AvocadoPanic
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AvocadoPanic
2yr ago
remains largely impossible
How long do they have to desist from same sex behavior before they're straight, a year, five?
It's possible for people to find their way out of homosexuality, but if they've made it large portion of their identity and social group it's difficult, like leaving a cult.
AvocadoPanic
1yr ago
There are factions of "Big Eva" who seem to be moving more Left (see the recent "He gets us" commercial in the Super Bowl).
They went with foot washing. I would have preferred the casting out of demons, or over turning tables and driving out the money changers or hypocrisy condemning. They don't get me.
AvocadoPanic
1mo ago
This is a not uncommon lament in current year.
This professor makes largely the same claims. https://hilariusbookbinder.substack.com/p/the-average-college-student-today
I've had a similar discussion with a professor at a local community college who sees it everyday.
There's some comfort in knowing to some degree this has been a forever problem On the Miseries of Teachers 1533, Philip Melanchthon.
AvocadoPanic
2mo ago
Is there a way to express that some issues may not have satisfactory political solutions without being modded for fedposting?
AvocadoPanic
2yr ago
Homeschooling?
Were you homeschooled or are you homeschooling your children? Why / How are the outcomes?
Any opinions on specific curriculums
We're concerned with the progress of our 4th grader. We've had several conversations with the school, and a SPED eval, all scores average or above. Our school / district is in the top decile of our state.
My wife has Ph.D, and is currently SAHM. She would prefer a more classical / Latin curriculum.
I'm not keen on our schools curriculum, though I'm also not sure it matters that much. I do think the social interaction in school is important. My preference would be for more copy work, cursive instruction, and traditional literature, this doesn't seem to be on offer in public schools anymore.
AvocadoPanic
2mo ago
secular and normal at the same time
Isn't 'normal' as you've used it here just the remnants of cultural Christianity? If education were better this 'normal' may be perceived as more religious and less secular.
Exposure of unwanted children was 'normal' amongst many pagans before they were converted.
AvocadoPanic
1yr ago
There are more accounts of casting out of demons that appear that appear in four books. Foot washing only appears in one. From the response of the disciples it seems like the first time.
My thoughts are that 'Big Eva' frequently presents an unbalanced view of Jesus. It's all love and footwasing, where this is only half the story. 'As yourselves', is frequently missing from 'Love your Neighbor'
Yes, help, be kind, love strangers / traveller's. Also if they're sacrificing children to Molech they should be stoned to death.
AvocadoPanic
9d ago
Yes that may be a disaster for Israel. How exactly would that be a disaster for the USA?
Once we're in the territory of 'magic pills' why not have the pill allow them to be happy with their natal bodies?
Would your magic pill for anorexia help them loose weight or keep them alive without eating?
AvocadoPanic
2yr ago
I found the NIST report on the collapse convincing. Did you read the actual report or only 'internet' analysis?
I'm with you on The State Farm Arena and the crazy at universities. Some of the university crazy is the academic equivalent of fake email jobs. I'm kinda wishing for a long deep recession that culls those with a disconnection from the nature of reality.
https://link.aps.org/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010119
AvocadoPanic
4mo ago
AI can be fun too. Grok seems to have real-time access to the internet / the motte.
Asking Grok, 'What person from history most matches views expressed?'
Given the breadth of topics @hydroacetylene engages with on The Motte and the analytical, sometimes contrarian approach to discussion, one historical figure they might most closely match in style and substance is Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778).
Based on the views expressed by @AvocadoPanic on The Motte, particularly regarding the interpretation of Christian teachings and a critique of modern interpretations of Jesus' actions and words, one historical figure whose views might resonate is John Calvin.
Given @Amadan 's sharp wit, engagement with philosophical and ethical questions, and a penchant for challenging the status quo or popular narratives, a historical figure they might resonate with is Diogenes of Sinope.
AvocadoPanic
1yr ago
How is your sysadmin recruiting going?
Having been in this space for nearly 30 years, the quality of the candidates seems lower now than in the 90's.
I recall working with people enthusiastic and curious about the technology we were administering. They'd have hobbies or intrests in adjacent but relevant areas.
Many now need more supervision than they receive. I also suspect the poor performers drag down the pay scales.
AvocadoPanic
1yr ago
The orphans aren't already in enough trouble?
I find most of the assisted reproduction creepy.
politicians making promises that they later refuse to keep
Is there any research on the performance of subsequent cohorts of politicians when their predecessors were hanged or guillotined for poor performance?
AvocadoPanic
9mo ago
I'm in Germany with the family. Visiting family and doing touristy stuff. This is the first time we've traveled with all the children. It's challenging when one of the four only eats french fries. Many museums and other attractions have family pricing that admits two adults and 4 children, though typically not places the children would choose to go.
It's also strange being back somewhere you've not really been in ~20 years. There's been plenty of culture war topic noticing. Some of this is seeing all the change at once that was paced over years for everyone else.
There are still many things Germany does better. The ubiquitous availability of beer, still being one. Food quality and price being another.
AvocadoPanic
4mo ago
condoms and a harem
Isn't having children with the harem women part of having a harem?
AvocadoPanic
2yr ago
It's only a war of unprovoked aggression if you subscribe the current year narrative.
If you subscribe to the narrative that is current in ~2008 it looks more inevitable, given western politics, than unprovoked.
AvocadoPanic
2mo ago
more authoritarian approach to government/policing than I think almost anyone else on this forum
Challenge accepted.
How authoritarian dare you dream?
AvocadoPanic
1yr ago
same reason men
Men frequently want careers / success to improve their likelihood of reproductive success. Career success can even offset other deficits, short stature, asymmetry, etc.
Does education / career improve women's odds of reproductive success?
AvocadoPanic
2yr ago
Tell me globohomo ruins travel without saying globohomo.
If skiing is an interest I've found the https://snowheads.com/ forum to be very useful especially for Europe.
AvocadoPanic
1yr ago
Much of the land used for grazing would be unsuitable for other agricultural purposes. Without the ranching the land would be unproductive. How do cows produce carbon monoxide?
AvocadoPanic
1yr ago
You have to create purpose / meaning.
Why are faith and family unavailable?
Hedonism is mostly meaningless.
AvocadoPanic
2yr ago
I'd be interested to hear how you think the CFAA would apply here and to whom.
It's unlikely the abandoned personal laptop of the presidents fuck-up son qualifies as a 'protected computer'. Nor does any of the data disclosed appear to be restricted, etc.
He was hacked in the sense that if he'd taken his VCR to be repaired, abandoned it and the repair shop was able to remove and repair the cassette. On the tape was was the presidents fuck-up son, getting high, banging prostitutes, and talking about questionable business deals. They copy the tape and give a copy to Inside Edition, which runs the story.
That's not 'hacked' that's just being a skeevy adict fuck-up. Calling it hacked is a canard.
The State of Delaware can likely make many things a crime, criminalizing giveing abandoned property to the press especially so with a clear public interest in the story hopefully would be a protected 1st amendment activity.
I'm not sure there's good faith argument that it's hacked material. I consider all the alphabet agency people who called it Russian disinformation bad faith actors.
AvocadoPanic
6mo ago
Shouldn't society attempt to capture women for motherhood in leiu of being captured by top quintile universities?
This cohort seems to respond to incentives, what sort of incentives would be necessary to push them to motherhood instead of PMC / fake email jobs?
Incentives to marry earlier and then 4 or more children before 40.
Slavery to lust and degeneracy is not freedom.
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