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- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 3 weeks ago:
And by gaslighting the kids, they’re teaching them not to trust their own ability to reason, crushing their critical thinking skills. It sets them up to submit to authoritarianism and go along with obvious lies instead of trusting their own senses and questioning authority.
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 3 weeks ago:
I sincerely hope that was a joke…
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 3 weeks ago:
This is bizarre. The info provided in the question was that Marty ate more than Luis, the question was how would that be possible given that Mario ate 4/6 of his while Luis ate 5/6 of his. The answer the kid wrote (Marty’s pizza was bigger than Luis’) is the only possible correct answer.
The grader is asserting that the information given in the question was wrong and that “actually it was Luis who ate more pizza”–even though it stated as a premise that “Marty ate more”. How are you supposed to give a correct answer on a test if you are expected to accept one premise (proportion of pizzas eaten) while disregarding another premise (Marty ate more than Luis)? How do you decide which part to disregard? Would they have accepted the answer, “Luis actually only ate 3/6 of his pizza, not 5/6)”? Wouldn’t that be just as valid an answer as “Marty actually didn’t eat more than Luis”?
- Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA? 3 weeks ago:
I only know about the existence of villages in NY state because my brother lives in one and had to explain to me what constitutes a village vs. a town–I still don’t really get it! - which is why I said the term may have a more specific definition. So yeah, it may not be a commonly used or understood term even in the NE. In any case, I’m sure it’s used differently here than in the UK, like many things.
- Comment on WTF is a rural town in the USA? 3 weeks ago:
As a non-American, I’m very confused by this. If it’s a town, it’s not rural by definition. Because, you-know, it’s urban.
A rural town is a very small town or populated area within a large rural area. The US is a huge country, with very large swaths of rural areas throughout, especially west of the Mississippi. In these large rural areas are scattered small towns of various sizes (say, less than a hundred to less than a thousand or so people), with long stretches of unpopulated (or very sparsely populated) areas between them. That’s why they’re called rural towns–no one would call them “urban” by any stretch of the imagination. Some will have the things you mentioned (a post office and bar/pub). But even if you’re technically in a town, you are still effectively rural, since you’re nowhere near a significant population center with anything like hospitals/doctors, shopping, services, etc., and a car is required to reach them (no public transit and much too far to walk or bike). Look at online maps to get the idea.
As for the word “village”, that’s mostly used in the NE part of the country and tends to have a bit more specific definition. Elsewhere, most of us would just say “town”.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
After reading your whiny entitled posts, sounds to me like you’d be doing him a favor if you did.
- Comment on What are the best options for computers that explicitly support linux operating systems? 2 months ago:
I got my desktop computer from www.currentbuild.com
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 months ago:
The 25th can be used for any reason, not just mental decay. We already know the magats are fine with the mental decay.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 months ago:
That’s why they can’t go with the obvious route of saying he has dementia issues–the cult wouldn’t hear of that. But he can conveniently have a debilitating event or illness. Sure, the cult will have conspiracy theories, which is why they have to be sure to make it look plausible. But even if they have to resort to him having an “unfortunate accident”, there’s nothing the cult can really do about it, he’ll be gone. He’s just too unpredictable and uncontrollable for them to let him keep going rogue so much. Destroying the global economy and causing a worldwide depression is not part of their plans.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 months ago:
Gotta also consider the odds that he’s not there for much longer anyway. The Project 2025/Heritage Foundation people got JD Vance in as VP as they wanted–he’s one of them.
So I’ve been predicting since he won that the 25th Amendment will be used (if something else doesn’t happen to him), probably not until after the midterms so Vance can still run for 2 more terms. They need to set up the right conditions before ousting him, which will be making him look physically incapable of continuing, like saying he’s had a stroke or something. Congress/Senate has to believe it so they’ll go along with it.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 2 months ago:
We’ve already had a shooter with a near miss. … Probably a conservative who feels betrayed or person who is truly far left, (not just a progressive).
That person had been searching for info on the schedules of both Biden and trump. That along with some of the other info we learned about him makes me think it wasn’t so much a political motivation as the desire to become famous and/or take someone famous down on his way off the planet.
- Comment on but what happened to logsday? 2 months ago:
You don’t seem to be getting the point of this thread.
- Comment on but what happened to logsday? 2 months ago:
Good times.
- Comment on but what happened to logsday? 2 months ago:
This explains why September, October, November and December no longer correspond to the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months. When they took out logsday, everything shifted.
- Comment on but what happened to logsday? 2 months ago:
Not a weekday, it was a mid-week break day off.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Does anyone actually know why we are putting tariffs on Canadian goods?
I think his objective is to try and damage Canada’s economy, but I’m not sure exactly why. Apparently he really is serious about the “51st state” thing along with the Greenland and Panama thing. He’s just that megalomaniacal. He wants to be like Putin.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Shit, I was thinking about getting one but my brain didn’t make the connection that I needed to get it before this. Maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get it anyway to support some of these companies that may be taking a sales hit because of all this. Or I could just wait a while, maybe it won’t be very long until Mangolini backs down.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 months ago:
Not random, masks make it harder for the facial recognition cameras.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 months ago:
Exactly.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 3 months ago:
Oh, we don’t use that outdated piece of paper any more, haven’t you heard?
- Comment on Observer 3 months ago:
Wait, but we’re looking at it…
- Comment on YouTube won't let me watch a video unless I sign in... 3 months ago:
Yep, I’m on the latest version.
- Comment on YouTube won't let me watch a video unless I sign in... 3 months ago:
I’m having the same issue on Freetube, it pops up and says it can’t play the video because Youtube requires being signed in. Sometimes if I retry a couple of time it’ll play, but usually keeps getting the same error. Freetube is great though, maybe they’ll come up with a solution soon.
- Comment on If you're falling apart at only 27 you're in real trouble 4 months ago:
Getting into a daily stretching routine is also really good for keeping things from locking up on you as you age. Do some stretches before working out to prevent injuries and afterwards to prevent muscle soreness.
- Comment on Hulu quizzing about the ads played 5 months ago:
If you answer wrong, what does it do? Refuse to show you any more of the program you are paying them to provide?
Oh wait, I know. It shows another ad, right? That’s gotta be it. We’ll keep showing you ads until you fucking pay attention!
- Comment on Boomers with their loud Samsung phone sounds 5 months ago:
Neither Medicare nor most health insurance covers hearing aids, or glasses for that matter.
- Comment on Boomers with their loud Samsung phone sounds 5 months ago:
Not to mention that all the waiting rooms also have TVs in them, making noise. I really miss the days when you would go places and it was just quiet unless someone was talking (and it would be to someone physically present). The place I take my car for an oil change or whatever plays country music in its waiting room. It’s torture.
- Comment on Boomers with their loud Samsung phone sounds 5 months ago:
Same, if I’m walking around outside with it in my pocket, I don’t notice the vibration or even hear it ring over the background noise and wind.
- Comment on 小红书 5 months ago:
The real reason is that it’s competition for the broligarchs. They want it gone, thinking that all that traffic will come to their platforms.
That’s why there’s no chance that the govt will do what many in this thread are saying would be logical–ban the data collection and manipulation itself, not just one foreign competitor–be consistent, Meta, X, etc. should also be banned.
So regardless of how stupid people are for signing up on the Chinese alternatives, at least it’s good that they’re refusing to move to Meta, YT, X, etc. They’re deliberately not rewarding the broligarchs.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
Many years ago, I offered a girl in my dorm to get high with me and to my surprise she got very freaked out and scared, which I had never seen happen to anyone before. And what we smoked back in those days was much tamer than what they have today. I had to sit with her and keep her calm for what seemed like forever. Really harshed my mellow (from my language in this post, you can guess my age 😄 ).
Point is though, yes–some people can have a negative reaction to it. Was it mj-induced psychosis in this case? I dunno, I don’t know the definition. I don’t think she actually hallucinated or anything, it was more like a major anxiety attack.