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Snake Diggity

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  1. I agree with all this. My point was that what seems like a logical fix (make it easier for women to have both a career and a family) appeared to have been tried elsewhere and not addressed the full problem. I kinda feel like society has reached a point of ugly truth: having kids kind of sucks. Even if you have the resources to accommodate them, whatever you don’t outsource is still a real pain in the ass. Life has evolved to the point that we don’t need children for work or companionship or religious obligations. So we are left with some pretty narrow benefits of having kids and a lot of people don’t see the value. I say all this as someone whose entire life revolves around my kids; they are my primary source of joy and purpose in life. But I wouldn’t really recommend having kids to anyone and totally understand why more people are choosing to forego the experience.
  2. Studies show that the policies do in fact make it easier for women to have both family and a career; unfortunately, that does not translate into an increased birth rate. So basically, even though it’s easier to have both in those places, those women are still choosing to have fewer children.
  3. Wondering this same thing. Not know king Jack shit, my best case would be a plea to house arrest for 1 year that would effectively make him unable to run or serve. That’s probably asking WAY too much. I consider the chance of Trump going to jail somewhere between 0% and 0%.
  4. Only 2 guys I can think of who are available midseason would be Buck Showalter and Mark DeRosa. Fuck no to Ausmus. After the season they could look at Don Mattingly, Steven Vogt, or Clayton McCullough. None of those guys make me all that excited, but I thought Espada was the right choice so wtf do I know.
  5. Christopher Nolan feature film rankings: 1. The Dark knight 2. Interstellar 3. Inception 4. Oppenheimer 5. Dunkirk 6. Batman Begins 7. Insomnia 8. The Prestige 9. Tenet 10. Memento 11. The Dark Knight Rises 12. Following 1-5 are excellent films bordering on genius. 6-8 are meh. 9-10 are films that people say are good so they look smart or sophisticated, but they’re really just stupid and intentionally confusing. 11-12 are mediocre for very different reasons.
  6. Put a nail in it. Starting to think the real missing link might be Strom. Our pitchers fucking suck all of a sudden.
  7. I think it’s not so much women not knowing the realities of fertility, it’s more they try to thread the needle to have it all by waiting until they’re more mature and/or find the right partner before getting married and having kids. Anecdotally, that’s what happened with my wife and me. We got married when my wife was 29 and had as many kids as we could before she turned 35. That ended up being 2, when she really wanted 3. It’s possible making it easier to have wealth/career goals and still bear children would help. But Im not sure how effective it would be, since similar efforts in other places haven’t yielded results.
  8. I don’t know if you’re a piece of shit or not, but you sure do say a lot of things that only pieces of shit say.
  9. If the situation plays out to give Dems control of the House, they better RAM through every god damn thing they’ve ever wanted. The find out needs to be the most find outtie of all find outs. Fuckin Medicare for all, codified abortion access, massive taxes on the super wealthy, order of magnitude increases in education funding, free universal childcare, massive gerrymandering restrictions on states, and a change in who is eligible for the presidency (no one under current indictment or currently being tried for a felony). FUCK THOSE DUMB MOTHERFUCKERS.
  10. What you said isn’t true, as there are clearly a shitload of ways that you benefit from tax dollars that are not available to everyone. But I’m curious about how you formed this opinion that there’s some meaningful portion of tax revenue going toward deadbeats. Can you cite any facts that might lend credence to your claim? Not just volume of dollars, but also evidence that the people getting them are not “productive members of society”. You’re acting like a low IQ shitbird, and I would be happy if you could give any sign that there’s more to you than that.
  11. Hang on. You think the 2028 Dem nominee is going to be a weaker candidate than Biden???? And you think the GOP nominee is going to put forth a platform that represents a “hard swing the other way” relative to Biden’s milquetoast moderate policies??? And that hard right GOP candidate will actually have a chance of winning??? Wow. Bitch you aren’t rich enough to claim paying for anybody’s college with your measly ass tax dollars. Gtfoh with your middle class ass.
  12. Yeah a non-regarded president would have meant several hundred thousand less deaths. The sad (funny?) part is that a lot of the dead who would still be alive are people that voted for Trump.
  13. If they’re not over .500 by 5/26 the season is probably toast.
  14. Altuve is having an MVP caliber season leading off. Bad idea jeans to mettle with that. I would be ok with Pena moving into Bregman’s spot for an experiment. But mainly, Meyers and Singleton need to play every day. If Dubon needs playing time, take it from McCormick or Bregman until they wake up.
  15. Don Jr. out here saying “DO NOT BELIEVE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP” and his fucking dad is their presidential nominee and standard bearer and his sister in law is the party chair. Lmfao.
  16. I need José Abreu to succumb to his depression.
  17. Singleton has a 5 game hitting streak and is smacking the shit out of the ball even on groundouts. Abreu has osteoporosis. wtf.
  18. It is very depressing to see good people who you once admired start to believe stupid, crazy shit. And there’s nothing you can do about it. For anyone reading this who is just now encountering loved ones buying into MAGA/QAnon bullshit, LET THEM GO. Write them off. Only pain will come from trying to engage with them. Sad but true.
  19. He’s only pitched 3 games in AAA so his era is pretty meaningless. His last game he only threw 13 pitches with a k and a walk. He got 2 swings and misses and only one pitch was contacted. It looked like he was nibbling outside the zone but he only threw one really bad pitch. His pitches had very good movement and his fb was up to 98. At this point I think he’s probably similar to Dylan Coleman, he has elite stuff but the command varies. He could come out and walk a bunch of guys and give up a homer or he could look dominant. Knowing him he will almost surely throw 100 mph, just depends on how it moves and where it’s located. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/player-scroll/game?gamePk=752109&player_id=666215#pitch_speed_SINKER
  20. 2017: 1st round pick 2018: #1 pitching prospect in baseball 2019: suspended for adderall, hurt shoulder, control regressed 2020: pandemic 2021: TJ surgery 2022: TJ recovery 2023: lat strain Hes got the innings of a 21 year old, the maturity of a 14 year old, and the injury history of a 36 year old. But the velo and pitch mix of an ace.
  21. Suicide really has very little to do with how objectively well or poorly a person’s life is going. It just has to do with how much they want to kill themselves.
  22. Mark kent larry johnson weaver shedrick who else is there locked in for next season? Anamekwe? Pryor? Codie?
  23. Hader, Abreu, Montero, Graveman, and McCullers will earn almost $80M this season. Cool for them.
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