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| Interests: | God, wife and kids. In that order. |
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re: Whats it like living in a real bad ghetto?
Posted by Dadren on 1/17/26 at 1:34 pm to TigersHuskers
We lived in Gardere in the early 2000s for a year while I was in grad school at LSU (it was cheap and on the bus line).
Probably not as bad as the worst hoods in the country but there was plenty of illegal crap going on.
We just minded our own business, kept doors locked (appt and car) and didn’t go around flashing crap that other people might want (not that we had much of that at the time anyway). Other than loud obnoxious music, we didn’t have any problems with anyone.
Definitely was a little extra motivation to finish and start my career though. :lol:
Probably not as bad as the worst hoods in the country but there was plenty of illegal crap going on.
We just minded our own business, kept doors locked (appt and car) and didn’t go around flashing crap that other people might want (not that we had much of that at the time anyway). Other than loud obnoxious music, we didn’t have any problems with anyone.
Definitely was a little extra motivation to finish and start my career though. :lol:
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Serious question…what does this even mean in 2026? Are there enforceable rules against this?
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Arctic shipping lanes opening up in future years and increased activities (military and commercial) in the arctic from China and Russia.
Is Greenland’s current status with Denmark an impediment to this currently? Especially considering that Denmark is in NATO?
re: Would you younger baws date a Boss Bitch?
Posted by Dadren on 1/17/26 at 10:30 am to chalmetteowl
quote:quote:Would you rather one that doesn’t try? That you have to support?
frick no. Nothing worse than a woman who is focused on herself and her career.
Bolded part is the key. As in, that’s all that she cares about and you’ll be a distant third on your best day. Yeah, screw that.
And there’s a world of middle ground between that and a slob who is allergic to doing any work (inside or outside of the home).
re: Would you younger baws date a Boss Bitch?
Posted by Dadren on 1/17/26 at 9:37 am to boogiewoogie1978
Women like that are constantly in conflict because all they care about is “being over others”.
No sane man should want to be romantically involved with someone they have to constantly be in combat with. Sounds frigging exhausting.
No sane man should want to be romantically involved with someone they have to constantly be in combat with. Sounds frigging exhausting.
re: Do you ever look out the window and see the moon and think how weird all of this is?
Posted by Dadren on 1/16/26 at 2:13 pm to YumYum Sauce
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I watched a movie at spacecamp when i was 11 years old called Cosmic Voyage. I have not been the same since. It is absolutely terrifying how fricking small we are, and how little anyone actually knows and understands. I think about it almost daily.
It’s true that humans are a tiny part of the universe. Even if you put humans on every habitable planet in the universe, we’d still basically be close to 0% of the universe by mass. And you’re talking equally ridiculously small numbers when you compare our lifespans to how long the universe has and will exist.
IMO, that makes us incredibly special. We’re precious, frail, rare and will only be here for a finite amount of time. We’re capable of incredible things that the natural processes of the universe can’t do. For that reason, I believe we are of considerable value and that makes me feel grateful to be alive, even as a tiny part of a spectacular universe.
Just another way to think about it. Happy Friday!
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Yes, words matter. Can men get pregnant? No. Of course not. But you could add a couple of extra words there to take away the gotcha moment, but he wants the gotcha moment. Mainly to stir up people like you.
If you’re a medical doctor and you think you have a reason to answer that question in any way other than the way you just did in the first sentence of this quote, then you have “gotcha’d” yourself.
Nobody owes her a soft landing from her criminal-level stupidity.
If she had a shred of integrity, she would surrender her medical license and stop calling herself a doctor.
But she doesn’t, so she won’t.
But she doesn’t, so she won’t.
re: Can one become less social without being an arse?
Posted by Dadren on 1/14/26 at 8:28 pm to Trough Urinal
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I feel bad for my friend, but my advice is never taken anyway. I’m basically there to be a sounding board because his ex girlfriend was a bipolar cheater. Do I really need to be there for cousin John’s birthday celebration? Can I not just chill with dog at home and have a beer and not get backlash?
Just tell them no, you’re exhausted and need some time to yourself. Because that’s the truth.
If that’s a problem for them, then they don’t care about you, they just care about you being some kind of ornament in their own lives.
Running yourself ragged trying to appease those kinds of people is going to make you resent them. Better to feel guilt than resentment and over time, you won’t even feel guilty anymore.
re: What is the appropriate age to start a family?
Posted by Dadren on 1/14/26 at 8:06 am to czechtiger
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1) The modern world has retarded the maturation process. What has caused this?
2) Mother Nature and past history indicates pregnancy is possible and not uncommon below the age of 18. Is the delay of family formation into the late 20’s or later a good or bad indicator.
I would think (hope) that we all agree that it should not be the norm for teens to start forming households with kids.
But to your main question…I was 20 when I got married and we were parents 18 months later. And, we know people who are having their first children right now in their 40s.
I wouldn’t change a thing and I imagine they’ll feel the same when their kids are the age our kids are. Just start when ready.
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If the alternative is to flood your country with third world poverty, then yes it’s much better to allow the native population to contract.
I’m not sure what your definition of “flooding the country” is, but yes, we will need more immigration if we as a society refuse to have enough children to replace ourselves (and we’re right about at that point). And yes, done internationally that is a heck of a lot better than allowing the population to contract.
Or…we could simply have more natural born humans. Obviously you can’t force that but you can encourage it from a policy standpoint.
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That’s a pipedream. Those fewer people are going to produce a much smaller GDP. As it shrinks, a higher percentage of that GDP will go to repairing infrastructure.
This.
And eventually your age demographic flips and you end up with a small number of working people trying to support/care for a large number of old people with that rapidly deteriorating infrastructure.
I don’t get how people are like “it’ll be fine”. Just look at these old factory towns where the company relocated, the workers leave, and the old and the poor who can’t leave stay. It’ll look like that scaled up to a national level.
South Korea, Japan and parts of Europe are going to incel themselves right out of existence and we’ll be next if we’re not careful.
quote:If you actually believe a handful of high-end dudes getting cars here and there is anything like what we’re looking at today, look i. the mirror for delusional.
If you actually believe this you are delusional. Alabama was just better at paying players when it was illegal.
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A 2020 online survey indicated that 20–30 per cent of men aged between 20 and 39 years old said they didn't want to have sex
If this is true, the answer has got to be porn-driven, right?
Or they’re lying because of cultural norms?
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But the authors of the recent study wrote that this issue was particularly pertinent in Japan, where “sexual behaviours are often described as a contradictory mix of permissiveness and expectations of discretion.”
re: FBS HCs just voted unanimously to go from 4 to 9 games for a redshirt year
Posted by Dadren on 1/13/26 at 3:01 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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I think the only model that works, given the amount of teams in college football and the vast discrepancies in income for each school (club) is the European soccer model.
Johnny halfback signs a 3 year contract with Georgia Tech out of high school. After his sophomore season, he decides he wants to go play at Tennessee. Georgia Tech has put a 4 million dollar price tag on Johnny's head. Tennessee must pay Georgia Tech 4 million dollars as a transfer fee, and then whatever wages Johnny's agent has negotiated with Tennessee.
If Tennessee and Johnny can't come to terms (this typically happens before the transfer in soccer) or if Tennessee and Georgia Tech can't come to terms, then Johnny is just stuck at Georgia Tech, unless another school meets his valuation and he agrees to go there.
I like this a lot. It would slow down the transfers by forcing three parties to stack hands vs a kid just unilaterally deciding to dip. And it helps the schools that are just getting used as doormats today.
How do the “losing clubs” in European soccer determine a price? If I’m Tech, every kid on my roster costs $20MM. :lol:
Then again, I guess that makes it harder for me to get kids to come to Tech in the first place if I have a reputation for trapping them there, so maybe the market would self-regulate.
re: Man charged with murder after he shot and killed an armed home intruder
Posted by Dadren on 1/13/26 at 2:42 pm to SallysHuman
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Maybe- but the investigators are quoted as stating that the intruder was both armed AND forced his way into the home. How do you lure someone to force entry into your home?
My money is on the conversation going something like, “Yeah I’m banging your old lady, I got a chair over there in the corner for you when you get here”….from her phone.
In all seriousness though, fair point. There definitely seems to be some information here that’s not in the story.
re: Man charged with murder after he shot and killed an armed home intruder
Posted by Dadren on 1/13/26 at 2:32 pm to SallysHuman
LINK
This story might be more up-to-date.
From the article:
Maybe they have evidence that the shooter lured him there to kill him.
This story might be more up-to-date.
From the article:
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Authorities have not said whether Florez and Lozano knew each other. No additional details about the incident were released.
Maybe they have evidence that the shooter lured him there to kill him.
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With all the bitching and moaning about college football in this thread youd think we were getting another ohio state - notre dame or ohio state - bama championship.
Not even exaggerating, I would take a new non-LSU monolithic dynasty….heck, or even the revival of an old one, if we could simply go back to college football being college football.
For me that’s an easy call everyday and twice on Sunday. Parity is overrated. Yeah maybe I hated Bama but at least I could also respect what they were because getting there amounted to way more than throwing money at kids.
re: FBS HCs just voted unanimously to go from 4 to 9 games for a redshirt year
Posted by Dadren on 1/13/26 at 2:01 pm to TigerLifer18
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I’d be okay with all of the rule changes, if they could just implement the transfer sit out rule. Also with giving guys 5 years of eligibility through this ruling you’d think it would be easier to implement the transfer sit out rule.
This.
But, you already know what the response would be:
“But coaches can leave whenever they want it’s unfair blah blah blah”
Because allowing athletes to play musical chairs whenever they feel like it has been fantastic for the sport itself.
And what people on that side of the argument don’t/can’t see is that when they make that argument, the discussion is over because we’re no longer talking about the same thing. You can’t have an amateur sport where amateur athletes are treated the same as professional coaches.
Of course, this is all moot because CFB has clearly chosen to be a pro sport in every way except name. Which is what makes this deliberation over redshirting rules kind of ridiculous. Just comes off as a goofy charade.
re: Elon's baby momma hints she might trans the kid. Elon is seeking full custody
Posted by Dadren on 1/12/26 at 4:43 pm to notsince98
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He wants to father many many children. He believes we have an upcoming population decline problem.
I get it but, you probably ought to share some core values with the person you’re procreating with.
The kid is 50% her and (at least at the moment) 50% hers….maybe make sure she isn’t insane first?
re: Ever thought about going caving?
Posted by Dadren on 1/11/26 at 12:02 pm to JasonDBlaha
IMHO, there are places on this earth that living humans are not meant to go just for kicks and giggles.
Under the damned ground is somewhere near the top of that list.
Under the damned ground is somewhere near the top of that list.
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