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Automatik
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Oct 18, 2016 10:02am
Paying out the ass for a big, showy wedding reception is incredibly stupid.
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Fab4Runner
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Oct 18, 2016 10:44am
Stevie Wonder is not blind.
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like_that
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Oct 18, 2016 10:51am
Title IX should be abolished.
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like_that
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Oct 18, 2016 10:52am
New York pizza is overrated.
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Fab4Runner
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Oct 18, 2016 11:05am
Red velvet cake is trash.
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OSH
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Oct 18, 2016 11:23am
Automatik;1816604 wrote:Paying out the ass for a big, showy wedding reception is incredibly stupid.
Agree with this!

Along these lines, paying loads for a diamond engagement/wedding band (ring, set, etc.) is dumb.
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Automatik
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Oct 18, 2016 11:26am
Fab4Runner;1816624 wrote:Red velvet cake is trash.
It's just chocolate.


Agree w/ NYC pizza being overrated. It's great, but not the end all of pizza.
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Fab4Runner
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Oct 18, 2016 11:28am
Automatik;1816631 wrote:It's just chocolate.

It tastes like nothing. If I want a chocolate cake, I am making a chocolate cake. None of this weird red food coloring cake with a hint of cocoa flavor.
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vball10set
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Oct 18, 2016 11:36am
Fab4Runner;1816632 wrote:It tastes like nothing. If I want a chocolate cake, I am making a chocolate cake. None of this weird red food coloring cake with a hunt of cocoa flavor.
huh? you must've had a pretty shitty red velvet cake then
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Fab4Runner
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Oct 18, 2016 11:40am
vball10set;1816637 wrote:huh? you must've had a pretty shitty red velvet cake then
No, it just sucks. But I know that my opinion is...unpopular.
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Oct 18, 2016 11:46am
Getting married without a prenup is dumb.

Cities should ban all cars.

All companies payroll should be known and able to be looked up by anyone that works in that company.

Obama's education policy is awful. Charter schools are utter shit because not every problem can be solved by the free market. We should stop going after teachers/teachers union and address the real issue, child poverty including a mandated truly integrated school system.
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Oct 18, 2016 11:46am
1. U2's music is terrible
2. Lord of the Rings (book and film) is boring
3. Ronald Reagan was a figurehead during his second term
4. Breast cancer fundraising is modern day extortion
5. Potatoes are disgusting
6. Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day
7. Fish makes for terrible food
8. Ohio State sold its soul by not keeping and standing up for Jim Tressel
10. Sports radio is full of stupidity
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thavoice
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Oct 18, 2016 11:54am
Dr Winston O'Boogie;1816641 wrote: 1. U2's music is terrible
2. Lord of the Rings (book and film) is boring

3. Ronald Reagan was a figurehead during his second term
4. Breast cancer fundraising is modern day extortion
5. Potatoes are disgusting
6. Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day
7. Fish makes for terrible food
8. Ohio State sold its soul by not keeping and standing up for Jim Tressel
10. Sports radio is full of stupidity
Agreed.
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Oct 18, 2016 11:55am
Dr Winston O'Boogie;1816641 wrote:1. U2's music is terrible
2. Lord of the Rings (book and film) is boring
10. Sports radio is full of stupidity
Agreed!
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Oct 18, 2016 12:12pm
Racism + sexism will always exist. Racism + Sexism in America have little to do with poor outcomes of minorities/women.
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Oct 18, 2016 1:06pm
Automatik;1816604 wrote:Paying out the ass for a big, showy wedding reception is incredibly stupid.
I also agree with this.
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friendfromlowry
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Oct 18, 2016 1:18pm
I'm tired of hearing how we need to educate heroin addicts, not punish them.
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Oct 18, 2016 1:19pm
friendfromlowry;1816667 wrote:I'm tired of hearing how we need to educate heroin addicts, not punish them.
Aren't they already punishing themselves?
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friendfromlowry
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Oct 18, 2016 1:22pm
Commander of Awesome;1816668 wrote:Aren't they already punishing themselves?
Depends on who you ask.
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Oct 18, 2016 1:52pm
It's not Gyro, it's "yee-ro".
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Oct 18, 2016 2:55pm
Commander of Awesome;1816640 wrote:address the real issue, child poverty including a mandated truly integrated school system.
That is definitely something I could support!

I would also add that schools (especially in ohio, I'm not sure how other states do it) need to be funded equally.
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Oct 18, 2016 3:00pm
FatHobbit;1816685 wrote:That is definitely something I could support!

I would also add that schools (especially in ohio, I'm not sure how other states do it) need to be funded equally.
Except funding doesn't correlate well with education. The reason poor kids do poorly in "poor" school districts is because their family does not value education. Want to fix the schools? Make parents accountable for their child's education.

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/terence-p-jeffrey/dc-schools-29349-pupil-83-not-proficient-reading

No surprise COA would pull the classic liberal move of blaming external avenues rather than being honest with people about their own failures.
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Oct 18, 2016 3:07pm
sleeper;1816687 wrote:Except funding doesn't correlate well with education. The reason poor kids do poorly in "poor" school districts is because their family does not value education. Want to fix the schools? Make parents accountable for their child's education.

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/terence-p-jeffrey/dc-schools-29349-pupil-83-not-proficient-reading
I agree more money to the schools is not the answer. Personally I think free daycare (or something like that) would be the solution. Dumb asses have kids they can't afford, and they can't work and take care of them. Those kids grow up with no positive influences or guidance or father and they turn into more dumb asses who have kids they can't handle. We need to be able to break the cycle somehow. If they had someplace positive to take their kids while they worked (or fucked off) maybe that would help?
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Oct 18, 2016 3:14pm
sleeper;1816687 wrote:Except funding doesn't correlate well with education. The reason poor kids do poorly in "poor" school districts is because their family does not value education. Want to fix the schools? Make parents accountable for their child's education.

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/terence-p-jeffrey/dc-schools-29349-pupil-83-not-proficient-reading

No surprise COA would pull the classic liberal move of blaming external avenues rather than being honest with people about their own failures.
Sleepr you dummy, you just supported my point and you didn't even know it bc you're so quick to be a know it all chest thumping dumbass.

According to "Capital Kids," a new report on the state of children throughout the Washington region, the childhood poverty rate in D.C.—those kids living in a family of four taking in just $22,000 a year—stands at 30.4 percent, higher than Mexico's rate. CHILD POVERTY is a real issue in DC which equates to lower test scores and poorer performance. Many reasons for child poverty, but fact remains child poverty is a great indicator of poor school performance.

Teachers aren't miracle workers. When you have kids with a ton of out of school trauma, that limits the impact a teacher can have. Very similar to what I said about charter schools, throwing money at a school isn't the solution. Dealing with effect ways to limit child poverty is a much more effect way to increasing school performance. However, that's much harder problem to solve.

For those that GAF, article about school integration (John Oliver also did a great piece on it): https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/09/07/gentrification-threatens-oaklands-few-truly-diverse-schools/
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QuakerOats
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Oct 18, 2016 3:23pm
Automatik;1816604 wrote:Paying out the ass for a big, showy wedding reception is incredibly stupid.
And we agree, yet again. Bravo !!