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" Cooper: Brand. My daughter is ten years old. Couldn’t teach her Einstein’s theories before I left. Brand: Couldn’t you have told her you were going to save the world? Cooper: No. When you become a parent, one thing becomes really clear. And that is that you want to make sure your children feel safe. And it rules out telling a ten year old that the world’s endin’. CASE: Cooper. [Cooper looks out the window to see another massive wave approaching] " Perhaps this way of thinking wasn't appropriate in the times we live in. I'm having second thoughts...

560. Pat Metheney - Questions And Answers 561. Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss

Mainly to @smarterthanone ,hopefully some of the ideas here will be useful to consider... There's an exception to every rule. I'm more interested in the principles than the 'white crow'. (So, ... is there an exception to this rule also'? '... Let’s not look for that ' bird in the forest '.) Another important point to make before all, is that I'm for, pro- strong and healthy (emotionally - mentally too) families, and that's the main reason why I think the idea of being with someone in a romantic relationship much younger is a very high risk. If taken further to having children, (to me) clearly destructive and selfish. I'm aware, there are people who aren't going to share my views and that's fine with me. In general. Like I said, not looking for exceptional circumstances (barely any from what I saw through my understanding of UPB and RTR). Those unique circumstances would include like perhaps famine, colonisation of Mars/Venus, complete and indefinite erasure of morality from the face of the earth & all the living memory-books-references...but those are impossible standards by the framework of this thread. 0. Maybe I'm not clear on why a 17yrs old is "someone awesome" to date by a 32yr old. (J.B.P. style - '7yrs ago was 10yrs old') Care to share your thoughts? 0. What would it take to disprove your concept of being with someone ~15yrs younger being a positive thing? 1. What is the relationship between wisdom and life experience? 2. How likely, is that a teenager is as sexually responsible, as say someone in their mid / late twenties? 3. What is the general likelihood of a teenager being capable of making good decisions lasting a lifetime? (with a mother who didn't have much life experience when getting pregnant and a father who had been looking for a woman specifically like that) a. the chances of repetitive cycles b. parents being emotionally distant c. marriage being strained by envy, jealousy d. biological, physical obstacles due to age difference 4. Why do couples with a (relatively) large age difference usually struggle (amongst maaaany other things) with jealousy and envy? 5. What are the probable upsides and downsides of being with someone smart but UNwise (relative to your own wisdom, ideal standard) ? 6. When wanting a balanced relationship (in terms of deferral based on merit), how important it is to be with a partner that can be assertive to say no when they have good reason(s) to disagree? 7. How common and what impressions do you get when listening to couples' description(s) of their own relationship, whom are 7+, 8+,9...14+ yrs in age difference? Is there a trend you might be noticing? 8. If the partner was unattractive but the same age (still, much younger), would the prospect of staying in the relationship hold the same incentive? (ie. - plenty more virtues apart from the fertility aspect which ISN'T a virtue {<- because it requires no effort to achieve}) 9. If there were more couples with such a large age difference(14yrs+), what message would that convey to young people? (about men, about women) 10. Given that the life expectancy of men is 6,7..yrs lower, in a couple that with the 14yrs+ age gap, -> What are the most likely consequences of the father passing away (at least) 20 YRS, TWO DECADES EARLIER than the mother? 11. What message does marrying someone 14yrs younger conveys to the immediate family? a. How easy/difficult integration of the young partner into the family is? (women members resentment/level of respect towards the partner and/ family member marrying -> therefore the impact of it on the fabric on the family unit and its extension?) 12. In which countries, cultures is it common to find couples with such a massive age gap? a. How compatible is their value system with the Western world? b. Is their chosen way of life best described by objective standards as being on the organic or coerced side of things? As in: (forced marriage, physical threat, social austerity, un-evolved...{ not de-evolved!, big difference} societal organisation ) vs. (peaceful parenting, involved parents who hold their children's wellbeing and individuality above their own self interest... but I repeat myself... ie. - when self-ownership upheld, respected, encouraged) ... I guess those are the first dozen ideas to come to mind for me. I hope at least some of them prove to be useful. +1 What's wrong with her parents that they allow it? If they don't know, why are they sabotaging their child?

Hi @Azrael Rand Welcome to the board and posting! Why do you think people should read your piece, what's the value in it for them? Barnsley - - - 15.09.2018 - - - Howdy 'tickety-doorbell enthusiast' (voter without merit), what's the value in your vote? ... ahh, bummer! You always hide in the shadows, we never know... Thanks, at least it'll make people think about it. It's what I hoped for.

If S. D. Attenborough (population control activist) hadn't produced 'pornographic' material, Owen Benjamin wouldn't have gotten stripped of his live-streaming option? It's probably best if you listened to Owen Benjamin explaining it, I might have misunderstood the mechanism 'ScreYoutube' is operating under at. You decide. Hopefully he gets his live streaming option back, comedians pretty much rely on that economically and him being restricted... wait a moment, could it be... other ref. : S. D. Attenborough - uhh.. (population 'matters' dot org)

So, 'HUXIT' soon? I mean, what else is going to be the natural response of Hungary for being punished in trying to protect its citizens and culture? The populist leader (Orban) who just got even more popular can't back down now or he'll risk alienating the voters, losing power which he likey-likes. Almost seems as if the unelected 'elected' politician-lobbyists want to take the axe to the 'Union'... madness. Sure, punish a member state for looking after its citizens interest...send that message far & wide, loud & clear... because coercion makes the coerced love the aggressor more... madness. link (npr)

558. Audioslave - Bring Em Back Alive 559. Chelsea Wolfe - The Warden (Maceo Plex Remix)

It will but I don't think I'm the right person to go into the details of it. Do Americans consume, trade with intellectual produce of Europeans? If the answer is yes, so is to your question. Also, think about server parks (amazon) and intelligence, and banking and research/development... everything will be affected or at least it's uncertain to what extent, how or when... not a great enticer. (cynically put) Probably, after a certain point... it was best if Europe got rejected from the Internet and had to create its own. (At least, that's where things are heading currently.) It would fix things on the long run (more volatile hard-slamming-Europe into the ground) ps. - That was 'cold', maan.

Hi @Elizabeth (dooh) @Elizbaeth That's an interesting insight you let me see, again. "never", "always"... such extremes without reference or context...oh, dear. You do realise it makes it hard for me to not see it as an exaggerated opinion, especially when it's factually incorrect. Meanwhile I don't mean to minimise your experience and I remain open to discussing specific things you might want to bring up. We'd had disagreements, very different approaches and maybe opposing working principles, sure a plenty (in my opinion). It's one of the main reason why I drastically reduced my contributions to your content after a while. What I normally do (if I perceive the other a capable individual for it) is to express my dislike, explaining it in a way that most likely going to make sense to the other person and ask for feedback/encourage it so that we are able to get closer in understanding at least, seeing what's what. And so, I recommend you did the same, based on how well it worked for me since I started doing it. I'm trying to remember when have you expressed this issue you started this post with... I don't think you have ever signaled that there was something off for you or that you couldn't make out the tone/meaning of something I had contributed and therefore would've liked to ask some clarifiers from me... In fact, in my recollections, I seem to remember you asking very few questions (which in itself is ok, i guess). The reason why I'm saying this is because I don't remember refusing to answer you and so what's the other alternative that we're left with? Is it possible that you've been holding back thoughts, experiencing the interaction based on solely your own interpretation? Am I way off about it? Now we're getting somewhere. (not cynical, actually surprised and relieved a bit) answering... Yes. That was a 'are you sure you knew what everyone here was thinking, the reason... etc?' compacted and down-throttled with a winking emoji to take its 'sharpness', hoping you would see the two (That's why the specific quote alongside) as a reminder that probably you've assumed something incorrectly about everybody, including myself. I'm not saying it never happened/happens to me, although probably you'd agree it's not a good thing to allow/do. Right?! Basically, yes. You can let me know if it made sense, or I'll try again. Fantastic. Yes. Hit the nail on the head. Funny, this clarifier could have saved you from asking all the others. I can't know for sure. That'd be mindreading territory. It's more likely than not. Probably yes if someone asked me to 'guesstimate'. See above, but my 'crux' was with someone confidently stating a knowledge claim about something they couldn't have possessed or acquired in any fashion other than interviewing each individual having read the thread. Moreover, in this scenario I am also involved (board member 'n all), read it ANNND I also have quite a few different reasons than what you'd assumed. But I didn't want to sound too stern so I decided to throttle down, make it gentle-cute reminder. (I guess it didn't work for you, against my best intentions... lol) Is it ok if I responded to the questions in this later? I had not planned to respond to anything else other than that section you wrote... hence why I only quoted the part with which I had issues with. - - - 14.09.2018 - - - Howdy 'doorbell enthusiast' (voter without merit). It's ok to step out of the shadows and make arguments... arrows aren't . But as always, it's up to you...

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As predicted: "The number of confirmed full-time, first-year students at Wilfrid Laurier University for September is 3,928, down from 4,634 last fall. - Andrej Ivanov , Waterloo Region Record" -15.2% LESS enrollment Wait for it... wait for it... "We've landed exactly where we wanted to be," said Jennifer Casey, assistant vice-president of enrolment services and registrar at the university. "It's still an exceptional (*) growth pattern that Laurier is in." I'm sure it is. A kind of a 'growth', that's for certain. Jennifer probably forgot to add the word negative*. Mathematically that is. As in: If this 'exceptional growth pattern' continues, it will 'grow' into an ordinary failure and an ordinary closure of the facility, 'freeing-up' currently tied down human 'resources' many of whom will certainly be scooped up by other 'exceptional' universities... Oh, dear. Sophists... By the way...while we are at PC policing universities... New enrollment at Evergreen State College is also down, by some estimates - 70%, only 300 new students this fall (from ~900-1100, by unconfirmed sources). Naturally, the official report is a lot more 'forthcoming' and leaves no place for doubt...'to read is to believe'. (link) (Naturally, I'm just kidding. Believe, think, make up your mind as you please.)

Hi @Gnostic Bishop How would you distinguish love from hate (not lack of love) if they appeared the same? (begging the question, I know) (my thinking: not being able to tell is foundational to moral relativism, being 'lost' like a sailor out in the middle of the sea without any means to navigate)

Sure? @smarterthanone You sound resolute and satisfied, not looking for anything else. Is that right?

556. Beck - Turn Away 557. Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl

H. A . W. / 28. Dj Fresh - All That Jazz

554. Silbrfish - Calm Sea 555. Dj Krush - Jugoya /tsukimi/

"MEPs voted 438 votes to 226 in favour of passing the amended EU Copyright Directive. " "The proposal passed unchallenged, meaning that the proposed EU Copyright Directive can pass into law without the need for further amendments." In essence, 'hyperlink - tax' and 'upload filter'... about to arrive in the near future. (For those unfamiliar, the hyperlink tax is powergrab... ie. - if you don't have an army of lawyers but the other party does, whoever linked your content can do so freely but if you did the same you'll be paying through your nose(no exempt states allowed, as per voted&accepted recently) and the 'upload filter' is censure... ie. - someone other than the poster gets to decide whether a content can appear or not (yes, going backwards too once the law is in effect)... the 'modern' version of book burning. Not good... the darkweb just got a few hundred millions more users, companies will lose massive income due to people seeking freedom of information, it will have the opposite effect than what the greedy and evidently rotten boomers have wanted(?, or claimed). Not to mention the sharp increase in corruption (logically) as the laws are only going to increase the feasibility of backdoor agreements, the power of people in any&all legislative systems within the EU. They definitely don't care about the next generations... it's Nutts! (link) - quotes from verdict dot co ps. - Think about this for a bit... If the Internet wasn't part of an efficient and effective cure against statism and communism(kinda repeating myself) -> Why would the EU as a whole, do everything it can in its power to downgrade it to an elementary school newspaper where you get fined&sent to the principal's office even for saying 'pee-pee and poo-poo' or simply stating something obvious, like there are better&worse teachers in the school, there's a difference in skill and merit. Ahh... the ' horrors ' of reason & evidence. By the looks of things ... I guess it's decided. 'Hard-landing' or rather more accurately 'a flaming ball of fire slamming into the ground miles away from the clearly visible landing strip'. Buckle up people! The pilots have already jumped out with their 'golden parachutes', it's only down to physics now.

... this does connotates with 'funny' and a dash of 'rebellion'. (to me) I can accept that, given how much our culture and values have shifted... I'm too, highly suspicious of the labels 'the livestock gets tagged with now-a-days'. For now, right?! I'd imagine that in a more rational world, words would get 'healed' or 'restored'... then you wouldn't want to be called 'mad'. (Sheesh... upside-down world it is.) Oh, no. Yes. For sure. Absolutely. It's one of the conundrums (my, at least) of living in a society that sort of uses a different lexis... dunno. Painstakingly annoying/laborious to get meanings across most times. Maybe. I don't know about that. All I know is that the things I call myself tend to leave a 'mark', or an impression if you'd like. But I guess as long as you KNOW what's what, it's ok. (not sure about the subliminal, the NLP angle though) Ok. Thanks for the more than detailed response, I realise I have not contributed to the original post you've made. Thanks again for the ample and meaningful clarification. (You helped me think about madness in new ways)

552. Nebula - Chords Of Sorrow 553. Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me /... uncover our heads and reveal our soul... /

Is it close to the acknowledgement of the 'dark side' each human is capable of? (I'm asking but at the same time I'm seeing it might appear as an oversimplification, you should know it's only for my better orientation...)

Sorry. There's no need to be all serious about everything, all the time. In fact, pretty daunting stuff should be moulded into lighthearted form, so that it doesn't impede (the individual's) life, at times. It follows, labels such as 'serious' and 'funny' do not follow rules akin to the motions of stars... and so labels, even serious ones can be applied to content with a 'lighthearted' sense. (meanwhile, content DOES matter, it's the observer that's different) Am I making more sense now?

Can do. It goes something like this: "What's the alternative to comedy?... "

Hi @PillPuppetPoet What does "I think therefore I'm mad" signify? Imagine that you were responding to someone (I'll pretend) that had no prior knowledge of the original.

Free-speech panel at the EU Parliament. (you'll be surprised to see some familiar faces)

550. I Am A Bandit - Gimme Special Thrills 551. Blagoj Rambabov - Boogie Monster