I believe the numbering of "worlds" is a relic of the cold war, the first world being developed democratic capitalist countries, the second world being communism, and the third world being anything else. Today I think it would be undeveloped or underdeveloped nations, developing nations, and developed nations.
Ah, I didn't realize that. I was gonna say something about bleach to prevent legionnaires disease, but realized you probably know more about it than me, now I'm glad I didn't mention it. haha
I wouldn't want to worry about water, but it might not be so bad for some people to be reminded that services don't just happen.
Part of the problem of being a rich country is you have the resources to waste on bullshit.
There are many kinds of bosses in the world, it's a shame a lot of them suck.
But I think people working with a good boss would often accept working hard and will not want to leave the moment they get offered another dollar.
But I think people working with a good boss would often accept working hard and will not want to leave the moment they get offered another dollar.
I went to the part of the site that has it, haha
I'd love seeing it on the big screen, but I don't want to think about the sort of people who'd probably be in the theatre with me.
I'd love seeing it on the big screen, but I don't want to think about the sort of people who'd probably be in the theatre with me.
I went to go see the new episode of reincarnated as a slime, and found out there's a movie too, so I'm watching that.
I love this show. It's like demon lord nice guy helps people when he can and forgives people who make mistakes.
I love this show. It's like demon lord nice guy helps people when he can and forgives people who make mistakes.
"haaaalp! I got a phd but can't calculate that if I make minimum payments on my student loans for 600 years I will still have the same student loans I started with! I need the working class to pay my loans instead by taking out government debt that I don't intend to ever see paid down!"
You guys sure you don't want some of this here Canadian healthcare?
You guys sure you don't want some of this here Canadian healthcare?
One big problem is that people mistake the map for the territory. They think the degree matters, but what matters is the competence the degree represents, and as the competence is erased, so is the use of a degree, and as they stop being useful it'll stop being used.
I talk a lot about 13 high schools in Baltimore failing to have a single student at grade level among graduates. If there are no students who can read, write, or do math at grade level, there should be no graduates. Fail the failing students, don't give them a diploma if they're failing to meet the standard. Simple as that.
Instead, they're graduating students from high school who can't do the work at a grade school level. At that point, why even care about a high school diploma? Just give them a high school diploma in grade 3 and be done with it.
Of course, it's a cargo cult. "Successful people have diplomas and degrees so if we have diplomas and degrees we'll be successful" -- in the past that was true, but in the past those people could read and write and do math. Just like building a radar dish out of bamboo and grass is a waste of time, so is a high school diploma for someone who is functionally illiterate.
I talk a lot about 13 high schools in Baltimore failing to have a single student at grade level among graduates. If there are no students who can read, write, or do math at grade level, there should be no graduates. Fail the failing students, don't give them a diploma if they're failing to meet the standard. Simple as that.
Instead, they're graduating students from high school who can't do the work at a grade school level. At that point, why even care about a high school diploma? Just give them a high school diploma in grade 3 and be done with it.
Of course, it's a cargo cult. "Successful people have diplomas and degrees so if we have diplomas and degrees we'll be successful" -- in the past that was true, but in the past those people could read and write and do math. Just like building a radar dish out of bamboo and grass is a waste of time, so is a high school diploma for someone who is functionally illiterate.
Every time I change a shitty diaper I turn into Joseph Jostar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-3GOo_nWoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-3GOo_nWoc
Look here, you: We burned your whitehouse down once and we'll do it again.
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Actually, that sounds like a good idea in general. You in (in minecraft)?
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Actually, that sounds like a good idea in general. You in (in minecraft)?
I think you're right. We have so many people at desks when what we really need is boots on the ground doing stuff.
Really annoying when you have a whole chain of command above one guy who actually does the work.
Really annoying when you have a whole chain of command above one guy who actually does the work.
What if I told you that aerospace engineering and physics were two majors with the worst unemployment rates?
According to data from the New York federal reserve it's true, making them the 8th and 4th worst majors for getting a job.
It's important not to just yell "STEM! STEM! STEM!" because there's more to career success than just doing a science.
What matters isn't the designation of the field, it's whether you can use the education to find a job in a place you're willing to work and at a wage you're willing to accept.
According to data from the New York federal reserve it's true, making them the 8th and 4th worst majors for getting a job.
It's important not to just yell "STEM! STEM! STEM!" because there's more to career success than just doing a science.
What matters isn't the designation of the field, it's whether you can use the education to find a job in a place you're willing to work and at a wage you're willing to accept.
Yeah, just the fact that we exist is irrational in a supposedly perfectly ordered universe.
This post started out as something completely different, and I found this inside of it.
In some ways, rationality is the perfect friend of postmodernism, because once you start questioning the irrational grand narratives, you have to ask about the grandest narrative for an individual: "Why live at all?" and hear back "Why indeed?" -- In this postmodern era, many people are choosing to very rationally end it. To live is irrational.
Ultimately the sun will use up its hydrogen and enter a helium cycle, and when that happens it shall stop being a yellow dwarf and will change into a red giant, swallowing our little ball of dirt and everything our little ape race has ever loved. The universe is hyperrational. It has rules that it follows, has followed, will follow, and it won't bend them for anyone. That's part of the problem of trying to be rational, the universe is so rational the answers it gives are without value, meaning, or sense.
Except.
The dark night on a clear lake, Northern Lights dancing on sky and sea, and the same doomed sky fills you with awe, and that's irrational. I will remember this forever.
The warm sun and breathe the sweet forest air, that same doomed sun makes you feel serene joy, and that's irrational. I will enjoy this all day.
The newborn's happy smile, that same doomed future blinds you it's so bright, and that's irrational. I will protect this smile.
It's the only way to live.
You can't logically derive your way to a good life. I need to listen to my heart and my gut.
How can something so beautiful make you cry? How can something so tragic make me laugh? Quit trying to understand it.
We're nuts. Have a little irrational faith.
Don't get me wrong -- irrationality is where you can find the deep meaning of life, but rationality is where you make the decisions to be able to get out there and enjoy it. Sit at home eating cake and playing video games all day because it feels good, and you're embracing your irrational desires, but you do need to plan for the future. You rational self is the one that keeps your irrational self from jumping off of buildings "because maybe I can fly today?", and makes sure there's grain for next season. To achieve what your irrational heart desires, you need to do what your rational brain demands at times.
We can't live on bread alone.
Ultimately the sun will use up its hydrogen and enter a helium cycle, and when that happens it shall stop being a yellow dwarf and will change into a red giant, swallowing our little ball of dirt and everything our little ape race has ever loved. The universe is hyperrational. It has rules that it follows, has followed, will follow, and it won't bend them for anyone. That's part of the problem of trying to be rational, the universe is so rational the answers it gives are without value, meaning, or sense.
Except.
The dark night on a clear lake, Northern Lights dancing on sky and sea, and the same doomed sky fills you with awe, and that's irrational. I will remember this forever.
The warm sun and breathe the sweet forest air, that same doomed sun makes you feel serene joy, and that's irrational. I will enjoy this all day.
The newborn's happy smile, that same doomed future blinds you it's so bright, and that's irrational. I will protect this smile.
It's the only way to live.
You can't logically derive your way to a good life. I need to listen to my heart and my gut.
How can something so beautiful make you cry? How can something so tragic make me laugh? Quit trying to understand it.
We're nuts. Have a little irrational faith.
Don't get me wrong -- irrationality is where you can find the deep meaning of life, but rationality is where you make the decisions to be able to get out there and enjoy it. Sit at home eating cake and playing video games all day because it feels good, and you're embracing your irrational desires, but you do need to plan for the future. You rational self is the one that keeps your irrational self from jumping off of buildings "because maybe I can fly today?", and makes sure there's grain for next season. To achieve what your irrational heart desires, you need to do what your rational brain demands at times.
We can't live on bread alone.