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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unquestionably high class⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. Fill it with frosting or whipped cream or something, not Greek salad… wtf.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(A)lbert e(I)nstein⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Your code sucks. I don’t even need to see it, I just know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Priorities⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That advice was likely a holdover from the time when wedding rings were essentially insurance for the wife if her husband died suddenly - sell the ring and be able to live for a while on that money while you search for a new husband.

  Now that women are, y’know, allowed to work for a living rather than being forced into homemakers, it makes a lot less sense for the wedding band to be outside of one’s means to purchase.

  I just tell people to buy what looks nice to them and is in budget. My wife has a gold band with some inscribed decorations, and I have a band of silver and inlayed meteorite. They were both under $1000. No need for flawless diamonds, rare stones or precious metals. We’re happy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wisdom⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t worry, I found the phylactery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think even Dhalsim would be impressed by this level of yoga.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sweet ancestry⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We all came from the same slimy creature that slithered out of the primordial soup and never looked back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transcribed text of Samantha Fulnecky's assignment, paper, and professor's comments⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I completely forgot about that. You’re right, that 10 point deduction would have caused the grade to fall to exactly 0.

  I was trying to be magnanimous, but ultimately I think both professors have the right of it. This student never intended to participate in the class in good faith - the barbed submission was intentionally baiting out a failing grade and negative response from the professor so that it could be used as fuel for the political culture war.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transcribed text of Samantha Fulnecky's assignment, paper, and professor's comments⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  An attempt was made. It’s clear that at least the student read the article from the assignment, and turned something in. The fact that it doesn’t answer the question and is generally substanceless from an academic standpoint is where the points should be deducted from.

  A zero is probably too harsh. I would grade it as a fail, but give the student extra time to submit a revised version. Using the professor’s grading scale, that would be a 5 for #1 (she did read the article and her reaction to it had some tie-in to the subject material, it was just insufficient), a 0 for #2 (She avoided summarizing, but failed to provide a “thoughful reaction or response”, as most of her writing was merely dismissive and not constructive) and a 5 for #3 (It was clearly written, I’ll give her that much). So 10 points out of 25 total, or 40%, which is a fail.

  I think this student would be happier in seminary school, not university.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Construction magic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ribbon cutting ceremony? Groundbreaking ceremony?

  All rituals to please the eldritch crane God, so that a suitable avatar can be summoned to the material world. Praise be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨50/50 chance this is a shit post⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok, now I’m inappropriately laughing at work. Thanks 🤣

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨until next year⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a version called the One Piece Omnibus Supercut that also eliminates the intros and outros, except for the first time they are shown. It chops the episodes up and stitches them together to make them about movie length each.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨until next year⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oda said once upon a time that the One Piece is a physical object, not metaphorical or figurative.

  But he may as well have said that a million years ago at this point.

  With One Piece entering it’s “final chapters”, I wonder if Oda is going to be able to stick the landing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You've probably met someone who has killed a person⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Two people, in fact. First was a Hell’s Angel’s enforcer. Had lunch at a Chinese restaurant with him and a few other people from my former Kung Fu school. Apparently he was a former student and credibly accused of murdering a rival biker gang member, but the jury was hung and couldn’t convict.

  Second was none other than Shrimp Boy, after he got released from prison for the armed robbery but before he got locked up again for the racketeering charges. Met in in Chinatown literally a few days before the feds closed in on him. Shared a cup of tea with him without knowing his identity and didn’t find out until someone present told me who he was days later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot Mouse Ass⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thought I was in /c/yiff for a sec, lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Religion⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think because most religious tenets are more restrictive rather than permissive, it’s easy to say “everyone should have the freedom to practice their own religion.”, but the part that gets left out is “including no religion at all.” and that is an important distinction.

  Whenever I meet these types of psycho Christian nationalists who think it’s A-OK to impose their own regressive views on others by rewriting the law to be a reflection of their holy text, I just fire back with an even more regressive, barbaric interpretation of a religious commandment.

  “I worship Ba’al Hamon, and my religion says I must sacrifice an infant child to gain his favor. I will lobby my congressmen to change the law to add an exception to infanticide when performing a ritualistic blood offering. Oh, what’s that? You don’t like that? Gee, and you were so gung-ho about forcing people to abide by your religious demands a second ago. I thought we were cool with forcing our beliefs on other people?”

  If your religion can’t coexist with nonbelievers without forcibly bending them to your rules, it’s a shit religion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been calling it Handegg for over a decade now. My Handegg-loving friends hate it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m appreciating the silence while it lasts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The President of the United States of America⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If nature has its way, soon we will all become crabs in beautiful carcinization. 🦀

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A cool feature/mechanic you want to see in games again⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The nemesis system patents and Namco’s loading screen mini game patent are two examples of why game mechanics and features should never be granted an exclusive patent.

  Of course Namco’s patents expired in 2015 at a time when seamless load screens had become the industry standard.

  Who knows what the gaming landscape will look like when people are finally able to get their hands on the nemesis system again?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Couldn’t agree more. That’s generally the philosophy I live by.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d hedge my bets too if I knew I had mere minutes to live. I stand to lose nothing and I gain comfort at the end, regardless of whether or not I am rewarded with some kind of afterlife.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just a Helium atom living in a Hydrogen atoms universe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The construction worker and the doctor have more in common with each other than either of them do with the billionaire.

  That mentality, that the two working class individuals are too different from one another to ever unify because of the fact that one makes more money than the other, is exactly the kind of mental attitude that the wealthy elite have cultivated for years to keep us at each other’s throats instead of theirs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ideally, everyone would be in a position to break into the lowest strata of the capital class by the time they reach retirement age and can no longer work. For most people, that translates into a, IRA or 401k built over decades of years working, assets like a house appreciating in value (so that you can borrow against that increased value), and perhaps a pension or some other form of investment that yields dividends.

  Even then. I’d argue that if you retire knowing that if you live within your means, your funds will last you for 20 years, you’re not actually in the capital class. It doesn’t matter for most people, because few people expect to be able to live for that long past retirement and they can always adjust their spending habits to push the number out a bit farther if it looks like they will outlive their retirement savings. But that’s just it, it’s more like a savings and not endlessly accumulating more and more wealth. For the true capital class, their money passively grows and generates more wealth faster than they can spend it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is your favorite Metroidvania?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t care much for metroidvanias but Dust: An Elysian Tail was fun for a playthrough or two.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You draw lines? I draw lines, too!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I presume you are referencing people who donate plasma as frequently as possible to earn extra money to survive?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lower, middle, and upper class is such an antiquated way of dividing people into groups to keep them at odds with each other.

  The fact of the matter is, there are truthfully only two classes. The working class, and the capital class. 95-99% of individuals fall into some strata of working class. If you earn a wage, a salary, or a commission in order to purchase basic necessities- you are working class. If your money makes you money simply by existing, and your assets passively appreciating in value mean that you do not have to work for a living in order to buy basic necessities, then you are in the capital class.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bank Workers, Rejoice!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fantastic read, thanks for sharing. At a realistic interest rate, the savings per month are literally just a few dollars. Unbelievable.

  This idea seems like something that someone who understands absolutely nothing about economics and doesn’t care to learn anything beyond initial vibes would latch onto, which is precisely why Donald Trump is pushing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bank Workers, Rejoice!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right, but he did say the monthly payment was the difference, not the interest payments. That typically doesn’t change throughout the life of the loan. I wonder what the math formula looks like for a 50 year fixed?