Alamo Draft House FTW! It's my favorite place ever.
I have still not been to one of those here but several of the movie theaters serve booze (they don't back home in CA but then CA doesn't get anything fun). I had the biggest beer when we went to see Magic Mike XXL and it was amazing.
Movie theaters in CA do serve alcohol. Not all of them but we have at least 5 in our area that do. I'm not a fan. I can't focus on a movie when I'm drinking too much.
I find most self-proclaimed "feminists" to be quite annoying.
To be honest I'm not totally sure what that even means now days. Maybe someone here will tell me... If it just means equal rights and respect for both sexes? Then yeah, I guess I'm a "feminist" but I don't feel the need to advertise it.
I was thinking the same thing. I support women's rights, equal pay for equal work, longer maternity leave etc. I just don't refer to myself as a feminist and I wouldn't walk around preaching about being a feminist
+1. Not to mention that people don't realize that the COL rises as wages rise, so eventually that wouldn't be a living wage either. I never even made that much as a teacher.
Are you referring to only minimum wage when you say this or all wages? Cost of living absolutely does not rise as all wages rise.
Post by dogmama22 on Sept 10, 2015 16:51:03 GMT -5
It upsets me how Christianity is perceived by "the outside world." I know it's our fault, but it makes me sad to hear that people felt like they were being told what to think or that it's a bunch of rules. Growing up, I went to a particular type of church that felt exactly like what many people describe. I felt the need to be perfect in order to earn love. Ever since switching to a different type of church, it's been totally different and I feel like my faith really adds to my life, rather than being a burden. Also, I don't think it's fair to assume people are stupid or uneducated for believing in something that can't be seen.
Post by carolyngrace on Sept 10, 2015 17:34:28 GMT -5
I think believing in the bible and being a Christian is actually more of an UO. Statistically there are more atheists, agnostics, and other religions out there.
I continue to be a Christian despite my many doubts and the many wrongs Christians continue to commit in the name of "religion" because... I just feel in my heart it's true. That's silly, and simple, but it's what I keep coming back to.
I love my church and my pastor. They're 100% focused on loving and helping people. And I agree with dogmama22 that it's not stupid to believe in the unseen. I think lots of people do whether they admit it or not.
I have a bit of a problem with the Caitlyn Jenner thing. Not because I don't believe in LGBT rights, because I do, completely. I also believe that there are people born trapped in the "wrong" body. But I don't think you just get to decide that you're a woman because you feel like it and have the money and power to get gender reassignment surgery. Because women have to deal with things like infertility, endometriosis, periods, miscarriages, etc.
Flame away because I know thats an unpopular one.
I have been on board, live and let live, etc. My opinion of her totally changed this morning when she said something disparaging to Matt Lauer about him using a "girly golf club." It was such a fucked up thing to say in her situation.
I get annoyed at people spending a shitload of money on luxury cars, bags, etc when they are in credit card debt and have no savings.
I get annoyed at this in general. Totally judge people who spend money on "luxury" items. Yes, it's your money, but think of how it could help other people in need and you're throwing down 3k on a purse.
I *hate* going to concerts. Unless it's a P!nk or Kelly Clarkson concert, do not want.
Along those same lines...whenever I would hang out with my friends and we would have on pandora, we would take turns picking the station we wanted to listen to. Whenever it was my turn, I would choose silence and turn off the music for 20 minutes.
I guess you could say music bores me most of the time.
Heres a crazy idea.. dont do illegal things and then you wont be killed.
+1 to this is beyond crazy. Do you actually think that anyone who does something illegal just deserves to die??? Can you clarify? This isn't just ignorant this is grotesque.
I don't care about Cait transitioning or anything, but the way she talks to Kris and throws the "LGBT support" stuff in her face makes me irate. There's a clip where Kris is explaining that she feels hurt that they were married for over 20 years because she feels used, or like she was a cover or something, and Cait interrupts her saying "you need to be more of an ally"
FUCK YOU, CAIT! No matter how supportive somebody is of the LGBT community, that must be incredibly painful to go through for Kris. Her whole life must feel like a lie, and Cait minimizes her, turning it around like she's not supportive. Whether or not you like the Kardashians/Jenners or not, Kris is handling all of this with grace as far as I'm concerned.
Post by periwinkledaydreams on Sept 10, 2015 19:28:10 GMT -5
UO: I don't think that visible tattoos/piercings and "unnatural" color hair should have any bearing on what job someone can be employed in, as they have absolutely no bearing as to what job someone can perform. This is such an outdated limitation and I think its really time it was put to bed. Would it really bother you if your banker had pink hair and a tat on her forearm when she handed you your stack of cash?!
Post by bookninja on Sept 10, 2015 19:47:31 GMT -5
UO: I think it's a little weird that schools have free lunches all summer long. I think parents should be responsible for feeding their kids, not the school system or the state. If there is a need then maybe we need to increase welfare or WIC, I would prefer that over the schools doing it. Barring that, there should be means testing... I just get tired of driving by a local school and seeing the nice (some VERY nice) cars bringing kids for the "free lunch" that my taxes paid for. Maybe some of the teachers can explain it better to me...
UO: I think it's a little weird that schools have free lunches all summer long. I think parents should be responsible for feeding their kids, not the school system or the state. If there is a need then maybe we need to increase welfare or WIC, I would prefer that over the schools doing it. Barring that, there should be means testing... I just get tired of driving by a local school and seeing the nice (some VERY nice) cars bringing kids for the "free lunch" that my taxes paid for. Maybe some of the teachers can explain it better to me...
The problem with that judgement call is that the person with the very nice car my very well be struggling in all other aspects.. laid off work, husband/wife passed away or left, you just never know the circumstances someone is in. I highly doubt there is a plethora of well off parents with the means to do better flocking to the schools to feed their kids white bread bologna and government cheese all summer long. Mmmmm memories....
UO: I think it's a little weird that schools have free lunches all summer long. I think parents should be responsible for feeding their kids, not the school system or the state. If there is a need then maybe we need to increase welfare or WIC, I would prefer that over the schools doing it. Barring that, there should be means testing... I just get tired of driving by a local school and seeing the nice (some VERY nice) cars bringing kids for the "free lunch" that my taxes paid for. Maybe some of the teachers can explain it better to me...
I don't understand moms who stay home after all of their kids are in school full time...seriously what do they do all day?
I laugh at my mom all the time for becoming a stay at home mom once we were both in school. She did substitute teach often though. She really did SO much though while we were gone. I admire it although I have a young infant I still don't know how she did so much. I struggle to get done in a week what she does in a day.
UO: I think it's a little weird that schools have free lunches all summer long. I think parents should be responsible for feeding their kids, not the school system or the state. If there is a need then maybe we need to increase welfare or WIC, I would prefer that over the schools doing it. Barring that, there should be means testing... I just get tired of driving by a local school and seeing the nice (some VERY nice) cars bringing kids for the "free lunch" that my taxes paid for. Maybe some of the teachers can explain it better to me...
Wait, seriously? Some of these kids might go without lunch because their families are poor. Why in the world would you rather increase welfare instead of having the school districts feed them? Also, the brand of the car isn't that much of an indication of a family's financial status. Thats like saying that people who own an iPhone shouldn't be able to get food stamps!
Okay, granted, the car thing maybe making assumptions. Although I do think that if your kids should be your first priority on where you spend your money. But you have a very good point about falling on hard times. I will try not to judge on that kind of thing in the future. However, I will stick to my guns on that it should be the responsibility of the parents/guardians to feed their kids, and if they are too poor to do so with current levels of welfare, by all means raise it to where they can! I don't want any starving kids! I just think that schools should be for education, not food programs. Also, and I could be wrong, I don't think that there are means testing for lunches, which, if true, probably comes from a good place, not wanting paperwork to keep a hungry kid away... But I think it also allows people who don't need free lunches to get them. Which depending on your point of view, either means that the tax money could be used better elsewhere or not be taken at all. Edit: to clarify something that wasn't clear
Wait, seriously? Some of these kids might go without lunch because their families are poor. Why in the world would you rather increase welfare instead of having the school districts feed them? Also, the brand of the car isn't that much of an indication of a family's financial status. Thats like saying that people who own an iPhone shouldn't be able to get food stamps!
Okay, granted, the car thing maybe making assumptions. Although I do think that if your kids should be your first priority on where you spend your money. But you have a very good point about falling on hard times. I will try not to judge on that kind of thing in the future. However, I will stick to my guns on that it should be the responsibility of the parents/guardians to feed their kids, and if they are too poor to do so with current levels of welfare, by all means raise it to where they can! I don't want any starving kids! I just think that schools should be for education, not food programs. Also, and I could be wrong, I don't think that there are means testing for lunches, which, if true, probably comes from a good place, not wanting paperwork to keep a hungry kid away... But I think it also allows people who don't need free lunches to get them. Which depending on your point of view, either means that the tax money could be used better elsewhere or not be taken at all. Edit: to clarify something that wasn't clear
Wow. You really have no idea how schools work. There is definitely "means testing" for kids to qualify for lunch. They have to fill out the paperwork every year. Also, if your solution is to raise the level of welfare because you don't want your tax money going to that, you might want to think about where the money for welfare actually comes from. School is about way more than traditional education. For some kids, it's the only place of support and security that they have. If providing meals year round helps them to maintain that, then it's well worth the money.
Okay, granted, the car thing maybe making assumptions. Although I do think that if your kids should be your first priority on where you spend your money. But you have a very good point about falling on hard times. I will try not to judge on that kind of thing in the future. However, I will stick to my guns on that it should be the responsibility of the parents/guardians to feed their kids, and if they are too poor to do so with current levels of welfare, by all means raise it to where they can! I don't want any starving kids! I just think that schools should be for education, not food programs. Also, and I could be wrong, I don't think that there are means testing for lunches, which, if true, probably comes from a good place, not wanting paperwork to keep a hungry kid away... But I think it also allows people who don't need free lunches to get them. Which depending on your point of view, either means that the tax money could be used better elsewhere or not be taken at all. Edit: to clarify something that wasn't clear
Wow. You really have no idea how schools work. There is definitely "means testing" for kids to qualify for lunch. They have to fill out the paperwork every year. Also, if your solution is to raise the level of welfare because you don't want your tax money going to that, you might want to think about where the money for welfare actually comes from. School is about way more than traditional education. For some kids, it's the only place of support and security that they have. If providing meals year round helps them to maintain that, then it's well worth the money.
Okay, I was told, by obviously someone who didn't know as much as they claimed, that you didn't have to qualify on any way for summer lunches. If there is means testing, meaning it's only going to people that need it and not the neighborhood at large like I was told, then I have considerably less problem with it. Unpopular opinion retracted.
Okay let me expand on what I said because I was a little short and therefore confusing. What I have a problem with is the attention-whorish nature of the whole thing and people calling Caitlyn Jenner a hero. IMO, she's not a hero. From what she's said, she's known that she felt like a woman her entire life but chose to get married three times and have six children and then put them through this (from her kids walking in on her cross dressing & then becoming a woman), I can't imagine how difficult it must be to go through that as her child.
When I look at Caitlyn Jenner, it seems like what she thinks of as 'womanly' is pretty clothing, beautiful shoes, a youthful appearance, a girlish name, etc. It seems like her biggest struggle so far has been appearing in a bathing suit. She's never dealt with things like being paid less than a male coworker simply because of the fact that she's a woman, hitting glass ceilings in her career, being sexually harassed, the pain of periods, etc. What I don't like is that she's making something incredibly difficult and painful (being born in the wrong body) seem like its all about new clothes to wear and figuring how to put on makeup. It makes a very deep and important issue seem incredibly shallow.
So you just don't like Caitlyn Jenner - which seems to be a popular opinion here. I would be careful with some of the things you say here though - particularly the bolded. All transgender people cannot fully experience what it is like to be the opposite sex, not just Cait. And that does not make their struggle any easier.
I would have to agree that it sounds like you don't care for Caitlyn, which is fine, I don't care for the whole Kardashian clan period. @jemomma is right though, all transgender people won't know what it's like to truly be the sex that they are transitioning to nor do they ever really seem to truly identify with the sex they were born as. I could not imagine being stuck in some weird limbo type place not really fitting in anywhere.
Post by baytosa2013 on Sept 10, 2015 21:15:12 GMT -5
I think most of the Bible is a bunch of stories and I dislike most of organized religion. I prefer to think of myself as spiritual, meaning I believe in a something I can't see but I don't need to go to church in order to believe or be a good person.
One thing I have a hard time with and seriously roll my eyes at being here in the South now is everyone and their "have a blessed day" or all the "I'm so blessed" stuff...seriously? Soooo the person who lost their job, is sick, etc is just not a blessed person? What God doesn't like them enough?
I don't get how anyone who actually knows the history of the Bible can proclaim it is a holy book. All it is is a collection of inconsistent, unrelated short stories, written over thousands of years, often as primitive interpretation of the world before people had the ability to understand the science of the world, and later put together in one large book as a political tool. It has some great fables and lessons in it but isn't something that should be taken litterally.
I think most of the Bible is a bunch of stories and I dislike most of organized religion. I prefer to think of myself as spiritual, meaning I believe in a something I can't see but I don't need to go to church in order to believe or be a good person.
One thing I have a hard time with and seriously roll my eyes at being here in the South now is everyone and their "have a blessed day" or all the "I'm so blessed" stuff...seriously? Soooo the person who lost their job, is sick, etc is just not a blessed person? What God doesn't like them enough?
I don't get how anyone who actually knows the history of the Bible can proclaim it is a holy book. All it is is a collection of inconsistent, unrelated short stories, written over thousands of years, often as primitive interpretation of the world before people had the ability to understand the science of the world, and later put together in one large book as a political tool. It has some great fables and lessons in it but isn't something that should be taken litterally.
I've actually taken several classes (both in and out of church) that showed that the Bible is a quite accurate and consistent. It lines up incredibly well for a collection of works spanning such a large time span. No other religious work comes close.
I think most of the Bible is a bunch of stories and I dislike most of organized religion. I prefer to think of myself as spiritual, meaning I believe in a something I can't see but I don't need to go to church in order to believe or be a good person.
One thing I have a hard time with and seriously roll my eyes at being here in the South now is everyone and their "have a blessed day" or all the "I'm so blessed" stuff...seriously? Soooo the person who lost their job, is sick, etc is just not a blessed person? What God doesn't like them enough?
I actually read a great article about that recently and really wish people wouldn't use that word for the exact reasons you stated. I think what people are trying to convey is that they are grateful for things outside of their control, but instead they imply that they are somehow better or chosen over another person.
I think believing in the bible and being a Christian is actually more of an UO. Statistically there are more atheists, agnostics, and other religions out there.
I continue to be a Christian despite my many doubts and the many wrongs Christians continue to commit in the name of "religion" because... I just feel in my heart it's true. That's silly, and simple, but it's what I keep coming back to.
I love my church and my pastor. They're 100% focused on loving and helping people. And I agree with dogmama22 that it's not stupid to believe in the unseen. I think lots of people do whether they admit it or not.
All of this. It is possible to hold both my Bible and my B.S. tightly and without (much) conflict.
Just kidding!!! I have no comments on any other mom's job status, but I have become crazy lazy as a temporary SAHM. I started off being super productive. Especially while my mom was off of work for the summer, we worked on a ton of projects, made plans with friends, I went for runs, and got out of the house before hubby came home every day. But now that it's just baby and me at home, I've been watching way too much tv and staying in my PJs too late the past two weeks. I keep the house fairly clean, do the dishes, do laundry (cloth diaper laundry too!), cook for my hubby when he comes home for lunch some days, and obviously care for baby all day long, but I feel so unproductive. Anyone else feel like a lazy ass mom?
By my standards, today was a lazy day. We got dressed and accomplished homeschool lessons. I even fed them a relatively nutritious lunch. But otherwise, I was pretty unmotivated to do housework. I blame the sick baby.
I think that it really depends on the number, age, and temperment of your kiddos. Even if T was my only, I wouldn't have accomplished a great deal more. Babies are hard work!
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