Holy crap I’d fly cross-continent to attend the entire thing if I had the time!!!

Pfff. Amateurs. I did much worse for a spider!!!

This.

Doesn’t understand or doesn’t care???

Ditto.

My 6ft tall great grandmother would have scrubbed the toilet with that shrimp.

In Canada we call that Tim Hortons

Hey, you know what they say about our generation: At the age of 10 we were 30, and now at 50 we’re still 30.

My son was diagnosed before he even turned 3 and his younger sister was being assessed, both of them are non-verbal. What I was learning about it put so many things from my entire childhood and youth in perspective and everything finally made sense, so I consulted and sure enough was diagnosed myself. My parents refused to accept it, they said I’m making excuses to not act “normally” and have cut all contact. I made my peace with that and am grateful about it, I no longer have to tolerate toxic people demeaning me for who I am, and my children sure don’t deserve that.

Don’t try to connect from where you are. Reach him where he is. Learn his language, and learn to think like him, and don’t force it. Remember that it is as hard for him to connect with others as it is for you to connect with him, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to or care.

Jokes likes that are soda-pressing.

So you’re saying if my parents had let me play video games, my childhood traumas would have been easier to deal with. Those f%*&ers…

With great fandom comes great responsibility.

Today is a good day for my childhood to die.

DANG! I like that one, i’ll put money on that next time!

WOA! awesome reference, took me longer than I care to confess to get it!!!

Season 4, deep cut! Sensing we’re both from the same generation…

jibbitz

I did not know what that is until you made me look it up. Which I now regret, I must say.

The red flags are many. Starting with the absolute lack of bureaucracy and wait time; you got an almost immediate callback (Flag 1), and then after answering multiple intrusive questions over the phone (Flag 2) you were told during the same call that you were elligible (Flag 3). Then the “fee” that you need to pay right away if you don’t wanna miss your chance (Flag 4). The accent, as you mentioned, is also a possible red flag.

Before you pay anything, I would strongly suggest you contact your local American Embassy (sorry but you’ll see what I mean about bureaucracy and wait time…) and ask them to provide you with proper information AND accurate phone number to contact the service you allegedly spoke to so you can verify with them if the call you had was legitimate or not.

Because this needs to be done 1000% right, there is no margin for error, everything has to be done in an iron clad manner that cannot be dismantled by half-assing it. Indicting a former president is a first in the history of this country, and this former president is nothing short of a cult leader with millions of unshakable followers, many of whom are armed to the teeth and ready to burn this country to the ground for him. So this has to be done very friggin carefully.