HalfSalesman

Similar story of my own: Had a middle school computer teacher who told us to use "File -> Open URL" on Internet Explorer/Netscape (can't remember which) which opened a prompt window with a text field to enter in a URL. And I pointed out that you can just use the address bar and do the same thing and she angrily told me that I had to do it the proper way. While I thought she wasn't looking, I used the address bar anyway. She apparently had been trying to spy if I disobeyed, caught me, and told me that I failed the assignment (I did not even know I was being graded).

Another different computer teacher at my high school I had seemed to more or less admit she had no idea what she was doing (she originally taught a different subject, she seemed legitimately nervous/insecure about possibly losing her job) though she tried by just reading the text book to us verbatim for a few days. Eventually, she gave up and the students just taught each other computer stuff in her class, then when they ran out of things to teach each other they just played Age of Empires all class and the she let us.

I have this problem with a bunch of new hires.

sometimes there is no step by step guide and you need to exercise judgement and make some decisions on your own.

They probably think they aren't paid enough to care so much to actually exert mental effort beyond strict requests and step by step and don't expect to have a future to look forward to so why worry about progressing in a career?

Because that's how I treat my job. I don't get paid nearly enough to try beyond the absolute bare fucking minimum.

I don't like Asmon but my understanding is he supports SKG. Am I wrong?

Also I saw a clip of SomeOrdinaryGamers, which indicated that he tempered his support with a dash of (wrong) both-sides-ism. But it was only a clip.

Jesus fucking Christ. All of your response is about me. Every time I get into an argument with .ml users it seems the substance of the actual discussion gets lost and it just becomes boring fucking mud slinging. You guys are obsessed with ego and dunking without actually backing it up with the actual meat of your posts.

Since the label used to describe my politics seem to be your primary focus, fine, maybe there is something interesting to be discussed here: Liberals believe in the private ownership of the means of production. I do not.

If you think there are liberals who don't believe in the private ownership of the means of production then I don't know what to tell you. Our disagreement is not able to be reconciled.

In my experience, when a man complains about their 'men' problems to anyone online they're given the treatment grueling_spool is describing by both men and women.

But in more "insulated" face to face conversations its pretty varied/mixed. I suspect this is mostly an "all to all" online conversation effect. There are people who are absolutely ruthless online towards men complaining about problems men specifically face and they will find complaining men and mock them.

I only use this account while at work and largely don't use any social media outside of schedules of face to face meet ups.

I read plenty, just not what you read probably.

I'd be cool with that.

Social constructs aren't practical.

You called me a tankie for the sole reason that I said that Fascism and Stalinism are distinct ideologies and not interchangeable terms.

Maybe you aren't a tankie, but if there was a verifiable test for the disease, I'd bet money you have it on that basis + the .ml yeah.

Not for defending Stalinism, not even for saying it’s not as bad as Fascism, just for saying it’s a different ideology.

because you see me say Stalinism and Fascism are different and just assume that I’m defending stalinism

Don't play dumb. You are engaging in defensive apologia.

Don’t care, labels are descriptive, not a personal affectation.

No shit? I don't embrace the label was listed as specific evidence that I wasn't a liberal because liberals don't care if they are called a liberal. I'd claim bad reading comprehension but that would imply you are capable of growth, its clear you have an ideological myopia and don't want to engage in good faith.

There is basically nothing that could be contained within such emails that would change almost anyone's mind about Trump that hasn't already come to some kind of conclusion about him. The only thing is might do it reveal some kind of technical non-moral weak spot.

In desert heat. Humidity is a thing.

Possible if not likely, but also being an anti-Harris leftist indicates the sort of person who doesn't touch grass anyway.

Though, I had seen handmade anti-Harris sign in Chicago once shortly before the election. "A vote for Harris is a vote for genocide" is what it said. I suspect that if there are some of those people do touch grass at all, they are aware of how incredibly unpopular they'd be in most progressive spaces if they openly stated they advocated against and refused to vote for Harris and would keep very quiet. Thus cowards.