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What Is It Like To Become Poor After Being Wealthy?
The global financial crisis destroyed me in 2008. The years immediately after were some of the worst years of my life. I lost everything; or at least I thought I did.
As it turns out, I didn’t lose much at all (assuming you don’t count approximately $3 million in real estate equity and a couple of hundred thousand dollars in cash, as “much”).
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Why Do Many Christians Marry Young?
Because the church as a whole encourages young marriage for a few reasons, some spiritual and some practical. I’m speaking from the perspective of someone who was raised in a very traditional Pentecostal church. A lot of what I say can translate to other denominations also but they may not be as strict as what I grew up on.
1. COURTSHIP “POLICY”: The longer you date or court someone is the more likely that you will engage in sexual activity before marriage…a sin known as FORNICATION!! It’s very normal for a couple to literally date for only 6 months and the pastor will give them the green light to get married. That seems unheard of but it’s VERY common in the traditional church! Long courtships are STRONGLY discouraged!
Picture of the Day
This magnificent rooster defended his flock of clucking hens from god knows what, and he’s got the bloodstains and scars to prove it.
Whatever it was that knocked, this rooster answered and survived to see another sunrise. Roosters are the head of the flock, charged with setting the pecking order straight and keeping that order within the group.
Yeah, they come to snuff the rooster…
Their other job is to be first in line to kick some ass, no matter what goes bump in the night, the rooster takes the hit for the group. Common chicken thieves range between free roaming cats to fucking bears, but the rooster cares not – his prime directive is to put his life on the line in defense of others and he serves his duty to the letter.
You know he ain’t gonna die.
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The Sun Will Come Up….
“Say goodnight to the sun, gents. It’s gonna be a long, wet, cold, nasty night.” Our instructors in SEAL training would tell us that as the sun went down.
They were right.
They told us that to make us quit.
But, if you stayed—if you didn’t quit—in the morning, you would see the sun come up again.
And that was the lesson the instructors were teaching.
But you had to learn it on your own. And you would always remember:
That there will be long, cold, wet, nasty nights.
But the sun will come up.
And everything will be okay.
That is life, too.
And it’s dark right now.
But hang in there.
The sun will come up…
– Jocko Willink
Linkage
The 50 Worst Decisions in TV History – Rolling Stone
She Played ‘Daphne’ On Frasier. See Jane Leeves Now At 62 – Wanderer
Anger Is Temporary Madness: The Stoics Knew How to Curb It – Aeon
Is the AI boom already over? Generative AI tools are generating less interest than just a few months ago – VOX
What Happens when People with Dementia Commit Crimes? – Scientific American
‘That’s It? It’s Over? I Was 30. What a Brutal Business’: Pop Stars on Life After the Spotlight Moves On – The Guardian
Five Questions to Ask When You Need Help Finding Your Purpose – Fast Co
Disney Modeled ‘The Little Mermaid’s’ Ariel After This 80s Starlet – Wanderer
Planning a long-haul flight? Here’s how to outsmart jet lag – NPR
If AI becomes conscious: here’s how researchers will know – Nature
Nothing completes a house party quite like a fist fight – Reddit
15 Old Wild West Photos That Will Leave You Breathless – Linkiest
Inside the Most Expensive ZIP Code in America – WSJ
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Actress Sydney Chandler – Ned Hardy
The Dumping Grounds
Poll of the Day
My (35M )girlfriend (32F)went out tonite with her sisters and friends for a bday dinner and she came home absolutely drunk I have never seen so drunk before. Long story short she went to bed and her friends kept calling her to make sure she was ok.
Her phone was opened to a work email, and that where I noticed her and her coworker were sending each other nudes and talking through email for the past two years.
I open her work email, thousands of messages going back 2 years, pictures, videos.
Her coworker is also a 45 year old married man .I confronted her about it and she is crying hysterically saying that nothing physical has ever happened between them, but their are messages saying meet me in the back hallway or meet me in the garage.
I don’t know what to believe. She’s saying she didn’t cheat and that she will quit. That it was just foreplay / email sex or whatever.
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How Easily Would The U.S. Military Take Omaha Beach Today?
The most important difference between 1944 and today would be in the realm of guided munitions.
I once heard that a single F-15 packs as much firepower as an entire squadron of World War II–era bombers when you take into account explosive weight and the percentage of ordnance you can get on target. (Keep in mind, the F-15 is a fighter/bomber, not a dedicated bomber. If we start talking about the B-52, things get even crazier.)
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Picture of the Day
Azalea the chimpanzee lives in a North Korea zoo and smokes about a pack a day
Azalea smokes about one pack of cigarettes a day,though she reportedly does not inhale when smoking. She is able to light her own cigarettes using a lighter and has also learned to light a cigarette by touching it to the end of a lit cigarette.