23242 pts ยท April 3, 2016
Nosy little fucker, aintcha
Amazon doesn't actually sell everything in my experience, just everything you'd want at home. A lot of work stuff I get at Graingers, Digikey, Mouser, Newark Electronics, etc; for my hobbies, I have to go to specialty leather suppliers
It can vary wildly depending on the franchise. The McDonalds in oakland charges about 10 bucks for a big Mac meal, but the one I used to work at charges like 15-16 for the same meal
No problem! As a side note, if I was a DM, I'd make a rule that players can't be true neutral/flexible; they must pick to at least be disciplined/unfettered or selfless/selfish. True neutral just feels boring without any chance of inner conflict for player choices. Save true neutral for NPCs
I would rephrase it like this: lawful/neutral/chaotic is now disciplined/flexible/unfettered, and good/neutral/evil is now selfless/flexible/selfish. This disciplined/flexible/unfettered axis refers to a characters methodology, whether they are willing to break rules and social standards. The selfless/flexible/selfish axis refers to a characters goals and desires, whether they work for society or themselves.
It's not arbitrary, it's deliberately a catch-22. Need funding? You have to prove that you're able to teach kids to pass standardized tests WITHOUT funding before you can get funding. You have enough funding that your kids pass standardized tests? Congrats, get even MORE funding! The concept is broken
Shame he didnt dive deeper into the history of Japan's use of guns, because it's certainly interesting - Nobunaga saw the potential and produced so many muskets they outnumbered the number of guns produced in Europe for awhile. Then, after the Sengoku Era wars ended and Japan was finally unified, they banned all firearms and went swords only for the next 250 odd years. Makes you wonder what would have happened if they kept developing the technology for those 250 years.
Gotta be fake. It's possible they made that mistake and caught it BEFORE trying to make a shake, but definitely not after. That bag ain't fitting in the syrup compartment for sure.
I read in some creativity book these inventions were expensive and impractical, so they solved the issue by just fixing a stake onto the lid of the coffin.
"I'll be in a medically induced coma for that week. Good luck!"
Or just win the genetic lottery. Statistically speaking, there's probably a million people her age that look just as stunning
This reminded me of the scene from The Dark Knight Rises where Bane just puts the back of his hand on a guys shoulder and asks if the guy still feels like he's in control
I'm not ACTUALLY arguing this, I'm just trying to demonstrate HOW debate team might actually tackle this kind of question
Guess I'm going back into debate mode: 1) life liberty and happiness are mentioned in the declaration of independence, not the constitution, it doesnt mean anything legally. 2) we already execute prisoners for crimes, thereby establishing a moral and legal precedent that says govt can commit murder. 3) if people vote for that law, then striking it down is ignoring the people and therefore dictatorship
Did your sister ever try to argue against a morally correct position by arguing that reality doesn't exist? I'm wondering if that was just a local debate team meme or if everyone joked about it
More accurate to say that you're not learning to implement policy and actually enact change. A successful debate team for sure will analyze every aspect of a topic, from the wording of the resolution to how it connects to current events to ancient philosphy. They're just not going to present an actual budget or proposal or something
That's because the questions don't have a right answer. If they had a right answer they wouldn't be debatable.They tend to be ambiguous enough that you can fight and argue over interpretation of every single word in the question.
Competitive debate isn't really about the actual topic; it's about which side prepared better, spoke better, and argued better. If you think one side is "easier" you're going to get crushed by a team that actually prepared against that side more.
No, debate topics arent formatted in such a way that one side is "clearly" evil. It just wouldn't be fun. If this was Team Debate format (which I bet it was), they would have to design a policy and argue in favor of it while destroying their opponents. Both sides could have said "yes, we need to expand education access", in which case the debate becomes about HOW to do it and which side makes more sense
to me he will always be Po's father
I've imagined sci fi stories where the galaxy is actually pretty peaceful, and the only thing that motivates aliens to actually visit one another is trade of cultural media. No one cares about harvesting resources when its basically infinite, but everyone goes nuts for our tv shows because they're so bad they become good
Technically #2 isn't a paradox. The way I like to put it, space is really really really REALLY big (citation needed), and we've searched the equivalent of a drop of water in all the world's oceans for the equivalent of a millisecond. Its too soon to draw conclusions
If it would help, try explaining that 100% worker productivity will quickly lead to 100% burnout, which will then lower production output when workers quit en-masse. There are smart ways to increase production; holding a whip and telling people to work harder isn't one of them
I imagine Mr Freeze would be incredibly down for this, it perfectly aligns with his backstory
That would be Orion; Apollo was jealous or something, so he tricked Artemis into shooting Orion while he was swimming in the distance. When she realized what she had done, she asked Zeus to turn him into a constellation to immortalize him; Orion's Belt is perhaps the most iconic and easily identifiable constellation in the sky. Source: their relationship is a major plot point in Fate/Grand Order
Used to work at McDonalds, one of my coworkers would always present the food and say it was "made with lots of love." I'd always say "oh shit, you're supposed to make it out of love? I used FOOD"
Ask him if he would like to work for you at a new startup for 12.50 an hour. When he says no, click your tongue and complain that "no one wants to work anymore"
Amazon doesn't actually sell everything in my experience, just everything you'd want at home. A lot of work stuff I get at Graingers, Digikey, Mouser, Newark Electronics, etc; for my hobbies, I have to go to specialty leather suppliers
It can vary wildly depending on the franchise. The McDonalds in oakland charges about 10 bucks for a big Mac meal, but the one I used to work at charges like 15-16 for the same meal
No problem! As a side note, if I was a DM, I'd make a rule that players can't be true neutral/flexible; they must pick to at least be disciplined/unfettered or selfless/selfish. True neutral just feels boring without any chance of inner conflict for player choices. Save true neutral for NPCs
I would rephrase it like this: lawful/neutral/chaotic is now disciplined/flexible/unfettered, and good/neutral/evil is now selfless/flexible/selfish. This disciplined/flexible/unfettered axis refers to a characters methodology, whether they are willing to break rules and social standards. The selfless/flexible/selfish axis refers to a characters goals and desires, whether they work for society or themselves.
It's not arbitrary, it's deliberately a catch-22. Need funding? You have to prove that you're able to teach kids to pass standardized tests WITHOUT funding before you can get funding. You have enough funding that your kids pass standardized tests? Congrats, get even MORE funding! The concept is broken
Shame he didnt dive deeper into the history of Japan's use of guns, because it's certainly interesting - Nobunaga saw the potential and produced so many muskets they outnumbered the number of guns produced in Europe for awhile. Then, after the Sengoku Era wars ended and Japan was finally unified, they banned all firearms and went swords only for the next 250 odd years. Makes you wonder what would have happened if they kept developing the technology for those 250 years.
Gotta be fake. It's possible they made that mistake and caught it BEFORE trying to make a shake, but definitely not after. That bag ain't fitting in the syrup compartment for sure.
I read in some creativity book these inventions were expensive and impractical, so they solved the issue by just fixing a stake onto the lid of the coffin.
"I'll be in a medically induced coma for that week. Good luck!"
Or just win the genetic lottery. Statistically speaking, there's probably a million people her age that look just as stunning
This reminded me of the scene from The Dark Knight Rises where Bane just puts the back of his hand on a guys shoulder and asks if the guy still feels like he's in control
I'm not ACTUALLY arguing this, I'm just trying to demonstrate HOW debate team might actually tackle this kind of question
Guess I'm going back into debate mode: 1) life liberty and happiness are mentioned in the declaration of independence, not the constitution, it doesnt mean anything legally. 2) we already execute prisoners for crimes, thereby establishing a moral and legal precedent that says govt can commit murder. 3) if people vote for that law, then striking it down is ignoring the people and therefore dictatorship
Did your sister ever try to argue against a morally correct position by arguing that reality doesn't exist? I'm wondering if that was just a local debate team meme or if everyone joked about it
More accurate to say that you're not learning to implement policy and actually enact change. A successful debate team for sure will analyze every aspect of a topic, from the wording of the resolution to how it connects to current events to ancient philosphy. They're just not going to present an actual budget or proposal or something
That's because the questions don't have a right answer. If they had a right answer they wouldn't be debatable.They tend to be ambiguous enough that you can fight and argue over interpretation of every single word in the question.
Competitive debate isn't really about the actual topic; it's about which side prepared better, spoke better, and argued better. If you think one side is "easier" you're going to get crushed by a team that actually prepared against that side more.
No, debate topics arent formatted in such a way that one side is "clearly" evil. It just wouldn't be fun. If this was Team Debate format (which I bet it was), they would have to design a policy and argue in favor of it while destroying their opponents. Both sides could have said "yes, we need to expand education access", in which case the debate becomes about HOW to do it and which side makes more sense
I've imagined sci fi stories where the galaxy is actually pretty peaceful, and the only thing that motivates aliens to actually visit one another is trade of cultural media. No one cares about harvesting resources when its basically infinite, but everyone goes nuts for our tv shows because they're so bad they become good
Technically #2 isn't a paradox. The way I like to put it, space is really really really REALLY big (citation needed), and we've searched the equivalent of a drop of water in all the world's oceans for the equivalent of a millisecond. Its too soon to draw conclusions
If it would help, try explaining that 100% worker productivity will quickly lead to 100% burnout, which will then lower production output when workers quit en-masse. There are smart ways to increase production; holding a whip and telling people to work harder isn't one of them
I imagine Mr Freeze would be incredibly down for this, it perfectly aligns with his backstory
That would be Orion; Apollo was jealous or something, so he tricked Artemis into shooting Orion while he was swimming in the distance. When she realized what she had done, she asked Zeus to turn him into a constellation to immortalize him; Orion's Belt is perhaps the most iconic and easily identifiable constellation in the sky. Source: their relationship is a major plot point in Fate/Grand Order
Used to work at McDonalds, one of my coworkers would always present the food and say it was "made with lots of love." I'd always say "oh shit, you're supposed to make it out of love? I used FOOD"
Ask him if he would like to work for you at a new startup for 12.50 an hour. When he says no, click your tongue and complain that "no one wants to work anymore"