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Gravitiger
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re: The Alcohol Industry Lost $830 Billion In the Last 4 Years, Thanks Largely to Gen Z
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/22/26 at 7:01 am to AZTiger7072
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I hire and fire dozens a year.
quote:Which one is it?
I don’t hire many of them.
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re: I honestly thought this was a fake statistic, but it isn’t. Tokyo budget vs NYC budget
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/21/26 at 10:46 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
No doubt Tokyo astronomically more efficient than NYC. I'm not sure how Japanese federalism works compared to ours. Does the national government there foot a bigger or smaller portion of the bill?
re: Did You/Do You Homeschool Your Kids?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/21/26 at 7:25 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Biggest pro is you control their education as much as possible. Biggest con is that is probably very hard, time-consuming, and tiring to do very well on your own.
Biggest "could go either way" is the socialization aspect. For some kids, it's the best and maybe only way for them to thrive. For others, unless there is intentional effort to find other avenues for socialization, it can be detrimental to some aspects of development.
I ran a weekly PE program at our local Y for a group of home school kids around ages 5-14 a few years back. The young kids were mostly like normal young kids, a spectrum of shy, playful, precocious, rowdy, etc. One difference was many didn't have the same ubiquitous media interests as others their age (not as much Disney, Nickelodeon, etc., on their clothes). It was still there, just not as much as you would probably see in a typical elementary school classroom.
As they got older, they tended to diverge more behaviorally and socially from the typical kid their age. Some of them had ASD or other developmental disabilities, though, which was why they weren't in public schools in the first place.
I will also add they were all damn good kids and very fun to work with. I saw some of the naturally kindest behavior among them. Even the "difficult" ones were not mean or rude, just high-spirited and/or learning how to manage that high-stimulation environment.
Biggest "could go either way" is the socialization aspect. For some kids, it's the best and maybe only way for them to thrive. For others, unless there is intentional effort to find other avenues for socialization, it can be detrimental to some aspects of development.
I ran a weekly PE program at our local Y for a group of home school kids around ages 5-14 a few years back. The young kids were mostly like normal young kids, a spectrum of shy, playful, precocious, rowdy, etc. One difference was many didn't have the same ubiquitous media interests as others their age (not as much Disney, Nickelodeon, etc., on their clothes). It was still there, just not as much as you would probably see in a typical elementary school classroom.
As they got older, they tended to diverge more behaviorally and socially from the typical kid their age. Some of them had ASD or other developmental disabilities, though, which was why they weren't in public schools in the first place.
I will also add they were all damn good kids and very fun to work with. I saw some of the naturally kindest behavior among them. Even the "difficult" ones were not mean or rude, just high-spirited and/or learning how to manage that high-stimulation environment.
re: Iowa fraternity hazing video - police discover 56 blindfolded pledges in basement
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/19/26 at 8:17 pm to SoFla Tideroller
quote:They just indicted five people for hazing at Southern. It took someone dying, but still...
I'm no fan of frats; but, let's cut to the chase: all of this "anti-frat/anti-hazing" stuff is directed at the Greeks simply because they're viewed as wealthy white kids. That's it. The black frats could be sawing off limbs with chainsaws and you would neeeeeever hear a peep out of the cops.
re: Haywood Talcove during a senate hearing says the US is losing $115million an hour to fraud
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/19/26 at 4:35 pm to Darth_Vader
That doesn't end government fraud at the state and local level.
Also, "regulation of interstate commmerce" is a huge and vague thing. That is the whole issue and largely how the federal government became so bloated.
Also, "regulation of interstate commmerce" is a huge and vague thing. That is the whole issue and largely how the federal government became so bloated.
re: Damn, they robbing the super bowl players, thru taxes:(cali)
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/8/26 at 10:31 am to SNAP
quote:Because having a bunch of teams and games in CA makes everyone's total salaries a lot higher. It's the biggest or second biggest concentration of wealth in the country and the entertainment capital of the world. They're willing to lose the battle to win the war.
Why do players (and especially the players' union) agree to play in California at all, and especially under these circumstances?
Honestly surprised a player hasn't said "I'm not making the trip." He would get torched until people saw it was going to cost him money.
That said, I would be surprised if the PA didn't bring it up as a bargaining chip in the next round of negotiations.
re: Anybody have a first shot of the day hurt this much?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/8/26 at 7:46 am to Lou
When we were in high school, my buddy hit himself with his opening drive once. Ricocheted off a tree and bounced right back at the tee box where he was still standing.
re: Diners rank the 10 'dirtiest' states for restaurants - see if yours made the list
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/8/26 at 1:55 am to ATrillionaire
quote:There is a 6/10 overlap among states on this list and most visited states for tourism. When I made the original comment I actually thought Louisiana was one of them, but it's not.
He says with a straight face.
re: Diners rank the 10 'dirtiest' states for restaurants - see if yours made the list
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/7/26 at 10:38 pm to W2NOMO
It's basically a list of most of the busiest tourism states
re: What type of grandparents do your children/grandchildren have?
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/6/26 at 6:50 pm to madamsquirrel
My parents live several hundred miles away and come to visit at least once every 4-6 weeks. We also go to them a few times a year. They're awesome with our son and we trust them implicitly. We don't have any other family anywhere nearby, so it's an absolute godsend when they are here. It makes me really proud when my wife says how great they are, too. Really wish we lived closer--maybe one day.
My in-laws also live several hundred miles away and have never visited once, nor have we brought our son to them. The only times they have seen him since his birth have been meeting up for a few days in destination places (beach vacation, family reunion, etc.). If they were good people, we would regret that they aren't more involved, but they're not good people, so we're kind of okay with it. It obviously hurts my wife more than me that she doesn't really want her parents around our son very much.
My in-laws also live several hundred miles away and have never visited once, nor have we brought our son to them. The only times they have seen him since his birth have been meeting up for a few days in destination places (beach vacation, family reunion, etc.). If they were good people, we would regret that they aren't more involved, but they're not good people, so we're kind of okay with it. It obviously hurts my wife more than me that she doesn't really want her parents around our son very much.
re: Meet Corion Evans, a 16 year old hero
Posted by Gravitiger on 2/1/26 at 9:29 pm to L.A.
A car carrying only those three preteen girls went into the river?
re: Branch off of the bad bunny thread already started
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/31/26 at 8:02 pm to Relham10
quote:No, because they range from 55-85 years old. The Stones and Aerosmith have quit touring.
This what you get when you put Jay-Z and his people in charge of halftime entertainment. Do you think you're gonna get Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, U2 or Greenday again? Next year will be another rapper or minority pop star
re: It seemed like it was going to be a lot of fun…
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/31/26 at 9:14 am to Wolfhound45
quote:Followed immediately by the animal smoking another contestant at 1:01
58 second mark where the clown does the one arm drag to remove a contestant
re: President Trump Decertifies All Canadian Made Aircraft
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/30/26 at 7:43 pm to NoEmpathy
quote:Is this English?
Who do you think is you projecting frick?
quote:Maybe 10% of their workforce. And how many are H1B?
Like any business that builds complex machines I’m assuming a fair amount of engineers, machinists, mechanics, along with layers of management and a sales team.
I doubt its just a bunch of illegals that came over from Juarez tightening bolts. God you are almost to stupid to talk to…
And again, none of their jobs are in jeopardy.
re: President Trump Decertifies All Canadian Made Aircraft
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/30/26 at 3:26 pm to CapitalTiger
quote:Who do you think is working in the Savannah Gulfstream factory?
13,000 people and their families in Savannah, GA do, for sure.
A bunch of good ole boys with trade school degrees from the local CC who are putting down payments on their forever homes so they can marry their HS sweethearts?
Or mostly immigrants and temp workers?
re: President Trump Decertifies All Canadian Made Aircraft
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/30/26 at 2:38 pm to NoEmpathy
quote:The factory is still open and operating and selling a frick ton of jets, right? Just not to one not-very-populated country that probably doesn't buy many in the first place.
No, but I do care about the American workers that are employed by gulfstream. I do care that the Canadian gov is directly involved in handicapping an American company to benefit their own, and our gov has stood idly by. Again, the entire point of this conversation. But your retarded arse is too worried about “trump rich” blah blah blah. Again, try to keep up
re: President Trump Decertifies All Canadian Made Aircraft
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/30/26 at 2:35 pm to NoEmpathy
quote:Except, it didn't.
I was pointing out something YOU said, directly contradicting yourself. Try to keep up.
re: Parents sue fertilization clinic after delivering someone ELSE'S baby
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/30/26 at 2:30 pm to Weekend Warrior79
quote:Dude posted an eight paragraph nonsense opinion piece without any knowledge of the topic. Since it was the first response (and also confirmed many people's biases), everyone assumed it was right and blindly upvoted it.
Centinel's response above applies here too
"I feel so bad for this baby..." Why? Because he might have even more parents and grandparents who love and want him?
re: President Trump Decertifies All Canadian Made Aircraft
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/30/26 at 10:17 am to NoEmpathy
quote:I have been in the past. Were you never in college or grad school? Daddy always paid off your CC?
You said a few responses earlier you “weren’t poor”. Sure doesn’t sound like it.
quote:I honestly don't give a shite about what obscenely wealthy people pay for their private jets. Do you?
So you are cool with Canada fricking an American company just because? The Canadian gov is meddling to prevent sales of an American product and you whine like a bitch when our government reciprocates? What a pussy you must be
ETA: Saying this is not important is not whining like a bitch. Going off like you did is whining like a bitch.
re: Parents sue fertilization clinic after delivering someone ELSE'S baby
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/30/26 at 10:16 am to Fun Bunch
quote:Then don't post stupid shite.
No
re: Parents sue fertilization clinic after delivering someone ELSE'S baby
Posted by Gravitiger on 1/30/26 at 10:14 am to Fun Bunch
quote:Did you even read the story? They do love it and want it. They just want to make sure no one else can come back and claim it and take it away from them.
I feel very bad for this child.
It didn't do anything to deserve this.
Maybe they will love it like their own.
But it also could be:
They give the child back and it grows up in the system
or
It lives its entire life with parents that didn't want it
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