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I've been talking to my parents about the Baltimore protests, and while they seem to understand it more, my dad keeps saying that what he's really worried about now is "more police being killed". I'm not sure how to respond to this...
Well, police aren’t being killed. Not one police officer has died because of the protests. The police are much more likely to kill than to be killed.
My dad frequently watches FOX news (wish I knew why). I overheard a segment they broadcast earlier tonight about Freddie Gray and the protests surrounding his death, and not once did they even say his name. I knew FOX was bad, but this is disgusting.
FOX will always disappoint you. A segment about the loss of black life (not that they framed it that way) and they can’t even give him the dignity of his name.
Tell your dad about Freddie Gray. Tell him his name and that his life mattered.
I know this isn't Fandom Friday-related, but what are your thoughts on the controversy surrounding Oregon's Governor Kitzhaber?
I'm most interested in the fact that Kate Brown will replace him. She's bisexual, and will be America's first openly LGBT governor!
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Five random facts, eh?
1. I played tuba for about 10 years.
2. I became a vegetarian when I was 6 or 7 years old and I am still one today (I’m 25).
3. I do a fantastic Jigglypuff imitation.
4. I am developing my singing voice now, after neglecting it for about a decade, and it looks like I’m a soubrette (or lyric coloratura) with coloratura being most comfortable in the high mezzo range (I intend to bring my coloratura up into a higher range as I practice more in my upper extension).
5. I have been mistaken as one of my sisters’ mother multiple times because she is a decade younger than me, but looks like she’s 12.
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I'm too lazy to share this tbh but I want you all to know that in like first grade I got a big-ass box of like 100 colorful pencil topper erasers and everyone wanted one because those things are hella awesome right so naturally I started actually charging other kids for them I was the most popular kid in class pimping erasers for everything from quarters to little trinkets and it was fucking awesome until eventually the teacher had to shut down my eraser-dealing ring because selling things at school is illegal goodnight everybody
loki-godoftricks replied to your photo “a moment of silence for the majesty that is my hair. ”
Dammit, your hair is almost as curly as mine; how the hell do you get it to behave??
I brush it out when it's still wet. And then I put it in a bun. And then I dry it with a hairdryer fifteen minutes later. And then I put it up in a bun again for a little while longer. And then I undo the final bun and toss it between my fingers and voilá. Sometimes there is hairspray. Sometimes not.
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It is. “#plus you have dyscalcula wtf are they making you do this for” Iiii wish I knew.
Don't we all. I really fail to see the point of higher mathematics - school has done a terrible job at explaining why I should know these things.
Actually, can I just springboard this and rant?
I understand that math, problem solving, and the like, are important things to learn. I understand that its important to develop the "hate it but do it" skill. Really, I get it. I get that some of the most fun things in life are optional, and that includes actively participating in math. I even understand that some people unironically like math a lot. I get that it's important for careers like architecture, accountancy - I get that we need these people. They are welcome to learn higher math if they find it fascinating. Hell, I encourage anyone to learn math if they want to, whether they go into those careers or not.
What I cannot, and may never understand, is why they force it on the rest of us. There are so many other ways to develop problem solving skills, critical thinking skills, and mastering the ability to do things that you don't like doing. Logic puzzles, brainteasers, other classroom deadlines - even things outside of school. I mean, life teaches us to do those things. Even basic mathematics teaches those things, along with actual, useful skills relevant to the real world.
Some people (like you and I) don't understand math, don't speak that language on even a fundamental level, and yet the general consensus is that this is what we must learn. We must pay money to learn what will, for us, become an entirely irrelevant skill in the near future, because that is "the way things are done" in the collegiate, and even the high school system.
I'm not trying to be elitist, I'm just trying to understand. And no one has been able to explain it to me in a way that satisfies this constant question of my life.
/rant over
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Oh. o_o i’m only at Math 60.
It is a cruel thing they do to us, isn't it?
