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  1. I'm confused by what's going on here. The notice said that the issue was people being unkind and disrespectful of each other, but locking down the threads and changing the names suggest that the issue is people being unkind and disrespectful to the Duggars. Can anyone clarify this for me?
  2. Yeah, and he "hid candy in the shower." Why does this tiny kid have access to candy to hide in the shower? Why was he running around unsupervised so that he could "accidentally" pee on the floor and Amy would slip on it later? She seems to thing (like Jessa) that all these examples of her terrible parenting are just normal -- kids, right? -- moments, when they're so awful. At least she only has one . . .
  3. I think that they're the "cutest" of the kids because their smiles reach their eyes.
  4. It's nice that this crew of unemployed assholes can take some "time off" for a trip to the beach.
  5. The whole "Derick was fired" narrative was based on the idea that TLC does anything to protect their "talent." There is simply no indication that they do that at all -- just the opposite. The entirety of the TLC line up is what would have been called a "freak show" in days gone by. Some of them may get a more sympathetic edit than others, but TLC is no friend to anyone. Jazz was 100% being used by TLC and, as they've shown in the past, they never cared that she's was child.
  6. It really is filthy, too. She's just so oblivious to it all. It's not beyond the realm of comprehension that I might have a filthy towel somewhere in my house. If I was going to take a picture, though, I'd stash it somewhere. If I had taken a picture of myself and noticed later that there was some filthy towel in the frame, I'd take another picture and not post that one to SM.
  7. In all honesty, I'm surprised they aren't all named after JB like George Foreman's kids: Jim Bob Jr., JB, JR, Jimmy, Bobby, Jamie, Robbie, Bertie, James and Robert.
  8. I think she did for a very short time. I still think it's possible (probable?) that Joy doesn't know the difference between a nurse and a doula. The family really doesn't value education and I can see her being unable to understand the difference between "taking a class" and "getting a certification" and "getting a degree." I also don't think she really understands or cares about different areas of expertise.
  9. Probably not. I think that even those of us who actually spend time thinking about them and the poor education they received would be surprised by how many really common, ordinary things they haven't seen and don't understand.
  10. This is my feeling, too. They have no concept of money: earning a salary, paying bills, taxes, saving, etc. I'm pretty sure that most of them (all the sons, and Jessa and Ben) have a place to live, and a car to drive, and phone service through Duggar Enterprises. They get pocket money, and some additional perks (trips, etc.) doled out in drips and drabs by JB. I don't think any of them could conceptualize what an inheritance would really look like, and I think JB keeps very ight control over the reality of the books. I doubt any of them really knows anything about his web of financial shenanigans.
  11. I think it's a stretch to say that Derick went to law school to one-up JB, but I know nothing of his motivations, so this could be the case. Personally, I think that Derick was a vulnerable young man who was looking for purpose and meaning in his life when he met JB (that's what cults are looking for, after all, is vulnerable young people who can be molded into compliant cult members). I think that Derick got a rude awakening after he returned to the US and married Jill. He thought that the Duggars were a big, warm, loving family who devoted themselves to Jesus. Instead, he found that JB and J'chelle were completely disengaged, the children in the family were largely feral, and their "religion" was largely devoted to legalism and control and had very little to do with Jesus. I think that they largely drifted for a couple of years, but they seem to have gotten back on track a few years ago. My guess is that there was someone in the program that Derick took part in when they returned from DA that got him straightened out. Someone was able to make him see that missionary work wasn't right for him, and got him pointed toward law school. That's just a guess, though. I do think it's a lot of work and money to spend three years in law school and take the bar twice tow own JB.
  12. I think that this is the most important point. If JB and J'chelle had valued education, they would have found a way to make it happen -- with or without the show. they don't, and it shows. JB doesn't want his kids to know things he doesn't know, and he absolutely doesn't want them to have employment opportunities outside of his "Umbrella of Authority." I don't think J'chelle cares, or thinks about it at all. She's told us over and over that she likes babies and "doesn't have a heart for children," and I believe her. I think Derick's assessment of seventh grade is generous.
  13. I think that as time goes on, there will be more an more fractures among the kidults, and I wonder if guns/weapons will be one of them. I don't think that Derick, Ben, and Jeremy are interested in guns. Josiah is the only one of the Duggar males who I can think of who might not be interested in guns -- maybe Joe? I don't know that they have any real aversion, but as parents of young children they might.
  14. I don't have any sympathy for her, but I feel like I should. She was raised in a bizarro-world where right is wrong and up is down. Thinking for yourself is bad and wrong. Reading and learning have to be closely monitored and are completely unacceptable outside of a small set of approved material. Art, music. literature, and science are evil and must be avoided at all costs. In her world, she has absolutely no value except as Josh's wife. Her children are supposed to be secondary to caring for her husband. He is everything and without him, she's really, literally, nothing. I think she 100% believes that "the government" hates Christians and is actively out to persecute good people. I think that she 100% believes that "the government" would make up all sorts of "evidence" that they would use in their persecution of Jesus-loving Josh. I don't think Anna is very smart (and, hey, she's smarter than Priscilla! is a low bar), and she has had much less exposure to the outside world than her in-laws. so I'm not convinced by the "she's an adult and she should know" arguments. All that being said, I just find her completely unsympathetic. I find her really unpleasant as a person. I find her voice cloying and unpleasant; her "countenance" is pinched and smug. She never comes across as being simply nice, or pleasant, or helpful -- she just seems like someone who is making a show of being "good."
  15. Obviously, I have no way of knowing, and I'm not an accountant, but the way I think this works is that all of these LLCs funnel all of their profits to Duggar Enterprises, and any taxes are paid by that entity. Most of the sons live on property owned by some version of Duggar Enterprises in some sort of trailer, or little rehabbed house, so there is no rent or mortgage payment. I think that they all drive cars owned and insured by Duggar Enterprises and are probably all on some sort of shared phone plan. I think JB gives them all some sort of allowance for food and clothes depending on their level of obedience and the number of "blessings" they have produced. I don't think that any of them have health insurance (which may be why Abbie is working -- she may want it, and a job will allow her to get it). Again, this is all 100% speculation on my part based on what we have seen of their living arrangements, and JB's "philosophy" and his personality.
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