PolarKraken

I take your point but multiplication is a really bad example. It's one of the few things in life where really doing the rote memorization well, once, pays off lifelong. It can be argued "doesn't pay off lifelong for everyone!", and I mean, strictly speaking that's true.

But not learning multiplication properly is basically a death sentence for keeping up with later math classes, which is exactly what convinces a kid they are "bad at math" and shouldn't pursue entire areas of the working world, generally very rewarding areas, too.

My daughter is not naturally strong at math and I am naturally not authoritarian, but this is one case where being forced to do the work properly one good time (as in learn it truly well, once) is too valuable to let slip.

Ah my mistake, thanks very much! Still getting familiar with the "ecosystem" so to speak, been outta the game for a long while.

E: below is wrong, I made a goof

Doesn't look open to me. I see an application requiring screenshots indicating proof of membership in other private trackers, etc.

Just got mine set up this weekend, really works a treat! Utterly painless. Even put the client on the Roku I apparently don't own, hope the pricks somehow notice lol

"drop a big American-made bomb on that cafe too, that's the only place folks are getting internet in that area, plus it's funny"

You should watch the video! I don't have a link, sorry. They turn up on a "kiss cam", instantly freak out and hide, and the dude with the mic (Coldplay I guess?) clowns em (briefly) for it. It is a goddamn gem and the best part is their own freak out is the only reason it blew up and got found out at all. Just lovely stuff.

Or maybe this kind of comic comes from people who've directly witnessed a lot of wildly ignorant bigoted takes from their fellow countrymen. I agree with this comic in every way, and I'd be the first to argue that the US has a diverse, fascinating collection of culture, highly regional and frankly beautiful in its all-too-human strengths and weaknesses.

But we have a ton of clowns like the character here, who don't understand more than a sliver of their own history or culture.

Damn, withstandinator, I'm stealing that. It's maybe my most useful (and at times, pretty dumb) trait lol

Don't forget that tons of pizza here has a whole bunch of sugar added to the tomato sauce. Shit is gross!

Totally understand, almost didn't ask for that reason. Glad things are going better for you.

Oh I do remember that one too, found it eye-opening, and yep probably because it's right in his wheelhouse so to speak.

So very sorry about the pain - I've been adjacent to it, which of course is not even a sliver of what it's like to experience it. Someone close to me once had to wean themselves off Methadone, unexpectedly, and without help, which he had been (eventually) prescribed cuz nothing else would touch the pain. I don't really understand how he's still alive TBH (not just from that), but he's the kind of old-school stubborn that defies logic of any kind.

Chronic pain and chronic isolation (esp. of the elderly) are two titans of misery just hiding in plain sight, stomping on life. I hate it.

I didn't understand quite what you meant about a "suicide machine" unless that's just a euphemism for something obvious. If you want to elaborate I'd be curious, but I fully understand if not.

Yeesh! I stumbled onto that image just scrolling, had no prior awareness of the situation. I found even just that without context off-putting and gross, wondered what the poster meant. This person just oozes toxicity, so sorry you've gotta deal with that.