@Jolly said in Hallucinogens:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Hallucinogens:

@Jolly said in Hallucinogens:

I think virtual education is not as good as classroom education, given equivalently talented teachers, especially in some subject matter.

I think a totally democratic education is impossible, for multiple reasons.

Surely it can support traditional education, though, right?

Support? Yes.

Many of the high schools are going to go A Class/B Class this fall. A is M/W, B is T/Th. That means about 10-12 students in the classroom per day. Out of classroom days are virtual.

I think that can work, because of the degree of personal interaction. I hope very hard, that teachers will assign reading and "enrichment" crap for the out of class days.

I think in a lot of schools that use the hybrid, the "off" days will still be live, with the students not physically there still attending and seeing the teacher via a camera. Not as good as being there, but better than nothing.

Oh sure, blame the victim.

@George-K said in Life insurance:

@Jolly said in Life insurance:

Life Insurance? Minimum 3x your yearly gross income.

For how long? Term or whole-life?

Until debt free and assets exist to allow the family to live life without worrying how the light bill gets paid. During my life, I've bought mostly term. Most of it will go away at 65, except for a small amount ( $50k) of bridge money.

And what's the deal with airline food?

Kitty yoga! I sense a new business venture.

@89th said in SMOD came out with a 2020 platform:

@Aqua-Letifer said in SMOD came out with a 2020 platform:

That would be Larry. Larry's the guy you're going to want to talk to.

Haha yes, what could go wrong?

Literally nothing on our end. And certainly none on Larry's, either.

I can't speak for Karen.

@Aqua-Letifer said in Cool forum feature:

@Loki said in Cool forum feature:

Embedding a tweet or a you tube or other image has become a dark art for me which I can no long do on a device.

Gotta upgrade from XP, man.

Haha. I was off windows years ago. This is Apple.

@Doctor-Phibes said in Cognitive Test:

@Loki said in Cognitive Test:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Cognitive Test:

Sure, I'm a buffoon, but at least I'm not a geriatric buffoon!

Easiest thing for Biden to do is to do well on the cognitive test. Speaking of buffoonery, Biden already said he could beat the hell out of Trump. So we could just make it a duathalon.

You chaps must be so proud. It's very much like an ancient jousting competition, where two rival groups pick their finest champions to represent them, and decide who is superior.

Except, of course, in these more sophisticated times, rather than donning armour, sitting astride the finest warhorses and charging at one another, these two great representatives of the Land of the Free have to see if they can remember five words for twenty minutes.

It's truly awe inspiring.

Can’t we just get back to our President as Russian Agent getting golden showers? I too miss the days of rationality.

Maybe this should go in the "2020" forum thread?! LOL

The Sheiks enjoyed ever-increasing season rankings, right up until 27-28, when they were first in the finals. Then, nothing. The team was disbanded.

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I wonder what the social dynamics of the signatories were. If the signatures were public and the set of people asked to sign was also public, there must have been enormous pressure to sign.

Similar to bank accounts! 😂

I want the one holding the toddler's arms to get the same. That person is just as guilty.

The child may be okay physically, but this kind of thing leaves emotional damage that doesn't go away. The list of problems that treatment like this causes for the child throughout their life is long.

@Aqua-Letifer said in I love to Jeopardy:

By the way... I say thee whatever to Trebek's gaffe. He wasn't making fun of either of them, he just hadn't met too many male nurses or female carpenters I guess.

I say the same about people who grew up insulated, see black folks on the metro for the first time, and get uncomfortable. They aren't racist, that's just what you do when people act in ways you don't expect due to your lack of experience—the exact same thing happens when people unaccustomed to dealing with Tourette sufferers are forced to deal with them at Starbucks or whatever. They get quiet and cautious, and try not to draw attention to themselves. It's not hate or judgment, just caution and unease borne out of ignorance, and a biological response that's literally older than the hills. And it goes away once they've more experience with people different from themselves, so, BFD.

My success rate for convincing people this isn't a horrible analysis is about 13% but I stand by it.

Yep. People go by the judgments formed by their experiences. Period. It has been ever thus. It seldom has anything to do with the other person outside of familiarity.

@Mik said in US Chambers of Commerce Sues Trump Administration:

Yeah, but are the agricultural workers ones with visas?

Mixed bag in some MD farms.

Link to video

Typical DC driver, not staying in their lane.

@ILM said in Best and Worst Masks:

George - Have you ordered any of them or plan to place an order?

We use the disposable surgical masks (which I hate because the ear loops irritate my ears - I never wore that kind at work).

I'm still looking for the "duckbill" style masks with ties that go over the crown of your head and around the neck. For me, that was always the most comfortable type. The elastic pissed me off.

@Jolly said in Wow.:

No body bags?

Apparently not. Indonesia. Dunno if that has anything to do with it.

Good stuff!!