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  • Republicans take aim at subsidies that help tens of millions of women

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  • You know a great way to cut government spending? Cut subsidies for ED drugs such as viagra.

  • chatgpt remembers

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  • Convicted rapist Brock Turner is his full title.

  • Police Driver Who Deliberately Hit Cow in the UK Cleared of Wrongdoing

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  • Fuck that, he's a sick bastard and certainly was wrong for his actions.

  • Elon Musk calls homelessness a ‘lie’ and ‘propaganda’ — and Trump is listening

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  • He's also one investor meeting away from being six feet under.

  • Luigi Mangione was charged with murder - then donations started pouring in

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  • Who cares what either of their backgrounds are. One preyed on people for profit, the other is fighting for social equity. It's how they conducted themselves that matters, not the circumstances of their birth.

  • Executive 'hit lists' and wanted posters: NYPD warns about threats to executives

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  • Perhaps they should all reflect on why these lists are popping up.

  • London teen jailed for one year in Dubai after 'holiday romance' with 17-year-old girl

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  • Dubai is a terrible place. People need to stop going there.

  • Can the public expect to get to see Luigi Mangione's 3 page manifesto in its entirety in a reasonable timeframe?

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  • Real or not, many likely echo a similar sentiment of frustration. Much to think about.

  • Mitch McConnell falls during Senate Republican lunch

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  • So anyway...

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    American Activism

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  • Calm down, Emily Gilmore.

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    American Activism

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  • Just stop eating at McDonalds in general. There are equally as pricey but healthier and tastier burger joints out there (or both). Check out your local restaurants; they're likely on par in price.

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  • The public should mount pressure on them to drop the case. Make it clear we want him to walk free.

  • Lissan al Gaib!

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  • I see him more as a Donnie Darko type.

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  • The only grim aspect is how much time, resources, and energy the NYPD has wasted trying to solve this. Statistically, there have been other murders since this one. They should move on and add this to their "unsolved" pile.

  • New meme template just dropped

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  • Anybody else see this photo and think 1) damn, that's a nice smile; he's fine, and 2) my hero.

  • I feel like this is old... but still needs to be remembered

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  • I support whoever is able to take away Trump.

  • The People Cheering the UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting

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  • Moderators delete Reddit thread as doctors torch dead UnitedHealthcare CEO

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  • I agree with everything you said - it was worded well and you inserted the exceptions and qualifiers to make your point in a generalization that allows outliers. I do, however, wonder about the women who consider financial stability as a (if not the) major factor when choosing a partner, because we tend to hear only the stories of gold diggers, etc. and not the stories of women who married for love and simply had the fortune of having a partner that was able to acquire significant means. I'm guessing that's why the commenter you replied to said what they said. I'm sure the percentage is small, but those type of women give the rest of us a bad name.

    The following is anecdotal, but I think still relevant: Speaking from personal experience, my husband is well educated, I love him to death, and he chooses to work in a job that is stable (meaning it's hard for them to get rid of him unless he makes some serious errors) rather than working for some private firm where he can easily be paid double if not more. He makes enough for us to get by while I'm finishing up grad school. I'm proud of his moral compass; he always tries to do the right thing.

    His cousin, gem that she is, has always openly bragged about how she only goes on dates if the man is paying, yada yada, and she ended up finding some desperate sap 15 years her senior with money to burn; the culture they are from values marriage, so a single man in his 40's gets a lot of questions. Mind you, this is a woman who was fired from her job because she got caught breaking security protocol, blamed it on her cousin's husband (saying he snitched on her because they worked for the same firm), caused a feud, and refused to take responsibility. She hasn't held a job since, nor do I think she plans to, because they are now slum lords in Florida. Most of the family doesn't like interacting with her, but she's not the only one who has decided it's easier for her to behave this way rather than work herself.

    People change, and when someone marries for love and one of the partners begins to change for the worse, it usually causes strain in a marriage as the values each partner holds no longer line up. Some people seek help and try to fix things. I read somewhere that the CEO's wife was a physical therapist? If so, she definitely knows how the medical industry works, and she should be very aware of the harm insurance companies are responsible for. If she chose to turn a blind eye instead of trying to aid him in seeing the error of his ways, it's because she herself lost sight of what the value of a human life is. She can blindly talk about how great of a guy he was because she was benefitting from all the perceived good it brought to her personally. I would wager she married him before he became CEO, but the fact that she stayed married to someone who led a company directly responsible for so much suffering is an indication of her character.

    Another example: Mackenzie left Bozo because she saw who he turned into. I'm sure she'd speak well of him, but I imagine she would acknowledge all of his poor qualities. It's not unfair to judge anyone married to someone of high means (regardless of gender), because there's always a choice, especially when those means are directly gained by punishing others. There is a risk in financial instability through divorce, but at the level of assets in the millions it's not a really dire concern - courts can award alimony, split assets, etc. Or, you know, they could get a job.

    The question becomes, "who are you as a person; do you value money above all else, or positively contributing to a society where the give and take is balanced?"

    We can all work to uplift each other together but still criticize those who are working against us, even other women. I guess my point is that we shouldn't judge her for marrying into money, but we absolutely can judge her for her character if she chose to continue down this path.

  • Good to see AAFES looking out for my health

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  • I mean that it's whimsical. Very fun for the ears to a non-native speaker.

    Winkelwagen.