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Reminder, if you ever pay someone for a commission on Paypal (NSFW OR NOT) you SHUT THE FUCK UP in any text box it gives you.
(No this does not mean try to be a snarky comedian and say it was "bomb materials" or "fuck u" or whatever. Don't play with people's livelihoods, just shut the fuck up and don't type anything at all, it's not that hard.)
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just finished playing a fucking INSANELY good mystery game on itch.io and i Need to tell people about it
The Unsolvable Mystery
it's a free browser text-based gothic horror mystery, where you're trying to solve a string of mysterious murders by going through the files of the last agent to investigate the case, who also died under mysterious circumstances. the premise is fairly classic but the execution... god DAMN
HIGHLY recommend if you enjoy games like return of the obra dinn, the painscreek killings, her story, sagebrush, a hand with many fingers, etc. took me about 4 hours across two play sessions! take notes!!!
sorry for finding it hot when people's hair goes grey. as if im wrong
i must not kill myself . killing myself is the myself killer
this post has been in my head so here is a pinterest quote version of it thanks op
Various audio snippets of my childhood that I've collected.
Time to eat rat poison *eats rat poison*
*eats rat poison*
*eats rat poison*
*hurriedly performs CPR on two people*
*kisses you back*
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*talking to the jet black vaguely humanoid alien creature* for sure yeah we did in fact get to the moon and we solved the whole space travel part but we're in a lull right now because theres like 5 people who have all the money on earth and also media control so we're on this scapegoat minorities type beat for maybe another decade :/ I'm down for oviposition btw
I might be wrong on this: I think it actually is significant to not solely focus on but note how bad that essay is, because 1) it would pass no evaluation in any context and 2) because the TA was extremely generous towards it. She did everything right, every single thing right in responding to a student who was clearly expressing that in their ideal world she would not exist. She shoved all of that down, responded strictly properly by rubric, and was still sold out by her institution, what should have been her class solidarities, even though she held to exactly what the people who vilify her insist she is incapable of: engaging, “academic neutrality”, etc. She did it, as is extremely usual. They didn’t care. They were ranging for her and they’re goddamn hypocrites. People I think should know that; at least for her.
For folks who may not know what this is in reference to;
A University of Oklahoma instructor has been placed on leave after a student complained about receiving a failing grade on a paper
So I reblogged this once already so I could more easily read and respond to it on my computer (typing on a full keyboard is way easier than on a fucking phone).
This is genuinely one of the most infuriating things I've read about recently. This girl just straight up DIDN'T DO THE ASSIGNMENT. Then complained about discrimination because the person grading it was trans.
She got a ZERO because she didn't do the assignment. She didn't even properly CITE her source, which was the bible. There is absolutely a proper way to cite the bible, btw. And she didn't do it.
This was the assignment, btw:
She did not do almost ANYTHING this assignment required. She deserved that zero.
this was the TA's reaction, btw:
"Please note that I am not deducting points because you have certain beliefs, but instead I am deducting point for you posting a reaction paper that does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive. "While you are entitled to your own personal beliefs, there is an appropriate time or place to implement them in your reflections. I encourage all students to question or challenge the course material with other empirical findings or testable hypotheses, but using your own personal beliefs to argue against the findings of not only this article, but the findings of countless articles across psychology, biology, sociology, etc. is not best practice. "You argue that abiding by normative gender roles is beneficial (it is perfectly fine to believe this), but to then say that everyone should act the same, while also saying that people aren't pressured into gendered expectations is contradictory, especially since your arguments reflect a religious pressure to act in gender-stereotypical ways. You can say that strict gender norms don't create gender stereotypes, but that isn't true by definition of what a stereotype is. Please not that acknowledging gender stereotypes does not immediately denote a negative connotation, a nuance this article discusses. "Additionally, to call an entire group of people "demonic" is highly offensive, especially a minoritized population. You are entitled to your own beliefs, but this isn't a vague narrative of "society pushes lies," but instead the result of countless years developing psychological and scientific evidence for these claims and directly interacting with the communities involved. You may personally disagree with this, but that doesn't change the fact that every major psychological, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric association in the United States acknowledges that, biologically and psychologically, sex and gender is neither binary nor fixed. "I implore you apply some more perspective and empathy in your work. If you personally disagree with the findings, then by all means share your criticisms, but make sure to do so in a way that is appropriate and using the methodology of empirical psychology, as aligned with the learning goals in this class. If you have any additional questions or concerns about this or would like some additional educational resources, I would be happy to discuss this further and provide you with them."
(all typos are mine, I had to type it out from screenshots in this article, which ALSO CONTAINS THE WHOLE ESSAY SHE WROTE)
Can we talk about how PERFECT this response is? This TA did their due diligence when grading this paper. The essay? It was hot garbage. I read the whole thing.
The other instructor for this course AGREED WITH THE TA!
"Samantha, I am the other instructor for this course, and I have also take the time to read your paper. I concur with [redacted] on the grade you received. This paper should not be considered as a completion of the assignment. "Everyone has different ways in which they see the world, but in an academic course such as this you are being asked to support your ideas with empirical evidence and higher-level reasoning. "I find it concerning that you state at the beginning of your paper that you do not think bullying ("teasing") is a bad thing. In addition, your paper directly and harshly criticizes your peers and their opinions, which are just as valuable as yours. Disagreeing with others is fine, but there is a respectful way to go about it. That goes for discussion posts as well as reaction papers. "Please employ more thoughtfulness in your future assignment."
There is genuinely no reason, at all, for this TA to be placed on leave. The TA was just doing their goddamned job.
As someone who had to write all kinds of essays about all kinds of things in high school (and in college, but that's somehow less relevant to this). I was able to write about being pro-gay marriage (before it was legalized in the US), being pro-abortion and being LGBTQIA+ AT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL. And I still managed to get As. Do you want to know how? I used real sources and cited them. I actually followed the assignment while still getting my point across.
It is absolutely possible to write essays disagreeing with the premise without completely flouting the assignment. I promise you it's possible.
I could vent about this for HOURS. That's how much it pisses me off.
Based on the essay itself, this genuinely feels like the student is such a bigot that she doesn't want a trans teacher and is using a RIGHTFUL zero to try and get that TA fired. She is claiming discrimination while actively discriminating against the TA.
We need to stop ignoring the obvious: this was a setup.
The essay is intentionally bad. You cannot write an essay that bad unintentionally, and even if you could, you would not then cry discriminating for being part of the biggest religious group in the US.
This woman saw that she had a trans woman in front of her and decided to try and ruin that trans woman's life to kickstart her own career in the reactionary talk show and podcast circuit. She already had an appearance on Fox, iirc.
This was planned, and what she wanted, and her victim did nothing wrong and was STILL placed on leave simply for happening to be trans. Since when are people just placed on leave when someone challenges a paper worth 3% of the final grade, especially when it is a paper so clearly intentionally written to be offensive, and to be failed? She was abandoned by her University, so so this fucking vulture can make her name for robbing a trans woman's life.
The student responsible for this originally "broke the story" through notable corpse Charlie Kirk's TP USA, and now TP USA is already promoting events where she will be speaking. This is was literally all a publicity stunt where the worst people on earth took advantage of the fact that everyone in power is a coward who would much rather destroy the life of a trans woman than stand up for her
i think that other people have access to an Energy source that i don’t but that’s okay i’m happy for them i do wish that was me though
The really unfortunate thing about mental health progress is that sometimes you realize you've made it in the form of "wow, I haven't felt this bad in a fucking while"
On the one hand it's a bit of a pick me up in a dark place to know that this will pass because it has passed before on the other hand sometimes it isn't entirely a pleasant thought to go "wow, I used to feel like this all the time. That was pretty fucking bad. It's pretty bad right now too also."
Someday your current baseline will be the sort of thing you consider A Really Bad Day. It does get better.
bumped into my neighbor who told me about how when she was mowing she found a praying mantis and while pointing it out to a another neighbor ran into a group of 4 men and also asked if they wanted to see and they enthusiastically agree
so, she takes them to see it and notices that these men are almost giddy over this bug so she starts asking questions and turns out they are from various African countries, are scientists travelling on some sort of research grant, and one of them in particular is specialist in insects and they were all just on their way to their Air B&B
like. Imagine you arrive in this foreign country to study its local bugs, you get off the plane and start walking to where you are staying, and some old lady stops you and is all "hey! Come look at our local bug!"
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sorry I have some kind of brain disease
I suspect this was meant as a visual pun because this server is rated for 733 watts, almost exactly one metric horsepower
Homeschooling should be completely illegal imo, but at the VERY least, we need a national standard of testing and check ins with mandatory reporters. The HSLDA will send you bomb threats if you try, though.
You think I'm joking about the bomb threats? I'm not.
Another reason for homeschooling to be banned/regulated out of existence: the annoying homeschooled adults in the notes arguing that, yeah ok, SOME homeschool kids might be horrifically abused, denied a basic education (and therefore making it nigh impossible to seek higher levels of education), isolated, and in the worst circumstances, don't even SURVIVE.... But I think I turned out fine, and as the main character of the universe, I think my individual experience should hold more weight.
some kind of worm from the ground i think
