Prepare to hear this phrase repeated again in the near future:
"These effects have been larger and longer lasting than anticipated, but they will abate, and as they do, inflation is expected to drop"
@FloridaManV LOL! Thank you sir! I felt like I was rep'n the ol' US of A very well today. The $100 in ammo was totally worth it as they were high-fiving each other on the way out.
Far be it for me to contradict @GPrime85! I'll just note that if you see two of us, don't bother running. There already four more standing directly behind you.
Pro Tip: If you ever get surrounded by a Mormon gang, just ask them to help you move. This triggers a deeply ingrained flight response.
Yeah, on the global level we need to start putting out a ton of pro-natalist propaganda.
On the personal level, choose actions that reduce the burden on parents of young children in your area.
Now that our kids are older, my wife and I have started offering child care on Fridays to facilitate date night for the young couples from church. Not a life changing benefit for the parents but it reduces the friction of finding a baby sitter that might otherwise slow them down.
I had an epiphany today. I think the "but-Mormons-aren't-Christians" crowd realize that they are getting so severely out-Christianed by us that their only chance is to get us disqualified by technicality.
Church attendance, family formation, charitable giving, bible study: All aspects that LDS members do better than any other denomination.
Imagine being an ortho-bro living in your mom's basement and watching your fellow 20 year olds succeeding in life so hard that you have to redefine the rules for what a Christian is just so you can feel superior.
The last few days have reinforced my belief that a lot of dudes simply can't (or won't ) understand something: people of other faiths believe their own religions just as hard as you believe yours.
"But anybody can see that their religion is stupid and wrong."
Brother.
@earmufffluff@Mormonger For a 110 years after you die, only your descendants can do it. Still, odds are good that at least one of your great-grandkids will convert so...
@KingBrokenT For all of you coming to dunk on this broken man I'd just like to say that most Alabamians have no trouble distinguishing between what is and is not self defense.
This guy is just special.
This is a great outcome but these charges should never have been filed.
The investigation should have ended once it came to light that the deceased was a sex offender who had a no-contact order with the minor he lured into his car.