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bung23

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No, I’m not threatening you. I’m genuinely curious. People who have actually been punched in the face typically don’t act like you do. You are the internet passive-aggressive tough guy. Weaselly lil snarky fella who giggles at posts rather than getting owned by the facts. And cross country was your sport…..yikes.
 

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No, I’m not threatening you. I’m genuinely curious. People who have actually been punched in the face typically don’t act like you do. You are the internet passive-aggressive tough guy. Weaselly lil snarky fella who giggles at posts rather than getting owned by the facts. And cross country was your sport…..yikes.
You wrote an entire tantrum because I laughed at your post. That’s… impressively fragile.

Fat old guy on internet is going to criticize cross country? 😂 I play ball too.
 
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OT - This rambling article reports that only 61% of girls say they want to marry someday in a 2023 survey of 12 graders compared to 83% in 1993. Boys were constant at 74%.

It made me think about my grandchildren, who all are Gen Z, and even though I know they are more traditional than some they still are much different than I was at their age. I'm going to have to carefully control what sage advice I hand out from grandpa in upcoming family gatherings.

ps. I asked ChatGPT and it said that women on average in the late 80's got married at 22.9 years and in 2024 that is now 28.6. I'm not surprised based on younger people I know.
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OT - This rambling article reports that only 61% of girls say they want to marry someday in a 2023 survey of 12 graders compared to 83% in 1993. Boys were constant at 74%.

It made me think about my grandchildren, who all are Gen Z, and even though I know they are more traditional than some they still are much different than I was at their age. I'm going to have to carefully control what sage advice I hand out from grandpa in upcoming family gatherings.

ps. I asked ChatGPT and it said that women on average in the late 80's got married at 22.9 years and in 2024 that is now 28.6. I'm not surprised based on younger people I know.
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Sure seems like most young women would rather be a popular influencer than a mother.

We had a troubling conversation with our babysitter recently. She's 23, and works as a social worker full-time, babysits on the side. She told us that she really worries about this other boy that she babysits, who is my son's age, and went to pre-school with him. She told us his Mom is a stripper and "does porn". Said the boy is pretty neglected.

Towards the end of the conversation she said something about how the Mom was able to buy herself a house, and she's living at home with her parents. Sounded a little jealous. I didn't sleep well that night, haha.
 

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OT - This rambling article reports that only 61% of girls say they want to marry someday in a 2023 survey of 12 graders compared to 83% in 1993. Boys were constant at 74%.

It made me think about my grandchildren, who all are Gen Z, and even though I know they are more traditional than some they still are much different than I was at their age. I'm going to have to carefully control what sage advice I hand out from grandpa in upcoming family gatherings.

ps. I asked ChatGPT and it said that women on average in the late 80's got married at 22.9 years and in 2024 that is now 28.6. I'm not surprised based on younger people I know.
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Correct. Many want to have career paths heading upward prior to tying the knot, which means children are being born to older parents at a much higher rate than previous, as well.
 

tjfleck6

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“Team Icky” LOL

This is everything that’s wrong with MAGA and the woke left. If you’re not 100% in agreement then you’re the enemy. Outside of echo chambers like this, people simply don’t act like this. You’re the problem.
Hi Icky. 100 percent? You are a big FAT 0 percent (in agreement with MAGA) as judged by your body of posts on this thread. Feel free to prove me wrong by finding a post in this lengthy thread where you support any MAGA policy. As usual, you will go back in your hole and hide.

This is the problem with delusional, soft, easily offended people like you. Your mood swings from crying like a soft baby to raging mad (vax rage!). As always, you blame others for your issues.
 
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Hi Icky. 100 percent? You are a big FAT 0 percent (in agreement with MAGA) as judged by your body of posts on this thread. Feel free to prove me wrong by finding a post in this lengthy thread where you support any MAGA policy. As usual, you will go back in your hole and hide.

This is the problem with delusional, soft, easily offended people like you. Your mood swings from crying like a soft baby to raging mad (vax rage!). As always, you blame others for your issues.
I think what was done on the borders has been great.

You’re incapable of posting without dragging someone’s name in, fabricating a strawman, or lobbing some pathetic little insult. It’s your entire personality at this point. “Vax rage” is easily the dumbest thing you’ve come up with.

Wildly ironic that I’m the one being labeled soft or angry, when the whole conversation started because someone couldn’t handle me laughing at their post.

You keep claiming I’m the one with issues, but you literally can’t stop bringing me up or launching personal attacks based on arguments I never even made.
 

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As usual, Mr Lefty Icky can only offer a “laugh” when challenged to prove he is not 0 percent MAGA policy. Checkmate for our little D3 XC runner.
Here’s a great example.

TJ directly calls me out, fabricates an argument, then declares a “checkmate” of made up argument and adds a personal attack as cherry on top.

Grade school stuff.
 

tjfleck6

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I think what was done on the borders has been great.

You’re incapable of posting without dragging someone’s name in, fabricating a strawman, or lobbing some pathetic little insult. It’s your entire personality at this point. “Vax rage” is easily the dumbest thing you’ve come up with.

Wildly ironic that I’m the one being labeled soft or angry, when the whole conversation started because someone couldn’t handle me laughing at their post.

You keep claiming I’m the one with issues, but you literally can’t stop bringing me up or launching personal attacks based on arguments I never even made.
And in which post in this thread did you say that? That was the point. You cry about MAGA being mad about people not being 100 percent in support when you have been a BIG Zero percent in this thread. Now, up to five percent. Congrats, you said something positive about Trump.
 

BigWill

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Despite Mar-a-Lago being a primary living space for Trump, he is a New Yorker through and through. He has significant personal and business interest in the city. The difference between the two is Trump has actually held a real job, had/has employees, made money and had been a decision maker for many decades. Mamdani has never held a real job, AFAIK.
A lady I know used to work for The Trump Organization before he declared for Pres.

She has nothing to say, but great things about her time with him and his company.

It may have something to do with her retirement, owning a horse farm in NY.

Her husband works as a volunteer for Grandson's # 4 high school wrestling team.
 
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The traitor will need pinstripes soon. No surprise since he sold out to the Chinese over a decade ago.

John's Pilot Wings are 14 Karet Gold.

There is a Jeweler in Florida that makes them to order, all sight unseen ! He engraves the SS # on the reverse.

We travelled to Corpus Christie to pin it on his uniform at his "winging Ceremony" !

It took OVER 2 1/2 years from Graduation at USNA to be winged and his 10 year Active Duty clock started that day. (The usual Active Duty is 5 years !)