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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
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      Entering without permission means you're home, and should be aware that someone is entering your property.

      The other indicates that you're away and is a B&E. Completely different cases.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy
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        @Carnival-Boy said:

        American house parties look awesome (if everything I watch in movies is more or less the truth!). They're a bit less wild here in Europe, not least due to the fact that we can drink in bars from about the age of 16.

        They were awesome in the 1960s and 1970s. We still held them in Texas until two years ago. We had a full bar in the house and once a week we'd have friends, mostly in their 20s, over and we'd do full cocktail making and snacks and everything. Lacked the fancy dress of the 1960s, but the same basics.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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          @DustinB3403 said:

          Entering without permission means you're home, and should be aware that someone is entering your property.

          The other indicates that you're away and is a B&E. Completely different cases.

          Nope, B&E doesn't suggest that you are not home. People can sneak in and steal with or without you home. That implication is not there at all.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            And proving that you were or were not home would be a completely separate thing. How would either party necessarily even know?

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              @DustinB3403 said:

              Entering without permission means you're home, and should be aware that someone is entering your property.

              The other indicates that you're away and is a B&E. Completely different cases.

              Nope, B&E doesn't suggest that you are not home. People can sneak in and steal with or without you home. That implication is not there at all.

              This is definitely true. We had our house burglarized during a major rain storm while we were home. The storm covered up the noise they made breaking in.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                I had friends who were home when someone broke in and they got tied up. So they were not able to stop the people taking the alcohol. They knew everything was being taken, but there wasn't anything that they could do about it.

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller That's a case of wrongful imprisonment, b&e, theft and likely a few other charges.

                  Were they hurt or left to be? Hopefully they're ok.

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                  • RojoLocoR
                    RojoLoco
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                    Saturday night will be one of the grandest, most amazing house parties of the year at my neighbor's house... which is perfect, because I can easily get home whenever I want. No kids allowed, lots of booze, finger food, and a bonfire.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
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                      Does having a weekly poker game count toward this?

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                      • MattSpellerM
                        MattSpeller @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender Yes.

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @Dashrender
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                          @Dashrender said:

                          Does having a weekly poker game count toward this?

                          Definitely! Any gathering for the sole purpose of having fun counts. 8-)

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender
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                            Sweet, than I'm in the game! We had a weekly game for 10 years, then took 6 years off and just restarted it 6 weeks ago.

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                            • MattSpellerM
                              MattSpeller @Dashrender
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                              @Dashrender similar, but monthly board game nights. I'll make food, guests bring booze and cigars.

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                              • jenuinecaseJ
                                jenuinecase
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                                In my group of friends my house is the place to gather, at least once a week we get together, eat some food, etc. Once a month we have a bigger game night.

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @jenuinecase
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                                  @jenuinecase said:

                                  In my group of friends my house is the place to gather, at least once a week we get together, eat some food, etc. Once a month we have a bigger game night.

                                  I did not read the linked article. is it talking about this kind of thing or larger house parties?

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender
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                                    The gist I took from the article was that social gatherings at people's homes are on the decline.

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      The gist I took from the article was that social gatherings at people's homes are on the decline.

                                      Well until I moved to Chicago, one circle of friends would get together every other Friday for D&D night at one guys house. On the opposite Friday a different circle of friends would gather at his house for a different RPG game.

                                      So if that counts, we have been social without changing for years.

                                      I run a D&D game every other Tuesday but it is online (with voice/video via Google Hangouts, not in person.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                                        @JaredBusch said:

                                        I run a D&D game every other Tuesday but it is online (with voice/video via Google Hangouts, not in person.

                                        This online is a large part of the blame for the lack of house parties, according to the article.

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                                          @JaredBusch said:

                                          I run a D&D game every other Tuesday but it is online (with voice/video via Google Hangouts, not in person.

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          This online is a large part of the blame for the lack of house parties, according to the article.

                                          Okay, I can see it from one perspective, but from another, it is keeping friends together who would normally be separated by distance. Specific to my example, the people playing in the online game were friends locally that spread out over time. We have added a few new people over the years, but the core have been friends since childhood.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            I think that @JaredBusch has a point. Maybe the bigger issue was that previous generations didn't move around and knew their neighbours and could associate with people for much of their lives. Now we tend to move around other people that we know do. So the ability to have house parties with our long time friends is nearly impossible like it was with previous generations.

                                            Maybe online communications isn't making the house party go away, maybe it is filling a gap that has already been left. The house party went away before we had Internet access.

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