Steve

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[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Reality can be (and often is) very sad indeed.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 10 points 2 years ago

It's a team effort.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That was me in the early 80s. It's why I took first grade twice.

I was lucky though. My mother just happened to be a remedial reading teacher. So after she tried every other option, she broke down and finally tried phonics. That was the missing piece. it suddenly all made sense to me.

Turns out memorization is my biggest learning disability. It would be impossible for me to memorize thousands of words. But with some work, I could memorize the sounds of a couple dozen letters.

After that I was a reading machine.

Still can't spell for shit though. Been relying on spell check since the 3rd grade.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The modern Neoliberal capitalist philosophy of shareholders being the only priority, isn't the only capitalist philosophy.

The Imbeded liberalism after the new deal, worked quite well. Since the employees are making the products, and management is making the decisions, while the shareholders don't directly make anything for the company; People understood that the shareholders were the last priority, in getting profits. It's why worker wages scaled with productivity until the 80s.

That's when the Neoliberal capitalist philosophy took hold and gained power. First the Republicans with Regan, then Democrats with Clinton, then the global economy, since so much of it is driven by the US.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 1 points 2 years ago

You can perform weddings!

There's the Universal Life Church, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the American Marriage Ministries, and I have no idea how many others.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Being a religious officiant is an easy credential. In the US at least.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 5 points 2 years ago

I think the word your looking for is compassion or empathy.

And yes studies have shown an inverse corelate between them.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Most times I've seen it, permission can be given by any resident. Ownership doesn't play a part at all. So I would guess a land lord can't give permission.

Also I recall one example of permission being required for entering an apartment, but not the building. Though in that case the vampire in question was living in annother apartment in the same building.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 7 points 2 years ago

Most times I've seen it, permission can be given by any resident. Ownership doesn't play a part at all. So I would guess a land lord can't give permission.

Also I recall one example of permission being required for entering an apartment, but not the building. Though in that case the vampire in question was living in annother apartment in the same building.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's probably what they were looking for.

In that context, I might argue the actual opposite would be non-coding DNA. As both dominant and recessive are still functional DNA, they're not so much opposites as they are alternatives.

But I've made those kinds of arguments in school enough, to know the teacher still probably wouldn't accept my debating semantics. Even if they admit I'm right.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm not sure there's enough context to know what the answer they were looking for is. Subordinate maybe?

Becides, dominant and submissive are valid in more contexts than sexual relations.

Seems the best, most accurate general answer really.

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 2 points 2 years ago

"Well enough."

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