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@Humpleupagus @rubberducky @silas I have heard that people in California can just not pay their fare and they will suffer no consequences for it. Is this true?

Based on what I heard someone who moved from California say "Why are people worried about paying? They are not allowed to stop you from getting on even if you do not have a ticket."

@Zeb I also do not have a problem with her breaking off the relationship. 6 years is a long time to be in a relationship without marriage if marriage is the goal. But a princess she is not.

Ton of student loans and a nurse? Red flags to me. And those loan numbers tell me she paid way too much for school and/or was misusing her student loans. 160K off the bat to be a nurse? Something is wrong there.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JEZmw-3Ev0o

There will be times I will defend Dave Ramsey in spite of the backlash. This is not one of those times. The "you are a princess" is not only cringe inducing, but there is no way he could qualify this statement from simply talking to a woman over the phone.

@cjd @sickburnbro This is the closest one I found to what you are looking for.

@sickburnbro It is not so much "who is telling them this," but rather that the phrase "responsibility without authority" is just putting the experienced reality of many men into succinct words. The phrase could be something else to the same sentiment, it would still exist in some form or another.

Killing the phrase itself would not kill the idea. It would simply re-emerge with a different label.

@sickburnbro "Now that it is probably too late to roll back such a policy, I will now voice opposition to it."

I never trust anyone who only voices an opinion when it has no realistic chance of making a difference. Often the same people doing this will always push for the worst ideas when it is critical (Chief Justice John Roberts is a great example of this type of person with his rulings).

@Mr_Mister if you care to expend the energy, you can ask them the following questions:

Which country has an example of treating women well? After that, look up the birth rate.

Then ask about a list of countries with high birth rates and ask if they treat their women well. Then show their birth rates.

Yes, it is a waste of time to convince these people, since they already are committed to their narrative. But I have such questions ready when I am fine expending the energy.

@sickburnbro Norway is not cheap to live in either. Their housing is more expensive (for less house) as well as their food (in part to having to import a lot of it). Everyone is taxed out the nose too, not just the rich. Such are the costs for "free healthcare."

Not saying it is all bad to live there, but a lot of people who want their country to be "more like a Scandinavian country" have no clue that they have some parts they would not like in the required package.

@sickburnbro the third movie was also doing too much of going back to cannibilizing the original story rather than do something different by just bringing back Darth Sideous. And it was a complete crapshow when it tried to fix the trilogy, but it was unsaveable and still plain bad.

Apparently they did not have a plan going into the new trilogy. Which is something you cannot do with a billion dollar franchise.

@sickburnbro the sequel trilogy is the perfect summation of the problems with current movies. The first movie was derivative and devoid of any originality, followed by a movie that appears to hate the current fans while trying to pander to "the modern audience" with even more girlboss slop (while still being too formulaic).

Star Wars had greatness because it was something fresh. Now it is just a rotten corpse of a franchise.

@s2208 how much do you want to bet these people cheering for lower birth rates to "save the planet" or "don't want their hypothetical children to suffer" have no issue with mass immigration to their countries? If we are meant to reduce the population, bringing in more people from countries that have positive birth rates just negates the whole "save the planet" nonsense, since those people are now consuming resources at a greater rate in 1st world countries than their countries of origin.