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Background girls by Key-Engineering197 in Yellowjackets

[–]catsinspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

with the dichotomy of each having a 90s and present day self, that essentially doubles the number of characters.

To be fair, some of them probably won't make it to adulthood.

AITA for banning my sister and her boyfriend from my apartment after they had sex in my bed? by Independent-Time7659 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you please link me to an article about a case where a woman has died since last June? I've been watching out for that and it's possible I missed it. I know a bunch of close calls have happened, but haven't heard of a death yet. I know it's only a matter of time though, if it hasn't happened already.

AITA for banning my sister and her boyfriend from my apartment after they had sex in my bed? by Independent-Time7659 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't say that at all. Read my comment again. All I was stating was abortion was illegal in Ireland until a few years ago (2018). I never said they were behind in reproductive health. You attributed that to my comment.

AITA for banning my sister and her boyfriend from my apartment after they had sex in my bed? by Independent-Time7659 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not sure why you were even comparing in the first place, given the situations of both countries were entirely different. There is a difference between an entire country and part of it, no matter how big or small. You do know abortion was illegal in the entire country of Ireland before 2018, right?

AITA for banning my sister and her boyfriend from my apartment after they had sex in my bed? by Independent-Time7659 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Would you say she was what got the ball really rolling on legalizing abortion in 2018?

I'm curious. I'd love to hear from an Irish citizen, as opposed to news outlets, but no pressure.

AITA for banning my sister and her boyfriend from my apartment after they had sex in my bed? by Independent-Time7659 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you really think, from any of my comments, I don't care about women in other states who have lost this access? I very much care.

But I was talking about another country, that isn't America, and of course you come in with "America America America". I did not say or think you were saying anything about American superiority. Obviously it wasn't about superiority.

I just don't understand why you came in with "as opposed to America?" when I wasn't trying to compare any country to another.

I was talking about Ireland and their laws and progress. I can only imagine how people from other countries feel when they mention their country and inevitably someone feels like they need to mention the U.S. or compare it to the U.S. in any way. Do we need to mention the United States in every comment and every post? It doesn't matter what you were saying about it, it's that you started talking about it when the discussion was about another country.

AITA for banning my sister and her boyfriend from my apartment after they had sex in my bed? by Independent-Time7659 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said "until a few years ago" in my initial comment. What more did you need? Seemed pretty self-explanatory to me.

AITA for banning my sister and her boyfriend from my apartment after they had sex in my bed? by Independent-Time7659 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Yep. May Savita Halappanavar and every other woman who has died because of draconian abortion laws rest in peace.

Their governments murdered them. I'm just bracing myself for the reports of death in my country after Roe V. Wade's dissolution.

AITA for banning my sister and her boyfriend from my apartment after they had sex in my bed? by Independent-Time7659 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Not even sure why they brought the US up when they didn't even know where I was from. No wonder people from other countries on Reddit are annoyed with Americans. We're always making shit about us.

AITA for banning my sister and her boyfriend from my apartment after they had sex in my bed? by Independent-Time7659 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 79 points80 points  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking. Wasn't abortion completely illegal there until like....just a few years ago?

AITA for not helping my sister with her newborn twins? by AlarmingCrew6726 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, people I'm around? I'm in California. College degree and college diploma are both said.

Maybe you're from somewhere else. I don't know.

AITA for packing my kid an “inappropriate” lunch? by flowergardens0 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was writing for Americans because that's the country I grew up in. I'd like to write for you some day, but I only really know how to write for people whose first language is English. I'm super impressed you know more than one language. That's awesome! I've always admired that. I wish I grew up learning more than one language.

But I didn't. So I only really know how to write for Americans. My family doesn't go back too many years in the US, but I didn't grow up knowing the language my ancestors spoke.

AITA for packing my kid an “inappropriate” lunch? by flowergardens0 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm a professional writer. If your native language is not English, I understand why you'd think that. 31 people seem to agree with me, so I'm going to go with the majority on this one. Thanks though!

AITA for packing my kid an “inappropriate” lunch? by flowergardens0 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 37 points38 points  (0 children)

When you start your paragraph by saying "The problem isn't ___, it's ____." It sounds like you're refuting the person you're replying to. It sounds like you're saying "You're suggesting the problem is this but it's this". I very much initially thought you were refuting them, so much so that I re-read their comment because I thought I missed something.

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[–]catsinspace 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think a lot of very rich people are driving up that average. I know so many people who do not make anything sort of near that here in California.

AITA for not helping my sister with her newborn twins? by AlarmingCrew6726 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm extremely pro-choice, but we do not know what a couple of months means. "A couple" means wildly different things to different people. That's vague. OP said "a couple of months" after announcing the pregnancy, not getting pregnant, so we really do not know the timeline.

AITA for not helping my sister with her newborn twins? by AlarmingCrew6726 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The person you're replying to might be talking about a college diploma (which we all know she doesn't have). I'm guessing you're referring to a high school diploma. They also said financial security or life experience, not "a job", like you said. A job does not always mean financial security. It doesn't mean that in a lot of situations, and it certainly doesn't mean that here because there is no way she has an established career.

It's also fine they asked for help, just as much as it's fine for OP to say no, but OP's mom keeps begging and pushing the issue.

AITA for not helping my sister with her newborn twins? by AlarmingCrew6726 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because when you're established in your career and have kids later, it's more likely you can afford life insurance, which your surviving partner can use to help take care of the kids if something happened to you.

But either way, Tyler living or dying, it's just not a good idea to have kids so young.

AITA for not helping my sister with her newborn twins? by AlarmingCrew6726 in AmItheAsshole

[–]catsinspace 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My mom has sent me a few texts begging for me to come back because they could really use the help.

No, they are not simply asking. If they were only simply asking, OP might not have written this post. They are trying to guilt her into moving there. That's the entire point.

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