Damn. I hope it's not permanent.

Haha I go there and for the life of me I cannot figure this out!

I think you're reading into it. I used no qualifying words like just or only. It's my opinion based on what I see every day and what the coaches say. I think high school sports in small towns is going the way of the dinosaurs.

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I'm not a fucking ableist. Get that notion out of your god damn motherfucking head. At this point you're using the word ableist as a weapon against people you don't agree with. You ever hear the saying "Sticks and Stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me?" People who let words hurt them are letting the words hurt them, they can ignore it and eventually the word loses it's meaning. You just want to keep perpetually giving those words their meaning. You're arming the people you're fighting against by giving them weapons that you can choose to nullify. And at this point my original comment stands, you're a fucking keyboard warrior who needs to grow the fuck up and understand this shit. I am not disparaging the differently abled, you are. By connecting a word to them you yourself are asigning a meaning to it to harm them.

Edit: The other person blocked me however I was able to read the comment they replied with. To which I shall use the following below as a reply.

Firstly, I didn't do the "this person needs help" reddit thing, someone else must've or you could be lying about that altogether. Either way it doesn't matter as you have shown you'd rather block someone and scream they're an Ableist repeatedly rather than actually have a civil discussion. That screams that you're either losing the argument in your own mind, or that you've given up which is the same as admitting defeat.

Secondly: You give power to the words as weapons by giving them meaning. You and others linking those words to that meaning is what keeps them being bad words. You can let go and everything will settle out eventually. You are enabling the use of the words to hurt others by constantly telling people to not use the words because they're derogatory towards certain groups of people. If you give the words no meaning they cannot hurt people.

Thirdly: This is Maine honey, where words like Retard, Queer, and Moron alongside many other words that people deem offensive are still used because their meaning up here is not offensive nor used in an offensive way. Example: I'm driving in my car and see a elephant crossing the road I might say "well that was wicked Queer" now why can I say that? Because up here Queer isn't a sexual term, it still holds it's original meaning of Odd or Strange.

Fourthly: You keep pushing the label of Ableist onto people who you disagree with, people who aren't using the word in an offensive manner. I get it you want to be super PC and correct everyone so they can be PC aswell, but you end up looking like a massive fucking douche much like PC Principal on South Park.

Fifthly: How the fuck can someone who has multiple Disabilities and lives off Disability (SSI) be fucking Ableist? I'm not going to give too much information on myself but you keep shoving a label onto me that just slides right the fuck off if you actually knew me.

Sixthly: Since this arguement is clearly over since you decided to block me, I'd like to make a statement to everyone who decides to read this shitshow of a comment chain. I myself am Disabled, I live off Disability, I cannot function enough to have a job.The claims this person has made to me lying about being disabled are just bullshit. They're reading a book by it's cover and using it as the basis for the whole person. People are complex and you cannot determine much about a person just based off of a small interaction like here on reddit. Definitely not enough to Claim someone is an Ableist, nor enough to claim they are "piss-poor at using English" and at that point aren't they the one being Ableist for shitting on someone with a disability?

I agree, there are lots of valuable lessons to be learned from healthy competition. Most high schools offer intramural sports for those looking for a more casual experience or just wanting to learn how a certain game/sport works (also what PE class is for)

Used to be a massive antique store in ogunquit until it burned down a few months ago :(

Weeeeesssseeeeel!

There’s also r/11foot8 for both the ‘official’ feed and lots of similar bridges (including the occasional Storrowing).

Hell yeah. Orland is also prime. My go to was a quick out and back up Ohio st. via Valley ave. Out to Lagrange and beyond when i was lucky. Or just a grind through the graveyard and up rt 2 to Orono, at least there was a decent breakdown lane.

Its not just the number of drivers thats different in bangor vs Portland, its the type. People in Bangor seem to recognize that you too are a local resident and deserve respect. In Portland they only pay lip service to DEI and civil rights while going all in on NIMBYism and endgangering cyclists and pedestrians by driving like massholes.

Edit: i rode pushaw once...only once.

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Adrenaline junkie!

Hi! I am a current high schooler from southern California looking to study environmental science in Maine. I am looking at UMaine, UNE, and College of the Atlantic. Does anyone have any idea of the value of a degree from one of these schools, out of and in Maine?? Do people want to hire graduates of these schools?

Thank you so much for your help :)

Me too!

We have quite a few here. You have your standard Goodwill and Salvation Army, but also other secondhand shops like The Growing Place, Polish, and Generations.

I'm thinking about coming to see Maine in mid-March. Looking for advice on my timing. Am I picking a bad time to come? I'm thinking in terms of weather/road conditions. I've never been to Maine and am itching to get up there, but I'm hesitant about coming when the weather is brutal. I have no experience driving on icy roads and don't wanna come at the wrong time. Probably wanna go to Portland first and then take it from there. Should I wait?

thanks!!!

i cant, my husband died

Not thrift stores but Reny’s and Marden’s are worth checking out as surplus resellers.

Ok good. I can sleep tonight. 😂

Perhaps you should stay where you are.

I am from the south. (A lot of them are in churches)

i agree as someone who is a marketing director. but I am from the south. (A lot of them are in churches)

I am from the south. (A lot of them are in churches)