like that can happen. It's stunning how clueless people are.
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  816. You'd have to assume that anyone spending 70% of their income on rent, REALLY wants to live in a big expensive city, no matter the cost. Like .. wants to live there so badly they're prepared to be impoverished for it. Even to the point of knowingly making themselves a burden on their fellows via a need for public assistance.
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  817. No one in my family has paid a dollar in medical care in the past twenty years. Private health insurance for a family runs between $200-$400 a month (or more). That's up to $100k saved - but, if that amount were instead invested at the outset, it has the potential to translate to a million bucks over the same period. Not allowing the circumstances of your birth (ie poverty) to determine your fate, is an essential power we should all have access to - but until America gets healthcare right, Americans can't make that choice. At least not nearly as easily as we can in Australia.
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  818.  @Meagain2sc  Maybe if they're morbidly obese, but the rest .. they KNOW.
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  819. At 19, she cannot be an RN.
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  820. Just another narcissist, unfortunately.
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  821. ​ @heliotropezzz333  Yes, I got that. My point was that if you need to work four jobs to maintain your chosen lifestyle, you've done so of your own free will. You don't get to demand taxpayers fund you just because you want to live in an expensive city, or live alone.
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  822. Sure. But there is a huge difference between stage 2 colon cancer, and stage 4 ovarian cancer. One is not likely to result in survival beyond a few years, and the other could be a normal long healthy life. When you're a high ranked royal, that stuff does actually matter.
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  823. Singapore has had a congestion "tax" (actually a fee) for decades. No problem at all.
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  824.  @jjmcg9184  Exactly. So the problem isn't the congestion tax ... it's something else. Meaning you can't blame the congestion tax.
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  825.  @jjmcg9184  I don't think it's that. It's culture. There's a big cultural difference between Singapore and America.
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  826. "Suddenly you won't wake up" 😄
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  827. ​ @Gato_305 Renting with three kids, is madness though. You should have bought something cheap before you started a family.
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  828. ​ @LewisKindrick-r5n Not if you're rentvesting. Your rental properties (in other locations) pay your rent in your preferred location.
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  829. Why on earth would anyone who isn't rich, attempt to live on their own? THAT'S one of the main problems here.
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  830.  @michelledavies2197  How about putting restrictions on how few people can live in a single dwelling? Like .. no sole occupants, ever!
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  831.  @anthonyharris2930  Nothing is preventing families and first time buyers from buying properties now.
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  832.  @bidentrump1179  But they can't. They can limit things like laundry hanging visibly on a balcony, but they absolutely can't stop you having plants.
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  833. Exactly. Instead of taking action to ensure they have secure housing, people keep expecting 'affordable housing' in prime locations. It's idiotic. Instead of doing whatever they need to do to afford to house themselves ... whether that means sharing, or living outside the prime locations ... people do nothing.
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  834.  @boyo7918  Yet is doesn't. People aren't doing anything to change their circumstances. They're just whining.
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  835. Beats working in an office!
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  836. CFS is depression. It is not physiological, in any way.
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  837. It won't take 25 years to reach catastrophe. I'd give it ten. People are just sitting around waiting for salvation (as though salvation was ever coming ... LOL), so it's going to be quick. The majority of those now struggling, are doing NOTHING to save themselves. They've convinced themselves that it's someone else's job to save them. It may be the first time in human history, we just gave up at the first sign we might have to make some kind of effort. We're thoroughly and completely spoiled. The welfare state saw to that.
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  838. Of course their children went on to become Communists. It always the privileged 🙄🙄
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  839. OMG .. the grandma. As much as I hate this woman for being such a terrible parent to those two babies, she didn't have a chance with a mother like that. ALL blame goes to that disgusting pig of a woman. The ascites tell us everything we need to know, if her behaviour didn't.
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  840. Goodbye America. It was good while it lasted 😢
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  841. Only if they keep ignoring all the warning signs. And those warning signs have been loud and clear for at least the last five years ... if not ten.
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  842. ​@JohanTorres-q2x The loud and clear ones - of which there have been many. I live in the same world you do, and I saw them. Lots of people saw them. Perhaps you simply chose to believe things would always stay the same? That nothing bad could happen?
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  843.  @margaretlemmon1143  Women are no different to men. If they start planning ahead for a financially secure retirement when they're in their 20's, they'll be fine - just like men.
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  844. No .. ALL sensible people quickly realised how important it was to own a place. Especially those of us who aren't rich. Investors aren't the only people who need to keep abreast of changes in the economy. The common man has to also. In fact it's even more important for the common man, because it's his survival.
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  845.  @ashx8772  And that can ONLY come from family and place, and ONLY comes to those who earn it. These people have lost their families and places, because they chose drugs instead.
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  846.  @joanneginever1890  Seriously? They actually said stuff to you? What's wrong with these idiots. Such asshats!
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  847.  @davisholman8149  Correct. That's why calling it an affordability problem is nonsense. It clearly IS affordable, else there wouldn't be record-breaking low vacancy rates.
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  848.  @reddyforlenny9389  Those are NOT rental vacancies. They're not in the rental pool.
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  849.  @wayneegli8379  No. They leave them empty deliberately. They're choosing not to rent them out. They're perfectly entitled to do that, too. Just as you are, if you own property you don't want to rent out.
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  850.  @didforlove  Correction. This is late stage entitlement. This is the result of generations of extreme safety and plenty. Now we all expect our own private residence, in the capital city of our choice. And we don't expect to have to work for it.
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  851. Stoicism is despised by the bourgeoisie. Stoicism is for dirty stupid peasants.
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  852. So you plan to stay single, then.
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  853. ​@@NSOcarthYou mention those things as though they're problems.
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  854. Nope. That's not the reason. The reason is because people STILL expect to have an entire residence to themselves, in locations of their choice. That hasn't been realistic for at least a generation. Worse, there are now way too many single people absorbing entire residences .. thus absorbing many times the square feet of housing than they actually need. That's outrageous.
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  855. Did she have the formal tests which determine medical inability? Or did she just assume?
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  856. On the contrary, she did none of the things she should have done.
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  857. It's not "rich people' as such ... it's Establishment Toadies. That's the rich in the pocket of powerful Western Progressives. The rich in the Arts, Media, Academia, Tech, etc. They're the ones backing the terrible education policies which fail the kids (by setting the bar on the floor) who need education the most. The rich who are outside that Establishment circle, can see that it's just a new form of discrimination.
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  858. We Australians learn about the Wallace Line in grade school.
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  859. And good on the ex wife for her balls. She's a hero.
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  860. The answer is NOT to build affordable housing in high cost cities. That's the worst possible "solution". This entire problem is one part high prices, and one part people who can't afford it, trying to live alone. No other societies have this incredibly dysfunctional habit (and sense of entitlement) of living alone in our own separate dwellings. It's absolutely disastrous.
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  861. ​ @DaRKHuNTeRMK  So don't live there.
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  862. Once again, the diagnosis is obvious from the outset. Early ageing is usually going to be Progeria. There's no way that none of their doctors could figure it out. Even moderately informed lay people would have known.
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  863. OMG
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  864. She stayed in his house. While women had no choice but to stay in abusive relationships a generation or two ago, they do now. Especially when they have their own income and support network. Either she's destitute (and if so, she did that to herself), or she's the stalker.
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  865. ​ @tross549 That's how we did it. Frugality .. for as many years as necessary.
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  866. ​​ @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx  And you think that turned out well? If you're opposed to colonialism, you should be consistent - regardless of race. Unless you're a racist, of course.
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  867. What did you expect them to do, though? Patients can't stay in hospital long term - they are stablised, then must move on to longer term care if that's what they need.
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  868. All you really need to add to these is some home grown produce.
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  869. No. Only shameful men. Dirty creeps predating on young women living in poverty.
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  870.  @YourManifoldWorld  Only the shameful men. The ugly old sex creeps. There are plenty of classy men around (like my husband!).
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  871. ​ @lindaharvey9285  Who would vote for a housing crisis? Oh yeah ... people who stand to gain from it.
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  872. Sure, but this is different. The first and most obvious problem is that no one else got sick from these allegedly store bought mushrooms. The store would have sold more than one pack, obviously, so there would have been other deaths - or very serious illnesses requiring hospitalisation. The fact the label was hand-written actually backs that up, because the product was likely bought in bulk, then bagged into smaller amounts. The entire bulk order would thus have been contaminated to some degree. Others will have eaten them either before she bought hers, or after she bought hers if she was the first. Yet no poisonings have occurred!
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  873. They're not being displaced, because they were only ever there 'temporarily'. That's what renting is .. temporary use of someone else's property. Those who choose to rent, know that those are the terms. They know full well that they cannot control how long they'll be there. That's what they sign up for when they sign their lease.
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  874. That woman has "bad parent" oozing from every part of her. You just KNOW her career has come first.
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  875. Dude, it's not about sharing, it's about saving money.
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  876. With respect, labour starts at 4cm. Unfortunately some women think it starts at the first contraction. You can be in early labour for days before getting to 4cm, so if you "over react" to those early contractions it will exhaust you, and exhaust your baby. It also makes you produce too much adrenaline, which can really interfere with progress, further causing problems for baby. I don't blame new mother's for this ... I blame those who are dishonest about the pain. When you're led to believe that labour feels like "bad period pain", you're going to lose your mind by 4cm. Childbirth educators, mother's, sisters, aunties, and friends .... please be honest about what to expect - it gives women the power to actually ride out the pain without losing their minds. It won't be such a shock.
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  877. These people are horrifying, in their foppish elitist vanities.
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  878. Anyone reliant on grid powered air conditioning is insane. There's no other way to put it.
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  879. I agree, and I'm 60 🤗
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  880. As much as the europhile snob in me wants to applaud, I cannot in good conscious pretend that cultural framework doesn't matter. Lyricism comes in many flavours, and many forms. The most banal ideas can be rendered poetry by their framing and delivery. Joni Mitchell's "A case of you" is an example of something which is really just pretentious romanticism, but made beautiful by it's cultural context and musicality. The same applies to the right kind of 'lowbrow' rap. When you move into the space it occupies, your frame of reference allows you to avoid comparing everything to Mozart (aka the Beatles).
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  881.  @skeetrix5577  Only because your govt has made it legal. It's not legal in other countries - other than strata fees for apartments.
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  882. By whom? And for what possible purpose?
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  883. Multi unit buildings which are 100% rentals, are dystopian. That's old Soviet style. Talk about a wealth divide.
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  884.  @joeswartz8286  Then that brings to mind the wise words of the glorious Lafayette Reynolds when considering his aggressive cousin Tara, as a barmaid "you should NOT be allowed to work in no situation where you actually got to interact .. with people"
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  885. The Govt can't save everyone. If you've lived your life believing Govt would save you, you made a conscious choice to believe a lie.
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  886.  @rikusoconnor118  I'm not commenting on this particular situation. Bad policing methods might be at play in regards to this particular officer .. that's not relevant. This is about the REQUIREMENT of law enforcement to profile. We might not like it, but it's what they have to do to do their damned job. There aren't enough officers on the planet to carefully consider every last little personal attribute of a person of interest. The very idea that they could do that, is absurd. You either want police or you don't. If you do, then you have to make peace with the fact that they're going to profile. They don't personally give a shit what colour your skin is - they care that you're from a demographic more prone to crime in location A, B, or C. I'm guessing you wouldn't think it's racist if you saw the cops where I live, 'harrassing' groups of white kids at the mall etc ... am I right?
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  887.  @izqwiz1746  I live in a part of the world where whites are profiled, so I see reality ... not my own prejudices. And no, I'm not in law enforcement. And I'm not white.
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  888. Yep. We need to drastically change our expectations, and live with far less square footage of housing. We're ridiculously spoiled in this regard. Our own worst enemy in a 'housing crisis' (which is really a crisis of spoiled humans).
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  889. But they can afford it. All they have to do is stay at home rent free, and buy a cheap property in a regional area. They don't have to live in it. They can rent it out while they themselves live in the city. Young people only struggle if they expect to buy their first home in a capital city.
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  890.  @Oz_Raven  I guess it depends on what you really want. For example because we're not rich, our kids chose university degrees which would qualify them for a high salary. They have to pay back their student debts themselves, so there's no way they could afford a 'luxury' degree like a Bachelor of Arts. They live at home so they can pay off their student debts as quickly as possible. They don't own cars. They don't drink alcohol, or smoke, or get tattoos. They still manage to go out and have fun on the regular, but they do it in an inexpensive way. Etc etc. It's about priorities. They want to be financially secure, so this is what they have to do. That's always been true for those of us not born to money. If you want more than the average Joe, you're going to have to make sacrifices. Meantime, there are PLENTY of cheap rural properties under $400k. If you're thinking $700k you're not serious. In fact I've seen several this past week for less than $200k.
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  891. So Borat can "lie" to conservatives to expose them, but it doesn't work the other way around?
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  892. The problem for these products has always been price. They're double the price of other similar fake meats, and considerably more expensive than meat. I knew as soon as they came out that they'd fail because of price. Meantime, if you want to help the planet (and your budget) but want to keep eating meat, do what I've always done. Cut ground beef with finely chopped zucchini, grated carrot, finely chopped red cabbage, and/or brown lentils. I make a mix which is only a third beef. Still tastes beefy, but is very cheap and quite healthy. Makes great burgers and meatballs (with seasonings and an egg to bind). Freezes well.
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  893.  @tammyduncan2112  So you admit you're a hot mess. Not exactly the voice of wisdom are you. We'll take our advice from those who get it right, not those who can't even figure out how to start.
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  894. The dumb-dumbs are just sooo ... dumb
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  895.  @victoriajeanleslie3116  Breast IS best.
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  896. Stop buying insurance! It's a scam. Cars only need third party insurance by law. They DON'T need comprehensive insurance. Just don't have cars worth more than $10k.
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  897. Your mothers usually earn that respect and care. That's the crucial difference.
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  898. Her family are filthy animals. No better than the dirtiest dog. And I say that knowing THEY think animals are filthy. In reality, dogs are like gods by comparison.
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  899. Yes. We're spoiled babies, who grew used to the idea that we could each have our own private residence in a location of our choice. Obviously that was a fantasy .. even though it was sort of true for a few decades at the end of last century. This is the consequence of holding on to that ridiculous fantasy.
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  900. Nuttiness, addiction, and failing at school ... are also results of bad parenting. That's your root cause.
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  901. ​ @everyoneroasted  Who are his people? His family? His friends? His neighborhood? His fellow Americans? His ancestral tribe? Please be specific, else we'll be forced to think you mean anyone who has a particular skin tone, or hair texture or whatever. Racist stuff, IOW.
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  902.  @karlosxzy  Sure, but it started way lower. So it's still cheap!
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  903. Exactly - you had the sense to act on those warnings ten years ago. That's what we're supposed to do, as adults who aren't rich. People who pretend nothing bad will happen, are reckless and delusional. They are NOT who we should pity.
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  904. In which case they get what's coming, by choice. We all make our choices, which is fine. The only thing we can't do is make our choice, then complain about the consequences.
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  905.  @cmdjk1  Women (particularly in America) are so poorly informed. They're not at all empowered to birth naturally and normally. They seem like crazy people... saying things like it's amazing someone can walk after birthing.
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  906. Her mother created her.
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  907. Some time ago - perhaps 15 or 20 years (a safer time for kids), a 13 year old boy living in a similar small town kind of area, headed into the nearby town with his parents' blessing. He was never seen again. Years later a creep was arrested for his rape and murder. The boy's name was Daniel. Many know his story. The point is we can't blame parents and law enforcement for wanting to keep kids safe. The sad reality is that they're not safe. We don't live in Japan - where kids aren't routinely abducted by sick creeps. We live in societies degraded by profound personal failure, self-indulgence, and the worst iterations of mental illness. And sadly, small towns are sometimes the most dangerous.
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  908. That's because they didn't do anything wrong. While we all feel bad for this woman, she's an unfortunate victim of her own personal circumstances. And once discharged, she is no longer under the hospital's care. They have no control over her, and any interference with her would be illegal - obviously. No facility can just allow the homeless and mentally ill to stay as long as they want .. nor can any facility lock them up to prevent them 'going out into the cold'. And the LEAST able to help these people, is a hospital. Because any energy given to dealing with the homeless and the mentally ill, is energy taken away from saving lives. It's utterly inappropriate to expect a hospital, of all places, to somehow fix these situations. That's NOT their job. Not in any way. Even if they wanted to do it, there's no way they could. If you don't like seeing people like this woman, in this situation, make sure you don't abandon your family members when they need you most. Go to the hospital with them, and stay with them for as long as it takes. Make sure they get home safely. Do the right thing by each other, and this stuff will stop happening. It hardly ever happened a generation ago, because we took better care of each other. We also didn't expect 'society' to take care of us. We took care of ourselves, and our own.
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  909. There actually isn't more cancer in young people. There's just more awareness due to social media. Young people have always been getting cancer sadly. It was just that in previous generations we never heard about it.
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  910. How did you 'lose' everything? I'm sorry to be so blunt .. but I'm genuinely curious. Did you not inherit your parents' home? If not, why not? Did everyone else die? What about the home you owned with your husband? Did your brother not have property you benefitted from? Where are your kids? If you don't have kids, do you not have nieces, nephews, or friends who could help you out?
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  911. Culture is language, religion, attitudes to marriage and family, food, etc. It's NOT "art".
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  912. Which shows how stupid choices lead to homelessness. Why in hell would you pay for storage for a freaking couch, when you're homeless?
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  913.  @markm7776  Yes, a huge part of this housing thing is that so many people feel entitled to live in expensive big cities. They can't afford it, but they think they're owed it anyway. It's freaking nuts.
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  914.  @northwestcoast  Not at all. Married people statistically do better .. especially in the latter half of life.
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  915. Sensible. And better yet, anyone on a working class income can do it. Buy the cheapest place you can find (anywhere) when still in your 20's and living at home. Rent it out, and in 20 years it's yours. Buy another two or three along the way, and by the time you retire you'll have a fully paid for home, plus income from your other fully owned properties. It's so important for lower income people to do these things. Yes it means living frugally when you're young, but then the payoff is many years of financial security and peace of mind. I would never trade a lifetime of security and peace of mind, for a few years of hedonism in my 20's and 30's.
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  916. Bizarre. I can't even remember the last time I tasted any kind of soda. Has to be years.
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  917. Because many Western seniors are too difficult to live with. Raised to be isolated from extended family, they don't know how to behave in a house full of adults. They can be like spoiled teenagers. Some even drink or gamble.
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  918. Why? No one can stay in the ER once they're discharged. That's the rules. If you're not sick enough to be hospitalised, you have to leave. Rich or poor, rain or shine, you have to go. No exceptions.
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  919. I did just that, today. In a 90% YES area, I asked the NO person at the polling booth how it was going. She said hardly anyone at that booth was voting NO, but that yesterday she worked the centre of the city, and there were more NO then YES. I asked her why she thought that was, and she said "migrants". Most were telling her they left their countries of birth partly to escape this kind of thing, so they don't want to see it here. Migrants are overwhelmingly NO voters .. which I don't think is super suprising. They have lived experiencing of this kind of thing, and many have suffered racism.
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  920.  @johnwoodrow8769  She couldn't speak for YES voters, obviously. She only knew that at least half the people coming through (in the inner city) told her they were voting NO. It's likely there were more, you're right. I wouldn't say the same about where I voted. It's a hardcore Progressive area - IOW lots of rich white people .. haha! Some migrants, but not enough to swing it. The rich whites own this location.
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  921.  @EinsteinsHair  Well we're assuming a financially secure retirement, of course. I personally don't know anyone who 'needs' to work after 60. It's always preference - and it's always part time.
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  922. The immaturity is astonishing. Truly.
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  923. Why should you "suffer"? Because pain meds come with risk, that's why. Risk your baby doesn't need you taking, purely for your temporary comfort.
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  924.  @Mike-01234  Did you give her a home?
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  925.  @seannadiaz4028  We're all responsible for ourselves.
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  926.  @donnamaco1  She should have thought of that 50 years ago.
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  927.  @pgpc6448  One that pays the bills.
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  928. It's "Romani" gypsy, FTR.
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  929. There's nothing about this woman which suggests she's high class. She's overweight, wears big hoop earrings (still associated with trashy females), and looks nowhere near being fresh. Nothing about her says "discerning foodie". The whole thing is fantastically funny.
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  930. So did most of the 'conspiracy theorists'. That was the number one theory. It was my guess too. That's why it's bizarre to hear all these whining people saying the conspiracy theorists are crazy and evil. All they did was make an educated guess .. correctly.
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  931. The Enemy! No French or German on the English throne, please. Tudors are Go.
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  932.  @sunneinsplendour8459  Sure, but the Toods were at least a Little Britty. More so than most.
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  933. Very similar to Australia. We have a temperature range from lowest lows of about -10c, up to nearly 50c ... yet most homes don't have central climate control, and we prefer to dry our laundry outdoors. It's a combination of cultural stoicism (we're not "soft"), and frugality. We don't have central climate control because it's very expensive to install, and very expensive to run. And because we can cope without it. We don't like using clothes dryers for similar reasons (and because we much prefer the smell and feel of sun-dried laundry).
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  934.  @vaughanmccarthy6685  Victoria is unique in that respect. Even then, plenty of Victorian homes still don't have ducted gas heating.
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  935. This woman is absolutely nuts.
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  936. It's not just diet .. the Vietnamese also do far more incidental exercise than Americans.
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  937. It is sad, when families don't support their loved one. I agree.
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  938. Wrong. Never borrow for a car!
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  939. A paid-for wedding when the parties are not extremely wealthy, is incredibly gauche. Very lowbrow and trashy.
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  940. And don't blame the education system. Blame the useless fucking parents. They're the ones not checking homework, or regularly reviewing what's learned at school.
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  941. ​ @anthonybianco2346  How? If you live in one of the worlds most expensive cities? Obviously pretty much anywhere is going to be more affordable. Saying you can't afford to move us therefore illogical. You can't afford to NOT move.
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  942. With respect, all of these kinds of expenditures ($18k a year on maintenance, insurances etc) are predicated on unusually and exceptionally good times. Anyone still expecting to live that way is out of their mind. They always were, to be frank. It just doesn't have to be that costly. I own several properties, and don't even come close to $18k a year in maintenance - for all of them combined. Probably less than half that. I also NEVER buy insurance. Instead I buy properties where 90% of the value is in the land. It barely matters if the house is lost, so insurance is a complete waste of money. If you're not thinking strategically, of course the downturns are going to hurt you. That kind of recklessness is always very fragile. Frugality is the key. Building an approach which works no matter what the economy is doing. Never build it on the assumption of perfect conditions.
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  943. Dude looks like one those old nutters who dye their hair too dark, which just makes them look even older.
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  944.  @BrotherBobby-IN  Yes, they absolutely are the cause of poverty. And the suggestion that poverty leads to anti-social habits, is utter nonsense. MUCH poorer people living in developing societies, don't turn to drugs and gambling because they're poor. Genuine poor people spend as little money as possible. Obviously. They prioritise saving money - not their pleasures and bad habits. If you can spare money to gamble or drink or whatever, you're not serious. You're either lying about your poverty - or you feel entitled to waste all your money on pleasures, and thus make a burden of yourself on others. Bother possibilities are terrible.
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  945.  @Dylanesque  Right. And we all know that. It's on us to say no. If not the first time, then definitely the second or third time.
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  946.  @MagcargoMan  I suggest you work on that racialism. It's a terrible way to view the world and humanity, and very very regressive. Most people couldn't give a crap what colour someone's skin is - and that's additionally true of white people - who are the least racist on earth. I say that as someone who isn't white, FTR.
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  947.  @jenniferhiemstra5228  No individual leader is needed. If it walks and talks like a cult, it's a cult. Progressives meet just about all the criteria.
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  948. The "help me!" was fantastic 🤓
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  949. Flaming misogynist. Probably impotent, too.
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  950. From the outset, I've personally boycotted air b and b, and uber. It was on the principal that the whole egalitarian/people power aspect was a scam. It was just a cheaper way for big business to get things done. Ultimately, there's just so much that we waste money on. Restaurants, insurances, climate control, recreational travel, etc etc, that we don't need to spend money on. Our dollars are way too powerful to spend with so little thought.
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  951.  @mommynab  Right, so why don't they SELL the house and give themselves a good head start? If these people are poor, then why the hell aren't they raising money by selling the house? No normal poor person would just abandon an asset like that, so it tells you there's something wrong with those people. They are not normal, and they don't even try to do something about their poverty. It's laziness and apathy, 100%.
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  952. It's awful, but I can't stop watching this mental old lady do her sexytime stuff. It's just so darned funny 😄
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  953. These errors seem to be far more common in America than in the rest of the English speaking world. A high school English teacher told me it was because Americans don't read 😮
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  954. In the wild, these creeps (males not accepted by the pack) would be outcast .. often to die alone of starvation or injury. Male animals know the score, and accept it. They know the alphas get the girls - and they have the sense to know their life depends on not trying to take what they have no access to. Many never mate once, in their entire lives .. and that's actually normal in social mammals. A few will get plenty of sex, but most will get little or none.
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  955. Why do we "deserve" it? Just for existing? Takes more than that. We deserve what we earn, not a bit more.
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  956. None of that applies to cash purchased property. The market is entirely irrelevant.
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  957. Why is America like this? So freaking uncivilized.
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  958. ​ @wintertime-987  It's their parents fault. Nothing to do with the schools. Their awful parents model impulsiveness, so that's all the kid knows.
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  959. Grown adults shouldn't need to be protected from themselves.
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  960. It's not predatory. It's willing participants demanding a service.
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  961. Scumbags are immensely entertaining. Especially with that accent!
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  962. Gross. Old men are repulsive.
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  963. ​ @JDS-wk4gz Nonsense. Cancer is treated urgently in my free healthcare nation. Always.
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  964. ​ @avarose316  A bad tooth is NOT cancer.
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  965. Why would family or friends charge them rent?
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  966. I can't believe how many commenters are talking about almost drowning because they accidentally walked into deeper water (above their heads). That can only happen if you're a NON SWIMMER - and what in heck are non swimmers doing in water 😳. Why on earth are they doing that? If they're all so keen to get wet, why not just learn to swim FFS? Damn, people are odd.
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  967. It's crazy to be still paying for insurance and air conditioning etc, in 2024. We've had years of notice that we all need to set up alternatives like good insulation, proper cross ventilation, and shade trees etc - not to mention off grid solar power. Meantime, insurance is a scam. Also, a roof should last at least 100 years. I have one house with a 100+ year old roof which is probably good for another century. And yes, it's in a harsh climate. Strikes me that people are largely doing this to themselves, by avoiding doing things properiand sustainably.
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  968. It's a tangent, but what is a "nurse practitioner"? And how do you have one you call "MY nurse practitioner"? America's healthcare system is both mysterious and barbaric. I wish so much that you good people were able to just go to any local doctor, and from there be taken care of. All this complexity and bullshit (nurses instead of doctors?) is cruel beyond belief, when you have a serious illness.
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  969.  @Stefanny.truthbetold  These people refuse shelters, or the shelters are full. That's the real world.
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  970. That's WHY they have less crime.
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  971. What a classy couple. What a classy honeymoon. Even hooking up with a bunch of teenaged Floridians for extra class!
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  972. Apartments used to be a good downsizing option. Lots of retirees bought apartments as a result. The problem now is that yearly strata fees (what Americans call HOA fees, but specific to apartments) for newer buildings can be as much as $15k a year. At that price, you basically need to be working. It's no different to rent or mortgage payments - the last thing you want in retirement!
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  973. Respect and all, but Ah-ha and Madness were so not one hit wonders. Neither were Devo, when it comes to it.
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  974. The problem with this Darren guy (and people like him) is that they're so out of touch with racism generally, that they can't even imagine how bad it's become in the 21stC. They actually believe the pitch that all of this activism is actually making things better. No surprise then, that they stumble in oblivion. My husband often makes the same mistake, and he's black. He hasn't yet grasped how much worse things are. He remembers the 90's. Infinitely better times, when it comes to race relations.
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  975. Hopefully you raised them to be responsible, and so they will. And hopefully you don't have any habits or behaviours which might make you hard to live with 👍
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  976. I work in a professional field in which about 80% of people have names like Thi Noc Nguyen, and Li Hong Wu, and Rakesh Sumarandran, and Afriti Mumbazi. It demonstrates that no one hiring, actually gives a crap about non-white names. No one is missing out on jobs because their name isn't Sarah. If you have the qualifications/training, and you're polite, articulate, and reliable, you'll get the job even if your name is Zabadoodoo Bottomspeckle.
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  977. "Fair" is for disneyland. Reality doesn't do "fair", and we have to work with reality. As you say, this should be a warning to any younger person who thinks the Govt will come to their rescue when they get old. It was always a stupid thing to believe, so at this point they should know better .. but unfortunately some don't. Hopefully this reminds those folk, and they realise they have to financially plan ahead for their old age. And they have to stick together in stable, secure, and supportive families.
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  978. Not all wages. But if you're one of those whose income is stagnant, you need to adjust your lifestyle to fit. Continuing to live the same way you used to, them whining that can't afford it, is idiotic.
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  979. What kind of TV producer makes only $75k? I have a neighbour in the same game, and she makes four times that.
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  980. On the contrary, the 'theory' that she has cancer was one of the most common ones. Are you going to condemn people for simply being right?
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  981. So the guy once threatened to kill her, but she still married him? Talk about a low bar. Her self-esteem must have been in the dirt. Not to mention the guy was an apparently obvious sociopath. How did she not realise that? ESPECIALLY if "charm" was a part of his schtick. Maybe she mistook that charm for confidence and power. I've seen many women make that mistake, and every single one of those women was an appearance-conscious, fiscally ambitious woman, with a strong need to display her great life. It's awful to say, but basically they're "upmarket grifters". They're attracted to men who appear to be able to make a lot of money, and be impressive in company. Flashy sociopaths, IOW.
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  982. How can you be fined for collecting rainwater? In my country it's illegal NOT to collect!
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  983. In what way? They are providing the context in which you can thrive (if you want to), and that's far more than most of the world gets.
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  984. None of these people should be living alone. It's insanity. Living alone is THE most expensive way to live. Even middle class people can't really afford it - so why on earth do poor people do it? It's like they want to be as poor as possible. It's impossible to understand. Meantime, Govts are never going to save everyone. That should be obvious. We have to save ourselves. Start by not living alone!
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  985.  @django3422  That's because it's irrelevant. When you're destitute, only pragmatics matter. Indulging 'trauma' or anything along those lines, is an indulgence that can't be afforded. To indulge those things, you have to be certain of where your next meal is coming from - and if you're certain of that, you're not destitute. Imagine if all the slum dwellers in India decided that their "trauma" was more important than their security. They'd all be dead of starvation. And guess what else .. none of them live alone! That's where the buck stops. If you're poor, you have no business living alone. Anyone who thinks they have that luxury choice, is clearly either NOT poor, or so arrogant and entitled that they expect others to fund the luxury for them. And yes, believing that your 'lived experience' somehow exempts you, is exactly the kind of privilege thinking that makes you arrogant and entitled.
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  986.  @phylliselizahb1041  Buying a cheap (foreclosed) house protects you from homelessness. Are you going to shame people for doing what they need to do to prevent poverty?
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  987.  @jacqueline8559  Exactly. It's this attitude (that we can avoid buying houses just to save someone's feelings) that is a sign of privilege.
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  988.  @SisterMaji  Judy you must ask her why. She may have reasons you're not aware of. It could be something you can fix.
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  989. Outstanding architecture. May it always be preserved exactly as is.
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  990. You don't get it. This is exactly what a monster is. A crazy, psychopathic, lunatic. Having a name for their psychosis is utterly irrelevant. Being a nutcase is what makes them monsters. They're DEFECTIVE.
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  991. I'm going to say the latter.
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  992. No we shouldn't. We have more than enough housing. The problem isn't lack of housing. The problem is too few people per household. This is especially bad in the West. We even have millions of dwellings with only one occupant. It's insane.
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  993. I think this poor man probably had a terminal illness, and simply didn't tell his family. It happens.
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  994. These people (minus the drugs), and this way of life, could probably save America. The kernels of your greatness are still there, in the hardy self-reliance and community spirit. The country is beautiful and lush. The housing is very affordable. So many good things.
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  995. Why do you think they're "individuals"?. The corporate investors are ordinary looking people who blend in, trust me. You can't pick them unless you know what to look for (certain behaviours and language).
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  996. It's not strange if she's a terrible person. If neither of her kids want to help, that's a pretty good clue she doesn't deserve it.
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  997.  @user-ReachingForTheStars  Did you not see the word "if"? Besides, if none of her kids will help her, it suggests she's the problem .. not them.
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  998. Huskies are notorious for being a risk in households with younger children. Most breeders and experts will say no kids under 12 (IOW adult sized kids). And they're the BIGGEST risk around infants. If this situation happened as reported (and that's debatable), the parents must be found liable - for leaving a Husky with an infant without supervision. Ignorance is never a defence. Ignorance is "I didn't care enough to learn how to keep my child safe".
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  999.  @dridahook7284  The point is to get yourself to a situation where you can say no.
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  1000. This is very misleading information. It doesn't matter what is offered in the way of unhealthy options - it's ALWAYS about what we choose for ourselves. Try living in Asia, where there are no food regulations, and vastly more opportunities to eat crap. The fact that obesity is rare in Asia, is all the evidence you need to know that it's about choices. Sourcing and preparing healthy inexpensive food takes effort - that's what this is all about. In the meantime, it has nothing to do with formal education. Not being lazy about food is learned at home. Parents need to model the effort involved, and the rewards gained. This whole obesity epidemic is really just a laziness epidemic. More importantly, it's been categorically proven that fast and processed food is considerably more expensive than healthy food. The buck stops right there.
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  1001. The problem isn't the cost of housing in any given area, it's that people just won't adapt to a changing economy. We're all priced out of the market at some point, unless we're in the top 1%. For some that's a mobile home, for others it's a house at the beach. No one has more right than anyone else to live in an area or home they can't afford. We all have to live within our means, whatever that is. EG if you can't afford a place to yourself, you need to share or go home to family until you've saved for your own place, or whatever. Adapt or perish!
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  1002. Well, when you're relying on 18 year olds, urbanites, and misfits for your vote .. you have to allow time for them to get organised. Getting out of bed and going somewhere early on a Saturday morning, is a lot of adulting!
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  1003. I just commented the same thing! Where are the 70,000 people? Why is there no one walking around?
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  1004. This .... creature .... is deeply sick.
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  1005. You never borrow on a DEPRECIATING asset. Cars are depreciating assets. Paying interest (IOW paying more for the car than the ticket price) on something worth less than the ticket price as soon as you buy it, is about as stupid a financial decision as it's possible to make. Borrowed money should only ever be used for appreciating assets. EG mortgages, some investments, and university degrees in high demand and we'll paid fields.
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  1006. And we worry about elections.
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  1007.  @dorasurploer6432  Of course we're blaming the grandmother. The problem is that the mother DIDN'T blame her, and she should have.
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  1008. The fuller story isn't the lack of unconditional love .. it's a society so rich and safe and well fed, that people think they can opt out of growing up. Such a society will always breed terrible parents. Whenever we see these sad stories of human degradation, it's incredibly important to gather as much context as possible. Failing to do that leads us to woefully incorrect conclusions which in turn only make the problem worse. We HAVE to know it has nothing to do with poverty for example. In fact it's the opposite. It's a direct result of way too much of everything. Context - the consideration of much poorer societies, and how much of this kind of degradation they experience - is essential to realise that truth.
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  1009. It's not "black" culture. It's specific to America. It really isn't race. Africans are not like African Americans, for example. They don't share a culture.
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  1010.  @listentothenightfilms  It's not that complicated (or glamorous). It was simply the Welfare State. That was all that was needed. The overlords know what happens to lab rats when provided with everything they need .. they become careless, greedy, and violent. That's the first battle fought and won. The next phase is the one they actually want .. helpless dependence. That's the phase which brings in all the profit, while also conferring control. The State who becomes the Daddy, owns the people. The overlords' useful idiots are the Progressive Leftists who do the footwork for them .. promoting welfare and segregation, and declaring private property sinful. They couldn't be more perfectly in service to the overlords' goals - even if they actually knew what they were doing.
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  1011.  @GB-ue6wr  Some will .. most won't. I've noticed that it's those who complain the most about capitalism, who have the highest consumption of goods and services. The ones I know are always eating out and travelling. They think because they buy some of their clothing from charity stores, they're fighting capitalism. Their frequent overseas recreational flights are apparently supplied by climate activist vegan marxists.
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  1012.  @kommisar.  Of course! And if they can afford to live like that, more power to them. But if they live like that AND complain about the cost of living, they're either stupider than dirt .. or some king of grifter looking for a free lunch.
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  1013.  @kommisar.  Sure. But THIS is the price we all pay for that luxury. If you're good with that, no problem.
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  1014.  @bui3415  If you're not purchasing goods and services 24/7, you're doing your part to end those monopolies.
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  1015.  @demonhalo67  Why on earth would you assume you'll break up? Are you dysfunctional? Do you intend to marry someone who's dysfunctional?
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  1016.  @KazeHorse  Yes ... BEFORE 2000. As in last freaking century. If your expectations are that far out of date, you're in for a rough time.
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  1017.  @KazeHorse  Yes, a whole generation. 23 years which people have had to adjust their expectations. I'm sorry, but only the most determinedly oblivious could have failed to realise where things were going .. in all that time. The rest have no excuse. They saw, they understood, but they chose to pretend it wouldn't happen to them, and so did nothing. But I don't blame young people for this. I blame their PARENTS. They knew what was happening, and did nothing to prepare their kids for it. They didn't bolster their holdings in order to bequeath property .. knowing how important that was going to be for anyone who isn't rich. They didn't teach their kids how to live collectively to save money. They didn't keep their kids at home rent free until they could buy their own place. They failed to prepare for this .. across the board. And their kids are paying the price.
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  1018. Are any of these men actually Greek?
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  1019.  @cliffkonkle3467  Not true at all. You can still buy houses in America for less than $50k. There are still plenty of cheap locations and cheap houses, in most countries .. including the UK.
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  1020. OMG At what point are random men actually safe to be around our daughters? At age 100? 110?
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  1021. With that much income, you would be able to pay off a mortgage easily. Why didn't you save for a downpayment before you had your kids? I'm sorry to say, but it sounds like you made some unwise financial choices, and this is the result.
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  1022. Why don't you stay there? Sounds much better than an uncertain, expensive, and lonely private rental - even if it is a basement.
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  1023. ​ @omiluman3241  Yeah, they tell you whatever they think you need to hear Dude. How are you this delusional?
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  1024. ​ @mcleanblades9234  65+ is TOO OLD for a woman in her 40's. FFS, stay in your lane.
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  1025. ​ @Figleaf5481 No, we weren't. Young woman don't want old men.
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  1026. ​ @sharoncrawford7192 With respect, if you really are a family person, the heat of SC wouldn't stop you moving there. I'd go to the end of the earth to be near my kids and grandkids.
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  1027. Govts are not going to act at all, much less quickly. Anyone who's spent the last ten years imagining that they didn't have to do anything to save themselves from this situation .. because daddy govt would save them .. is in for a rude shock.
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  1028. It's basically depression. There is no physiological cause.
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  1029. Young people just starting out, and elderly people, should be living with family. That's how it's done if you're not rich.
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  1030. Most wouldn't have a clue. It's all about the feels, for them. Hugs and rainbows.
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  1031. Almost all smaller caravans/trailers have door hinges at the rear (doors which open towards the front) ... it's standard. Also, towing a caravan/trailer at 55mph is insanity. They're not built to withstand that kind pressure - not even an Airstream. And it's much too easy to loose control and fishtail.
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  1032. ​ @dertythegrower  Hardly the point.
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  1033. OMG, seriously? Yes, they have autism .. that's very obvious. But it has nothing to do with vaccines. It's a result of emotionally distant carers.
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  1034.  @UdumbaraMusic  Only if you mix exclusively with white westerners.
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  1035. Hot weather Christmas is vile. We pretend it's not happening by NEVER serving "summer" food or eating outdoors. Strictly hearty roasts and heavy traditional deserts, eaten indoors in low light, with candles, and a crackling fire as soundtrack. The more European traditional the better. Bring a salad or seafood to our house on Christmas day, and that'll be your last invitation 😛
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  1036. The consequences were probably not unintended. To not understand where money throwing would lead, requires a profound intellectual deficit. So the Progressives involved intended harm, or they're inconceivably dumb.
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  1037.  @mariahc6888  Who should have a social worker help them? Hospitals? While they can assist with some of that, it's not their role. Remember what hospitals are - and more importantly, what they're not. Their job is the SHORT TERM stabilisation of acute illness and injury. They are not social services, not mental health facilities. Yes they treat the sick, but that's the ONLY "need" they can cater to. If your needs are other than medical, a hospital cannot help you. Meantime, when you say 'we as a country' need to figure out a plan .. sure. This situation has been caused by people failing themselves, and/or their families, so people need to fix it. A generation ago, this stuff wasn't happening .. or happening only rarely. That's because WE (as in us, people .. not the govt) decided it was too much effort to be responsible, and too much effort to maintain strong families. This is the result. Endless homeless, endless addicts, and endless elderly people dying alone. The govt didn't do this .. we did. The govt only helped ... by promoting the welfare state that turned us into selfish overgrown children. As regards free .. you missed the point. I'm in a country with free universal healthcare, and work in the public healthcare system. I'm all for it. The point was that if any country had to feed and house every person who was on or below the poverty line, that country would be bankrupt within a year. The sheer number of people who gave up on trying, because they believed the lie that govt would take care of them, means it's now impossible.
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  1038. If anyone ever doubts that this is self-inflicted, just look at the squalor. None of these people are forced to be lazy and filthy. There is no connection between poverty and squalor. Some of the poorest people on earth are scrupulously clean and tidy. Living like this is a choice. They could keep their area clean and orderly. They could grow food plants. They could take pride in what little they have. Do they? No they don't.
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  1039.  @shamrock4500  No, we need more families living together. We're spoiled brats in the first world. We expect everything, and expect someone else to pay for it.
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  1040. Exactly! This is a social problem, not an economic problem.
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  1041. It's not about Biden's age .. it's about his brain! He could be 65 and he'd still be a problem.
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  1042.  @ssuwandi3240  BINGO! These solo dwellers are the cause of the housing crisis.
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  1043.  @modernbrainbox  If you don't have the support you need, don't have a child
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  1044. How in hell did her own family ignore that? It's REALLY obvious.
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  1045. On the contrary .. the best social housing model in the world, does exactly that. The govt builds the housing, and SELLS it to citizens at cost price. The old model .. subsidised housing, just entrenches poverty. It's a huge waste of money, and fixes nothing. It actually makes things worse.
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  1046. So paying a young woman to have sex with you, even though she's thoroughly REPULSED by you, isn't utterly insulting and humiliating to you? You must be a real prince. Real quality 😳🙄
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  1047. The whole school lunch thing is fascinating. As someone in a country in which this doesn't exist, it seems incredibly exotic and luxurious. We may be a wealthy developed nation, but this specific cultural artifact really highlights the difference between us and most of the West. We don't have the kind of poverty which means starving kids, so it would be seen as excessive .. and likely a very expensive waste of tax payer dollars. Not to mention the immense cost of rebuilding all our public schools to accommodate commercial kitchens! We don't even have indoor bathrooms in our schools, much less anything as unnecessary as free dining 😄
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  1048. @kenstone5531 Who forced you to have kids.
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  1049. What's actually happened, is reality has caught up with the First World. Those few decades of safety we had in the second half of the twentieth century, were an absolute anomally. They were never going to last .. and anyone with even half a brain knew that the way we were living was utterly unsustainable. One freaking person or couple per house? What manner of abject insanity is that? What kind of greedy piglet thinks that's normal, in a world of extreme poverty, resource scarcity, and planetary degradation? We're simply in shock, because we were so convinced that nothing bad could ever happen in our safe privileged world. And we're looking to blame anyone we dislike in the moment .. anyone but ourselves. We blame govt, or rich people, or landlords, or god .. or anything that doesn't involve us and our dirty lust to live unsustainable lives. There's a reason we're said to be living in the Age of Consequences. This is it.
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  1050.  @cynthiamatthews  Walking is free. Walking the dog is free. Chatting with your neighbours across the fence is free. Bicycling is almost free. Hiking is free. A game of tennis with friends is almost free. A coffee at the cafe is $5. This has nothing to do with poverty, in other words. And I'll wager that these hiding people are spending way more than they should be on things like junk food and beer, so that makes it even worse.
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  1051.  @BorisZech  But they're old towns, so that can't be true.
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  1052.  @godschildyes  So if they don't have cars or jobs, why aren't we seeing them out walking during the day?
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  1053.  @godschildyes  If they're poor, it's not going to be better inside. It's not like they can afford to run airconditioning. I'm not poor, and I can't afford it!
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  1054.  @LCx829  Exactly! I live in a place where everyone is outdoors during the day. It's SO odd and spooky seeing an actual town with no people.
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  1055.  @Igotyoutriggered  The logical thing to do, in that case, is to make your own garden beautiful, and your house exterior pristine and pretty. Then your immediate surroundings provide you with lots of pleasure. You might even start a trend in the neighbourhood. I mean why live in a small town which has lots of space, only to sit indoors? That's just bizarre behaviour.
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  1056. And in her 40's. What a f#ckwit 😂
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  1057. How do you know they're the size of cars?
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  1058. These freaks are killing art and music. They're very conservative, but not in a useful way.
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  1059. This kid was adopted at 5 days old. His mental health is entirely on his adoptive parents. Seeking help for him does not mean they didn't damage him in the first place.
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  1060.  @itsok2bwhiteendanti-whiteh548  Thanks, I think. The only irritant is the sheer number of parents here who feel accused - which is only going to happen if you know you or someone you love has dropped the ball. The guilt is VERY loud, let's just say. Also the wishful thinking that anyone who worked harder on not dropping the ball, is necessarily "not a parent" is pathetically obvious. These kinds of people hate being shown up, so go straight into denial mode. We all know that the level of supervision that children DESERVE, requires huge effort and commitment - and that there are no "just for a moment" breaks in that responsibility. When these people react so strongly, that's really what they're reacting to. They hate that truth. They want parenting to be much easier than that.
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  1061.  @koetekage2802  Exactly!
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  1062.  @jacksiegel926  Exactly.
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  1063.  @roxiegs348  No they don't. Not unless your guard is down. And yes, very much a parent. I never took my eyes of any of mine around hazards, even for a second. It's not freaking hard to do.
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  1064.  @Clark1967  Bullshit. It's ALWAYS a failure of supervision.
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  1065. I work in a hospital, and let me tell you .. that "easy" cafeteria eating just doesn't happen. Medical professionals are some the fittest and most health conscious people on the planet. Most of us meal prep ultra healthy meals .. and hardly anyone is overweight - much less obese.
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  1066. Yes, their families. Their families need to advocate for them, and always accompany them on doctor visits etc.
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  1067. Why are you 'estranged' from your family? Surely if you're in poverty, you can't afford to be estranged?
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  1068. Absolutely. So many people are greedy and expect to live in big cities at a low cost. The greed of wanting champagne on a beer budget, is about 99% of the problem.
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  1069. It is crazy, but at the same time it's enormous fun. Progressives who hand out flyers at polling booths are usually the ultra smug 'we're so superior' kind, so ignoring them is very satisfying. You can see them die a little inside, every time someone under the age of 60 ignores them. Especially if you look anything like a hipster! You can see their slow wheels turning .. questioning all the tropes they've unthinkingly adopted.
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  1070. Cleeeshon's utterly reprehensible parents could have chosen to see his extraordinary athelete/gymnastic abilities, and fostered his participation in clubs, training, and competition. He could have been an Olympian, perhaps. Instead they chose not to give a shit what happened to him. These kids never stand a chance. When are we going to start arresting the parents for gross negligence? When are we going to ask the parents to do the time for the crime? If your kid is under 21, it's ALL on you.
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  1071. ​ @anacerar6810  Dryer areas are always more susceptible to fire.
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  1072. ​ @alangb2086 That's because it's bullshit.
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  1073. These women are vile. They're shafting their own families to pay for attention. They deserve everything they get .. but their familes deserve better. Meantime, lady .... if the guy wasn't physically your equal, and about the same wealth as you, you knew full well it was all BS.
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  1074.  @primeracalidad8320  Why would a bank own it? Banks have nothing to do with it, unless you have a mortgage.
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  1075. Yeah .. that's a reach. You can still by whole houses for less than $10k in America.
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  1076.  @seanbullough6296  I'm not even in America, and I can find dozens of houses for sale at around $10k .. or less!. The fact that you immediately found a reason why people shouldn't buy those houses, is exactly the problem. If nothing is 'good enough', what do you expect? Besides, it's simply not true that you need loads of money to fix these cheap houses. Buy one which is structurally sound, and do all the cosmetic work yourself. Live with it. If you're poor and determined, nothing as silly as 'but it's run down' is going to stop you.
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  1077. ​ @tyronejackson6593 That's so cheap! I don't think you Americans realize how good you have it.
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  1078.  @SpinSatx  Once again, that $350k is in the middle of nowhere and falling down. A family house in the suburbs of a capital city is over $1m. In my capital it's $2m. And that can be a half hour commute from the city. Even an hour out, a three bedder is $1m.
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  1079.  @SpinSatx  I agree .. however try to convince young people in the big cities that they have all those options, and see what happens. They'll tell you they can't possibly afford to own a house, because houses are all over $1m. What they REALLY mean is "I can't afford the world's most expensive city". The deliberately limit their options to one. Big city or nothing.
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  1080. Which they'll only do if you keep buying their crap.
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  1081. That is not black tie - that's pure trash.
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  1082. The fact that he removed his boots and clothes, indicates that he likely succumbed to hypothermia. It's the usual suspect in so many of these deaths.
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  1083. No, it can't 'happen to anyone'. That's delusional.
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  1084.  @imnottellingyoumyname3050  If the obvious solution is considered 'moronic', it's no wonder we're in so much trouble.
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  1085. I hate to say it, but this behaviour isn't restricted to Chin@. I live in a wealthy Western nation, and they steal air here, also. I have relatives who drive to the local mall to spend the hottest part of the day. They drive there in their $60k car, from their $2m home. They stay for three or four hours. And they do it purely to avoid using their own air conditioning. They don't need the money .. they just can't stand spending their own money if there's a freebie available. They go to McDonalds to get the seniors' endless coffee - and ask for extra of those little milks. Then they use that free milk at home. They'll happily spend ages opening those tiny containers, if it means saving $2 on milk at the supermarket. In winter their house is freezing. They almost never heat the place. They wear scarves, jackets, and beanies indoors. Or go to the library for free heat. These are WEALTHY people, living in the West. It's just culturally ingrained to take freebies at every opportunity - no matter how much extra effort is required. They don't even care if it's more trouble than it's worth - for them it feels like a win. It's the most bizarre thing.
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  1086. She chose to move away from her children. Clearly they're not important to her. Probably why the kids lived with the father.
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  1087. What's stopping you from cooking this kind of stuff every day?
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  1088. I love that she thought she was a hottie. Evidently didn't own a mirror. Also, while I realise this was over 20 years ago, there's just no excuse for that hair. That 1980's redneck housewife quasi-mullet.
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  1089. ​ @randallhorlick4259 It's absolutely free, in all civilized countries.
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  1090. What do you mean by 'neighbourhoods'? Do you mean cheap rural towns? Because no one on a low income should be expecting to live in a big city. If you can't pay for it yourself, you can't afford it.
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  1091.  @Moiratiki  I live in a place where the city has ALWAYS been expensive (it was never working class .. and 'poor' people have never lived there), and today it's more expensive than ever. Guess what .... we have PLENTY of people to do those working class jobs. I realise Americans are spoiled babies and can't stand to have to travel more than 30 minutes to work, but in my country people expect to commute into the city .. sometimes two hours each way. Everyone who isn't rich has to do that .. and plenty of rich people do too (not everyone wants to live in the city you know). Furthermore, there are plenty of new (legal) migrants who have the sense to share housing in the city (thus making it affordable), who use those minimum wage jobs to start building financial security. They don't stay in those jobs ... they're a step on the ladder. The point is that Americans have been thoroughly spoiled by a recent history of cheap city housing. Cities in other parts of the Western World have never been cheap.
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  1092.  @jkmac901  Exactly!
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  1093. This one little thing will likely end them. The mask is off now.
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  1094. It's deliberate. Also, it's not govt's job to house you.
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  1095. What is it you think is happening to these kids, exactly? To me it looks like any normal child protection operation - beefed up because it's sensitive .. and because random "journalists" keep filming the kids.
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  1096.  @FT-97.  They're insane, if they're actually doing that.
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  1097. What the hell is a "broker"? There's no way that's not some parasitical bullshit dressed up to make people feel "fancy". Where I live, rentals are found via real estate agents, and ALL fees are paid by landlords.
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  1098. ​ @billymanners5752 It's NEVER loneliness.
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  1099. ​​​ @youparejo  It's mostly narcissism. These are people who are unable to accept their own 'level'. They feel entitled to someone way out of their league. Someone younger, richer, better looking, more educated, famous, whatever. They're almost always very average people, but turn down real interest from real people who are their own level. They do this even though no higher value people never show interest in them in real life. That's why they're single. As for loneliness - if they were simply lonely, they could fix that easily. Friends, family, hobbies, volunteering, church, whatever. A 'romance' is never the answer to loneliness. It's the stupidest and laziest possible cure for loneliness
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  1100. This man is clearly very intelligent. But he also needs medication and solid care.
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  1101. What in hell was she doing swimming alone in the ocean at midnight, much less naked? Must have been wasted.
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  1102. Financial dependence on a partner isn't the problem though. The problem is BOTH partners not securing their own property and not planning for retirement. I know many women (younger and older) who are financially dependent on their husbands, but as couples, every one of them is financially secure. If a husband dies or leaves, there's no problem. She has a fully paid for home, and income from either investments, an age pension, or a career. If your ducks are in a row, it doesn't matter who is widowed - the man or the woman. Either will be taken care of due to all that earlier shared commitment to financial security.
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  1103. It's difficult to understand anyone who's interested in preparedness, who doesn't have a wood burner. Wood burning stove being by far the best, since it heats the home, cooks your food, bakes your bread, and can be fitted with a water jacket to heat your water for bathing etc. It should be the first thing any "prepper" buys.
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  1104.  @baz3575  Dude .. I'm a Leftie and even I know we've become supercilious assholes. If you can't acknowledge that, it means you're thoroughly clouded by ideology. That's NOT what we need on our side.
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  1105. ​ @redvelvetshoes  They can be small, but they're a lot cheaper.
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  1106. I just wanted to say that New Hampshire looks really nice. It actually has plenty of trees in suburban streets, like we do in my country. American suburbs and towns usually have a weird lack of trees.
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  1107. ​ @abbij2009 Being opposed to homosexuality is completely valid, actually.
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  1108.  @abbij2009  Meanness isn't required, I agree. Better to just avoid entirely.
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  1109. So why do people like this woman, try to live there? She's free to move somewhere with more affordable housing. She's CHOOSING to make it difficult for herself.
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  1110.  @josiegraham2591  Getting along isn't luck, it's determination and common sense. Any family can choose to get along so that everyone wins.
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  1111.  @streamofthesky  A covenant (at least where I live) isn't an abiding or perpetual protection. It's limited to the initial subdivision. Meaning it only impacts the initial builds. Once the last house is completed and signed off, individual owners can do what they like.
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  1112. ​@@C-lp6jbMost indigenous people are neither educated nor rich. Are you this contemptuous and stupid, seriously?
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  1113. Cyprus? Hard to believe.
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  1114. Please say you're not just realising this now?
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  1115. The whole model was doomed to fail. Very few people want to "share" with strangers - and that was the model premise.
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  1116.  @markfreeman4727  Since when has this stuff ever been 'easy'? If you expect it to be easy, you're doomed.
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  1117.  @mounishvishnujai5318  bingo!
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  1118.  @gamingwithcyt3925  Not nearly as much as paying high rents for the rest of your life.
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  1119.  @mkrowenp  Arts degrees. Enough said.
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  1120. You choose to live in one of the most expensive places on earth, and then complain about it. Are you five years old?
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  1121. No, absolutely not. LOW COST housing should be in LOW COST areas.
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  1122.  @bonariablackie4047  Correct. The answer is to stop living in ones or twos! An average three bedroom two bathroom house should be able to house at least six people.
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  1123.  @markohenry5891  No you don't have a shortage of housing. You have too many people not SHARING housing.
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  1124.  @ImHappyToBeHereToo  Where is your family?
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  1125. ​ @ydoicare2000  Correct. The people who die like this have usually alienated everyone who ever cared about them.
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  1126. ​ @deusvult6632  Guaranteed, that was the problem.
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  1127. Pardon my stupidity, but if you're too poor to provide for children, you don't have children. And if you choose to ASSUME that the govt will feed and/or house your kids, you're an irresponsible asshole. Literally - an awful awful human being. Children deserve much better than you.
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  1128.  @lonalxaia  You already have land. That's the very first thing we need to secure in our adult working lives.
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  1129. When we accept that this is the root cause of ASD's, real progress will happen.
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  1130. A job at 82? Dear woman ... please go home to your family.
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  1131. The guy in the hat is exhausting. I still have no idea what he said. End of the day, it's less about bathrooms and much much more about the demand that the world participates in your fantasy about yourself.
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  1132. I would suspect that little guy prefers males. Traumatized by a female in his past, no doubt.
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  1133.  @chrishart8548  Either, but you have to choose one. You can't have it both ways.
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  1134. And no one is stopping her from having it. She's free to live wherever she can afford, or in whatever way allows her to afford places she couldn't afford alone (ie sharing with extended family, like migrants do). There are many ways to solve the problem, but if people won't even consider those things, they have no one to blame but themselves if things go badly.
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  1135. ​ @ecaeas4439 No we freaking don't.
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  1136. ​ @thaliadrew7642 Welfare is the cause of much of this.
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  1137. ​ @ecaeas4439 Bullshit. You can't be fat and "food insecure". It's made up nonsense to explain away the laziness of people who expect grocery stores to be five minutes away, and all food easy to cook.
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  1138.  @ecaeas4439  No one in the First World is starving. We're the fattest people on earth, in fact.
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  1139.  @ecaeas4439  Again, it's bullshit. Thorough studies have been done, and they've proven time and time again, that processed and convenience foods are MORE EXPENSIVE than the home cooked version. People buy them because they're too lazy to cook from scratch.
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  1140.  @LadyDiamondIsHereNow  Sorry, no. No one is starving. "Food insecurity" is bullshit. Almost every person you ever encounter who claims to be food insecure, is overweight.
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  1141.  @lbunnygordon1133  You should go home to your family. Where are your adult children? Where are your siblings and cousins? Someone in all that group must care about you enough to not want you living on the streets? Unless you're an asshole, a gambler, or an addict (and I'm sure you're none of those things), there must be at least one relative you can turn to.
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  1142. Why did it take this to make them realize it, though? It's been obvious for years.
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  1143. That is about the most frivolous use of such technology, imaginable. How about using it on people who didn't choose to be "sick"?
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  1144. It's much worse than just lacking common sense. It's ego, greed, immaturity, selfishness, and a bunch of other stuff besides. Never ever waste compassion on these awful people.
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  1145.  @Branaymolly  It wouldn't be, that's the point. Most people aren't that vain and greedy.
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  1146. We do. It's called Family.
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  1147. Are there no normal roads in America? Are they ALL massive freeways or whatever this is?
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  1148.  @aaronaragon7838  Dude, the whole world knows your Progressives destroy cities.
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  1149. Govt can't solve this. If they tried, they would be edging into totalitarian territory, and that will never wash. Remember that the majority of Australians own their own home, so they are who policy is built for, and who politicians pitch to. And that majority will NEVER accept any kind of strong Govt intervention on this. Not even those who probably call themselves 'socialists'.
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  1150. He seems better.
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  1151.  @NeedMoreCoffeeOG  It's "suspicious" only in the sense that it indicates a more serious condition .. which was not disclosed. Royals just don't take six months off. Maybe few months to have a baby, but then that's public knowledge. This was different .. hence all the speculation.
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  1152.  @MicheleMorton-py8bg  That probably made sense in your head.
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  1153.  @thevocalcrone  The world was saying things like their father killed their mother. You think that's not going to harm them when they eventually see that? That only happened because the world knew that the story we were given was not quite the truth. Had the truth been given .. or at least a much better cover story (followed by a couple of light public appearances) .. that speculation would not have happened.
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  1154.  @onlygirl1635  If that had been adequate information, and it was handled correctly, there would have been no speculation - or very little. The speculation happened because a) They failed to provide a strong 'cover' story, and b) they took too long to react, and c) because they issued a doctored pic. You can blame their PR team entirely. It was simply handled very badly. Meantime, there are more than enough medical people watching all this unfold, who knew full well that her situation was being downplayed. Even a radical hysterectomy doesn't require two weeks in hospital and months of recovery. That's why the main 'conspiracy theory' was that she has cancer.
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  1155. You've highlighted the source of the problem. Families are failing each other. But it's very important to remember that sometimes (actually quite often), it's the struggling individual who's done the most failing. When your kids/grandkids/siblings/nieces/nephews etc won't do anything to help you, there's almost always a reason. The upshot is that families fail their struggling loved ones .. and struggling loved ones fail their families by being 'difficult'.
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  1156. Douglas, are you stoned? Drunk? Or just very tired? Cognitively fabulous as always, but a little bleary 😊
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  1157. Bingo! It's all about transferring the property and wealth of the working and middle classes, to the elites.
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  1158. I lived in an Asian country for a while. Before I moved there, Western tourists had told me the people were "small", docile, and gentle. I doubted that docility claim from the outset, but once I lived with the incredible hardiness and freedom from Western "fragility" that these people retain, I understood how powerful these people were. You do NOT mess with people who are still in touch with their warrior physicality and warrior soul. Especially when they're smart enough to know how stupid you are.
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  1159. Too entitled to share.
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  1160. ​ @jena.alexia  We know WHY, we just don't agree that someone who needs a trick to remember they have a baby in the car, is fit to be in charge of one.
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  1161. ​ @youtubeuserzzzz  It's new. Goes with the new mentally checked out parenting.
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  1162. ​ @Andreamom001  Sorry, but no. Anyone in charge of a small child is hyper alert and instensely aware. It's literally impossible to be so detached from that, that you forget the kid is in the car. If you're NOT experiencing that intense awareness and focus, you shouldn't have children in your care.
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  1163. ​ @pinkpink-kb6dl  No. This isn't an ordinary human oopsie. This takes COMPLETE detachment from the responsibility you have to another human being. A detachment which is normally impossible. That requires a very dysfunctional person. Someone who shouldn't be anywhere near children.
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  1164. ​ @johnnyearp52  No parent of young kids gets enough sleep. What a stupid excuse. If you're that tired you shouldn't even be driving. That 25% thing just shows us 25% shouldn't be parents.
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  1165. ​ @deb9ragorton742  We KNOW that. You're missing the point entirely.
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  1166. ​ @deb9ragorton742  Few of us are perfect, but we can keep our kids and grandkids alive. Stop making excuses.
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  1167. ​ @rockyevans1584  We ALL have sleep deprivation as parents. What a crap excuse!
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  1168. ​ @corky3550  We get it 100%. We're saying if you need a trick, you shouldn't have kids.
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  1169. ​ @serrikari5501  Exactly!
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  1170.  @rockyevans1584  That's an entirely separate conversation! And one so blindlingly obvious that it doesn't require addressing here. Not a single one of us thinks we shouldn't try to prevent these deaths, obviously. The point of our speaking out is to bring the harsh light of shame on this deeply disturbing acceptance of parental (or grand-parental) failure in responsibility. If we keep pretending these are 'unavoidable mistakes', and looking for ways to accommodate such an immense character flaw - shoes in back seat etc - we're pretending the root cause doesn't exist. We should be reapeating - LOUD and OFTEN - that people who doubt their capacity to remember their own freaking child is with them, should not be anywhere near children.
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  1171.  @pinkpink-kb6dl  Sorry, no. Being in charge of a child is an all-consuming focus, by nature. We're simply not designed to 'check out' mentally. Besides, if it was as easy as you seem to think it is to completely forget an entire human being is under your care, there wouldn't be 8 billion humans on the planet. Just because those guilty of this grotesque neglect gave interviews and said all the right things, does not make them anything like normal. That you think they are, is hellishly disturbing.
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  1172. Could not agree more. It's actually quite worrying that she used the term "preventative chemo", because some folk will actually believe that's a thing. It's too important a subject, to indulge the luxury of 'comforting' terminology.
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  1173. There are loads of shelters already, and they're empty. The homeless choose not to use them.
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  1174.  @thisaint_it  Because they can't handle rules.
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  1175.  @MrBflatt  The vast majority are. Why do you think it's so difficult to get into Medical School? Why do you think it takes seven or eight years to qualify? And arrogance does not make someone a bad doctor. Some of the best surgeons and specialists out there, are pains in the ass.
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  1176.  @MrBflatt  Once again, a doctor has only one job to do when presented with your case. You, as the patient, have many jobs to do besides figuring out what's wrong with you. You have MANY competing interests in that moment. Your doctor doesn't.
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  1177.  @snowmonster42  And it's diagnosed - in the end - because doctors pursued the right tests. Not because they said "go away" to the patient.
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  1178.  @snowmonster42  The OP was talking about seizures. If you present to a general practioner (aka family doctor) with seizures, you're going to be referred to a neurologist as a matter of urgency. No doctor will ignore seizures. That's like ignoring a heart attack, or a severed limb.
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  1179. To an Australian, a 45 minute drive to the nearest city seems crowded. Our rural towns can be many hours from a city. Some are so far, that inhabitants might not visit the city for years at a time. Some never visit. We have wildernesses (true wilderness ... as in no humans, no roads, no towns) that cover many thousands of square kilometers. Some of our farms are bigger than Ireland.
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  1180. It must be asked, why hadn't he seen a doctor if he'd had a crashing headache for three days, was pissing blood, and was also severely dehydrated? With respect, that's phenomenally irresponsible, and is probably the reason he ended up like this. Had he had antibiotics three days earlier, he would probably have recovered without issue. People are often their own worst enemies.
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  1181. Bundaberg does the best ginger beer on earth. Nothing compares.
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  1182.  @Aron-ru5zk  Bullshit. He could have immediately helped her back down while she still had a bit of energy. That's what any partner would do in that circumstance ... no matter what the sick person said. This guy is something else.
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  1183. We're upper middle class, and would NEVER pay for storage. You might as well burn your money.
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  1184. ​​ @revinaque1342  No. Cordial is any concentrated "juice" (though it's usually not 100% juice). It's used in a ratio of about 1/4 - one part cordial to four parts water. It's very traditional, and has been around forever in the UK and Australia/New Zealand etc.
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  1185.  @MelodicTurtleMetal  Exactly. As per my "it's usually not 100% juice".
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  1186. Contrary to the apparently common belief that no water in lungs means he was murdered ... it absolutely can be accidental, with no water in lungs. It's called dry drowning. As for the removal of boots/pants etc, paradoxic undressing happens in some cases of hypothermia, and hypothermia can happen at relatively high temperatures - it doesn't have to be winter. Also, hypothermia is more likely in an intoxicated person, because they don't feel cold until it's too late. At that point they do things like remove clothes (and studies show that they almost always take their shoes off first, then their pants), and even attempt to enter rivers etc to 'cool off'. I think this kid died accidentally, as a direct result of his intoxication. Unfortunately this mode of demise is more common than it should be. Have a look at how many young intoxicated males have gone into rivers etc. And some were indeed, dry drownings (meaning the person was semi or unconscious when they went in). Hopefully it becomes a learning moment for young people.
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  1187.  @michaelszczys8316  So the problems you have are relationships - not money. If people won't behave themselves, it leads to things like homelessness. We should all be doing everything in our power to be stable, decent, and honourable family members - especially if we're poor.
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  1188.  @nowlaterkiss9811  Only for those who refuse to grow up.
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  1189. America is so strange. Your cities and towns seem so insanely spread out. There's no one walking in the streets, going about their business. The houses are neglected looking, and no one seems to have a nice garden. The homes are crowded by parked cars, but there are no people in sight, anywhere. Even rural towns in my country have a busy centre, with small stores in terraced rows along the main street, and lots of people walking about doing their shopping etc.
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  1190. I've been calling high end brands "redneck" for decades. It's blindingly obvious that they target lowbrow people.
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  1191. No, men don't begin in their 30's. The quality ones are married by then. If you're a single man in your 30's, you're a leftover. Just like women. That's how it works.
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  1192. ​ @lesleyriseam1282 Why on earth would they have a problem with that?
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  1193. How was that poor girl let down so badly, that she was making such terrible choices at the tender age of 17. To be unafraid of leaving home and casting your lot in with chance, only happens when it seems the better option, and you're already jaded . What does that tell you about her home life?
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  1194.  @Veruska75  Which is precisely why parents are fully responsible for minors. Thirty year olds are on their own, and therefore irrelevant to the point.
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  1195.  @user-qh7rj9wj4p  Why? That would also be unhealthy. How about sensibly sized healthy breakfast, a sensibly sized healthy lunch, and a sensibly sized healthy dinner. Snacks in between should be things like fresh fruit, carrot sticks, nuts, etc.
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  1196.  @user-qh7rj9wj4p  Frequent light meals is much better than infrequent heavy meals. We're not tigers or bears .. we're omnivorous fast metabolisers. As you are moving and on your feet more hours than you are seated, you should be eating plenty of complex carbs, light proteins, some healthy fats (extra virgin olive oil, avocados, eggs, fish oil, nuts etc) and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.
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  1197. Why do these old and sick people go on cruises? What's the matter with them? A cruise ship isn't a floating nursing home, FFS.
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  1198. The entire point of moving to such countries, is to live really well. To a standard much higher than you could afford at home. It's not to SAVE money, but to get more for your money. Not sure this person understands that.
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  1199. It's like a nation of toddlers in adult bodies. Meantime, the woman who threw her trash out the window pissed me off the most. The arrogance and contempt behind that is disturbing.
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  1200. No mystery ... just look at the calibre of females they attract. 99.9% of them will be lower socio-economic strata, and dysfunctional. Not exactly prizes. This guy likely only attracted a prize once (his first wife), because that was the only instance in his life his looks/hair/height gave him any kind of power. It was all downhill from there. He was reduced to the easy prey.
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  1201. ​​ @jorgeenchilada Not free market capitalism. Free market capitalism would actually fix this. What we're experiencing is the deliberate disempowerment of the working and middle classes .. by those who wish to control us. The want us on UBI's, and living in individual pods in 15 minute cities. Owning nothing.
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  1202.  @reader1236  It's not about ideals - it's about survival. If every member of a family understands that they're obliged to behave themselves and pull their weight (as do members of extended families in other societies), then their personality quirks can be lived with. Tolerating differences is an essential part of being pragmatic about survival. As is subduing any tendency to 'bad behaviour' in yourself.
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  1203. You have to be out of your mind to borrow money for a depreciating asset. I have never, and would never.
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  1204.  @elisekellett2378  No system could cope, because far too many people except to be carried by the system. The problem won't be resolved while 'unwell' people and their families, refuse to manage the situation themselves. No society is so rich and so invincible, that it can sustain the weight of the many who depend upon the system. The way forward isn't to keep expanding services forever, thus enabling our unwillingness to step up as families - that's the worst possible thing we could do. The way forward is to modify services until we reach a point where families start taking back their responsibilities to their loved ones. Find the sweet spot where that change happens organically.
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  1205. @cody5631 Well obviously. That was my point. I was simply discussing how it happens.
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  1206.  @kimberlybowler-spohnholz4975  She's a child, and a child is the product of the parents. The parents are 100% responsible.
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  1207. Because she's catastrophically entitled.
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  1208. Yep. They're white supremacists. The real ones.
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  1209. You ate out most days? No wonder you're struggling! I have zero money worries, and I eat out maybe four times a year.
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  1210. As long as information is withheld, speculation will happen. It's human nature. Expecting it to stop is like expecting the sun to stop shining.
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  1211.  @MoneyStrategiesSOULutions  Exactly. Every family should take care of their own. It's our failure to do this (plus our failure to be worthy of help) which is the source of the problem.
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  1212.  @stjohnbaby  How can you have no family at all?
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  1213.  @scarycarrie1809  But that's exactly the attitude which leads to elderly homelessness. It's not a reasonable choice, it's just plain irresponsible.
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  1214.  @forestcottage7321  The greed and corruption of people who are irresponsible all their lives, and then expect others to save them?
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  1215.  @sandi8596  Fail to "judge" and no one learns anything. Nothing will change.
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  1216.  @sandi8596  That's exactly why so many people end up like this. Selfish and intolerant.
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  1217.  @barbaramcleod1587 If you worked since age 15, you could have paid off your own place.
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  1218.  @candycoatedcyanide3267  Housing is absolutely not a human right.
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  1219.  @denisehaley9271  Yes exactly. Each family should take care of their own. It's disgraceful that many don't.
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  1220. @BossLady There's usually a good reason for it, when no family members will help the person.
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  1221.  @hannahsmith-dg9jt  Which is probably why you chose not to marry into a family whose entire lives would be public property.
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  1222.  @teresalectar  That's because that message was bad from the outset. It was vague, and did not suggest (medically speaking) something innocent. Even a radical hysterectomy doesn't usually require 14 days in hospital followed by four months of recuperation - especially in someone as young and fit as the Princess. It was abundantly clear that something else was going on. Hence the speculation. What she probably should have done was made a couple of light 'official' appearances a month ago. Not discussing her health in any detail - just a "thank you for your well wishes, I'm recovering nicely and looking forward to getting back to work full time". Simply turning up to something for a few minutes would have ended the speculation, and left her to fight her fight in peace.
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  1223.  @drlucy1137  I'm sorry to say that they brought it on themselves to some degree. We live in the information age. There's no privacy anymore - especially for those who among the most famous on earth. Expecting to have complete privacy is kind of silly, given that. The days of Royalty hiding illnesses are long gone.
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  1224.  @angelusonhigh3066  Actually the main 'conspiracy theory' was that she has cancer. In which case, the media have been proven right. Not sure how you missed that.
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  1225.  @crazyhai8155  The main 'conspiracy theory' was that she has cancer. How is that ridiculous?
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  1226.  @winifredrobinson5132  Light appearances doesn't mean a busy day surrounded by crowds. It could mean 20 minutes in a chair, wearing a mask. And FFS sake don't tell me what chemo is like unlike unless you've been through it (and kept working the whole time, and kept raising three kids without the help of nannies, etc etc).
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  1227. ​ @mohamedabdillahi6180  So why attack Christians?
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  1228. So not only did eunuchs have to lose their maracas, but they had to guinea pig potentially fatal dinner too?
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  1229.  @TheJbh147  100%. That is absolutely the reason the East will rule the planet. Our Western society has lost all the 'glue' necessary to be civilised.
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  1230.  @waluigibinladen7859  They failing too .. they're just a few years behind because they stayed culturally intact for longer.
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  1231. Those thick wolf legs and those big paws! Amazing how the hybrid plays out.
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  1232. Australians don't even know what Ranch is, so no one's going to judge you :D
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  1233.  @chrisxplore9575  Yep. There's a WHOLE lot of information missing from this story.
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  1234.  @rosannawaldock8223  That's exactly what we DON'T need. What's needed is working and middle class people buying their own homes. That's the only way to stop corporate landlords from buying up everything.
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  1235.  @philyewin4880  BINGO!
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  1236.  @banana9106  No one who is renting has any business owning pets. It's not fair to the animals, and puts people into perilous situations.
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  1237.  @beaulieuonnp593  Well said. You're 100% correct on all points.
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  1238.  @darlenegattus8190  On what planet is having a pet a natural right? This is the kind of irresponsible entitlement that causes so many problems.
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  1239.  @Riu-bw4bl  This is nonsense, sorry. When houses go on the market, ANYONE can buy them. Investors are no more able to guarantee they'll win an auction than you are. And they frequently lose auctions to people looking for a home to live in. Happens all the time.
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  1240. Three are dead and one is critical. And the critical one is likely in no condition to be interrogated.
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  1241. They have the same in Asia, but not many fat people. That's because they eat less and exercise more.
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  1242.  @valerielstevens4712  On the contrary 'going away to college' is the worst thing kids can do. It's what has caused so many social problems in American society - kids being thrust into the adult world before they're ready. They're too young to be without boundaries, because they haven't learned nearly enough about compromise, cooperation, resonsibility, and answerability. Kids need to learn to function in a multigenerational setting, to mature properly. When they live exclusively with other kids, their development is quite arrested. Besides, parents who want their kids to 'go away to college' are wanting it for themselves - not their kids. They want to check out of parenting early.
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  1243.  @rebeccaemery4122  You seem bit too WELL informed. Are you privy to this highly personal medical information? If so, why are you sharing it publicly? Or are you just repeated what was released? Let me just say it again - if she needed surgery to remove a mass, she would have known that cancer was suspected or at the very least, possible, BEFORE that surgery. In fact it's quite likely she'd had biopsies and scans prior, which would have confirmed the diagnosis. What they choose to tell us is simply a broad overview. They may not have wanted to discuss her condition before they knew whether surgery would be 'successful', and also to clarify whether further treatment would be needed (it isn't always ... sometimes surgery is all that's needed). They may also have wanted to avoid announcing her condition at the same time the King announced his. I very much doubt that she know nothing until after the surgery, either way.
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  1244.  @travelchic3407  Yes, it was handled woefully. I can't understand why, as their PR teams are top notch.
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  1245. ​ @tinat5484  The end game is control and profit. They don't want the working and middle classes to own property. They want us life renters in urban prisons.
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  1246. She reacted to the child crying. This isn't the same thing as PP psychosis. This is a woman who's not used to being responsible and has zero patience. She responded with violence due to the strength of her anger at having her life disrupted.
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  1247. Huh? is right!
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  1248. Bingo! This dissolution and degradation of Western societies is a direct result of misguided compassion (which isn't compassion at all). Every dollar thrown, is another dollar funding more homelessness.
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  1249. Also, ducted climate control is insanely expensive. It's totally excessive, no matter where you live. And cold water washing of laundry is normal for most of the world. So is drying laundry outdoors.
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  1250.  @GamerGirl_PA  Thank you! There are also hobbyists with high tech drones involved. Obviously. None are breaking any laws, which is why nothing is being done.
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  1251. But they WANT to live that way. If they didn't, they'd have lived their lives like Asians and others, who stay together as a family for life.
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  1252. How are you going to stop people making the choices which lead to this?
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  1253. He could have done with a family and anonymity. The pursuit of glory is not for the ordinary mind.
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  1254. It's a tragedy to see this man's incredible intellect slowly decay. What a loss to the world he is. His parents have a lot to answer for.
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  1255. What are you afraid of? This is just one of many studies on the impact of neglect on development. They ALL proved beyond a shadow of a doubt, that maternal emotional neglect has a huge impact on children. It creates an array of behaviours now referred to as 'autism'. Denial serves our own egos, and just ensures kids keep suffering.
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  1256. Try "leaving" the Progressive Left, and see how fast you're shunned. Tell your woke pals you've decided to start voting Conservative. Progressivism is absolutely a cult.
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  1257. Great job, and lovely old beast of a car ... but a quick unrelated question for anyone who might know. This family looks and sounds very white bread, yet their surname is very exotic. Where I live, people like this have surnames like Evans, or Williams, or Cooper. Curious to know where such a name might come from.
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  1258. Sorry, but that is NOT the solution. You don't keep building houses to feed the appetites of those who expect their own private residence. That will never end. The problem isn't lack of housing, it's the attitude you show here when you say "more people HAVING to live with family and friends", as though that's somehow bad. That's what we should all be doing! If we all shared with family or friends, there would be plenty of housing for everyone.
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  1259. ​ @lukedegraaf1186 The poster was probably only referring to work. And they were correct in that regard. If you're on $25 an hour for unskilled labour, it doesn't matter how hard you work - you'll still earn less than a doctor. And it's important to remember that the doctor worked their ass off for many years, to get to that point. Arguably far harder than the person doing work requiring no special training. The point being that it's all relative.
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  1260.  @alanna1874  Yeah, no. That's just someone trying to escape consequences (by masking them). That makes them even worse.
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  1261.  @navidbutt-inflammationwiza1983  Hopefully more people realise that flying solo is a very expensive way to live. Basically a luxury.
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  1262.  @tubecated_development  Sure, but there are a LOT of people who aren't profoundly disabled, who should be living with family. They become destitute because they're living alone. In other words living way beyond their means.
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  1263.  @julibeswick-valentine3690  So he should be with family. That's how we survive - together. Strength in number.
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  1264.  @huflungdung9334  None of us are entitled to 'luxury'. And no one is obliged to be 'miserable' because they don't have luxury. I think it's you who has the problem mindset.
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  1265. She's 52? FIFETY TWO? She looks a thousand years old.
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  1266. Great. Go exploit some poor chick in SE Asia. What a prince 🙄
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  1267.  @robertbrown4152  So why did you expect not to be homeless when you came out?
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  1268.  @sewerrat7612  Not even then. Even a just few years ago, you could find plenty of houses selling for $20k (or less). People CHOSE to rent land for a trailer, because they wanted to live in certain areas - areas they couldn't afford otherwise. That's a luxury choice, technically. It says you want champagne on a beer budget. Again, that kind of recklessness comes with a high price - one way or the other.
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  1269. While I agree with most of your points, as someone who was once in her 20's, I need to tell you that you're entirely wrong about young women enjoying attention from old men. It's revolting to us, actually. And always creepy as hell. PS, I married in my 20's, and still married to same man. We built everything together.
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  1270. Same I saw it in 2006 also - and made everyone I know saw it 😄 The big surprise hasn't so much been how quickly it happened, but HOW it happened. We assumed, back then, it would be the fault of the redneck side of America. After all, they were the stupid ones, right? And they were deemed so in the actual film, with all that spastic breeding etc. That it turned out to be the handiwork of the 'smart, urban, educated and childless' was shocking irony. Mike Judge didn't even see that coming.
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  1271. Meow!
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  1272. Actually, we don't know that. Not at all. There is so far zero evidence that mental illness is genetic. The only thing we do know for sure, is that inconsistent or unstable parenting, creates impulsiveness and emotional disregulation. In order to acquire mood regulation, we have to see it modelled by our carers in early childhood.
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  1273.  @andreadraper6533  Thank you for also mentioning this. It's actually quite concerning that people are being told it's genetic. That misinformation means they're probably terrified they'll pass it on to their own children .. and worse, they'll believe nothing can be done about it. Like it's some fixed physiological state. It's incredibly important that they know that not only is it highly unlikely to be genetic, but that if it can be learned .. it can be unlearned. Also, when they understand HOW it happens, they can work to avoid damaging their own children the same way.
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  1274.  @RonaldDaub-xi5jz  It's not generalisation .. it's reality.
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  1275.  @Oiami-.-  Except that men HAVEN'T stopped doing it. We have to work with that reality. We have to treat men as the mack trucks barreling down the freeway. We have to stay out of their way.
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  1276.  @forest2727  Who is defending them? Who is making their actions sound reasonable? I've not seen anyone here do that. Everyone knows they're disgusting pig creeps. And people point to the victims BECAUSE there are disgusting pig creeps on the streets. All women know such men are around, so most of us act accordingly. It's incredibly important to avoid pretending that it's okay for women to make themselves vulnerable. It's totally shitful that we can't walk around freely, but wishing it were otherwise won't make us safer.
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  1277.  @Oiami-.-  How does that change anything for their victims? Think about what you're saying here.
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  1278.  @Oiami-.-  That makes zero sense. If you put yourself in danger, wishing that danger away doesn't make it go away (intentional harm or not).
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  1279. How does she still have student loans so close to retiring? That's insane!
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  1280.  @ZawZaw-yb3nf  Of course ... in every change and new era, there are casualties. The folk who couldn't or wouldn't adapt fast enough, and got left behind. There were casualties in the post war years, there were casualties going into and out of the great depression, etc etc. It was ever thus, and will ever be thus. It's absurd to make that the point.
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  1281.  @Dr.Hoffman  That's it, for sure.
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  1282. Please don't listen to this. Anyone suggesting that renting is better than owning, should be regarded with suspicion. Remember that insurance is a luxury and an option, and a significant amount of maintenance is over servicing. Buy in a place with low or no property taxes, forgo insurances, and do your own maintenance. That's how we fight back.
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  1283. This interview feels like a fail in terms of highlighting the actual problem. The subject has a distinct whiff of narcissism, which is very unfortunate. And the stagey theatrics just amplify narcissism - even if it's not actually present. The enthusiasm with which commenters applaud the subject's personal characteristics, means the bigger point is lost. It's quite disturbing actually.
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  1284.  @deeznuts8324  Narcissism refers to an individual's behaviour, not a 'story'. And I do know what it means, because knowing is within the scope of my profession. Also, I did not say she IS a narcissist, I said that the way the story is told makes her seem like a narcissist .. even if she isn't. The theatrical pauses and deliberation of speech are tactics used to control the attention of others. Slow talking is another ... because the speaker gains power from 'making us wait'. This isn't about whether victims needs to be heard - that goes without saying. But you mentioning something so obvious, tells me you've missed the point. I believe this interview is a fail in terms of highlighting problems within religious groups. It feels like performance art, and art almost always reduces serious things to mere devices. Convenient subjects upon which to perform one's art.
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  1285. Actually selling publicly developed housing to citizens is the very best approach to 'public housing'. It should never be held by govts, and just 'loaned' to people. The whole point is to raise people out of dependence. To empower them to direct their own lives. If you simply allow people to rely on subsidised govt owned housing, you disempower them. You also create a system which is abused by 'resource hogging'. People stay in subsidised places for life, meaning no one else can access that house. If you're being subsidised by the tax payer, you should absolutely NOT get more than a few years. Plenty of time to figure out how to support yourself .. then you move on and let someone else in need have the place.
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  1286. She says anyone can identify as a woman, then says it's not easy to do that, then says the person can do it any way they want. So which is it? Easy and anything you like? Or difficult and according to a formula? And then she calls Piers' new identity (black lesbian) "absurd", but would be horrified if anyone said a trans woman's identity is absurd. These people are dangerously stupid. It should be illegal for them to leave the house unsupervised.
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  1287. I always felt she was Sugar Mamma and Beard for the husband. Maybe his conservative Italian family needed reassurance he wasn't gay, and maybe he wanted to be a kept man. This fruitloop of a woman probably seemed the ideal solution to both problems.
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  1288. It's not about fat, it's about EXERCISE.
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  1289. I reckon The Guardian is responsible for at least a third of the NO vote. They f#cked up, big time. Own goals galore!
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  1290. If the fat puple man went up yo the podium in blackface and demanding to be called black, they'd have lost their minds. Yet this kind of identity theft - which is EXACTLY the same - is okay.. That proves the depth of the misogyny behind the trans movement.
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  1291. He didn't "get out of your sight", YOU failed to supervise him. Blaming the child is despicable.
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  1292. Whoever that is in the footage, she's 100% wearing a wig. The hairline around her forehead is not even slightly natural. There are other clues, too.
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  1293. So glad I live in a country which doesn't do tipping. It's an absurd practice, IMO.
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  1294. What's the ethnic origin of the name "Palahniuk"? It sounds very exotic, but the guy doesn't look exotic. He looks bog standard Western/European. Very curious!
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  1295.  @Sjudit84  Thankyou. That would make sense.
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  1296. Why was he swimming in a river in the first place? We don't swim in rivers in my country - we swim in the sea (or chlorinated pools if we're inland). So odd to swim in rivers.
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  1297. How do these kinds of people exist in such numbers in America? We have them here too, but they're very rare. You could go a lifetime and not run into such deep trash. America seems to have become a disaster.
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  1298. ​ @nikkideanmusic Women DO have full control of their bodies and reproduction. Unless we're raped, we have 100% of the control. We know how babies are made (despite misogynists declaring us unable to make the connection between sex and conception), and will not have sex if there's any chance of a conception we don't want. If we proceed with sex anyway, knowing the connection between the act and conception, we are choosing potential conception. Again, 100% control.
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  1299.  @Ayd1th  No, blame people. People who absorb way more housing than they actually need, by living alone. Even a couple is too few people for anything bigger than a studio or small one bedder.
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  1300. I'm struggling to understand why men having no sex is any kind of emergency. On what planet was sex ever a given? Okay, maybe many many decades ago, women were expected to 'do their duty', but that was just a centuries long error .. now largely corrected. In the natural world, the majority of male mammals will never have sex at all .. much less regularly. Onlyl the alphas have any guarantee. Any man who doesn't grasp that, and also grasp that sex is entirely up to the female, is going to be a very miserable dinosaur, in the modern era.
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  1301. Dinkelman cannot be a real name. Apolgies to any Dinkelmans if it is.
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  1302. Oh FFS. Why don't you feel for the poor staff, or business owner? They are the victims in this.
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  1303. With respect, this isn't the fault of public education. This is some kind cultural problem regarding education. In other words the parents. I live near an impoverished 'rough' area, which happens to house a public high school ranked in the top 20 in the country. It's an academic school, meaning entry is strictly by exam. The student cohort includes many kids from working and lower middle class families. 90% of the students are not white. They're the children of migrants from the developing world. Parents who know that education is their ticket out of poverty, and thus do whatever it takes to support their children to do well. That school has about 99% math proficiency. It's cultural.
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  1304. Except that no one else has experienced mushroom poisoning, which would definitely have happened even if the dried product was purchased as a 'home made' thing. Whoever foraged and dried them, would have sold more than one bag.
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  1305.  @kwaaikat100  Agree with that. I don't always remember where I bought things.
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  1306.  @magnessskippton2509  That's a YOU problem. I'm a grown adult, who is on her feet all day every day, and I can manage on a high complex carb bread or cereal, and fruit. My husband has the same, just a slightly larger serving. We eat loads of carbs in our house, and low fat. We're all thin. We're not seeking satiety. We don't freak out if we feel a little peckish by bedtime. It's the natural state, for humans to be always a little hungry. Far too many modern first worlders forget that.
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  1307. They're showing us who they really are.
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  1308. Milk "production problems" aren't a thing. A genuine inability to produce breast milk is extremely rare. Almost all issues result from women simply not feeding often enough or for long enough.
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  1309.  @proudamerican2133  Tell you daughters to breastfeed.
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  1310.  @teresavoegele5114  Thank you! All so true.
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  1311.  @kristinmsnow6251  Sorry, but no. Inability to breastfeed is very rare. Women "fail" to feed because they fail to feed.
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  1312. That must have been unpleasant for you all ... but it's absolutely normal. No one can stay on the premises once they're discharged. Not even for 30 minutes. The reason for that is that ER's can barely keep up with the critically ill and injured who are their focus. They have to move people out quickly, so they can get on with saving the next life.
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  1313. No child is born a monster.
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  1314.  @sleeperboi8701  When you can understand them, and hear them commenting on things English-speaking customers say ...
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  1315. They have roofs over their heads because they're not too spoiled to share. Extended families live together and make it work.
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  1316.  @myasusphone5823  Not sure if you're talking to me, but if so no. I've never lived in the Eastern Suburbs, and never would. Not if you paid me (ok, maybe if you paid me $500k a year I would). The Eastern Suburbs is alien and weird. Everyone I've ever met who didn't live in the Eastern Subs, has said the same thing. The place is just weird as hell.
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  1317. ​ @chantalle7340  Shingles contain asphalt? Not where I live. Here, they're slate, and last many decades. Over 100 years, easily.
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  1318. ​ @kokeskokeskokes Same. I own an old house, built like a castle. No insurance!
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  1319. There is ALWAYS someone rich enough to buy - at any price. There is no limit.
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  1320. A reverse Chinese-Northern England accent is not something I ever thought I'd hear.
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  1321.  @thetimelapseguy8  Not relevant. When you're occupying an entire residence - which means a kitchen and bathroom, at the very least - you're hogging housing. There should be at least three people for every kitchen and bathroom.
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  1322.  @paulchan6570  No one has ever 'pursued' apartments. They're an evil necessity in some locations, but no one REALLY wants to live in one.
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  1323. A cautionary tale. Start planning and saving for retirement in your 20's. Make sure you own a home. The poorer you are, the more important it is.
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  1324. That's the most asinine nonsense imaginable. If you could ask her, do you think she'd prefer to die peacefully in her sleep at home, beside her husband? Or in confused agony, alone, without her husband, on an ice cold brutal mountain far from home?
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  1325. She has every right to be angry, as a part of her grief. It's justified.
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  1326. ​ @DarlyaFaroeste We were.
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  1327. ​ @James_36  I think the minority knows exactly what they're doing - and that these rely on the virtue signalling nature of the bourgeoisie to spread the idea.
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  1328. Nursing WOMEN. Only females lactate.
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  1329. With respect, getting drunk at age 15, is definitely down to parenting.
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  1330. When was it ever free? And why would you expect it to be - unless you're a stunningly beautiful male model under the age of 30? Sex isn't an entitlement. It's a privilege - and usually preserved for the alphas. That's how it works in mammal land.
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  1331. Why did you have to be dragged out? Did you refuse to leave? If so .. why would you do that? PS: everyone has to organise their own ride home. Hospitals don't provide that service.
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  1332. Further ... to suggest that lyrics matter that much, is to suggest we can never love songs sung in a language we don't know. Half of all music I personally listen to, is not in English. Songs I love. Music which moves me. And I don't understand a word. They could be singing about turnips, and I'd still love it.
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  1333. WAY too soon for this poor young woman to have been interviewed.
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  1334. 2004? OMG 😳
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  1335. Even if the population were smaller, the main problem would still exist. And that's the absurd expectation that every single one of us will have our own private home. As long as we think that, there'll never be enough housing.
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  1336. Yes - much of the "crisis" is a result of our own expectation of living in overpriced cities. It's just not realistic to demand cheap housing in expensive locations.
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  1337. The same reason it's so bad everywhere else in the Western world. We've created societies of entitlement, where we all expect to have our own private residence, in the location of our choice. That was ALWAYS an absurd expectation - but we miraculously got away with it for a few decades at the end of the 20thC, so now we think it's our due. There will never be enough housing to meet such an absurd expectation. Or rather, what housing there is in the prime locations everyone seems to think they're entitled to, will be asorbed wholly by the rich, and by the new migrants who have the sense to live collectively. All these entitled people who are not rich, and yet refuse to live collectively - nor in locations they can afford - will be casualties of their own hubris.
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  1338. Go home to your family.
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  1339. ​ @susanstrong4277 It starts with the parents. Don't blame the kids.
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  1340. Oh they know know. There are no "unintended" consequences.
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  1341. ​ @albevanhanoy If properties are for sale on the open market, individuals are free to buy them. The way to stop corporates and investors buying all the housing, is to buy it ourselves.
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  1342.  @chironjo  But you can buy those places just as easily as an investor can. It's not govt's job to stop it - it's ours. We need to do two things. STOP travelling, and STOP renting. Those are the bad habits we have, which are causing all this.
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  1343.  @OrangeNash  Exactly. And WHY are they doing that? Because people won't freaking stop travelling! This only became a problem when every damned man and his dog thought life owed them an overseas vacay - every damned year. It's killing the planet fast .. AND creating housing crises all over the world. Just stay home FFS.
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  1344. These people would be considered homeless in the West - but they don't shit in the streets, spend all day getting high, and leave their crap everywhere. They're hard working, as clean as they can be, and they raise families. The West is so much worse, in so many ways.
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  1345. Coyote/dog hybrid. His body shape is dog, as are some of his behaviours .. not to mention his face. Pretty boy.
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  1346. It's not 'dodgy', it's just been cleared of tenants because it will be sold off to developers. Public housing in my country is being sold off too. Much of it is very run down and no longer fit for purpose, and private developers are the only ones with the capital and the will to rebuild something better. Govts will get out of public housing altogether, other than 'rent assistance' benefits, and a small quantity of housing stock preserved for the most needy. There'll never again be anything like we saw last century. The days of the 'council house' are well and truly over.
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  1347. ​ @llama2851 Yes, I got that. Like I said, it's being cleared of tenants, because it's being sold to developers. Public housing is being sold off everywhere.
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  1348. You did more than raise your kid right - you must also be a respectful, honourable, and responsible person yourself. If you weren't all those things, she would not have wanted to live with you. Well done 👍
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  1349. Poverty is no excuse for such filthy and unkempt surroundings. I've live in poor parts of the Third World, and those people keep their homes and surroundings spotless. Many of the streets you filmed showed an ATTITUDE problem, not a money problem. Guarantee that attitude is what's keeping them poor. If they can't even muster the effort to keep their home and garden neat and tidy, and don't care that they're living in self-created squalor, they've made a clear choice. It's also notable that NONE of the houses had vegetable gardens. If you're poor, it's a no-brainer to grown your own food. It's the only way to maintain a healthy diet at low cost. The fact none of them grow food, proves it's an attitude problem.
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  1350. We all knew the TDS guy was going to be a white saviour ... who automatically accused the brown man of racism. How are they this oblivious about their own wildly inappropriate shortcomings?
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  1351.  @xplodax  What sort of parent raises a kid who's jobless and not studying at 18? If you've fucked up that badly, you deserve everything that kid gives you.
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  1352.  @thesupergreenjudy  You're talking about an extreme though (the 35 year old unemployed person or whatever). This is about normal people, who need support in their 20's while they build education/financial security etc.
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  1353.  @nawnaw4709  Bingo!
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  1354.  @verucasalt9182  Exactly. Such parents are scum.
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  1355.  @victoriavarzinova9748  That's even WORSE. Deliberately making yourself a burden on the state, because you couldn't be assed maintaining a strong and stable family.
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  1356. Exactly. It's pure hubris.
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  1357. That made zero sense. No one need apologise for anything. The way the Palace handled it, was the source of the problem. The media have always treated Catherine very well. They only got 'weird' because the news coming from the Palace was weird.
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  1358. I suspect your experience is unique. I lived in a country not far from where you are, and in which locals assumed I couldn't understand them, and my experience was entirely different. I would put it at a clean 50/50, 'nice' and 'mean' - and the mean can be incredibly offensive. FTR I'm not tall, or fat, or tattooed, or any of those appearance-related things that trigger unkind comments about Westerners. I also adhered to cultural norms, so it wasn't my behaviour either. This stuff happens simply because we're different. It's just good old xenophobia.
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  1359. Why won't they help you?
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  1360. Remember that victory gardens were backyard gardens. Individual householders producing food. That's why it was so successful in the UK. The great thing today, is that there's nothing stopping anyone with a patch of sunlight and soil, from doing the same.
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  1361. I'm not convinced that's a "she". Those are some BIG hands ...
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  1362.  @soullessnight6539  The only way this stops is when fathers stop teaching sons that women are sex vending-machines. And good luck with that .. given the vast majority of human societies are still sexist.
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  1363. ​ @michelleMc2024 Don't try to make it seem ok. It isn't. It's a deeply stupid thing to do.
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  1364. Her parents seem lovely classy people.
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  1365. So you think the inevitable and normal changes to economies over time, are 'ridiculous'? Why? Nothing ever stays the same. That's only going to upset people who refuse to change with the times.
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  1366. Her family discarded her?
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  1367. Why does she need to be visible to men? She's well past breeding age. She needs to find a hobby.
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  1368. ​ @DustWolphy Bingo! There's more to this than meets the eye.
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  1369.  @victoriasainte9625  Go ahead. You first.
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  1370.  @jarodarmstrong509  Exactly!
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  1371. Imagine if you admitted that nothing is stopping you from seeking housing you can afford, wherever that might be. What's affordable to you, isn't what's affordable to the next person. NO ONE is so special, that they're entitled to subsidised housing in premium locations like big cities. We all have to live where we can afford.
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  1372. We've created a society in which this kind of behavior is an option. Too safe, and too well fed. Starving people are rarely in need of mental healthcare. That's how it should be. Not starving exactly, but with the right priorities. The priorities of the animal. Survival - nothing more fancy than that.
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  1373.  @vickibradley4977  Nor drinking!
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  1374.  @margaretlemmon1143  Sure, the parents created the dysfunctional person .. but I guarantee that in almost every case of homelessness, the homeless person is the ongoing problem. They're often unwilling to change.
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  1375.  @BadPetunia2  That cannot be true. Huge swathes of American houses were built before these abomination HOA's existed.
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  1376. There's no way it was random. Companies aren't stupid.
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  1377. @John Freddy They chose their father for a REASON.
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  1378. Why did you need to be able to stand? Aren't you able to swim? If not, what the hell are you doing anywhere near water?
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  1379. With respect, why don't they own property outright, at their age? Any mortgage would be long since paid off. Also, why are they trying to live in one of the most expensive places in the country? Many MUCH cheaper places. Finally, why aren't their families proving a home for them? When presenting these cases, it serves no one to leave out such crucial information. People are naturally going to want to know HOW they ended up in this position, in the same way we want to know what causes cancer. We want to know what to avoid, and these 'victims' should want to share that information. Even if it only saves one person from making the sorts of choices which lead to homelessness, it will have been well worth it.
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  1380. ​ @marianraftery1993  Excuses.
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  1381. ​ @saruflan5441  Hogwash. You're overlaying acquired sophistry onto a base mammalian state, and presuming it wins. That sophistry does not alter our biology - despite our desire that it does. That's the trick of it. Until we find a way to exist outside this hardwired mammalian carcass, it will all remain science fiction.
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  1382. They don't know where the individual operators are, because they're not looking for them. And they're not looking for them because no laws have been broken.
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  1383.  @monideepgoswami  Go for a university town. They have plenty of younger people, are more diverse than regular country towns, and have plenty of facilities and culture etc. Go for places like Bendigo, Geelong, Ballarat, Goulburn, Bathurst, Orange, Armidale, etc. These are more expensive than other country towns, but still cheaper than Sydney. If you want super cheap - like houses under $150k, Broken Hill is about your only option which has any kind of decent town and facilities. My picks for extra cheap would be Mildura or Cooma. Plenty going on in both towns. Not too 'sleepy'.
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  1384. NY is basically a failed social experiment at this point. How incredibly sad, that it was chosen as the sacrificial lamb.
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  1385. No one is forced to live in London - one of the most expensive places on earth. The narrator proves that point by refusing to live there.
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  1386. No they didn't. She had to make this statement because the Palace dropped the ball and made a mess of the whole thing.
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  1387. So ... if you can't afford healthcare, WTF are you doing being obese? Incredible that she's sitting there with her incipient obesity-related health problems, complaining about the cost of healthcare.
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  1388. It was always BS. We tried to migrate there 20 years ago, with exactly the degree qualifications they said they needed, but we were turned down. Meanwhile our much wealthier relatives with no degrees, were able to migrate there easily. It was always about how much money you brought into the country. It was never about skills.
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  1389. There's always something. Always.
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  1390. Exactly. And it's not victim blaming to bring up this important point, it's victim prevention. Vile men will always exist, so at some point we women have to take some ownership of own our safety. We can't stop the creeps from existing, so we have to have strategies for avoiding them. It's not good enough to take risks on the basis that male danger "shouldn't be happening". Of course it shouldn't, but it IS. Standing on principal can get us killed. Far too many women are murdered because they chose to ignore potential danger, telling themselves they have a right to jog alone, or take a shortcut across a park, etc etc. No one is arguing that we don't have that right ... but the right won't save you if you encounter the wrong type of man. It's stupid and reckless to do it just to make a point. Women should not go anywhere alone which isn't busy and in daylight. Not ever. That's basically what it boils down to. Teach your daughters this golden rule, and make sure they have enough self esteem to avoid falling for "charming" nutjobs!
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  1391. How did you end up in your 70's, without a property? Did you work? I ask because even just 10 years ago, you could still buy houses in country towns for less than $100k. People on minimum wage could afford that, no problem.
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  1392.  @OrientalPearl  The other thing. Unless my instincts are wrong. Which they totally could be 🤓
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  1393. ​ @benjaminolsen2381  Apparently she gets all the food.
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  1394. @TheBeanHome  Looking okay doesn't require fake nails and dyed hair.
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  1395. It's often not the fault of the younger people. Far too often, the elderly person themselves is difficult to live with. Asian grandparents aren't selfish and lazy, and are clean living and respectful. They don't think babysitting is a chore, they see it as a privilege. They want to be useful and helpful. Unfortunately a lot of Westerners think of retirement as some kind of second teenager-hood. They even try to socially compete with younger generations, expecting to mix and hang out like friends. Asian elderly don't do that, ever. They will be around for help and a bit of conversation, but they're emotionally self-sufficient enough not to need social validation from people half their age. They ain't trying to join your dinner party conversations, or go to parties with you. Westerners can be painfully stupid when it comes to this stuff. They have a lot to learn, before this elderly isolation thing has a hope of being fixed.
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  1396. Not to dismiss the evil in any way ... that house and that neighborhood are soooo wrong. The house is freaking gargantuan, and is about as stylish as a 1990's nursing home. And the neighbourhood is apparently allergic to trees. Anyone who'd actually WANT to live in such a house, in such a place, has to be dodgy in some way.
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  1397.  DEMoc RATS  How do you know they died at the same time?
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  1398. What's a "warren" officer? Is it an officer named Warren?
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  1399.  @hhjhj393  Why can't they?
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  1400.  @TriniLush7  BS. Planning is BECAUSE life throws curve balls. That's the point of it. If you don't live like disaster is around the corner, you deserve everything you get. Hubris will destroy you, every time.
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  1401. Why in heck do Americans think they need a buyer's agent? The rest of the world manages perfectly well without one. They're completely unnecessary. It's extreme overservicing.
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  1402.  @weleftitbehind5105  Not in America, thankfully!
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  1403. One of the great cultural mysteries of the Western World, is why Americans think of places like this as restaurants. Or why the even HAVE places like this. Incredibly lowbrow, franchised, "family restaurants". They're such a bizarre and unappealing dining option, and any which have tried to operate outside America have failed spectacularly. If we're not looking for fast food, we expect sophisticated food cooked by hardcore Foodies. That franchise crap would never wash.
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  1404.  @scarlettdamante4945  If you have done anything at all to cause your own poverty, then you don't "need" help. Had made choices freely, so you merely "want" help. There's a world of difference. People in genuine need don't make those kinds of choices, obviously. And yes, many people in need ARE innocent. Famine victims, slum dwellers, victims of natural disasters and wars, refugees, orphans, etc etc.
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  1405.  @LillyC-j5o  If we all looked after number one, this wouldn't be happening.
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  1406.  @scarlettdamante4945  Exactly. And morally, no one who has contributed to their own poverty has any business asking others to support them. If they made the choice to gamble/do drugs/smoke/drink/live alone/live beyond their means/get divorced four times or whatever, then clearly they were not concerned about their finances. That means they're the kind of person who will do whatever they want, then expect others to clean up after them. Immoral, in other words. And they're not 'mistakes'. Even a child knows that if you spend all your money on 'fun', and don't save any, that things won't go well. They're never unintended consequences. It's just shitty people, not caring.
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  1407.  @scarlettdamante4945  I'm not talking about their entire soul, I'm talking about their contribution to their own poverty. And I'm sorry, but victims of circumstances beyond their control (famine, war, natural disaster etc) definitely did not contribute to their own poverty.
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  1408.  @unicorntomboy9736  I work with several autistic people. They're medical specialists, earning well over six figures.
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  1409. They're going to need to get used to mockery real fast, because the horses are loose.
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  1410. Where do you think she should have been taken instead? And how would that not be abduction?
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  1411. It's not the job of landlords and govt to take care of you in retirement. You're supposed to plan ahead so that you can take care of yourself.
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  1412. Yes, we've become so selfish and childish that we won't even make the effort to get along ... so that all can thrive by sharing.
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  1413.  @MrSatnavatron  No, it's called profiling. Police do it too. It has nothing to do with racism .. it's statistics based action.
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  1414. Indonesians do understand Malay, as it's technically the same language. The difference is that Indonesians have a much stronger accent. It's like the difference between a Scottish person's English, and an English person's English.
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  1415.  @0Apostata0  They stay within the legal parameters while around those bases. They're not stupid. They're not trying to lose their very expensive kit.
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  1416. There's no more social housing coming. I can't believe some people still think the government will save them 😮
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  1417. Yes, H Pylori causes most gastric cancers. It's a disease of insanitation, common in the developing world - rare in the first world.
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  1418. We love donuts, but we're strictly about cinnamon dusted. We really don't like glazed ... way too sweet.
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  1419. Why didn't you? Was it a long time ago, when we knew less?
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  1420.  @nowandaround312  That would require a level of stupidity which is oblivious to all of mammalian history.
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  1421.  @tulakathrine5892  Actually formula fed (by choice) babies have problems. I'm here for them, not lazy adults.
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  1422.  @Kelly-oe8kr  Dude, there's no 'bubble'. It's the new normal. And yes, a lot of landlords will likely downsize to their investment properties. It's inevitable. But their tenants won't be 'evicted', they'll just be terminated at the end of their lease. Whether they have anywhere to go or not, is not relevant. That's a personal matter, unique to the individual.
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  1423.  @musa7606  Here's what I said "if you've put yourself in a situation which relies on a car, without actually being able to afford a car, you're some kind of idiot". Why would you even apply for a job which required a car, if you had to borrow money for that car? That's insane. When I didn't have a car, I only took jobs which were accessible by public transport. I would travel 90 minutes each way by bus & train, so I could live in a cheap housing area. I came out tens of thousands of dollars ahead, than someone who drove that same route in a financed car. Again, the choice to put yourself tens of thousands behind, is insane. So I don't believe for a moment that people make the decision purely on financial grounds. They do it because they really want a car, but they don't want to save the money necessary. They also want more car than they could ever pay cash for - in other words a car they can't afford.
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  1424.  @musa7606  I pointed out that I used to travel 90 minutes each way by bus and train. Nowhere near my job, obviously. Way outside the city, in a 'poor' area. No bubble involved. Again I'd ask why you elected to live in an area which meant being reliant on a car, if you couldn't afford a car without borrowing? That's a choice you made. No one forced you to live in a place with no public transportation - you chose that. For anyone who isn't rich, the logical thing to do would be a) find a way to earn enough money to pay cash for a car, or b) move somewhere which has public transportation. These are the choices we peasants have to make, to avoid being down by tens of thousands (money we can't afford to lose - obviously).
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  1425.  @CassandraY  But you choose to live in that location. Besides .. what do people in your area do if they don't have a car? Bus? Train? Bicycle? There must be other options besides driving. And you still haven't explained why you couldn't just save up for a cheap car, to avoid borrowing.
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  1426. Rehydrating dried fruit (raisins etc) in a 50/50 mix of orange juice and ginger beer, is a fantastic alternative to booze.
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  1427. Yes, exactly that. People need to know exactly what the patient experienced. Information is power.
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  1428. On the contrary, needing to be 'sexy' and getting botox etc, is about as ageist as it gets. She herself HATES age and ageing. To a pathological level. There is no one more ageist than her.
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  1429. A far better scheme would be one which empowers the poor to self-reliance.
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  1430. Why did your parents let you?
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  1431. Hard to believe that people this trashy are walking amongst looking like human beings.
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  1432. I would say that anyone who thinks a one hour commute is something terrible, is their own worst enemy. That's 90% of the problem, right there. In my country a one hour commute is nothing. We don't EXPECT to live in the city and be close to work. It's an absurd expectation for anyone not earning huge salaries. And that's always been true ... none of this is new.
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  1433. ​ @B01 It's a smudge. The new footage looks completely different.
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  1434. Except you don't know the difference between then and than.
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  1435. The 👍 has been disabled on this vid. First time I've seen that.
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  1436. Folie a deux
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  1437. Staggering how different these two eras were. Confused private to Lizzie Bennett.
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  1438. Sorry, but NO ONE should be living alone. One of the biggest wastes of housing (if not the biggest) is sole individuals occupying an entire residence. No matter how small, it's still far more square foot of housing than they actually need. Worse, it means an entire kitchen and bathroom for ONE PERSON. If that's not the most profligate luxury imaginable, I don't know what is.
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  1439. Sorry, no. No one needs to be warmer than 16c. We only use very minimal heating if the indoor temperature is below 10c. Above that, we put on an extra layer of clothing. Half the problem is First Worlders expecting 21c in winter.
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  1440. It takes much more than just having children. You have to earn their care by being an honourable, stable, dependable, responsible, and respectful parent.
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  1441. Where is your husband? Where are your parents? Where are your siblings? Why are you trying to live beyond your means?
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  1442.  @very7962  Well said.
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  1443. Cognitive dissidents 😂
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  1444. Also, the girl who totalled the parents car .. your PARENTS had a financed car? WTF? Middle aged and evidently poor, but still borrowing money on a depreciating asset like foolish teenagers? No wonder she's utterly reckless!
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  1445. Where I live, it's the white middle class urbanites .. even if they don't actually live in urban areas. It's the Cafe Socialists.
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  1446. OMG at that 40% of household budgets in America going on meals outside the home 😳 I don't know anyone who does that. It's freaking crazy. My household spends about 10%, at most.
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  1447. Because Singapore isn't crawling with addicted homeless people!
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  1448.  @wanderlusterer442  Yet no one is stopping the average person from buying those properties. Landlords are outbid at auctions all the time, by regular people.
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  1449. They make it about race so that it's not about merit. Meritocracy scares the living crap out of them. The thought that they won't be coddled just for existing. The thought that survival might depend on personal effort and integrity, is nightmare stuff to these people. It's extreme privilege, basically.
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  1450. That's because it's a psychiatric problem. We should be glad the money is being spent on the root cause.
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  1451.  @daniellamcgee4251  It doesn't work like that, unfortunately. A low grade mental illness (like a sub-clinical but still debilitating depression) can't be 'cleared' the way an infection or a bone break can be cleared. Givnen that, ME is more likely an enculturated response to low grade depression. Importantly, ME is something that happens almost exclusively in the First World, meaning it can't be physiological. If it was physiological, rates would be the same all over the world. More importantly, it's rarely seen in people who have no access to support. That's very telling .. because it suggests there's a choice involved. A subconscious choice to be sure, but no less real. If patients mostly only manifest this syndrome when they know they can - because family will do for them, or because they have access to support workers - it proves that there's control over it. The mere fact that those in poor societies, and those who have no access to support, rarely experience this after contracting viruses, tells us so much about the root cause. Having said that, I'm all for further research .. as long as that research isn't not limited by political influence or anti-science social pressure. As long as we refuse to consider all possible root causes, we are obstructing science.
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  1452. How do you do that, without becoming totalitarian? If you mandate housing/welfare etc beyond what it currently is, you're engaging in tyranny. In order to do that, you must take from others by force .. which means violence .. which means tyranny.
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  1453. Quite apart from the adult baby in cuffs .. that 'restaurant' was fantastic. Like something from an early 80's TV movie. So emphatically anachronistic. Can't believe there are places that look that dire, and yet are still in business!
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  1454. These are a great option, but only on your own land. The poor can't afford to pay rent their entire lives.
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  1455. You weren't told to get a useless degree.
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  1456. Bingo. This is absolutely a failure to grow up.
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  1457. As much as this is sad and distressing, you have to understand that hospital ERs are really struggling to deal with the dramatic increase in addicts, psych, and homeless repeat offenders. 20 years ago the majority of presentations were genuine emergencies. Now it's at least 30% bad players on any night, plus another 30% not even urgent, much less emergencies. Coupled with a massive rise in abusive and non-compliant behaviour, it's a huge problem. People just refuse to leave until they get their drugs/bed/hot meal etc. Then security asks them to leave and they get beligerant. They abuse patients, staff, anyone. ERs were never fun, but they're a nightmare now that they're being abused. It's truly a crisis. The police in this footage are jaded and over it. If you work in this system you get it.
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  1458. Yeah, but WHY? Until there's a plausible reason for this theory, it remains just that - a theory.
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  1459.  @petehuckleberry5068  Aw shucks .. I love it when I get called 'kid'. At my age that's not a frequent occurrance!
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  1460.  VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM  The rest of the world manages without "buyers agents", Americans can too!
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  1461.  @brianmatthews4149  Not a question that needs asking. What an individual chooses to do in response to not being able to afford something, is unknowable. It's entirely personal. Every person will have their own solution. As long as they're not on the street, the world is their oyster.
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  1462.  @101519e  What more CAN they do?
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  1463.  @JKDVIPER  Once again, each individual will have their own solution. Do you think it's reasonable or humane to dictate what they do or where they go? It's far more humane to allow people to solve things as they see fit. Wanting to dictate how they do it, is terrible. If I can't afford to buy meat (for example), do you think it's reasonable to demand that some arbitrary solution is forced on me? Like forcing me to eat insects or something? What if I prefer to become vegetarian, or hunt, or save my money to buy a chicken once a month?
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  1464. He just needs a doubled or triple glazed window, and some decent dog beds.
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  1465. I find it very hard to believe that most poor folk have no relatives.
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  1466.  @Thomas-ky3rl  You're an adult though, right? Meaning you've created your own family - either wife and kids, or friends.
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  1467.  @Thomas-ky3rl  Your wife and kids are all dead? Your grandchildren? All your friends? All your cousins, and nieces and nephews? If that's true, I'm very sorry for you.
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  1468.  morrisonscott702  Hey Morrison Scott .. do you need some gift cards to help you escape the oil rig?
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  1469. You ate fast food every day? OMG
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  1470. Friendly reminder - north is only "bad" in the northern hemisphere. There are plenty of cold, treacherous mountains in the southern hemisphere - where north is the warm, friendly face. Down here, the south is the enemy. Cold and dark, and not to be trusted.
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  1471. Dude, if you're being held hostage blink twice.
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  1472.  @mowtow90  Whoa .. that's some intersting English you use there. What is your first language?
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  1473.  @dianeveilleux6452  Danny didn't know that.
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  1474.  @oppoppoppo  So what? The kids didn't know any different. To them, he was Daddy. Why would his concerns about paternity, be more important than the immense damage done to children when they're abandoned by the only family they know?
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  1475. Not really. Doctors are very rational, and there's no reason to think these conditions are anything other than depression with physiological sequelae.
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  1476. ​ @Vv-fl2rm Only if you're still breeding age - which these people are NOT. They should be seeking validation from their peers - in a non-sexual way.
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  1477. I have no doubt this tool defends the right of non white nations to be nationalistic. I'll bet he thinks its just swell that places like Japan don't like migrants - especially migrants who are racially and culturally very different. Heck, Muslims can't get in to Japan at all .. but that's just fine, right Sam?
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  1478. You're so punny, Sir
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  1479. I can't imagine living in a country that has Rabies. Or Hanta virus, for that matter. Horrifying.
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  1480. What is the 'actual problem of homelessness'? Tell us your theory.
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  1481. It's 90% the parents, and 10% the schools. So the parents have A LOT to answer for.
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  1482. It's the treatment, not the disease.
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  1483. ​ @TidewaterC  100% correct.
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  1484. ​ @FreeminderXIII  Yes, it's older age, or treatment, or poor hygiene due to general lethargy.
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  1485. I don't. They knew what they were doing (I mean what kind of person doesn't first research the job market of a degree they're interested in). Even if they were too stupidly privileged to consider whether there were any jobs in the field, their parents would have done such research .. surely. Like I said .. they knew. They just didn't care. It's entitlement thinking. Assuming someone else would take care of them - or that the government would save them.
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  1486. They know ... they just don't want to.
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  1487. ​ @MMK86 1600 is double the size of many three bedroom houses in my country. Two people SHOULD be able to live in 400.
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  1488. This girl's parents need very close examination. Her level of environmental (upbringing caused) damage - plus their failure to even accompany her in this interview - suggests profound neglect. They may have kept her clean, fed, and housed - but they have have absolutely neglected her mind and soul.
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  1489. I love that the woman in that first couple is so trashy. Her makeup, her clothes, the utterly tawdry "decor" in her mansion. How absolutely hilarious 😄
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  1490. The big mystery is WHY Americans are ok with this stuff, when no one else in the world is. For example in my country, no one would touch something like this. It's already bad enough with apartments .. given their fees can be many thousands per year .. but to have the additional burden of being policed, makes it untenable. Not even the weirdo neat freaks who like McMansions, will tolerate that. It seems .. to the outsider .. that Americans will forfeit just about anything in the way of civil liberties/private property/good taste/good health, if they think there's some kind of 'convenience' pay off. I hate to say it, but it seems like a kind of cultural laziness. If they can buy it pre-grated, processed, low effort, disposable, or move-in-ready .. they'll sell their very souls. It's a strange affliction.
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  1491. Definitely. Just a new variant.
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  1492. That name is the worst of the felonies.
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  1493. ​ @jakeballou5147 Yes, they absolutely do.
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  1494. Why do Americans pronounce Graham, "gram"? The correct pronunciation is "gray-am". It's infuriating to hear a syllable dropped.
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  1495. Breastfeeding created 9 billion humans. NEVER refer to it as some kind of option.
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  1496.  @theworld6710  The Progressive Left is now the Establishment, so anti-establishment means anti Progressivism. Punk .. anarchy .. means the middle finger to the Man, remember .. no matter which side the Man is on. If you can be persuaded that the Establishment only needs resisting when it's the other side, you're no kind of punk. You're an Establishment toady.
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  1497. Nope, sorry. It's 99% on that shit headed woman. She's utterly awful. The guy's being ridiculous but I totally get his rage at her narcissistic oblivion. She's exactly what I think of when I think "white supremacist". Paternalistic BS.
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  1498. Further to Cate's impressive resume, she also had the lead role in an Italian language film "Heaven". And yes, she spoke Italian for almost all of it. Incredible film, FTR. Not so well known, but darkly beautiful.
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  1499. That's because it's a cultural practice. Even wealthy people from that background can be incredibly careless with food.
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  1500. That plate of grey slop cannot be for real. It looks like nursing home food! Where the hell are the colours and textures? Where are the fresh vegetables? Where is the pride in both production and presentation? Where is the honouring of your guests?
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  1501. ​ @AndreiFantastic  Not al men. Plenty of men hate huge butts.
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  1502.  @janetpattison8474  Why were you a parent at 19?
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  1503.  @mindareinetels6047  Everything. Unless you're ultra conservative and securely married, you are severely compromising your child/ren. You can't NOT be, at 19 and alone and impoverished. Choosing to do it, knowing that, is very dysfunctional.
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  1504. I'm sorry that happened to you, but hospitals simply CANNOT admit people just because they're homeless. If they did that, they would have no beds for the critical. When you're discharged, you must leave .. period. There are no exceptions.
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  1505. Not if you have thousands of gallons in rainwater tanks. Which really, every suburban home should have.
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  1506. All part of the plan.
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  1507.  @blacky_Ninja  What good reasons are they? Children do better raised by the mother, because the mother has the strongest nurture/protect instincts. It's all very natural.
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  1508. This is incredibly important information. How can we possibly progress in our understanding of developmental delays, when we refuse to consider all possible causes?
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  1509. It's because we got tired of being regarded as sex vending machines .. for thousands of freaking years. The men who get the girls now, are the ones who aren't looking for a sex vending machine. Ironically, they're getting all the sex. Learn from that.
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  1510. ​ @Blastington2222  We got tired of sex creeps, that's all. If you're not a sex creep, no problem.
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  1511.  @mikethomas6120  No, that's not what creepy is. You have it totally backwards. A creep is a male (or female) who is way out of their lane. That means age difference, or looks difference, or educational difference, etc etc. Two guys can do exactly the same thing, and one will be creepy while the other isn't. Let's say they impose an interaction with an unknown female in a public place. They engage some pretext to force that interaction .. like asking a question, or mentioning the weather, or holding a door open and using that opportunity to engage with her. If a 'chad' (a very good looking guy her own age, and who is a similar socio-economic level as her) does this, it's never creepy. If however, an unattractive or older man does it, it's almost always creepy. I don't know how many times we women have to say this .. but FFS .. just stay in your lane! You will be happier, and far more likely to secure a mate. AND women won't need to walk around in fear of creeps forcing them into these sex-motivated interactions. If you're ugly, talk to ugly girls. If you're old, talk to old women. Do NOT approach or interact with young attractive women, unless you're also young and attractive.
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  1512. It's bizarre that poor people expect to live in one of the most expensive places on earth. Where did this sense of entitlement come from? Who told them they're owed NYC? People need to live where they can afford. If they want gold plated zip codes they need to pay for it just like everyone else. They need to find a way to earn the kind of salaries necessary.
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  1513. ​ @lainiwakura1776  Sorry .. are you actually saying a ten minute drive is too far? If so .. OMG 😮
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  1514. ​ @margielewallen1831  Again ... what's with these complaints of distance? 17 minutes is nothing! Someone else complained about 10 minutes! How is it possible you think these distances are too great? Do you expect everything to be within 5 minutes of you?
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  1515. The life coach who needed to glom onto someone else's hard-worked-for family, to meet her basic needs, is unbelievable. Imagine having the audacity to refuse to do the work marriage and family takes, then expecting those who did the work, to rescue you. That has to qualify as narcissism.
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  1516. Agree only with non-citizens being barred from property ownership. Everything else is just symptoms of first world hubris. In a socially healthy society (where people don't allow themselves to become unlovable), there'd be no need for "retirement villages". Extended families would be the norm. Also, if you deliberately buy into a HOA, you can't complain about the tyrannical nature of such a concept. You can't have it both ways. Either you want tyranny in your neighborhood, or you want the freedom to give out free water.
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  1517. ​@TC4loveandlife Bullshit. My black family started with nothing, and in one generation were producing doctors and lawyers. The only oppression is that which we impose on ourselves - by aiming as low as they tell us we should. They tell us we're oppressed - it's up to us to believe that and live accordingly .. or say FU and strive for personal greatness. How do think Asian migrants have done so well? Not by accepting the narrative of inferiority the white man fed them, that's for sure and certain. Stop looking backwards. That's just their new way of keeping you shackled. Keep agitating you with the wrongs of the past, to the point that it consumes your future.
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  1518.  @achteachteyo5417  Yes. Self-inflicted injuries/disease should be excluded from public health.
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  1519.  @mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072  I mean why would you pay for a specialist, for regular day to day health care? Specialists are for complex and serious conditions - not the ordinary stuff. It's a bizarre level of over-servicing. Like a scam, really.
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  1520. The monarch owns all the swans in England, wild or otherwise. Weird, but true. The people tradionally employed by the Crown to manage swan populations, are known as Swan Uppers. I knew that and I'm not even English. Never set foot in the UK. These Royalty experts are bit lacking!
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  1521. ​ @saureco  Young women would not.
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  1522. A social contract is built and maintained by PEOPLE, not governments.
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  1523. This is the music your 40 year old geography teacher was listening to. Most of these were considered very cheesy and commercial, back then. Not young people music - at all.
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  1524. Because a useful degree takes actual work and self-sacrifice.
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  1525. That dude was never American. I can't pick that tortured accent, but I know what it ain't.
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  1526.  @Widkey  No, they "cry socialism" because people like this think they can do art all their lives, then expect the working stiff to fund them in retirement.
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  1527. Obviously Marfanoid, which is no mystery.
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  1528.  @yamomsass1263  So do something else. Buy a house in the city with family. Share.
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  1529. ​ @helentaylor7132  While it would be wonderful if each of us were evaluated on our detailed personal backstory, it's just insanely unrealistic. There just aren't enough doctors on the planet to do that, and there never will be. Self advocacy and a strong universal healthcare (aka free and available to every citizen), is the best it gets. And we already have that - except for barbaric America of course, but that's just one country (and thus not relevant at all). The point is most of us already have all we're going to get. We have to make the most of it.
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  1530. Are you suggesting she should have been locked up? Are you aware that Western societies like America fought that stuff for years ... calling it brutal?
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  1531. Because they're hobbyists FFS. I guarantee if it were anything else, the responses would be VERY different.
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  1532. ​ @zantas-handle Yes. That's how they (the drone nerds) get credulous people to freak out. It's like crop circles. They did it for their own amusement, and to give themselves a challenge.
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  1533. Those are personal matters - this is about ECONOMICS. Besides, no one has an automatic right to live in a place just because they have some personal social link. What an absurd idea.
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  1534. ​ @DuffMan-c5z If you're over the age of 10, you should be responsible enough. It's very basic self-discipline, after all.
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  1535. Parents ... stop failing your kids. Grow up, and teach them to be discerning.
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  1536. It's not the kind of neglect you're probably thinking about. It's EMOTIONAL neglect. A failure of the primary carer to provide daily, constant, very focused eye-to-eye engagement. The failure to provide that fundamental engagement has increased dramatically in the past couple of generations. Many reasons why .. but failure to breastfeed is a big one (breastfeeding results in much more focus from the mother, since no one else can do it, and because breastfed babies feed more often than formula fed babies). Putting babies in a separate bedroom is another. And then there's just plain old emotional laziness. Women who don't talk to and closely interact with infants, in the belief that they don't 'have to' until the kid is a toddler. Another iteration is women who just can't adjust to their role of absolute responsibility, and basically shut down as a means of distancing themselves mentally. They go through the motions of physical care, but find it difficult to focus on the child mentally/emotionally.
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  1537. Lucky me, the last thing I want in retirement is hot weather. Have had to live with heat all my life. I can't stand it 😊
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  1538. What else can we do but accept other people's life choices? Do you want to lock them up or something?
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  1539. ​ @juniorbeastyt  That's ridiculous. No one is forced to go to college. No one is forced to LIVE at college. No one is forced to take a useless degree. Those are choices the student (and their parents) freely make. There is no one else to blame.
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  1540. You borrowed money for laundry appliances? Seriously? That's insane.
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  1541.  @SarahWilson-f7z  I can't process that. Lighthouses are designed to warn SHIPS (vessels so large that they can't easily stop or turn) of danger. A single ship would displace most of the water from the lakes where I live. A big lake here is 100 acres. And most of those are artificial .. resulting from a dam.
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  1542. ​ @seq31  They do know .. which is why they said it's nothing. Because it's nothing.
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  1543. ​ @rainfallssameworld  Yes .. the hobbyists got cocky.
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  1544. ​ @samuraibeluga3749  Humans are everywhere, and the Internet (with all it's theories) exists.
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  1545. ​ @peeks7165  Prove it.
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  1546. Why is it disgusting? What entitles you to live in London, without having to pay for it like everyone else?
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  1547. Kids never ... NEVER end up that mentally ill and dangerous by accident or genetics. That boy was born innocent, but something terrible happened to him. Could be emotional neglect, could be a narcissist parent, could be anything - but it absolutely is acting out in response to abuse. If you see a damaged child, look at the parents.
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  1548. Florida Walmart. It's like all your Christmases at once 😊
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  1549. OMG ... are you insane?
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  1550. That red fridge is full size, where I live (not America). A standard family fridge.
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  1551. I really hope the parents were charged.
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  1552. How is that fair? What if just choose a low paying job so I can get a free govt house? What if spend all my money on drugs or gambling, and then qualify for affordable housing that tax payers paid for? What if just don't want to work?
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  1553.  @jacquielapierredufresne5468  It's not going to 'solve' anything, because it's not supposed to solve anything. You need to solve your personal problems yourself. Govt is not responsible for you. Govt cannot be responsible anymore. There are just way too many people who haven't prepare dthemselves for the economy we live in, and who aren't prepared to help themselves. There's no way even the richest of govts can take care of all those people. Not even just to provide cheap housing.
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  1554. On the contrary, it's exactly what makes you evil. It's bizarre that you think mentally healthy people do this kind of thing.
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  1555. ​ @ChaoticNeutral-x2f  So is fucking psychopathy! What on earth makes you think people who do this kind of thing are NORMAL?
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  1556.  @SirDankleberry  It's a wholly disneyesque belief, that evil can exist in the sane. It's an absurdity. You're attached to that idea, no doubt because it serves you in some way to believe that mental illness excuses badness. It doesn't. All 'evil' people are fundamentally mentally ill. Broken, damaged, whatever. That's what makes them evil, obviously. Cutting heads off babies is patently and in every possible way, evil. And a mentally healthy person doesn't cut heads off babies. It's not rocket science - you've just bought into the BS.
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  1557. Your "property tax" is an abomination. Obviously designed to get the working and middle classes out of property. So glad we don't have to pay it in my country.
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  1558. Sorry, but that's BS. Ask yourself why you need to believe it's genetic? Do you have a vested interest in protecting someone from taking responsibility for their child's situation? Maybe yourself? It runs in families because it's a result of inherited BEHAVIOUR, not inherited genes. Take a genetically different infant, and raise them with a dysfunctional carer, and they will develop symptoms. Take the infant from the bad family, and raise them with focused, emotionally available parents, and they will not develop symptoms. The brain is PLASTIC, and is altered chemically by stress hormones and other chemical insults. The damage caused by emotional neglect is profound .. and yes, it can go on repeating itself for generations. That's why it's so very freaking important that we're honest about the cause of that damage.
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  1559. Just for the record, there is no actual proof that PWS is genetic. It's really only a guess at this point. It would tragic if the research stopped there. Unfortunately this happens too often, when further theories are not explored due to political correctness.
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  1560. It's not govt's job to fix your life. I don't mean to be unkind, but we ALL have a responsibility to set up our lives according to what we think we'll be able to manage in retirement. EG if you feel you'll never likely earn a high income, you need to get married and stay married to a responsible, stable, decent person. You need to avoid bad habits (drink, drugs, gambling, living beyond your means, etc etc). You need to buy a cheap house when you're both young, and pay it off as quickly as possible - no matter what sacrifices you have to make to do so. You need to avoid having kids until you're financially secure. Etc etc etc. These are just the basic things that 'poor' people have to do to ensure they'll be safe in older age. You also need to make every effort possible to maintain solid relationships with family. If you're unlucky enough to have family who are not honourable, responsible people .. then you need to build and maintain strong and mutually supportive friendships with honourable, responsible people instead. These are the people who'll do anything for you if you encounter problems. They're the people who'll give you a bed if your house burns down, or some other event beyond your control devastates you. BUT, you need to be willing and able to do the same for them. If you can't, you haven't earned their help. It HAS to be reciprocal. That's what's meant by maintaining relationships. Fifty percent of it is maintaining your ability to help others. It's never one-way.
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  1561.  @lbunnygordon1133  Almost all of that is choice. We choose how our friendships will go, by the careful choice of who we make friends with, and how much effort we make to sustain those relationships. We choose marriage. We choose good partners in the first place, and choose to stay married. We choose sacrifice and self-discipline so we can buy our first home. Etc etc etc.
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  1562. Why on earth were you trying to live in SF though? That's insanely expensive.
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  1563.  @dillilyeverage315  What did you expect, in LONDON?
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  1564. Tries to rip into ... and fails. The guy comes out actually looking pretty reasonable. It's not hard to understand his position, though the poster ripping is childish.
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  1565. Let's not forget that these are learned behaviours. Usually because a parent has dysfunctional behaviours. There is nothing biologically wrong with those who have spectrum disorders. They're all adjustments to an unhealthy environment.
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  1566. The daughter immediately asking "is she in trouble?" was such a condemnation! That would never even occur to most people .. on finding police at their home. Most people would assume something had happened to a loved one.
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  1567. It's not "people" who are pregnant, it's WOMEN who are pregnant. And defensive architecture is genius. Meantime, being opposed to defensive architecture is to be for enabling homelessness.
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  1568. Because for some bizarre reason, we thought that it would stay 1950 forever. That kids could survive alone at age 18.
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  1569. The mother is a sociopath. This young girl didn't stand a chance of growing up normal.
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  1570.  @mehardin  Nonsense. All the longest lived peoples have a high carb, low protein diet. Asians eat more carbs than protein, and are much thinner than non-Asians. Etc etc. Westerners are fat because they eat way too much meat and dairy, and don't do enough exercise.
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  1571. Full disclosure ... most Australians don't care about cricket either. A game that takes five days requires fantacism..
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  1572. ​ @georgeklimes7604 FFS ... the rest of the world does it with just the listing agent. Grow up.
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  1573. That's absolutely what the doctor wanted you to know. It really matters, after all.
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  1574. Loved the Monty Python reference ☺️
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  1575.  @helleosborne7168  No one wants the fine details. I've not seen a single comment demanding that she share the precise medical details of her diagnosis.
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  1576.  @anthonyharris2930  Do you know how to abolish your rent? Buy your own place.
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  1577. That's the worst possible solution. You can't keep producing more and more housing .. just to satisfy this outrageous expection that every adult will have an entire private residence to themselves. All you'd do is ENTRENCH that expectation .. and at the same time destroy the planet. Besides, it will never end. Every new generation will just expect the same thing, and the entire planet would end up being nothing but buildings. We have to change our expectations. There's more than enough housing to house everyone already .. if we simply stopped being such selfish brats and shared.
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  1578. ​ @condew6103  Why not the well groomed guy on six figures who is attracted to you? If you're eligible for such men, that's what you'll get.
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  1579.  @dennistyler9852  Sure, but we're talking about the land .. not the building. Of course the buildings are cheap .. that's not in dispute. This is about the land the building sits on. You MUST own the land, if you're serious about living inexpensively. As long as you pay rent for someone else's land, you've gained nothing by owning the building. You don't become a home owner, and you certainly don't cut costs. Further, you're still at the mercy of a landlord, just like every other renter.
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  1580. The hands always give them away.
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  1581. Exactly. That's because it's nowhere near the level and frequency being 'reported'. It's just some hobby drones (doing nothing illegal), and regular aircraft. People are nuts.
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  1582. Your mistake is expecting a woman who's value you think is in her appearance naked. Fix that problem with yourself, and you could attract a woman who will rebuild with you.
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  1583. The superfit woman wasn't even strong enough to push out a baby. Fucking hilarious.
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  1584. OMG
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  1585. It's not been my experience that no one is ever saying anything bad about you. Quite the opposite, in fact. Same for my bilingual friends and family. People say the most outrageous things - especially about Westerners. I think this is an important truth, because it reminds us that we (Westerners) have a lot to learn about manners and civility.
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  1586. That Greek couple is awful. Just awful. Being pretentious doesn't make being a junkie okay. And being a junkie makes being pretentious even more obnoxious.
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  1587.  @m42037  K .... but what does that have to do with cheese?
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  1588.  @hulkslayer626  Please say you're joking. That you didn't actually think some cheese is just naturally grated?And that you did actually know that "Parmesan" is ostensibly Parmigiano, which is produced in wheels? I'm guessing you're not a fan of cheese, if these basics escape you. Nothing wrong with that. Not everyone loves cheese!
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  1589.  @thewhitedread7572  LOL .. that's actually true. But man it tastes good !
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  1590.  @BOnYTB  I guess the thing which is so culturally shocking, is the American obsession with cheese, cream, butter, mayo, and condiments in general. And all the condiments seem to have more dairy in them! I would vomit daily, if I ate like that. It's insane how much dairy you guys eat. All while not actually even eating proper cheese, or knowing anything about cheese generally 😮
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  1591. When will people realise that insurance is a scam? Buy a place where all the value is in the land (not the house), and you'll never need to buy insurance. I've followed that rule, and saved up to $10k a year.
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  1592. ​ @StreetDrilla  That makes it SO much worse. What's wrong with their men, that that shit happens?
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  1593. The woman who cut the fabric has nerves of steel! Her hand was very steady!
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  1594. ​ @normangoldstuck8107 Haha ... no they can't. An old, average, not super rich male is desired by no women who aren't exactly like him. Men who think they have options are delusional. But keep it up, the grifters and gold diggers depend on such men being delusional.
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  1595.  @aloysiusdevanderabercrombi470  Yes, it does. And there's NOTHING 'romantic' about social pressure to conform. Why do you think people like yourself can't wait to escape it?
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  1596. ​ @bobpants1469 Only dysfunctional women believe the lies.
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  1597. The question is .. why did you expect things to stay the same forever? That's never happened, in the history of the world.
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  1598. And yet it was there for all to see. Including her loved ones.
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  1599. 58? You shouldn't still be cycling at 58. That alone is cause for further investigation.
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  1600. No one has ever stopped 'single people and families' from buying their own place. There is no power or force in the land which can prevent it. Property is sold in the OPEN MARKET. Anyone who wants it, can buy it.
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  1601.  @gagamba9198  Ah yes ... the rich white Progressive Socialist - playing god on behalf of global banks and corporatists.
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  1602. They want us all life-renters. No private property.
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  1603. Which would not have happened had she resisted her urge to indulge herself.
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  1604. ​@BLEEP-1It's actually closer to 90%. And yes, that is a statistic. It's the percentage who are addicts, to be clear.
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  1605. ​ @British_Cocoa  No one over 55 should be "dating" in the first place. Stay married, or stay single. Your time in the mating game has passed. Grow up.
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  1606. These children are being exploited. They can't give permission to be filmed, or decline to be filmed. They are being forced to work - literally. It's basically slavery. And what makes it so very much worse, is the fact that their parents know what kind of creeps are watching.
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  1607. A standard full blood count, doesn't necessarily show cancer.
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  1608.  @AnthonyCharles-pg8bc  With a Maltese surname.
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  1609. Yeah ... that only happens if parents aren't paying attention.
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  1610. Soda and juice are way too sweet for us. We never have either in the house ... and our kids survived.
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  1611. Yes we should. In her honour.
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  1612. Even if it had been a little female, and she'd been very polite - the answer is still no. That kind of situation is very often infectious - very infectious.
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