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LinkPizza posted...

Sounds like they go out of town with you

Yeah, then a double no thanks for me.

Just too much responsibility.

No. Too much responsibility.

I'd want to use that money to travel, and it would cost to much to get someone to care for that many dogs while I'm out of town.

UnfairRepresent posted...

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Which part do you doubt? That I'm 45 with two teenage kids? Or that I don't get "triggered"?

If it's the 2nd one, I really don't. I have things I don't like, of course. But I don't rage over them. I just express that I don't like them. Like I'm doing here.

It's not like I go to gender revel parties and flip over the tables or anything. I just hang out, have a drink or two, eat whatever stupid pink and blue cupcake or candy they hand out, and go home knowing I just wasted 4 hours of my weekend.

LinkPizza posted...

Idk I never really had an issues growing up combining both parties. My family was a decent size with people of all ages. So, even when I was younger and had friends over, older family members came and talked to other family members. And just enjoyed everyone spending time together. Ive also gone to the younger ones parties when I was older, and talked to people I havent seen in a while, and just enjoyed spending time with family Ive never seen it as a big deal. Plus, when I was younger and having parties, my cousins and friends could all stay over and spend the night. So, Idk

I guess it's still really fresh for me because I was JUST at a 1st birthday party (my wife's cousin's kid) and the hosts did NOTHING to cater to any of the guest that didn't have young kids with them.

Honestly, they probably matter to your day to day life more than National ones do.

LinkPizza posted...

You could always do both. Or combine them

I feel you need to "know your audience" when it comes to who you invite to a party, based on what the party is going to be.

If you're going to have a party that caters to a dozen 5-8 year olds, just invite the kids and their parents. Maybe the grandparents. But please don't invite me and my 14 and 17 year old kids. I sound like a curmudgeon, but he last thing I want to do with 4 hours in the middle of a Saturday is watch a dozen kids that aren't mine do fingerpaint and dance to "Baby Shark" while both of my kids look at me with that "I wish I was anywhere by here" look.

Bad_Mojo posted...

I want actual good acting and editing along with hardcore porn. Like, do different takes, make edits, rehearse lines, have an actual plot.

Honestly, the "buildup" is almost as important as the actual sex when I watch.

I can't watch the "here's a girl, now she's naked, now a guy walks in.... and here's the sex".

I need a story.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/donald-trump-jr-bud-light-rcna80063

For a political organization, nothing says we played ourselves quite like being forced to retreat from a position you never should have held to begin with.

Thats the exact scenario Republicans find themselves in today after many of them spent weeks throwing a tantrum over of all things beer ads.

In the last month, conservatives have raged over Bud Lights brand partnership with actor and social media influence Dylan Mulvaney. The mere fact that Bud Light did business with Mulvaney, a trans woman, and depicted her on one of their promotional cans was enough to move many conservatives to call for people to boycott Bud Light and its parent company, Anheuser-Busch. That is, until last week, when many conservatives apparently learned Anheuser-Busch is a major donor to Republicans.

Oops.

One of the most public people to bow down to Bud Light was professional troll Donald Trump Jr., who on Thursday told listeners of his podcast that the right-wing reaction was an example of conservatives tendency for "shooting first and aiming second."

Trump said his staff researched Anheuser-Buschs political giving and found the companys employees and political action committee gave more to Republicans than Democrats.
Thats literally almost unheard of in corporate America, where its really easy to go woke, where they do so constantly, where theres a consequence to actually being a conservative, Trump claimed, saying the conservative donations are kind of a big deal.

Setting aside the fact that Trumps portrayal of corporate America as a bastion of liberalism is completely false, note what hes admitting here. He and others are saying Republicans should flaunt their purportedly principled transphobia, except when doing so defies rich donors who ply the conservative movement with cash.

You know: bigotry, but make it capitalistic.

Trump's call for what was effectively a truce with Anheuser-Busch was met with predictable anger from many conservatives online. But he isnt the only conservative seeking to quash the outrage.
As The Daily Beast notes, the National Republican Congressional Committee quietly deleted a tweet it posted that was meant to fundraise off of anti-Bud Light sentiment. (OpenSecrets, the political spending tracker, indicates Anheuser-Busch gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to conservative organizations in 2022, including the NRCC.)

According to The Daily Beast:
On Saturday morning, the powerful committee that provides support to Republican congressional campaigns blasted out a tweet calling for supporters to donate to the NRCC and, in exchange, be given a custom drink koozie. Thanks to Dylan Mulvaney, we can all finally admit that Bud Light tastes like water, the NRCC said [in a since-deleted tweet]. With our new koozies, you can make sure no one confuses Bud Light with real beer ever again.

The NRCC's cup holder, using a font similar to Bud Light's, was meant to mock peoples pronoun preferences: This beer identifies as a water," it read. Ooh, burn.

Personally, I think the Bud Light tastes like water line isn't inaccurate. Its pitiful though that the GOP is acknowledging this solely to target a company for associating with a trans person. And its even more pitiful that Republicans pushing this line of attack were brought to heel by their watery beer overlords.

One question for Republicans: Hows that taste?

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I'm 45 years old and have 2 kids. I'm not "triggered" over anything.

I also think it's dumb to have huge family parties for your kid once they're older than 6. That's when they start school and it should transition to a kiddie party.

specialkid8 posted...

Where exactly is the line between soft and hard core?

Usually whether or not you see penetration.

I'm not gonna narc, but there has definitely been an influx of nipples being shown on tiktok.

I'm not complaining, but it's out there.

KainWind posted...

It ruins the spirit of the topic since it is hypothetical imo

But there's certain questions that need to be asked in order to make the decision.

Like, in the original scenario the caveat is "nor are you allowed to resell anything that you buy. You can solely use the money for bills, goods, services etc."

Considering I use my current income to pay my mortgage, this replacement income would also go to my mortgage. Is that considered "buying" something, in the sense that I then can never resell my house?

KainWind posted...

The problem is TC has to try and close loopholes because everyone on CE thinks they are so smart and ruins the fun immediately with them.

Pretty much everyone on the board is 30 and over.

We all know to check the fine print and search for loopholes.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

That doesn't make any sense.

As with most of the hypotheticals, they aren't very well thought out.

You can't spend it on anything that has resale value, but you can use it to pay "bills".

Most people's main bills are their mortgage or car loan.

UnfairRepresent posted...

No

So what happens to the house I currently own and is 70% paid off? Does the debt just go back on it after I die if I were to pay it off?

I need more detail.

But assuming you have zero savings you can dip into that can pay off a good chunk, I'd hammer the one with the lower balance and get that one paid off first. The less balls you have to juggle the better.

9/10

They can both be "a lot" at times, mainly because of conflicting personalities, but not to the point where either is a problem.

D, considering I am married.

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Combine that with the fact that the bill was literally written by lobbyists that represent the National Restaurant Association, and you KNOW this wasn't written with any good intentions.

Watch the video in the OP. One of the Reps literally says "Kids are allowed to be out until 10pm if they are participating in sports or other school related activities, there's no reason why they couldn't be out until 9pm to work".

Flauros posted...

Hating gender reveal parties is a weird thing.

Get over it.

"Hate" is a strong word.

More "find them grossly unnecessary".

Trumble posted...

I don't see an issue with this. If people that age are allowed to work in general, why should alcohol sales be excluded from what they can do? If you want to argue whether people that age should be working at all, that's another matter (though I see no issue with at least part-time work), but outside of things like sex work I don't see why there should be restrictions on what work they can do.

It becomes a slippery slope, where businesses will avoid hiring "adults" that require a higher wage, and just hire thirty 15-year olds, pay them minimum wage, and give them all just enough hours where they're being exploited, but not enough to have to offer them benefits.

This kids will be fine with it, because they're just looking for pocket money.

If no one can inherit the money, can they inherit the things you buy with the money?

Or does everything disappear when you die?

Like, what happens if I use to to pay my mortgage and buy a new car? Can I not then sell my house or car 20 years from now?

MaxEffingBemis posted...

When are they supposed to find time to do homework

They won't.

They'll just drop out, and continue the stream of uneducated Red State underpaid labor.

Anything to keep undocumented workers getting paid off the books.

NeoShadowhen posted...

How often do you go to gender reveal parties?

Often enough to know I don't enjoy them.

I'd flip a coin for 5k

He'll still go down as the best 3 point shooter in league history.

A 1st round sweep in his 14th season as a pro will not change his legacy at all.

PoopPotato posted...

What are they considering night shift? I had a summer job when I was 16-17 and could work all the way to midnight or later, but the 15 year olds all had to be off work by around 7pm.

(amusement park)

If I read it correctly, they want:

14- and 15-year-olds to work evening work shifts ending at 9 p.m. (currently 7 p.m.)
During summers, 11 p.m. would be the latest (currently 9 p.m.)
Working up to 6 hours a day during the school year (currently 4 hours.)

And change the minimum age where you can serve alcohol from 18 to 16.

TaylorHeinicke posted...

Of all the things in those two tweets to highlight, the topic title seems to reflect the one that I can't imagine many here would object to

There was an article/topic about this last week, but didnt touch on reducing the age of alcohol servers, so I was using the topic title to introduce new information.

https://twitter.com/moreperfectus/status/1648316722418442243?s=46&t=bwfmQlA2TyIz7slwIQ0_Lg

And if youre wondering why they would do this, heres your answer

https://twitter.com/moreperfectus/status/1648318390144999428?s=46&t=bwfmQlA2TyIz7slwIQ0_Lg

They realized something was off with that police station because they weren't harassing black people nearly as often as the other police stations were.

codey posted...

So could birthday parties. Or weddings. Bar mitzvahs. Anything, really. People want to celebrate a life moment, why are we shaming that? Because 1 out of every 100,000 people goes to far with it like pretty much anything else?

Having a party because you're having a kid? Great. Enjoy. 100% is a major life event. Here's your gift, lets have a few drinks to celebrate. Let's have fun.

Then having a 2nd party 3 months later to tell everyone if you're having a boy or a girl? Yeah, no thanks. Shoot me a text when the baby is born with a pic and the stats.

Ive never even seen gifts at a gender reveal party, but that's besides the point. The payoff is for the parents, quote obviously, but it's also for their family and friends to celebrate a.major.life moment. The gender is often the first thing you learn about a person you're going to raise for the rest of your life, it's a pretty big deal. Even before parties, it was a big deal to learn the gender, and shaming people for wanting to celebrate that and share it with their loved ones is bizarre.

A "major.life.moment." is having a kid. Finding out if it is a boy or a girl is NOT a major life moment.

Also, saying you don't like something or think is unnecessary isn't "shaming" people who do. You do you.

codey posted...

...there's no payoff? The payoff is learning the gender. Obviously you don't care about that, but I can assure you the parents and their family do and get their "payoff" out of finding out. Who actually says edgy stuff like this anymore?

Yes. There's no payoff to anyone attending other than the parents.

And it's something that a phone call would also reveal. No need to have a 2nd party where you expect more gifts. Have you baby shower then call it a day till the kid is born.

MabusIncarnate posted...

Gretzky
Howe
Lemieux
Lidstrom
Orr
Roy

For real. Those guys in the OP probably can't even skate.

Solid_Sonic posted...

Why are these so irritable to people? The premise is a little hokey but what's the harm of getting everyone together to celebrate your upcoming birth, even if the reason for it isn't that big a deal.

I never thought I'd be asking this because I find them a little odd as well but people treat them like...I dunno...people who claim "YouTuber" as a career.

I find them irritable because people (usually) tend to use them as just another reason to get gifts.

If you have a baby shower, don't have a gender reveal party. No need to double dip.

And there's no real payoff, unless the Dad show obvious disappointment when it's reveled to be a girl.

Jupiter posted...

I got an electric powered lawn mower a few years ago when I moved into my current. I will NEVER fool with a gas powered lawn mower again.

Same.

Between mowing the lawn as a kid, and then at my own house, I used gas powered mower for 30 years.

Got a battery powered one 2 summers ago.

Never going back.

I see it no different than 40 year old Star Wars fans, Video Game collectors, Sports fans, Baseball card collectors.

If you can afford it and you're not hurting anyone, have your fun.

I mean, whoever that "Jax" person is doesn't look older than 20, so her mom looking to be late 30's-early 40's really shouldn't surprise anyone.

Prestoff posted...

Of course not, I'll be lying if I didn't enjoy "bad films" like Kung Pow, I just don't pretend it's a good movie.

While it's true that there is no objective way to grade "art", I disagree that it's an effort in futility. That's why it's called an opinion. I'm just fully aware why there's such a large disparity between audience scores and critic scores with this movie. It's a very similar experience with The Last Jedi where critics loved it but fans hated it and it makes sense why.

I just think, in general, calling this a "film" and not just a movie, is being unfair to what this was supposed to be, a really fun kids movie about a video game.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

China set up a fake police station in NYC or something. How does that even happen and no one notices?

Because they weren't physical "Police Stations", as in with Police cars and officers.

It was basically a building where Chinese Police where holed up and spying on Chinese Nationals.

Chinese embassies in the US and Canada have said the locations are "overseas service stations'' opened during the pandemic to assist nationals abroad with driver's licence renewal and similar matters.

But human rights groups have accused China of using the outposts to threaten and monitor Chinese nationals abroad.

FBI director Christopher Wray said last November that his agency was monitoring reports of such stations, calling them a "real problem".

Prestoff posted...

Kranky Kong was probably the only miscast, otherwise it was a fun fanservice movie. Great Mario movie, but a film as a whole it's below average.

I don't think anyone was going into the theatre expecting it to be Citizen Kane.

Grading it on whether or not it is a good "film" is probably an effort in futility.

EyeWontBeFooled posted...

Yeah, that game sounds like basically Bush league versus guys versus others who could probably play semipro or senior leagues.

Its actually relatively competitive hockey, skill wise, Ive just been told the FDNY team just has a larger pool of players to choose from. So the talent is better.

PowerfulSageIRL posted...

don't you just love when you point out an issue at the systemic level and people suggest things like "move to a cheaper area" as a solution

Do you expect the members of gamefaqs to reset the entire industry, or give actual feasible surface level solutions towards the problem?

I've only heard of him because he did some stuff on WWE TV a few years back.

Couldn't name a song he's done though.

Whatever you play, may sure the prize for the guys is that they're allowed to leave the party.

Because none of them want to be there.

Didn't someone ask a similar question a few months ago, but it was the NFL?

Either way, I'd be happy that they are both doing what they love and aren't hurting anyone or getting hurt themselves (other than regular bumps and bruises that come with being an NHL player).

My parents are dead, so I don't have to worry about that. But I highly doubt either would have an issue with it.

And I don't know why my in-laws would have a problem with my daughter getting paid millions of dollars to play hockey.

That's basically how it ends every year.

My Uncle was a cop back in the 80s-90s, so he gets offered these tickets every so often.

9 times out of 10, the FDNY win by 3-5 goals, and the game ends with a fight.

77% of Millennials and voting age GenZers voted Democrat in the midterms.

The kids are smarter than you think.

I put 4-5, but that's if you count being in the arena for something other than a basketball.

Continental Airlines Arena/IZOD Center (NJ Nets)

Barclays Center (Brooklyn Nets)

Madison Square Garden (NY Knicks)

Kaseya Center (Miami Heat) - But when it was American Airlines Arena

Footprint Center (Phoenix Suns) But when it was America West Arena, and was there for a Coyotes Hockey game

Ivynn posted...

That's the contradiction of the information age, isn't it? We have easier access to so much information yet people are dumber than ever. >_>

Probably because it's so easy to get the information, no one needs to retain the information.

Ivynn posted...

I dunno, it might be legit with this gen. They don't have to learn nearly as much because they have access to a device that can recall everything for them. So their ability to retain knowledge might be a little more compromised.

My dad used to say the same thing about my generation because they couldn't take a car engine apart and put it back together.

As technology and generations change, how we gauge "intelligence" changes as well.

Someone in Middle America would say a Ivy League Scholar isn't intelligent because they wouldn't be able to keep a farm or a ranch operational.

Even things like "general knowledge" can't be measured properly because that also varies by demographic and location.