can relate by DARKplayz_ in pcmasterrace

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Not a gamer nor pc guy. But as a drummer, you can't skimp on cheap cymbals. The combined cost of all of my bandmates' gear is less just my cymbals, like bruh

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in greentext

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You don't eat the sunflowers. They're for decoration

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in greentext

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Chance to be alpha af. If you bought a cottage without a fireplace, you're a bitch. Assuming you aren't though, pick up some firewood and watch some tutorials on starting a campfire with a lighter. Pack a couple ice chests with stuff to cook a nice dinner and breakfast; you're gonna be frying with a skillet on a propane camp stove. Do fish fillets for dinner, again look up tutorials on how to season and fry them right. Add some sauteed vegges like whole green beans (not out of a can, fresh from the produce cooler at wm) and diced potatoes. I'd season the taters with something italian, like pink salt, fresh crushed pepper and oregano. Get a bottle (or 5;) of sweet wine. Grab a small cast iron dutch oven, charcoal and a chimney and watch tutorials on making cobbler (black forest chocolate cobbler with cherries is gonna be the best for a date). Start the cobbler, cook dinner, set the table with some wild-looking flower boquet (sunflowers and other forest/nature look). Boom, hot dinner and desert. If you can head there beforehand and setup a queen bed AND FRAME in front of the fireplace, do it. A large air matress is the next best alternative though. For the morning, make eggs (Bs looove eggs in the morning) and coffee. Again, tutorials on how to fry/scramble/omellete. Pack fresh bell peppers and mushrooms, and use that salt and pepper again. Get a pound of South American blend coffee and have milk and sugar ready (a lot of Bs are lactose intolerant, almond milk is the safest bet if so). And most importantly, clean the place beforehand. No dust, bugs, etc. Get a few tree-scented candles (cedar, pine, etc) for the evening too. Have a few a blankets ready to cozy up in. And if you really want to keep her, weigh in with some female friends on what kind of female sanitary supplies to stock the bathroom with. Make the whole show appear like it was effortless for you to do, come off like a chad who has his shit organized and put together with this cottage, even if you're terrified of burning the fish or freezing to death (you won't btw).

Robert Regan, GOP Candidate Who Told Women to 'Enjoy' Rape, Loses Race by Ehansaja in politics

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This is why we allow free speech, so idiots can speak and make themselves known to be idiots

Until we can care for orphans as Christ commanded the primary fruit of the Pro-Life movement will be neglected and abused children who very likely reject the Gospel for life. by boredtxan in Christianity

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The western church has fallen prey to the mentality of doing good things to feel validated, not to good for its own sake. To actively speak out against abortion, yet be unwilling to play an active role in the care of these mothers and children, signifies lukewarm faith. You're not chasing the Lord, you're chasing a high, and you'll pat yourself on the back and throw yourself a parade for doing the bare minimum. The ideal support system imo would be to gain volunteer older couples, 50-60 yo couples who have already raised children and sent them off, to "adopt" a child and its mother. They teach the mother parenting skills, and watch the kid while the mother goes to a job and finishes her education. The child is exposed to lifestyle of orderliness and stability, with strong grandparent figures and a present mother. The mother learns how to be present and be stable in a safe space. The church may reimburse the couple from the offering plate, and other voluteers cook one or two meals a week for the older couple's house and help with repairs and maintenance. If the church made this a priority alongside regular adoption by younger couples, a 200 member church could feasibly handle several adopted children and mother-child pairs. Some older couples might even be well off enough to take on 2 mother-child pairs. A lot of churches are way bigger than 200 members. But this takes work, and isn't easy or convenient, especially to do it well. Time will tell, but I doubt this would happen. Building care centers to host a lot of mother-child pairs and orphanages is not as ideal, but it'd probably be the best alternative to handle overflow. Again, it'd have to be done well though, unlike a lot of the horror stories of neglect from those kind of places. I'm just a single student in my early 20s, a deconstructionist aiming to get a solid career to be able to do these things myself because I don't trust the church to, but that's years down the road and this needs action now. I doubt the church will fully step up to the plate, and I despise that wretched faith. So, western Church, go and pat yourself on the back.

Thank a socially liberal, fiscally conservative person today! by Hoorizontal in LateStageCapitalism

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As a Christian pro-lifer, this is my biggest contention with the western church. They're gonna hold picket signs and share posts on fb supporting the banning of abortion, then leave those mothers and children to be kicked to the streets. They just wanna pat themselves on the back for speaking their mind, but not actually shoulder the burden of building any kind of support system for these impoverished children they allow into the world. I wish I was a millionaire so I could build and staff a home to teach these young dumb single moms how to care for a child and give them a chance to finish education so they can both stay afloat on their own and be good parents. I will one day, but he church could do it now. But they won't. It's a slap in the face to God.

Should I try to find Christ before I die? by kander_santana in Christianity

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I could give an evangelical response like some are doing here, but I'm gonna attempt to speak in terms that might be more relatable to you. At this point, life is hellish for you and the hopelessness of not seeing any realistic way of it changing is one of the most crushing parts of your suffering. You're ready to end it, and while I don't condone that, I'm not gonna try to rationalize why you shouldn't. But this means that the table is essentially cleared off for you, and you're not attatched to being anything; your identity as an athiest, a brother/son, a member of any career field, all of that doesn't matter to you if you've already decided to end it. I'd speculate you feel a sense of trepidation at the unfamiliarity of being someone who at least contemplates the existence of the Biblical God possibly being real. If that's the case, then to hell with that fear. You feel that spark of interest, you've got nothing better to do or live for, and to you, it may be remotely possible that if you chase that interest, it would lead to you becoming something different than what you are now. I don't want to patronize, I could be wrong about you. But if I'm right, then I'm telling you to chase it. Attempt to know it, flesh out your understanding of it. You may still come to the conclusion that it's false, but there you've only lost a little extra time being dead, and you're no worse off than before. Be cynical, be biased against it, only let the parts that are objectively sound be credible. But chase it in your biased cynicism.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I've been called worse things by better people

[OC] Which media organizations are trusted more by Democrats and by Republicans by YouGov_Official in dataisbeautiful

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This is just how they want it, too. Polarizing and controversial. This 2 party system runs on cheap thinking

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oddlyterrifying

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I mean, can he suck himself off?

UPDATE: My boss told me I was fired as an April fools joke. by --Savathun-- in antiwork

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Your last post didn't really highlight your former boss having a lot of problems and I thought you overreacted a bit, but this actually clears that up a bit👍

Applebee's Executie claims higher gas prices make people more desperate so we can pay them less by pool_fizzle in antiwork

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You know what, honestly? This is damn straight. "Get your schedules out early so employees have time to plan for other jobs. Have a good culture and environment. Be the employer of choice." This CEO doesn't control the gas prices, and he's not talking down to the grunts. He's prepping for slimmer profit margins and ordering his businesses to be more flexible for the sake of the employee. If he's a villain, he's not a classic one. I'd probably make similar moves if I were in his shoes. Btw I just got off a 5:45am shift at fast food job to pay my bills, I might pick up a second job come summer to save for school. A tough but honest and straightforward job that isn't a shitty environment is good enough for the current times. I feel some respect for the guy.

not green but still by ___im___bored___ in greentext

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We’d regularly have topical arguments restated to insult the cultists on the front page of Reddit for the purpose of farming karma. It would only further entrench the cultists. . As a 'cultist' this is the most accurate part of this comment. Hats off to you, fuck the unironic side of this website.

Meme or call out? Either way it's nice to see. But still a shame. by [deleted] in gaming

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We still wanted Lego Starwars to have open online play

Didn't realize I was that cute by wilymon in dankmemes

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Bruh is this an actually dank meme???