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- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 15 hours ago:
improving mobility increases production
Can you restate that in a way that makes it clear that the billionaire class will be able to utilize the project to rape and pillage society and increase income inequity? Otherwise, I don’t see how anyone can support it.
- Comment on What's the easiest way to get your own wikipedia page without committing a crime? 2 days ago:
This is probably not the kind of response you want, and it’s going to be a serious downer for everyone, but the first person I thought of was Kathy Change:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Change
Thankfully, I was not a witness to it, but I was working for Penn at the time, and I remember passing her dancing at 34th and Walnut many times.
Like almost everyone else, I paid no attention to what the dances were protesting. When I found out about her concerns after her death, it seemed like such a tragically doomed effort even back in 1996.
Of course, now we’re all hopelessly burning the entire world down, and I still don’t really expect anything to change.
- Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased. 1 week ago:
Oldest was told every day he was going to be murdered while walking home. That continued until he dropped his bag and told his bully, “today’s the day, put up or shut up.”
Youngest was blocking a bully to give her friends a chance to get away. He tried to kick her and got the karate demonstration he was asking for.
Middle child was harassed and mocked for five years from Middle School through high school. He spent years begging them to stop, because he didn’t want to hurt them. He finally told his bully he wasn’t going to put up with it anymore and warned him that if he said another word, he was going to punch him in the face. The bully opened his mouth once more, and my son closed it. No one ever said anything again.
Teachers did nothing. Schools did nothing.
Here is the quote they recited in every karate class:
“I come to you with only Karate, Empty Hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles or my honor, should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong, then here are my weapons, Karate, my Empty Hands.”
— Ed Parker
I see no conflict between the teachings and their actions. They have a right to defend themselves against harassment, and if asking for it to stop doesn’t work, escalation is necessary. All the bullies had the opportunity to just walk away. Some took it, some didn’t.
- Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased. 1 week ago:
There was some anxiety on my part when my middle child told me he punched his bully in the high school cafeteria. I had felt his punches through a heavy-duty punching shield, and I assumed it would lead to criminal or civil cases. However, when I asked if the bully was ok, he said he pulled the punch.
- Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased. 1 week ago:
I always knew shoes weren’t going to save my kids from bullying, so I got them karate instead.
The bullying still happened, until they decided it was time for it to stop. Then it stopped.
- Comment on Oatmeal 1 week ago:
I have a moral objection to naming guinea pigs after food, but…
Cheese Steak
- Comment on When is a community responsible for suicide to the point it should be shut down ? 2 weeks ago:
I could be wrong, but in the case of Mikayla Raines, the subreddit wasn’t necessarily discussing self harm, but was promoting online harassment which led to suicide.
- Comment on How do you safely film a group of masked armed men while they are in the process of committing a crime, without them knowing that you are recording? [USA] 2 weeks ago:
Assuming the lenses can be removed and replaced, opticians should be able to cut prescription lenses to fit.
When my wife had her practice, we had a machine that could cut patterns using the frame. Then the pattern is used to cut the lenses. I’m sure it’s even easier today.
- Comment on Lorde Fans Are Complaining That Her New Translucent CD Won’t Play on Their CD Players 2 weeks ago:
People still buy CDs?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Microcenter, perhaps.
- Comment on Why do some people hate drinking water? 5 weeks ago:
It’s definitely because you were raised on soda.
- Comment on Why do fancy cars look fancy and cheap cars don't? Can't you just slap a Lamborghini-style chassis onto a lawnmower engine if you want? 5 weeks ago:
I think our 2021 Honda Civic Sport looks pretty fancy. No one is going to mistake it for a Ferrari, but I think it’s pretty hot for the price.
I also wouldn’t fit in any real sports car anyway.
- Comment on Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says 1 month ago:
Duh?
- Comment on What's the deal the miracles jesus chose to do? 1 month ago:
I had a class in college about Jesus. It was taught by a Catholic priest.
One thing he said that such with me is that people don’t see the real miracles.
When they talk about the miracle of the loaves and fish, people talk about how enough food for the multitude was created out of just what a couple people brought for their own lunch. People think the miracle is the creation of food. However this priest pointed out that the real miracle is that people who didn’t know anyone else there gave all they had so that others could eat. Everyone shared so that no one went hungry.
- Comment on When will all the folks complaining about loss of Snap and health insurance realize the GOP wants us to die and has ZERO empathy for fellow Americans? 1 month ago:
Trump didn’t hire Dr. Fauci.
He was Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from November 2, 1984 to December 31, 2022.
- Comment on Finally. Its been keeping me up at night 2 months ago:
They should check in with Doc Hopper. Kermit isn’t the easiest frog to catch!
- Comment on Finally. Its been keeping me up at night 2 months ago:
Now ICE is going to be going after Kermit!!!
- Comment on Pearson complaining about using Linux to access my course material 2 months ago:
They probably check to make sure you’re running a current version of Windows. The code assumes if you’re not on Windows 11, then you need to upgrade.
- Comment on Religions have some of the wackiest rules 2 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
The burdens of adult life weigh heavily on me, but I would never give up my freedom of choice to avoid them. I have enough trouble living with myself as it is, without losing that last bit of self-respect.
- Comment on Feces is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. 2 months ago:
Guinea pigs too.
You’ll be holding the piggie, and she’ll curl up and grab a fresh turd right from the source and chomp that up.
- Comment on Me want cookie 2 months ago:
You could call it amblyopia.
It’s kind of fun to say. The syllables roll over each other like wet pumpkin seeds.
Most people won’t know what you’re talking about, unless you hang out with a lot of eye nerds. You’ll probably find yourself saying, “… which is the medical term for ‘lazy eye’ …” all the time.
I just googled “amblyopia” and the result came up as:
Lazy Eye
Also called: amblyopia
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 2 months ago:
My wife lost an inch, then had to have a vertebrae fused in her neck and she got the inch back.
Pissed off my daughter as she had just outgrown my wife, only for my wife to pass her and force her to do it again.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 2 months ago:
They measured my height the last few times I was in for a physical.
I think it’s because I’ve reached the age where they want to see if I’ve started to shrink.
- Comment on Do you really have to let everyone know 2 months ago:
It’s called “advertising”
- Comment on Should visitors to a country (tourist / visa-holders / people staying temporarily) have the right to criticize the government? When should an immigrant have the right to criticize the government? 3 months ago:
Well, it was yes.
What we’re all seeing now is that the Constitution ultimately depends on our willingness to agree to collectively abide by it.
It was always just a story, but while we all agreed to believe in it, it was a true story.
- Comment on What is anti-propaganda? 3 months ago:
I managed to logic my parents out of one thing.
My parents actually asked me if it was possible that the vaccines contained 5G micro robots.
After taking a moment to maintain my composure and put on my “pretend I wasn’t asked a stupid question and answer seriously” face, I asked them to take out their phone.
When the phone was in their hand, I asked them to consider the fact that it must be charged every day to keep working, and that the vast majority of the size of the phone was taken up by the battery. Then I pointed out that a device small enough to be injected wouldn’t have enough power to still be on when it left the needle.
Luckily I didn’t have to go further than that.
I think that’s the only time I’ve had any success pounding logic into them. I think the problem is they can’t think of me as anything but a child, except where computers are concerned.
They paid for my computer science degree, and they know I’ve been working in IT for 32 years, and I answer all their computer questions. So, if the subject is computer-related, I’m their expert. Anything else and I’m just a deluded child.
I haven’t tried talking to my mom about the SSA COBOL AI rewrite yet. I’m not sure if she heard about it or if she did whether she understood enough to even be concerned enough to ask me.
- Comment on How would I describe myself? 3 months ago:
I found this to be an interesting question.
I don’t think of myself in terms like that. I’m American (as in United States of). If people ask where I’m from, I’d say Pennsylvania.
If asked what I am, in terms of what countries my ancestors came from, I would typically just list my four grandparents. Since that encompasses four different European countries, it’s too complicated to think of myself as a hyphenated American. Maybe you’re in that situation.
Ultimately, the label is yours, so you get to decide. No one else’s opinion matters. It’s your identity. Just say what feels right to you.
- Comment on What actually came first? The chicken or the egg? 3 months ago:
Ah, but is a chicken egg a chicken egg because it came out of a chicken or because a chicken comes out of it?
That is the real question.
- Comment on Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’ 3 months ago:
Well, Americans are nothing if not terribly uneducated.