American way of life

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Donald Trump Once Allegedly Asked If It Was "Wrong" to Be "Sexually Attracted" to Ivanka

Trump has mentioned how attracted he was to Ivanka several times when she was underage. Look at the body language in the photo:

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goat said:
Can anyone explain what that is? We have different principles and different culture, therefore a different way of life.
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"American way of life" was a concept invented for Frank Capra films.
Then the marks started actually buying it.
 
Why do people rag on cosmetic surgery if it makes people feel better about themselves?

I think my daughter had her ears pierced when she was maybe five. Just one on each ear.
That's the extent of body-piercings which I don't find laughable. One pair of earrings and only studs for little girls.

As for tattoos, they're all laughable.

But boob jobs? Nothing wrong with them if they make you feel better about yourself.
Just don't go overboard.

I know one of the only straight male dress designers in the world. Has a wife, kids, and everything. Watches baseball.
Not that any of that matters, but I just found it different. A fellow Italian, by the way.

He told me that he can't use real, sellable sizes on runway shows because the breast / hip combinations of the models simply don't exist in actual nature.
They exist in scale on Barbie dolls, but they're only a foot tall. I was surprised because I remember super skinny models, but I guess that it's changed.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
Why do people rag on cosmetic surgery if it makes people feel better about themselves?

I think my daughter had her ears pierced when she was maybe five. Just one on each ear.
That's the extent of body-piercings which I don't find laughable. One pair of earrings and only studs for little girls.

As for tattoos, they're all laughable.

But boob jobs? Nothing wrong with them if they make you feel better about yourself.
Just don't go overboard.

I know one of the only straight male dress designers in the world. Has a wife, kids, and everything. Watches baseball.
Not that any of that matters, but I just found it different. A fellow Italian, by the way.

He told me that he can't use real, sellable sizes on runway shows because the breast / hip combinations of the models simply don't exist in actual nature.
They exist in scale on Barbie dolls, but they're only a foot tall. I was surprised because I remember super skinny models, but I guess that it's changed.
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There's a big difference between pierced ears and a boob job. Same for pierced ears versus multiple body piercings, not all of them visible.

IMO, it's the vanity aspect. An artificial means to boost self-esteem. It's one thing to have reconstructive surgery and another to solely increase one's attractiveness.
 
Dutch Uncle said:
There's a big difference between pierced ears and a boob job. Same for pierced ears versus multiple body piercings, not all of them visible.

IMO, it's the vanity aspect. An artificial means to boost self-esteem. It's one thing to have reconstructive surgery and another to solely increase one's attractiveness.
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Perhaps, but a little boost here and a little tuck there make ladies in particular feel better.
Go feel one and see for yourself.
 
NiftyNiblick said:
Every film, even alleged documentaries, are to some extent a construct.
They're just not actual "films" anymore. Chemical photography has been obsoleted.
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Gladiator was loosely based on Marcus Aurelius, the last of the 5 great Roman emperors.
 
goat said:
Can anyone explain what that is? We have different principles and different culture, therefore a different way of life.
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Actually, the American way of life is what it contributes to the national and global economy as follows:

Minority Markets Have $3.9 Trillion Buying Power

Newswise — Every racial and ethnic minority group in America is making financial gains but not at equal rates, according to the latest Multicultural Economy Report from the University of Georgia.

The annual report calculates the consumer buying power—or total income after taxes—for minority markets in the U.S.: African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans. The Multicultural Economy Report is published by the Selig Center for Economic Growth, a unit of UGA’s Terry College of Business.

The sustained growth of the U.S. economy culminated in an estimated $14.8 trillion of buying power nationally in 2018, an increase of 100 percent since 2000 and 30 percent since 2010, with the biggest percentage gains occurring in minority markets.

The combined buying power of blacks, Asian-Americans and Native Americans is estimated to be $2.4 trillion, while the nation’s Hispanics command $1.5 trillion in spending power—larger than the GDP of Australia.

“The economic expansion has been quite good in recent years, and we’re still seeing the benefits of that for every group in America,” said Jeff Humphreys, Selig Center director and author of the report. “While minority markets are certainly enjoying more buying power than ever before, the rate of growth differs. We find the largest percentage increases in the Asian and Hispanic markets, followed by relatively slower rates of growth in the African-American and Native American populations. Whites comprise the largest share of the U.S. market, but have the slowest percentage rate of buying power growth.”
https://www.newswise.com/articles/minority-markets-have-3-9-trillion-buying-power
 
goat said:
Money could make both of us look good. Although it would cost me a fraction of what it would cost you.
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People like you would spend $10K on plastic surgery, people like me would spend $10K on education and skills training.....plus a few AKs.
 
Taichiliberal said:
Stop lying....YOU are having a hissy fit because I've presented just a few documentations where European colonist and later American soldiers purposely used disease as a weapon against the Native people. YOU stupidly keep parroting that more folk died of disease due to basic contact, of which I NEVER DENIED. YOU keep trying to trivialize the FACT that a crime was committed against the Native people which to this date is considered so loathsome that biological and chemical warfare is recognized as illegal by all leading industrial nations. Your latest absurd blathering is testament to the lengths of your personal bigotry to revise a disgusting part of American history that paints your ancestors in a bad light. TFB for you. Go cry in your beer at your next alt-right meeting.

The chronology of the posts has your number, bubbeleh. You can deny and dodge all you want, but the rational, objective reader will see your folly.
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Glad to see you admit the truth that native peoples were decimated disease spread by innocent contact.
What I trivialize in your purposeful infection isolated instances spanning hundreds of years is numbers actually killed not the barbarity of the act itself.
 
People living around the Mediterranean don't take antidepression or antipsychotic drugs. Same is true for Asia. So why are so many Americans hooked on big pharma? Could it be something as simple as the American diet? Nutritional psychology studies show that Americans who switch to a Mediterranean diet are able to get off their meds. Lots of fruits, nuts, vegetables, and fish. Plus all the hills they have to walk up and down to get around town. Or maybe it's all the chemicals we use on our food, then spend the weekend binging on Netflix.
 
Sawyerloggingon said:
Originally Posted by Taichiliberal View Post
Stop lying....YOU are having a hissy fit because I've presented just a few documentations where European colonist and later American soldiers purposely used disease as a weapon against the Native people. YOU stupidly keep parroting that more folk died of disease due to basic contact, of which I NEVER DENIED. YOU keep trying to trivialize the FACT that a crime was committed against the Native people which to this date is considered so loathsome that biological and chemical warfare is recognized as illegal by all leading industrial nations. Your latest absurd blathering is testament to the lengths of your personal bigotry to revise a disgusting part of American history that paints your ancestors in a bad light. TFB for you. Go cry in your beer at your next alt-right meeting.

The chronology of the posts has your number, bubbeleh. You can deny and dodge all you want, but the rational, objective reader will see your folly.
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Glad to see you admit the truth that native peoples were decimated disease spread by innocent contact.
What I trivialize in your purposeful infection isolated instances spanning hundreds of years is numbers actually killed not the barbarity of the act itself.
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Puh-leeze, junior! You're making a spectacle of yourself when you try to come of as some sort of pseudo-intellectual while you :bdh:

The chronology of the posts makes a mockery of this latest endeavor of yours...pity your ignorant pride and insipid stubbornness prevents you from seeing that. :palm: Carry on.
 
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