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I'm reading Dreamland by Sarah Dessen right now, and I've become kinda confused. They talk alot about 'lighting the bowl' or 'preparing the bowl' when referring to smoking pot. I'm not a pothead, nor do my friends talk to me about it, so I'm confused as to what you do to smoke pot. If you could please explain the 'bowl method' so I could better understand the book, I would greatly appreciate it. :] (link)
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Part of this depends on the pipe you are using, and this goes for more than just pot. Mind you I've not touched a single drug in nearly 8 years, but I cannot imagine that things have changed much in that short of a period.
As for preperation:
Some pipes need to have a screen put into the bottom of the bowl. Someone earlier posted that you can use foil, but you can also buy little mesh screens someplaces. I liked those a lot personally, they were quite handy. The reason you need that is otherwise you will suck in a piece thats red-hot, right down your throat if you aren't careful.
Cleaning is a big thing, particularly if you smoke a lot. Resin builds up, and just like a normal tobacco pipe you need to clean it out. You can scrape it out until it gets too bad, then I always got out the alcohol and went to town. A lot of people I knew actually saved the resin they scraped out...myself I never went to all that trouble.
You cant jam a bud into a pipe all willy-nilly, it won't burn as well. I always tore them into smaller pieces that burned better. This is the same reason tobacco isnt just jammed into cigarettes in large pieces. Also its highly recommended to take all the seeds out beforehand. Then you just pack it down a little.
Of course different people do it differently.
Hopefully this is enough to sate your curiousity, and you wont feel the need to try it firsthand.
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I stumbled across this site by accident. I seriously doubt many of you have the qualifications to give real people proper advice. After reading some of your responses to people's inquiries i was quite astonished as to how teenagers find they are able to give quality advice and information to real people in need with such little life experience. If you ask me you are not in a place to give your "personal opinion" when people truly believe you are giving them the right answer simply because you claim "people think i give really good advice". (eg. i am still at a loss as to how a 17 year old girl thinks she can give advice to someone regarding conceiving a child) I know you try to come across as a "godsend" to poeple who are in some sort of personal crisis and need a fast easy answer but the truth is, in the cases where it really counts, there rarely is one; at least not from you. (link)
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If you feel you are more qualified, then by all means, sign up for access and give your advice. If you think someone is giving bad advice, log on and correct them. I do when I think the topic is important enough to need a clarification - though on many topics it just isn't worth it. If you aren't willing to contribute in order to correct what you see as a problem here, then I would question if you are even concerned enough to ask the question you are asking in the first place.
I really don't think age is important when it comes to giving advice on love or relationships, which is a large part of the questions asked here.
Not everyone here who gives advice is a teenager - and though there are many teens here, I would no more assume their advice is bad simply due to age anymore than I would assume that just because you see one post you disagree with that this would set a precedent across the board. And though I do not have any access to hard data, my hunch is that the average age for advice-givers is probably somewhat higher than that for the average age of those asking the questions.
Be aware that you are coming off less as someone concerned over the fitness of the advice given, and more as someone who is simply wanting to stir the pot based on age alone. Its easier to stand on the sidelines and be critical than to involve yourself in an attempt to change what you are critical of. Did you happen to post any advice on the thread you are referring to?
If there is a paucity of mature adults willing to give advice here (which I am not prepared to accept as fact), then I would say that it isn't the fault of the teens. At the very least, they are willing to try their best to give what advice they can - even if that doesn't meet with your standards. Standards that, as I said earlier, are probably far too high when dealing with just about anything on the internet.
I also would question the assumption that age is directly relevant to the quality of advice given. I've heard horrible advice from adults who think themselves correct and knowledgeable, but in dealing with them one actually needs a better excuse to dismiss their advice with other than age. You actually need to admit that many people, irregardless of their age, aren't fit to give advice. Age is just an easy label to put on someone. If you take age out of the equation, then you end up with both innately good, and bad, givers of advice - which you would get anywhere. It isn't realistic to expect all advice to be good, no matter what you ask. You still need to be prepared to be discerning concerning the advice you recieve.
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Hi guys... I got this really old rolex from the 1960's which belonged to my grandpa, he died to years back, so i thought i would get it repaired and have it as a memory. Yesterday, i went to this shop to know if i could get it repaired they asked for $400-$600 depending on the work, which i really cannot afford but i really want to have it done. what could b done? I would never wanna sell it for the world... (link)
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Do NOT go to a shop in the mall!! Seriously thats the last thing you want to do with a ROLEX. NM that a mall shop will just look at you and go "Umm...yeah...". If you try to go the cheap route to repair a 40+ year old Rolex, you run a high risk of getting screwed over.
Make sure you go to an AUTHORIZED Rolex dealer.
$400-$600 to get it in working order is hella cheap considering:
1. How much a new watch would cost (thousands)
2. Considering that your asking to have a 40 year-old watch repaired
3. You are hoping that they will actually fix it, and not steal the guts. Don't trust anyone who is willing to fix it 'cheap'.
Hang on to the watch, and keep it safe. You can fix it sometime in the future when you have the money to have it fixed correctly, by someone who wont screw you on it.
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well im a freshman wrestler for 119 and 125. i think i might have a skin disease from the mat, its sorta like a matburn and its like rele close to my lip. its scabbed up and my dad thinks its emphintigo. idk what it is, so i just say its a matburn. can anyoen help? (link)
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Its spelled Impetigo, and your father isn't just making it up (though he might still be funning you, I dunno).
It could be anything really. Impetigo can be treated with topical antibiotics I believe if it isn't too bad. Thing is, I believe it has the ability to get QUITE bad, especially in younger children. If its just a small patch, and you or your parents dont want to go to the doctor, try some antibiotics and see if that helps.
Remember though it can be just about anything, bacterial, fungal, etc. If it gets worse, or lingers after the intibacterial, go to the doctor to have it checked out. Unless of course, you aren't afraid of having your face eaten off. You think I am joking, but with the skin infections running around nowadays, its better to be safe. More than likely it will fade on its own, but if it doesn't go have it checked out.
I'd also not be surprised if your coach tells you to go to the doctor, or bars you from wrestling with it. No need to go smearing something possibly infectious on other wrestlers, right?
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Isn't 1st hand smoking worse than 2nd hand smoking? (link)
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Worse? Its the same smoke. 1st hand smoke is worse in the sense that it goes straight to the users lungs without having to travel far, but what a smoker breathes in isn't any more or less toxic than 2nd hand smoke. in the lungs it is more concentrated before it is exhaled. This same smoke, once in the air isn't 'less' dangerous to 2nd hand smokers on a 1 to 1 basis, though in some cases one could argue that it would be less dangerous if the room is well-ventilated. "Well ventilated" is the operative phrase here.
I hate to tell you this, but filters are a marketing gimmick. Sure, they probably stop SOME particles (like tar) but for the most part they were introduced simply to market cigarettes to a larger number of customers. There were some cigs marketed over 50 years ago (I forget the name) that were marketed specifically to women, had incredibly long filters, and were meant to lead women into thinking they were 'safe' or 'refined'. There have been many studies that have argued that by giving smokers a false sense of safety (because 'filtered are so much better than non-filtered'), those smokers often smoke more, longer, and end up worse off. Filters aren't there to filter; if Big Tobaco was so concerned for smokers, you wouldn't have seen decades and decades of misinformation and lies. If filters had even a marginal affect, the tobacco companies would have pushed for legislation supporting mandatory filters. Why didn't they? Because they knew, the gov't knew, that filters were a smokescreen, and they had such a small affect that they weren't even a plausible roadblock in the fight to ban smoking.
Even if you were to argue that the smoke that if 'filtered' on its way into the smokers lungs is less dangerous than non-filtered (something that I would argue is a marginal improvement at best), most of the smoke that ends up in the air is the smoke that smokers have exhaled, NOT smoke from the ends of the cigarettes. That being said, for the most part 1st and 2nd hand smoke really is the same smoke. The only difference is concentration; smokers get a large concentration no matter how well-ventilated an area is, whereas non-smokers breathing 2nd-hand could be getting either very little 2nd hand (good ventilation) all the way to about the same concentration as the smokers themselves.
Any non-smoker who goes out to a crowded bar/club with poor ventilation knows exactly what I mean. You wake up the next morning feeling like you smoked an entire carton, and you hack up phlegm like someone who has been smoking for years. With little/no ventilation, its like smoking whether you want to or not.
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do guys like girls with a lot of makeup? (link)
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Thats a hard question. If its obviously overdone then its a 'ewww' for me. While I personally don't like makeup at all, I'm sure there are women I've been attracted to and I never knew whether they had on makeup or not /shrug. If I had to choose though, I'd go with no makeup or very little, unless its some important occasion. IMO its better to use JUST enough makeup, rather than caking it on.
Many guys don't notice makeup all that much, unless its on so thick it looks like clown makeup.
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What are some good tips to get better at counter strike? my kill death ratio is always a 1, i want to make it a 1.5 or 2 if possible. Im going over to a friends house later today to LAN with all our friends, (NO IM NOT A NARK) Im in language Arts rite now so ill check back next period, Thanks. (link)
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Make sure your computer is up to snuff; slow processors and too little ram will KILL you. Have to keep your latency down too.
I played more DoD and DOD:S, but the learning curve is about the same: it takes a long time of getting hosed before you get better. I had to play for over a year hardcore before I got good enough to get random clan invites (though after 2+ years in WoW, I'm sure I suck now).
If you die early a lot, watch the best players via killcam. You can see how they move, where they run, what weapons they use, etc etc. You can see where they shoot through walls, where they hide. I helped run a LAN store for several years, so I got good by getting up and watching my friends that were really good while I was dead. Harder in DoD though, due to the differences in respawning in matches.
And don't play other FPS games while you play CS either. Many of our players were at least CAL-M, and a few later got into CAL-I I think, and they swore that whenever they played another FPS for even a small time, the different 'feel' would put them off their game. I myself quit playing CS while I practiced DoD, because I could feel a difference too.
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I want to know if my 14 year old friend can talk to and visit with her 18 year old boyfriend, who just got out of jail and has not been convicted off any crime yet, but my 14 year old friends dad had my 18 year old friend arrested because they had been sexually active, then the dad dropped the charges and charges were picked up by the State, they are not 4 years apart in total age and we live in Oklahoma? (link)
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Oklahoma is pretty clear-cut - the 18 year old is toast more than likely.
I don't see them referring to is as 'statutory', but simply as rape.
If you 'friend' was UNDER 14 rather than being 14, it would be 'Rape in the 1st degree'http://oklegal.onenet.net/oklegal-cgi/ifetch?Oklahoma_Statutes.99+853014639711+F
Since your friend is within the 14-16 age category, it falls under the 'rape in the 2nd degree': http://oklegal.onenet.net/oklegal-cgi/ifetch?Oklahoma_Statutes.99+852714635577+F
As for sentencing guidelines: "Rape in the second degree a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not less than one (1) year nor more than fifteen (15) years." http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?citeid=69608&date=5/31/1950
Mike CFT is correct, it doesn't matter that the father dropped the charges, if officials get wind of it they'll press it themselves. Pray he gets as little as 1 year, and not the 15 year max. I doubt it will be 15, if it was consensual and she is willing to stand up for him, but thats no guarantee.
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how long does cement take to dry?
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Depends on what kind of cement, if its concrete, how much lime or portland cement, etc etc. There are a multitude of different mixes, some have polymers added, depends on what the cement is used for.
Drying and Curing are two different terms fyi. Often you can get cement that dries in 24 hours, but it wont be cured iirc. Like Qikrete, you can touch it lightly at like 12 hours, but not walk on it. At 24 you can walk on it CAREFULLY, it can still scuff and scratch. Curing takes longer I believe, like several days.
You can also get cement that cures faster, but it isn't the best for all jobs, depends on what you need to do really.
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I'm a guy and I just turned 18. I'm basically afraid of getting drafted, and so are my parents. They said they would do anything to get me out of it if I ever did get drafted, like move me to a different country or make me handicapped or something.
I just want to know how likely it is for a draft to happen. (link)
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I'll make a few comments as a Veteran, and I'll try hard not to flame you and stay objective.
There is almost no way on God's green earth that you will be drafted, unless North Korea nukes us, or Heaven forbid something along those lines. Seriously, if the only reason you are worried about the draft is the whole Iraq mess, I can tell you this now: America will pull out of Iraq, before they approve a draft. We are close to pulling out, and have been on the verge for some time now. We are at a tipping point politically between those that think that its a waste to stay, and those that think we should. But you throw a draft in the mix, and I guarantee we'd be pulling out with a quickness.
Rep. Rangel (D-NY) has been promoting this, but there isn't enough support for it. IMO part of his thinking is that had the White House had to promote a draft in order to invade Iraq in the first place, for example, then perhaps Bush wouldn't have been in such a hurry to get into Iraq. Yes or no, right or wrong, the majority of the American public opposes a draft.
The Military opposes a draft as well. While the military would do just about anything to get recruitment up, it has a hard enough time weeding out people who shouldn't be there out of volunteers - if there was a draft, the military would be sidled with scores of people it would deem 'unfit'. And as a volunteer soldier, I would sure as hell not want my back guarded by someone who doesn't WANT to be there guarding my back, and will run at the first opportunity (or shoot me in the back, and THEN run).
I'm a proud American, I'd still be serving if I could. I disagree with Bush and his policies, yet I am still willing to serve my country, I'd still put my life on the line. Even though I disagree with the Iraq war, I'd still do my duty.
I'm not going to say that you're a traitor or a coward; your not - though I would question just what you feel your level of obligation to America, as a citizen, is. I hope you and your family doesnt think its just a 'free ride' while the going is good. Feel free to disagree on a political level, I sure as hell do - I hated the decision to go to Iraq, and I still do. But remember that loyalty and service to our country DOES NOT equal loyalty and service to politicians or to 'el presidente', though following their mandates is a bitter pill to swallow indeed. You can still serve in a non-combat role even IF a draft does go through. But I ask you this now, and I am not alone when I say this - you aren't willing to serve if a draft is instituted, yet you are willing to live in America and reap all America has to offer? I'm not sure what to tell you really, without going off on a rant here. But I still feel those eligible for the draft should register, and not avoid it. Had that happened throughout our history, America wouldn't be what it is today.
I'm a Liberal at heart, and yet I think that its cowardly to sidestep the draft to move to Canada. If you would consider moving to avoid a draft, just move anyways and get it over with; Canadas a nice place to live (I'm being serious). If you think that thinking is harsh, wait and see if some conservatives decide to weigh in on this, seriously.
'make you handicapped'...seriously...every dead veteran would be ashamed.
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So what's a froob?
No one knows and everyone who does won't tell.
Someone please just tell me!!! (link)
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Off the top of my head its a gamer term. Noob, your new, inexperienced, a noob. A froob iirc is someone who is not only a noob, but someone who is playing a game (such as an MMO) for free, whereas the 'experienced' players had to pay for it in the past.
I ran into this when I tried Anarchy:Online for a bit while they were running the free offer, and I was termed a froob by the original players as I never dropped any money to actually buy the game.
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when you have to take a physical for school and you're given a urinalysis (piss test)do they check for drugs without request?
I've heard that they do and they don't,and I would like a straight answer from someone that knows for sure. (link)
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I would imagine that if your school does do a urinalysis test, it isn't through a doctor. Every time I've had one, its done by whoever is in a position of authority (cops, school, military, or employer as examples) and they ship it straight to a lab for processing - no doctor involved.
I've never, ever, heard of a school doing this for a physical, though I suppose its possible. I cant imagine a school would want to spend the money to have a lab run the tests to be frank. If I were a parent, I'd be ticked if I were to find out that my childs school would be mandating uranalysis on minors, especially if they hadn't asked for parental approval. If you think your parents would oppose, just refuse to pee and let your parents chew the school officials a new one.
If your school for some odd reason DOES do urinalysis, and your parents DO approve, I can only tell you one thing: Godspeed, my young drug-using friend.
But I'd be surprised if they actually do urinalysis.
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I ordered some Swarovski crystals and they arrived today in the mail.
They are "Hotfix / Iron-On"
I understand that Hotfix means that they will securely attach to any material (my cell phone in this case) but what should I do to heat them? (link)
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Hotfix/Iron-on is for fabrics mostly. You apply heat, the glue melts and 'seeps' into the fabric.
Most people at home would use an iron, but thats not a very good option, I would imagine, for putting them on your cell phone.
If they are individual crystals, and not some of the transfer-paper stuff, you might be able to use something else to heat them but I don't know if I would try it. For the most part I think the glue that comes on these is intended for use on Cloth. Its almost 'rubbery', melts somewhat easily, and it isn't brittle. I'm not sure you would even want to use it on something as non-porous as the plastic on a cell phone. I would think a 2-part epoxy would be better, or superglue if you are desperate.
General info:
www.rhinestonesu.com/Hot%20Fix.pdf
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My friend Rebecca never goes by the final answer on something. She is always fixated on the original comment whether it was made an hour ago, a day ago, a month ago, etc. For example: when her mother originally said:; Rebecca you are very thin, I am concerned, I dont want you to lose weight;. However, Rebecca totally ignores the fact that her mother said as her final answer; No I dont think you should gain I just think you should not lose;. MY QUESTIONS: (1) Do you know why Rebecca refuses to go by the final answer; (2) And how does she accept the final answer and not go by the original comment? Thanks (link)
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1. Well as I read both comments, the 2nd doesn't seem to invalidate the 1st. If anything, it sounds like the Mother is trying to tone down her comments for the daughters benefit, likely because the daughter didn't like what her mother had to say. I feel that a lot of the 'gist' of the first comment is implied in the 2nd, though I am guessing the mother changed to the 2nd comment to make it more palatable. If I was "Rebecca", I'd likely do the same thing, realize that these two positions are not exclusive of each other, and I would still be leery of #1. I too might refuse to accept #2, as doing so leaves the door wide open for future pushes by her mother along the lines of #1. Put simply, agreeing that she shouldn't lose weight is giving away much of the argument, and comments like "you are very thin" is right around the corner in that case.
2. Well thats not an easy fix, and there isn't any easy answer. Most likely she'll have to either become comfortable with the fact that she might be too thin, or at least accept that other people will feel this way. Though if the comment were easy to accept, and if it wasn't simply a different way of expressing the mothers feelings (which doesn't sound like it has changed betweeen comments), that might work too.
In the end the same core message is present: You are thin. Saying "I dont think you should gain weight" is like sugar-coating the idea that there IS a weight problem here. While "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down", the daughter doesn't sound like a fool, and realizes that there is still some measure of "medicine" involved here.
I'm not saying the mother is wrong in any case though.
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If a person is on the "fifty persons protected list" but not drafted, what does that mean?
I can't find this info anywhere.
Thanks! (link)
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Its a list that gives teams a way to protect young talent they have been scouting and recruiting, so that other teams cannot draft the player if that player is on another teams protected list. In a sense, they 'draft' young players while they are still playing at a junior level.
So lets say on a hypothetical list:
20-25 active roster players that actually play on the team
25-20 players that currently play at a level BELOW that of the team that has put them on the protected list.
So lets say you are 16, and you cant play at the level of the team with the list because you are too young. The team sees you as a future star, and wants to 'protect' you for their own interests until you are old enough/developed enough to play for them actively. So, they put you on their 'protected list' (I believe this is done in a draft process), so other teams cant snark you. On the flip-side, I dont think you as a player can play for another team at that level, you would have to play for that team that has protected you.
Think is is done for some other sports/leagues. I think the WHL does this with 50, and some soccer orgs I think?
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Ok so a lot of people tell me i am too thin. I've done those online calculators and they say i am, but you can't really trust those things because they don't take in to consideration a lot of important factors, you know. So, I thought if people could look at my pic site and give me their honest opinion? Thanks. http://www.picturetrail.com/photos/blondina75
+ there are more pics on here now. might give a better idea since some people either couldn't tell what body parts were, or thought i was sucking in... (link)
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Hmmm, I'll answer again, as I was one of those people who mentioned the whole "sucking in" thing.
Its still hard to tell, and I am no medical expert. I'm split on what to tell you, and concerned. I'm split because on one hand you do seem awfully underweight, but on the other hand I've known a couple women like this and they were simply...just...thin.
As far as my concern...I'm probably just as concerned that you are posting again, as I am concerned for the possibility that you are endangering your own well-being. Being that you are posting more pictures, I am assuming that you haven't seen a doctor yet - and therein lies my concern. Maybe you are unsure if you need to go to the doctor, that maybe your fine and you are just naturally thin. If you are posting the other pic hoping for a better response then here it is - go see the doctor, irregardless. If you are asking these questions in the first place, you need to go. Its that simple.
Whether you are too skinny, to the point of health problems, or you are perfectly healthy, you still should go see a doctor. If you ARE too thin (and I am not qualified to make that disntinction, especially over the internet no matter how many pictures you post, and neither is anyone else here, more than likely) then you need to see a doctor for your own health, before your body starts eating more of its own tissue, organs fail, etc etc (assuming that it is at this point). If you AREN'T too thin, and this is normal for you, you STILL need to see a doctor. In that case its more for your mental health, you'll know the doctor(s) checked you out and you are a-ok, and you can tell everyone (friends, family, etc) that they don't need to worry.
Simply put, there isn't any reason NOT to go to the doctor. No matter what, you stand to gain by going /shrug.
I would imagine that anyone in the medical profession would tell you the exact same thing - if you are even asking this question, if its even a concern, go in to the doctor and ask them.
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Alright. (I'm 21) So I live 1400 miles away from my boyfriend. We'll call him C. How I met him is a little complicated: my ex boyfriends cousin- his [ex]fiance is my boyfriends best friend. (still got it? haha) Anyways, I've been with him for a few months now and I haven't been by him yet. Now, there's this girl that really likes him (we'll call her B) and is trying anything and Everything in her power to get with him. He wants NOTHING to do with B. So the past few months I've received some nasty threatening emails from B. B recently hacked into C's account and wrote me a message. And C wrote me saying that it wasnt him and whatnot, which is true because B changed his password to something that can be traced back to her... I have my connections on how I know that. Now it wasnt just me that received a message through his account from B. My best friend is coming with me to go by him and she received one from B as well. Now, my father recently saw these messages and told me to print them out and maybe put an inquiry in to police because it's over state lines (federal). He knows my friend and I are taking a trip by C, so of course he's worried. So I guess what I want to know is, should I put something in about this? I mean, I'm a couple years older than B. And I'm not threatened by her At All. And I'm not the one to do something like this. But my father says its for protection, blah blah. So should I do this? She's friends with some of C's friends. So I don't want to start anything. That's the last thing I want to do. Should I talk to him about what my father told me to do?
I'm at a loss here.
Please help!
If you dont understand or need more info, write me a message and I can let you know.
Thanks in advance!
I will rate.. (link)
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Just the thoughts that hit me:
1. Thats a lot of drama for a relationship thats spans 1400 miles. Is it worth it?
2. This guy could be feeding you a line of BS about 'not liking' this other girl. No matter what, he is going to tell you he "wants NOTHING to do with B". If he truly doesnt like her, he'll tell you this. If he DOES like her, he'll lie and tell you this. Rarely is someone going to tell a GF/BF "Oh, yeah, I kinda like this other person". Hopefully this guy is trustworthy.
3. She 'Hacked' into his e-mail? I doubt that she hacked in the traditional sense, thats fairly unlikely. More likely possibilities is that he either gave her the PW, or she found out some other way. He sounds like he is making it out like he is having nothing to do with her at all, but my gut feeling is that isn't 100% true, or she wouldn't have gained his PW so easily. Unless she is some teenage hacker-prodigy (hahaha) or she had one of the programs to record his keystrokes installed on the computer he used, hacking is pretty much a long-shot. More likely than the hacking is that he was playing house with her, she got ahold of the PW, and now that she sees you as a threat, out comes the e-mails. Cynical, maybe, but I would advise you not to be naive in this. :( Feel free to disagree with me on this point, rate me bad I dont care lol. I'd rather point this out for you to consider even if you disagree, than not mention it and run the risk that this was exactly what you needed to hear and I didn't say it.
4. Your father is right, copy this stuff down, if for no other reason than to have proof in case the odd, unforeseable event happens. Always take the extra step to cover your own arse. That kind of e-mail is ammunition for you if anything were to ever go further, especially in a legal sense.
5. Personally I'd take a long, hard look at whether or not you really want to continue this relationship. Even if you do think the relationship is worth it, you don't deserve this other woman screwing with you - I wouldn't care who is friends with who, thats sketchy behaviour. I'd feel free to cause a scene, you havent done anything wrong.
6. Talking to the police doesn't mean you would be pressing charges, so don't worry. I would go to them and ask for their take/position on it at the very least. That way you know exactly where you stand, and if she does something else, then you are prepared.
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Who here has seen Fat Albert, not the cartoon... but with the actress who also plays in Doctor Dolittle 3.
Well, at the end of the movie, its when Doris and Lori are at the track meet, and Fat Albert has to go back into the TV, but he wants to stay for the meet. And here's where my question comes in... Theres a song playing in the background when Doris is running at the meet. The song is called "Not Gonna Drop"- by Mya
I searched on Itunes and there is no such song, but i'm POSITIVE that that's what it's called. So does anybody here have any advice on where to get it from? or if it's coming out on a CD soon?
thank you very much!!!! (link)
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Well you are correct, that is the correct title. From what I could see, it has only been released on the movie's actual soundtrack.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396592/soundtrack
If you are tempted to buy a soundtrack cd, be sure to actually check to make sure the one you are going to buy actually has the song on it. Soundtracks often are released in several versions/formats and there is no guarantee that they will have the same songs from cd to cd.
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Okay, I'm gonna say sorry for some of the words I'll be using but anywhos.
You know when you say like negro [sp] or nigger to an african american or call everyone from south american mexicans (which means you're ignoring their individuality) it's considered racism and rude and hateful remarks using vitriolic words? Well, when people call someone form south korea a chinese or japanese, that's considered racism too. It's saying that all the individual countries are not important enough for them to acknowledge them as seperate places.
It's really hurtful to the person recieving these racist remarks like me. I'm from south korea and there's this girl that keeps on calling me chinese or japanese and makes fun of me by saying japanese or chinese--or at least attmepting to say them--and pretend like i'm from that country and sometimes she carries it on by saying "DO YOU UN-DER-STAND?" in slow mo as if I wouldn't understnad it if she talked like a normal person. She keeps on calling me "chinese girl" and today she even said to her friends--who I do not know-- "Oh this is that little chinese girl that I was talking about" in a really rude tone.
I've experienced racism since I got to US which is in 4th grade and I'm still experiencing it everywhere I go and I'm in 9th grade right now. No one understands that being racist against a person is really hurtful and they won't know because they haven't experienced it. I've told her that she may think it's funny but it really isn't and i've said some things that I shouldn't have. But I really can't take this anymore because she's geting her friends to join in against this ridiculous thing against me and I'm really just about to cry and I don't know what to do.
I can't ignore her because then she goes onto say "Oh, that chinese girl is deaf" or something like that and it's just hard not to get upset over it. My friend knows this and she saw me almost cry several times within the last week. What do I do about this situation? I don't wanna do what she's doing to me and I don't want to sink down to her level. Suggestions? (link)
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I'm having a hard time putting this into words w/o this becoming too long. I have no doubt you are hurt and offended by what she has said, but I have my doubts that she is herself racist and not simply a mean-spirited teenager that is simply having a field day being able to elicit reactions ranging from anger to crying by simply using 'racist' terms. Is she mean and spiteful? From what you've said, yes. Racist? Thats a harder call. While its a fine-line between being ignorant and simply saying things to hurt someone else, and truly being racist, there is a line. She might just KNOW that these things hurt your feelings, and as many teens can be incredibly wicked and cruel, she is saying these things for no other reason than to be mean. Just like many teens call each other 'Gay', or 'Fat', or 'Ugly', the list goes on and on - if there is something that will hurt your feelings, chances are someone will say it to you at some point.
I would bring this up not only for your sake, but for hers as well. You simply fighting with her will reinforce the racist terms and ideas, and that will be counter-productive. Get your parents involved, then the school.
I would advise you consider doing 2 things. First, talk to your parents and discuss going to school officials. Your parents are perhaps the fist people you should go to, bar none, in something like this. If your parents feel that the school should be contacted, then you can go to that next step with your parents, and I assure you they carry far more weight with school officials than you do alone.
Second, I would advise that you try to ignore this girl, and try not to take these comments to heart. First, no matter where you go in life, you'll likely end up running into this kind of thing at some point or another, and you will have to deal with it over and over. If you let it bother you overly much, or at the very least LET OTHER PEOPLE SEE THAT IT BOTHERS YOU, you are in for a very long road in life. There is simply a lot of mean, cruel people that will say anything to hurt you emotionally. You don't have to like them, you don't have to respect them, but if you let them see you cry or be hurt, then they'll know you are vulnerable and they'll do it again, and again, and again. I'm not saying that you should cower and run, what I am saying is to hold your head high and don't let them see that you can be brought low by the words they use.
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Can anyone tell me exactly how many people have been killed in the name of religion, or at least a rough number? Yes, I know this number will be huge. (link)
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It would be beyond difficult, I wouldn't even want to hazard a guess. A lot of the problem would come down to where you would want to draw the line as to what qualified. That and whether or not you stick close to "have been killed in the name of religion" or if you include those "who have been killed because of their religious beliefs". That could mean the difference between counting the millions and millions of Jews that were believed to have been killed in Western Europe and Russia, or not counting them. The Third Reich didn't kill in the name of religion, and neither did the Soviet Union though religion was an important factor. They really weren't killed "in the name of religion" exactly, but they were killed because of their religion and ethnicity.
A lot of history is guesstimation anyways; for example with the different happenings in Russia/Soviet Union, we may never even come close to guessing a accurate total as govt's usually aren't all that willing to divulge past activities. That like asking the United States exactly how many Native Americans it killed, admission of killing is about all you are going to get, the rest is either historical guesswork or reading between the lines.
Could be as low as a 100,000 or as high as 20 million, depending on how inclusive you want to be, how strict with the wording, and how accepting of different reports and histories you are. We'll never really know for sure though, even if we were to examine this on a case-by-case basis. Especially once you get to disagreements on historical accounts.
No one will ever know though, that is my guess. Far too many is another answer.
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