Age in the Pokemon world doesn't work like the age in our world.
Also May has a chest at "10" years old. Either time flows differently, or someone is BSing us on the 10 years thing.
Edit: Lol Bianca(who is adorable). Yeah the B/W female lead looks no younger than 16, which is legal and old enough to make adult decisions. Add that in to the fact that time is different in Pokemon, yes she is hot and would be considered legal in certain places.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
Also is wg64Z tak? Because that's some nice illogic there. (Edit: Also please continue the American discrimination. It's not ruining your credibility at all)
Banning guns means criminals(hint: These people don't listen to the law) gets all the guns. Gun laws are for safety. Or at worst, the lesser evil.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
My feelings for this is so mixed it isn't even funny.
On the one hand...
The girl was foolish for not only posting that on Facebook(The parents of your friend will rat you out in a heartbeat), but she did something she was caught and punished for once before(and told the second time would result in a worse punishment). She really does need to be more respectful, there isn't any reason to swear that much or to refer to someone as "cleaning lady" when you know their name tbh. She can also take time to do simple chores that don't take long. Finally, after his father fixed up her computer, I'd honestly be less hostile towards her.
On the other hand...(and I'll say it right now, some of these just hit too close to me)
She's 15? Not many jobs she can get, and the ones she can get are crappy and demeaning are they not? She isn't payed for chores? I honestly consider chores practice for a real job, and that includes a "paycheck". Maybe a little more for exceptional jobs, and less for crappy jobs. The father goes on about how his daughter is 15 and wants stuff. Well, an allowance is how minors get money to get stuff right? Especially if they can't get a worthwhile job in the meanwhile. So I can somewhat understand the "kid feels like a slave" though process. School is like work without pay, having to go home and work more without pay just seems messed up. Granted it really depends on the household. I just can't imagine myself taking that lying down, even though it seems like her house has a lot less work to do than my own..
Also was just an act of rebellion or just an act of "I need to relieve my frustration without shooting someone"? Pissed off people don't think straight (which incidentally makes "You should have thought about that before...." insulting to me), so this could have just been a rash course of action. The thing that really got to me was the "When I was your age" line. The generation gap means it doesn't matter how the parent was as a child, because those times were different. So that's just being overbearing to me.
Still, I'm not a parent myself, and I am a rather lazy person who would be considered ungrateful to some people. I... personally just think that the child and parents should be equals, because in the end they're all human beings. I feel like there could have been a better way to punish the child, though the father is still leagues above the parents that just sit there going "derp, can't do anything!" and the child abusers who can't even be called parents. *Sigh* Perhaps I'm seeing too much of myself in the daughter...
TLDR: Parenting was probably right, but I don't like it.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
Better than "Thumbs up if", "[Number of dislikes] people", or the ever popular "Let's hate on Justin Bebier/Popular game that's a classic to the newer generation" comments.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
The girl is just a whiny brat. Absolutely nothing was wrong with the mural. This is just the same as someone throwing a fit from the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, someone throwing a fit over the phrase "Merry Christmas", someone throwing a fit over Silent Prayer, or someone throwing a fit because meat is served in the cafeteria.
It's fine to want your beliefs to be respected, but this is just insane. She claims she "didn't feel welcome", because of what? Two or three innocent words? If this was some hate speech, then sure, but there is no reason she can't just ignore the words "Our Heavenly Father".
It's "atheists" like her that make the sensible ones look bad. The idiot should just stop complaining just because everyone doesn't think like her.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
To all of you who think this woman is unattractive. Is it just personal preference or... is there just something about her I'm not seeing? I'm not seeing too much/too little fat, the face looks nice enough.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
And for the record... I do know how my life has shaped my viewpoint on certain things. I admit that I'm still bitter inside. I'm much more calmer now than I used to be a couple of years ago, but that unpleasant side of me still exists. Though perhaps that's unavoidable. Unless you die young, something is bound to change how you look at the world, and I think we all have our demons that we keep locked away.
Oh and the example I posted earlier was rhetorical somewhat. I've been bullied, and I've been depressed because of it(among other things), but my situation was different. Some daddy issues(Some of you may not be surprised about this) mixed with regret, and your standard bullying. I suppose I was somewhat lucky though. While not a giant, I was big enough for discourage physical conflict and I did have a fair amount of people support me. Perhaps my biggest problem was my reluctance to antagonize anyone, I do wish I could go back in time and at least verbally tear some hides. I doubt I'd kill anyone though if I had a choice in the matter.
Hell, one day someone did indeed hit me in the back with a board. Either the back or the back of my head. All I know was that I was stunned. The guy ran, and several people chased him and most likely beat the crap out of him. Including people I wasn't really friends with. No serious injuries as far as I know, though now I can't help but wonder what would have happened if the hit did more than stun....
But in the end, no single person messed with me enough for me to snap in high school, thank goodness.
I can only think of one kid who seriously should have gotten their ass kicked, as opposed to just verbally shown up.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
Alright maybe you don't HAVE to be in a similar situation to truly understand, but it makes it a lot easier.
And XIII, while while I can't truly claim to know how that feels, it does make sense of your viewpoint. It's easy to say "He got what he deserved" when you don't have to see all the innocent(the innocence of the parents is up for debate but that's another point entirely) people affected by it. That's the disgusting thing about hatred though, it's like a poison. It infects you from the inside which can only lead to unfortunate things.
Perhaps we could both agree that this was a lose-lose situation for everyone involved and their collective families?
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
I understand the situation just fine. And like I've said a couple of times, this was not a unique situation in the world. But it became closer to being unique when the bully died. Lots of people are, unfortunately, bullied. They apparently had other options, or more bullies would be dead. This isn't a story you see often. Hell, kids being killed by bullies isn't a story you see that often.
Not everyone has the convenience those other kids did. Options are on a case by case situation. Just because some other kids ran, doesn't mean you have the chance to. Hell, take fighting back for instance. Some kids are strong enough to defend themselves with fist alone, but not all of them. Thus hand to hand is not an option to the weaker victims(and bullies rarely go after the stronger target). Not to mention, not all cases of bullying go reported. Maybe bullies killing victims isn't "common", but how about kids committing suicide because of bullying, isn't that more common? Or how about self inflicted harm? That has to be far more common.
I fail to see the point of this situation being "somewhat rare" means to anyone. Statistics don't mean **** in this situation.
I've also never said he should be prosecuted. I agree the lack of a prosecution is fine, I just don't agree with treating the bullied kid like what he did was totally OK, or the lack of respect for the bully's life. Even the life of a scumbag like that is worth something. Maybe I'm just idealistic though in that regard.
One could argue that it's pointless to care for the life of someone that doesn't care for the life of others. It's unfortunate anyone had to die, but would you ask that child to continue enduring hell just for your idealistic viewpoint?
Have you ever been bullied to the point of depression?
Not really, no. But if you have that doesn't make you the authority on this situation, or anyone else for that matter. In fact it gives you a view that is likely to be skewed in one direction.
If you don't know how it feels like, then your opinion on the matter is less than those who do know. You're just making wild guessing, you don't know a damn thing about what the kid was going through unless you've been in his shoes. Seeing someone be bullied, and being bullied yourself are significantly different.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
What I'm getting from this is "I was bullied and this kid acted out something I kind of sort of wanted to do when I was in school".
And I'm not even saying that's wrong or bad because I totally get it, but it sure as hell warps your perception of this incident.
That's not really the point of what he said. The point is that you don't really seem to truly understand the situation that the kid was in.
He was essentially in a situation where he had no options and was afraid. So he did something extreme.
That's why Jorge not being prosecuted is justified. He was put into a situation where he had no option but to use extreme force to defend himself.
The point Dark Young Link is trying to make is that you don't really seem to understand how dire the situation is for a kid like that. You keep trying to come up with "oh well he could have tried THIS optimistic option!" when really these options just don't exist or help.
Thank you. That was my point exactly.
Also that's condescending as **** XIII to imply this was some sort of wish fulfillment for me.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__
XIII_rocks posted... No but seriously XIII, I don't want to throw The Troll Card here. I really don't, but part of me is starting to think you're doing this for kicks. I will, however, give you the benefit of the doubt.
Uh no. I can and will pull the "condescending" card on you though because that's all you've been in this topic to anyone who has even the slightest reservations about throwing their complete support behind the bully.
This is a very touchy subject for me. Forgive me if I'm not as kind as I usually am, just don't expect me to apologize for how I feel about all of this.
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You'll get what's coming to you Ulti, wait and see. - Takfloyd_mkII__