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madboater1 t1_j6otmhw wrote

Reply to Adoption is the 'skip intro' button for parenting. by thedbm

It's more like the skip training mode. Knowing several people who have adopted, it is by far the hardest way to parent that I know. My hat goes off to all those that chose to adopt and make a life for someone who may have had the most disturbing start to life imaginable. Adoption is a great thing, it's just not easy.

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American_PP t1_j6ot2z1 wrote

Reply to Adoption is the 'skip intro' button for parenting. by thedbm

True.

I know a family who adopted 10+ kids. Only one finished college and is a successful professional. The rest had drug and developmental issues and still rely heavily on their adoptive parents who are still working well into their 60s and 70s now. I'm just a friend, so I never or want to know, but I'm sure these are great people who are dead tired by now. But they've never complained about their adoptive children. They help them even well into adulthood without complaint through the rehabs, through helping their adoptive grandkids, just....always working in one way or another.

The mother of this whole family is in the hospital right now. She collapsed last week. Her husband is in tears and stuff. I don't think he'd live long if she dies.

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American_PP t1_j6osoed wrote

Reply to Most people have never seen a John Wayne movie. by [deleted]

I've only watched True Grit, Hondo, Rio Bravo, El Dorado, The Shootist, Rooster Cogburn, The Alamo, Hatari, Rio Lobo, Big Jake, Rio Grande, Red River, The Man Who Shot Liberty, The Longest Day, The Green Berets, The Conqueror, Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima, North to Alaska, War Wagon, How the West was Won, Blood Alley, so yeah I've never seen a John Wayne movie and nothing he's ever done, which covered topics like the western frontier and world war 2 have any resonation with today's purple haired gender fluid censorship demanding generation.

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AxialGem t1_j6os2zu wrote

Reply to comment by WinDestruct in Earth and dirt are synonyms, but earthy and dirty have different meanings. by WinDestruct

Nah, it's not their vocabulary per se that tips me off, the words are not particularly weird. Look at their profile. They respond to every post with the same kind of cheery demeanor, saying 'wow, that's really interesting, [basically repeats the thought and gives vague overly sincere value judgement]'

They don't reply to comments, they are only active in two subs, they don't change their tone when being called bots. I am 95 percent certain they are not human, but one of a couple of bots that have been in this sub a lot, some more convincing than others

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