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What is the consequence in the military for running away from a fight? (Discharge and prison are possible). What is the reasoning for it? Why it different for the school shooting scenario? https://www.police1.com/police-jobs-and-careers/articles/addressing-cops-confusion-over-the-public-duty-doctrine-SDnVxWnDhgenqAXO/

This article makes a strong case for credit scores being discriminatory. It discusses race, wealth, and predatory loans. Is not everyone targeted with predatory loans? I recall the excitement of acquiring and maxing out my first credit cards as a young man... until I recognized my minimum payments over a couple of years had only paid the interest and summed to greater than my balance. I was late on payments, and WOW! WTF! Who did this to me? Answer? I did! I never used a payday loan or anything after that initial experience... and I learned what a credit score was when the loan rates qualified for me were much higher than advertised. Could credit ratings be improved? Absolutely, but... Everyone, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to manage their finances responsibly and build a positive credit history over time. Live like no one does now so you can live like no one does later!

Redlining - I know what it was. There are still places in my metro with notable race divisions by streets/neighborhood. You know more about the topic than me. I googled and didn't find much current information, and I am ignorant of redlining in 2023. I looked again and found this article. Redlining started in the 1930s and was made illegal in the 1968 Fair Housing Act and the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). My experience has always been that credit scores show you are trustworthy, and financial information validates you have the funds. I'm sure you could find misconduct and justified lawsuits... but few and far between. It violates the golden rule to redistribute tens of thousands of dollars from innocent taxpayers to 'balance' the net worths based on race or other factors. Merit. Merit. Merit. Teach how to have Merit. Work hard for Merit. Wells Fargo - I am not following that story about how people were impacted and if/how justice was served. Do say more, and include if this is a rampant problem of urgent importance.

Thanks for the discourse. I hear what you are saying about injustice... I just have an honest *conservative take that focuses on fiscal responsibility and the need for the government to have a balanced budget. Like with your reparation preferred spending, my preferred spending must take a back seat. *See the I side with discussion Once, my wife and I accumulated debt, spending $1500 a month carelessly. We audited the cause. We tested a frugal lifestyle, buying bulk pork, and saved $1000 monthly. I don't like pork for all meals! We recalibrated to live within our means and increased spending within a balanced budget. The government is spending outside its means and must recalibrate. The slaves, spouses, and children of slaves are dead. That fact, along with the historical distance to descendants, has reduced the priority of reparations from Urgent & Important to Not Urgent & Not Important for budget consideration. (See First Things First book on priorities). What is important now is enabling success for all those in need and that goes beyond descendants of slaves.

"I'm on a whiskey diet. I've lost three days already." Red Alert These All-Americans are frequently funny and have a strong reputation. The Comedian score is a sorted descending order of members by rank as calculated ( received Haha reactions / posts ) x ( reputation / posts). Most Haha reactions received

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Yesterday and in other days. I usually watch with 2-4 streams going at the same time. Just the 1 stream today and no issues. No need to stream toggle today. I sometimes watch from my phone but normally watch on a PC. I never watch on other platforms... Roku, etc.

I am not having an issue with ads/commercials over PC streams. https://www.flowrestling.org/live/89159?tab=streams AdBlock shows 0 blocked ads. I am not connected through a VPN. I'm rewinding, fast-forwarding, watching live, etc. Stream toggling stops the ads/commercials if/when they come.

Oh what the government can do for you!

Does selecting a different stream and then selecting right back make the ad disappear?

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What should the goals and criteria be for recognizing comedians? Based on Posts: How often are you funny? comedianScore = rcvdHaha / posts M1: 93.0% = 40 / 43 M2: 17.2% = 660 / 3834 M3: 4.0% = 52 / 1300 Based on Reputation: Are you known as funny? comedianScore = rcvdHaha / reputation M1: 36.7% = 40 / 109 M2: 24.9% = 660 / 2650 M3: 27.6% = 52 / 188 Based on Overall Engagement Do people engage because you are funny? comedianScore =rcvdHaha / sumReceived M1: 36.4% = 40 / 110 M2: 24.5% = 660 / 2694 M3: 26.0% = 52 / 200 Emphasizes the relative importance of "Haha" reactions Are you frequently funny, known as funny, and engaged because you are funny? comedianScore = (rcvdHaha/posts) * (rcvdHaha/reputation) * (rcvdHaha/sumReceived) M1: 12.4% = ( 40 / 43 ) * ( 40 / 109 ) * ( 40 / 110 ) M2: 1.1% = ( 660 / 3834 ) * ( 660 / 2650 ) * ( 660 / 2694 ) M3: 0.3% = ( 52 / 1300 ) * ( 52 / 188 ) * ( 52 / 200 ) *Balanced on Posts, Reputation, and Overall Engagement Are you frequently funny, with a strong reputation, and strong engagement? comedianScore = (rcvdHaha/posts) * (reputation/posts) * (sumReceived/posts) M1: 603% = ( 40 / 43 ) * ( 109 / 43 ) * ( 110 / 43 ) M2: 8.4% = ( 40 / 3834 ) * ( 2650 / 3834 ) * ( 2694 / 3834 ) M1: 0.9% = ( 52 / 1300 ) * ( 188 / 1300 ) * ( 200 / 1300 ) *I like this one with the 'strong engagement' criteria as unnecessary.

That is pragmatic... but life need not be a rat race. With my kids in school, I'd gladly work 20 years later for 10 years off now! Pursue what brings joy for at least those four years. Later, open a Purler academy and create wealth. Or go down the traditional career path, double your intended savings, and leverage that compounding interest over time. You will never get that four years of prime health back but you have plenty of years for career toil. Your wealth is your health and your relationships. Invest wisely.

Mark 'troll' on demographics, and you will be Ivy school president.

The point of this topic is to discuss what awards to recognize and what criteria to use. Criteria Considerations What to award How many members to award How to balance scores across low and high-ranked members (post counts, etc.) Minimum criteria to qualify for award consideration The numerous ways emojis are utilized What to award? Positive Dan Hodge Trophy — the most outstanding members based on reputation (AKA Cael's Crest) Most Dominant Award — the members with the most positive reactions received, positives given, and posts Schalles Award — the best members (pinners) based on days won (AKA Snyder's Summit - Winners Win) Gregorian Award — to the member with the most pins/days won in the least amount of membership time Gable Grind Award — most posts Greg Warren Award — for the comedians Brands Beacon Award — members with the most profile views Burroughs Brilliance - members with the most likes Rising Stars — highest reputation for new members Team Players — members in the most clubs and thanks reactions Negative Stallers — members with the longest tenure and fewest posts/reactions (lurkers) Trolls — members that give an excessive amount of WTF and Sad reactions Troll Feeders — members that receive an excessive amount of WTF and Sad reactions Twilight Zoners — members with the most confused reactions given and received Available metadata with sample values. member : 414-medicineman "timestampCached" : 1702678218073 // used for last update to cached data "joinedTimestamp" : 1670590774000 // used to group by tenure, content per day of membership "lastVisitedTimestamp" : 1670590774000 // is the member still active? "posts" : 43 / "score" : "109" "daysWon" : 0 "clubCount" : 0 "sumGiven" : 50 "gvnWTF" : 0 "gvnSad" : 2 "gvnConfused" : 0 "gvnThanks" : 6 "gvnHaha" : 8 "gvnLikes" : 34 "sumReceived" : 110 "rcvdWTF" : 0 "rcvdSad" : 0 "rcvdConfused" : 1 "rcvdThanks" : 8 "rcvdHaha" : 40 "rcvdLikes" : 61 "followersCount" : 0 "profileViews" : 0 "rankTitle" : "State Qualifier (6/14)" Initial count-based classifications posts : 'Grinders', (Stallers, Hawkeyes, Airborn Authors, Power Poster) score : 'Reputables', (Elites, Kings) daysWon : 'Winners', clubCount : 'Team Player' sumGiven : 'Givers', gvnWTF : 'Hostiles', (Trolls, Troll Feeders) gvnSad : 'Critics', (Empathists, Trolls, Troll Feeders) gvnConfused : 'Bewildering', gvnThanks : 'Gratefuls', gvnHaha : 'Jesters', gvnLikes : 'Friendlies', (encouragers, suckups) sumReceived : 'Celebrities', rcvdWTF : 'Controversial', (Trolls, Troll Feeders) rcvdSad : 'Unpopulars', (Empathists, Trolls, Troll Feeders) rcvdConfused: 'Enigmatists', rcvdThanks : 'Gurus', (Wisemen, Helpers) rcvdHaha : 'Comedians', rcvdLikes : 'Popular', (Celebrities) followersCount : 'Leaders', profileViews : 'Magnets', (respected, unique, contributor, fans, friends, trolls, villians) rank : 'Member Rank' CC @Wrestleknownothing

Of course, you are correct in the nuance. But let's make headlines! Facts The facts from the CDC are that white people commit suicide. Within that group, it is white men. Within white men, it is the older generation. The facts from PEW are that white men lean Republican, older white men are largely Republican, and rural are significantly Republican. So, it is the Republican who commits suicide. The NCOA reports that elder's suicide reasons are loneliness, grief, loss of self-sufficiency, and chronic illness/pain. On a serious note, taking care of your health/flexibility and measuring your wealth in relationships over finances throughout life is the ounce of prevention to protect against elder mental health issues. The facts from the CDC are that large metro urban areas (1M+ people) commit the largest amount of gun homicides by assault. Point #1: PEW data shows that there are twice as many Democrats than GOP in urban areas. Point #2. 84% of African Americans are Democrats. Black boys and men make up 6% of pop. and were involved with 53% of gun homicides from 2018 to 2021. FBI data shows that violence is largely committed by people of the same race (white on white, black on black, etc.). So, it is Democrats assaulting Democrats with guns. Breakout of gun deaths. 54% suicide 43% murder Note: School shootings are unacceptable and growing. Also, school shootings are a rounding error (0.3%) in gun murder totals. 2022 had 20K gun murders and 67 deaths on school grounds. 3% accidents, etc. Breakout of guns used in gun murders Handguns - 59% Unknown - 36% (presumed handguns) Rifles, including "assault weapons" - 3% Shotguns - 1% Factual Headlines Banning guns from white people could prevent 90% of gun suicides. Banning guns in urban metro areas could prevent 74% of gun homicides. Banning guns from 6% of the population (black males) could prevent 53% of gun homicides. Banning guns in large urban metro areas could prevent 45% of gun homicides. Propaganda Headlines Republicans commit more gun violence. Rural areas are more dangerous than Cities for gun violence. Red states have the larger gun violence problem. Banning assault rifles is the most urgent and important issue. Democrats don't value My Body, My Choice. Do Republicans have the right to make decisions about their own lives, including the choice to end it? All Republicans should own guns. Do woke Democrats recognize that increased gun ownership causes white replacement? Urban metro gun bans are racist. Suicide is gun violence. Self-harm is not very comparable to harm against others My views The gun is an effective tool for protection and food. Protection includes people, property, and rights (freedom of speech). Tools do not kill people; people kill people with tools. The gun is an effective killing tool, which is why it is the man's choice for suicide and assault. Tool control, not bans. A good parent has scissors in their house and keeps them out of reach of children who don't know better than to hurt themselves. With education and maturity, the child gains access to scissors. Education and maturity should be a requirement for gun ownership. Gun owners are accountable for responsible gun access. There should be severe consequences for pre-planned, intentional crimes committed with guns, including armed robbery. If society wants to reduce gun homicides while respecting the Second Amendment, First Things First, it will heavily fund police enforcement in the few blocks of a few urban areas that commit most gun homicides. At the same time, it will fund jobs, education, and opportunities to change the next generation who dwell there. I suspect the Newspaper+Media clicks-for-profit driver greatly influences the increasing cycle of school shootings. It raises awareness of the tool's effectiveness and individual notoriety. I wish more people responded to the freedom of the press (to sensationalize and propagandize) with their freedom of choice to stop clicking.... and increase clicks on news with ethical journalists.

They say emoji interpreting is the eye of the beholder. Well, I am the beholder giving awards. WTF givers are hostiles. An increasing number of given WTF emojis transforms the member from OnePostProtestor into FumeFiendGoblin. Sad givers are critics. There is a correlation between low-volume sympathy and high-volume criticism of content that givers find cringeworthy/disappointing. WTF receivers are controversial. Either the Trolls are frustrated, or the Normies are frustrated. Sad receivers are unpopular. Trolls and Normies are not popular in each other's circle. While absolutely not true, Givers are Trolls, and Receivers are Troll Feeders. Trolls frequently give WTFs to disrupt Normies. Normies receive WTF and feed the trolls with their response. Normies 'ignore' trolls and seldom give WTF.

It's like the Good Book says, 'When two people see things differently, the one handing out the awards is the one who's right!

Reactions received makes you a feeder of trolls.

AI wrote the code. More awards coming.

These *All-Americans demonstrated exceptional skill or notoriety in online trolling behavior. Included are 8 All-American trolls for each Intermat Forum Member Rank. The Troll score is a sorted descending order of members by rank as calculated ( given angry WTF reaction + given SAD reaction) / sum all given reactions. *How high does a score indicate Troll? I dunno, say 5%? This table doesn't care. It lists up to 8 members in descending order by score. Some ranks did not have enough members behaving like trolls. Sum WTF and Sad reactions given

Thanks for sharing. What is your reasoning for today's people being responsible for the actions of long-dead people, and for the government to give lots of money? Where can I learn more about red-lining in 2023? My current view The dead cannot be repaid; the time for reparation is lost. Nobody in this generation is responsible for the actions of dead ancestors from generations prior. There are economic and well-being considerations that contributed to failed African repatriate movements. Poverty in America has some better things (clean water) than the middle class has access to in some African countries. On giving large sums of money No. Until the government makes progress on paying down its debts and spending within a budget, no money should be given to unfunded causes. No. We learned about the impact of inflation from the Covid printing press. Printing money will cause an economic spending spree, followed by a reduction of purchase power and general life affordability. No. The types of folks that are financially literate do not need the money. “You don't need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well.” Underpaid teachers are the third highest profession to become millionaires. Look at this janitor who died with 8 million saved. 79% of millionaires did not get an inheritance. No. No amount of money will satisfy the financially illiterate. The dark side of winning the lottery is that it will ruin your life. On the government giving money The government is the people, including victims. There is no practical means to identify the victim, so everyone pays. It is immoral to have the victims pay themselves. The focus should not be on redistributing money to individual heirs. Rather, the focus must be on well-funded education and teaching how to do ordinary everyday things exceptionally well. Not just money for the schools, but programs that surround children with responsible adults outside school. "It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings."

My answers to OP are here. Let's go deeper with questions. Education Spending and Policy: Is education a human right? If a man has rights, so must other men, so is it every man's duty to guarantee those rights? Why are property owners paying a larger share to fund public schooling? Why does my neighbor's property taxes pay for my family's K-12 education, not preschool or college? National Defense Spending and Foreign Policy: Is killing always wrong? Does military strength correlate with its moral authority? Does blowback matter when you have military strength? Abortion: Does every human life count equally? What makes someone or something a person? How can the 'abortion is murder' person support abortion for situations beyond the mother's health risk? If two people understand things differently, who is right? Gun Policy: Should gun policy be put in place to save Republicans from suicide? 86% of all gun suicide deaths from 2001-2021 involved white people large population of 65y+ white men in non-urban areas Should gun policy be put in place to prevent Democrats from killing Democrats in metro urban areas? Metro Urban areas have 61% of the population and 74% of the gun homicides Metro Fringe (Suburb) areas have 25% of the population and 18% of the gun homicides Rural areas have 15% of the population and 11% of the gun homicides Black boys and men make up 6% of pop. and were involved with 53% of gun homicides from 2018 to 2021 ...CDC data pulls Health Care: Is health care a human right? Does having a right to healthcare mean one automatically possesses a doctor's services without having to earn or receive them as a gift from the doctor... who has the right to provide them? Should my neighbor Gary pay for a stranger's negative lifestyle choices? (overeating, drugs, self-sabotage) Is cost savings better than innovation? Social Security: Is it intergenerational injustice? What is the consequence of the government supporting the people rather than the people supporting the government? Cancel Culture: Why do its users identify as oranges? Gay Marriage: Why is marriage needed for any of its benefits? Does anyone care if a person gets those benefits? Should a transgender couple have adoption priority over a heterosexual couple to meet DEI quotas? Government Responsibility for Citizens' Prosperity: Is the government's main function to defend individuals against those who would take their lives or property by force? Is the government the criminal when they take the bread from Gary (by force) and redistribute it to Peter? Reparations: Is one generation an independent nation from the previous generation? What would happen if the victim's heirs returned to the situation before the injustice occurred? What type of reparations should there be? Provided from who to whom? Environmental Conservation: What obligations do we have to future generations? How does the reasoning for this obligation align with the reasoning for social security? Is it realistic to balance environmental conservation with economic growth? Church vs State: Why does the dollar say, "In God We Trust?" Is the 'God' concept a religion? Which religion? What constitutes religion?

100% for JROSS is much different than 100 minus JROSS. 100 minus JROSS is 74% Woke Capitalist, 74% Marxist, and 76% Social Justice Champ that drinks cosmos.