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| Topic | I like how school encourages reading but forces |
| Soviet_Poland 04/04/18 6:57:29 PM #19 | I'm not an English teacher, but the reasoning is fairly obvious. The goal isn't to just read for the sake of reading. It's to open up discussion and analysis of literary themes that are already established. So curriculums are already pretty hashed out and developed from classic literature. Some modern young adult series may not contain certain vocabulary or literary themes that they are trying to emphasize, in addition to the fact that the teacher would have to have already read said book in order to teach about said themes. Given everyone's different tastes, it's not resourceful to tackle everyone's interests, or otherwise it turns into some soft assignment where you read and write a report on it and the teacher just has to take your stuff at face value, which doesn't have as much meaning compared to whether or not you understand certain well-known literary devices, themes, etc that can be less subjectively graded. Sure, it's drudgery to go through some of the common titles, but it's a matter of resources. No one has the time to teach to each student's reading interests individually, while also having the depth required. --- |
| Topic | $200k but you can only eat Skittles for a week |
| Soviet_Poland 04/04/18 6:51:37 PM #23 | Kineth posted... *shrug* It'd be a temporary metabolic state for sure, but I wasn't saying that it was likely to happen. That is not how insulin resistance works. It's a bit contradictory to lead with "could enter pre-diabetes", then hedge it later with "I didn't say it was likely." A meteor could hit Earth tomorrow. What's the value of that statement? An uncontrolled diabetic could get into diabetic ketoacidosis or a hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state from such a diet in that time frame, but that's because of the nature of their disease process already. A non-diabetic is not going to develop insulin resistance from a week of only skittles. If the threshold was that low, literally everyone on the planet would be diabetic. --- |
| Topic | Is it hypocritical to punish two people differently for identical moderations? |
| Soviet_Poland 04/04/18 6:46:47 PM #21 | Mufflnz0rz posted... Paragon21XX posted...Someone that is frequently told not to break the board's rules should have a harsher punishment than someone that hardly ever breaks them. Your first step is to take a few steps away from the keyboard. Go outside, breathe some fresh air, and take CE a little less seriously. Secondly, "officer, but he was speeding too!" Someone getting 'away with' something against TOS does not justify you getting away with it either. PotD is a lower volume board and the message most likely was not marked. It's not like it's these moderator's day jobs. It's a volunteer service. The fact it got taken down implies the moderation staff is at least consistent with what they view to be disruptive. Sure, personally, I don't think it's that disruptive in the context of April Fools. That's not my call. At the end of the day, this is a dying message board with imaginary internet points for logging on and this level of obsession is an unhealthy habit. --- |
| Topic | Is it hypocritical to punish two people differently for identical moderations? |
| Soviet_Poland 04/04/18 1:08:07 AM #4 | |
| Topic | I just defended my dissertation successfully. |
| Soviet_Poland 04/03/18 10:12:07 PM #28 | |
| Topic | Is CE's favorite Black Mirror ep. "Entire History of You"? *spoilers* |
| Soviet_Poland 04/03/18 10:10:23 PM #7 | GOATTHlEF posted... He was looking at CP GOATTHlEF posted... and no, I'm fairly sure Entire History of You was one of CE's worst ranked episodes. It was boring. I mean I was being facetious about the --- |
| Topic | $200k but you can only eat Skittles for a week |
| Soviet_Poland 04/03/18 10:07:52 PM #19 | Kineth posted... You'd have to be pre-diabetic already for that to immediately push you over the edge. That said, you could enter pre-diabetes from this if you did engorge yourself on them consistently for the whole week. Lol, no, you aren't going to develop diabetes from a week of skittles. The disease process is on the order of years to decades to develop. And you don't get it from just high sugar intake alone. --- |
| Topic | Is CE's favorite Black Mirror ep. "Entire History of You"? *spoilers* |
| Soviet_Poland 04/03/18 10:00:05 PM #3 | pegusus123456 posted... Pretty sure they're favorite episode if Shut Up and Dance because it features a On the real, that was a disturbing episode. But like, --- |
| Topic | MMOAPRG Tera now Free to Play on PS4/X1 |
| Soviet_Poland 04/03/18 9:56:01 PM #15 | I tried playing it. Horribly optimized, framerate tanks to like 2 virtually all the time on PS4. Quests and zones are really bland and uninspiring. Like it makes you turn in quests with like 3 nearby NPCs for fetch quests that I don't care about and just skip the conversation. The combat is animation locked, so it can get a bit clunky. The leveling if you do the weird battleground with the sumo babies is super fast. I almost got a max level in like 2 days. I imagine the game opens up a bit at 65, but damn, between all the weird ass lolis, the overbearing scantily-clad women as if the game was designed by a repressed 12 year old, and lack of any real engaging content, I don't think I'll pick this up any longer. --- |
| Topic | Why do they keep making smartphones bigger every year? |
| Soviet_Poland 04/03/18 8:07:48 PM #23 | |
| Topic | take this masculinity/femininity test and post your results! |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 11:50:54 PM #9 | Your score for masculinity was 113. --- |
| Topic | How weird is it for a 29 year-old dude to date an 18 year-old girl? |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 7:42:22 PM #83 | Ultima Dragon posted... I don't get why a 29 year old would want to date an 18 year old. She can be "mature for her age" or whatever, but she hasn't really lived or experienced much in comparison. Literally fresh out of high school. How immature/sheltered is the guy that he could actually be a potential match for her? This. They're obviously children even if they're an adult by definition. As we get older, that same age gap is fine, but that's because the sea of adult experiences is so vast, having any amount of that experience makes you relatable. But like someone else in the thread said, when he was 18, the girl was 7. If he doesn't get frustrated at the rites of passages that girl will be going through, the values she'll have at that age, etc, he's been emotionally and intellectually stunted for a decade. Huuuuuuge red flag. --- |
| Topic | What advice would you give this Nice Guy to improve his chances with women |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 7:35:12 PM #11 | |
| Topic | What advice would you give this Nice Guy to improve his chances with women |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 7:16:30 PM #9 | REMercsChamp posted... Soviet_Poland posted...Dialetical behavioral therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_behavior_therapy --- |
| Topic | Finally got around to watching TLJ. What a fucking waste of a character Spoilers |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 7:14:21 PM #40 | CapnMuffin posted... Luke opened himself to the Force and gave everything he had left to create a new legend. A story that would cement the Jedi and his final act in the minds of The Resistance to spread to other parts of the galaxy who had declined to help themspark a flame of hope. It also enabled their escape. He single handedly saved The Resistance. His legacy also lives on in Rey and Ben. See, this was thematically very obvious, but gets overlooked. It's because star wars fans will be inherently impossible to please. Half of them want some deep, symbolic meaning. The other half just want demi-god style fighting to save the day. No subtext, just "epic, badass fights." Except they detract from one another. If they appeal to both sides, you get a confused title that doesn't know what it wants to be. And if you go one or the other, the neglected side gets rabid. This isn't incorporating the giant fucking mess that comes with injecting what star wars initially was--a black and white movie in the era of the Cold War, to what it has become, with fans injecting a life into the entire universe so fleshed out, it's impossible to do justice in a feature film. I think I'm the only one who watched TLJ and didn't pop an aneurysm because it didn't conform to my expectations. It's not my favorite film, but I didn't emotionally invest so much that even the tiniest details would send me off going "reeeeeeee" --- |
| Topic | Is CE's favorite Black Mirror ep. "Entire History of You"? *spoilers* |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 7:04:55 PM #1 | |
| Topic | C/D: Chicken is a standard topping to choose for a pizza. |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 7:01:52 PM #9 | It's not my go to. I'll eat it if its available. I don't ever order it. --- |
| Topic | What advice would you give this Nice Guy to improve his chances with women |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 7:00:33 PM #6 | Dialetical behavioral therapy for their obvious borderline personality disorder --- |
| Topic | Anyone else not play Fortnite? |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 6:57:47 PM #7 | Played a lot around december, but took a hiatus for some time. Now it seems like everyone is rocking some 15 dollar skin and has perfect aim such that they kill me with but 2 shotgun shots from like 50m away. It's insane. I know, I know. Git gud. But I'm kind of over it. --- |
| Topic | Is it possible to be autistic and really good with people? (serious question) |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 6:04:54 PM #10 | Akagami_Shanks posted... how do you even get diagnosed with autism Clinical diagnosis based off DSM-V criteria: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-dsm.html --- |
| Topic | The Brexiter Psychology is fascinating |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 6:02:11 PM #39 | UnfairRepresent posted... "Slightly" is putting it mildly. The polish people I worked with in the UK used to get stones thrown at them when they walked home. They had to start driving even though it was like 10 minutes walk. I haven't been to the UK so I can't speak to how it really is there. I'm trying to hedge my language so Admiral doesn't just entirely dismiss me as liberal mumbo-jumbo. I'd believe it. --- |
| Topic | Is it possible to be autistic and really good with people? (serious question) |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 6:00:35 PM #7 | Autism is a spectrum, so this is kind of a vague question that really doesn't have a better answer than "it depends." On the more milder forms, formerly known as Asperger's, and with either therapy or just simply practice in social situations, one can definitely navigate socially. Probably even just get away with being perceived as eccentric, or maybe a little odd, and that's it. The bit about the computer isn't necessarily autism. Sounds more like an obsessive compulsive trait. Doesn't mean it qualifies as OCD, just that it's an obsessive quality. You mentioned "really good with people" and yet you also bring up not picking up on social cues and overexplaining minutiae that people might not care about. Again, could be related to autism. Could be their personality. "it depends" --- |
| Topic | The Brexiter Psychology is fascinating |
| Soviet_Poland 04/02/18 5:54:30 PM #32 | The Admiral posted... Poles are the same racial group, so that undercuts your racism narrative. Yes and no. When you compare mass immigration in the U.S. of Irish and Polish people, they were largely seen outside of "white", viewed more as unruly, uneducated laborers. Not unlike how latino/hispanic people are largely treated today. The definitions of racial groups change over the years, and while Irish and Polish are seen as "white" these days, there certainly is an undertone when I interact with people. I look very polish. I have a very polish name. Interactions can definitely surround my ethnicity as people try to relate with that very specific identity, as opposed to someone of a more anglo-saxon background or mixed heritage. This is accentuated by the difference in language as well. I think there is a closer leap between the romance languages when you consider spanish, french, english compared with slavic languages. Basically I'm as "foreign" as a "white" person can get and while it's never been an issue and I probably benefit from privilege more often then not, I also find I relate with some of my first-generation ethnic friends a bit more too. It's really hard to generalize "white" people because of how heterogeneous that group can be, but people can very easily latch onto polish generalizations. I would not be surprised if there were some really conservative people in the UK who are slightly prejudiced against some of the polish workers in their country. I really think the comparison to how some people in the U.S. treat latinos is kind of the same, "not their country" "sending money away back home", "unruly, criminals" etc, etc. --- |
| Topic | Has Ubisoft ever made a good game? |
| Soviet_Poland 03/31/18 10:44:09 PM #29 | Multiplayer-wise, Rainbow Six Siege had a rocky start, but they really invested in it and it's in a much, much better place now. I haven't played the Division, but I've heard kind of the same thing about that now versus at release. So while it might be irresponsible to release unfinished or buggy games, at least they invest in their games down the line and don't give up. Compare that to Activision that pumps out a new CoD yearly and has an obvious shelf life of a year. --- |
| Topic | It's crazy how much of a different experience Chick Fil-A is vs McDonald's |
| Soviet_Poland 03/31/18 10:16:42 PM #5 | YellowSUV posted... I live near a McDonald's but never go there since the service is awful and extremely slow even during the non-busy times. Yet somehow, they still seem to get a lot business. Some of their coupons are insane. I was getting $1 signature crafted burgers like once a week. The Sriracha burger isn't my favorite, but it's hard to beat a dollar. --- |
| Topic | Monthly $10 PSN digital code post 150 takes it - March |
| Soviet_Poland 03/31/18 10:13:38 PM #8 | gunplagirl posted... $10 isn't exactly enough to get excited over, not unless there's another of those super sales like back in January where like 50 games were all under $10 and not just the typical self published pixel games that were originally listed at $20. You can get small DLCs or cosmetics for some games that you might otherwise feel too guilty to spend on. Either way, every time this thread comes up I tag it, it goes slowly for a while, and then all of a sudden hits the mark and I miss it. --- |
| Topic | I have a PS4 Pro, Xbox One X, and Switch now |
| Soviet_Poland 03/31/18 10:12:21 PM #3 | Seems excessive, but you do you if you're happy I guess. --- |
| Topic | It's crazy how much of a different experience Chick Fil-A is vs McDonald's |
| Soviet_Poland 03/31/18 10:10:52 PM #2 | 9 packets of sauce is wasteful and probably would hurt their bottom line if they gave everyone that amount of excess. Realistically, you just met either an overzealous or apathetic employee and this is a location-specific rather than universal policy. --- |
| Topic | PUGB or Fortnite: which should I get into? |
| Soviet_Poland 03/30/18 7:44:46 PM #19 | Haven't played PUBG. Apparently it has some optimization issues as well as hackers and aim botters. It'll appeal to you if you prefer more of the realistic graphics, and I think the gunplay seems more fun. Map is larger and matches draw out a bit longer. Fortnite is free. Graphics are cartoony, so that might be a detractor for you. The building aspect is there, but it's not like super intricate at all. Muscle memory pretty much servers in order to make a mini fort near endgame, or stairs to ambush someone else's fort. I've won games purely hiding in bushes so its not like building is mandatory. The gunplay leaves one wanting more. Matches are a bit quicker. My vote is fortnite simply because it's free and accessible, so if you don't like the genre it's not much of a loss other than time. PUBG could be a wasted 30 dollars. gatorsPENSbucs posted... Both these things are first person? Few buddies of mine have become obsessed but I cant fuck with that first person stuff. Fortnite is 3rd person. I think PUBG has game modes for both. --- |
| Topic | this isn't creepy at all or anything |
| Soviet_Poland 03/30/18 7:16:50 PM #11 | chill02 posted... it popped up on steam, of all places Maybe call them independently outside of that link or number, and then make sure there isn't some free period into contract bullshit. If legit, that's awesome. Drop in the bucket in terms of telecomm's practices, but hey. --- |
| Topic | Your rap name is Lil + what you're allergic to. |
| Soviet_Poland 03/30/18 7:14:52 PM #31 | hockeybub89 posted... Lil Dilaudid Hot damn, I'm impressed. Usually everyone is allergic to everything BUT the one that "starts with a D" --- |
| Topic | Why do recruiters only contact you when you have a job? |
| Soviet_Poland 03/30/18 7:09:35 PM #3 | |
| Topic | "A report in the Wall Street Journal suggests that Verizon's workers make |
| Soviet_Poland 03/30/18 6:00:06 PM #5 | I mean are they controlling for similar positions, or does this just make a statement on the relative amount of low six figure positions at each company? Willing to bet the retail clerks aren't making 60% more and it's possible they just have more middle management. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | Honda or Toyota? Which is the better company/has better vehicles? |
| Soviet_Poland 03/30/18 5:55:24 PM #30 | TheCyborgNinja posted... Honda by far. Toyota vehicles are junkier and uglier. My civic si is awesome. Then again, so is my 98' 4runner. That thing is invincible. I'm not going to decide between the two. I consider them both top tier. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | Anyone excited for Tera on PS4/X1? |
| Soviet_Poland 03/29/18 9:53:24 PM #12 | You can play free now with Twitch Prime (you have it if you have Amazon Prime). Tbh, I think it's pretty shitty. The quests don't interest me. It's fetch quests to the extreme. The progression seems too fast. The framerates on PS4 are horrible. It's kinda glitchy too. The scantily-clad women are a bit overkill and the elin are fucking weird. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | Can you be racist if you dont believe in any racial superiority/inferiority? |
| Soviet_Poland 03/28/18 8:05:51 PM #36 | If it's any consolation, if the word keeps being used in the context that embodies a spectrum and not an all-or-nothing designation of character, the word will lose it's power. That's not necessarily a bad thing if that's the trend of the language. That's what languages do. They evolve. For the time being, if you feel someone is disingenuous with the accusation and they aren't using the word "appropriately" why does their opinion matter? Fuck them. Honestly. Who cares? Let it roll off you. Don't bog yourself down with the low hanging fruit. This won't be the only example of someone misrepresenting an issue. If you understand the range of egregiousness of racial prejudices, you ought not to feel badly when someone invalidly applies the label to you. That being said, are you being painstakingly honest with yourself that that is actually the case, and you aren't downplaying it? Because the other side of that coin exists too and sometimes people just aren't consciously aware of behavior that simply isn't well accepted anymore. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | Can you be racist if you dont believe in any racial superiority/inferiority? |
| Soviet_Poland 03/28/18 7:50:24 PM #29 | Kazi1212 posted... So to you racism is any prejudice based on race. With that understanding, even innocuous things people have prejudices about would be labeled racist. And thats why Im uncomfortable having such a loose understanding of racism, because calling someone racist is one of the most serious accusations against someone, it should be reserved for something horrific, not for harmless on insignificant prejudices Look, the whole issue is a spectrum. Everyone can spot the obvious instances of racism, but a lot of things that are typically derived from stereotypic automatic assumptions we make, in order words, implicit associations are a form of "racism." Now, most reasonable people will recognize that literally everyone has implicit biases and these aren't always consciously apparent. That being said, every one of us could apply in practice a bit more conscientiousness, an awareness, an effort to make adjustments so we don't make those implicit, more milder forms of "racism." That being said, making the assumption of someone being good academically is the same thing. Even if 50% of all asians are "bad drivers" (ignoring the subjective judgement this may be), 50% wouldn't be bad drivers, so you have a coin flip's chance of coming off as a dipshit with that assumption. A buddy of mine got asked if he liked math during his medical school interview. He hasn't even taken calculus. The former and the latter here is not that different, other than you thinking assuming their good academics is "positive." The point being here is that, sure, you can make the assumption that asians as a generalization might hold education as a cultural value, but any specific assumption made at the individual level is probably best avoided. Since exceptions apply, unless you're working in a field where time-sensitive or life-and-death scenarios predicates the need to risk stratify things, it's a lot easier to start off everyone with the benefit of the doubt regarding stereotypes. Don't make this more complicated. Making a "transgression" on the milder side of things doesn't equate you to racists who go out of their way to harm people solely off of a difference in some type of group. But it's a bit too forgiving to ignore the implicit biases we hold. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | I e-mailed 2 of my Congressmen (Congresswomen/people?) about gun control... |
| Soviet_Poland 03/28/18 7:33:01 PM #3 | frozenshock posted... Congresshuman congressperson* you species-ist smh #nonhumanpersonsarestillpeople --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | Amazon hasn't even shipped my copy of Far Cry 5 |
| Soviet_Poland 03/28/18 7:15:21 PM #13 | tremain07 posted... THey're doing you a favor, don't play that liberal pandering trash Pretty soon you won't be able to play video games at all with how the right perceives things these days. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | watch the so called "tolerant left" ignore this |
| Soviet_Poland 03/28/18 7:12:16 PM #9 | Kaname_Madoka posted... Soviet_Poland posted...Subreddit simulator is leaking onto CE Do you know what that is? --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | watch the so called "tolerant left" ignore this |
| Soviet_Poland 03/28/18 7:10:37 PM #6 | Subreddit simulator is leaking onto CE --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | I understand now how dating, relationships, and attraction works. |
| Soviet_Poland 03/25/18 9:30:50 PM #100 | Every time I think about stopping posting here, I find these dumpster fires that are just too damn entertaining. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | Let's get one thing straight folks: Fortnite is garbage |
| Soviet_Poland 03/23/18 4:12:08 PM #23 | Muffinz0rz posted... just play search and destroy in CoD or something *ahem* just play rainbow six: siege --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | who playing PUBG on their phone? |
| Soviet_Poland 03/23/18 12:29:47 AM #39 | MacDaMurderer posted... In the mobile version they put bots so that players can get a feel for the movement and controls. Ah, that explains it. My win isn't that impressive then xD --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | who playing PUBG on their phone? |
| Soviet_Poland 03/22/18 2:26:24 PM #35 | I just dl'ed to try. Played Fortnite in the past. Just chicken dinner'd my first game with 6 kills xD It's hilarious because people have trouble moving, aiming, and shooting at the same time with mobile. I just found a bush with a scoped weapon and just got headshots when they inevitably stopped moving to look around. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | Call of Duty MW2 Remastered is real and has no Multiplayer |
| Soviet_Poland 03/21/18 3:49:47 PM #58 | Kitt posted... Just because it took off doesn't mean it wasn't a glitchy mess. At the peak of its popularity people were incredibly vocal about how messed up the MP was what with all the glitches and exploits. Now that time has passed, most people that like MW2's MP liked it because it was a dumb glitchy mess. That describes every forum for every MP title ever. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
| Topic | Conservative logic vs. liberal logic on refugees/immigration |
| Soviet_Poland 03/21/18 3:43:43 PM #9 | Esrac posted... Some liberals also say we should still accept them, because they shouldn't have to assimilate. I mean have you met many Muslim americans? They assimilate just fine. Conservatively, it might take a generation, but generally speaking the children of the immigrants tend to want to assimilate more in order to not outcast themselves from society. My parents came from Poland. I got made fun of any time I expressed any of that Polish culture growing up as a young kid. I erred more to the side of American culture and you wouldn't think twice of my heritage if not for my last name, given how I conduct myself. As such, most of my friends are 1st gen Americans. It doesn't matter if they're from Iraq, Syria, China, Argentina, whatever. We're all much more "American" than our parent's respective cultures. And my muslim friends are really no different than my christian friends. They practice their faith individually and respect others to practice theirs. And my muslim friends take no issue with my atheism. It's when people come in with the assumption that their culture is inherently violent and harmful that shit becomes a problem. It's not that simple, but I see the shit my muslim friends get slung on an almost daily basis from really hateful people. I wonder if those people ever stopped to consider their role in promoting radicalism? If everyone in the world treated you like shit...I mean what's the logical conclusion? Just fucking get along. it's not that hard. --- "He has two neurons held together by a spirochete." |
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