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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Aug 28, 2019 18:48:08 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 28, 2019 18:53:48 GMT
Good lord. I guess that’s a risk when you’re trying to set world records.
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Post by B.E. on Sept 1, 2019 1:25:19 GMT
I'd like to share a YouTube channel that I've been enjoying. Dr. Todd Grande is a counselor who provides educational videos on mental health topics. It's quite technical and focuses heavily on personality disorders. Recently, he's started posting case studies. I find these very interesting. If you're curious enough to give one video a try, I recommend Case Study - Origin Of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Personally, I'm not particularly interested in learning more about narcissism, so I watched about a dozen other videos first, but the background of this client is fascinating (and disturbing). It really highlights the damaging effects of bad parenting and also touches on how the bias of counselors can affect their job performance.
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 13, 2019 12:09:50 GMT
I just heard on the radio that Felicity Huffman, one of the celebs and rich people who cheated to get her kid into college, cried during her sentencing hearing and said she only broke the law to "give her child, who has a learning disability, a fair shot" at college.
A fair shot? To quote Inigo Montoya of The Princess Bride: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." I mean, ok...I stole an award-winning pie so I'd have a fair shot at winning the bake sale competition. I doctored my scorecard so I'd have a fair shot at winning the golf tournament.
(Also bringing up the kid's challenges as an excuse is pathetic. There are resources--legal ones--for getting kids with learning disabilities help. THAT is the fair shot.)
Anyway, that's it. I don't really follow this story or most celebrity nonsense, but that little clip rubbed me the wrong way.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 13, 2019 12:31:40 GMT
I just heard on the radio that Felicity Huffman, one of the celebs and rich people who cheated to get her kid into college, cried during her sentencing hearing and said she only broke the law to "give her child, who has a learning disability, a fair shot" at college.
A fair shot? To quote Inigo Montoya of The Princess Bride: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." I mean, ok...I stole an award-winning pie so I'd have a fair shot at winning the bake sale competition. I doctored my scorecard so I'd have a fair shot at winning the golf tournament.
(Also bringing up the kid's challenges as an excuse is pathetic. There are resources--legal ones--for getting kids with learning disabilities help. THAT is the fair shot.)
Anyway, that's it. I don't really follow this story or most celebrity nonsense, but that little clip rubbed me the wrong way.
I'm surprised to see this ^. Felicity Huffman was very contrite throughout her trial, pleading guilty, accepting blame, and offering apologies to her daughter, the college, and other unfortunate students who were affected by her actions. Not defending her, just surprised.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 17, 2019 12:41:10 GMT
This cracked me up. But then I realized that the kid could've been seriously hurt and maybe there was a better way to...stop him. Comments?
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 17, 2019 12:46:23 GMT
Great way to avoid getting hurt: don’t run onto a field where you don’t belong. The kid seemed fine. It’d be nice if parents would take authorities’ side on occasion rather than their little darlings.
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 20, 2019 18:00:18 GMT
I recall a year or so ago, another small batch of similar photos, videos and explanations were leaked and discussed. What do you think: are these UFOs (which they definitely are, by definition: Unidentified Flying Objects) man-made aircrafts/devices; alien ones; or some non-physical phenomena such as tricks of light that just haven't been explained?
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 20, 2019 21:42:27 GMT
I haven't the slightest idea what those UFOs - or UAPs as they are referring to them - are. Never gave much credence to UFOs. Until some..."person"...comes out of one of them...
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Post by kds on Sept 21, 2019 11:56:27 GMT
I've been a UFO. Three times actually. Oh, wait, that was the band UFO.
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 21, 2019 13:31:43 GMT
I don't believe individual stories most of the time, and especially anything that involves personal contact, abductions, etc., but these repeated unexplained sightings by military pilots are somewhat unnerving.
On a broader level, I do think it's almost impossible for there not to be life somewhere else in the universe. Just the mathematics would seem to require it.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 12, 2019 2:35:39 GMT
It's fucking snowing.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Oct 12, 2019 12:17:35 GMT
I cut the grass yesterday! But it is getting cooler here in central Pennsylvania. It was in the 40's overnight. I guess I'll put this blanket away that I'm wrapped in and break down and turn the heat on (anything to save a few bucks ). And, I guess it's time, past time, to cut back the perennials in the garden.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 12, 2019 14:16:19 GMT
It was 80 a few days ago. Minnesota... I still need to clean up the garden, trim back the perennials, etc. Luckily this snow isn't going to stick. (Snow in October isn't especially rare here, but it almost always melt immediately. It's not even staying on the ground, really, just flying around and whitening leaves.)
I am the same about the heat! I just turned it on yesterday, begrudgingly. At least it's great soup-making (and sports-watching) weather.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 21, 2020 17:38:14 GMT
I recently got an email from my local public radio station (of which I'm a member) about how, even though they had (somewhat publicly) fired one of their employees (because he had engaged in inappropriate, but not illegal, relationships with women outside of work...which makes it an interesting story on a whole other level), not to worry, they share our values, we're all in the same community, we'll get through it together, etc.
My reaction was: what a stupid, unnecessary, and counterproductive email. Substance of the underlying issue aside, I don't think organizations tend to have values, and I certainly don't need to share them. Sure, we're in the same community, but you're a nonhuman entity with your own mission; and I'm a human being with my own interests and values.
Along the same lines, the past six months have been an endless barrage of corporations proclaiming their values, our shared community, etc.
Being in marketing, I know what they're doing. They are trying to deflect away from the nuts and bolts of who or what they actually are--shoe manufacturer, bubble gum brand, etc.--and build brand loyalty by creating a personal connection, a relationship. Of course, no relationship is possible with a retailer, a manufacturer, etc. They aren't the person next door, they are a nonhuman, usually for-profit, entity whose existence doesn't hinge on being kind or generous or fair, but (legally) on increasing shareholder value. Everything else aims at that.
MY POINT: It is often said that Millennials and GenZ/iGen want this kind of marketing, want a "relationship" with brands, want to feel the companies they work for or buy from are aligned with them socially, politically, ethically.
We've got probably 50 years' worth of representation on this board, so I'm wondering what you all think about this. If a company advertises its social, political, or ethical policies, do you a) care; b) believe them; c) think differently of them (be it better or worse)? Or are you a cynical (almost) old man like me who thinks "oh cut the crap, I'm just here to buy some shoes?" Or to put it more politely, who segments different parts of life and doesn't look to businesses for a relationship, a friendship, shared values, etc.?
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