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Hmm, so is anybody actually responsible for any of their actions? Every problem is splained away with; cray cray, mistreated, mentally scarred, physically scarred, failure of "the system" or failure of "friends and family". Alrighty then. Just so I have a good starting reference point, can anyone provide me any example of a bad situation that is the fault of the individual?

Is that true that even immigrants would be drafted?

^Yeah, we were over families house for Thanksgiving and when things were wrapping up my brother in law and his fam were excitedly getting ready to go Black Friday shopping (which starts Thursday). And I asked him "where you going?" and he rattles off three stores, then I ask "is it some deal that you can only get in-store" and he says "no its available online too". So I say "why go wrestle the crowds if you can have it delivered to your front door?"...and the answer was "we just like the shopping experience / excitement". Ug. The madhouse is exactly what I hate about Christmas shopping.

Galapagos finches caught in act of becoming new species.

I mean, most of them are in that situation due to substance abuse. Which is "of your own design", imo.

Sadly, that situation isn't even a blip on our shame radar. I cant find solid numbers but ~700 homeless people die in the street every year. That's almost 2 per day! Yes, most of them are there by their own design, but still...

And look at that deductible! Yikes.

But he's leading the league in 90+ yard interception returned for touchdown, so he's got that going for him.

Isnt the monthly Obamacare cost based on your income and family size? I don't know as I don't use it. EDIT: My bad, just looked it up. Costs around the same as a car payment (for an individual): How Much Does Obamacare Cost in 2017? That doesn't seem like a good deal. How is the minimum wage worker to afford that on top of everything else in life? Probably better to just eat the penalty.

I wonder what happened with his Obamacare?

It might even have a "two birds, one stone" effect? It would shelter our youth from the perils of gambling and would probably highly curtail companies from using microtransactions because an "A" rating is usually the kiss of death sales wise, right? There would still be games that offered microtransactions for those 1% whales that use them but the majority would go away?

I still haven't figured out how the doorknob got locked...I had just used it to open the door on my way out! I must have unconsciously locked it. Or aliens?

What if games with microtransactions were given an M or A rating (or whatever "adulthood" is in your country)?

Coincidentally, I got locked out of my house yesterday, too! I went to check the mail, which I never do, and closing the door behind me revealed that the doorknob was somehow locked. No jacket, and wearing slippers but luckily my garage door keypad worked (usually has dead batteries). I would have been sitting on the stoop freezing for hours otherwise.

Awesome! That's a program I could get behind being implemented in the US at taxpayer expense. I also like the concept of a "qualification framework". Btw, what's your EQF, if you don't mind my prying.

Elaborate please.

Hmm, the demographic results of a recent survey (in the US) does not support games being purchased primarily by children. Weird. Take a look at the average American gamer in new survey findings. But maybe most European players are minor children?

I honestly have no answer for that post that you would understand.

That's pretty cool! Why wouldn't everyone, that needs it, do it? And unrelated to above, has the conversation now shifted to; "most people aren't living as well at the top earners are"? We've now established that its totally "doable" to live on single or dual incomes and have most of life's "luxuries". BUT! Dude over there has a nicer house and that's not fair! Well, not all people are equal. That's the plain unvarnished truth. Not all people have the same mental acuity or intelligence. Not all people have the same physical capabilities. So is the discussion really that all people should have the same success? Of course there are going to be haves and have not's. I cant even really understand how that's not a basic understanding of life.

Theres at least two rags-to-riches stories just among our regular posters but everything invariably circles back to people not getting enough free hand outs in life. Luckily the world needs ditch diggers too.

Huh, I didnt know that Black Friday only happens in America. Guess it makes sense since were the only ones with Thanksgiving, but I never thought of it.

Titanic Was Found During Secret Cold War Navy Mission.

I just dont like people spreading misinformation about ants and bees.

While were on the subject of being wrong: Do ants ever go to war? The Social Lives of Bees.

Holy crap, you make $8,350.00 / month! I need a new gig.