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 How are they supposed to be? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 1
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| what's 'that' tho? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 2
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 promiscuous |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 6
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 I mean... |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 7
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| i disagree they not anymore hoe-ish |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 8
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 i understand that |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 9
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| again |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 15
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| so they just accept the excuse? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 17
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| lol a lotta women do |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 18
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| why do you think they do? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 20
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| socialization |
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Dec 21st 2007 |
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| not exclusive to carribeans |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 10
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| im not referring to them, i am referring to caribs |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 12
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| a lot of my carib brethren do that |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 16
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| can we discuss "the caribbean way?" |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 19
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| more or less |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 25
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| My Unks |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 27
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| in my fam we treat all the kids as family. My great grandpa |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 34
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| i mean how many men anywhere are pulling that off? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 37
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| everyman in my family before coming to America was doing it |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 40
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| so they all lived together? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 44
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| on family land, yeah. and we regard 'em all as full blood. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 48
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| well that's kinda different honestly. that's not brand new shit at all |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 51
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| That is what I'm talking about. 'em kids be from mutliple women |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 54
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| i thought you were talking about niggas living on a farm together |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 56
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| well, yeah. that's common? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 57
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| what? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 59
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| ? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 61
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| lmao! |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 63
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| The 40's can't be accounted for, huh? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 65
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| actually it can't. all that war work. that's when we expanded |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 74
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| its really not about being in the states |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 42
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| I dunno if it's so much about social acceptence of the excuse |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 52
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| youre not getting it |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 66
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| nigga what? |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 182
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| ppl are always saying certain ethnicities are certain ways |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 3
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| im referring to caribs saying this about themselves |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 11
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| Are we talking about mesh shirts? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 4
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| lol |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 5
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| lmao |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 13
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| ROTFL |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 23
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| LOL |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 24
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| They are, S. American men too, cheating out there & cheating here |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 14
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| Not the Bajans!! We're a proper people, unlike those Jamaicans |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 21
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| ha! i didnt even know you were WI |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 26
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| you guys talk funny |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 30
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| funny is alot nicer than the term i'd use. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 38
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| lol i can't say worse |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 43
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| lol @ calypso ringtones |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 55
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| DUDE I AM SO NOT KIDDING |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 64
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| at least its not a ringback |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 68
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| For real, that shit is hilarious to me. Talk like soca n shit. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 107
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| *eyes bridgetown & errol funny* |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 41
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| im half Bajan |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 157
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| lol not the Jordans |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 164
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| These type of stereotypes are like a warning label. Basically it |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 22
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| i've dated a number of caribbean men |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 28
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| i was talking to a family member last night |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 33
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| yeah its so stupid. and i hate how men get let off the hook |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 35
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| im interested in how that excuse is continuing to perpetuate |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 36
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| *slips T510 a paper* |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 46
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| theyre already tooken :( |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 50
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| dammit T |
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Dec 21st 2007 |
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| i'm lost |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 29
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| Stay off the main roads. And remember, moss grows on the |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 32
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| *shakes compass* |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 71
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| i can do that.. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 158
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| What ? having mad kids outside of the marriage? lol |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 31
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| i've heard my female friend use that line |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 39
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| I've always really disliked this |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 45
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| hmmm |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 47
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| alls i have to say is... |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 58
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| I tell people I come from a classic Caribbean family |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 62
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| sound like a african family i know |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 67
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| where's dude that was saying double standards work? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 53
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| that was pretty much my thought |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 70
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| A lot of people have been talking about this |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 75
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| see i'm all about bringing attention to the carib. family dynamic |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 83
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| MAAAAAAAN |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 110
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| yeah i think its also about the shame factor |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 113
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| i feel like this |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 103
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| dont forget the kids |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 106
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| true indeed |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 112
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| wow. and until very recently after a post on OKP that was like |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 69
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| whenever someone says this, I want to kick dem pon dem teet |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 49
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| Mi luv allyuh to det...but oonu too wutliss man. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 77
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| I mean it has a TINGE of truth but come on, famz |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 89
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| I think it gets played out more in situ than in the diaspora |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 101
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| blame the rasta man... |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 60
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| um this excuse has been around long before rastas |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 73
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| 'nuff multiplication. (c) Oliver Samuels |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 76
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| LOL! |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 81
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| so-so vegetable? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 82
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| Tek off di bacon an' jus gimme di fowl! |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 87
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| lol. oh lekkle donna , mah lekkle donna, eh-eh-eh. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 96
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| what i'm saying is. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 97
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| who is telling you that crap? lol |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 99
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| Jamaicans hate rastas, man. They blamed for everything |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 102
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| haha i know right |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 109
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| lol@ blaming the ras for hurricanes... |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 114
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| EVERYONE HATES RASTAS |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 105
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| i'm saying |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 115
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| my dad made me turn the channel once |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 116
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| ahahahahahahahahahah |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 119
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| L M A O |
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Dec 21st 2007 |
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| ^^^ ding ding, when moms told me her friends fam went into |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 128
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| One of my cousins went rasta years ago. He dead to us. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 133
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| Prolly in the hills somewhere |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 139
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| ha! i was told my uncle was one of the first rastas |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 148
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| oh man did you tell your dad I'm trini? |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 183
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| i was told the day i grow locks is the day i dont come home |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 118
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| ist time I tried growing 'em, my dad was like don't come back. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 122
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| lol - my mom was like why you trying to be so militant! |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 142
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| lol my fam is a lil more open minded about it |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 125
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| mine too, moms loves my hair... |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 166
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| That's what's funny about Ethiopians to me, yo. Cus they |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 129
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| ive had the opposite experience |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 146
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| lol, you wouldnt date a knotty gyal? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 168
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| You should be being held right now gurl. Whatchu cryin bouht? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 72
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| if you were my 'oman i'd make love to you constantLEE |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 79
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| you asshole, lol |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 84
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| What hotel dhis man staying in? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 85
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| lol |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 88
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| And This is what keeps the cycle going |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 159
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| So given that any given island's population relatively small, there |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 78
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| noone in my fam dated folk from the region. they went to |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 80
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| My half brother is my 3rd cousin. No lie. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 86
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| poor record keeping as well |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 91
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| Damn. You be scared to meet yoru new boo's parents and stuff. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 92
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| lmao! |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 94
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| Dem seh cousin and cousin |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 104
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| LMAO. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 124
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| damn |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 93
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| lol yup! |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 98
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| as a dominican male, i can say the following -- |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 90
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| It be some hard-core loving going on in the islands, man. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 100
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| heh... it's all love. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 140
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| i've heard that from carib women |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 95
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| So what explains all this? Is this an outgrowth of the British style |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 108
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| i dont know i want to figure it out |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 111
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| I was doing some research on a related issue |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 123
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| inbox |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 151
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| Some say it *is* part of legacy left by enslavement and |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 117
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| But all that stuff happened here too. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 121
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| And I don't know much about American nuances |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 126
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| but it happens here too though |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 131
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| That's why I put Cultural Institution in caps. It's not an institution |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 136
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| had this country remained agricultural i'm sure it woulda stuck |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 143
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| RE: had this country remained agricultural i'm sure it woulda stuck |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 150
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| right which is why i don't understand why its so foriegn to you |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 152
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| My point (this is the third time I'm saying this now) is that there's |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 154
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| maybe ppl experience trauma differently? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 155
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| we'll agree to disagree |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 156
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| Dude, I got no clue. We just accept it as a family trait and KIM |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 127
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| Like "looks like another one popped up. Hey kid, here's |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 130
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| lol. That's basically. it. we make sure they aint ugly, that |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 137
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| RE: lol. That's basically. it. we make sure they aint ugly, that |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 145
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| I'm sayin. "Yuh nuh know Denroy?..." |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 132
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| Man I just got a call out the blue from some cat in Leeds |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 134
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| Lol. Typical. There's a rash of those after someone dies too |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 135
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| EXACTLY. when my brother died? fam from Cayman, Costa |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 138
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| THEY DON'T KNOW FAM |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 141
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| exactly. make no mistake. you joining MY family. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 144
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| Yeah, been there |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 171
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| this post needs to be archived for the hilarity |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 120
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| smh. I love my people, man. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 147
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| CO-SIGN! |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 163
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| *plays parang and sings mento in post* |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 149
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| check yo inbox |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 153
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| *Cheats on this Post and doesn't pay its child support* |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 160
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| A lot of men do that/it depends/most of us are cool....I think |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 161
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| true. the family of the father claiming the kids |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 162
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| true. you take care of the kids. that's important. my dad |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 165
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| You know I claim not to be family orientated, but I've done that too |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 167
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| word, and that's what family is for, IMO. |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 169
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| Agreed |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 170
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| You know my dad? uncle? Grandfather? |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 172
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| RE: "that's just how caribbean men are..." |
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Dec 21st 2007 | 173
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| i'm mad i got to this post so late. |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 174
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| so...considering what was just discussed... |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 175
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| I wouldn't be surprised |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 176
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| basically, plus my family's name is powell |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 177
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| A relation actually dated a Colin Powell cousin........ |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 179
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| My mom has 12 siblings. Typical of country folks with land. |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 180
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| you jamaican. dating white girls don't save you. I swear we |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 181
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| You look more like Ioness. |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 184
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| I wouldn't be suprised. At all. |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 178
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| damn...i missed this |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 185
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| ?- do the same practices/rationalizations occur in nonrural/upper |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 186
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| once a culture becomes industrialised u see a lot less of that |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 187
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| having alot of kids isn't the point of the discussion, tho. |
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Dec 22nd 2007 | 188
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