JDharr's Blog

Bass. Archery. Gaming. Ⓥ Vegan. College Mathematics instructor. Cats. Picking up heavy stuff and putting it down again. Socialist, feminist, Bi.

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[bigfongz]

when you're all waiting to speak but you're also all autistic

[creature-adjacent]

Carnivorous plants doin this is so funny to me

They don't wanna eat their pollinators :(

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[yeahsureidc]

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Woman murders man in broad daylight

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Happy Ides of March, folks!

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[doyouknowwhatimeme]

[in-heavens-trenches]

That tag sent me

[girlfromenglishclass]

As a teacher, it profoundly annoys me when people take on this educational philosophy of exclusive practicality. Everything we learn must be justified by "when will we use this in real life." What a dull, incurious view of life these people have.

You only need to know the science necessary for cooking, or maybe the chemicals in cleaning supplies. You will never be in amazement at the building blocks of the world. You don't need to know how stars are formed; you can't even see them where you live. You just need to know the geography of the land you live on. You will never see anything beyond your lot in life. Why learn complex mathematical equations to test your mental skills? You only need to know how to add and subtract when your boss gives you a paycheck. Why learn history - those people have nothing to do with you - you need to learn how to fill out a tax form.

And English class? Everyone knows that books aren't real life. Your boss at your job will never ask you to identify the theme, so you don't need to know how. Humans have composed literature for as long as we've been able to speak, but that's all going to end with you. You only need to know how to do your job. That's "real life."

Just learn something for the sake of knowledge and stop complaining that I'm trying to educate you.

[girlfromenglishclass]

So many people seem to think my anger in this post is directed at students who make these complaints. No, for two reasons:

1) They're teenagers. They just say shit to me all day long. Also they're my students so I love them very much.

2) I don't get this complaint from students. They tend to ask for more poetry and fun activities.

I GET THIS COMPLAINT FROM ADULTS. American culture wildly undervalues public education, and EVERYBODY is a critic with their hot take about how to fix the education system. And they all seem to think the children yearn to learn tax paperwork and not Shakespeare. A lot of them think it was oppression they had to take a class they didn't like.

[alanfromrochester]

I get the point about mental enrichment from things not of job value, but I see how that seems impractical with how expensive education is (whether school taxes at lower levels, or college costs), an indulgence the rich could afford but the commoners can't

[kropotkindersurprise]

We salute an absolute icon 🫡

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[depsidase]

[vague-humanoid]

[gunsandfireandshit]

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[kamikkyu]

this is how i feel when ppl say genshin has diverse body types sorry

[uhuh100]

[hero-in-high-tops]

“Wait if I sheath my sword will he not attac-DID THIS TWINK JUST SLAP ME?!”

[karekuat]

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[regulationblues]

Thanks @niksfake

[yourockthebeatofmyheart]

I need y'all to watch this clip

[yourockthebeatofmyheart]

[hjdjdjdjdjc-deactivated20260221]

a lot of my autism masking is just making myself more palatable for other people and my therapist said "does spock make himself 'more palatable' for others?" and had me promise to keep unmasking like:

[ilikeit-art]

Have you ever wondered how tech technicians recover data from faulty flash and memory whose data cannot be recovered by normal methods.

[myothertardisisonthemun]

this is necromancy

[oodles-of-boodle]

This, right here?

THIS is a magic circle and NOTHING you can tell me will convince me otherwise.

[kompaktcat]

@eroticismofthemachinedetector

[eroticismofthemachinedetector]

Beep BOOP

[wizard-of-interesting-failure]

The -mancy suffix, though it has branched out greatly in recent times, originally referred to divination. This is literally wresting knowledge of the unknown from the bones of the dead. So this isn't just necromancy, it is necromancy in the original sense. Old necromancy meeting new technology.

[dragons-locator]

The -mancy suffix, though it has branched out greatly in recent times, originally referred to divination. This is literally wresting knowledge of the unknown from the bones of the dead.

dragons

DRAGONS LOCATED

[wireslide]

They were on the flash drive.

[walkingstackofbooks]

I was just reading through the Memory Alpha page on Inquisition, and: