Posts by nimblewalker58

Peter Myers29 said:What else could it be, then? Go ahead, lay it out for me. Give me some actual reasoning. It’s always the easiest thing in the world to just dismiss someone by calling them stupid without actually providing an argument. So, what have you got?

Let me add to that list:
- because she's only 18, needs to graduate high school, and is wondering if she can even process a single coherent thought in the middle of this emotional wreck of a situation.
- because she's terrified of how her family is going to react.
- because she has absolutely no clue where she’s going to live if everything goes south.
- because her partner is looking just as lost and clueless as she is.
- because she's scared of childbirth (since, you know, some women actually die during labor).
- because she's afraid the physical toll of birth will be painful, change her appearance, or trigger mental and physical health issues.
- because she can't even begin to picture what her life will look like once the baby arrives.
- because she isn't sure if she can handle waking up five times a night without growing to resent her own child.
- because she isn't certain she'll have the answers to all those little creature's endless questions.
- because she's worried about what everyone else will think, and she hasn't quite mastered the art of brushing people off yet (something you clearly seem to have figured out).
- because she saw at Walmart that a pack of diapers costs $35, and milk is $17, and now she's sitting there trying to math out exactly how much cash she needs to scrape together every single month.
- because she's scared she'll be a bad mother simply because she's so young.
- because she's worried she'll be a bad mother because she hasn't secured an "adequate" father for her child.
- ... (and I'm sure there's plenty more).

And I am positive that's exactly what's swirling around in her head right now.

Peter Myers29 said:It all comes down to sheer willpower; out of all the different kinds of effort, the most grueling is actually the mental strain...

Look, I never once claimed that every woman out there should be rushing out to have five or ten kids—or whatever number you want to throw at them. For some people, even having one is an uphill battle.

And honestly, it’s even harder to grasp the fact that life rarely plays out exactly how you pictured it in your head. If you can't learn to accept that, aren't you just setting yourself up for a lifetime of misery?

Now I’m genuinely lost as to what you mean. Surely, someone actually facing those circumstances—regardless of whether they're a man or a woman—is in the best position to judge their own capabilities, right?

Why on earth are you assuming this is some snap decision made in five minutes?

dustypilot2 said:Good grief.

Why on earth 😕
The kid is nine years old now and honestly, he’s just a wonderful little guy—though, looking back, we certainly had our hands full dealing with the aftermath of the war when I was a bit older and everything was still so chaotic...
but making these kinds of decisions? They are never easy.😉
The law really needs to provide options for both sides of the coin, because ultimately, these choices depend just as much on the individual as they do on their current financial, physical, and mental circumstances.

Peter Myers29 said:1. So what if we are Christians? Does that change things? Are the only people who care about not killing unborn children those who claim to follow some "higher purpose"? Honestly, wanting to preserve a life should only be an issue for people who view someone else's existence as disposable.
2. And how would they show it? Given how many women support abortion, they probably just stay silent.
3. You want a solution? Here’s one: If having a child feels like such a burden that you don't want them, then give that child to someone who actually does. There are plenty of people out there who desperately want children but can't have them.
4. Let the man who fathered the child marry her. Let him prove he's actually a man by stepping up, acknowledging the child, and helping them grow up. The real issue is that the world is crawling with lowlifes—men and women alike—who run from any kind of responsibility, treating anything unplanned, like a pregnancy or a baby, as a mere inconvenience to be dealt with by any means necessary (even if that means killing the child). For people like that, living only for the moment is everything, and what happens tomorrow just doesn't matter...

Regarding point 1), maybe try reading the Bible, because you won't find that argument in there.
As for point 2), Matthew Sullivan32 has a suggestion, but wouldn't it be better to actually get involved with foster homes or something? What did you really achieve with that statement, other than making the woman feel like absolute garbage? That doesn't seem particularly Christian, does it?
Regarding point 3), why don't you pick up a newspaper or, even better, go visit a shelter and actually talk to those kids? It would be much more constructive to offer to adopt if you aren't interested in having a girl, right?
And regarding point 4), you're calling me a hypocrite?😁 But you're the one who said all that yourself.

Peter Myers29, Carl Hernandez2

Are you guys actually practicing Christians, or is it just for show?
A woman asks for advice, she thinks it over, she makes her choice, and then she uses her Vision www.nytimes.com
And if you fall into that first category, honestly, you could have made your point a little more subtle.
It always baffles me when people love to complain about decisions without ever offering a single solution.
Let’s play a little hypothetical game: if this woman actually listened to you, what on earth would you do next?
Come on, you young guys—who's going to marry her, put her through school, and help her raise that Child to be a decent human being? 😬 (I haven't exactly seen any of you volunteering)

nimbleskipper13 said:

Everything looks fine on paper, I guess, but there’s a massive hole in the logic here because they aren't offering a real safety net for people who actually have the money—you know, like an option where I pay $333 a month and just know I'm fully covered for everything? At the same time, you've got a huge chunk of the population that simply can't afford it, or frankly, doesn't want to, and they won't lift a finger to pay until they're facing a crisis; and when that happens, the healthcare system is going to be stuck footing the bill for the bare essentials out of the federal budget surplus.
If we let things slide like this for a few years, the quality of medical care is going to tank, and we'll see a whole generation of young professionals either sitting unemployed or walking away from the field entirely. It's the same old story we saw in the American construction industry back in the 80s—just tearing one thing down to build something else in its place, regardless of the fallout. Who cares, right? As long as the cycle continues.

I’ve been thinking about this too—specifically from a folkloric perspective.👍

There’s just something about those old tales by Lewis Carroll and the earlier works of Walt Whitman that hits differently, don't you think?

Sarah Long said:I’ve honestly never even heard of that herb before? Where on earth does it grow?

Look, you can find the roots at just about any local supermarket, and they actually sell it ground up in little packets in pretty much every corner grocery store—it’s usually used for seasoning blood sausages.

😂 😂

rapidheron said:I’ve been tracking my macros three times now, and honestly, no matter how I slice it, doesn't it feel like this diet is seriously lacking when it comes to minerals?

I have a sneaking suspicion that’s where the catch is hidden:
"Lick a lollipop until it gets all sticky. Walk out the door and smash it into dust. Then go pick up the pieces and suck on them until it’s clean again."

The campaign itself is pure Center of the World energy
it’s a total shift in perspective: it's catchy,
aggressive, and honestly quite intriguing. The whole operation was executed
strictly by the book according to top-tier marketing standards,
capping it all off with a perfectly timed element of surprise.
That feverish curiosity sparked by those mysterious
posters (Is it MTV? New clothes? Shoes? WWW.Music.Center?)has finally been satisfied.
MTV is actually a new brand of cigarettes! They come in hard packs.
And get this—only $1.20, which was splashed right on the poster! It might seem like
a trivial detail, but it's everything to the target demographic,
those young people who have to watch every single cent.
MTV—my cigarettes!

by Nenad Veličković
link:http://www.nenadvelickovic.com/velic...n_dolma/mc.htm

Find a way to decompress. Honestly, just do whatever works for you.
1. Get out there and actually hang out with people for once.
2. Grab a beer with a friend.
3. Pick up a book about something completely unrelated to your day job.
4. Go dancing, hit the gym, or just find some way to have a little fun.
5. Forget the chores for a night... just sleep, because I promise the world isn't going to end if you miss one deadline.
...
*Just come up with your own list, live your life, and enjoy the ride. 👋

driftingdriver4 said:If food had actually been wasted back then, retirees would have just been scavenging through dumpsters to eat, wouldn't they?

Nowadays, in this era of supposed "freedom" and "democracy," employees aren't forced—of course—to sleep with corporate tycoons or various bosses just to keep their jobs or snag a promotion. Oh yeah, everything is perfectly fair play today. You just walk into a union office, report some billionaire neo-capitalist for being unfair, and suddenly he loses his job or gets demoted. 😁

Give me a break; don't try to sell me on how great this freedom and democracy really is.

Who even needed a dumpster when everyone had two witnesses watching their every move anyway?😁

And listen, I don't see nearly as much physical sex happening as you people seem to think; most of what I see is just psychological manipulation. 😁 , but when I really stop to think about it, even Josip Broz Marshall used those kinds of tactics, just different ones.😁

driftingdriver4 said:Just look at our own backyard for a second. Back during the era of the leftist Marshall, this place was actually one of the more prosperous Republics in all of Europe. But what have we become now that people like him are calling the shots? We've ended up looking just like Mexico or Canada. It’s a complete joke, a total slap in the face to the rest of the continent.

🤔 I wonder which side of the fence you were standing on when you decided to take that measurement.

crimsonorca86 said:Back when Marshall was still around, you didn't have seniors in America having to scavenge through trash cans just to make ends meet, nor did mothers have to turn to prostitution just to put food on the table for their kids.
We have Franjo Harmon to thank for finally bringing us out into the light.

When Josip Broz Marshall was in charge, everyone had access to things like decent snacks and treats, and you certainly didn't see food being tossed into dumpsters like it was nothing.
The only thing people were selling themselves for back then was a seat at the party headquarters during those high-stakes committee meetings. 😁

It’s basically just a massive honey cooperative, right? They sell everything from honey and honeycomb to propolis, bee feed... hell, they might even carry bee venom or have some expert insight on the whole thing if you ask them.

Have you ever actually tried going down to the IBM headquarters over on Broadway?

Walter Moore4 said:Furthermore, when it comes to the land itself, do you really think Mavrovič and the rest of his crew haven't already factored that in? What if the terrain is naturally elevated compared to the neighbors, or maybe there's some other clever system in place to shield against exactly what you're worried about? Even if none of those excuses hold water, it’s still fundamentally different from dumping chemicals at regular intervals and letting whatever runoff happens eventually seep through via indirect routes. Besides, the leaching doesn't just move sideways; it moves vertically. Though, I suppose gravity does play its part in all of this.

👋

Actually, that's not quite right—groundwater flows toward areas of lower potential. If you're dealing with a clay layer, the water will divert away from the hills, but it'll also drain out of the valleys too (since the flow rates through clay layers are measured at a tiny 10e-3 cm/h), so even while accounting for gravity—which I'm certainly not disputing—the real question remains: where exactly is that contaminated water going to end up? There's supposed to be a hydrological map held by the US Water Authority, but honestly, I have no clue how one would even go about accessing it.
Secondly, there is absolutely no way Mavrovič is pulling off production levels this massive on his own property alone; he must be leasing or sub-leasing additional acreage, and for that leased land, there’s no organic certification (you can't get it unless the soil has been free of synthetic fertilizers for five years, free of herbicides for seven, and I can't recall the specific requirements for the rest...).
I still find myself questioning the actual fiber content in those whole grain rolls, loaves, and pastas...