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Dispassionate observations

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Chick-fil-A’s PR is next level

[FOX59 News @FOX59]

Holy cow, literally! Cows assemble to form a cross in field https://t.co/9bnjIyJ735

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Whole city’s outside tonight 🔥🔥🔥

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A punishment apparatus is a good deterrent but it can’t make things right again. In the Christian sense, justice would be Anthony repenting of his sins and accepting earthly consequences but ultimately being reconciled with Metcalf in heaven.

[Breitbart News @BreitbartNews]

Peter Rosenberg, a radio DJ and commentator for WWE, on Karmelo Anthony:

"Why is the solution to all of these things 'How badly can we punish the teenager who did it'? I understand the feeling of anger and pain that the family would have. I don't understand why we govern our laws based on that, though. It's obviously an overall tragedy, and obviously punishment should take place. But why is the Metcalf family going to be better off because Karmelo Anthony gets the book thrown at him and they decide he's a murderer?"

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@Anc_Aesthetics

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The Boomer generation is the peak of what Kierkegaard saw happening 180 years ago.

[Paul Doherty @PaulDoherty___]

Proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the West Belfast community tonight and send a strong, united message: we stand against racism.

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Freedom is a double-edged sword in that everything becomes self-referential; even something as others-focused as child rearing gets reframed as something “for me” or “not for me.” Most people historically just followed their instincts and procreated without self-consciousness.

[Anna Katherine ☀️🦊✨️ @TheFoxMatriarch]

She's never heard of a woman who wants children????? Lol wat

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@Alexandrovna805 My parents are amazing but they were always stressing about dinner 😂, mostly because they weren’t knowledgeable cooks. They didn’t know you can just put chicken thighs and veggies on a baking sheet and have a solid dinner with minimal effort.

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You can’t expect everyone to only say things that interest you. “Performative interest” is meant to signal openness, which ironically is a trait of truly genuine people. If both parties are open they’ll eventually click. Most people who “keep it real” are actually narcissists.

[𝖓❦™️ @kushb6rbie]

a lot of socializing involves performative interest and i simply do not give a shit

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Coining the term LLMcel.

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As a lad I trained up all my Pokemon purely for the joy of it (Diversity was my strength). AI truly is soulless, not bothering to so much as give Clefairy a moon stone. And it prob used the Flash HM instead of navigating rock tunnel blind like a human would.

[Gravantus @Gravantus]

Claude had the end team of a five year old

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@sassybreaches @bronzeagemantis @ExpertsLie In the milieu of southern greek life this type of guy is actually very high status. Probably the life of the party. But the girls are also cheating most likely.

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Even the tweakers on the subway and their imaginary interlocutors are talking about the Knicks.

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@Alexandrovna805 She just needs to be nice and supportive that’s all we’ve ever asked for

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@Kellen_the_man You’re poised to conquer it now. This is what the poets sing about

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@Kellen_the_man Mythic, even

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I’m not gonna pretend that the temptation to avoid shouldering a burden like this isn’t enormous but I have personal experience with this exact scenario and I’m not joking or being cheeky when I say the power of love sustains you in a miraculous way.

[pagliacci the hated 🌝 @Slatzism]

The romanticization of downies is very weird to me.

“Oh they’re so happy!” Yeah because they have an IQ of 34.

People see little clips of the higher-functioning minority being cute online and then feel entitled to massively underestimate the amount of mental, social, financial, and medical resources it takes to raise them.

This isn’t helped by the fact that the parents of profoundly disabled kids often try and offset the (very valid) guilt, disappointment, and burnout they feel by frantically pretending like their lives are great because farming praise for being “good people” and righteously dunking on parents who don’t want that for themselves are the only coping mechanisms they have.

A profoundly disabled child is not a houseplant or kitten, and it isn’t a responsibility that ever ends. The vast majority of downies are not capable of obtaining even a mild degree of independence.

You will be taking care of them until the day you die (and spend the last moments of your life worrying about who will take care of them when you’re gone).

Imagine being 80 years old and still having to heat up nuggets for your 45 year old child, remind them to wash, tell them when to go to bed, etc…

Imagine not being able to do literally anything without having to consider whether or not your downie labubu can join.

Imagine never having grandchildren, or never being able to see your child go to college or get married. Fundamental experiences many look forward to, gone.

It’s not like the cute little clips in the vast majority of cases.

And this is all especially true if you have a male downie because once they hit puberty and adulthood, you now have all of the urges of a horny man trapped in the mind and body of someone with a no impulse control and superhuman retard strength.

It’s all fun and games until your 300 pound adult son who has the intellectual capacity of a turnip whips his junk out in a Walmart and starts rubbing it on the My Little Pony display (I witnessed this once, absolutely horrifying scenes).

All I’m saying is… If you want to be a downie parent - awesome. I wish you the best. I am sure there are plenty of profoundly disabled kids waiting to be adopted and you can put your money where your mouth is anytime.

But I do not blame anyone who does not want that life for themselves and, crucially, recognizes they would not be good parents in that situation.

At the very least, I respect the fact that they’re being honest, which seems to be something most people can’t do when it comes to the disabled.

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@MiladyBonkle @dash_eats @Alexandrovna805 you were saying this ages ago I remember

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Raising a disabled child is a rare opportunity for virtue, lost on those who’d rather enjoy their life than save it.

[Jesse Ridgway @McJuggerNuggets]

This week, my wife and I made the very difficult decision to terminate the pregnancy due to Trisomy 21.

The choice was not made lightly. We really appreciate all of the personal stories that you guys shared with us, especially the unconditional support we received from fans with no matter what we decided.

I know some of you may be very disappointed to hear this news. We are devastated. This has been extremely traumatic for both of us, especially Ashley.

She underwent the procedure earlier this week and is on the mend. Thankfully, everything went smoothly, but emotionally we are drained.

Trisomy 21, also known as Down Syndrome, is caused by an extra chromosome. It is caused by an error in cell division, like a glitch. The odds of a baby having it is 1 in 1000.

When I first confronted this news, I was shocked but optimistic. If they’re a little slow intellectually, then we’ll make it work. I signed on to be a parent, come what may…but I just didn’t fully understand what Down Syndrome entailed.

Once we made it public, it became clear that MOST people don’t know what Down Syndrome entails (and no, it’s not the same as Autism):

50% of babies with DS have heart defects. 75% will have hearing challenges. Over 50% will have vision problems. Impaired immune function, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, delayed physical development, poor muscle tone, structural issues with face, decreased lifespan, etc…Sadly, the list is long, feel free to look it up…Down Syndome isn’t a “blessing”, it is objectively shitty from a health perspective.

I didn’t realize just how rough it is for the child, let alone the family…more often than not, they would be fully dependent on others for the rest of their life.

The miscarriage risk is also close to 50%, which made matters worse…they may never see the light of day and it puts Ashley further at risk.

We spoke with doctors, friends, family and genetic counselors and learned that up to 90% of women terminate their pregnancy after learning the baby has Trisomy 21.

This was WAY higher than I expected, I thought it would be lower given that I hear so many say they kept or would keep the baby. I believe that’s because most terminations happen privately, it feels shameful. A lot of judgment being cast.

You never think you’d be in this type of situation until it happens to you and then things change.

To all of my fans who have weighed in on this topic who have Autism, Down Syndrome or any other conditions…we appreciate you. You matter a lot and we’re glad you’re here. I commend you and your families for having the strength and courage to push forward.

As for us, we made a difficult decision that we believe in the long-run will be beneficial for our family. Thankfully, we had a choice.

It will take a little time to move on, but we are excited to try again in the future and hopefully have a better outcome.

Love you guys & thank you for understanding. ❤️

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@Alexandrovna805 Both my parents have always been neat and tidy. The idea of husbands being slobs is fake, women are just as prone to it

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In theaters this summer: A big city anthropologist infiltrates a church and is surprised to fall in love with a handsome orthobro, but their relationship is tested when her kompromat against the innocent and trusting parishioners is exposed.

[MarsMonkey ☦️☦️☦️ @MarsMonkey_2]

BREAKING: Fr Stephen De Young message to @Gsplsimplicity PART 1

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@EveKeneinan Henry’s father said in his statement that his son was a victim of “knife crime” probably because that’s the only framing that would get a hearing over there. Even as the truth about the police’s conduct is emerging no one can actually tell the full truth about the situation.