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Pkeod
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Comment #5485488
Most everything you do in life is chasing highs and reinforcing biological addictions or psychological habits. Going for a run? Chasing that runner's high, scratching that addictio…
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Comment #5485468
There are PopCap themed slot machines already. Their characters are just as "kid friendly" in the sense that they are simple and stylized, but again PopCap's products are for adult…
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Comment #5485455
>One thing we should be able to agree on, though, is that using childrens-book cartoon characters in gambling products does no-one any favours. FarmVille was never made for kids or…
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Comment #5485330
Simplified shapes? Must be appealing to all small children! I remember being a kid and I liked cooler, detailed things. Likewise as an adult I really appreciate simplified designs.…
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Comment #5485235
Do you "waste" money on entertainment? Should what you value be imposed on others?
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Comment #5485231
What's wrong with it?
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Comment #5457010
Should people be ineligible if they are born infertile? We could say that we probably won't have enough younger people to take care of the older people as birth rates decrease, but…
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Comment #5456214
44% isn't a high divorce rate? It is higher than it has been ever in our history. 6% away from flipping a coin that your marriage will fail. No thanks. The proportion of children b…
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Comment #5455712
There are genetic qualities which are passed on silently and only expressed after certain situations occur. If this were not the case there would be only heterosexual people. Most …
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Comment #5455562
Upbringing is much less important for development than genetics? No. Single mothers who raise kids in poverty with no father figure raise more daughters who have more kids without …
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Comment #5455460
What's wrong with valuing yourself? The world owes you nothing and you are the only person who is responsible for your own well being and happiness. Be wary of friendships which ar…
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Comment #5455319
/r/childfree is still a useful place for people to gain some perspective - that there are actually people who never want kids and have mostly good, personal reasons for this. Not e…
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Comment #5455118
It is our biological imperative to reproduce, but with humanity we can rise above our animal imperatives and impulses. I choose to avoid many things which push the biological butto…
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Comment #5455072
Out of my graduating highschool class, I only know of one woman who isn't now a parent. Will it soon be my civic duty to have kids? I'll still say no.
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Comment #5455039
In many polls when as if people would not have kids if they could do their life again they said they would not have kids. It's the truth. Raising children without being neglectful …
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Comment #5454988
The reality in the US is a mother can move across the country while a father is forced to pay child support, if he moves he can likely lose his well paying job, and if he can't fin…
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Comment #5454975
Friends are the family you choose. I would rather go out and make good friends than hope my kids would become good friends. I do not have kids and I do not plan to. If I had kids I…
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Comment #5454769
YMMV. Not everyone wants kids, plenty of people are already having kids, many people who do have kids regret it entirely, and many people correctly recognize that you can't live yo…
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Comment #5398903
http://www.leangains.com/ Check a few articles on most popular.
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Comment #5316856
Enjoy your limits.
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Comment #5316794
>People are measured relative to others, if everyone were what we currently deem as attractive then many who are currently attractive would certainly seem ugly for example. Nope. I…
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Comment #5316731
There are people who can play chess better than I can, who have higher "IQs", and yet I make more money than they do. Intelligence is not a magic number which increases in one way …