What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?

[The Valkyrie]

But why use one of those when you can get a person to scream?

That could cause busybodies to stick their noses into what you are doing.

That's the trap.

[Angrboda]

But why use one of those when you can get a person to scream?

Ever hear the story of the boy who cried wolf?

[The Valkyrie]

But why use one of those when you can get a person to scream?

Ever hear the story of the boy who cried wolf?

Yes.

I fed him to the wolves.

[Fake Messiah]

In watching the reporting about Prime Minister’s Abe’s assassination, a cnn reporter in the region, said Japan had 1 gun-violence death last year. One. The US had +40k.

[Rev. Rye]

It looks like America's education system is even worse than I would have expected. I would have expected there to at least be some fucking standards, but evidently this isn't the case.




Point 1: While, yes, there's always been some degree of rebellion in kids, this strikes me as a whole new level. Even when we hated the assignments and even when we hated the teachers, we at least did the fucking homework. It might have ended up shit, but at least they didn't need to bribe us with candy just to do the fucking work. And at least there were some consequences, whether it's detention or failure. But, apparently, even when there are consequences, (which is less common than you'd think) you still have to deal with parents who've basically become Karens who don't see much more of a point in the rules than their kids.

If you've ever balked at Ethan Crouch's affluenza defense, saying something like, "Even if he was spoilt rotten by his parents, surely he must have learned about right and wrong from somewhere, like their schools," parents like these (and from what we know, Crouch's parents were exactly that kind of parent) are why I don't buy into that premise.

Point 2: Before some members chalk all this up to the ineffectiveness of electronic learning post-COVID, it should be pointed out that the majority of these issues were already present before shit got real, and she's even made videos about these problems dating back to February, when we thought the plague was going to be contained to China and there was nothing to worry about for the West.

Point 3: How the fuck are her braids in focus when nothing else, including her face, is?

[Fireball]

I taught Geometry, "Pre-Calculus" and Physics at a private school in the mid-'90s. Mostly entertainment industry brats, as their parents didn't want them in public school. Understandable, but I don't agree with the parent's attitude that teachers should be the only source of their children's discipline.

[Orbit]

I teach at a state university, and when we get them from high school, the damage is done. They think college is high school. Then they fail. We try to help in a billion ways. The students who bring a work ethic with them are the ones who succeed.

[Rev. Rye]

I taught Geometry, "Pre-Calculus" and Physics at a private school in the mid-'90s. Mostly entertainment industry brats, as their parents didn't want them in public school. Understandable, but I don't agree with the parent's attitude that teachers should be the only source of their children's discipline.

And the sad thing is even that is a more reasonable standard than the parents she’s talking about have.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I’m re-watching ‘Call The Midwife’ from the beginning and ran across something I missed on previous viewings - one of the nuns was pleased that they were having ‘faggots and peas’ for tea. I’d never heard that word used in reference to food, so I looked it up.  A faggot is a meatball made of minced pig’s heart, liver and bacon, wrapped in a caul and baked, usually served with mashed potatoes and marrow peas.

I was surprised to learn that this is very popular in Wales and the Midlands, since food that disgusting generally comes from Scotland.

Boru

[Angrboda]

Apparently, Elton John is a big fan of American baseball.