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I wanted only White or Hispanic kids so they look like they are mine or my wife's.

We are foster-adopting three White girls and no one ever questions if they are ours.

So I don't believe it is racist. Though it can be in some cases.
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REMercsChamp posted...

And what happens with the unplanned children?

Babies are easy to rehome. Tons of parents out there who can't have children and looking for one.

The reason our current foster care system sucks is because it is filled with teenagers and no one wants to adopt teenagers.

In theory if you take the unplanned children as babies you get them adopted much easier and you wouldn't have any teenagers in the system.

Regarding the topic, it's not that some people should not be allowed to have kids. Have a training course that you have to complete before you get the parenting license.

Before I could adopt, I had to get a series of background checks, an extensive home study, and a 27 hour childcare course. Why couldn't we do the same with birth parents?
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Scaramanga posted...

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Blue_Inigo posted...

Mako_Sharknado posted...

Fuck no

Jupiter is best

She's the type to hide a penis under her skirt. No thanks

And yet you still rated her third.
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Laser tag has come a long way from those old 80s looking systems. Most now are tactical and look like Call of Duty weapons.
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BignutzisBack posted...

Zanzenburger posted...

Yeah it was me.

It's making me a pretty penny, going into its 4th year. I just made $4000 this month alone and we're barely halfway through.

I'm looking at expanding in the next year or two.

Damm how big of a city roughly are you operating in? @Zanzenburger

I've been faintly looking into a similar idea but I'm not sure if the area is populated enough, definitely no saturation around here though

I live in a town of 25000. It is pretty small.

It will be tough in a smaller town, but you have to find your niche. My niche is private parties. Since we have less traffic, I offer facility rentals where people can shut the place down for a private party for cheap. You can't do that at Laser Quest, for example, because they would lose out on too much walk-in traffic if you shut down for that group. As a result, we get a lot of business from out of town folks booking private rentals. We are pretty well-known now.
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Yeah it was me.

It's making me a pretty penny, going into its 4th year. I just made $4000 this month alone and we're barely halfway through.

I'm looking at expanding in the next year or two.
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Foppe posted...

https://m.imgur.com/gallery/0RwGR

That's hilarious.
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I work in public higher education. Lol raises.

:'(
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No, things will likely stay the same for a while as companies learn what they can and cannot get away with. The changes will trickle in over a long period of time.
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thronedfire2 posted...

eston posted...

One time I saw a lady magician pull a handkerchief out of her snatch

Came in here to post this

Same, I thought this topic was about the naked magician lady.
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School is not an option (25 years is enough school for me).

Best resources for self teaching programming and free software or websites to practice?

Specifically, I am looking into app development or website development. I took one programming class in college so I have a basic grasp of C++ but that's it.

Other tips would be appreciated.
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Znznbrgr

dnvrwlsn posted...

Done.

</topic>
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I would have loved to see the crowd reaction the moment he got up.
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dave_is_slick posted...

Sparksfanboy posted...

Personally i can't believe the direction the show took after Obama left. It's definitely jumped the shark sharpedo.

Why you didn't end this with "jumped the Sharpedo" I will never know.

Yeah, that's been bugging me too.
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Sparksfanboy posted...

Personally i can't believe the direction the show took after Obama left. It's definitely jumped the shark sharpedo.

Main cast changes like that never do any good. I honestly think the stunt last night was a last-ditch effort for a ratings pull. It worked. <_<
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Personally I hope it gets cancelled.
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Think it will get renewed?
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I didn't expect the twist with Jones winning. After the way the season was going, it is a breath of fresh air.

Curious how the rest of the season will play out.
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Zanzenburger posted...

<_<

This is close. *coughcough*

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masticatingman posted...

That sounds about right. You see topics on CE all the time just asking why a post/topic got modded.

This is true and meant primarily for these users.
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<_<

This is close. *coughcough*
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Lol, this topic made me laugh. Thanks for that.
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LordFarquad1312 posted...

I mean, if another place is offering you a better deal, can't you go to your current place of employement and tell them "Hey, this dudes are offering me this, what are you gonna do about it?"?

I sort of did this at my job. Only instead of anpther employer, I was gonns work my business full yime indtead of part time and threatened my employer I would quit.

To keep me, they sweetened my job deal by giving me a slight pay raise, flexible work hours, free housing, and a food allowance.

Kinda an extreme example but it is true that if an employer treats an employee right they will be loyal.
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Lord_Wombat posted...

I find it hard to believe you have something like this going on if your priorities seem to be updating the situation on GFaqs instead of tending to your wife... Your OP said your wife just called, you need to take her to ER, so your first thought is "I better go inform the random strangers on the internet"?

I wouldn't wish that s*** on anyone, if it is indeed true you have my sincerest sympathies, but damn man, if it's true get off the f***ing internet and go be with your wife

Not that I owe you any explanation, but there is a lot of downtime at a hospital. A lot of waiting and moments in the waiting room where I don't know what is going on. Posting helps pass the time and gives a distraction.
Plus, when she first called, she was an hour away at work. I literally could not do anything until she made it back to town.

She is still sleeping so I am giving her space.
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Thanks everyone.

It was an ectopic miscarriage. They used medication to eliminate the pregnancy. We didn't leave the hospital til 5am.

She has been sleeping all day as she is worn out from being up all night and all the blood drawn. I have been taking care of our foster kids while she sleeps and recovers. I am currently at the park with them. They are none the wiser what happened.

I appreciate all your stories. It is encouraging to know normal pregnancies can still happen after a miscarriage.
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Well damn, pregnancy over. The fetus was stuck to the felopian tube so they had to abort it. It didn't make it to the uterus.

Been a rough 10 hours.
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Won't bore you with the details (they're pretty gross), but my wife believes she's having a miscarriage at work and is under lots of pain. She's leaving work right now (works an hour away) and I'm taking her to the emergency room to find out what's going on. Based on the research she's done, she thinks it may be signs of a miscarriage.

I'm hoping she's just got a case of "WebMD-itus" and it's not as bad as she thinks but I guess we'll see. Kinda scary since we only found out about the pregnancy 5 days ago.
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The Admiral posted...

I see at farmer's markets and street fairs (never being run by kids). Never seen one in the hood.

Did you mean to post this in the lemonade topic?
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They recently moved me to an office which is the only office on the entire floor. The only other stuff here are a gym (which my office can look into through a 1-way mirror) and a dining hall.

I can come and go as I please and my boss wouldn't know any different. Though I'd hate to risk it and the one time I'm gone they come looking for me. So I stay put.
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#ZanTheMan
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byron posted...

I say it gah-may fah-qcues

Dammit byron
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"Gah meh fah kes"

The true Hispanic way
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That's illegal, yo.
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Yes, all the time. Hispanics are too underrepresented in those things and I want to do my part to better represent us.
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Antifar posted...

You need a basis on which to argue that the two sides are equally correct. Just because it sounds sensible doesn't mean it's true.

I disagree with this. Sometimes, the middle ground may include variables the neither side considered because they don't fall in line with their way of thinking.

For example, in my state, one of the bigger issues is funding for public education vs. privatizing it for charter schools. One group wants more funding for public education while the other wants more funding for charter schools.

Regardless of how "right" people think one side is over the other, there are talks of certain voucher programs that can solve a lot of problems and allow public schools and charter schools to co-exist.

The problem is that one group will never even consider vouchers because of the racial inequality they've resulted in the past. But just because the vouchers were ineffectively applied historically, doesn't mean we can't try using them in different ways that would work better.

Meanwhile, the other side wants vouchers to be used exclusively, but wants the eradication of public schools completely, not understanding that rural communities would be screwed if we switched over to a charter-school only system, vouchers or no vouchers.

But no one is willing to budge from their stance at all, which is why our state is heading deeper into the crapper because no one can compromise so no action is being taken and meanwhile education funding is the worst it has ever been.
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Because in our current political climate, with biased news media and viral sharing of false information on social media, people see the other side as "the enemy" and any attempts to collaborate or agree with "the enemy", no matter how little, is treason and shouldn't be considered.

Nevermind the fact that we teach children to compromise, not fight, from an early age. Compromise and teamwork are a foundation of the values of our current society, since no two people think exactly the same. But now that the opposing side is "the enemy", people feel like they are in an ideological war and any move towards the center means the other side wins.

Yes, there are certain topics where you can't just take the middle ground (I saw someone make the extreme example of the Holocaust where you can't really compromise when the options are murder people or not murder people). But people treat every single issue now like a life-or-death situation when it really isn't. There is still lots of room to compromise if people stop vilifying the other side.
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lesidesi posted...

please please please ensure that your adopted children aren't treated differently than your biological child - otherwise it's indescribably detrimental to the growth and confidence of your adopted children

Of course not. I'll definitely keep this as a top priority.

Also, my wife has an ultrasound scheduled for Monday. Guess we'll see the status (health of the baby, actual timeline of pregnancy, etc). This is kind of exciting.
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Xelltrix posted...

I loved how they spun the scenario to compare it to Ward. It was done very well, imo. My personal favorite scene between those two was when the LMD detector activated and we knew one of them was the LMD. That was so tense and emotional as it played through. And Fitz absolutely NAILED it with his delivery. Jemme did an amazing job as well, of course.

I kind want to just post the scene, actually so I'm going to.

Hot damn that was a great scene. And the second and third arcs of season 4 (LMD and the framework) are basically entirely like that. I mean, I loved season 4 the best out of all of them, but if I had to rank the arcs in that season, it would go Framework -> LMD -> Ghost Rider.

Emo Daisy is what lowered Ghost Rider a bit for me.
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I don't know how someone can watch the framework arc and call the show cheesy or lame. That was some of the most tense stretch of episodes I have seen.

And ghost rider was awesome.

The current season seems to be continuing the greatness.
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People who are upset that shareholders may benefit from increased corporation profits generally are so because they want a better economy and want improved living conditions for lower class people, not just themselves.

Sure, they can become shareholders (if they're not already), but that doesn't solve the problem. It just shields them from the larger consequences (if they actually make money as shareholders, that is).

It's a very selfish way of thinking and not the right way to govern. How can you help the largest group of people with the resources you have, not just a select few.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

I thought this was supposed to happen with every appeal at this point? Didn't that change recently? IIRC I read something that any appeals go to mods different from those who made the original moderation.

A second, different mod will look at it. But if that second mod is unsure who to side with (user or first mod), they may talk to a third, or even fourth mod for more feedback.

Muffinz0rz posted...

Why should posting history be brought into question? I disagree with this wholeheartedly. Every moderation should be treated separately. If two people post the exact same thing, there shouldn't be more leniency for one user over the other.

If a user makes a post that is a follow up to a previous post, or has a history of trolling that board, or is posting the same message everywhere to the point of disruption, then checking post histories are appropriate. Sometimes it is just to better understand the context of the post in question.
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jumi posted...

How old are the foster kids?

5, 4, and 3.
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MabusIncarnate posted...

Marvels The Gifted

I will second this. My favorite new show of the season. And from the director of Burn Notice.
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SusanGreenEyes posted...

Congratulations on your wife's pregnancy.
Have you gone to court with the girls yet or is that coming up soon?

It was supposed to be this week but got pushed back to February.
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OpheliaAdenade posted...

how do you return foster kids? UPS?

Fed Ex is cheaper.
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Fishy posted...

Zanzenburger posted...

The original mod is given the opportunity to overturn their moderation as a way to "own up" to it and apologize, so to speak. That happens when a second mod disagrees with the first mod's moderation.

So you're saying mods don't uphold their own moderations?

It is possible, but uncommon. Think of it as a mod's appeal system. If they don't agree with the second mod's opinion, they can uphold and leave to a lead mod to decide.
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Fishy posted...

Zanzenburger posted...

It is not always the original mod who replies the first appeal.

Why does the original mod even get a say in appeals. Inherently they're going to be biased.

The original mod is given the opportunity to overturn their moderation as a way to "own up" to it and apologize, so to speak. That happens when a second mod disagrees with the first mod's moderation.
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RE_expert44 posted...

I hope you have a bomb ass job that can support 5 people without sucking on the welfare system

Well my wife is an engineer and my job pays me a salary, provides my home for free, and pays for our meals.
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Fishy posted...

I had a mod and a lead mod respond to me within hours after I directly called them out on being slow the appeal. Now I'm waiting on the admin appeal because of course the first appeal is disregarded because it's always the original mod that replies so of course they're going to uphold it and then the lead mod just sucked the first mod's dick.

That's not true. It is not always the original mod who replies the first appeal. An original mod may overturn it, but it is a different mod who upholds it.
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