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Edward John

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My siblings both turn 11 next month and I don't know about their views on the Easter Bunny, my parents are the ones who just let us figure out everything for ourselves. I naysayer the naysayers about Santa Clause for maybe way too long, but to be fair those kids who had to rain on other kids beliefs about their favorite holiday icons were the worst. Regardless I appreciate that my parents still go out of the way for the authentic holiday experience with Easter and Christmas regardless of age.

As long as it's located entirely within your backyard it should be fine though. We used to go to an egg hunt at a local church until they decided to ruin it with communism (jk) their new rule where every single egg had a slip in it you exchanged for a gift bag, up to a total of 1 gift bag! Giving absolutely no reason or purpose to going out of your way to reach the more obstacle bound or hidden eggs. You really got to dampen on kids fun by trying to make things too "fair" I guess, I think it leaves a bad impression to kids though, completely damping on any ambitions to try to look for eggs.
I encourage you to read The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels, cause that ain't communism. :) Oh, and have your siblings started listening to the BOC yet?
 

Wayoftheredpanda

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I encourage you to read The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels, cause that ain't communism. :) Oh, and have your siblings started listening to the BOC yet?
My sister likes Billie Eilish and my brother seems to have no interest in music at all, regardless, I couldn't care less about their music tastes, I like what I like and they like what they like and that's a-okay
 

Dana Jean

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I ate my sister's birthday cake this week. My sister's birthday was a couple of weeks ago and she was going to come down but of course things went sideways and she didn't. I was at my mom's a few days ago and she told me she had made a cake for my sister and had frozen it. So I took it and ate it. :)

I should have one of those shaming signs around my neck like the dogs wear, "I ate my sister's birthday cake"
:lol:
 

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I ate my sister's birthday cake this week. My sister's birthday was a couple of weeks ago and she was going to come down but of course things went sideways and she didn't. I was at my mom's a few days ago and she told me she had made a cake for my sister and had frozen it. So I took it and ate it. :)

I should have one of those shaming signs around my neck like the dogs wear, "I ate my sister's birthday cake"
:laugh: :laugh: Did you at least sing happy birthday and blow out a candle for her before you ate it? :)
 

Dana Jean

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I somewhat agree. Experience trumps a piece of paper. But achieving a higher education diploma does indicate drive, ambition, commitment, and a level of intelligence in a person.
It doesn't always indicate your list of words. It absolutely does not. I know people with diplomas that knew how to take a test -- that's a trade skill -- and they are dumber than a fence post. Stupid people.

And I know people who did not have the opportunity to higher education who are very intelligent and very ambitious. Circumstances in their lives kept them from getting that piece of paper.
 

DiO'Bolic

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It doesn't always indicate your list of words. It absolutely does not. I know people with diplomas that knew how to take a test -- that's a trade skill -- and they are dumber than a fence post. Stupid people.

And I know people who did not have the opportunity to higher education who are very intelligent and very ambitious. Circumstances in their lives kept them from getting that piece of paper.
So what is it... 'It doesn't always' or 'It absolutely does not?' And there are exceptions to almost everything. But as a general rule of thumb a higher education diploma does indicate what I noted.
 

Dana Jean

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So what is it... 'It doesn't always' or 'It absolutely does not?' And there are exceptions to almost everything. But as a general rule of thumb a higher education diploma does indicate what I noted.

I don't think I need to Dick and Jane my sentiment.

Those tags do speak to diplomas, but there are a lot of people not represented by a piece of paper with the exact same attributes. Probably a lot more in that category who didn't have the finances, or life threw them some obligations that kept them from pursuing higher education.
 
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