meatball77

meatball77 t1_jann3ip wrote

There were two rooms. One had all the qualified scientists and the other had all the interns. Everyone died in the scientist room leaving the ship with the beautiful smart people they brought along mostly as breeding stock.

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meatball77 t1_j6fq3yu wrote

All they need to say is I'm blessed that I was able to get a start because of the contacts I have because of my family and acknowledge that I have privilege that others don't have which helped me get started.

We know you work hard, and that your talent is there. You also got your agent and initial auditions because of who you knew and it would have taken a lot longer for you to get started if you hadn't been rich and connected.

Even someone who barely has any nepotism like Meghan Markle (whose father worked behind the scenes) had knowledge of how to get agents and how the entire system worked (and a lack of student loans) that someone whose parents were factory workers or teachers in the midwest wouldn't have.

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meatball77 t1_j5ufl90 wrote

She was clearly guilty but there was also no actual harm done (the baby was returned the same day) and the woman had her reasons that she felt she was protecting the child from abuse.

I feel like I've seen this same sort of story written by the same people and the same actors multiple times (maybe I just watched too many seasons of Switched at Birth). It's heartbreaking though and I'm sure common. Parents of deaf kids who don't bother to learn sign language.

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meatball77 t1_j5aqc97 wrote

Nothing. The school told the parents and people that complained that they were overreacting and there wasn't anything they could do because they are allowed to have overnight guests.

The real criminality didn't happen until they were off campus. But he was using the campus and student housing to prey on and recruit the young people. He turned their living room into a place to brainwash and groom those kids.

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meatball77 t1_j5a67qw wrote

College students are super high risk for joining cults. There are several which are known for hanging around college campuses.

You have young often sheltered students (if you spent all your time in high school padding your college resume with hellicoptor parents you're going to probably not have many street smarts) who are living in a new place where they don't know anyone and they're looking for something to belong to.

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meatball77 t1_j5a54oi wrote

Which is even more frustrating because kids going to a school like that are more likely to not have the life skills to deal with things like that and the school should be giving them extra support. They weren't seniors, they were sheltered 19 year olds. I'm sure if they'd been having parties with underage drinking they would have dealt with it.

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