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David 
to wish impossible things
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This:
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/teenager-prosecuted-for-possessing-own-nude-selfie-20150920#ixzz3mHrdCds3
Crazy enough that he faced jail time and a place on the sex offender registry, but check out this paragraph:
| Quote: | | The selfies were deemed child pornography even though the age of consent in North Carolina is 16. Additionally, North Carolina is one of only two states that recognize 16 years old as adulthood in criminal matters, so both Copening and his girlfriend faced being charged as adults even though the crimes they perpetrated against themselves related to sexually exploiting minors. |
North Carolina, come up with another paradox like that and the universe will self-destruct.
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luvdids 
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That's crazy.
I think it's time for a "only in America" thread. |
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David
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So is Saudi Arabia not taking in Syrian refugees because their leaders are heartless pricks, or do the refugees just have enough good sense to not go there?
Pretty horrifying stuff.
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^ It is well documented that Saudi Arabia and many other gulf States refuse to take any refugees due to " security concerns" - Saudi have offered to build 200 mosques in Germany but....... 
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stui magpie 
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And on a lighter note: Girls who turn into boys as they get near puberty.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34290981
Some interesting stuff in there for the social scientists as well about how these supposed girls were raised as girls but behaved more like boys.
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think positive
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David
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| stui magpie wrote: | And on a lighter note: Girls who turn into boys as they get near puberty.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34290981
Some interesting stuff in there for the social scientists as well about how these supposed girls were raised as girls but behaved more like boys. |
That is really interesting - I had no idea that such a phenomenon existed. The conclusion re: sexual orientation seems like a bit of a leap, though.
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David
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As they say, forget it Jake... it's the UN.
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Huh? So?
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David
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It still seems inappropriate to put this person in this position.
Fob me off at will!
Get in line, I just had the rudest telephone conversation with a real estate agent. I was ringing to let him know we are going to sell with someone else. He tried to change my mind, which I expected, I was patient I explained three times the reason, while he ranted! I then said, I do not appreciate being spoken to this way, I've been polite and explained my reasoning, and that's that. So the. He starts slagging off the other agent (I didn't tell him, he guessed, probably on said agents high success rate in the area! And the fact they sold our friends house across the road for a brilliant price), so I hung up the phone. Or is that hanged up the phone, which sounds terrible! Anyhow, I was left with a very horrible WTF set of butterflies in my stomach! And next time we sell something, I won't even give him a chance, which I pointed out to him! OMG! What is wrong with people? Maybe I'm too sensitive, or maybe my manners are too good! Ugh, shit weather, shit day, now paperwork and house work! Pass the scotch!
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Double WTF! This tool just sent me a text asking to speak to my husband!
Is that a hot flush or did Vesuvius just erupt in my brain!
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Tannin
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Phones should be hung.
Real estate agents should be hanged.
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Tannin
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| think positive wrote: | | Double WTF! This tool just sent me a text asking to speak to my husband! |
If I'm any guess about the man you'd marry, the last thing that tool wants to do is be spoken to by your husband. (Be spoken to, not "speak".) (Well, last thing after being spoken to by you. He's probably still shaking.)
If by any remote chance hubby is soft-spoken and gentle to a fault, I am happy to stand in for him for the purposes of giving said real estate agent a few choice words - and I do mean choice. Or Stui strikes me as a man who could strip paint off with a couple of sentences if he put his mind to it, which I'm sure he'd be delighted to do. Best of all - though it will take a little while - is the one very special word. You put this one on the outside of the house in big red letters. To make this word you need an "s" and a "d" and between those a "o" and an "l".
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