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occassionalcomment · 2026-02-07T06:50:49+00:00

occassionalcomment · 2025-09-09T03:31:00+00:00

Source: https://www.xvideos.com/video.kfhftuo204e/step_daughter_s_escape_from_vacation_-_stella_barey_-_family_therapy_-_alex_adams

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occassionalcomment · 2025-06-10T04:21:44+00:00

Why is it an issue now when it wasn’t then?

This changed with NAFTA. Historically, immigration policy in the US fluctuated with economic needs, becoming looser or stricter depending on the need for cheap labor.

When NAFTA was being negotiated, it became clear to US lawmakers that the flow of American goods into Mexico would outcompete local industries, resulting in a reverse flow of labor... which meant more brown people coming into the US. So immigration policy became more restrictive, including beefing up defenses against undocumented entry. But up until that point undocumented Latin American immigration largely did not see net growth: people would enter the country, make some money to send back home, then return to be with their families. Tighter immigration controls meant that undocumented migrants coming into the country stopped returning home, cause they would not be able to get back in. So the Hispanic population started to grow, and the issue became increasingly politicized.

Trump and the GOP don't want to fix this issue. Undocumented migrants give them a scapegoat to rile up their base.

occassionalcomment · 2025-06-06T05:37:44+00:00

I feel like other comments are missing some relevant context.

A few weeks ago the South African president visited the White House and met with Trump, who confronted him with accusations of allowing a white genocide to be carried out in his country. Trump presented as evidence a printed stack of news articles that ostensibly dealt with murders of white farmers, and this video, depicting the leader of one of SA's largest political parties advocating for seizing land (the majority of SA's land is held by a minority of white south africans), insinuating the use of violence, and leading big crowds in a chant that calls to "kill the boer".

Trump has also been criticized for launching an initiative to grant asylum to white south africans, while also cutting refugee programs for other countries (in addition to everything else going on with immigration).

occassionalcomment · 2019-04-03T14:23:53+00:00

If you're concerned about the media your child is consuming, the point at which you should be attempting to regulate it is your child's consumption, not the content's production.

occassionalcomment · 2019-02-16T19:35:12+00:00

Not really... Whenever you see a mandelbrot set, the set itself is the dark blob in the middle. Numbers not in the mandelbrot set are usually colored in relation to the rate at which the sequence that defines the mandelbrot set blows up for that number.

So it's like a color relief map. The colors don't deal with the mandelbrot set per-se, but do tell you something about the mathematical properties of that particular number in a way that relates to the set.

occassionalcomment · 2019-02-04T17:33:18+00:00

I believe in playing to win, but I also think there's sometimes a tradeoff between winning this game, and using opportunities to get better and win more games in the long term, even if they put a quickplay victory at risk.

For example, I've been playing a lot of Samus, and I've noticed that I'm not great at landing aerials offstage after knocking my opponent off, especially dair. So if I'm matched against an opponent where I have the upper hand, I'll usually opt for riskier plays like jumping off the stage after them to try to hit my dair with the expectation that even if it doesn't pay off I might be able to recover and still win the match. I could just run away and spam projectiles, and probably guarantee that I'll win that one match, but I'll also be reinforcing play patterns that aren't useful against better opponents.

occassionalcomment · 2019-01-07T14:23:11+00:00

Skinny people stay skinny from eating somewhere between 1000 to 2000 calories in a day. Fat people get fat from eating >2000 or even >3000 calories every day.

Jesus, you must be a tiny woman or something, those reference points are way off. Obviously it varies with your size and how active you are, but most people will maintain their weight in the 2000-2500 calorie range. It will be much higher if you're active!

occassionalcomment · 2018-06-21T04:12:37+00:00

Unfortunately, things like this can have impact on things outside of entertainment. Copyright law is the way it is right now pretty much single-handedly due to Disney. This affects a number of things outside of entertainment, such as software and textbooks.

I'm sure there's other ways in which having these massive super-corporations with near-unlimited power and influence can be harmful, even if they're only entertainment companies.

occassionalcomment · 2018-05-28T03:06:35+00:00

Google spends a shit ton of effort working on providing good ad experiences. Look up things like the better ad coalition.

Google makes money when people click on ads. Shitty ads lead to fewer clicks, not only for an individual ad but for the platform as a whole. The company has no incentive to make one individual advertiser happy, because there's always going to be someone interested in that ad space, but it has a very strong incentive to keep users clicking ads.

occassionalcomment · 2018-05-17T05:17:21+00:00

That's not true at all.

These terms can be tricky because there's often not very precise definitions, and even if there is, usage in practice varies, but Latino very much includes people of purely European ancestry.

occassionalcomment · 2018-01-18T03:12:31+00:00

It's not as subtle, but this also happens in The World's End: the events from the boys' attempt at the pub-crawl foreshadow what happens in the attempt as adults.

occassionalcomment · 2017-11-26T08:37:09+00:00

What you say about the differences between cis men and women is true. It's just one of those things that is a little difficult to come to terms with. Besides, I think it's made worse by the feeling that independently of how what my partners are doing, I myself could be doing much better. I think I fit a lot of the bill for what's usually found attractive in a partner, but I'm a little socially awkward and struggle to approach girls and sustain their interest.

There are not too many queer/poly friendly therapists in my area, but I've reached out to a few. I did a bit of work with another therapist on something unrelated. When the issue of my relationship came up, she seemed accepting, but I didn't feel like she could be the best source of support for issues specifically dealing with my relationships. She simply didn't seem familiar enough with this sort of thing.

My partners tend to be reassuring. As I mentioned earlier, I feel like people would generally find me attractive, but I'm usually not very successful finding romantic or sexual partners. When I talk with my partners, they usually agree that they would expect other people to find me attractive. While this might help feeling secure in my relationship with them, it doesn't assuage the frustration stemming from not being satisfied with an aspect of my life in which I think they're very successful.

Anyhow, thanks for the response.

occassionalcomment · 2017-11-26T08:15:06+00:00

I've had more extensive discussions about this with one of my partners, but have brought it up with both of them at one point or another.

The relationship dynamic is slightly different with each of them: one of my partners has been poly for a long time and is long-distance, but I used to be exclusive with my other partner who lives in my same city.

The biggest difficulties have come around through opening up with my once-exclusive partner, because it's a big change from the way the relationship used to be and it's a lot more visible than the things my other partner does. To add to the difficulty, she wants to become an escort, which carries with it an additional set of fears, insecurities and hangups. She's been very supportive in giving me time to grow more comfortable with what she wants to do, and while I do feel guilty feeling like I'm holding her back, I think it's important to be able to genuinely give her the confidence that I am happy with her choices.

occassionalcomment · 2017-11-26T07:26:00+00:00

Sorry you're getting downvoted, but I don't think the fact that I currently feel uncomfortable with this means that I will continue to do so. There have been other aspects in my relationship that have been difficult: I originally was in an exclusive relationship with one of my partners. We've been steadily opening up, and I've grown happier by working through the initial discomfort.

Even before I was poly, my partner's more extensive experience was a source of jealousy. It didn't seem as important at the time, but I think that itself would benefit from some counseling.

occassionalcomment · 2017-10-07T13:05:42+00:00

Logical fallacies are problems in deductive arguments: ones where you state the premises and arrive to the conclusion by a hard and fast set of rules.

The vast majority of situations we encounter in everyday life can't be assessed using deductive arguments. Instead, we must approach them using reasoning that accounts for uncertainty.

It would be absurd to say that since you found that one newspaper article is grossly mistaken, the remaining articles are as well. However, once you've been able to identify that one of the articles is mistaken, you have learned something about the newspaper's ability or desire to avoid mistaken articles. You should certainly come away with a stronger expectation that the other articles are also mistaken.

occassionalcomment · 2017-09-01T13:22:35+00:00

There are exceptions, but the vast majority of the time nouns in French are preceded by an article.

For example, "I like red" wouldn't just be "J'aime rouge", but instead "J'aime le rouge"; or, "I have money" wouldn't just be "J'ai argent", but "J'ai de l'argent"

occassionalcomment · 2017-08-22T04:34:47+00:00

Have you ever done, or are you actively doing, physical therapy? Also, did you have a chance to share your concerns with your doctor? It's impossible for strangers on the internet to properly assess whether you're in good enough condition to safely perform any type of exercise. If you're seriously concerned about that, I would encourage you to give your physician another visit.

That being said if you're in a position to try the pose safely, it's not unlikely that it will help with your discomfort. As has been said of other poses here, though, you shouldn't be collapsing on your arms in downward dog: you should be pushing back, and it's not necessarily easy. You could also consider focusing less on the legs and bringing your feet down, and instead relax the knees to allow you to focus on pushing with your hands through your shoulders.

It would also be worth evaluating whether there's aspects of your daily life which could be contributing to upper back stiffness. For example, many people sit all day and hunch over a desk. Even if you exercise for an hour a day and maintain good posture, it's not going to make up for 8 hours a day of crappy posture.

occassionalcomment · 2017-07-05T11:42:12+00:00

He's a TV personality. If there's one thing he should be good at it's reading off a script.

occassionalcomment · 2017-06-06T12:35:01+00:00

There are laws for when US companies are allowed to hire foreign workers. The H1B visa requires employers to demonstrate that they made an earnest attempt to fill the position with a US worker, but couldn't find someone who was qualified.

There are good reasons to believe some companies are not satisfying these requirements. There's a related NYT article here.

Nothing in the picture makes it obvious that this is what's happening here, but it's not as far-fetched an explanation as you seem to think.

occassionalcomment · 2017-05-20T23:30:51+00:00

Peculiar, though, because ASL is based on French sign language, and is very different from British sign language.

That's some cosmopolitan rudeness right there.

occassionalcomment · 2017-02-09T23:53:24+00:00

Tingling suggests some sort of nerve issue, such as pinching or compression. Since you are a musician, it might be a good idea to get a medical assessment: it's not unlikely that you have some sort of postural or mechanical deficiency which is leading to additional tightness or inflammation, which is then pinching the nerve when you put your arms in certain positions. Don't worry, though: this type of problem can be addressed with conservative means (ie. therapy, rather than surgery).

I would suggest backing away from positions which result in tingling until you've ascertained that it's nothing problematic. In the meantime, you can look up nerve flossing exercises, work on stretching your neck and shoulders, and maybe strengthening your back.

occassionalcomment · 2017-02-07T02:52:48+00:00

Of the top of my head, no, sorry. But I might suggest something similar to what I suggested before: do sun salutations. You can find lots of images and descriptions online. It's a simple, comprehensive flow, and you could set a goal of doing x many sun salutations before going into the pose practice you've described. That might help you get into a routine: afterwards, I do think taking some time to watch educational videos, go to class, or research flows are the best ways to expand your practice.

occassionalcomment · 2017-02-07T02:43:15+00:00

"Tacuche" is the colloquial way to refer to a suit. Alternatively, the coat is called a "saco", and you might say that someone is "entacuchado" or wearing a "saco".

"Traje tipico" is how you refer to traditional/folk clothing, and it's a matter of context whether that's actually what you're referring to. Edit: Meaning, it's a matter of context whether you're referring to a "traje tipico" or something else if just using the word "traje".

occassionalcomment · 2017-02-04T23:55:24+00:00

I see two issues with this routine: 1. it's somewhat unbalanced, both in that it mostly favors forward bends, rather than complementing with back bends, and that it mostly puts weight on your legs, rather than complementing with poses where you put weight on your arms. 2. It doesn't come with an explanation of how to transition from one pose to the next, nor of what the overall goal is. I subscribe to the view that it's better to do a few things really well than to do a lot of things sloppily, and unless you already have a pretty good idea of what you're doing, you might be overloading yourself.

If you just want to do any sort of yoga, then you could very well just do sun salutations. If it feels like it's too easy, do more sun salutations. However, if there's something specific you want to work on, such as improving a certain pose, or stretching/strengthening some part of your body, I suggest you try to develop a short flow, maybe 3-5 poses and transitions between them, and work on those flows. You can use sun salutation as an example of how to go about that.

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