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  1. Trying to discuss problems and solutions in a strategic way is frowned upon, even though it's the only path to getting to where we want to go that doesn't start with an "R" and end it "evolution". I know, I know-- cue the McKinsey jokes and Romney was a Bainie joke and scorn by all the salt of the earth and non-MBA types who are skeptical of fancy-mumbo-jumbo talk-- and I get being skeptical of consultants and their allyship, but a) when working in conjunction with the think-tanks, leading academics, and the Biden-administration and b) when remembering that the brightest business minds only loyalty is in solving problems and getting paid, there really isn't much to fear of the top 20% by the bottom 80%. Just let them get a crack to fix this stuff and have the government cut them a check. Call it reparations, even. Then again, this is politically toxic and is mansplaining or whitesplaining or whatever, so then you leave it to the loosely, federated leaders and movements like BLM to raise a lot of rancor and get nothing done, and the cycle repeats, turtles all the way down.
  2. Sad stuff. I don't think we are at this point yet, but have you guys ever read stories or reports about how a specific event has a wide-ranging and general/macro-impact across a large swath of people? The one I can think of that is most often cited is "Millennials entering the job market during the Great Recession have never "recovered" in the sense that they are are behind on lifetime earnings, their salary as of press-time, their savings, home ownership, retirement, etc." with the idea being that the happy path is forever altered because the kick-off and foundation was not there for them like it has been for others more privileged, and the effects compound over a lifetime, writ large. I don't think we are there yet, but I could see it if this thing lasts well into 2021 and we are knocking on the door of 2022, and we have a huge amount of kids who have been doing nothing and are 8 years old and starting Kindergarten. Nobody on this site, but you have to think 50% of kids in America have parents who don't care to advocate for them and/or don't have the means or wherewithal to advocate for them.
  3. Yea, the idea is not to save the kids lives, but that they are super-spreaders in bringing it home to adults who share it and then kill the 40+ and overweight and the elderly who are still not, for some reason, sheltered in place.
  4. Man, kids are doing amazing, the teacher:student ratio is at an all time low (1:5), safety/health is a priority and everyone is doing well. Academic rigor and discipline and routine is already back. Hate to sit in my private elementary school ivory tower, but...well, Bless y'alls hearts who are sharing these horrid xISD stories.
  5. So much this.
  6. Also, since we are just throwing out random hypothesis, probably wealthier/richer people are viewed and identify as more attractive because a lot of times that attractiveness consciously or unconsciously helps in our society with career and money making. And the attractive conservative people are usually upper middle class, while the ugliest are the poor rural folks who would rather be Russian than Democrat and f your feelings. Liberals are also a big tent for a bunch of marginalized and not mainstream or status quo, which wouldn’t be normalized as attractive in a Qualtrics survey or whatever this was.
  7. Yes. The question of "Can i be an unbelieving piece of crap my whole life and then as i lay dying (shout out to William F.), repent and believe in Jesus because there are no atheists in foxholes and deathbeds" I think it's a faulty premise, because of this quote above. Faith and knowing Jesus is not something you can fake or just say you do. He will say "I never knew you" (Matthew 7:21). Faith is a gift that only can be given; you can't seek it hard enough or study hard enough or be legalistic enough, which is why Paul said he can't boast for it was nothing he did to get Faith. And that is where my testimony begins: I was certainly not looking or seeking for Jesus but, when I pause and reflect that in all the infinite wisdom, mercy and love outside the bounds of infiniteness and time and space, I was still saved and given the gift of faith, I am grateful and I weep. It's easy to get wrapped up in obvious sin. It's even easier to get wrapped up in self-serving sin and worshiping your lifestyle or a new car or bigger house or nice job with beautiful kids and all that fleeting stuff that doesn't mean anything after the blip of time we are on this fallen speck of dust. It is when I am too much of the world that I find it's helpful to meditate on the vast expanse of our universe, our limited understanding of time and space and light, and try to understand what infinite means. And then understand what being spiritually and infinitely dead means and never being called by my creator in infinite peace and joy. A wretch like me, indeed.
  8. Child of God, checking in! Was saved half a dozen years ago! I love this thread already; where two or more are gathered...
  9. I have a friend who went in with another friend to hire a retired teacher to teach their two kids (in total). They pay $1500 each, per month, and it's about as focused and 1x1 and as safe as you can get, which sounds like an awesome idea for those who may not want to pay the full boat of a private school because they are going back to publics once pandemic has been resolved but they want a stop gap measure.
  10. Grizzlies did alright with Ja Morant anyways, who is second only to Luka in the exciting/awesome young gun category.
  11. There is something seriously mentally off or wrong with someone who would fake the funk and transition their body/sex organs/gender for competitive or material gains. Something deeper and more drastically wrong that would probably only affect the 1%. I'm talking about cisgender men doing this for gain. It would be like a cisgender man saying "I'll cut off my penis for maybe the possibility of a $1mm". What sane and rational cisgender man would do that?
  12. Oh also: Republican boycotting/canceling: USPS? Democrat boycotting/cancelling: The ELLEN Show?
  13. I thought we could have a running aggregate of topical, cancel culture stuff we should be boycotting depending on our political beliefs, as it's very fluid and dynamic depending on the zeitgeist, news cycle and virality of the day. I'll kick us off: What are Democrats boycotting right now that we should know about, which would hurt businesses that are in opposition of what we champion? I know businesses were boycotting Facebook ads recently, is that still a thing? For Republicans (ironically using cancel culture despite crying about it all the time), obviously the big news is boycotting Goodyear for their take on political correctness in the workplace (you can google the controversy or view the slide if you haven't seen it yet). Anything else Republicans need to know? I know Goya beans were being bought in a sort of anti-boycott (buycott?).
  14. Cute Kids! Good luck, hope they stay safe and learn!
  15. Twitter called her Karen Scissorhands and...well, that is just about as perfect an intersection of topical, meme humor and a headline for this situation as there can be.
  16. Homework has been a whipping again because the Spring was such a throwaway time and getting out of the habit and discipline. Dude, just got to private school. You'll be glad you did. Our experience thus far (only 3 days in) has been amazing and nothing like what I feared and, honestly, expected. Small classes; real learning with regimented safety/protocols that don't care about catering to the lowest common denominator. Either you come to school prepared to be safe and learn or you can go somewhere else and they aren't foolin' with you.
  17. What did I wander into on this thread. Wow.
  18. That's funny!
  19. So is Nathan Phillips. Saying all three of these people are people we should actively avoid our children growing up like and to be should be the single-most agreed upon thing all of us differing folks can agree upon. It's like agreeing ice cream is good or something.
  20. Sure. I think he was a weirdo kid a couple of years ago and that event and the subsequent attention and grooming has led to where he now has a platform and minor celebrity to 30% of America. Weird. Sad. Without dumb media victimizing the kid back then, he’s probably just another dummy getting corona virus from a red solo cup at Vanderbilt or something instead of having some weirdo cult following, from both sides, one that hates him and one that loves him.
  21. I know this is going to sound crazy, but BrisketTexan, you are right and I was wrong. Essentially I was grouping the good protesters and the bad ones (rioter and looter) into the same bucket of civil disobedience. You are right there is nothing disobedient about peaceful protestation in and of itself, as it is a right. The looters, rioters, Antifa, etc. are extorting with destructive disruption, as you agree, and it’s either valid “good trouble” or felonious violence depending on your philosophical stances.
  22. Virtual is essentially like-- do you remember when someone got suspended and they got a weeks worth of work sent home with instruction on a post-it note on the outside of the book? That's the virtual process, from what I can tell. And the school was very adamant that a) you dont get tuition reduced and b) you must keep up with in-person instruction, none of this half-butt spring of 2020 stuff.
  23. I think you are right that cops being paid a job should do it, at a tactical, day-to-day level without taking the inputs of things and worrying about things at that "higher paygrade" level. Johnny Cop should just do his job. It doesn't matter if Johnny Cops precinct is getting 100% of their budget funded or 90% or 50%; just do the job in front of you and don't worry about the inner-workings or political detail. If you are called to a scene to help someone who had a break-in at Good Ole Boy Blvd or if someone was assaulted Protester U, you respond and do your job dispassionately, in the same professional way. I think we are 100% agreed on that, right? In other words, I'm not condoning that cops should extort to get what they want politically. I agree with you it's a thing that happens and is potentially happening. What my post was saying, though, was that the opposite side of the coin is that there are people who are willing and will be disruptive-- from the law-abiding and peaceful protesters to the destructive, violent and criminal end of the spectrum-- in order to get their change enacted. Their basic extortion principal is, "we are going to disrupt the system until it changes (i.e. we get what we want) and then we will stop." which is extortion 101. It's "good extortion" though, as I mentioned in my post. It's the good kind. Just like "good trouble" is still trouble. Opposite side of the coin. If that observation bothers you, then maybe sit the rest of this one out, my dude.
  24. Wow, so just picked up the kids. About a 1/4 of the kids opted for the virtual class until late September which meant my son had 5 kids in his class total. That's amazing. I hope they go virtual all year and we get to keep the super low student to teacher ratio.
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