iceonfire1

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[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I think this question could be interpreted in many ways, but typically education is correlated with more religious participation.

For Mennonites specifically, education is one of their core values. They also did a study on what matters most to their members that you can check if you're interested: https://www.mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MC-USA-Report-FN-compressed-1.pdf

Personally, I think a lot of their belief system and activism efforts just make sense and appeal based on their own merits.

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

There are many kinds of Mennonites. Most that I know are pretty scientific and well-educated.

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Behind a shattered door, the adventurers find a tent, bags of gear, smouldering fireplace, and smell roasting mutton. It seems abandoned only seconds ago, but on closer inspection the tent is mouldering, the gear mostly rusted through, and the fireplace only ancient charcoal.

(A party of adventurers passed through 20 years before, and were ambushed and dragged off to be eaten in the dead of night. Their ghosts remain, giving a semblance of life to the camp as they relive their final moments)

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At least in the US, tipping is the accepted way that we compensate certain people for their time.

If you habitually never tip, you are not paying for the service that you receive in good faith. This is theft of service.

If you don't like tipping, patronize places that include the tip in the bill. Tell restaurant owners to change their pay structure to avoid it. It won't be changed by you individually shirking your obligation to pay.

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

That seems fair

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Omg FINALLY fixed this game-breaking mechanic

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the quote, but it's still not a cut to the grant itself.

Believe it or not, I also think university research depts should continue to exist and that major budget shortfalls due to this are not in our best interest.

Hope your abrasive remarks are making you feel better.

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

If my statement was wrong, feel free to correct it. But based on reading the article, this change is not a "cut" to grants as you indicated in your title.

Will this change cause significant disruption? Almost certainly. But there's an argument to be made for the change, namely that NIH grants should support the science rather than the university and that university overhead costs should be subsidized in some other way.

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (5 children)

This isn't a cut (yet), it's a budgetary allocation requirement. It matches what is already required by most private non-profits.

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Translation: following time travel, everything resets to exactly as it was before time travel.

Not exactly groundbreaking, considering this is assumed by the premise of a closed timeline curve.

[–] iceonfire1@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

You could buy a couple of acres of land and turn it into a forest preserve. And then don't let anyone buy it to build or cut down trees / etc.

Depending on how much you care, you could even plant a sustainable forest and grow hardwood as an investment.

 
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