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Phuein, how do you feel about talking about this topic less abstractly? I am curious to know what your personal feeling are on the topic, beyond the well articulated arguments. Do you have a personal history with slander and/or just insults that make this especially relevant for you?

I just shared this idea with my girlfriend, she said it would a great idea especially in the country she is from Costa Rica, which doesnt allow abortions and is super Catholic (with all that entails)

love these little geniuses

I agree wholeheartedly with the OP. The wait, linger, be nice, but not be honest approach that lands men in the friendzone are all indicators of insecurities which will otherwise plague the relationship. I don't blame women for avoiding relationships with those men in the least, and I think the blame that men in the friendzone throw at those women are perfect examples of WHY those women should avoid relationships with those men in the first place. The friendzone'd man is not seeking intimacy, but approval.

Clumping these types of behaviors as verbal aggression makes it hard to distinguish them. In truth, libel and defamation are fraud. Fraud is a violation of the NAP when its issuers does so knowingly and with the intent to cause damage to your property (for example, saying McDonalds gives you AIDs on a news story without any proof will cost the company money). Insults, however, do not damage person or property. Insults aren't necessarily fraudulent, and can often be truthful. That being said, being insulting is often unempathetic, and not polite. But lacking empathy for someone is not aggressing towards them, and being polite is about aesthetics not morality. I don't even really see a grey area in this discussion, and would like the OP to consider and discuss the emotions behind the argument. There is much more to gain from that kind of RTR and honesty than trying to make the claim that insults are a violation of the NAP. That argument is fundamentally not universalizable. Then a woman walking naked in the streets is a violation of the NAP because it makes your heart race. I think this argument is erroneous. And I think attempting to manage other people's emotional states is often a form of enabling. This falls into the category of Shaming, which is a topic I try and bring up a lot because it is common even within this otherwise lovely community. To shame someone is NOT a violation of the NAP, and is often a tool in moralizing. Pause and think for a second everyone: how many people find atheism insulting? Anarchy? Freedomain Radio? MANY. Just check out the youtube comments.

alright, "3 Live As If Your Father Were Dead " I want to read that chapter!

I just watched a documentary on Egypt. Protestors fighting for democracy... they end a 30 year dictatorship. With 51% of the votes, they get their first leader, a Muslim radical who begins rewriting laws to give himself even more power than Mumbarek named Morsi. The protestors fight on, for 2 more years. They're attacked, tortured, and murdered. Finally, Morsi steps down. The new leader, with an alleged 97% of the vote, is a man named Sisi. Sisi was former head of the secret police under Mumbarek, and a General under Morsi. He was quite literally responsible for carrying out the violence of his predecessors. Egypt has a violent dictatorship once again. This is the essence of democracy, rotating dictatorships.

One tactic is to share your own experience, assuming you have experience with child abuse. I find this has the added benefit of determining if someone is actually your friend. For me, I was abused and I no longer talk to my parents, and that is a real possibility they're introducing into their relationship with their kid. Also express your experience reading that meme, what kind of memories or feelings it brings up for you, etc. Arguing a point is not Real Time Relationship.

In fairness, the legal costs of everyone charged with a crime are subsidized by public defense attorney's.

I couldn't agree more with that assessment. In fact, if anything the porn addiction was a byproduct of his lack of intimacy, not the cause of it. The people advertising the film didn't understand it, in my opinion.

I'm enjoying it a lot. It is a very peaceful country, and the people are nice. For me, its like the Canada of latin America. The socialism thing is interesting and I can't say I've fully put my finger on it. I'd say firstly, they're no more socialist than the US. They have left some key economic sectors relatively untouched, like banking and business regulations. They've also done something which I saw in Costa Rica, which is that they'll split an institution like Health Care into two systems and keep them separated. So they have a universal healthcare system here (which sucks), but the private healthcare system is not burdened by it. As a result, the monthly health insurance cost for private care is less than $40. And it includes house calls for your check-ups! The min wage is like $1/hr I believe, and unemployment here is extremely low, though growing since the rise of socialism. At one point, it was under 1% Some things work out too, like they limit the meat and dairy exports which keeps the cost on their very high quality meat/dairy products cheap inside the country. I havent renounced my citizenship, though its crossed my mind.

To your first point, yes. Apparently they still expect taxes. Which is hilariously insane, since you have to already pay taxes in the country you earned the money in, essentially a double tax. As for banking abroad.... dude, you're talking to someone who had to deal with this a LOT. Let me tell you, its a damn hassle!!! Now, most of the hassle is very recent, and its all coming out of the US. Here in Uruguay where I currently live, recent impositions from US banks have made opening an account here for me very difficult, so much so that most banks don't want to even bother with it. The government here is currently creating an entire office dedicated specifically to US citizen's banking needs, just because its such an extra hassle. The work around, if you care to know, is corporate personhood. Just create a corporation in the country, it has more legal rights than you do, lol. I kind of look at it too ways. The first is economic freedom, and second is personal freedom. Often a country will excel at one and fail at the other. For example, in Costa Rica you can functionally do almost anything. There is very little policing going on, and in many places you find the whole community, cops included, have a live and let live philosophy with most things. For business, its somewhere in the middle. Meanwhile in Singapore, the economy is very free market and opening a business is a cinch. However, if you've heard any of the stories out of there even spitting gum on the floor can land you in jail. Let alone smoking a joint, peeing outside, etc. I think the Scandinavian countries have the best balance, possibly followed by New Zealand. I'd give Norway the #1 spot from what I know. The country with the easiest access to residency is where I currently live, Uruguay. It costs nothing, you just need a few documents, and its a painless process. This factor attracts a lot of people escaping more violent or desolate countries, esp Venezuela and the Dom Rep. Its a fairly peaceful society and is the second freest economy in S America after Chile. Though... in both cases... socialism is on the rise.

Thats definitely a noble way to approach parenting, though quite the challenge in this world.

For the most part it is functionally impossible to do that and participate completely in the economy. That being said, I've known a few people who have done it to varying degrees. One in particular, the guy is a super hippy who literally sleeps in a horse stable and feeds himself on food he collects in the jungle. In some countries it is easier than others. For the most part, it involves a lot of sneaking around. Most borders in the world are not watched. The roads are watched, but for example if you were in Mexico you could make your way all the way to the tip of Argentina without running into a fence you need to hop. Most people doing this are going in the opposite direction (and often with a backpack full of cocaine), so its very possible. Fortunately there are almost no places in the world which require you to give up your citizenship to live there. And the US passport is one of the more powerful ones in the world, giving you access to most countries as a tourist without special visas, and allows you to become a resident in most countries (since the assumption is that you have some money). But these perks are in decline. Anecdotally, I got a passport renewed in a foreign country. They included a pamphlet with the new passport. The title read "The World is Yours" lol

I don't know about rights, but I got the impression from what she said that she discussed it with them in detail and they agreed. Though some of the kids were pretty young. I can't speak to her thought process, and I don't know how much she knew about who the other person would be, but the dad was there as were camera men. I certainly don't think her children were in danger. You make a good point though, and of course I trust that when you say you wouldn't do it you're being sincere. I think the more hard core part was exposing those kids to public criticism, especially her daughter who was maligned on the internet for not yet knowing how to read. Maybe thats my perspective, but something about a general public criticism like that would have been really hard to deal with as a kid... but dealing with a bitchy mom I mean... I did it for 18+ years so I might be too desensitized.

Maybe to some degree, but the children got a rare insight into something special. Even the husband (one of the most spineless guys I've ever seen) got the chance to bond with his son a bit, and that wont go away. The part where she comes dressed as a drill sergeant, she actually thought being a bitch was cute.

The part where the dad goes out to talk to his son's friend, who were never allowed in the house before that... and hanging up the little girl's pictures. fucking inspirational.

great film, and Don's family is just..... I got a cousin who's exactly like Don and they nailed the family.

They opened a female friendly auto-repair shop here in Uruguay recently. You can get your hair done while you wait for your car (no joke). I don't mind, I think this is an excellent way market forces can combat threatening situations for women. Guns and mace are pretty good too. As for a gov run feminist bus, lets be honest.... it would be like jim crow but men are the black people. Its not that its a bus for women, since women would be able to use any bus... it would just be a bus forbidden to men. Probably would have wifi and all sorts of cool shit.

Excellent. Its sad seeing all these lefties turn hawk.

Right, I think the worst consequence of a 51% attack is that the blockchain splits? Fuck this shit is wicked hard to understand on a technical level. I'm still trying to figure out how they fit all those 1's and 0's inside my computer.

wow thats very impressive!!!

Yeah, and no judging. I dropped out of college as a Senior, I mean I was maybe two semesters away from graduation at the most. I dropped out of high school to attend college earlier, so I was still fairly young at the time. Nonetheless, for me the hardest part was putting my own desires in front of other people's expectations. My vocabulary and intelligence is such that people tend to assume I'm a college graduate, anyways. And my fields of interest aren't things which require certification: animation, graphic design, and most importantly being an entrepreneur. So in my particular context, my resume is my work not my certification level. BTW, what kind of business would you like to start? What is your product?

You should do whatever you want. That being said, I don't understand the logic of spending your time on an undesirable backup plan before trying the desirable plan.