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Aleriya164 karma

I graduated high school with a guy with low testosterone. He was 5'2" at graduation, only peach fuzz on his chin, weighed maybe 80 lbs, and his voice hadn't changed yet.

I saw him about 5 years later and just about fell over. He's over 6 feet tall, looks like a bodybuilder, and he sounds like Barry White.

He was Drum Major in the marching band, but they didn't have any uniforms small enough to fit him, so they bought him the smallest size girl's outfit and had it tailored down to his size. I bet he is 220 lbs now, almost three times bigger than he was in high school and it's all muscle.

Aleriya109 karma

Boys with mental health problems tend to lash out and cause problems. Girls with mental health problems tend to retreat inward, self-harm, become reclusive, depressed, etc. They are less likely to end up getting intensive treatment because they aren't as dangerous to others and, frankly, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Aleriya74 karma

There are some people who just can't admit they screwed up, and they'll blame anything or anyone but themselves. And they get angry about the whole situation so they end up yelling about it. I had a similar situation when I walked behind a parked car while pushing a grocery cart, and the driver backed up fast without looking, running over my cart. He got out and yelled at me. He would have ran me over, too, but I jumped out of the way. No apology, nothing.

Aleriya72 karma

As a reference for readers: each prisoner costs New York City $168,000 per year. Source

In California, it costs $75,500 per prisoner. Source

States with lower cost-of-living cost substantially less. The US as a whole averages $33,000 per prisoner.

Aleriya63 karma

There was a section of the cave where divers needed to remove their tanks to fit through. Then they brought tools and expanded that part of the cave so that they could fit through with a tank. That happened right before they were able to find the kids.