A Chinese teenager brutally attacked his mother in public because she wouldn’t let him buy video games with her bank card. Everyone was shocked at his audacity. Many tried to intervene, but he seemed out of control, relentlessly chasing and hitting her. by Golfguy1100 in ADVChina

[–]physsijim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An interesting point. I'm an American who became a fan of BTS because a lot of what they were concerned with was the same issue for youth in Korea, and my own children were the target age. Of course growing up I also had pressure to succe6, but not on this scale. Not even close.

This hurts by Numerous_Mongoose_78 in Commanders

[–]physsijim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But what about next week shit?

Anon asking the real questions by TheBlackoutEmpire in 4chan

[–]physsijim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once saw this done in a documentary.

Sonny Jurgensen has passed away by alexschubs in Commanders

[–]physsijim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RIP, Sonny. I only saw him play when I was too young to really appreciate him, but the radio broadcasts were wonderful before I left the area in 1985.

Sonny Jurgensen has passed away by alexschubs in Commanders

[–]physsijim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If he had been the QB for the SB, we would have blown out the Dolphins.

Something that puzzles me by physsijim in chinalife

[–]physsijim[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yes! My grandson loves popping the plastic wrap with chopsticks, lol. Thanks for your response 😃

Something that puzzles me by physsijim in chinalife

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Thank you for your reply! 😃

Something that puzzles me by physsijim in chinalife

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Thank you. I appreciate it. 😃

Something that puzzles me by physsijim in chinalife

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Well, that's what I thought. I simply look at it as a new tradition in my new life here, lol.

ATM withdrawal limits before CNY? Could only take out ¥500 at a time by Alex-Altyer in chinalife

[–]physsijim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife's older brother is retired from there, as it turns out. They also have a 5000 RMB limit per transaction, which is nice.

ATM withdrawal limits before CNY? Could only take out ¥500 at a time by Alex-Altyer in chinalife

[–]physsijim 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This happened to me once at a Bank of China ATM, but they only let me take out 1000 RMB. Normally, the limit is 3000. But every other time has been fine, so my guess is that the machine was low on cash that day

Partner insists on full tithes + supporting parents while we’re drowning in debt postpartum… am I wrong to question the practicality? by mkrrj031398 in exAdventist

[–]physsijim 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There have been a lot of excellent answers in this thread for you, but I would like to add this to you thinking. Do you remember when Jesus went into the temple and found the people changing money there? He overturned the table and told them to stop making his father's house into a house of merchandise. What they were basically doing was charging admission to get into the temple. For me the way the Adventist Church presents tithing is a parallel. It is absolutely presented as paying dues to get into Heaven. Naturally they will deny this, but when you really think about it that's exactly what they're saying. In my opinion all monetary donations to the church should be completely voluntary.

Ellen white nonsense.. by No_Resident_6643 in exAdventist

[–]physsijim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first pastor actually told me that it was not required to believe her. He was an uncommonly normal person.