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Forum: The Haven Topic: About to turn 40 soon. Pros/cons of my life |
| stratozyck |
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Posted: 04 May 2023, 6:30 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Happy wife, happy life.. so, lie to her NT style: Wifey, I really like that the path you’ve chosen gives you times of great reward for your knowledge as well as times with abundant flexibility to spend time with family and make memories in between those high pressure high reward contracts. It’s a n... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: About to turn 40 soon. Pros/cons of my life |
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Posted: 04 May 2023, 3:09 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Aaaah, you live where houses are $300-600k. Can’t buy a condo in many neighbourhoods for that anymore. I think the OP is doing well. My question is how would your wife possibly be able to work if she has four children, two of whom are nonverbal, toileting on the floor, while she's also expecting? I... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: About to turn 40 soon. Pros/cons of my life |
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Posted: 03 May 2023, 9:41 pm
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| I only have 1 kid, have a combined income of 6 figures, live in one of the lowest cost areas in the country, have my house paid off, and can barely make ends meet. You must be doing something right financially! My wife spends a lot of money, so does the daughter. They never "do without". ... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: About to turn 40 soon. Pros/cons of my life |
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Posted: 02 May 2023, 6:10 pm
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| Pros of my life at this point: - married, have 4 kids and 1 on the way. I like being a dad and husband. - Have a career that has great work life balance and enough pay to have a solid middle class lifestyle - The pandemic has been a major plus, now I work from home permanently. Before the pandemic I... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Made my friends angry |
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Posted: 02 May 2023, 2:50 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Alright I'll take you at your word but this whole thing sounded to me so over the top "stereotypical autistic" that I assumed it was. 1. Conversations are never about topics. They are about people. 2. You interrupted a convo and tried to change topics to something you wanted to talk about.... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Made my friends angry |
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Posted: 02 May 2023, 11:44 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,511
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| Is this for real? This reads like some sort of copypasta post. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Beware of working for a manager from a different country |
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Posted: 02 May 2023, 11:09 am
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Replies: 19
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| You should buy a mirror. mindless one-liners won't contribute to an intellectual discussion. Care to elaborate? He's not wrong. You don't get to pick your boss, but you can find some combination of changing your job and changing the way that you interact with the bosses. If there is a consistent is... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Beware of working for a manager from a different country |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2023, 9:12 am
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| I work in a field in the US where about 95% of the staff is first generation immigrants. Almost all the managers grew up in different countries. My current manager did not grow up in the US - but he is a great manager. He comes from Eastern Europe. I have never had a manager that grew up in the US. ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I shall graciously explain Marxism |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2023, 10:32 am
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Replies: 72
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| I find Chomsky, linguistics to one side, to be a poor political theorist, whose positions are often grossly immoral. Essentially he holds a massive double standard. If the US does something, it is bad. If someone else does something, it is not bad. He denied the Cambodian and Bosnian genocides, he ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I shall graciously explain Marxism |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2023, 9:44 am
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Replies: 72
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| BANANA Bravo! I haven't read a serious non-fiction book in years but might consider reading that Chomsky book. Anyway Chomsky does seem to have produced some excellent analyses. Yeah when I was growing up, I was conditioned to react negatively to him. However, when I started actually reading about ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I shall graciously explain Marxism |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2023, 9:01 am
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Replies: 72
Views: 2,389
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| I read it. And I didn't find it dry at all, I found it fascinating. So thank you for writing it. There are many isms that I don't know anything about because I've never read about them. I assume that many of the people who throw isms around like confetti dont actually know much beyond the headlines... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I shall graciously explain Marxism |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2023, 9:00 am
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Replies: 72
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The_Walrus wrote: Banana. To be honest this was too long and dry for me to really engage with, and I see that was the case for others here as well.
Hey at least you read, thanks. Its hard to explain it quickly. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I shall graciously explain Marxism |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2023, 11:32 pm
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Replies: 72
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| Look, I can come across as an ahole about this; mainly because I studied this a lot and briefly taught it. I get annoyed when people misrepresent something. I also have this firm belief that you should have an open mind and study things you disagree with. I'm an agnostic but I've read the Bible, sig... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Do people unironically want jobs? |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2023, 9:58 pm
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Replies: 41
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| https://scontent-ord5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/340092683_1426840518089084_3240846086994347129_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=OMcX9F_p82QAX8X2a4g&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-1.xx&oh=00_AfCYs0PI-tTEWwi-BIfzoe3CCwnzN5LgoebqlTDQW338LA&oe=6434BEE1 Eh, Dilbert ain't... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I think protesting is stupid if you can vote |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2023, 4:24 pm
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,793
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| Marxism says the workers are being exploited and that leads to inevitable revolution. Many people would disagree with those assertions. Whereas you're stating them as fact. If you don't believe those things then what do you actually believe? Everyone seems to say that Marxism is left wing but you'r... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I think protesting is stupid if you can vote |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2023, 4:06 pm
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Replies: 45
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| Marxism says the workers are being exploited and that leads to inevitable revolution. Many people would disagree with those assertions. Whereas you're stating them as fact. If you don't believe those things then what do you actually believe? Everyone seems to say that Marxism is left wing but you'r... |
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