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[quote=ltsdd][quote=joec]This is because Asians, I don’t think really are interested in helping other Asians.
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If Asians were discussing how sometimes Americans don’t sacrifice much (by Asian standards) for our kids, they’d probably say the same thing…”sad but true.”

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[quote=joec]
I just don’t think it’s in Asian upbringing and they didn’t have it done to them neither so the cycle doesn’t repeat. Most only help their immediate and extended families.
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Totally concur. Asians (Chinese, anyway) will sacrifice their lives for their children. I don’t mean jump in front of a bus, although I suppose they might do that, too. I mean they’ll sacrifice any happiness or comforts or toys or travel or convenience or entertainment or fun or luxury or anything and everything like that. For their children. To a degree far beyond what most Americans would be willing to do. And they’ll give selflessly to their parents and their siblings. If they have anything left after helping their immediate family, and someone in their extended family needs a hand, they’ll give. After that, forget about it.

That’s what I see, anyway. Not necessarily good, bad or indifferent. That’s their culture, and it’s different from ours.

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[quote=Gunslinger]Please refrain from your frequent, obscenity laden posts – they add nothing to your argument.[/quote]

Foreclosius does kind of sound more like an obscenity than a god. Especially if you just bought a house or are a permabull.

Like an obscene adjective. “I hate those foreclosius banks.”

Or a verb. “That guy got foreclosiused.”

Or maybe a disease. “Why is he walking like that?” “He’s got foreclosius. Poor bastard never had a chance.”

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What do you drive in the autocross, flu? What kind of car/motor/trans?

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[quote=paramount] I’ve never been overly impressed with Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas, etc…for one thing I don’t want to live around phony’s.

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This reminds me of a parable I once heard.

An old fella is sitting on his porch. A guy who’s new to the area is driving by and stops to ask the old guy about the area. “What are the people like here?” The old guy asks in return, “How did you find the people where you came from?” The response is, “I found them to be generous, caring, kind, and fun.” The old guy says, “I think you’ll find them the same way here.” A different guy drives up later and asks the old guy the same question, and the old guy asks him the same question he asked the first guy. The second guy says, “I found them mean, backstabbing, and phony.” The old guy says, “I think you’ll find them the same way here.”

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[quote=outtamojo]”It is no more dangerous then riding a bike on cement…”

I heartily agree. Imo riding on a trail is waaay safer than riding on cement- no preoccupied drivers to worry about.[/quote]

Definitely safer than riding on roads. On roads, you’re basically betting your life that every driver going by is paying enough attention to not swerve out of his lane and hit you. Not a good bet, especially with cell phones and texting.

I have a bike (just one) you can borrow any time, Rich.

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I love mountain biking. The first time I did it (about 20 years ago), I felt 12 years old again (I normally feel about 14). Going over little jumps and leaning into turns. Great stuff.

Penasquitos is a very easy trail, and is easily suitable for your first ride. Check for ticks when you’re done, though. They climb to the tips of grass and hitch a ride when you brush by. If you can stay clear of the grass, you won’t get any. (Contrary to popular belief, they don’t drop from trees.)

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[quote=CDMA ENG][quote=zk][quote=scaredyclassic]but back int he 1970s it seemed limited to new noses for jewish girls in my neighborhood. [/quote]

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What about a WOP Knot?

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I like those, too.

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[quote=scaredyclassic]but back int he 1970s it seemed limited to new noses for jewish girls in my neighborhood. [/quote]

What a shame. I love a good Jewish nose.

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I believe in evolutionary psychology.

There are some things that I think should be included in evolutionary psychology but (as far as I know) aren’t.

From what I’ve read, some personality trait differences between individuals are, in evolutionary psychology, attributed to either a) variance around an optimum or b) adaptation to enhance chances of survival/gene passage for an individual.

It seems to me that they could also have evolved in order to enhance chances of survival of a tribe as a whole.

A few examples:

Some people are naturally late to sleep late to rise. Some are early to bed early to rise. This mixture allows there to be some number of people awake and alert and on the watch for predators/enemies/lightning storms/whatever.

Some people are naturally adventure seeking. They’re not content to sit around the fire. These people pushed the tribe to new areas and perhaps found additional resources before it was too late. But you can’t have everybody in a tribe with that trait, because, among other things, that would reduce the social cohesiveness of the group. Also, you need a large percentage of people who are content to hunt and gather.

Some people are natural raconteurs. This helps the morale and social cohesiveness of the group. Somehow it seems that too many of this type wouldn’t work. Perhaps the audience wouldn’t be so captivated (and hence morale so improved) if it was so common.

Some percentage of people are leaders, others followers. Others lone wolves. This has obvious advantages.

Perhaps nature selected whole tribes for the correct percentage of different personality traits. You have these different personality traits distributed in certain percentages such that the odds of survival of the tribe as a whole are maximized. Tribes that had too many or too few of certain types didn’t make it. And that genetic legacy lives on today.

That’s what I believe, anyway.

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If it was me, I would do about everything annoying that would annoy the hell out of my neighbor. Like I would get out the laundry lines and start hanging out g-strings and bras and panties out there where it’s not publicly visible from an outside street or common area.. I would start parking my ghetto looking cars that drip oil right outside my neighbors sideway and not leave enough space for him/her to put their trashcans conveniently next to their curb…I would make a point of coming in really late around 11pm-12am and as I pull into the driveway, leave things in 1st gear and rev really really loud… And when I open my door I wouldn’t bother being considerate and turning down the radio before I did that…At 8am on a saturday morning, I would take my air compressor and use my air hammer in my backyard and get all my auto/home improvement stuff done early in the morning…

If a carrot stick doesn’t work a few times…Don’t get mad… get even.. Like I said 1er% type problems. Petty things that annoy petty people… Have fun with it…

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While that would all be fun and gratifying, you have to keep in mind that these losers are talking about your kid to other parents. If you play it cool, your neighbors and schoolmates will figure out who the real asshole is. If you escalate a war, then that will be visible, also. You don’t want to give any of those other neighbors or schoolmates any real reasons to keep their kid away from yours. I’d try to find a solution that doesn’t involve you being that kind of jerk, even if your neighbor deserves it.

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It seems to me that someone who knows how to date someone for 2-3 years should know how to express their feelings to that person. If not, maybe the problem is more complicated than you think.[/quote]

It’s not that simple in all cases. Sometimes people will react very badly because they are unable or unwilling to digest the information even if you are being candid.

Communicating something like a breakup is hard enough to do but makes it that much more difficult and worse when the other person is not mature enough to deal with the situation in a controlled way.[/quote]

The fallout of a breakup won’t last very long. A month? A year? A week? A marriage – to a person whom you consider immature and have trouble communicating with – and that you entered in order to avoid a relatively short period of angst – and the following (not-unlikely) divorce has the potential to last for tortuous decades.

That’s like Homer in an episode of the Simpsons. He’s about to commit some kind of caper. In order to not leave fingerprints, he’s grinding off his finger prints with a power tool, which is obviously causing him great pain. He’s screaming loudly in pain. It occurs to him that he could just wear gloves. He says to himself, referring to the gloves: “Ah, they’re upstairs.” And he then continues grinding his fingerprints off and screaming in pain.

Your decision to marry to avoid the pain of breaking up would be like Homer’s decision to grind off his fingertips because he didn’t want to climb a flight of stairs. Only way stupider.

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Not sure about the politics of it, but I agree it’s a sad day. Those bastards murdered Kelly Thomas. And they should be in prison for the rest of their lives.

Cops have tough jobs. Sometimes they have to make life-and-death decisions and sometimes they only have a fraction of a second to make those decisions. Sometimes they get those split-second decisions wrong. In those cases, the cops need to be protected from prosecution. Nobody can get every split-second, life-and-death decision right.

This, obviously, wasn’t like that.

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You can be a boor, a bore, a wretch and a fool. You can be mean, selfish, rude, inconsiderate, self-centered and ill-mannered. You can have annoying habits, a surly temperament and poor personal hygiene. Your dog cares about none of this.

If you’re a real schmuck, it’s a lot easier to find (what you think is) love, affection and approval from a dog than from a human.

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