Honestly this whole kitten thing is insane.
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Honestly this whole kitten thing is insane.
Disappeared by the US government* I think that's what you mean.
Me and my childhood pet
Which labeler is this? I would appreciate this kind of warning.
I thought this was extremely specific so I did a quick Google and...I missed that particular news cycle, I guess.
The test ends with a donation request. Incredible. Beside the point, but what do they even think OK teachers are getting paid, anyway?
Apropos of nothing, but this quiz appears to be built on Typeform, which is not what I'd choose for an official academic certificate.
Honestly, I think an unstated reason for this ideology test is to try and get scare statistics on how many would-be teachers answer these questions differently from how PragerU and Oklahoma want them to. IE, this is data they retain; and therefore fuel for future PragerU videos.
Lol question 3 and 4 are both incorrect in what their "correct" answer is "supposed" to be. 3 esp which ties in with 4. Doctors don't karyotype babies. Even with ambiguous genetalia. If you have an enlarged clit, esp if you also have a vaginal opening, they'll measure the length of it and base it-
I feel like I've rarely if ever watched a match and thought "those subs were made too early" but I've definitely thought "those subs were too late" a lot. Yet it seems to always happen. Am I missing something? #woso
Semi related, I have this weird anxiety about not knowing her well enough. Which is silly bc of course I'm still getting to know her, it's been like two months. So it was gratifying to correctly identify her noise as the "my babies" noise.
I really do think she's teetering on the precipice with this latest bender. But I also thought that at one point a year or so back, so maybe she'll hold fast?
I don't really do betting but does anyone have a pool on how long til Taylor Lorenz goes about-faces to right wing? I want in.
My cat came out of the basement and made her "where are my babies?" noise. At first I was like "Idk, where'd you leave them?" until all five came out from under the couch. It appears while I was watching soccer they all figured out how to climb the stairs, crawled under there, and fell asleep.
I may not be a literal dad, but I did just take a nap with sports in the background until I snored so loudly that I woke myself up.
The best I can tell, from the author's posts, they maybe got a couple of hundred respondents.
Here's something I think a lot of folks don't yet understand, but 16 states' worth of CVSes refusing to give out Covid shots *is* actually preventing people from accessing them. They are the biggest pharmacy chain in the country and they own Aetna insurance, often forcing those clients to use CVS.
Also, there's no info on the data or methodology. For all we know, they talked to 5 people. This isn't exactly surprising findings, but also, without any info on the questions asked, the number of people, etc etc, this is basically useless.
How many respondents total? Why is there no freely available info on the data or methodology behind your "findings"?
That new "moderate left" s*bstack did a poll and their post with the "data" hides all the survey details and methodology info behind a paywall, including presumably any information on the size of the data set.
Amazing work hiding the methodology and details behind a paywall. Great credibility booster.
I was looking for something else and discovered I'm on this amazing block list for insisting Dem politicians *checks notes* do their job. Also, it has this inexplicable cover photo of a bunch of white people, some famous, at a fancy dinner.
"the first wave"?? I thought the whole reason the centrist voted for Trump was bc they were already too high.
Okay, Oya is annoyed with me, I think I have to stop. But I can't guarantee I won't come back and finish this tomorrow.
I have concerns about this hand-turkey.
Not a single misspelling of Massachusetts yet.
I can tell I didn't go to elementary school here, bc I have no idea what these fish or plants are supposed to be. But I still remember everything about both the Ohio and Nevada state seal so shout out to my third grade teachers and moving in the middle.
Okay, I wasn't going to include this one, bc it's getting late, but the detail! Annotation! Edited it into a real picture! Seal, motto, and flag together! Points for effort!
Okay, if we were going by nautical laws and how far out into the water a government can claim, this is really stretching into int'l waters, but I love the vibes here. Also, cutting off most of the state. Like, Worcester didn't even make it in. Boston, Cape, or gtfo says this flag.
This PDF also includes submissions for state mottos and crests. One is simply: "game is game"
I can't tell you how often I say that to myself. It's like, borderline a verbal tick for me at this point.
OMG is this one threatening original Massachusetts? the one that reaches to Ohio? bc MA is not that long.
I looooove the ones that only show half of Massachusetts, so perfect, but this one is really just like, the cape plus the south shore? Like, that pointy bit at the top is at most, Plymouth.
Okay, I take back my criticism of the whale tails, bc we definitely have and are known for whales. But like, we don't really have a lot of bears and also I think you stole that bear in particular from california.
Lmao I've only made it thru 282 of 1147
THANK YOU for submitting your variations together. SOMEONE gets it. Also, someone found the fun fonts on Microsoft Office.
There are sooo many whale tails, yall. Like, so many. I get it, I do, but WOW that's a lot of tails.
Idk man, this one is kind of freaking me out? Why is it so disconcerting? Is that a Cthulhu Pine Tree?
Ooooh I'm in a section of annotated flags. I'm into it. They are almost all boring af, but I love annotations.
There are at least 10 different variations of this one and I'm annoyed bc what is it? Is it the whale in a circle? Is something chasing the whale? It doesn't make sense??
Okay, obviously this one was done by the older sibling of the last one. And the younger sibling definitely copied and a parent had to settle a fight about it.
"Mom let me use ALL of the red paint!!"
On text submission has me feeling like I'm having a stroke: "Larus petit cibum sub libertate quietum" (The seagull seeks food under freedom). Azure, a seagull White volant striking a hand in nombril aversant clutching a carton Gules of French fries Or. In dexter chief a mullet of 5 Argent
There are also a bunch that are so boring they aren't worth mentioning, or very repetitive without being like the above, where someone has clearly submitted a bunch of variations all at once.
That fish mob is about to overpower that church steeple.
I know this is supposed to be a whale's tail but abstract. However, I love the idea of a state flag that's just a curly bracket.
There is a series of geometric submissions close together that are really giving "I was playing with my magna-tiles"
Okay, this is DEFINITELY stolen from the hartford whalers.
Oh, this would be better is it were one of the angry wild turkeys chasing cops. But "well done" is exactly how my grandma cooked her turkeys.
There are loads of boring ones that I'm skipping. Also, noticing a trend where people who really thought they were on one submitted like 12 variations of the same design. There's one that's a union-jack-style thing with a lantern that I've seen a bunch.
Oh, I got it: a knight taking a bubble bath needs to write down a quick note with his feather quill.
A flag of flags! Including California's flag!
Skipping a delightful one bc it has the kid's first and last name, but this is also delightful
I'm pretty sure they yoinked an old SVG from the Hartford Whalers.
Idk what's happening here, but I'm charmed.
Let's gooooooo. I tried my best with the alt text.
Should I scroll thru all 1,147 submissions for the new Massachusetts State Flag tonight?
set up a really intricate rube-goldberg-type thing to greet her upon her return. Like, think Home Alone, but delightful instead of violent?
Yes, mute is a great tool. There are some trans people who seem to thrive on this type of posting. To each their own, etc etc, but I do not understand people who seem to be live-skeeting every awful thing that is, was, or might be.
Occasionally we do "Fried Apps Friday" where all food is just deep fried appetizers and it's an absolute delight. Highly recommend.
The wiki page about the last greek monarchy is fascinatingly sparse, but includes the sentence "Alfred declined to be king, and so did every candidate until Prince Vilhelm of Denmark of the House of Glücksburg, who had received only six votes." 6 votes out of 241,202.
I'm sorry, I meant that as a joke. I'm sure you wouldn't, though I don't know you really. How about "I'm sure you would be really really bummed about that bc while I don't know you, I have noticed that you're passionate about AT"
I am so curious! I'm neutral. I use it bc I want something, and I won't use goodreads.
Anakins everywhere. Just full of midichlorians!
What we actually accomplish, when we submit to these debates, is legitimizing the "other side," by agreeing that there's even anything to debate!
Like, idk what you think is going to happen here but like, next will you sign up to debate whether women have the right to exist. Or Palestinians. Or immigrants. Why? What do you think you will accomplish??
Omg, trans people, stop submitting to "debates" about our own existence. Why do we keep insisting on learning this lesson the hard way??
Not sure why depression is on the list but LFGGGGGG! lol
Has anybody run the numbers on the % chance your kid will compete against the trans athlete versus the % chance your kid will get shot at school?
Omg this is UNhinged.
Yeah, this was pre ACA and also a prof trying to convince me to go into policy. At the time, it struck me as callous, but I have since seen that talk therapy can be more accessible to the people who probably aren't those who needed it most.
I once heard someone in school refer to individual talk therapy as "listening to the worried well and the wealthy" pre ACA and I think about that a lot these days.
I have so many thoughts about this but it all boils down to: Yup.
Like, these men's appearances in her life span high school to like, age 30. So why all of them now? Why all emails, and long emails, that say about the same thing?
My straight friend is currently experiencing the weirdest thing: Over the last few months, 4 guys from her past have sent emails (EMAILS?!) with these long apologies about how they treated her wrong and etc. Did a manosphere podcast recommend this action recently or something?
Are you going to do something about it?
No
printers actually do yearn for the steppes. that’s why they’re always so uncooperative
While I've never seen it, there was a VHS I watched a lot that had recorded over the movie, with just a minute preserved. So it's still weirdly embedded in my brain. I read the plot for the first time a few weeks ago and was like "I'm sorry, what?!"
Only three???
That would be BEE MOVIE (2007)
Misery My assumption: I don't really know here, something terrible. This lady, maybe the guy's lover, holds him hostage and hobbles him. Idk, but I recently learned what it's actually about and damn, was Stephen King okay when he wrote this?
Beats their first draft.
Having worked in a touring venue working with those people: I believe this wholeheartedly.
I think it's perfect for her (derogatory)
I...had no idea what Point Break was about tbh, but I've now read the plot summary on Wiki and...what? Were there a lot of surfer gangs in the 90's and I just missed it?
As an author, author-to-author, I'd like to write to you about how I am an author writing books, because I am an author.
I heard they're cops tho!
Star Wars: I had a lot wrong but I definitely thought that it was based on Hamlet, that Han Solo was Darth Vader's son, that Obi Wan was the main character, and that Leia spent way more time in the outfit from the first scene of A New Hope.
The way rugby referees are talking, saying please and thank you etc on the mic in the midst of one of the most physically punishing team sports is just utterly delightful. I'm enjoying catching up on the Women's Rugby World Cup.
Okay I have now googled it and that man maybe never looked 17.
I would never open the app if I didn't have to. It's bleak. But then again, I can understand wanting/needing to believe you actually have total control over your circumstances.
If Gene Roddenberry was still alive and running Star Trek, I guarantee we'd be getting thinly veiled allegories about anti-vaccine bullshit or xenophobia. It would not be subtle. It would hit reasonably hard. People would complain endlessly that Star Trek had gotten too progressive.
I have to spend a lot of time on LinkedIn for my day job, and it's incredible how many people on there, regardless of political alignment, truly believe that everything they have, they've earned, and how anyone with less than them deserves to have less.
Look, things are terrifying and weird, but... Did you know that Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation has the power to crash certain computers made in 2005 bc of the bassline's resonant frequency? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_...
