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[–] [email protected] 197 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a strong argument for all children being born in jail.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was wondering what she did as a fetus to warrant being jailed.

[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 year ago

She was female in Texas?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

As an embryo you mean?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This guy hates Freakonomics ;p

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[–] [email protected] 170 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People thrive when the community supports them. Imagine if we all helped everybody.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But but billionaires are so cool and relatable 🥺🥺🥺

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I NEED an impractical EV that corrodes from coughing on it from a guy who also posts Doge memes so they can use that money to put a car in space and buy a social media platform to crash it into the ground harder than any of their space projects.

There are no good billionaires.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I was just reading about a billionaire earlier and the wikipedia article literally takes a paragraph about him being sued by the attorney general for wrongdoing and tries to turn it into a feelgood story.

As a settlement to the lawsuit, he (graciously) agreed to donate millions of dollars to organizations (as long as he got to choose them).

Let us bow down to the greatest altruistic human to ever roam the earth! /s

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good for her, I wish her well in all her endeavors to kill the Batman.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Almost spilled my morning coffee laughing. Also, that's not kind. Also, that's brilliant.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Hey no one look at the corruption of the legacy admissions. Everyone get distracted with the shiny object.

Fuck Harvard

Taxpayer funded playground for rich kids to "network" encouraging a good ole boys system

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I cannot fathom that universities no longer can consider color/race/ethnic - but they can totally let rich alumni's kids in no prob.

fuck all legacy bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I am sure they will find a way to still discriminate against Asians. It is kinda cool that Harvard considers you Asian if you have partial Asian ancestry. 21st century one drop rule.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guarantee you that this is next on the chopping block, but it won't be caused by conservatives.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not trying to make it sound like I'm NOT saying fuck Harvard, but I just looked at their financials for '23 and they're actually not taxpayer funded, except for research funding.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

They are a non-profit which means they aren't paying taxes. There is zero practical difference between the government giving you money and the government not taxing you. Either way you get more and the state gets less. And that is just Harvard by itself, that doesn't include all the tax breaks people get for donating to them so their spoiled brat can get a spot. Basically the taxpayer is subsidizing bribes.

This of course ignores that they openly defied the government when they were asked to clear the whole AA mess up. All it would have taken was them to just show their entrance criteria and put the issue to rest.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Only good thing about Harvard is David Malan, the fucken GOAT

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This isn’t uplifting. It is sad that priorities had her born in jail.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She wants you to be sad, is all about prejudice. She even uses it on herself as her introduction. IMHO I would had done my best to keep that fact hidden had it happened to me (still, how would I know what it feels). She exploits that fact. Good for her, but it's not sad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Good take. I’d also keep that a secret for life.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why? It doesn't say why her mother was in prison for, so it could be justified.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's amazing the adversity she's over come in her life and still being able to come out on top. That's an incredibly inspiring story, that even though you're born in a backwards ass state like Texas, you can still go on to do great things.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Top 10 dystopian American wholesome moments

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good for her, but it's not like she spent her childhood in jail. Useless article in my opinion, without any details. Maybe she had a perfect childhood.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What's the story with mom? I'm curious as to why babies are being born in jail to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Probably a twin situation. Sometimes one twin will strangle the other to death in the womb. In Texas this is punishable by jail as soon as you are born.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Huh?

  • Woman commits crime.
  • Babby is formed.
  • Woman is convicted of crime, is pregnante. Goes to jail/prison.
  • gregrant women has baby during sentence duration.
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They couldn't bring her to a hospital for the delivery? Maybe postpone her sentence for the sake of the child. Do anything humane?

I could see maybe if she was a murderer and a flight risk but it's also possible she's doing time for something stupid like being black on a Friday. Which is why I ask, what's the story with mom?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is a pretty old story iirc

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