Per the Brookings Institute, it costs ~$310k to raise a child 0-18 (not including daycare and college). ~40% of annual pregnancies are unintended, per the Guttmacher Institute.

The Ancient Greeks did not have tattoos on their bodies, they would use tattooing to penalize the outcasts of society. In general, tattoos were considered a barbaric custom and the upper social classes treated them with disdain.

I need metal hooks that look like letter S and can hold 30kg+

Life be simpler when u nonchalant, soon u start chalanting shit go left...

I’m your weakest firefighter but I’m your strongest lighter

Im about to break

EVERYBODY PAY ATTENTION NOW THE BRAN FLAKES

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Everybody Pay Attention Now

The Bran Flakes · I Don't Have A Friend · Song · 2000

Nagano mentioned

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Lyžiar

Felix · Felix · Song · 2020

Moreover, those who underwent surgery during the course of the study experienced a greater increase than other females in symptoms of depression and anxiety and eating problems. Patients' use of alcohol also increased more than among non-patients .

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Predictors of cosmetic surgery and its effects on psychological factors and mental health: a population-based follow-up study among Norwegian females - PubMed

A series of mental health symptoms predict cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery does not in turn seem to alleviate such mental health problems.

music ~sucks~

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I Luv the Valley OH!

Xiu Xiu · Fabulous Muscles · Song · 2004

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Surf or Die

The Greater Key of Solomon, is a pseudepigraphical grimoire attributed to King Solomon. It probably dates back to the 14th or 15th century Italian Renaissance. It presents a typical example of Renaissance magic.

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The Key of Solomon Index | Internet Sacred Text Archive

Medieval and Renaissance grimoires, magical texts, and ceremonial magic manuscripts. Browse 65+ texts in this comprehensive collection.

People who advocate for the removal of privacy seem to accept five simple assumptions: 
- The government always has good intentions - The government always has good policies - The government never makes mistakes - The government leaders and workers never individually abuse their positions - The government will retain the above properties over historical timescales (i.e. centuries, not years/decades) The people who believe all these assumptions don't understand the real world, and certainly haven't based these assumptions on any current, historical or theoretical form of government that I can name. But that doesn't stop them from making assumptions that don't align with reality, or (too often successfully) pushing policies to take away the rights of others.

I believe one should only read those books which bite and sting. If the book we are reading does not wake us up with a blow to the head, then why read the book? To make us happy, as you write? My God, we would be just as happy if we had no books, and those books that make us happy, we could write ourselves if necessary. But we need the books that affect us like a disaster, that hurts us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like if we were being driven into forests, away from all people, like a suicide, a book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. Kafka

And that was my quip. You get rid of the nuclear wapons by using them. Vermin Supreme