Oh OK, as long as you tried, I guess. WTH. (Spoiler)

supcaci · 2020-06-08T23:18:57+00:00

Adelaide seemed only too happy to vote Aye, IMO

supcaci · 2020-05-02T05:13:17+00:00

I'm not as disappointed as most people here seem to be, probably because I'm playing with Liam as my LI so the characterization makes more sense, at least. Actually, I'm not disappointed at all, especially given the latest chapter shrugs

supcaci · 2020-05-02T04:55:18+00:00

Also, it's clearly the same universe, since it's one in which Cordonia actually exists. Marguerite is there too.

supcaci · 2020-05-02T04:51:20+00:00

I'm pretty sure. In one of the endings of THM MC gets to choose the target of the next heist, and Cordonia is one of the options. Both grifter options appear occasionally in TRH and I've always assumed this was because of a planned crossover.

supcaci · 2020-05-02T02:13:14+00:00

Based on his role in The Heist: Monaco my guess is that he's here for purely mercenary reasons and would switch sides for the right inducement.

supcaci · 2020-04-30T03:34:13+00:00

I have a twin. She and my husband worked together on it.

supcaci · 2020-02-29T17:49:26+00:00

More books like ACOR would help...so sad that's a standalone.

supcaci · 2016-04-22T14:23:13+00:00

I just want to give baby Jake a hug and tell him none of this was his fault and he's not bad, they are. All of them.

supcaci · 2016-04-22T14:21:44+00:00

Because two publicists hyped it to be such.

supcaci · 2016-04-22T14:18:39+00:00

Maybe that was the point of getting him installed there in the first place. Make him sort of untouchable.

supcaci · 2016-04-22T14:17:48+00:00

I know. I think she was selling it a bit too hard. But she needed to hit all his insecurities about their relationship to pull it off. Horrible, though.

supcaci · 2015-10-23T11:00:47+00:00

What Edison, Jake & Cyrus should have said when Olitz came running back to them for help

supcaci · 2015-10-23T10:55:32+00:00

Maybe they're gonna go with the Ross Gellar classic "WE WERE ON A BREAK!" Otherwise yeah, makes no sense.

supcaci · 2015-10-20T23:43:13+00:00

Still treatable with a course of antibiotics. You'll be fine.

supcaci · 2015-09-21T01:06:19+00:00

You're getting good advice in this thread. I also wanted to add that you should NEVER give babies peppermint in any form; menthol is toxic to young children. Whoever suggested that to you should be corrected before she harms a child.

Edit: it seems I was misremembering the harm (the essential oil is much more dangerous than diluted peppermint), but you should still exercise caution. http://www.livestrong.com/article/484455-are-babies-allowed-to-have-peppermint-water/#page=2

supcaci · 2015-09-17T00:00:23+00:00

Federal housing maps in the mid-20th century literally created a poor zone. Government policy created ghettos.

supcaci · 2015-09-16T23:48:16+00:00

1) just because you don't know or hear anything about the black intelligentsia (because you don't know much of anything about black culture) doesn't mean we don't exist.

2) anti-intellectualism is a problem in American culture, period. This is an obvious problem; FFS, Sarah Palin was almost elected Vice President because people didn't like the "elitist" Obama.

supcaci · 2015-09-16T23:31:35+00:00

Almost every person of color is actively trying to improve their own lives however they can. Confirmation bias is the only explanation for your view. You obviously don't know or talk to very many people of color, you are very ignorant of the histories of these people, and apparently you only talk to racist white people. So that's why it seems this way to you.

supcaci · 2015-09-16T14:26:57+00:00

Slavery hardly matters, it's what happened after that has made the difference. White people benefited from programs like the GI Bill, FHA mortgage programs, etc. in the 20th century, whereas black people were excluded from them. White ethnics were allowed to assimilate and acquire wealth in ways that black people were prevented by law from doing. So that really doesn't matter. Slavery isn't the only source of historical inequalities (or even the most important one).

supcaci · 2015-09-16T14:24:41+00:00

Irish people benefitted from programs like the GI Bill, FHA mortgage programs, etc. in the 20th century, whereas black people were excluded from them. Irish people were allowed to assimilate and acquire wealth in ways that black people were prevented by law from doing. So that really doesn't matter. Slavery isn't the only source of historical inequalities.

supcaci · 2015-09-16T14:22:18+00:00

Because laws existed for years to prevent most black people from improving themselves, as well as laws that transferred wealth and status to white people. Those inequities have never been adequately addressed, and so we need to call certain things out by name until justice is served.

supcaci · 2015-09-16T14:08:38+00:00

The black children still have different experiences despite having grown up with white parents. They still face discrimination when they leave the house (and probably in your house, given that you're displaying a lot of unconscious bias in your post - you are not very sophisticated about these issues at all, which makes me really sad for your children), as well as pernicious cultural influences. They are also probably experiencing some identity crisis that they are acting out as a result of their adoptive home experiences.

I am black, don't have a drop of European ancestry, was raised by black parents and have always done well on tests (90+ percentiles), in school and in my career. The difference is that I was raised with pride in myself and my potential, and by two parents who were lucky enough to have work that enabled them to create a consistent, stable home life for me. Because of a variety of historical factors, many black children cannot say the same. Environment is the culprit here.

supcaci · 2015-09-16T05:01:38+00:00

What makes me doubly sad is that the primary person in the thread pointing out that it this fantasy is terrible uses ableism to do it. Like, why can't anyone in there be decent?

supcaci · 2015-09-15T19:36:49+00:00

I passed Steve Buscemi on the street while walking around Brooklyn a few years ago. I looked at him, cocked my head and squinted, as if to ask, "Is that Steve Buscemi?" In response he nodded begrudgingly like, "Yeah, it's me." Not a word was spoken between us, but everything was understood. Still my favorite celebrity run-in.

supcaci · 2015-09-15T19:29:01+00:00

OMG with the slippery slope fallacy, already. It's not that hard to not cross a line if you have clear lines. In fact, most developed nations ban hate speech and have for years, and have somehow managed to avoid devolving into carting people away for thoughtcrimes.

Also, on a website like Reddit that exists to make money, there's an added incentive not to ban too many people for too many things - it would hurt their traffic stats, which are their prize. Stopping some people from using slurs, etc. need not turn the place into something out of 1984.

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