Off Topic VII

[SWedd523]

Sorry for interrupting the minecraft discussion... ( i don't really get it either, but one of my ex-workmates was/is a fanatic. He got one of that oculus glasses too for better gaming i think. But he uses that for plane-simulators and such too)

I was thinking I should ask you guys how's the living in the Carolinas. I'm from Hungary, and bc of some personal reasons (I see our economical and political future murky, dark and the surroundings depressing) me and my gf is thinking about jumping from the country. It's not a must, I'm glad to say we have good jobs (relatively - I earn more than double of the avarage salary and more than 3 times the minimal, but it's really not that much.... not enough for example to plan our future freely, buy a house or a flat -the realty prices are much lower here, and even with that...)

So we are thinking about this ship-jumping thing. I'm finishing uni this spring (will be a lawyer, of course I can't use that anywhere else in the world mainly.....), and looking through blogs and articles about the different countries, job-wise mainly.

USA is a bit far-fetched for us, but still - if you have some thoughts about jobs, needed professions in your area, and generally some words about how is the life for you I'd be glad to read them.

Semi-related, but I just got back from some training with a couple of Hungarian guys. I spent a lot of time with one in particular who, by all accounts, was a really great guy.

I asked him what he thought of the states and he said he's really enjoyed his time here and would consider spending more time here in a different life, he especially was a fan of how everything is more developed than where he's from. He did say he misses his wife and family back home, but that shouldn't be an issue with you. Most of his time has been spent in the Carolinas as well, so that may be of some relative significance to you.

I can say that life is going to be vastly different from state to state and even region to region. I've been to most every state on the East coast and I can tell you I prefer life in the Carolinas to most anywhere else. If you do decide to move over here, why not take a month off after college (uni) and visit? See if it's worth making such a life altering decision

[Liver_Pooty]

I hope the Panthers lose the rest of their games.

[LamarMatic7]

And where are you right now? Still studying? What are the plans for you if i may ask?

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Studying multimedia communications in university. Honestly, tough to say where I wind up afterward.

[JDR720]

I hope the Panthers lose the rest of their games.

That draft pick is looking pretty good

[TheKingofSting]

If the Panthers get Amari Cooper and find an OL the Offense will be sick.

[mattcampbell]

If the Panthers get Amari Cooper and find an OL the Offense will be sick.

Not if Shula is still calling the shots.

[TheKingofSting]

If the Panthers get Amari Cooper and find an OL the Offense will be sick.

Not if Shula is still calling the shots.

Good point.

There is an OT projected to go around 11th, if we pick higher than that I hope we don't reach for him. Trade back for assets.

[mattcampbell]

The college basketball tip-off marathon should be recognized as a national holiday.

[LamarMatic7]

was walking home at four o'clock in the morning today with one mate. out of nowhere (mind you, this is in the middle of what you would call projects, a residential district. not a soul on the streets) two deaf guys approach us and ask us to help them find a job. one of them has that piece of paper that tells their whole sad tale and all. my friend totally gets caught up in the moment and says that he knows a guy who might throw a few jobs their way. yet I remain skeptical for some reason. the other guy admits that he can hear a bit, reacts to what we say in general and seems to hear what we say very well. so after we split at an junction from which my home is near, I act as if I'm going home when I actually go behind a fence, approach them from another side, hide behind things, do all of those spy moves where I run from a tree to tree, and observe them having this drunken paranoia that the two of them might actually do something bad to my mate.

yep, drunk Lamar can be one weird dude.

[JDR720]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2271 ... d-reaction

Carolina cut Avant after he said this

"I’ve been in the league a long time," Avant said. "I know two things. You never want to give a team a chance to win a game, with how much time was left on the clock. And asking a kicker to make a 50-yard field goal with the game on the line is rough sledding."

[Liver_Pooty]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2271863-jason-avant-cut-by-panthers-latest-details-comments-and-reaction

Carolina cut Avant after he said this

"I’ve been in the league a long time," Avant said. "I know two things. You never want to give a team a chance to win a game, with how much time was left on the clock. And asking a kicker to make a 50-yard field goal with the game on the line is rough sledding."

He was probably going to be cut anyway.

[Liver_Pooty]

Great night for college basketball. Woo!

[TheKingofSting]

It has to be like a knife turning into Izzo's chest every time he sees Okafor in a Duke uniform.

[fatlever]

do any of you use adblockplus for firefox? and if so, did your adblock just stop blocking ads on this site?

[JDR720]

do any of you use adblockplus for firefox? and if so, did your adblock just stop blocking ads on this site?

ad block stopped on Chrome as well

[HornetJail]

do any of you use adblockplus for firefox? and if so, did your adblock just stop blocking ads on this site?

Happened for me too

[SWedd523]

Reading all these arguments on the Gen Board about Dwight and corporal punishment make me curious to see what you guys think about spanking kids

[HornetJail]

Reading all these arguments on the Gen Board about Dwight and corporal punishment make me curious to see what you guys think about spanking kids

Nothing wrong with a good spanking unless it's excessive, actually injures the kid, and borders on abuse. Dwight's kid had cuts and bruises on him from a belt buckle. That's excessive. If he's proven guilty, he deserves what JT got, maybe more, but I don't know the details. But abuse is abuse whether it's your girlfriend or your kid.

[James Gatz]

Reading all these arguments on the Gen Board about Dwight and corporal punishment make me curious to see what you guys think about spanking kids

I'm strongly against it. It's a form a punishment that doesn't deter future problems despite people's anecdotal claims otherwise. Numerous studies have shown corporal punishment actually increases a child's chances to have problems at home and with the law. I can't remember the exact numbers but a large majority of current inmates, something like 90% I believe, grew up in homes were violence was used as a punishment.

Kids need structure and to be punished when they do wrong but spankings aren't the answer. It doesn't matter if that's how you were raised. A lot of people grew up playing with mercury and DDT. We as a society don't do it now because it's harmful. Corporal punishment is harmful.

[fatlever]

i'll never understand how people can argue that its awful to hit your wife or girlfriend but its ok to hit your child. how on earth does that make any sense? and no, i am not suggesting that we should hit our lady friends.

i dont have kids - just wanted to state that. but i just dont hitting them is the best course of action. and even if you convince me that its ok to spank a kid with your hand, on their butt, in certain situations, everyone has to realize there is a big difference between what should be considered acceptable vs what should not be acceptable. hitting kids with belts, belt buckles, switches, beating them to the point of bruising, scars, scabs, swelling, welts, open wounds, hitting young kids, hitting them anywhere other than the butt - all of those things are not acceptable in my mind.