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Perhaps that’s the level of chocolate? Like you can have 90% dark chocolate, this is 40%.

I mean, I’m not saying things can’t get better… but they’ll never be like Idiocracy. The reason people seem to be getting stupider isn’t because of eugenics, it’s because of the concerted efforts of those in power to stigmatize intelligence. They’re not just going to up and disappear… they’re going to exploit the under-educated.

Will never happen, there’s far too many selfish smart people who aren’t waiting to have kids. There will be a ruling class as long as we continue on this path.

Didn’t the studio take a pretty heavy hand to it? I feel like I’ve heard that Mike Judge isn’t a huge fan of it.

Don’t worry, they’ll still use your data.

Hey now! Some are probably Russian/Chinese troll farms!

But gatekeeping mental health is totally okay.

Just because their issues aren’t as clinical as yours doesn’t mean they’re not also struggling.

I doubt very much adblockers are to blame for that. They’re a convenient excuse for those trying to squeeze as much money as possible from their users… but they would have gone that route no matter what. It’s just the nature of the economic system we live in.

That’s because your side is just you.

Your comment seemed awfully opinionated for not trying to make a point.

Just because you can’t solve everything all on your own doesn’t mean you’re effectively powerless.

What does make you powerless is refusing to act because you have to be part of a crowd to help, instead of some lone avenging angel who can solve everything with a snap of their fingers.

A women wrote an article about how women are afraid of the possibility of male strangers attacking them, comparing it being stuck in the woods with the bear.

And, as is tradition, instead of actually reading the article a bunch people took it to mean that she would literally rather be attacked by a bear rather than a man.

Wait a second… that’s more than two words!

Belly fur is soft and luxurious.

Every other job involves results-based performance reviews. If you get bad results, you can get demoted, get penalized, or get fired.

And those metrics are also often bullshit made up by middle managers to make themselves look good.

I dont disagree that we should hold basic services like that to a higher standard… but especially with teachers (and nurses) they need a hell of a lot more support before its going to be an effective way to cull the whiners.

And just because you’ve had a few bad experiences doesn’t mean that the entire professions are rotten to the core. Seems to me you’re doing just as much bitching (probably more) as the people you’re bitching about.

the teachers will start screaming and crying

You know, and I know this is completely anecdotal, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen people use a description like that except when they’re trying to dismiss the opinions of others. It puts the complaint on an emotional level rather than a rational one, as though it’s not worth consideration.

One can also do their best, but still not be up to par simply because they don’t have the resources available. If the teacher/student ratios are too high, so they can’t address all issues necessary. If they don’t have the physical resources available to provide adequate education, out-of-date or just poorly made textbooks, or the resources they do have are politicized to the degree that they can only teach misinformation without risking their job.

And I think our experience with standardization is a perfect example for why they might be reticent to accept evaluations as a way to determine effectiveness. If those evaluations don’t take into account the previous things I mentioned, talented and capable teachers may get the axe through no fault of their own.

Not to mention… maybe you’re just seeing a vocal minority. Of people who aren’t capable and just don’t want to lose their safe job. That doesn’t necessarily reflect teachers as a whole.

And finally… while we are a capitalist society, and thus money is the (no longer) gold standard by which we measure success… just throwing money at something doesn’t necessarily fix it. It needs to go hand in hand with proper procedures, regulations, and a flexibility of contextual awareness over global standardization. Yes, money will help, but it’s no where near the only thing. It’s just the easiest to look at and say “We did a thing!” and “The thing doesn’t work, it’s someone else’s fault now!”

Honestly, I don’t think I’ve heard the former all that much, at least outside the context of the latter.

So yes, you can have it both ways because one influences the other. Provided you can see in more than one dimension.

He probably spent more on gas.

YES I TOO BELIEVE IT TO BE A COMPLETELY NORMAL PHRASE USED BY US AVERAGE HUMANS ALL THE TIME