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Cat and Rat, 1864
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NEOPETS POCKET GAME SYSTEM
Tonu â§ Aisha â§ Kacheek
Fairieland â§ Drake Dragon â§ Fairieland
Grundo â§ Kougra â§ Krawk
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sometimes thereâs videos that make me happy to exist on this planet
iâd reblog this even if it was a still image
I know itâs a sesame street clip but seriously, who is the target audience for this?
Parents watching it with their kids, I guess?
literally everyone
Everyone. No, really⊠everyone.
For adults, the appeal is Sir Patrick Stewart doing a kidâs educational bit in full Shakespearean dress and style; thereâs a delightful cognitive dissonance between the very serious presentation and the very simple content.
For very small children, itâs educational: this is the letter âBâ; hereâs how itâs shaped; hereâs some words you know that start with it. Oh, and hereâs a word you may not be familiar with that starts with it, so you can recognize that itâs the sound that matters, and not whatever other connection you made between the other two words.
For older kids: youâve probably heard that âto be or not to be?â speech, or at least part of it, so you can enjoy some of the parody the adults are watching. Also, hereâs how to describe how a letter is made - how to teach young siblings who donât read yet, how to explain both the shape and the sound.
For kids with dyslexia: hereâs how you differentiate a âBâ from a P or D or E. You may have to go slowly and look carefully at the exact shapes that make up the whole, but there are differences and you can learn to recognize them.Â
For teens or young college students: In addition to whichever parts of those are relevant to you, hereâs what Shakespearean acting sounds like. Hereâs how to enunciate clearly and slowly, so your audience can understand terms they may not recognize and still follow the gist of what youâre saying. If youâre reading Shakespeare in school, try sounding it out like this and see if that helps it make sense.
For new RenFaire workers: Hereâs how to pronounce âzounds.âÂ
One of the most glorious things in the world is Shakespearean actors doing stuff like this.
Heâs taking this performance as seriously as he does when heâs doing actual Shakespeare đ„ș
This is how I learned to pronounce âzoundsâ
Itâs sad how much of what is taught in school is useless to over 99% of the population.
There are literally math concepts taught in high school and middle school that are only used in extremely specialized fields or that are even so outdated they arenât used anymore!
I took calculus my senior year of high school, and I really liked the way our teacher framed this on the first day of class.
He asked somebody to raise their hand and ask him when we would use calculus in our everyday life. So one student rose their hand and asked, âWhen are we going to use this in our everyday life?â
âNEVER!!â the teacher exclaimed. âYou will never use calculus in your normal, everyday life. In fact, very few of you will use it in your professional careers either.â Then he paused. âSo would you like to know why should care?â
Several us nodded.
He picked out one of the varsity football players in the class. âYou practice football a lot during the week, right Tim?â asked the teacher.
âYeah,â replied Tim. âAlmost every day.â
âDo you and your teammates ever lift weights during practice?â
âYeah. Tuesdays and Thursdays we spend a lot of practice in the weight room.â
âBut why?â asked the teacher. âIs there ever going to be a play your coach tells you use during a game that requires you to bench press the other team?â
âNo, of course not.â
âThen why lift weights?â
âBecause it makes us stronger,â said Tim.
âBingo!!â said the teacher. âItâs the same thing with calculus. Youâre not here because youâre going to use calculus in your everyday life. Youâre here because calculus is weightlifting for your brain.â
And Iâve never forgotten that.
THIS.
When itâs taught right, learning math teaches you logic and how to organize your brain, how to take a problem one step at a time and make sure every step can bear weight before you move to the next one. Â Most adults donât need to know integrals, but goddamn if I donât wish everyone making arguments on the internet understood geometric proofs.
Scientific concepts broaden our understanding of how the world is put together, which does not mean that most adults ever really understand how light is refracted through a lens or why spinning copper wire creates electricityâand they donât need to. Â But science classes in general are meant to teach the scientific method: how to make observations and use them to draw conclusions, how to test those conclusions, how to be wrong and grow stronger from it.
History isnât about dates and names of battles, itâs about people, patterns, things weâve tried before and ought to learn from. Â Itâs about how everything is linked, how changing one circumstance can lead to changes in fifty others, cascading infinitely. Â Literature is about critical thinking, pattern recognition, learning to listen to what somebody is saying and decide what it means to you, how you feel about it, and what you want to do with it.
Some facts matter: every adult should know how to read a graph, how global warming works, some of the basic themes and symbols that crop up in every piece of fiction. Â But ultimately, content is less important later in life than context.
The good thing is, students who learn the content are likely to pick up at least some of the context, some of the patterns of thinking, even if they donât realize it.  (The unfortunate thing is how the current educational system prioritizes content so much that a lot of students, and a lot of adults, donât see the point in learning either, and teachers are overworked and held to standardize test grading scales such that itâs hard for them to emphasize patterns of thinking over rote memorization, etc etc etc, but that is a whole different discussion.)
I would also add that giving as broad an education to as many as possible gives everyone the opportunity to follow a career that might use calculus. Or colour theory. Or electromagnetism. Or [insert specialism here]. If we gatekeep specialisms, those careers are only available for the ones who were privileged enough to have the background training. Thatâs why Classics as a degree subject is full of private school kids: itâs not offered in state education.
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ma'am please let the blond defusal squad do their jobs. they have better life insurance than you
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smash or pass?
smash
pass
The fact that this is 80 fucking years ago but still just as relevant is terrifying.
The Very Basics of Not Killing Your Computer
AVOID HEAT STRESS
If you have a laptop DO NOT use it on a soft surface like a pillow or on a blanket, itâll block the vents on your computer and make it get really fucking hot inside.
If you have a desktop you gotta open it up and blow out the dust sometimes.
If you are moving your laptop in a bag turn the laptop off. Donât put it to sleep, donât just shut the screen, turn it off, because otherwise itâs in the bag generating heat and thereâs nowhere for the heat to go in the bag. OFF. Not sleep. OFF.
DO NOT DROP
Okay I know that should be obvious but drop damage to your hard drive is bad bad news. Be as careful as you can to set your computer gently on flat surfaces; donât leave it hanging out on a bed where it can get knocked off, donât set it on the roof of your car. And yes, just dropping it a couple inches can kill your hard drive or totally shatter your screen.
DONâT PUT SHIT ON YOUR KEYBOARD
Look Iâve seen four people ruin their laptops because they had a pen on the keyboard and closed the laptop and it fucked up the screen and the keyboard and it sucks so much and you feel awful after it happens because itâs so avoidable just donât put things on your keyboard and always check that your laptop is clear before you close it.
PROTECT YOUR PORTS ON YOUR LAPTOP
Youâve only got one power jack and a limited number of other inputs on your computer and if they detach from the motherboard youâre fucked. USB ports get damaged because people use them a lot and eventually it weakens the connection and then they just stop working and it sucks. You can get around this with USB ports by using a USB hub to connect things like your keyboard and mouse.
For your power plug you just gotta be careful. Avoid tripping over the cord at all costs, donât yank the plug out of the computer. It will SUCK VERY MUCH A LOT if you have to buy a new computer because the power port lost contact with the motherboard.
Donât move your computer with things plugged into it. Take the power cord off before you put your laptop in the bag, take out the USB mouse dongle, do not travel with little nubby bits sticking out of your computer that can easily get caught or get tweaked or snap off inside of the thing.
(I really canât emphasize enough that most of the âit will cost more than itâs worth to fix thisâ laptops I see are because of USB ports and power jacks. People donât seem to know that this isnât something that can be fixed easily; a broken power jack is a âremove the motherboard and resoldier componentsâ job, not a âplug a new one in in fifteen minutesâ job and most computer repair shops arenât going to solder things for you and if they DO itâs going to be very expensive)
RESTART YOUR SHIT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH AND JUST LET THE FUCKING UPDATES RUN
You should probably restart more than once a month but whatever. This is actually something that I consider part of reducing heat stress because when your processor is straining to keep up with all the background bullshit thatâs running from a program you opened three weeks ago itâs going to use up resources and get hot and look just restart it once in a while.
Also the updates are almost always okay and safe and generally running updates is a good and secure thing to do (though maybe follow a blog dedicated to the OS you run because if there IS a problem with the updates that blog will probably talk about it before the update gets forced on your computer)
ANTIVIRUS BULLSHIT
Yes you should probably be running an antivirus.
Sophos is free and itâs fine. But donât pay for it - if youâre using Sophos use the free version.
If youâre looking for something paid and a little more comprehensive I recommend ESET - get the cheap version, renewals cost less than the initial purchase, and feel free to get a multi-year version, the credentials follow your email not the computer so if your computer dies before your license expires you can install the license on a new computer.
DO NOT INSTALL NORTON OR MCAFEE THEY ARE EXPENSIVE BULLSHIT. Kaspersky is whatever. Itâs less bullshit than Norton or McAfee but not as good as ESET for about the same cost.
If you think youâve got a virus run the free version of Malwarebytes and get your shit cleaned.
KEEP LIQUIDS THE FUCK AWAY FROM YOUR COMPUTER
Again this should be obvious and yet. But seriously, just make a rule for yourself that drinks arenât allowed on the same table as your computer and youâll save yourself a lot of headaches.
PLUG YOUR COMPUTER INTO A UPS
Okay I fucking hate amazon but hereâs a thing you should be using, just search the rest of the internet for âsurge protector/UPSâ and youâll find something that isnât from amazon - APC is a solid brand for this.
Basically you want a fat surge protector that has a little bit of a battery backup and you want to plug your computer (desktop OR laptop) into that instead of into the wall. The benefit of this is twofold:
1) if thereâs a power surge the UPS will prevent your computerâs power supply from getting fried and possibly frying parts of your motherboard
2) if thereâs a power outage and youâre *at* your computer youâll have enough time to save what youâre working on before your computer loses power (like, youâll maybe only have a minute or two on a small UPS but thatâs still time to hit CTRL+S and keep from losing work)
At a bare, bare minimum your computer should be plugged into a surge protector but NOT directly into the wall.
BACK YOUR SHIT UP
[we interrupt this yelling for me to tell you that Western Digital has apparently released their new My Passport line and Iâm obligated to inform you that you can get a 2.5âł USB 3.0 backup drive with FIVE FUCKING TERABYTES OF STORAGE for $130. Or you can get 4TB for $93. Or you can get 1TB for $53. basically what Iâm saying is that it is not only cheap computer season it is also cheap hard drive season.]
[also if youâre getting a backup drive get western digital not seagate seagate fucking sucks and has a much higher failure rate]
Uh, okay, anyway - Do an image backup of your computer every once in a while so that if you get infected or your hard drive dies or whatever you can just restore from backup and move on like nothing happened.
HEREâS HOW TO DO AN IMAGE BACKUP.
SAVE YOURSELF THE WEAR AND TEAR
You know what is cheap? USB Keyboards and USB mice. You know what is not cheap? Fixing the touchpad on a laptop or replacing a laptop keyboard.
Get yourself a USB hub, a USB Keyboard and a USB Mouse (wired or wireless, doesnât matter) and if youâre using your laptop at home plug *that* into your computer.
Also if your keyboard on your laptop breaks itâs fine just to use a USB keyboard instead I promise; if the screen breaks itâs also usually cheaper and easier to get a used or inexpensive monitor than it is to replace the screen. Your laptop is basically just a very small version of whatever bullshit is going on inside a desktop, if the peripherals break but the core components are fine you can just use it like a desktop.
Unless itâs a piece of shit that doesnât have any USB ports or video out in which case you got ripped off, friend, demand functionality in your devices Iâm sorry.
/rant
An add-on tip if you are stupid like me and donât back up your data: if your laptop suddenly dies and you want to get the data in it back, buy a SATA to USB cable (real cheap, I got mine for like $5 from AliExpress), extract your hard drive out from your laptop carefully, and then plug it in to your new/spare computer like you would plug in an external drive. If your hard disk isnât dead, you can browse through like normal on Windows Explorer.
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Also donât forget to defragment the hard drives. If your computer is still slow after a reboot then you need to Defrag the computer and it will boost your speeds.
Also do a update to all the drivers you have. Those donât get updates when you update the os. I use Drive Booster on Steam. There is a free and a paid version.
You do not need to defragment your hard drives.
Modern operating systems donât require defragging and already do it regularly, and defragging an SSD is totally unnecessary.
timeline:
- Trump signs unpopular order banning TikTok for being Chinese
- Democrats support the ban because people are supporting a ceasefire on TikTok
- Netanyahu sides with Trump despite Bidenâs ass kissing and collaborates with him to delay ceasefire talks
- Dems lose in a landslide because of their deeply unpopular positions
- Trump takes credit for the ceasefire and for TikTok getting unbanned
classic from last year that I can only share it today
yknow what day it is
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Concussion heritage post
50 Terms of Endearment
This selection of words used as terms of endearment over the past thousand years shows several items that have stood the test of time, notably darling and dear, and some recurring motifs, such as those from the semantic fields of taste and the animal kingdom. But several belong to their own time: bawcock and bully, for example, are encountered in Shakespeare.
darling (c. 888) â dear (c. 1230) â sweetheart (c. 1290)
heart (c. 1305) â honey (c. 1375) â dove (c. 1386)
cinnamon; love (c. 1405) â mulling (c. 1475) â daisy (c. 1485)
mouse (c. 1520) â whiting (c. 1529) â fool (c. 1530) â beautiful (1535)
soul (c. 1538) â bully (1548) â lamb (c. 1556) â pussy (c. 1557)
ding-ding (1564) â lover (1573) â pug (1580) â mopsy (1582)
bun (1587) â wanton (1589) â ladybird (1597) â chuck (1598)
sweetkin (1599) â duck; joy (1600) â sparrow (c. 1600)
bawcock (c. 1601) â nutting (1606) â tickling (1607)
bagpudding (1608) â dainty (1611) â flitter-mouse (1612) â
pretty (1616) â old thing (c. 1625) â duckling (1630) â sweetling (1648)
pet (1767) â sweetie (1778) â cabbage (1840) â prawn (1895)
so-and-so (1897) â pumpkin (1900) â pussums (1912)
treasure (1920) â sugar (1930) â lamb-chop (1962)
Source â More: Word Lists â Notes: On Love â Love Advice â "I love you" Word Lists: Love Pt. 1 Pt. 2 â Physiology of Love â Synonyms â Kinds of Love
@kieranhawke good morning, bagpudding đ„°
I feel like I should note (whether that feeling is reliable or not...) that back in 1608, a "pudding" was a dish where you mixed up the ingredients of your dish (kind of like modern American meatloaf, but it could be sweet, as well), tied it into a linen bag, and boiled it slowly all day over the fire (If you had a fire going all day, anyway, to heat your home, it was a convenient meal).
So calling someone "Bagpudding" is to evoke comfort food and coziness, and all that good stuff.
And if I'm not mistaken, "flitter-mouse" is another word for "bat." Or, as we say on Tumblr: "Sky-Puppy." *decides to look that up*
I was right:
All the words
It's also a pretty close sound-alike for the German (die) Fledermaus. I was going to guess that wasn't a coincidence, and indeed, wiktionary says flittermouse comes into English from the Middle Dutch fleddermuys.
Reassuring my beloved bug-frightened wife: It wasn't even that big, pussy â€. It was just a harmless critter, dainty little fool đ.