NeuroTypical

Nice! I didn't realize it, but I've been a fan of CRAP parenting for a while. I don't really have any feedback on anything to change. It's the sort of talk I'm happy to experience in sacrament meeting.

Folks who have their lives relatively together in the church, often struggle in similar ways when impacted by less-organized people. I'm reminded of this thread where @mikbone faces his nemesis - having his time wasted by people who waste his time. My life is relatively together in the church these days, and I've experienced such frustrations on occasion. But it was not always so, and I try hard to remember times when churchy folks had to 'endure' me in ways that I now find myself enduring. I've found these to be helpful: - Having low expectations. We're all volunteers here, and public speaking is difficult for many people. Folks got to church - yay! - Remembering various stories about how people can be bearing terrible burdens but still be able to act ok. The mantra "In the quiet heart is hidden Sorrow that the eye can’t see." helps. - I challenge myself that if I'm really ticked off enough about this, I should go approach the person and bring it up with them directly. 90% of the time, it suddenly doesn't seem so bad, once I've got skin in the game.

Entertainment value vs sending a message are often in conflict in film. Keep your dang woke out of my Star Trek, and keep your dang entertainment fluff out of my movie about the life of Jesus! In related news, Rick and Morty is a horrible series that does far more harm than good and you shouldn't watch it. That said, the show gave the best portrayal of this topic I've ever seen. Rick and Morty were trapped on a "story train" by their nemesis StoryLord, who runs off the power derived by the various narratives played out in each car. They escape by falling to their knees and pretending to be converted to Christianity, which causes StoryLord's narrative machine to break under the weight of such an "awful" story.

may have been appeared to have been data almost never directly leaves an NLRB spokesperson as disputing Berulis' claims and saying there had been no breach. attempted logins apparently included correct username and password combinations but were rejected by location-related conditional access policies. reportedly asking outsiders for feedback. That stuff causes epic yawns. As he and his colleagues prepared to pass information they'd gathered to CISA he received a threatening note taped to the door of his home with photographs of him walking in his neighborhood taken via drone, Andrew Bakaj, Whistleblower Aid's chief legal counsel, said in his submission to Cotton and Warner. That claim briefly raises a concerned eyebrow, even though I'm suspicious that such tactics would come from any government agency or operative or quasi-group or whatever. I mean, when the govt wants to silence someone, they can't do better than obvious attempts to bully into silence? If there's a group notorious for bullying people into compliance, it's unions. Bakaj declined to share the note with Reuters Tuesday. lol nvm, the epic yawn wins this one. A professional whistleblowing group that can't be bothered with showing evidence? Yeah, it never hurts to keep a skeptical eye out. But in this case, my skeptical eye is being cast at the whistleblower org's story. In related news, the place I work for makes stuff for network security monitoring. They have a wall full of monitors displaying the current state of cyberattacks and other nefarious action around the globe. Cool format intended to look like something out of a sci-fi movie. (We just sell stuff to the network security people, we don't do it ourselves, so this display is there to look cool and entertain while informing.) Anyway, there are always millions if not billions of hacks and attacks and ban attempts and things happening all over the world, all the time. Deep pockets and governments are two of the top five target groups. So if something happened, the fact that it happened after DOGE happened to be there doing stuff, would seem coincidental. But yeah, it never hurts to keep a skeptical eye out.

In August and September 2019, dude had two hearings on his request for asylum. His petitions were denied by US Immigration Judge David M. Jones. He was not given amnesty, he was not granted residency, he was granted protection from getting shipped back to El Salvador because of the threat from a rival gang. That's his due process. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.1.1.pdf @JohnsonJones If you think he was denied due process, could you clarify why you think that? I mean, he shouldn't have been shipped back to El Salvador, that's the 'clerical error' everyone is talking about. But the only people who claim he shouldn't get deported, seem to be speaking out of ignorance or believing falsehoods.

I agree. Trump throws stuff at the wall to see what sticks, including blatantly unconstitutional things. His unconstitutional stuff shouldn't stick. Separation of powers is crucial to the survival of this nation, and as a good little constitutional conservative, I'm happy to join efforts to preserve it.

Wow - @JohnsonJones actually read my articles and considered my arguments? That's respectable. Thank you for your response!

No, no, no, no, no. You're drinking the koolaid and falling for the disinformation. Here's your documentation of Garcia's gang affiliation: https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1396906/dl?inline&fbclid=IwY2xjawJt82JleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHhBLNqbLfq-ugUUfiRsasSd5239_E0o8U2WKWkN4P5-Ce1EgsvDrMN3YUaw1_aem_9bAn0M_5UuMCmi0SIRTOAg Unless you've got some good documentation, I have to say the attempt to smear anyone here as a "dirty cop" is loathsome. Shame on whoever made the claim to you, and shame on you for passing it along as if it were some sort of concluded fact. His request for asylum was denied. His request to not be deported was denied. Here are the court docs: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.1.1.pdf His appeal was denied. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.11.0.pdf The courts just said that he couldn't be deported to El Salvador. NOT that he couldn't be deported, NOT that he was granted asylum, NOT that he was granted citizenship. He was NOT "allowed to stay", and he is NOT now, nor has he ever been, a legal resident. He is not a "Maryland man", he is an illegal immigrant and MS13 gang member named Chele, running with the Westerns clique, holding the rank of Chequeo in that org. And in case it's news to anyone, Mara Salvatrucha, aka MS-13, is an international criminal gang that have is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. They are bad people engaged in bad things, from drug dealing to human trafficking to murder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-13 @Phoenix_person, I get needing to resist orange man. I get that Trump steamrollered over a federal judges ruling, and that's unconstitutional and needs to be stopped. I hope Trump gets smacked down hard enough, and feels enough pain, that he gives up pretending the courts don't have constitutional authority to limit some of the things he's doing. But democrats peddling falsehoods and pretending evil is good, is not the way to go about it. I call on you as an honest person who values truth, to bring these links and these facts into greater awareness in your political circles. Truth is a valuable commodity these days - and your side is spreading lies on this topic like their lives depend on it.

Cameras and air time. Push outrage. That wins votes (allegedly). Same notion behind this fun one: Orange Man.

Politics 101: When you're not in power, you resist the person in power. Whatever they're for, you're against. Your job as elected official is to get re-elected and gain power back, and that requires votes. Sparking outrage is a way to gain votes, so the Dems are sparkin' away. Nothing unique to Dems going on here. It's just that Dems are still reeling from their historic unexpected loss to Trump, still being mostly clueless as to why they lost, are falling back on the habits of all politicians - when in doubt, resist. - Don't stand when Trump parades his people in front of the nation during his joint session of congress. - Complain about DOGE and stoke fear that old people will stop getting their monthly check. - Break the filibuster record for no real reason other than to grab a news cycle away from Orange Man. - Push the notion that OM is growing in authoritarianism and destroying our country by finding the best story you can in opposition of each of OM's agenda items. When it comes to deporting illegals, the best they can find is [checks notes] MS13 gang member illegally in the nation for a decade, but we've got a photo of him looking friendly with a kid, so we can spin it based on that picture.

I have a 20's kiddo, who just started working on her 401k within the last 5 years. We had a talk about how this drop is probably the best thing that could possibly happen to her, and if the market dropped another 50% it would be the most absolute best thing ever. Because as she continues to contribute over the next 5 years, she'll be buying more shares for cheaper with the same contributions. If the market had stayed high, she would be buying fewer more expensive shares with each contribution. Everyone in their 20's, 30's, even 40's who is saving for retirement should jump for joy at any market correction that lowers the price of the shares they're still buying. (Not understanding this is a common misconception. I picked it up somewhere along the path to my finance degree.) Trump seems unconcerned with convincing random Americans about how rigorous the due process has been. It's not a good look, I agree. That said, there is zero amount of evidence/proof that ICE could release that would possibly convince the left that -enough- due process had been given. If tomorrow, Trump declassified all the court records and evidence, and it was good, the narrative would simply shift to how Trump is a liar and ICE is evil and you can't believe anything either of them say. Like the anti-DOGE narrative, full of people who refuse to go to doge.gov and look at the giant wall of receipts.

Honestly, I'm of the same mind here. Trump is an interesting conglomeration of stuff I support and stuff that worries the crap out of me. I'm concerned about 3 of the 5 constitutional crises he's given us in the last week. Nah, no valid point there. There's nothing conflicting about exceptionalism AND strong borders. Or exceptionalism AND choosing to not let our enemies in to defend and advance the agendas of brutal murderous evil Hamas. Ouch - right in the Christianity! That phrase "the least" is big. What we do to the least of us, we do to Christ. But if we're going to look at who truly is "the least", I would be looking at the victims of those horrible people we pulled out of our prisons and sent to El Salvador. "The least" include our poorest and least advantaged citizens that have had to fight harder for resources after Biden let in 11 million illegal immigrants. Dealing with "the least" of those immigrants demands strong walls, wide gates, and reasonable laws that balance our charitable nature as a free and rich people, and our ability to remain a cohesive free rich nation. Here's a claim: The more you read about the history of human migration, the less deeply ashamed you'll be. If you're gonna toss a cheap shot, at least make sure it hits. This is my 401k as of today: I'm up 8% over the last 12 months, and 13% average for the last 3 years. My basket is similar to most working American's baskets. I'm not doing anything special. Heh - where were your potshots in 2023, or 2020, or 2019, when the market went down in similar amounts?

In 2024, we had 17.25M members. Today we have 17.51M members. 1.2% increase. We're not losing members, we gained 250,000 members in the last year. It is true that our yearly growth numbers continue to slow, but that's true for global population rates as well. 2025 saw only a .9% increase in humans, so we're growing at a faster pace than humanity in general. So yeah, Gator is right that almost all religions are declining in membership. Across the board. But not the Latter-day Saints - we continue to grow. I think most of it is growth across the world and not in the US. Probably why way over half of the announced temples are not in the US.

Well, we can't arrest any American anti-IDF protesters. Free speech and all. That's the valid analogy. But we can arrest and deport any illegals in those protests, and revoke the visas of anyone here legally who participates in them. Any guesses what happens to Americans who go visit, say, Japan or Germany, and decide to participate in protests against the policies of those countries? Any guesses what happens when you do it in China or Mexico or Chile or Russia or North Korea or Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia?

I keep seeing that phrase. Dude is an illegal immigrant citizen of El Salvador who crossed the border illegally in 2011, arrested in 2019 and detained by ICE. He then applied for asylum. A confidential informant pegged him as an MS13 member out of New York. An immigration judge denied his asylum request but did grant protection from being deported back to El Salvador. He's not a "Maryland man", he's an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who was denied asylum, but a judge said "we won't send you back to El Salvador". Calling him "Maryland man" looks an awful lot like a blatant attempt to manipulate the narrative with a falsehood. (I'm not accusing you @Phoenix_person, I'm guessing you're like me, a target of the attempt to manipulate. https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportation-salvador-maryland-abrego-garcia-7b17b702b77a24d92a28dd4be5755fdd Both sides are pushing him into the spotlight. Folks mad at Trump paint him as a family man trying to do good in America. Trump and ICE paint him as an MS13 gang member, foreign terrorist, who engaged in human trafficking, who is here illegally. And we're deporting such people as quickly as we can find them. One side is headlining a pic of him holding his kid looking like a dad. The other side (Trump and ICE) seem totally uninterested in presenting evidence to the American public to substantiate their claims. When it comes to swaying public opinion, Trump is losing. "Trust me bro" isn't selling well. But as of yesterday, the president of El Salvador is refusing to give him back. So what's left to talk about?

Nice. I saw a TikTok the other day: Guy said "I don't want to be rich, I just want to be able to pass by a sofa on the side of the road and not think "should I?" I really resonated with that comment. I'm a member of our ward's Relief Society facebook page, because the wives are so good at giving away their hubby's stuff! The used air compressor got a 2nd life with us for a full decade. Same with an entire home sound system, a sofa set, various tables and bookcases, and more than one TV. Probably my most fun story: We saw someone giving away a king-size bed /w frame. We drove into the richest area I think I've ever seen in my life, other than the palace at Versailles when I went to Europe. The guard at the gate buzzed the house we were directed to, got approval for us to enter. Marble driveway, IIRC. It was 9am and the lady had already started drinking for the day. She gave us a tour of her massive house and all the fancy stuff in it. Then apologized for the sorry state of the 1 year old bed, apparently it was dusty because they rarely used that particular guest bedroom. As we were loading it up, her neighbor showed up, even drunker than she was. Apparently we were quite the spectacle in the neighborhood, being neither idle rich nor hired staff. As I was bending over and grunting away at loading the mattress, I heard the dude slur out the words "oh, he works out". I can count the number of times someone has commented about my posterior on one hand, and that's still my favorite.

I think the traditional ways folks unrighteously judge each other's wealth, is largely appearance based. If you live in an area perceived as a "rich area" (usually defined as nicer/bigger homes than yours, or more land). Or if you drive a car perceived to be expensive. Or if you flash wealth in the form of 'nice' or 'spendy' clothing or jewelry. Throughout human history there is usually a thriving industry of things you can buy to make you look richer than you actually are. Beware, there is usually some sort of social penalty applied to those who are found out to be 'posing' and trying to make people think you have a level of wealth you don't actually have. So, it's less "how they know", and more "how they perceive". And yes, it goes in both directions. I've been a fan of thrift stores my whole life. I was confused at reactions from some of my co-workers when I found a nice leather bag at a goodwill for $12.99. After several comments, I looked up the brand and model and discovered it sold new for hundreds of dollars. They were looking at me like maybe they were needing to re-evaluate me in some way. Like my clothes and car didn't match my bag, and I was a question they needed to solve before they knew how to properly think about me. 15 years later I'm on the same bag, and nobody looks at me like that any more.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of class warfare. Whether it's folks with more judging those with less, or folks with less judging those with more. Like any demographic, you can find good'uns and bad'uns in both places. When I seek for worthy principles, "other than bare minimum safety nets to preserve life, keep the federal government out of the poverty business" has seemed like a worthy principle. States can do what they want, and I'll either be happy with it or not.

We're supposed to impart our substance and ease the sufferings of the poor and needy. But when we assign those tasks to the govt to do things for us, that's when lucifer enters the chat. Here's a list of things being done by govt in the name of helping the poor and needy. Please tell me how many of them you support: - "Safe injection sites", where drug addicted folk can get government aid in taking their illegal substances. - Taxpayer subsidized abortion on demand. - Subsidizing single motherhood which encourages absent fathers, and has all but succeeded in America's black communities. - Taxpayer funded gender-affirming care for trans people.

Those kind of jobs are unpleasant-no one says “I want to wait tables and clean garbage cans when I grow up.” But they teach valuable lessons. You work hard to get out of them so you don’t have to live your life working terrible jobs! The emptying garbage job was my first job during high school. 17 yrs old and earning minimum wage of $3.05/hour! Small family-owned store, with endless family drama and unfairness. I worked my way up from garbage to chocolate clean-up, to making the chocolate. By the time I graduated college, I was running the production department. That sounds more impressive than it was. I was making barely $20k/yr. It had much unpleasantness to it, mostly the boss and his kids. But like @LDSGator said, I learned a crapton of valuable lessons. Plus, I earned enough to pay for half of college while living at home.

I emptied garbage cans at a candy store and then started making chocolates to pay for about half of college. The other half was pell grants.

Yes indeed - that was my story. After High School, it's like all those horrible people just disappeared out of my life permanently, and I was suddenly surrounded by a smarter higher caliber of human, and the 'rule of the jungle/survival of the fittest' crap seemed to be a thing of the past. In the decades since, I've reached out to two people to apologize for my bad behavior towards them. Both gave versions of "don't sweat it, we were all dumb back then". I remember trudging through high school hoping "I sure hope all these morons finally outgrow all of this evil stupidity." I know I did. I'm always amazed to hear statistics about how a large number of people just go on to live their lives in the same area, sometimes the same house, as they grew up. I couldn't wait to get the crap out of Dodge.

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Sheesh. Never heard of DEH, so I read the plot on wiki. Didn't expect to get transported back to the traumas of middle-school. I was not an impressive child by anyone's standards for various reasons. Maybe 15 years out of that crap, I learned that one of the kids who used to torment me was dead. Looking into the comments folks were making, I was surprised to learn dude apparently led a tormented and troubled life. It was a bit of an eye opener into something I've since learned from a lot of different sources - it all tends to roll downhill. Tormentors/bullies/abusers tend to have learned it from somewhere. The cycle repeats itself until someone stops it. Not sure if this guy had an active role in his death or not, but just reading between the lines I'd have to say the odds are probably yes. Reading this thread got me interested enough to google up another demon from my past. In 30 seconds I think I found the guy. He apparently still lives close to where we went to school. Running a gofundme for himself to pay legal bills due to a messy divorce, he talks much smack about his ex and apparently doesn't get to see his kids any more. A public comment from 2018 on his mylife.com profile says "He is a psychopath who ruined my life. He stalked me and held me hostage." Dang. Even with 40 years of distance and 25 years of actively trying to follow Christ's commandment to love my neighbor and forgive my enemy, it was more of a stretch than I'm comfortable admitting. But I got there. I'm sad to hear the evil demon 14 year old who caused me so much pain and fear might not have grown out of it like the rest of us. I hope his kids are ok, and whatever made him that way didn't get passed on to them. I think I'll probably skip experiencing DEH in play or movie. I'm not a fan of looking back into the darkness unless there's a good reason.

You seem to mistake what a liberal is. A liberal is not necessarily a Far left communist It looks like we're having a bit of a language issue. Here's my take on what reality looks like: On the scale of left-of-center political thought, you have the following, listed from least extreme to most extreme: Center-left folks Democrats Liberals (not the classical liberal, but the self-proclaimed liberals of the last 30 years) Progressives Leftists Fascists There can be a lot of overlap with the first 4, as you can find both liberals and progressives in the Democrat party. Socialist thought is sprinkled throughout, growing in importance and extreme as you go down the list. None of them want to think about how Fascist is the most extreme form of leftist thought, the natural extension of socialism/communism/marxism, but it is. Leftists might claim to be anarchists or ANTIFA, the 'occupy democrats' tend to be leftist. They tend to be more radical, more extreme, more prone to organizing. I've had several leftists (including Mr. PhoenixPerson who occasionally stops by this board) state quite openly that they are NOT the same as dems/libs/progressives. Leftists, for example, often loathe Hilary Clinton and think AOC is a misguided twit. So, when you say: I have to disagree strongly. We can argue about whether He'd support the tax-and-spend policies of Democrats or liberals. We can argue about whether He'd support progressive causes like open borders or using government power to make healthcare and education free. But no, there's really no serious argument to be made that he would be a leftist. Anyway, that's the color of the sky in my world. Your sky color may differ.