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Needs a therapist?

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Literally nothing of value is lost.

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Redding is such a shit town. Thank God I decided against moving there. Beautiful scenery, cheap living, absolute filth living there.

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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Just stfu and argue with the morons that still won't get the vaccine.

Okay

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I'm sorry but this is not a thoughts and feelings
topic, it's a medical expert topic.

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420TwiZtiD420 posted...

You're assuming all kinds of things here.

Like wat. There's absolutely no good reason to have waited this long. U won't be able come up anything good, guaranteed.

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420TwiZtiD420 posted...

My dad is high risk, my daughter is 3 and while risk may not be as high for her, I'd rather not become a statistic in denying the effectiveness of the vaccine while I'm on my deathbed like so many others. Ever since the vaccine was introduced I have been saying once it gets FDA approval I'd get it. Now it has been and I'm going to do what I can to keep my father and my child as safe as possible. You can judge me. That's your choice.

I will judge because the argument u made makes u sound even dumber. It's been half a year since its been available, proven safe, a d recommended by basically everyone doctor, cdc, nih, etc. Absolutely no reason to wait for FDA approval. Just a dumb excuse. U put ur dad and child at risk for 6 months for no reason.

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420TwiZtiD420 posted...

This is what I was waiting for. Gotta schedule it now.

U trust the FDA but not the cdc or nih or 99% of doctors out there?

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Can't wait for schools and places to start requiring it now

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If ur still alive by then

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The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to Pfizer-BioNTechs coronavirus vaccine for people 16 and up, making it the first to move beyond emergency use status in the United States.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will continue to be authorized for emergency use for children ages 12 to 15 while Pfizer collects the necessary data required for full approval. A decision on whether to authorize the vaccine for children younger than 12 could be at least several months away.

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FdA rUsHed dA aPpRoVal!11!!!

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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/23/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine

Good stuff.

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Its been broken for 16 years now. The year they murdered the 2k series was the last year they put effort into the game.

Thats why I switched to FIFA about 8 years ago. Sure it has its problems but its a far more playable.

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Depends on my situation. My answer my whole life was 'fuck no'. But now that I have 2 kids and we've been together for over 10 years, married for over 5, it gets complicated.

I would be a massive hit to my ego but I would take the hit and simply talk to her about it, try to overcome issues, and try to move on for the sole reason that our kids get to grow up with 2 parents in a single loving household. If it was repeated behavior, then things get tougher cuz its hard to fake a normal relationship and kids can see through that.

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I've been away from Cali for a while, so I don't really get the lay of the land from talking to neighbors, coworkers, and random strangers in public. My family is sorta in a bubble with their close friends all of whom are vaccinated.

I can tell you here in the south people are fucking idiots and believe Ivermectin is the cure that doctors are holding out because of pharmaceutical company interests and that the government is pushing the vaccine because high government officials and health experts have interests in moderna and pfizer. Theres different conspiracy theories.

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Shes a milf for sure but yea I dislike her, and I'm a democrat.

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How much was it? I want it so badly but my current phone is too old and broken for any tradein value. I'll have to buy it straight up which is $1900 for the 512 gb one. Thats just way too much for a phone. Thats fucking 2 phones.

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toadfan64 posted...

I think one thing a lot of people online just totally fail to understand on a lot of unvaccinated folks is that they're not really anti-vaccine, they're just dumb and/or uninformed.

We have the privilege of being able to easily navigate the internet and find out info on Covid from many different sources, fact check it, and come to the logical conclusion that it's fairly safe and we should get it. Even the busiest of us still practically live on the internet and can identify the sane from the insane, but many of the unvaccinated cannot.

At best they browse their facebook and get their conflicting info from there, along with mainstream news, which doesn't help the case when they're being told about side effects, it not being FDA approved, etc. Put yourself into the shoes of the technologically illiterate and older folks in general. Unlike in the past, the news today is a lot more at each others throats and without knowing how to find the proper info, you're really at the mercy of these shitty news programs and whatever dumb shit is being posted on facebook.

Its peoples choice to be misinformed. Its their choice to listen to facebook memes over the CDC/NIH and 99% of doctors out there.

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I learned Java pretty well in HS. I even took AP CS and got a 4 on the AP test. I programmed some games too. I started getting more into webdesign in HS and learned things like javascript, php, mysql, etc.

Even though I use 0% of that actual knowledge today, learning to think like a programmer has most certainly helped me throughout my life in terms of breaking down complex problems, problem solving, and organization.

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Fuck no.

Fuck them. Afraid of the side effects? What side effects are they afraid of? People know absolutely nothing about vaccine development, nothing about medicine, nothing about side effects, they have absolutely no fucking clue what they're talking about. As evident in this topic. Validating dumbass opinions is not the way to go.

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Skyler was an annoying bitch who was just constantly nagging her husband over dumb stuff.

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monkmith posted...

nope, just have common sense. talk to one to find out how much you'd actually have to do to secure it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2o128r/how_safe_would_someone_be_if_they_were_inside_of/

what was that about common sense

The biggest danger with earthquakes and built structures is due to the fact that the ground accelerates very rapidly, while inertial forces due to the structure's mass resist that acceleration. Most of the damage from earthquakes is the result of what's known as story drift. Which is the relative motion of one floor to another. If the ground moves 45cm in one instant, the top floor will take some time to "catch up" with the ground floor, and by that time, the ground floor is usually moving in another direction, which ends up putting a very large amount of stress on the columns.
Now small underground structures will move in unison with the ground (commonly), so they tend to fair pretty well. However, long underground structures such as tunnels or pipes can be at risk if they say, cross the fault, and there is significant displacement between the two plates.

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Walt rules, Skylar sucks. Always trying to drag him down when the man is just trying to provide for his family and pay for cancer treatments.

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monkmith posted...

i doubt anyone here is a structural engineer, but i can tell you that securing your house to your foundation to keep it from slipping off and collapsing during an earthquake isn't the same as somehow securing the earth around your bunker to keep it from collapsing the side walls and causing a cave in...

are you a structural engineer?

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House cost X amount of money that landlord can afford and renter cannot.
Landlord charges Y amount of money that renter can afford.

Renter pays Y to have shelter or Renter fails to pay X and remains homeless.

How is that hard to understand

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Lokison posted...

Plus, like monkmith said, you live in a seismic area where one strong quake could collapse it.

I feel like it shouldn't be hard to make a basement/bunker like this earthquake resistant.

Its the same risk being in there as it would be in a normal house, right?

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hmmmm, i guess "bunker" would be the better thing to search rather than "basement"


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Again, I've never seen or heard of anyone do this. Even as I google around, I'm not seeing anyone do this.

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Perfectinsanity posted...

It sounds like you want to keep your family in a basement...

It also sounds like all of the things you would do in that basement, can just be done in the yard that is directly above the basement.

Again, its a space issue. Its basically a giant play-room made underground which leaves more space above ground to do other things. Like lets say a lawn to play soccer on, or a basketball hoop, or a garden, etc.

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The Trent posted...

Hey tc ballpark what you think this would cost, show me you have a semblance of knowing what you're talking about

Well thats why I posted here, I'm expecting in the range of 50k to 150k

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I just dont see the downside other than cost. And the cost shouldn't be THAT much since it'll essentially be underground in the backyard, not under any existing structures.

Ideally I'd have the other end connect to the base of the house, like at the patio so theres a nearby entrance. Ideally you wouldn't have to go outside to get to the basement but thats not super important.

If I'm living at this house for the next 15-20 years and this will be my kids' childhood home, I think its worth it. Imagine how many great memories we'll have, family movies on the projector in the basement, playing games, kids escaping and having their own fun. Even as adults they can chill there away from their parents and us parents can host friends to hang out there.

Again, any downside other than cost?

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Garioshi posted...

Just get a house with a basement

I'm in california, its rare to find that without custom building it. Even then, most people don't.

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Problem with standalone is that it takes up yard space and we're also outdoors people. Like I want space for kids and myself to run around, kick a soccer ball around, play football, etc. The purpose would be to maximize space.

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Don't care for a large house or anything. I just want a large yard. But in the yard I want to make a shed that will be the entrance to a large basement which will be used as a play-room for myself and kids. We'll have things like a pool table, foosball table, a fireplace, couches, video games, arcades, board games, projector, etc. I could take over a section of it and make a man-cave with a bar, TVs, lazy-boys..

I've never seen this anywhere. Growing up my neighbor custom built a house to include a basement. He had kids our age so thats where we always hung out. And you could be loud af and no one would hear.

Is that feasible and how much would it likely cost me?

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dang i got duped

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Cwoffey state

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Brink

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Bottom tier state
But not as bad as Arkansas or Oklahoma

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Absolutely

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My thoughts on education are this:
Every parent wants their kids to 'work hard in school' 'get good grades' 'go to the best school' 'go to the best college' 'be studious' 'be smart'
The problem is they do nothing at home to promote those same ideals and stimulate their kids intellectually. As much as their words promote school as a priority for kids, their actions speak otherwise and thats what kids will absorb. Theres also a difference between doing the average amount to get by and trying to excel. Theres a way to do it without putting stress on your kids. And at the end of the day everyone wants to blame the system when its the parents that have done a mediocre job. And that kind of work ethic and motivation are really instilled in a kids younger years up through middle school.

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I guess you could argue horses are smarter than some of these conservatives

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Half the drivers in louisiana are drunk at any given time

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The Trent posted...

mississippi: at least we aren't alabama!

alabama: at least aren't mississippi!

Louisiana: at least we aren't arkansas

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TendoDRM posted...

I'm I

lol, typo

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In my head - 'yea most likely, and all because you didn't get the vaccine'
Out loud - 'I dont know' *empathetic face and bodylanguage*


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Treat covid patients.

Usually like a radiologist or anesthesiologist or something.

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Pics

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Awesome room... If this was 1985

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J03can posted...

Hospitals are MAKING BANK on the backs of anti-vaxxers!

No they aren't. Hospitals make bank with high turnover and surgeries. There's low turnover with covid. The same patients sit around in the icu for weeks. That's a financial disaster for hospitals, not to mention getting killed by less surgeries and procedures.

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