I caught that but point still stands. You're a better than I am capable of becoming. Even if she treated you like a son after the divorce, you weren't doing what you did for her, nor even her memory.Default wrote:I lost my own mom over ten years ago, this was my mother-in-law.Daehawk wrote:DeFault you must be a rarity giving so much to an ex who normally would get nothing. Either you're a saint or your ex was very close to your mom.
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I don't want to start a new thread because the subject is pretty damn nasty, but maybe it deserves one.
This article outlines how police worked together internationally to take down 3,000 to 4,000 child sex offenders on the dark web. The site had a million registered users, but only a few thousand were active. Only a few thousand. Unwitting media outlet digging for dirt on the site hosting it discovers it's a police booby trap and sit on the story until it breaks.
I just don't even. First, that people do. Second that people enjoy. Third that cops have to pretend to. Fourth that the news has to chase it. Everyone on the "legal" side of this fence has s##t in their heads that years of therapy can't cure, and the other side should just be shot off into space towards the sun. Other, clean sites use a lot of people to filter the content we see, and these folks get burned out in months. They monitor people and watch for signs of stress. I can't imagine a job like that. Hell. No.
But someone has to, right? Can't let it go unchecked. Can't let it slide. It makes me hate people sometimes.
This article outlines how police worked together internationally to take down 3,000 to 4,000 child sex offenders on the dark web. The site had a million registered users, but only a few thousand were active. Only a few thousand. Unwitting media outlet digging for dirt on the site hosting it discovers it's a police booby trap and sit on the story until it breaks.
I just don't even. First, that people do. Second that people enjoy. Third that cops have to pretend to. Fourth that the news has to chase it. Everyone on the "legal" side of this fence has s##t in their heads that years of therapy can't cure, and the other side should just be shot off into space towards the sun. Other, clean sites use a lot of people to filter the content we see, and these folks get burned out in months. They monitor people and watch for signs of stress. I can't imagine a job like that. Hell. No.
But someone has to, right? Can't let it go unchecked. Can't let it slide. It makes me hate people sometimes.
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One of the reasons I shy away from consulting on child porn cases these days. I can't even go into writing about it because I know it will cause me to recall images I hope to never recall again.Paingod wrote:I don't want to start a new thread because the subject is pretty damn nasty, but maybe it deserves one.
This article outlines how police worked together internationally to take down 3,000 to 4,000 child sex offenders on the dark web. The site had a million registered users, but only a few thousand were active. Only a few thousand. Unwitting media outlet digging for dirt on the site hosting it discovers it's a police booby trap and sit on the story until it breaks.
I just don't even. First, that people do. Second that people enjoy. Third that cops have to pretend to. Fourth that the news has to chase it. Everyone on the "legal" side of this fence has s##t in their heads that years of therapy can't cure, and the other side should just be shot off into space towards the sun. Other, clean sites use a lot of people to filter the content we see, and these folks get burned out in months. They monitor people and watch for signs of stress. I can't imagine a job like that. Hell. No.
But someone has to, right? Can't let it go unchecked. Can't let it slide. It makes me hate people sometimes.
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Pringles Jalapeno has no jalapeno in the ingredient list.
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Mmmmm.... disodium 5'-ribonucleotides....Daehawk wrote:Pringles Jalapeno has no jalapeno in the ingredient list.
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It's almost as if people are the problem.
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Easier to just lump it all under a "special sauce".
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Not sure what point you are making?LordMortis wrote:I caught that but point still stands. You're a better than I am capable of becoming. Even if she treated you like a son after the divorce, you weren't doing what you did for her, nor even her memory.Default wrote:I lost my own mom over ten years ago, this was my mother-in-law.Daehawk wrote:DeFault you must be a rarity giving so much to an ex who normally would get nothing. Either you're a saint or your ex was very close to your mom.
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That your actions were for the benefit of your ex-wife, and not yourself.Default wrote:Not sure what point you are making?LordMortis wrote:I caught that but point still stands. You're a better than I am capable of becoming. Even if she treated you like a son after the divorce, you weren't doing what you did for her, nor even her memory.Default wrote:I lost my own mom over ten years ago, this was my mother-in-law.Daehawk wrote:DeFault you must be a rarity giving so much to an ex who normally would get nothing. Either you're a saint or your ex was very close to your mom.
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I don't know who's a saint, but I know Default is a mensch.
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My friend's wife is some sort of specialized Postal Inspector with the USPS, and her job is basically to catch these type of child porn and sex trafficking lowlifes. Some of the stories I've heard have been absolutely sickening, and I have no idea how she's done the job for 20+ years.Paingod wrote:I don't want to start a new thread because the subject is pretty damn nasty, but maybe it deserves one.
This article outlines how police worked together internationally to take down 3,000 to 4,000 child sex offenders on the dark web. The site had a million registered users, but only a few thousand were active. Only a few thousand. Unwitting media outlet digging for dirt on the site hosting it discovers it's a police booby trap and sit on the story until it breaks.
I just don't even. First, that people do. Second that people enjoy. Third that cops have to pretend to. Fourth that the news has to chase it. Everyone on the "legal" side of this fence has s##t in their heads that years of therapy can't cure, and the other side should just be shot off into space towards the sun. Other, clean sites use a lot of people to filter the content we see, and these folks get burned out in months. They monitor people and watch for signs of stress. I can't imagine a job like that. Hell. No.
But someone has to, right? Can't let it go unchecked. Can't let it slide. It makes me hate people sometimes.
I've asked her a couple times how she still does it and her answer is always the same: she feels a responsibility to help the kids who are caught in these webs. Said no matter how horrific the things she sees are, she knows that these kids have no chance unless someone like her is willing to try and chase these assholes down. I can't help but have the utmost respect for what she does, even if I have no idea how she can do it.
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My sister is in Child Protective Services, and she describes her job the same way. She has often been part of the first team into an abuser's residence, right after the cops bring the handcuffs.Skinypupy wrote:I've asked her a couple times how she still does it and her answer is always the same: she feels a responsibility to help the kids who are caught in these webs. Said no matter how horrific the things she sees are, she knows that these kids have no chance unless someone like her is willing to try and chase these assholes down. I can't help but have the utmost respect for what she does, even if I have no idea how she can do it.
She's tough as nails, and I don't know how she does it, but she is close to her 20th career year at it.
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tgb and I have a standing date for Manischewitz and latkes.Holman wrote:I don't know who's a saint, but I know Default is a mensch.
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Skinypupy wrote:My friend's wife is some sort of specialized Postal Inspector with the USPS, and her job is basically to catch these type of child porn and sex trafficking lowlifes. Some of the stories I've heard have been absolutely sickening, and I have no idea how she's done the job for 20+ years.
F##king heroes, man. We need a day, a monument, and a fund to honor them.Holman wrote:My sister is in Child Protective Services, and she describes her job the same way. She has often been part of the first team into an abuser's residence, right after the cops bring the handcuffs.
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YES! Totally agree Pain! I'm good for a few buckd and to sign a petition and write a letter to the state!
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I was married for almost 24 years to someone who suffered from child abuse and the victims bleed from their injuries forever. These people are heroes to me.
I was married for almost 24 years to someone who suffered from child abuse and the victims bleed from their injuries forever. These people are heroes to me.
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Fuck child molesters...they get what they deserve in prison. But this sounds like an invasion of privacy. I am not comfortable with people going through private mail willy nilly without full court backing.
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They aren't. You forget, they need authority/court orders to do so. This shit doesn't happen in a vacuum...Daehawk wrote:Fuck child molesters...they get what they deserve in prison. But this sounds like an invasion of privacy. I am not comfortable with people going through private mail willy nilly without full court backing.
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I text with my mom often, she is 85 and one of the hippest ladies I know. I used emojis to hit home a joke and she replied with how it was one of her hardest laughs of the week. My heart is singing!
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Making my wife laugh is one of my greatest pleasures in life. No hyperbole.KKBlue wrote:I text with my mom often, she is 85 and one of the hippest ladies I know. I used emojis to hit home a joke and she replied with how it was one of her hardest laughs of the week. My heart is singing!
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Apparently, Pornhub is working on an AI that will automatically tag videos of porn stars in its library by recognizing faces and possibly other 'features'.
https://www.extremetech.com/internet/25 ... -less-hardPornHub’s new AI has been trained to recognize the faces or other body parts of professional performers. End users will also be allowed to give input on the accuracy of the new system, upvoting or downvoting the AI’s accuracy.
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Mrs. Skinypupy and I went to see "Princess Bride" in the theater today. TMC is showing it as part of their "classic" series, and this year is the 30th (!) anniversary of the film. The theater was packed (a rarity on a Sunday in Utah) with every demographic you can imagine. There was a whole group of young kids sitting behind us who were seeing it for their first time, and they absolutely loved it.
What a blast.
What a blast.
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Wow that would be something. I never saw it in theaters. I need a site that tells me about all these old movie showings and where. I sometimes catch the info here and there on the net but never any around here.
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Turned the keys over to the buyers realtor. My job here is done.
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Winning $1 on Jeopardy!
The one dollar win.
Many Jeopardy! champs have won by a dollar, but only one other time in our history did a contestant actually win with a single buck.
In 1993, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Darryl Scott found himself at the finish of the Double Jeopardy! round one dollar ahead of returning champ Nancy Melucci. Although his fellow competitor Kate Marciniak was still a factor in the game, Darryl went for the win. “Boy, you guys are gutsy today,” Alex Trebek observed about the all-or-nothing wagers before revealing Darryl’s final response. No one came up with the correct Final Jeopardy! question, but at the end of the game, Darryl was left standing with a dollar.
On today’s show, Manny Abell was faced with a different situation. A strong returning champ who found himself in a distant third place at the end of the second round of play, he faced two strong competitors tied for first place. Whatever his wagering strategy was, it worked out, and when the dust cleared, no one looked more surprised than Manny – except for maybe Alex.
There are a couple of takeaways from a game like this one. First, a Jeopardy! champ is a Jeopardy! champ. Once you’ve earned the title, no one can take it away from you. Next, Manny had a running total of $42,798 coming into today’s game and unlike his competitors, he gets to come back tomorrow and try again, just like Darryl did (he took home another $13,401 after his second game).
Oh, and one last thing: It isn’t always easy, and it isn’t always pretty, but a win’s a win.
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Last time I was at the VA I was sitting with a couple of guys and I said "I like coming to the VA. It makes me feel so young."
One guy said he was 72 and the other guy was 89. So I was the youngster.
One guy said he was 72 and the other guy was 89. So I was the youngster.
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Ive always wondered why the words chosen as slang for homosexual were picked. I still dont know or get the tie in.
Fag - A cigarette
Faggot - a measure of wood for a pile
Gay - Very happy.
And lastly whats with 'light in the sneakers' ?
Fag - A cigarette
Faggot - a measure of wood for a pile
Gay - Very happy.
And lastly whats with 'light in the sneakers' ?
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Gay people have been persecuted in the past for using flashlights at night, so it became common practice for them to hide small ones (like the kinds that use a single AAA battery) inside their shoes.
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I always took it to mean "light on their feet" like they might break out in a dance at any moment.
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Wikipedia for "faggot" is a decent source for this.
"Gay" is pretty straightforward. In the 19th/early 20th century its sense of "happy/uninhibited/unencumbered" became a euphemism for "living for pleasure." Sophisticated homosexuality was thought to aspire to a hedonistic lifestyle, and there you go.
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Seems light in the sneakers refers to fairy wings thus making them lighter.
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I had always heard "light in the loafers," but same meaning. It refers to the mincing way they stereotypically walk.
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(My favorite gay slang is "Friend of Dorothy.")
One important point is that homosexuals embraced "gay" when it was a slur.
As acceptance of homosexuality grew in the 1980s and 1990s, a conservative backlash tried to insist that homosexuals couldn't have "gay." Homophobes tried to blame gays for "ruining a good word." Homosexuals, naturally, would have none of this, and they won.
One important point is that homosexuals embraced "gay" when it was a slur.
As acceptance of homosexuality grew in the 1980s and 1990s, a conservative backlash tried to insist that homosexuals couldn't have "gay." Homophobes tried to blame gays for "ruining a good word." Homosexuals, naturally, would have none of this, and they won.
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Pretty funny.
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Something tried to dig up my little dog last night.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't any of my other dogs.
It had removed some of the stones and arranged them in a circle around the grave and removed some of the soil.
I don't think coons are carrion eaters. I do have an armadillo that lives under the house but they're just insect eaters, Atho he could have been looking for insects.
Just what I need. <sigh>
I'm pretty sure it wasn't any of my other dogs.
It had removed some of the stones and arranged them in a circle around the grave and removed some of the soil.
I don't think coons are carrion eaters. I do have an armadillo that lives under the house but they're just insect eaters, Atho he could have been looking for insects.
Just what I need. <sigh>
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