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The opposite occurred in Romania, where families where offered incentives to have more children. Only the poor people took it and 15-20 years down the line there was a huge crime surge.

I thought the Roman empire ended a while ago...Of course they wanted people in Romania to have more children. That meant that Caeser could control more people, build bigger armies, and have more people for the gladiator fights in the Colosseum. It would have been fun to watch the gladiators fight.

12-03-2010 , 03:22 PM

#25653

Unguarded

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,732

Quote:

Originally Posted by jph0424

Sigh, I used to think this way too. While it is certainly possible for these kids to go to college and achieve success, the deck is totally stacked against them. Their parents place no value on education, they go the worst schools with the worst teachers, and there are low expectations. Where college and even post-grad degrees were expected by my family and probably many of yours, these kids parents don't even expect high school graduation. The culture is totally different. "Equal opportunity" is BS. If you believe all kids actually have an equal opportunity for success then you would also have to believe that minorities are genetically inferior because a lower percentage end up achieving "success".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDOCOPrFkGg

12-03-2010 , 03:23 PM

#25654

anfernee

Won ****ty undertitle in BBB's Beanament

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,047

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorcho

and here i thought anfernee was only good at math

nah...i still think i'm a moron. i'm just trying to show different - and what i think are interesting - perspectives/facts/points of view. most of which were crafted by others.

12-03-2010 , 05:10 PM

#25655

All Apologies

veteran

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,452

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scorcho

and here i thought anfernee was only good at math

I thought he was black, not asain! wtf

Last edited by All Apologies; 12-03-2010 at 05:10 PM. Reason: in b4 racist ban

12-03-2010 , 11:26 PM

#25656

wheeldog00

grinder

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 441

I THINK PEOPLE WHO PLAY 14 TABLES AT ONCE AND LOSE COULD EASILY BEAT 100/200 FOR 2-3BB/100 IF THEY WANTED TO. THEY ARE ALL REALLY GOOD PLAYERS

Last edited by wheeldog00; 12-03-2010 at 11:28 PM. Reason: change the ****in subject, holy hell this thread has made me nauseous the last 100 posts

12-03-2010 , 11:45 PM

#25657

sledghammer

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,120

better than stupid college sports

stupid ****ing life beat chick blows me off for the second ****ing time tonight, going to drink and smoke cigarettes by myself now why the **** would she agree to hang out if she didn't want to GOD DAMN IT

12-04-2010 , 12:33 AM

#25658

ColeW123

banned

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 11,934

Cause she's a **** tease and you're probably not cool enough. Just take it out and or tell her you're a pro poker player.

12-04-2010 , 12:38 AM

#25659

ZOMG_RIGGED!

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 17,504

once again, cole giving bad advice.

once a chick blows you off twice, you delete her number and never talk to the **** again unless she's comes to you on hands and knees. anything less just makes you look pathetic and/or desperate

12-04-2010 , 12:45 AM

#25660

175503

banned

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,427

She actually blew you off the first time, like you were going to meet for dinner, and she didn't show, or call? At Foxwoods if you do that once you are fired, I employ the same policy.

If she called later on and gave a GOOD reason, as in something like "I got in a car accident and was rushed to the hospital" I'd give her a second probationary chance I guess.

12-04-2010 , 03:27 AM

#25661

sledghammer

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,120

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZOMG_RIGGED!

That is exactly what I did the first time. Then she apologized and said she wanted to hang out again in a few weeks time. Then she did it again. Both times were flimsy excuses.

To cole: we already boned. And she paid for everything, including a stop at Target for vodka, poker chips and cards. She wanted a HUHU LHE showdown at her place. She did win at HUHU but I won at sex. Maybe both were bad for a second date.

Last edited by sledghammer; 12-04-2010 at 03:30 AM. Reason: and she drives a porsche, and she's hot

12-04-2010 , 03:40 AM

#25662

jph0424

old hand

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,564

Does she know enough about LHE to be reading this forum? At least you were consoled by tasty, delicious firestone walker. mmmm....beer.

12-04-2010 , 03:56 AM

#25663

Paul Valente

banned

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,925

Quote:

Originally Posted by sledghammer

She did win at HUHU but I won at sex.

Last edited by Paul Valente; 12-04-2010 at 03:57 AM. Reason: good game selection

12-04-2010 , 04:03 AM

#25664

daiquiri

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8,694

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Valente

good game selection

doesn't that mean she was good at huhu but not very good at sex? that shows pretty poor game selection actually

12-04-2010 , 04:07 AM

#25665

sledghammer

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,120

Winning at sex means that I came first. And she only won HUHU cause she's a luckbox.

12-04-2010 , 04:12 AM

#25666

sledghammer

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,120

Boy I hope no future employers/private investigators dig up this thread

12-04-2010 , 04:13 AM

#25667

La Peste

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8,028

yeah you should have never used your real name

12-04-2010 , 04:13 AM

#25668

daiquiri

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8,694

Quote:

Originally Posted by sledghammer

Winning at sex means that I came first. And she only won HUHU cause she's a luckbox.

don't worry they say premature ejection can be treated and there are some very good huhu coaches available on 2p2, you'll be fine if you work on these things

12-04-2010 , 08:38 AM

#25669

LSUfan1

grinder

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 623

I know this is way out of line with the new direction of this thread, but I have a poker related question. Since I am playing the .10/.20 and I earn 1 fpp every 6 years, should I put them to use in the 280 fpp tourneys to the sunday 100K or should I just hold them for better value at a later date when I move up levels.

Those are extremely soft, and it seems like I win at least once every 3 tries or so? Assuming that is the case, is 840 fpps for 11 bucks a decent deal, or no?

12-04-2010 , 09:07 AM

#25670

ravballz

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 361

ya its decent at $0.013/FPP, not better than the $1500 (0.015) or $4k (0.016) bonuses but im guessing you cant afford those for a while.

this is if you feel its worth your time though. might be more worthwhile to use your time to just grind and move up fast and save points for the big bonuses. but that pretty much has to be your call.

12-04-2010 , 09:33 AM

#25671

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 46,849

Being 40 can be good but only in the same way that the last few days of a great holiday can be good.

They used to say life begins at 40 but that's because they had really **** lives back then. Us lot have great lives and its still very good but all downhill.

12-04-2010 , 09:49 AM

#25672

daiquiri

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8,694

Quote:

Originally Posted by anfernee

in the 60s, ceaucescu wanted to increase the population of romania for reasons i can't recall. ceaucescu abolished abortion and made all forms of contraception and sex education illegal. population surged, and crime rates started to increase in the time frame just as you stated.

when ceacescu lost power in the late 80s, romanian crime rates started to drop in the early 2000s.

lol you are taking your abortion theory a bit too far, Romania was pretty much a third world country under the hardcore communist regime of ceaucescu whereas they became a capitalist democracy with rapidly improving economy/etc after the regime was brought down in 89, this may have a little more to do with decreasing crime rate than abortions

12-04-2010 , 10:59 AM

#25673

tw2238

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,889

Quote:

Originally Posted by jph0424

First let me clarify: I think things are better now than they ever have been and will probably continue to improve.

However I do think there is a significant sample bias based on who we are exposed to. People who post on this forum are generally much better off than the average person. The sample bias is created simply by things that are true of the forum using population: you have a computer, internet access, are reasonably tech savvy, are literate, and have free time. Thus most people we are exposed to on a day to day basis are naturally better off than average. My wife teaches in a low income school and I have spent a fair amount of time with those kids and their families. It is shocking how different things are for them.

this is very true. my gf is working on her PHD in school psychology and she worked 1-1 with some kids in a low income neighborhood/school. Some of them had never been to the grocery store before , because their parents only buy stuff from the local corner store or gas station. shocking.

12-04-2010 , 11:21 AM

#25674

ColeW123

banned

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 11,934

She's a total sloot sledge.

12-04-2010 , 12:55 PM

#25675

LSUfan1

grinder

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 623

Quote:

Originally Posted by ravballz

I think they are definitely worth my time at this point, but once I hit .50/1.00 or higher, that may not be the case. For instance, last night I won one of these, and it added better than 10% to my bankroll.

I will probably start saving up the fpps once I hit 300 bucks or so, because 11 dollars is far less noticeable.

Thanks.

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