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After seeing what pregnancy does to women and nevermind natural child birth, I want no part of being female.
May be life is like a ball bearing rolling down a track. All the while the bearing thinks it has choices.
As Henry Ford was supposed to have said his customers can have any color they want as long as it is black.
 
Made my wife more beautiful to me.

Sorry if your experiences didn't afford the same for you.
It's more a matter of just not wanting the experience. Watching it happening was difficult enough. That really wasn't a comment on my ex-wife's appearance afterward compared to before. I actually found her more attractive after 10 years of marriage.
 
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something (yes, that's the actual name of the band). Silliest song ever! I've known women who liked movies I like, but I wouldn't date them for all the Pilao extra forte in the world.
 
Compared to musicians that don't need goofy stage names and silly image decisions, seems not much of a priority, but I obviously love the jokes opportunity.
Anyway, still doesn't tell us what comes after Malone. Did someone suggest leave M'alone?
Its practically being demanded, leave it alone. First I'd want to understand it, then, maybe.
 
Only can make these suppositions on your dialogue with this person: She:

is a poor listener.

is a hope eternal-type.

likes pushing your buttons.

is a slow learner.

likes to stir the "pot".

has a poor memory.

has little in the way of friends.

is "hitting" on you.

is bored.


Your pick, Sjj.


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Or maybe just lonely seeking interaction with a dialog responsive human ?
 
HOUSEHOLD DEBT / USA / Q2 2024
Total debt is rising.

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(Source: New York Federal Reserve Bank)

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But all is not as bad as it seems because average wages of US workers is about the highest in our history, and Americans are managing their rising debt load with alacrity.

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Further indication that the rising debt is being managed well.

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Carry on, American debtors ! Nothing to see here !

PS: The source of all data presented in the tables above is the New York Federal Reserve Bank

Interesting data. The high credit card debt worries me, though.

For what it's worth, I've always disliked charts and graphs where the y-axis doesn't start at zero (like the first one here). As a scientist, I've seen too many people try to use that approach to make the magnitude of a change or trend look larger than it really is (I am NOT saying any deception was intended on your part!). That, and too many people don't know how to interpret data to begin with. Along those lines, I dislike how some weather forecasts are represented visually, like this...

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Without the numbers added, it looks like Sunday will be much hotter than Wednesday. Please excuse me for turning into a curmudgeon.

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Interesting data. The high credit card debt worries me, though.

For what it's worth, I've always disliked charts and graphs where the y-axis doesn't start at zero (like the first one here). As a scientist, I've seen too many people try to use that approach to make the magnitude of a change or trend look larger than it really is (I am NOT saying any deception was intended on your part!). That, and too many people don't know how to interpret data to begin with. Along those lines, I dislike how some weather forecasts are represented visually, like this...

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Without the numbers added, it looks like Sunday will be much hotter than Wednesday. Please excuse me for turning into a curmudgeon.

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So true, Gnesen!

Had a job towards the end of my career wherein I had to teach teachers who to in turn had to share end results of gov't testing.

"Stats" don't lie, but liars do figure. Presentation and certain formats can influence people differently as you also alluded to.


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A local movie host in the 70s that made a lot of funny skits used to use that term pollock till the mayor of Parma Oh a city that had a lot of polish people called and complained to the station and from then on the term “ certain ethnic “ was used ! The skits were all in good fun and in fact Chuck Shidowski is polish ! Check out Big Chuck and Little John on utube and before that its was that it was Houllihan and Big Chuck ! Classic example of great local programing ! One of my favorites the Certain ethnic snow blower staring Big Chuck and little John !
 
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