Do we want to talk about no-fault divorce?

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  1. Uncle Albert

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    Shouldn't cheaters be held responsible for theirs, rather than being rewarded for it?
     
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  2. Tererune

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    @Jenee rolls to close the thread. She rolls a 1, critical failure. What she needs to do is stop rolling @Uncle Albert 's dice. Every side is a 1 critical fail. That is what an island of one is.
     
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  3. Diacanu

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    You're unable to refute! You're unable to refute! You're unable to refute!
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  4. Tererune

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    The rules of divorce are a lot like a roleplaying game. Maybe we shouldn't have love be magic so you don't have to make your saving throw every fucking day.
     
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  5. 14thDoctor

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    "Should have got a pre-nup" seems just a reasonable as "should have got health insurance" or "should have saved more money for catastrophic expenses" or "shouldn't have taken out all those student loans for an unprofitable degree" or any number of situations where conservatives will say your suffering is on you because you didn't plan ahead. :async:
     
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  6. Diacanu

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    Kinda Biblical, innit, Mister Atheist?
    Weird how your moral code keeps "accidentally" lining up with ancient goat fuckers.
    Hahah! No, it's not weird, your Youtube pals are GOP plants, and you have no critical thinking ability.
     
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  7. Uncle Albert

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    Refute what, you tedious fucknut? His examples weren't serious.
     
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  8. Tererune

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    Nonono. We are playing Desperate and divorcing, not vampire the marrying. You don't need multiple 1's to fail.
     
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  9. Uncle Albert

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    If prenups had the same chance of working.
     
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    What examples do you have of someone getting out of a prenup based on coercion or a judge setting a prenup aside for bullshit reasons?
     
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    @Uncle Albert does not have the bullet dodge feat.

    However, you get princess points for the remo williams reference.
     
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    dude, we are playing divorce and drama here, take those fucking pokemon cards to the canadian card room hoser.
     
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  13. Diacanu

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    What, no "tedious fucknut" for Jenee?
    Why leave her out of the fun?
    You're either being sexist, or chivalrous.
    Which shames you less?
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    It's been a hot minute since I've had sake. I should buy a bottle.
     
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    Because women are disproportionately the ones who sacrifice their earning potential for the union.
     
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  17. Diacanu

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  18. 14thDoctor

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    For fuck sakes, you two. Divorce is a risk factor for suicides among men and women, and it's a much higher risk factor for men. These are human beings we're talking about, human beings that become far more likely to end their lives if they experience this traumatic and 100% preventable event. Isn't it worth talking about ways to reduce that? Maybe it's by making divorce more difficult, maybe it's by making divorce more equitable, maybe it's by making getting married in the first place more difficult. I don't know. But c'mon, show some humanity. UA is a fucking prick when he dismisses suicide rates among trans people as "blackmail," don't be similarly awful when the people suffering are adult men. We're all supposed to be better than that. :shrug:
     
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  19. Diacanu

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    Which is why it's safe to assume he's coming at it from the worst angle possible.
    Comfily safe.
     
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    So how much did Mrs A take you for? :chris:
     
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    What are you talking about? Every marriage that ends in divorce involves someone cheating?

    Who hurt you?
     
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    Sometimes women just aren't satisfied with a small fry, and so they upside their order a bit (or in this case, probably a lot). It happens. All of us men with Vienna sausages just need to get over it and keep working on our technique. That's all we've got.
     
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    Neither are true. But, women also get sucked into bad relationships just like men do. And it’s their own choice.
     
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  24. Uncle Albert

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    That is to say, it spares your lazy ass the burden of thinking outside your card catalog of bumper sticker sentiments.
     
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  25. Uncle Albert

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    No, but those that do should forfeit any reward.

    "But what about" NO. I am saying that and nothing else. If you want some other position defended, as someone else.
     
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  26. Uncle Albert

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    Point of order. I have simply pointed out that you are not a "victim" of something you do to yourself, and nobody else is responsible for your choices. It is dishonest and reductive to portray this as "dismissal."
     
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    Back under your rock, drama goblin.
     
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    And it makes no difference when the true nature of that choice is hidden from someone?
     
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