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Anonymous wrote:I am personally sick of the "troop love" everyone in the military is a hero sentiment. Let's face it 80% of those enlisted (not officers) would be flipping burgers if they did not have the military as an option. It is a glorified welfare system

You are an asshole! You get to sleep peacefully at night because of "those enlisted"! You should go and see "those enlisted" over at Walter Reed Medical Center with no arms/legs; then come back and let us know if they don't deserve some "troop love". Would you have felt the same if your child joined?

I didn't respond to the posters who are so anti military. But I do want to say this. I have two sons in the Army. Both are enlisted. One graduates from college in a few weeks. The other starts college in 9 months. Both served in Afghanistan. One did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. At one point I had two boys serving in a war zone at the same time-one with the 82nd Airborne and the other with a combat engineer battalion. Both were injured while overseas, thankfully not seriously.

I post only to say-your words have power and today your words hurt me deeply. I know I am just some random Internet stranger. But I am a real person who nearly lost a son overseas. When I say your words hurt, I mean they literally made me cry. I think that says a whole lot more about you than it does me or my boys.

One more thing...My dad is a retired two star General and my husband was an officer before he joined the FBI. I've spent most of my life around troops. You reference "enlisted" as welfare people. NO ONE I know in the military, Officer or otherwise, would ever refer to our young soldiers that way.

I didn't post that, but I am also anti-military. I do NOT believe that "the troops" are keeping me safe or are heros or are brave. I believe a lot of them glorify playing with guns and being tough and wanting people to look up to them/feel sorry for them/thank them for "their service to the country." I believe "the troops" are doing what America has done for decades - going where they are sent to butt into other countries business when noone asked us to get involved. Then they come back here unprepared for the civilian life, unsupported with their health issues, and just sit around doing nothing meaningful. I'm sorry, PP. Hopefully your sons are nice kids. But I will always think anyone who chooses to go into the military is on the stupid side.

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Anonymous wrote:What's with all the hate for IVF? Because I can't get pregnant naturally I should just accept that? By that line of reasoning I should decline treatment for a cancer dx.

I personally don't understand the desire to have a child that's biologically yours. I have seen too many marriages break up over the wife's overwhelming desire to have a biological child. It's not the end all be all and there are other ways to create a family.

Men just follow along because they are trying to do what's going to make their wives happy.

Do you have a biological child? I'm guessing no and that's for the best, I'm sure. The desire to have a child that is "biologically" yours is just that - BIOLOGY. It is perfectly normal and all of the snarky, rotten to black on the inside hateful people like you can rail against BIOLOGY all you want, but it won't change it. You are not fucking God and you're not going to change human nature, so get over it already.

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Anonymous wrote:I am personally sick of the "troop love" everyone in the military is a hero sentiment. Let's face it 80% of those enlisted (not officers) would be flipping burgers if they did not have the military as an option. It is a glorified welfare system

You are an asshole! You get to sleep peacefully at night because of "those enlisted"! You should go and see "those enlisted" over at Walter Reed Medical Center with no arms/legs; then come back and let us know if they don't deserve some "troop love". Would you have felt the same if your child joined?

I didn't respond to the posters who are so anti military. But I do want to say this. I have two sons in the Army. Both are enlisted. One graduates from college in a few weeks. The other starts college in 9 months. Both served in Afghanistan. One did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. At one point I had two boys serving in a war zone at the same time-one with the 82nd Airborne and the other with a combat engineer battalion. Both were injured while overseas, thankfully not seriously.

I post only to say-your words have power and today your words hurt me deeply. I know I am just some random Internet stranger. But I am a real person who nearly lost a son overseas. When I say your words hurt, I mean they literally made me cry. I think that says a whole lot more about you than it does me or my boys.

One more thing...My dad is a retired two star General and my husband was an officer before he joined the FBI. I've spent most of my life around troops. You reference "enlisted" as welfare people. NO ONE I know in the military, Officer or otherwise, would ever refer to our young soldiers that way.

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Anonymous wrote:I am personally sick of the "troop love" everyone in the military is a hero sentiment. Let's face it 80% of those enlisted (not officers) would be flipping burgers if they did not have the military as an option. It is a glorified welfare system

You are an asshole! You get to sleep peacefully at night because of "those enlisted"! You should go and see "those enlisted" over at Walter Reed Medical Center with no arms/legs; then come back and let us know if they don't deserve some "troop love". Would you have felt the same if your child joined?

I didn't respond to the posters who are so anti military. But I do want to say this. I have two sons in the Army. Both are enlisted. One graduates from college in a few weeks. The other starts college in 9 months. Both served in Afghanistan. One did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. At one point I had two boys serving in a war zone at the same time-one with the 82nd Airborne and the other with a combat engineer battalion. Both were injured while overseas, thankfully not seriously.

I post only to say-your words have power and today your words hurt me deeply. I know I am just some random Internet stranger. But I am a real person who nearly lost a son overseas. When I say your words hurt, I mean they literally made me cry. I think that says a whole lot more about you than it does me or my boys.

One more thing...My dad is a retired two star General and my husband was an officer before he joined the FBI. I've spent most of my life around troops. You reference "enlisted" as welfare people. NO ONE I know in the military, Officer or otherwise, would ever refer to our young soldiers that way.

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Anonymous wrote:Public assistance (SNAP, WIC, etc.) to families who continue to have kids that they cannot afford to raise. If you cannot afford the ones you have, STOP breeding.

I'm pp. I forgot to add that I am a democrat and progressive but geez, public assistance should be temporary. Not for a lifetime.

+1. I'm liberal as hell and I can absolutely sympathize with a family falling on hard times, but when you see 3rd, 4th, 5th generations of families on welfare I just don't get it. What happened to these people's sense of ambition?

Newsflash: everyone knows you feel this way because you're a pompous asshole who was born on third base and think you hit a home run. You don't try to hide your bullshit "opinions" you allude to them constantly in conversation. People laugh at your cluelessness about your own shortcomings behind your back.

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Anonymous wrote:I am personally sick of the "troop love" everyone in the military is a hero sentiment. Let's face it 80% of those enlisted (not officers) would be flipping burgers if they did not have the military as an option. It is a glorified welfare system

You are an asshole! You get to sleep peacefully at night because of "those enlisted"! You should go and see "those enlisted" over at Walter Reed Medical Center with no arms/legs; then come back and let us know if they don't deserve some "troop love". Would you have felt the same if your child joined?

I didn't respond to the posters who are so anti military. But I do want to say this. I have two sons in the Army. Both are enlisted. One graduates from college in a few weeks. The other starts college in 9 months. Both served in Afghanistan. One did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. At one point I had two boys serving in a war zone at the same time-one with the 82nd Airborne and the other with a combat engineer battalion. Both were injured while overseas, thankfully not seriously.

I post only to say-your words have power and today your words hurt me deeply. I know I am just some random Internet stranger. But I am a real person who nearly lost a son overseas. When I say your words hurt, I mean they literally made me cry. I think that says a whole lot more about you than it does me or my boys.

One more thing...My dad is a retired two star General and my husband was an officer before he joined the FBI. I've spent most of my life around troops. You reference "enlisted" as welfare people. NO ONE I know in the military, Officer or otherwise, would ever refer to our young soldiers that way.

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Anonymous wrote:I am personally sick of the "troop love" everyone in the military is a hero sentiment. Let's face it 80% of those enlisted (not officers) would be flipping burgers if they did not have the military as an option. It is a glorified welfare system

You are an asshole! You get to sleep peacefully at night because of "those enlisted"! You should go and see "those enlisted" over at Walter Reed Medical Center with no arms/legs; then come back and let us know if they don't deserve some "troop love". Would you have felt the same if your child joined?

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I'm not PP, but I hate birds. I was on a social network where several of the members posted dicture of their stupid bids and wrote about their birds. Their pictures included birds standing on their children's heads, standing on people's shoulders (parrots) birds walking around freely in people's homes. After awhile, I just dropped out of the group. I loved the people in a lot of other ways--but the excessive fetishization of the birds sickened me. I throw gravel at the birds in my neighbor's feeder because, foookin' birds, man! Who cares?

Since when is letting a pet bird come out if the cage to sit on your shoulder or walk around the house "excessive fetishization" of birds? You let your cat or dog walk around your house.

Your loss. Birds are smart and very social.

Not smart enough to not shit all over the floor, so yeah, I'll pass.

My parrot is potty trained.

I know I should probably be impressed, but instead I'm creeped out.

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I'm not PP, but I hate birds. I was on a social network where several of the members posted dicture of their stupid bids and wrote about their birds. Their pictures included birds standing on their children's heads, standing on people's shoulders (parrots) birds walking around freely in people's homes. After awhile, I just dropped out of the group. I loved the people in a lot of other ways--but the excessive fetishization of the birds sickened me. I throw gravel at the birds in my neighbor's feeder because, foookin' birds, man! Who cares?

Since when is letting a pet bird come out if the cage to sit on your shoulder or walk around the house "excessive fetishization" of birds? You let your cat or dog walk around your house.

Your loss. Birds are smart and very social.

Not smart enough to not shit all over the floor, so yeah, I'll pass.

My parrot is potty trained.

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I'm not PP, but I hate birds. I was on a social network where several of the members posted dicture of their stupid bids and wrote about their birds. Their pictures included birds standing on their children's heads, standing on people's shoulders (parrots) birds walking around freely in people's homes. After awhile, I just dropped out of the group. I loved the people in a lot of other ways--but the excessive fetishization of the birds sickened me. I throw gravel at the birds in my neighbor's feeder because, foookin' birds, man! Who cares?

Since when is letting a pet bird come out if the cage to sit on your shoulder or walk around the house "excessive fetishization" of birds? You let your cat or dog walk around your house.

Your loss. Birds are smart and very social.

Not smart enough to not shit all over the floor, so yeah, I'll pass.

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I'm not PP, but I hate birds. I was on a social network where several of the members posted dicture of their stupid bids and wrote about their birds. Their pictures included birds standing on their children's heads, standing on people's shoulders (parrots) birds walking around freely in people's homes. After awhile, I just dropped out of the group. I loved the people in a lot of other ways--but the excessive fetishization of the birds sickened me. I throw gravel at the birds in my neighbor's feeder because, foookin' birds, man! Who cares?

Since when is letting a pet bird come out if the cage to sit on your shoulder or walk around the house "excessive fetishization" of birds? You let your cat or dog walk around your house.

Your loss. Birds are smart and very social.

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I'm not PP, but I hate birds. I was on a social network where several of the members posted dicture of their stupid bids and wrote about their birds. Their pictures included birds standing on their children's heads, standing on people's shoulders (parrots) birds walking around freely in people's homes. After awhile, I just dropped out of the group. I loved the people in a lot of other ways--but the excessive fetishization of the birds sickened me. I throw gravel at the birds in my neighbor's feeder because, foookin' birds, man! Who cares?

Since when is letting a pet bird come out if the cage to sit on your shoulder or walk around the house "excessive fetishization" of birds? You let your cat or dog walk around your house.

Your loss. Birds are smart and very social.

True. Birds are super-smart and can also live longer or as long as most humans. I don't have one as a pet b/c I wouldn't want the mess and the work involved, but first PP, you ARE wrong!

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I'm not PP, but I hate birds. I was on a social network where several of the members posted dicture of their stupid bids and wrote about their birds. Their pictures included birds standing on their children's heads, standing on people's shoulders (parrots) birds walking around freely in people's homes. After awhile, I just dropped out of the group. I loved the people in a lot of other ways--but the excessive fetishization of the birds sickened me. I throw gravel at the birds in my neighbor's feeder because, foookin' birds, man! Who cares?

Since when is letting a pet bird come out if the cage to sit on your shoulder or walk around the house "excessive fetishization" of birds? You let your cat or dog walk around your house.

Your loss. Birds are smart and very social.