It’s almost like we’ve learned nothing from Covid. Human interaction is crucial for children’s developmental well-being. Also, a robot has about as much instructional control over a kid as a computer screen would, and we all know how that turned out when elementary-aged kids came back from at-home learning. Robots can’t teach social skills, and without any sort of rapport with students, good luck getting kids to listen to them in the first place. I’ve said it in another comment recently, but what’s to stop a class of rambunctious kids from locking their robo-teacher in a closet or something? The ethics of this whole situation are a clusterfuck.

pothole gummies

Sounds like a THC gummy so strong that it makes you unable to move, like a cannabis version of a K-hole.

I’m not worried about being directly hit, as it would be a quick death I’d never even be aware of.

But I’m terrified of being in the blast zone and surviving, as that means a slow, painful death by disintegration. When the radioactivity prevents one’s cells from dividing, the countdown clock has begun and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

I’d be concerned about monied motives driving suggestions. Even if it starts out neutral, how can we as consumers be sure it won’t become corrupted? Enshittification is par for the course these days, I’d be extremely wary about relying on an app to tell me real, unbiased price info unless its mechanisms and sources are (and remain) completely transparent.

I bet we could get a lot of volunteers if the objective is “building a literal Hell for billionaires.”

Followed by a spritz of air freshener, like the automatic ones in some bathrooms.

It distresses me to see this trend. It’s like some parents have a reflex to stick a tablet in front of their kid, even if the kid doesn’t need it or ask for it.

I work with a 4 year old kid who loves looking out windows. When he has free time, he often goes to look through them, even though there’s nothing particular interesting going on out there. He’s a chill little dude, completely mute, and I’ve never seen him angry. I’ve been told he likes to sit in a big chair on his front porch and watch everything and everyone go by, like a little old man on a summer day.

Yet every morning he comes in, he walks in holding a tablet. It doesn’t make any sense to me. I’m fairly certain this kid would be happy staring out a window for the whole 15 or so minutes it takes to arrive.

I always loved staring out the window in the car - I loved long rides because of it, showing little to no interest in whatever our destination was. It gave my mind the space to wander, to ponder, to go on imaginative flights of fancy that helped me learn to organize my thoughts. It’s upsetting that kids are being deprived of such moments nowadays.

This just in: adults don’t get kids’ memes. More news at 11.

I think it’s all fascinating, how adults flip out over kids’ trends every generation, without fail, without ever recalling that they followed silly fads/memes when they were kids, too. Like the “cool S” from the 90s.

I remember adults coming up with all sorts of absurd ideas, straining to connect it to something meaningful, failing to acknowledge that… it’s just a fun thing to draw. And if it’s fun, that’s all kids need. It didn’t mean we were in a cult, or that it’s a gang symbol, or any other ridiculous narrative. Some teachers got so annoyed or suspicious as to ban it from their classrooms, too.

I’m not bothered by 6-7. I’m not excited by it like kids are, but I get that it’s fun for them in a way that it isn’t for adults. One of the kids I work with said it the other day. I just laughed and told him, “Congrats on learning your first meme.”

If it wasn’t 6-7, it would’ve been something else. There’s no point in fighting it - just as other fads and memes have come and gone, this too will fade someday. Possibly to be replaced with something more obnoxious. We’ll have to wait and see.

And it might sound crazy, but there are tons of people living in motels full time as well, with no more than a mini fridge and a microwave to cook with. Some of the only affordable housing out there is simply rented out bedrooms in someone else’s house - meaning a shared kitchen, complete with competition for cooking times and space.

It’s easy to say as others have and talk about it being far cheaper to make soup yourself. But the reality is, not everyone has the time, space, or equipment to do that. Having to buy ready-made food is another poor tax, in a way.

Wait til they learn about al-cohol. They even sneak it into ‘Murican beers now!

You hit the nail on the head. Literacy is about more than just sounding out words - understanding the intended message is equally important.

I wish I could be surprised, but I’ve been on internet forums long enough that it’s undeniable. It’s like understanding subtext (and even overt context) is a lost art. Making a short post and expecting readers to correctly “connect the dots” practically invites commenters to misinterpret things. So the choice is either “over-explain and risk making a super long post,” or “come back again and again when someone inevitably argues something you didn’t intend.” It’s so frustrating.

“Zero”? The fuck kind of sorcery is this? If a number can’t be counted, it has no place in my concept of math!

- Ancient Romans

I just watched the Magic School Bus (Rides Again) episode that explains magnets this past weekend.

Worth it, by the way. That series still has a way of making some things seems so simple.

I imagine it’ll be the homogeneous fascists vs our diverse, rag tag team of misfits. The witches may not like being shoulder-to-shoulder with J&J, but J&J aren’t the ones who made it so the witches can be accused of terrorism and imprisoned due to being “anti-christian.” So they’ll probably begrudgingly accept it.

There absolutely is generic paracetamol, but we often colloquially use the word “tylenol” the same way y’all use “hoover.” It’s technically a brand, but we aren’t always referring to the brand - it’s just another noun sometimes.

In the case of RFK, I can’t explain if it was intentional to name the brand or if it’s simply one more thing he hasn’t applied that much critical thought to before speaking about.

People often talk about the psychological and behavioral effects of being “born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth.”

What they rarely mention, however, is the fact that having a spoon in one’s mouth throughout fetal development and birth can impact one’s facial structure.

Perhaps, scientists suggest, that rich people’s inability to empathize can be traced back to the same origin. But to find out, we’ll need to dissect more of their brains.

So next time you guillotine a billionaire, please consider donating their brain to science! 🧠👩‍🔬

And who knows how long that’ll take. While we’re waiting to see if your pain is considered valid enough to warrant relief, here’s a wooden spoon to bite down on.

FFS do they really have to write headlines that imply the exact opposite of what happened? At first read, I thought the woman had been made to pay £3k, not that she had gotten paid £3k.

I know “headlinese” is a thing and all, but is adding the word “got” really that inconvenient?

Well if you do, I’m sure he’d be pleased to meet you regardless.

This reminds me of something. Just before my 20th birthday, a Venezuelan friend and I had a little discussion about the concept of “teenagers.” I had lamented that my teen years were about to be over, since I was tying the word to numbers that ended in -teen. However, his idea of “teenager” was “adolescent” (Spanish adolescente) which wouldn’t apply to a 19 year old.

The Spanish language doesn’t have an equivalent “-teen” suffix. The closest term is “diez y …” (ten and …) which describes numbers from 16 (diez y seis) to 19 (diez y nueve). Adolescence for most people starts before age 16, so tying the concept to the “diez y …” ages doesn’t make sense.

In other words, despite every translator and teacher saying so, teenager ≠ adolescente. They each approximate the same life stage, and can at times refer to the same ages, but “teens” are a specific concept based on the English-language number system. It’s just one of those linguistic quirks to look out for.