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iamfight · 4659 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why I love hubski

i like that theres no cats.

iamfight · 4665 days ago · link · · parent · post: There are no bad children, just good and bad behaviors --really? ·

i believe there are no bad children, just bad parents. to suggest that a child is "bad" is to suggest that small children are capable of malice; a trait we dont learn until much later in life. all behavior is learned, and poor behavior is likely betraying the ineptitude of their teachers/parents. but it is possible to convince them otherwise; youd be amazed at the progress that can be made by speaking/explaining to children, as oppossed to "BECAUSE I SAID SO!"

not all of the problem parents ive run into are are bad people, they just make the mistake of either assuming that children are capable of undesirable adult traits, or assuming that children are stupid. actually, our most difficult students are the ones with strict parents... most of the "bad" kids mimicking their parents bad behavior can be convinced to change their ways, but the kids with strict parents are usually so confused and nervous that its hard to get them to listen at all.

source: ive spent the last 10 years (often successfully) teaching 3-5 year olds to be nice, and then watching them watch their parents behave otherwise. im a kindergarten teacher.

edit: one more thing: regardless of your discipline technique, PLEASE make sure that your children understand WHY what they did was not ok. if they dont know WHY, then youre just a big person being inexplicably mean to them.

iamfight · 4678 days ago · link · · parent · post: Question for Hubski: Why do people give? Why do you?

i give my stuff away all the time, mostly because i have much too large a collection of wonderful things, and frequently run out of space. if you come to my house and like something, ill probably give it to you as long as you promise to use it. i gave away a mandolin the other day because i had three and NO ONE requires 3 mandolins. no one was playing it, and it should be used. (this is not an invitation to come over and hang out.)

this all sounds petty, so heres the point: i have stuff, and its more stuff than i will ever use. dont have stuff? have some of mine, im not using it anyway. no, im fine; i have plenty already.

actually, this angle might no go over well with your fortune 50 audience...

iamfight · 4652 days ago · link · · parent · post: AskHubski: How would you describe Hubski in one sentence?

its the internet, minus cats and porn.

iamfight · 4652 days ago · link · · parent · post: Md. Gun Law Found Unconstitutional

first of all, i rarely even consider the question of gun rights, as ive never owned, nor do i plan on ever owning a firearm of any kind.

what i have a hard time understanding is not the legality, but the thought process that leads anyone to feel the need to conceal a deadly weapon on their person at all times... where do these people live, that being able to apply deadly force at a moments notice is a necessity? or is it for a feeling of security? how helpless does one have to feel before secretly arming themselves? to be completely honest, id feel more uncomfortable being around a person that i know to be carrying a gun than i have ever felt anywhere in the city i live in.

i understand the "right" to have a gun, but thats an excuse, not a reason. id like to hear why anyone would want to carry a gun at all.

iamfight · 4417 days ago · link · · parent · post: P3

i got sick of reddit about a year ago and quit... signed up again about a month ago, got "shutup libtard" on my first comment, couldnt figure out where i was for a second, havent been back.

iamfight · 4645 days ago · link · · parent · post: Homeless People Turned Into WiFi Hotspots at SXSW

this is... this is something.. "look how trendy/giving we are! strap an antenna on a homeless guy, give him a sammich, tweet about your generosity lvl 100!" even kramer and newman gave them a rickshaw to pull, which would be more useful than the connection on the street that your iphone already provides you... which reminds me; i have a load of lobster shells and chicken skins to drop off at the soup kitchen. cmon people, we can do better than this..

edit: please tell me the headline "homeless people turned into wifi hotspots for sxsw" was tongue-in-cheek criticism..

iamfight · 4649 days ago · link · · parent · post: Are all men pedophiles?

slightly off topic, but what's up with all the anti-male links? I keep seeing links displaying females in a positive way, and men negatively.... we have a few nice members too, y'know....

iamfight · 4645 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: What have you sold or given up that you wished you hadn't

sorry, great momories. i got a lich in ante once against a dude that swore his assassin/icy deck was the end. millstone/howling mine! woohoo! i also once played against a guy who threw his meteor when a fan was blowing across the table... good times wow, thanks for awakening the memories!

iamfight · 4645 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: What have you sold or given up that you wished you hadn't

do you remember "the deck"? 60 cards, only two of which dealt damage, one serra angel and one fireball timetwisted/regrowthed repeatedly? the last tournament i won was in north new jersey, i cant remember the name of the town..new carrollton? a necropotence deck. my final hand was swamp, 3x dark ritual, necro, hyppy, 2 knights, and contagion.

lately, i just have to enjoy reading all the cards in the decks i get lent to play against my friends new decks.

i myself am much happier in skyrim.

edit: i would me totally into those closed deck games. anyone in tokyo/yokohama wanna play?

iamfight · 4650 days ago · link · · parent · post: The QWERTY effect.

ive taught myself to hate several really good songs that i cant play on guitar/piano, and learned to like other easier songs. i think the only reason i listen to the grateful dead is because half of their songs are GCD, which came in handy when i was learning guitar.

hmm, my first name is completely left handed on qwerty, but completely right handed on dvorak... this might explain my unpopularity...

iamfight · 4659 days ago · link · · parent · post: Portable Hackintosh

ive been using a 16g stick with snow leopard for about 2 years now; works great, though i admit i only use it a handful of times a month. custom install can reduce the size of the install by a few gigs, assuming you dont need 52 languages, hundreds of printer drivers, etc (most dont).

iamfight · 4677 days ago · link · · parent · post: Question for Hubski: Why do people give? Why do you?

i was looking for a way to contact you..there doesnt seem to be one. im the same name on reddit. i like my other two mandolins, but

iamfight · 3548 days ago · link · · parent · post: Climate Change Isn't a Belief, Like Religion. It's a Scientific Fact.

everything yucky is best dealt with according to the definitions of yucky and not yucky as decided upon by the community. things categorised as yucky need only to be described as such, and require no explanation. logical arguments, while inherently yucky, are often turned about to support illogical points e.g. the theory of evolution is only a "theory", not fact.

tldr: to them, it IS scientific fact. theres just a semantic problem. this problem will not likely be resolved.

iamfight · 3548 days ago · link · · parent · post: I Am Not My Internet Personality, and You Probably Aren’t Yours, Either.

i am exactly the same on or off; the online problem is reading sarcasm. the offline problem is reading deadpan. sigh. i am considered difficult both on and offline, and its your fault.

iamfight · 3548 days ago · link · · parent · post: What's the first song you were "in to" as a kid that wasn't a "kids song?"

i dont remember, but i have seen video footage of me, at 2, dancing to this:

i still love it to this day. then my older cousin bought me kiss records, and my dad started collecting hip hop that his students at school were talking about. i knew the kiss discography as well as everything new by run dmc, doug e fresh, the fat boys, etc by age 5.

all that said, i like doug e fresh 'the show' as my first love.

iamfight · 4168 days ago · link · · parent · post: Great "listen straight through" albums

its been a while.. the NO DANCE thing: DJs create sets that set a mood over a period of time... most rock/pop/rap/etc albums are a collection of individual songs, set in an order to best fit that same kind of mood swing. if you wanna go way back, opera does the same; modern music is often short attention span. sometimes, though, artists create an "album" and not just a collection of 12 random songs. i was looking for the album ones.

division bell? im gritting my teeth...

iamfight · 4168 days ago · link · · parent · post: Great "listen straight through" albums

yes! and this is not well known in the US, but its great! dj set though...

iamfight · 4355 days ago · link · · parent · post: I gots the blues, hubski. name your prize if you can make me LOL

ok a smile. thanks

iamfight · 4355 days ago · link · · parent · post: I gots the blues, hubski. name your prize if you can make me LOL

sigh, did LOL at this one, but only because im also drunk. least sexy full nude? im gonna cheat on this one, but lemme see what i can do..

iamfight · 4355 days ago · link · · parent · post: I gots the blues, hubski. name your prize if you can make me LOL

ok that was a smile... thanks though.

iamfight · 4579 days ago · link · · parent · post: You are what you read.

nice. now my arrest record, alcoholism, childish tendencies, bad hair piece, and dragon-slaying can all be blamed on palahniuk, pollack, seinfeld, warhol, weiss and hickman.

in the clear. hah! all the constructive stuff I did on my own, though.

read: everything you (think that you) know is a result of everything youve experienced, no need to be surprised.

iamfight · 4579 days ago · link · · parent · post: This is why you don't fuck with the dark side of memes.

"Heidi has told me she is very upset by the sites and she turns her head away when WE HAVE THEM ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN."

heh

iamfight · 4579 days ago · link · · parent · post: In College Classrooms, the Problem Is High-School Athletics

i was the broke guy in college washing his socks with bar soap in the shower. that being said, Im fairly sure I purchased 90% of my college textbooks (and my kindbud) from basketball/football players who had the uncanny ability to walk into bookstores, get books at no cost without stealing, and then sell them to me for a fraction of the cost. i know that SOMEONE, including myself, is paying for these books, but given the current system, I wouldn't have had them if it weren't for college athletics.

iamfight · 4579 days ago · link · · parent · post: The reports of dinosaurs dying of farts are greatly exaggerated

I'll let my family know that they're in the clear.

iamfight · 4616 days ago · link · · parent · post: Maryland bans employers from asking for employee social media passwords

prediction: legislation such as this will attract the attention of the press worldwide, doing MORE damage to the American image as people continue to wonder "what sort of place is America, that this was necessary?" except in England. from what I understand, they'll probably reject similar laws in-between hedgehog kicking bans and "video cameras every three meters held by on-duty traffic wardens" funding. edit for derp

iamfight · 4616 days ago · link · · parent · post: Maryland bans employers from asking for employee social media passwords

off-topic-ish, but i think thats obamas greatest achievement AND failure. across the board world wide respect except between appalacia and the rockies, a relatively large area that does, for better or worse, fall under his lead.

hah. if the "leader of the free world" was chosen by all people under that umbrella, the repubs would shrivel up faster than the banannas i keep mistakenly storing out of direct view.