That's sexist!

Somebody should pay me not to get pregnant ;)

Why Greensboro? How about in a town that really needs it, like Durham, Goldsboro, or Wilson?

It didn't help any that the investigating officer was an idiot and a relative of the driver of the first pickup that hit me. I finally had to threaten him with perjory before he backed off.
from your profile

and people continue to defend cops?
why?

namatad: and people continue to defend cops?

Because anecdote != data.

Kyosuke: Because anecdote != data.

by that same arguement, you should not defend cops
you should be neutral

in fact, the police should be forced to publish all data concerning police brutality and false arrests
cities and counties should make all settlements public record
because these facts would speak for theirselves and we wouldnt need annecdotal evidence

/yawn - just a few crackhead cops making the rest look like crap

Game theory works and pisses off economists who want people to behave rationally at all times, film at 11.

Interesting.

I think we should pay kids in school for maintaining a decent GPA that progressively increases as GPA does.

Alas, how to finance such an operation in this economy.

teenage mothers are paid $1 a day by the city if they don't get pregnant

So they're already mothers. Greensboro doesn't want them getting pregnant again.

So if I up the bid, they...?

DNRTFA

My name is Buck.

Well, that's all the incentive I need.

Greensboro, NC: Home Of The $1 Daily Beej.

Someone owes me $14,965.00

FTFA: As an example, in Greensboro, NC, teenage mothers are paid $1 a day by the city if they don't get pregnant.

Seems a bit like closing the barn door after the horse has gotten out.

Given that raising a child costs a lot more than a dollar a day, this sounds like a good investment.

Of course, the BEST way to spend that money would be in birth control and sex education* but we don't have time for sensible solutions.

*real sex education. Not "fuzzy bunny's guide to you-know-what"

If the U.S. is really a capitalistic society I should be able to counter offer $10 to get them pregnant

Condoms on average cost between $1.50 and $2.00 a piece, depending on what extras they want. If they would end up using that money to avoid pregnancy they would end up losing money and eventually be living on the government cheese.

Solty Dog: Condoms on average cost between $1.50 and $2.00 a piece, depending on what extras they want.

It's a little more than that if you want satellite radio and heated seats.

I'd double what they're paying and give teen girls 2 bucks a day to try getting pregnant.

/seat.over.here

Bet they get paid more than that if they swallow.

Sid_6.7: That's sexist!

What's wrong with being sexy?

NutWrench: Given that raising a child costs a lot more than a dollar a day, this sounds like a good investment.

Of course, the BEST way to spend that money would be in birth control and sex education* but we don't have time for sensible solutions.

*real sex education. Not "fuzzy bunny's guide to you-know-what"

Exactly. I never cease to be amazed at the amount of young girls/guys who are so ignorant on the topic of sex that they think the guy "pulling out" is an acceptable and practically fool-proof guard against getting pregnant.

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[TotalFark] Quote 2009-06-14 02:43:13 PM
Game theory works and pisses off economists who want people to behave rationally at all times, film at 11.

You are a little behind the times, most economic theory now in days includes some game theory and randomness.

/still rational behavior is to be expected most of the time.

Solty Dog: Condoms on average cost between $1.50 and $2.00 a piece, depending on what extras they want.

Condoms cost 75 cents/ea retail. Trojans. With spermicide. And ribs.

You sound pale

If they would end up using that money to avoid pregnancy they would end up losing money and eventually be living on the government cheese.

Ambiguous non-sequitur is ambiguous

Don't see how it could hurt really.

Solty Dog: Condoms on average cost between $1.50 and $2.00 a piece, depending on what extras they want. If they would end up using that money to avoid pregnancy they would end up losing money and eventually be living on the government cheese.

Because a 16-year old who gets pregnant is really set for a life of success that doesn't involve government cheese.

Nakito: My name is Buck.

And you like to .... do what exactly?

Whores.

Hey, I live in Greensboro. I wonder if I could broker some sort of deal with the city where they'd pay for me to be sterilized.

Granted, I don't already have any children, am college-educated, and am a productive citizen, so I may just have to fork over my own cash. Dammit.

dionada: I wonder if I could broker some sort of deal with the city where they'd pay for me to be sterilized.

I'd donate to that cause.

Thud'nBlunder: Whores.

You're silly! That doesn't rhyme at all.

Scutter: I'd donate to that cause.

The Essure procedure is around $2500.

dionada: Hey, I live in Greensboro. I wonder if I could broker some sort of deal with the city where they'd pay for me to be sterilized.

Granted, I don't already have any children, am college-educated, and am a productive citizen, so I may just have to fork over my own cash. Dammit.

I can do it for you for free. It may hurt like a mutherfarker but I'll make sure it works.

I found out I was pregnant yesterday... so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.

/ya rly

Jakevol2: I can do it for you for free. It may hurt like a mutherfarker but I'll make sure it works.

You're supposed to make sure it doesn't work, silly.

dionada: Jakevol2: I can do it for you for free. It may hurt like a mutherfarker but I'll make sure it works.

You're supposed to make sure it doesn't work, silly.

semantics.


/but I'm always up some antics.

Subscriptions to WoW are what, 15 bucks a month? Get them all hooked on WoW and save some money :P

So how about a program where we pay males not to impregnate teenage girls?

Scutter: Seems a bit like closing the barn door after the horse has gotten out.

I was thinking the same thing.

So they're paying them to stop farking up?
Instead of paying them not to fark up in the 1st place.
Where's the incentive?

How about a dollar for the mothers and 5 dollars for those who have never been pregnant.

User pays? Not exactly.

This might make more sense if, you know, they weren't pregnant already.

Paying only a dollar a week, but to all between 14 and 18 that aren't parents (guys included) it might work better.

Paying them $1 a day not to get pregnant is fine, but the problem is that they pay them over ten times that to get pregnant.

tbyte: Paying them $1 a day not to get pregnant is fine, but the problem is that they pay them over ten times that to get pregnant.

this

hasty ambush: So how about a program where we pay males not to impregnate teenage girls?

Yeah, right. Where are we supposed to get that kind of money?

Hey, they can use that money to buy condoms.

dionada: Scutter: I'd donate to that cause.

The Essure procedure is around $2500.

I was thinking more of the "two bricks and a rubber band" procedure.

In before the jesus nuts who wharrgarbl about how preventing pregnancy amounts to abortion.

This makes Bristol envious.