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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:13:02 PM
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Dang man have y'all seen this legislature? Regressive af

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wackyteen
03/09/21 6:13:34 PM
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Just tell them supporters of their bill full on say Ar-Kansas

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UnholyMudcrab
03/09/21 6:14:02 PM
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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:18:57 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
At least it's not Missouri

I'm 100% sure missouri is better

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UnholyMudcrab
03/09/21 6:25:22 PM
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I dunno about that, especially if your measure is politics
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Eyeratosthenes
03/09/21 6:26:56 PM
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i feel like i could be a king living on 40k in AK

nothing else about the place seems worth it tho

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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:32:50 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
I dunno about that, especially if your measure is politics

You are wrong.

I'm sure missouri is bad but I'll go toe to toe with any other state in how bad we are right now.

Eyeratosthenes posted...
i feel like i could be a king living on 40k in AK

nothing else about the place seems worth it tho

Yes.

Well, so, northwest arkansas is a sort of hipster paradise. You can live like a king off 40k and still do the stuff affluent (white) people like, give or take a direct flight.


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Eyeratosthenes
03/09/21 6:33:20 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Yes.

Well, so, northwest arkansas is a sort of hipster paradise. You can live like a king off 40k and still do the stuff affluent (white) people like, give or take a direct flight.
yea but then i have no tenant protections and cockroaches rain from the sky

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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:37:26 PM
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Eyeratosthenes posted...
yea but then i have no tenant protections and cockroaches rain from the sky

Well so actually I think that we might change this this year. The one bright spot. The bill to create an implied warranty has way more republican sponsors and sponsors in general this year.

Jeez that would be nice if it passed

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Dakimakura
03/09/21 6:38:01 PM
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MIssouri legislator pretty much says "Fuck the people"

Arkansas legislator says "I know we are all poor. This it the best we can do."
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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:38:33 PM
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Dakimakura posted...
MIssouri legislator pretty much says "Fuck the people"

Arkansas legislator says "I know we are all poor. This it the best we can do."

Lmao what are you talking about

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pure_temper
03/09/21 6:39:05 PM
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just flee that bullshit and move to Chicago or LA or etc.

if it really cant be saved and if you lost the will to fight there, we could use good ppl in the big cities

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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:40:27 PM
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Arkansas legislature: elected dude who dressed up as kkk member https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-race-and-ethnicity-science-arkansas-mississippi-aa421deee781f208774d5279e828fbf9

Missouri: still has more than 24% of the state legislature as Democrats afaik

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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:42:23 PM
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pure_temper posted...
just flee that bullshit and move to Chicago or LA or etc.

if it really cant be saved and if you lost the will to fight there, we could use good ppl in the big cities

Too expensive

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pure_temper
03/09/21 6:45:36 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Too expensive

chicagoland is reasonable

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SquirtleSkwad
03/09/21 6:47:05 PM
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What part do you live in? Even Mississippi has more to offer than the majority of Arkansas.

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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:47:21 PM
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you all just need to move here and vote. It's real cheap

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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:47:33 PM
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SquirtleSkwad posted...
What part do you live in? Even Mississippi has more to offer than the majority of Arkansas.

North little rock

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Eyeratosthenes
03/09/21 6:49:10 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
you all just need to move here and vote. It's real cheap
what kinda jobs am i lookin at with no degree and no credentials, and no expertise in any trade whatsoever

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SquirtleSkwad
03/09/21 6:50:26 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
North little rock
Oh that's much more bearable than areas like Jonesboro or absolute shitholes like Osceola.

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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:54:07 PM
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Eyeratosthenes posted...
what kinda jobs am i lookin at with no degree and no credentials, and no expertise in any trade whatsoever

My friend makes more than 40k a year as a hourly worker at Walmart. He has worked there a while, and he is a team leader, like a not supervisor supervisor type.

There really isn't a dominant industry here outside of retail, which is one big reason we're so poor. There are def call centers and that sort of thing though. I dunno how common that is but it's prevalent here.

SquirtleSkwad posted...
Oh that's much more bearable than areas like Jonesboro or absolute shitholes like Osceola.

Lol or the really rural areas

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SquirtleSkwad
03/09/21 6:55:36 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
My friend makes more than 40k a year as a hourly worker at Walmart. He has worked there a while, and he is a team leader, like a not supervisor supervisor type.

There really isn't a dominant industry here outside of retail, which is one big reason we're so poor. There are def call centers and that sort of thing though. I dunno how common that is but it's prevalent here.

Lol or the really rural areas
You ever been to an absolutely desolate place like Wilson or Manila?

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Eyeratosthenes
03/09/21 6:55:37 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
My friend makes more than 40k a year as a hourly worker at Walmart. He has worked there a while, and he is a team leader, like a not supervisor supervisor type.
https://i.imgur.com/ZfBw3Us.jpg

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Balrog0
03/09/21 6:59:07 PM
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Eyeratosthenes posted...
https://i.imgur.com/ZfBw3Us.jpg

Eh, it's just a different kinda feeling man. Everything is slower here than the coasts. It's hard to explain. It's not just the housing prices, though that kinda explains it

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Balrog0
03/09/21 7:00:02 PM
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Well I know you lived in Texas so I'm not trying to act like you don't know that so called flyover country is like.

But the Arkansas is just so small, I'd argue it's not quite the same

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Chewtarch
03/09/21 7:05:10 PM
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Lol, I lived in big city Texas, not Texas

the work culture wasn't too different, altho having a chick from brooklyn in my unit helped big time with assimilating. i got no clue how more laid back southern places would be so it's totally fair to say i wouldnt get the vibe

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JosephJRogan
03/09/21 7:06:21 PM
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pure_temper
03/09/21 7:09:13 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
you all just need to move here and vote. It's real cheap

lol fair point. I assume youre being tongue in cheek. But you are the one complaining about it and i offered encouragement about fighting and information for donation even when you said its pointless

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Balrog0
03/09/21 7:44:33 PM
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Yeah, I'm just trying to vent here really.

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Questionmarktarius
03/09/21 7:48:37 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
There really isn't a dominant industry here outside of retail, which is one big reason we're so poor.

Allow me to suggest an alternative:
https://www.geology.arkansas.gov/minerals/critical-minerals.html
Thorium (Th) - Thorium minerals are generally radioactive. During the 1950's exploration for radioactive elements discovered anomalies in the Magnet Cove area in Hot Springs County and in Saline County. In Saline County thorium and uranium are present in a quartz-feldspar rock. A selected sample analyzed 0.019% uranium and 1.5% thorium. There has been no mining of thorium or uranium in the state. Ref: Erickson, R.L., and Blade, L.V., 1963, Geochemistry and petrology of the alkali igneous complex at Magnet Cove, Arkansas: US Geological Survey Professional Paper 425, 99p.
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ForsakenHermit
03/09/21 7:55:30 PM
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My mother wants me to relocate to Arkansas or Missouri when her and my stepfather move down there. I don't think that's gonna happen.

On another family note my dad got encouraged to do temp work at a nuclear plant in Arkansas. When he and his best friend got down there they drove around in their rental car and discovered that they were in a dry county. They were late to their first day of work because they had to drive over 30 miles in the other direction to get vodka.

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Balrog0
03/09/21 8:06:24 PM
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ForsakenHermit posted...
My mother wants me to relocate to Arkansas or Missouri when her and my stepfather move down there. I don't think that's gonna happen.

On another family note my dad got encouraged to do temp work at a nuclear plant in Arkansas. When he and his best friend got down there they drove around in their rental car and discovered that they were in a dry county. They were late to their first day of work because they had to drive over 30 miles in the other direction to get vodka.

Lmao that's Arkansas for ya

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pure_temper
03/09/21 8:15:06 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Yeah, I'm just trying to vent here really.

hmmm when americans do this, does that mean theyre not expecting a response or serious encouragement/suggestions? I honestly have no idea what the typical American attitude is on this

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Chewtarch
03/09/21 8:16:02 PM
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balrog why do you entertain this guy he's even weirder than i am

no offense to the moonie

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Balrog0
03/09/21 8:22:35 PM
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pure_temper posted...
hmmm when americans do this, does that mean theyre not expecting a response or serious encouragement/suggestions? I honestly have no idea what the typical American attitude is on this

Idk I'm only as american as you are.

What I mean by it in the specific instance is just that the political climate sucks in a way that might be intractable in general, and definitely won't be helped by an individual, especially not one who doesn't live here.

I did give you a way to help if you insist on it, the last time you asked. I also responded to your direct suggestion. so I'm not sure what else you want.

Chewtarch posted...
balrog why do you entertain this guy he's even weirder than i am

no offense to the moonie

Man good question

SquirtleSkwad posted...
You ever been to an absolutely desolate place like Wilson or Manila?

I have been to several small towns like marianna or huttig. I think I've literally been to Wilson

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Balrog0
03/09/21 8:31:07 PM
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We do, though it's lower than it used to be!

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Eyeratosthenes
03/10/21 11:15:15 AM
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Man I just keep thinking of this walmart guy and how you said NW AK isnt so bad

I have a lot of retail management experience (not team leader - department head) so I could probably get a gig pretty easily

Fun to think about

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Balrog0
03/10/21 11:19:09 AM
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its funny you posted right now because

Balrog0 posted...
Eyeratosthenes posted...
yea but then i have no tenant protections and cockroaches rain from the sky

Well so actually I think that we might change this this year. The one bright spot.

that bill is supposed to be heard in committee very shortly this morning
https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00284/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20210310/-1/21314?viewMode=1#agenda_

https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1563.pdf

(not that I imagine any but me would follow this lol)

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Eyeratosthenes
03/10/21 11:20:24 AM
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no, that's actually why i posted

jk lol

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