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In Denmark where I come from, it's customary to kick out the children at age 18. In Sweden, where I live now, people are WAY overprotective about their children. It's not uncommon that they stay at home until they are 30+. I don't get it. Should they NEVER have a life of their own and learn how to take care of themselves? Who do people think they are protecting by raising children that can't function on their own when they DO (or are forced to) move out?
Granted, one aspect of it is the ridiculously high property prices we have here. A lot of children simply can't afford to buy a small appartment, and there are very few rentals left at all. Plus of course: Everybody HAS to live in the three major cities where the prices are astronomical...
Spoiled brats... 
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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Trust me, if they could afford moving away from home they would. The property market in Sweden is broken.
Johnny J. wrote: Spoiled brats
Not arguing with you there.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Trust me, if they could afford moving away from home they would
Some of them sure, but others seem quite content to be waited on by their mother most of the life... 
Jörgen Andersson wrote: The property market in Sweden is broken
And I'm not arguing with you there. The property market development is not sustainable in the long run if you ask me. Problem is that nobody seems to care, and nobody (myself included) seems to have a solution for it. Löfven is not going to be any help. He can't come up with any solutions to problems more advanced than when and where he should go to the toilet... 
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I have plenty of ideas of how to fix the problem, but it won't happen, to many people would lose on it.
Johnny J. wrote: Löfven is not going to be any help. He can't come up with any solutions to problems more advanced than when and where he should go to the toilet... 
Your expectations are way high I have to say.
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Don't think that you are free from all responsibilities after 18.
I was moving in an Apartment of a woman who was leaving for another City with her Boyfriend. She left at Morning and then came her Parents to clean the Apartment and had to do it until Evening!!!
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Not necessary...Years after 18 can also be worse!!!It all depends on the poor guy who handles her 
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That, among other things, is the reason why you get into real trouble in China when you wish somebody a dozen daughters.
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This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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I would NOT go for a simple bowl - first of all, the fish won't have very much space to move around, secondly, It won't have a very nice life. Think about yourself being locked in an appartment without furniture etc...
I would go for a normal aquarium with a little sand/pebbles, some plants, an "oxygen thingy"  (very important)... Not TOO big when you're a novice in the field, and not too many fish.
Don't overpopulate it, there are rules for the approximate amount of fish you can have in the aquarium, but that depends on the aquarium size and type of fish...
Get yourself a Loricariidae[^] to keep the inside clean of algae (or some snails).
Oh, and very important: Don't overfeed them! 
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
modified 26-May-15 8:52am.
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Johnny J. wrote: I would NOT go for a simple bowl
Not the big fan. So opting out of bowl.
Johnny J. wrote: Don't overpopulate it,
Plan is to have just 2 or max 3 fish at a time. Want to see how it goes. I don't want blood in my hands.
Johnny J. wrote: Oh, and very important: Don't overfeed them
Please tell to my daughter, She thinks when she is hungry, pets are hungry too. She has the habit of overwatering the plants in her room. Found out that whenever she drinks water, she gives some to her plants too..
cheers,
Super
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super wrote: She has the habit of overwatering the plants in her room.
Prepare for a burial at sea[^]... 
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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super wrote: I don't want blood in my hands.
At least some blood in your hands is a good thing, unless you are a vampire.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Yes, a nice miniature coral reef with highly specialized plants and animals which require very specific environmental conditions.
Or we could go for a less demanding scenario like 'garden pond with goldfish' in which a thousand things like water quality and temperature and other small details are not quite so important. This probably will also be directly related to the amount of time, money and work you will have to invest.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Link fail? Or iPad fail?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Link fail. I had problems pasting it for some reason, and you're right - it was wrong. Fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out! 
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Make sure you have a good supplier, the expected lifespan of small fish is quite short.
Also, buy an automatic feeder, they tend to prolong their life. 
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Make sure you have a good supplier,
That I have taken care. Near our house, we have a big fish pet store and I have identified few species which are abundant. So If some tragedy happens, I can replace them with out my kid knowing. Spare her the trauma.
cheers,
Super
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Whatever pet you have - even "only a fish" - you have to take care of them, so forget about "hassle free". From what you are writing, I do not sense much will of actually caring about a pet, so this worries me a little.
About the fishes, go in a shop and ask them : a real setup includes a big enough aquarium, a pump, an adequate lighting, etc... this is far from being trivial - provided you care a bit about the well-being of the fishes.
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I want to take care of pet fish with minimum amount of efforts.
I cannot take care of daily changing of water etc.
So I want to have a setup which is independent of too much human interference
cheers,
Super
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My point was that such a setup indeed does not exist. Look at the answers below, they will confirm that running an aquarium properly (and not a fish slaughtering machine) does require a lot of time and involvement.
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In case any option about selling, throwing away, sending her somewhere, finding a boyfriend... is not working, then I think plastic fish are the best for you... 
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I have few plastic ducks and fish which I need to clean up after her bath time. So its not very hassle free too lol
cheers,
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As others have said, don't goldfish bowl. This might be useful[^]
When you set the tank up, let the water stand for a couple of days - or you'll need to use water conditioner (especially if your water is chlorinated/fluoridated).
I'd go for neon tetras or cardinal tetras - they are cheap, easy to keep and very colourful, they also shoal so you can get a few. You might get away with something like Canadian Pondweed or other plants in place of an electric pump - the shop should be able to guide you, whataver, you'll need something to replace the oxygen. You might also need to head the tank.
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Also, avoid marine setups like the plague - they take insane amounts of care to keep the water balance right.
modified 26-May-15 7:00am.
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Most fish only live for a few hours so get cheap ones.
Home aquariums look wonderful when they work, in reality they are a massive pain to keep everything carefully balanced, keep changing the water, keep it all clean, don't overfeed, don't over populate, don't get fish that eat each other, don't let too much light in otherwise it'll soon be completely full of algae and you won't see through the glass.
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