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Old HLSDude entering his 71st year. Taking questions
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:46 PM Author: vibrant garrison Old HLS Dude turning 71, taking questions, offering transgenerational advice, etc. New thread. Before Christmas I bumped the one from last year, but was interrupted by a visitor from Porlock. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045170) |
Date: December 30th, 2017 6:49 PM Author: Abusive Stimulating Laser Beams Circlehead Endymion, where does Keats finish it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045188) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:52 PM Author: vibrant garrison It's a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Doesn't it end on Olympus with Cynthia? That was a long time ago.
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:56 PM Author: Abusive Stimulating Laser Beams Circlehead Shit. (finiSH IT)
What brings you to this forum? |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:02 PM Author: vibrant garrison I have lurked and occasionally posted for years. I got here originally by following a link about Obama's LSAT score. You are an interesting bunch and I identify with you for some reason. Perhaps there is also some element of fascination of looking at road kill? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045305) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:09 PM Author: Abusive Stimulating Laser Beams Circlehead I am still beating the drum about his LSAT score. It just doesn't seem it could be all that high, or why would he need to xfer in from Occidental to Columbia, despite the massive AA bump? Now, there's a chance he was into drugs (choom gang etc.), and cleaned it up post-Occidental, or perhaps HLS gave an even greater AA bump than colleges did (say b/c of Derek Bok) -- even so, look at his shitty poetry! After all this time, we need answers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045350) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:19 PM Author: vibrant garrison I'm sure he got AA points, but there is no taking away from him graduating MCL, though there are few (many none now?) required courses after 1L and you can pick easy A electives. I took stuff I thought I might need to know, still suffering from the delusion that law school had something to do with passing the bar or practicing law. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045400) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:29 PM Author: Thriller area estimate his LSAT score from this letter he wrote http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2582933&forum_id=2#25673808 |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:35 PM Author: vibrant garrison Well, based on that letter, he writes like he talks. It's not possible , for me, at least, to judge reasoning skills from that sample. It "sounds" nice, but it's not very clear. I am a big fan of being concise. Used to get me in trouble when I was a young lawyer working for a guy who wrote briefs like he was being paid by the word. I think Obama is a reasonably intelligent guy, and he certainly gives a charming speech. I have seen him extemp a few times, and he is pretty good. I doubt if he can do vector calculus, though, or any calculus. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045479) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:29 PM Author: Abusive Stimulating Laser Beams Circlehead I'm sure he was assiduous & good about picking non-blind race-based courses. But it's not like he got the Fay diploma; IIRC 50% or so were "magna" that year. That's why it'd be nice to see LSAT results. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045449) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:49 PM Author: amber pit How old do you think you’ll live
Do you work out
Who would you rather bang a 71 year old woman or 21 year old woman |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:54 PM Author: vibrant garrison First things first: obviously I had rather bang a 21 year old woman, but haven't had that pleasure in a while. My doctor says I have a 52 year old prostate (how the fuck does he know that?). I have a zero coronary artery calcium score. I do work out moderately - strength and cardio, but I am erratic. How long will I live? On average another 13 years, but who knows? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045229) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:56 PM Author: amber pit Do you think about death
What do you think about it |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:58 PM Author: vibrant garrison I think about it sometimes. Updike referred to "thoracic twinges," which spark the thought. I think it is inevitable, but I hope to hang on for a bit. My sister is 88 and still living, though not with what I regard as a great QOL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045265) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:56 PM Author: mahogany police squad preventive strike Do you dwell on mortality? I do constantly and I’m 39. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045241) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:01 PM Author: vibrant garrison Not constantly, but I do think about it from time to time. I am lucky to have had good health, and have never been seriously ill (yet). I figure thinking about death too much interferes with life. My wife is very religious, and regards preparation for death as life's work. Not my view. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045283) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:03 PM Author: mahogany police squad preventive strike Do you and your wife still bang? How often? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045311) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:13 PM Author: vibrant garrison Not much the past year. She has had health problems (she is 76), so I have tried to be considerate. Hopefully it is temporary. Her religious views do make her open to anything other than "traditional" sex, so there you go.... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045372) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:30 PM Author: Thriller area why'd you marry someone 5 years older? did she age like a typical white woman? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045459) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:37 PM Author: vibrant garrison No, she has aged well. She is still attractive and has not gotten fat. Actually, the proximate cause of our marriage was impregnation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045488) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 11:54 PM Author: Ultramarine big voyeur How old are your kids? Grandkids? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35047190) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 1:51 PM Author: vibrant garrison 41 and 45. No grandkids, fortunately, or they would be living with us. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35049935) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:52 PM Author: nighttime submissive becky BTC, ETH, or should I invest in some other shitcoin? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045213) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:56 PM Author: vibrant garrison I would not buy any of that stuff. I think "invest" is the wrong verb. Note that by far most of it is held my people in Asia. Of course, I didn't buy Google, either. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045240) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:53 PM Author: mahogany police squad preventive strike Have you ever experimented with cock? If not, do you want to? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045221) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:57 PM Author: vibrant garrison When I was in my early teens. Sometimes fantasize about it, but the gay scene is too weird. Have numerous gay friends, but none attract me. I suppose if I were in prison.... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045250) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:58 PM Author: mahogany police squad preventive strike Describe in great detail pls (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045261) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:17 PM Author: vibrant garrison You will have to call my 900 number for that... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045388) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:37 PM Author: vibrant garrison Guess I will have to get a URL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045491) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:57 PM Author: clear reading party I hope your adult children are doing better this year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045252) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:05 PM Author: vibrant garrison Thanks, but not so much. One is a hermit and the other is in moderately serious legal trouble. He is in the middle of a court ordered forensic psych exam. He keeps telling me that if I were up to Alan Dershowitz's standards, I would get him out of trouble. I have left him in the care of the public defender, and he is not happy. I had Weinreb instead of Dershowitz for criminal law. A tragedy! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045322) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:19 PM Author: clear reading party I'm kind of like your hermit son, although intermittently in serious legal trouble too, my parents gradually treating me like a lunatic.
Have mercy on them both. |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:21 PM Author: vibrant garrison I do. I bought them both houses to live in, and totally support them financially. I see one almost every day and the other 1-2x/week when we are in town. Normally we are in our second home in a warm place now, but my wife's health problems have delayed our departure. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045414) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:26 PM Author: clear reading party What will happen to them when you guys die? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045432) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:39 PM Author: vibrant garrison Special needs trusts with a formal trustee combined with family members who are trust advisors. Also advisory letters from us. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045507) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:40 PM Author: clear reading party You're nice guy... my folks are booming the family trust all away... after encouraging us to follow our dreams and get MFAs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045521) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:44 PM Author: vibrant garrison We live a standard UMC lifestyle without overspending, and really don't have an interest in doing otherwise. Have friends who spend $100K/ year on travel to weird places. It's important to us to make sure our kids don't end up homeless, which is what would happen without our making provision for them. Seems to me that if there is such a thing as "mortal sin" that would be one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045529) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:38 PM Author: Iridescent stubborn orchestra pit Wow they’re extremely lucky (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045499) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:39 PM Author: vibrant garrison They don't think so! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045511) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 11:55 PM Author: Ultramarine big voyeur how ungrateful are they? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35047193) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 1:43 PM Author: vibrant garrison Our nicknames are "Asshole" and "Stupid X." I am the former. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35049891) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:05 PM Author: vibrant garrison We would have to meet over coffee first to get better acquainted and so could look for herpes lesions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045325) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 6:59 PM Author: Shivering pink mad cow disease Kids? If so do you feel any fulfillment from having them? Could you imagine banging 20 yo chicks until you are 50 then finding a divorced companion?
Life regrets?
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:08 PM Author: vibrant garrison I can't say that having kids has been exactly fulfilling, but I do love them, though mine are particularly challenging and sometimes I have to engage in avoidance behavior in order to stay sane. I have the found best women to bang are in the 35-45 region. Sort of reminds me of that old Sinatra song "It was a very good year." I am happy to be married, and do not think I would have wanted to devote all the required energy to decades of chasing pussy and "dating." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045348) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 11:56 PM Author: Ultramarine big voyeur Where did you fail as a parent? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35047197) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 1:50 PM Author: vibrant garrison Not interdicting drug use; not interfering in obviously destructive friendships; letting teens have too much autonomy; working too much and being gone 1/3 of the nights in year on travel. Also we moved too many times - should have stayed in one place - kids lived in 5 different cities - BOS/DC/LA/SF/Chicago. Wife was STHM, though, but it wasn't enough. If I could have a do over, would send them to Catholic school. Famous brand name public high schools full of entitled kids were esp. bad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35049928) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:01 PM Author: aphrodisiac ceo double fault I appreciate your work from the previous threads. I have a young daughter. Number one piece of advice you would give me w/r/t raising her? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045291) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:12 PM Author: vibrant garrison I am not a good role model based on results. In retrospect I would have used private schools instead of "good" publics, and clamped down really hard on drugs. I also think I should have done more to reinforce the religious teachings my wife tried to implement. Some things I think we did well: home stability, good role models. Teen age drug use was a big turning point. I was consumed with work during that period and should have paid more attention. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045363) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:45 PM Author: Violent personal credit line What type of drugs? Did they bring out the psychological issues? Do those run in you or your wife's family? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045868) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:54 PM Author: vibrant garrison Frequent ingestion of high grade weed, mostly. Perhaps some of it was doctored. I do believe it can precipitate psychosis in suspectible people. My wife has some schizophrenia in her family, and I have some eccentrics, but, being hillbillies, they never received any kind of formal label. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045918) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 10:25 PM Author: aphrodisiac ceo double fault Thanks I appreciate this and will take it to heart. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046623) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:07 PM Author: talented maroon incel chad Describe 70+ year old pussy. What does it look and smell like? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045340) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:15 PM Author: vibrant garrison Looks the same and smells the same, though many older women have urinary leakage problems they have to deal live. Lubricity diminishes a lot, so bring lube.... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045375) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:32 PM Author: avocado parlor Did you really have to reply to this one Jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045464) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:41 PM Author: vibrant garrison Just trying to be helpful to the youngsters. I am continually being shocked by all the stuff they never told me was coming when I was in 7th grade health class. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045522) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:09 PM Author: Laughsome stead corn cake Have you ever cheated on your wife? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045355) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:16 PM Author: vibrant garrison Yes. Have had several "gumars" over the years. Have given it up the past 10 years or so, as it was just too much work. I confessed my sins to a shrink once, who told me I should be thankful for my virility and talked favorably of Bill Clinton. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045385) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:45 PM Author: vibrant garrison 180! A famous one at that. A Jungian. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045532) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:17 PM Author: Bossy drab national the 1965 immigration act - WHY? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045386) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:25 PM Author: vibrant garrison Democrats trying to be egalitarian? They thought the U.S. was too white, and that it was immoral to favor northern/western Europeans? I don't know a lot about the legislative history.
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:29 PM Author: vibrant garrison Fun fact: when I started college in 1965 there was no airline security. On the BOS/NYC/DC shuttles you got on first, then they rolled a cart down the aisle to take your money. No ID needed. Most of the shuttles were prop planes (4 engines). Smoking was allowed, and they gave you a little box of four cigarettes and a book of matches with dinner. There was no computer reservation system, and things were always screwed up. Tickets were hand printed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045450) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:46 PM Author: vibrant garrison LOL! After that happened they started locking the rear stair door on the 727. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045534) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 11:58 PM Author: Ultramarine big voyeur Could you still bring your chute in carryon? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35047203) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 1:45 PM Author: vibrant garrison I suppose you could. No searches, no x-rays, no metal detectors, no ID. Just walk on and sit down. Free drinks, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35049901) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:38 PM Author: Trip Chartreuse Casino Dude I can’t, but he said something like our irreverence to the status quo reminded him of his younger days. At least, that was my takeaway. And I’m older than half his age. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045498) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:33 PM Author: avocado parlor How have you dealt with blacks throughout your life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045471) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:52 PM Author: vibrant garrison I grew up in a totally segregated town. I only knew the black woman who worked for us, along with her son and husband. In high school two Black girls came over (Brown took a long time to percolate to my town). In college I had a Black roommate one year. We got along fine, and I knew numerous very smart folks of African origin. AA was in its infancy, and most were there on merit. I have several Black friends. I do not believe that people of African descent are genetically inferior; however, I think that many aspects of Black culture in the U.S. are suboptimal, to say the least. OTOH, it's not a lot different from redneck culture. Ethnically, what was a big surprise to me in college was that while I knew about black people and white people, I had no idea there were different kinds of white people who all hated each other. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045560) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:36 PM Author: Fear-inspiring mind-boggling dilemma pisswyrm did the HBS students still DOMINATE the H scene back then too? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045483) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:53 PM Author: vibrant garrison I don't think so, though my contact with the B school was minimal then. The joint JD/MBA program had just started (Mitt Romney was in it). I was married with a kid, so I basically had a commuter's view of HLS and was not much into the social scene, unless you count our baby sitting coop. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045570) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:36 PM Author: rose impressive pistol did you work in law and do you regret it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045485) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:55 PM Author: vibrant garrison I worked in pure law for one summer after 2L and for a year after graduation. I don't regret it, but I hated it. It was just not my thing. I don't like detail; I like novelty; I like techie stuff; I like making things. Strangely, I seem to have retained some legal skills and knowledge and have done some "of counsel" type stuff for law firms. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045580) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:37 PM Author: clear reading party tell your hermit son to get his ass into the crypto market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045492) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:56 PM Author: vibrant garrison He has no computer, no internet access, and no credit card. Also no interest in money. At one point he mailed all his money to Benny Hinn (sp?) the televangelist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045585) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:03 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045616) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:42 PM Author: clear reading party LOL, Dr. wyrm -- I just realized that your ancient moniker probably brought him here
(It was a fake email something like Obama LSAT search) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:53 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab that's a really weird thing for you to remember and LOL at you trying to make this thread all about yourself... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045571) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:57 PM Author: vibrant garrison There's a full circle for you. It showed up in Google search. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045586) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:01 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab I trawled the archives looking but never found it... he only gives money to African American causes though (unlike McCain) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045607) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:47 PM Author: Cracking resort where were you during the moon landing? were hippies MAF (mad as fuck) over that disgusting display of american exceptionalism
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:59 PM Author: vibrant garrison I was at my girlfriend's apartment. We stayed up to watch it on her 12 inch black and white TV. I don't think American exceptionalism had been invented yet. All the hippies I knew were too stoned to care. BTW, my dad, who went through the 4th grade, ever did believe we landed on the moon. He couldn't believe I fell for that fraud. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045596) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:35 PM Author: Titillating legal warrant 180. Smart man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045805) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 12:00 AM Author: Ultramarine big voyeur how did he die? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35047213) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 1:52 PM Author: vibrant garrison ALS-Lou Gehrig's Disease. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35049945) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:56 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab Oh here's an annoying normie question for you:
How much has the media really changed in terms of political polarization etc
Also: what's the most disgusting thing you've ever witnessed? |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:05 PM Author: vibrant garrison Deep question. I think the media became more polarized following Watergate when they discovered they had the power to force a sitting President out. One of my profs (maybe it was even Larry Tribe) called it "Post-Watergate Media Eurphoria," though maybe he read that line in the NYT. Later I think it has become much worse. Partly it's because of the battle for eyeballs and clicks among print/TV/radio media and internet media. It seems that journalism and advocacy are conflated (actually, I hate word, but it fits).
As to the most disgusting thing I've ever witnessed, that is hard one. Disgusting is not exactly the right word, but I think the most emotionally powerful thing I ever saw was coming across an accident scene in Cincinnati in the dark hours of very early morning: a pedestrian had been hit by a car and his/her body was pretty much shredded and lying in a surprisingly large pool of blood. I can still see it. |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:10 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab Thanks, that's interesting.
Re: Cincinnati -- it's so weird seeing torn open humans, I saw the remnants of machine gunning once and it looked so surreal but the smell was unmistakable... I saw an old woman get hit by a car in Vancouver once, she bounced forward about twenty feet almost like a cartoon and then you could see the red come seeping out |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:56 PM Author: vibrant garrison Yeah. Don't know if I could have made it in medicine. I don't think of myself as squeamish, but I get a visceral (pardon the pun) reaction to spilled guts. Maybe you get used to it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045937) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:57 PM Author: Laughsome stead corn cake What would you recommend as a career for someone who went to law school, did biglaw, but hates actually practicing law/doing detail oriented stuff? Assume no tech background. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045588) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:09 PM Author: vibrant garrison Assuming good people skills, sales? There are so many lawyers running around it's almost a negative differentiator. If you want to practice "law lite" try finding a university legal counsel office job. Those can be sweet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045643) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:58 PM Author: exhilarant crotch lmaoing at xo poasters slobbering all over some decrepit boomer because he stoked their egos a little (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045592) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:00 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab he posted an imgur of his wrinkles last year, he deserves some respect (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045604) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:13 PM Author: avocado parlor Respect your elders you faggot!
*hits you with cane* |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 12:02 AM Author: Ultramarine big voyeur meh, it's a good schtick. I am still GASS ALL BOOOOMERS for their crimes, but his schtick is solid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35047219) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 7:59 PM Author: Shivering pink mad cow disease Do you have ED? Which meds have worked best for you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045599) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:11 PM Author: vibrant garrison I have some degree of ED. Still functional enough, but If I am tired or anticipating a long session I will use Viagra. Tried Cialis, but did not like it as much. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045654) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:03 PM Author: Excitant shrine Tell me about the rankest shrew fart that you have encountered in your lifetime. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045615) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:11 PM Author: vibrant garrison Don't think I have experienced one. What am I missing? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045658) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:05 PM Author: Thriller area describe your substance abuse throughout the years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045623) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:14 PM Author: vibrant garrison Mostly alcohol. I have a couple of drinks/day. Three is my limit now. I have been roaringly drunk twice: 1965 and 1975, the latter at a law partner's house. He was drunker! Tried weed in college a few times, but did not care for it - seemed to stay with me too much the next day. Took mescaline or something similar by accident once at a party (in the food). All that happened was I saw flashes in my peripheral visions. Dabbled with cigars, pipe, and cigarettes in my youth. That's it. Pretty boring. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045674) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:27 PM Author: comical office how come people of your generation didn't get fantastically drunk all the time, but it seems like everyone under 35 gets borderline blackout drunk one or more times per week? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046118) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 1:55 PM Author: vibrant garrison In my case, I had an alcoholic father for an example, plus (and also a big reason I never go into drugs) I was a poor kid with no hope of playing pro sports. The only way I had to survive was to use my brain, and I didn't want to fuck it up. Also, I get vile hangovers. Maybe that's the real reason. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35049966) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:07 PM Author: Bateful soggy striped hyena what was your hobby outside work? most luxe purchase? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045633) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:17 PM Author: vibrant garrison I bicycle, garden (huge veggie garden), do electronic hardware stuff, play some golf. Most of my rec time consists of either doing things I have to do or hanging out. Most luxe purchase? Vacation home (an unnecessary splurge) and semi-luxury autos. Own Audi, BMW, and Lexus. Don't buy expensive clothes/watches, etc. Boring. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045691) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:08 PM Author: adventurous orchid school elastic band what aspect of modern youth befuddles you the most (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045637) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:19 PM Author: vibrant garrison With you guys, not much. You seem a lot like me, or at least a lot like the former me. More generally, don't get the college student snowflake thing, but probably that is amplified by media. The young people I run into personally seem fine. Perhaps I am missing generational subtleties. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045697) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:08 PM Author: Bateful soggy striped hyena does your wife know about XO? her thoughts?
also sex at 70 with 75 year old wife is unimaginable for me. i hope to sex a hot 25 year old brazilian or swedish girl when i am 70. not a old woman |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:10 PM Author: adventurous orchid school elastic band what makes you think you'll even care about sex then (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045652) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:14 PM Author: Bateful soggy striped hyena fair question. honestly i dont know and its 50/50 if i would care about sex at 70. but what i do know is that there is now way i would be interested in sexing any old woman of comparable age (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045672) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:20 PM Author: vibrant garrison She doesn't know about XO and probably wouldn't care. We are watching Watters' World at the moment. She is a HUGE Trumpmo. Her best line: "I had rather have a President who grabs pussies than one who is a pussy." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045707) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:16 PM Author: ruddy gaming laptop idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046066) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:17 PM Author: avocado parlor Xo old woman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046067) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 2:03 PM Author: Salmon international law enforcement agency 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35050024) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 2:11 PM Author: Light Contagious Locale Coffee Pot 18000000000000000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35050084) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:22 PM Author: vibrant garrison I have found that as I have aged my tastes have shifted a bit. One thing I have learned for sure is that what's on the inside is 'way more important than what's on the outside. A true truism. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045712) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:15 PM Author: Galvanic ticket booth What's it like being a law student at such an advanced age? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045682) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:24 PM Author: vibrant garrison I was 26 when I started law school, if that's what you mean. There was an older cohort, partly because of Viet Nam, and partly because of HLS's probable interest in people who were not straight out of college. I graduated over 40 years ago. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045731) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:31 PM Author: Galvanic ticket booth No, just making a shitty joke about you calling yourself a HLS guy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045778) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:38 PM Author: vibrant garrison Sorry I missed it. Well, I used to be one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045817) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:16 PM Author: adventurous orchid school elastic band do you keep uptodate with the latest in pornography or are you a playboy guy? thoughts on the advent of sexbots and virtual reality porn? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045688) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:26 PM Author: vibrant garrison I look at internet porn some. Haven't looked at Playboy since I was about 12. VR porn seems poorly made; perhaps it will get better. I would try out a high end sexbot. I predict huge success among well heeled autists! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045744) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:21 PM Author: Bateful soggy striped hyena 1) have u fucked women of different races? favorite if any? 2) favorite country to visit? 3) how did you deal with your parents death. were you close to them
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:33 PM Author: vibrant garrison 1. White only, so no reference.
2. Hmm. I like everywhere I have been. For a while I traveled regularly to Australia, and I liked it a lot. I felt very much at home in Bangkok (was there a city so well named?), and, curiously, liked the way it smelled. Maybe I am a reincarnated Thai.
3. My parents were older, so they have have been dead many years. Though our relationship was often strained, I grieved, but did not become a basket case. My dad died first, and my mother seemed to find new life in the few years she had left. I was glad to see her happy for the first time ever. However, after she died I had dreams for a while that she was trying to drag me into death with her. |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:22 PM Author: Insecure pearly psychic marketing idea what did/do you do for a living (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045722) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:36 PM Author: vibrant garrison Pretty much tech business since getting out of law, with a stint at the end in senior university administration. I have been retired for nearly 14 years, and have done a lot of different project type things during that period, including even a little adjuncting (HAHAURFUCKED!). My living comes from investments, but I enjoy the project work. Lately I have been spending a lot of time on the board of an addiction treatment non-profit, which has been eye opening. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045811) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:38 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab how has it been eye-opening? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045816) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:42 PM Author: vibrant garrison The extent of the problem for one thing. 80% of our small county court docket is drug related. Also, the extent of opiate addiction (we are about 50-50 meth-opiates). I thought it was B.S. that many of the opiate addictions originated with prescriptions, but it is true. Shocking number of overdose deaths. The problem is very refractory, and I feel that we are pushing a rock up a hill. Treatment is really challenging, as most of the addicts have psychological co-morbidities. We have had to greatly expand our staff capability to handle the mental health aspects of treatment. I just never thought about this stuff before. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045842) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:44 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab I live on an Indian reservation so I deal with this kind of thing first hand (in that we have roving bands of malcontents etc), it's quiet but frighteningly prevalent.. I'd imagine the courts are just as packed out here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045856) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:27 PM Author: Bateful soggy striped hyena so you only lurk except for these taking Qs threads? never seen you post otherwise. do you have an alt (dont have to reveal it) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045752) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:37 PM Author: vibrant garrison I post occasionally. Do not have an alt. I have wondered how many people there really are on this board. Seems like more than I first thought. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045813) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:32 PM Author: adventurous orchid school elastic band thoughts on asian girls with white guys? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045781) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:48 PM Author: vibrant garrison I don't know. I don't have any particular impression of people based on age. When I first read the Plinys and guys like Titus Lucretious I was shocked to discover they seemed just like me, and I don't think people are fundamentally any different across time scales of less than evolutionary extent. I try to be skeptical about general perceptions of anything to the extent I can, and always cross check it against my own experience. I do think that people considerably younger than me have been hosed by higher ed and the debt situation to a great extent. I borrowed money, but nothing like what you guys have had to do. That is a whole other subject upon which I can rant. Each generation has its own zeitgeist issues to deal with, but I don't think I could make a list of how x is different from m, is different from whatever. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045886) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 11:05 PM Author: ebony set mental disorder spin, ratfucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046952) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:39 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab What's the closest you've come to injuring your wife? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045823) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:48 PM Author: vibrant garrison Have never come close, or even thought about it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045891) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:50 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab I almost strangled mine once, she cheated on me and admitted it after I had half a bottle of scotch and I just decided to kill her... luckily the neighbors called the cops... thank god she didn't press charges (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045898) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:51 PM Author: vibrant garrison Wow! Close call. I have never had that degree of marital discord. The worst argument we ever had was about the inquisition of Galileo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045907) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:55 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab Yeah, she's an old fashioned southern girl and admits that she felt like she deserved it... I was very immature back then (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045931) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:13 PM Author: Glittery piazza gay wizard what? you stayed with her? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046045) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:37 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab she wouldn't leave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046226) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:19 PM Author: avocado parlor Jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046071) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:45 PM Author: adventurous orchid school elastic band your favorite xo poster? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045866) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:51 PM Author: vibrant garrison There are so many! I liked HAHAURFUCKED!, Like Calishitlawguru, and enjoyed the exploits of Lisa Rowe, Box, Bluesmoke, Julia. There are so many alts and pumos I lose track. Also, I so very rarely get into an extended exchange with anyone. I love all you guys! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045902) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:56 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab Now I think you're flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045936) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:57 PM Author: vibrant garrison Why would that make you think I am flame? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045944) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:00 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab how often do you lurk? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045971) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:15 PM Author: Hairraiser athletic conference useless brakes no one likes Julia (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046058) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 1:36 AM Author: multi-colored brilliant idea he suggested He said he liked the exploits, not the person (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35047653) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 2:04 PM Author: vibrant garrison I guess I don't lurk enough to know. She was kind to me, so I liked her. Depending so often as I do upon the kindness of strangers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35050028) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:56 PM Author: Exciting Range Foreskin any lessons to pass on about success, "prestige", money, etc.? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35045941) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:06 PM Author: vibrant garrison I have personally found prestige not to be all that rewarding. I have had some prestige fall on me in the past, and did not enjoy being in the public eye.
Money is good up to a point. After meeting your and your family's reasonable needs, it becomes fun to use it to help people. I don't see the point of just piling it up. I suppose there would be some transient fun in being a super consume, but it's not my daydream
Regarding success, I suppose I would ask success at what? Law? Business? Relationships? I think it is healthy to be productive, but I have lost the desire, if I ever had it, to be el numero uno. Some people really enjoy striving and succeeding, and are very competitive. God bless them. We have a huge social ecosystem, and everybody has a role. |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 11:18 PM Author: Autistic institution This is wisdom. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35047011) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 8:57 PM Author: Bateful soggy striped hyena thoughts on China, NAFTA and radical Islam?
Do you believe in the bell curve wrt IQ and its implication for america's changing demographics?
Do you think boomers get blamed too much on XO for our nation's problems? |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 1:42 PM Author: vibrant garrison Warning: Long and not very profound, but open bob, etc. asked: I think China is going to be a huge competitor economically and militarily. The only thing I see that could stop them is internal collapse. The U.S. has not had to deal with another true global superpower for a very long time. The EU is economically large, but militarily small. Russia is militarily large, but economically small, so I think we will move to some kind of geopolitical duopoly. There will be all kinds of jockeying for power as the relationship sorts itself out. How that will play out in reality I will leave to somebody smarter than me.
I don't see any permanent solution for radical Islam; however, I do not see them rising to the point of being an existential threat to anyone. If they can get into nuclear terrorism it will be a game changer, but I have no idea how that will develop.
I am not an expert on NAFTA, but it general I think it has been beneficial to everyone, with the exception of certain assymetries, especially wrt Mexico, and mainly in agriculture. About 1/2 of their exports to us are duty free, whereas only about 1/3 of ours are duty free to them. I think the Maquiladoras have hurt US employment, but they also have taken business away from the Asians, esp. Japan. The biggest benefit to NAFTA has been improving the situation of the Mexican people, though corruption and inefficiency in Mexico have prevented much of the possible benefit from being realized in that country. Having a prosperous Mexico is to the US's benefit. There are probably good tweaks to be made in NAFTA, but I can't see throwing the whole thing out.
I think the bell curve is a real thing in the sense that there is some distribution of human ability - maybe it's a Gaussian distribution, or approximately so, but clearly there is a spread. I don't know whether "IQ" is the best measure. It's certainly not the only measure, but it seems to me that if you overlaid a map of the cognitive requirements that are required to survive/prosper in society (work, filling out tax forms, coping with health care, etc.) on a map of human ability, a lot of people would be shown not to have the ability to function well. If you mean the racial implications of the bell curve, I think culture plays a much larger role than racial genetics in determining cognitive functioning, though there is probably a significant genetic component. I am much more worried about degradation of culture than the gene pool. If everybody had Jewish/Chinese tiger mothers, the world might be a smarter place - though maybe even more neurotic. The U.S. has in the past shown the ability to be a good melting pot for all kinds of people, and I am hopeful something good will come out of all this mixing. Probably ghettoism is the biggest enemy of that happening, so I am in favor of as much assimilation as possible.
Evil boomers? I can see why people feel that way, but it seems to me it's more attributable to position in hierarchy than any kind of generational thing. Older people tend to be more concentrated in the power structure, though in places like Si Valley there seems to be a peak in the younger crowd. When I was working there in my early 40's, I felt like I was too old. I actually wrote a little story about it called "The Last Fat Man in Palo Alto." However, more generally, I think the work environment sucks more than ever. Bosses expect humans to work 24/7, respond instantly, and in general to behave like machines. I do think the workplace was more humane 40-50 years ago. I suppose my generation is responsible for many of the changes, but I don't like the differences either. That's why I quit working early. BTW, boomers really should get out of the way. It's especially noticeable in Congress. I was in law school at the same time as Chuck Schumer. Time to collect that SS, man. |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:09 PM Author: vibrant garrison Sadly, I have to go. Number 1 son has showed up in manic mode, and I have to deal with him. Thanks for the lively discussion. Hope I make it through 2018. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046019) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:10 PM Author: Bateful soggy striped hyena respond to my questions above when you get a chance later. see u in dec 2018 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046022) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:10 PM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab Good luck, it's been a pleasure (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046024) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:19 PM Author: Iridescent stubborn orchestra pit 180. Grace us again with your wisdom whenever you can (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046072) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:18 PM Author: Iridescent stubborn orchestra pit Thread of the year late entry candidate here jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046068) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:32 PM Author: comical office favorite IFNB pro? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046155) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 9:45 PM Author: Bat-shit-crazy fishy sanctuary If a guy has great health, dietary and fitness habits (no smoking, drugs or junk food, minimal drinking, daily exercise, plenty of sleep, managed stress), what's the oldest he can reasonably expect to stay youthful and vigorous? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046288) |
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Date: December 30th, 2017 10:27 PM Author: Bateful soggy striped hyena its > 50% dependent on your genes. so look at your parents, grand parents and uncles (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35046643) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 2:02 PM Author: vibrant garrison FYI I have a friend who is 85 and still going strong -dating much younger women, traveling, and in general being very active. Looks and sounds much younger. I know a number of people in their 80's who are still playing tennis. Maybe when I turn 80 I will be able to play tennis, but not yet... Local guy just retired from newspaper job at age 90.
One downside of aging I did not see coming was the die off of friends and family. About 1/4 of my HS class has died, and many college friends. For some reason LS friends seem hardier, or perhaps I just don't know about all the dead ones. |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 3:44 PM Author: Bat-shit-crazy fishy sanctuary How much younger are the women that the 85 year old bro is dating? What are his lifestyle habits like? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35050698) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 3:52 PM Author: vibrant garrison 20 years so far as I know. I would not be surprised if there are younger ones I don't know about. He has always had great game. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35050750) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 1:39 AM Author: Carnelian insanely creepy rehab (it's julia's husband btw) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35047658) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 3:54 PM Author: Supple address sandwich Will you disavow boomers and admit they ruined America? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35050772) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 4:00 PM Author: vibrant garrison No, because 40-50 years ago my generation was saying the same thing. We thought the LBJ generation ruined the country with the Viet Nam War, followed by the energy disruptions connected with Carter's Iran bungling in the early 70's. And don't forget all the civil rights riots. All our parents' fault. I distinctly recall a conversation from 1975 in which a fellow lawmo said that we were all doomed never to be as well off as our parents. He is a retired fat GC now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35050808) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 4:05 PM Author: Supple address sandwich What is your response to millennials having objectively lower QOL than previous generations? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3844665&forum_id=2#35050840) |
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Date: December 31st, 2017 4:35 PM Author: vibrant garrison The past decade has been hard on many people, but some of those coming into the workforce during that period have had it especially bad. I suspect, though, that by the time current millennials are my age things will be comparable if you integrate over respective lifespans. I lived through the jobs (esp. tech) crash of 1970, military conscription, a decade (1970-1980) of no stock market growth and high inflation. Had several real estate crashes and market crashes in 1987, 1990, 2000, 2008-9. I suspect some millennials are suffering because they compare themselves to their parents. I was fortunate to have grown up poor and virtually anything I did was bound to elevate me financially. You guys have been screwed over on education. Government bungling and collusion with financiers has inflated tuition and many are being raped by debt. The mid 80's and 90's were very good financial periods, and I think millennials will experience their versions of those, too. However, there is a new unpredictable element: technology is altering the workplace massively and in irreversible ways. There is no way anymore to make a good living just by being. People have to live by their wits more. It's a challenge.
Compensation today is really up at the top levels. When I got out of law school the inflation adjusted NYC going rate was $113K. Being in Boston I got only $78K inflation adjusted.
What do you think? |