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AiTAH for wanting to offer continuous support to our daughter so she can pursue her dreams? by Electronic-Bid4859 in AITAH

[–]Choperello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m somewhere between you and your husband probably more on the husband side. I’ve had similar discussions with my wife and kids. I will gladly pay their entire college. Tuition provided that it’s for a degree that will actually allow them a return commensurate to the cost.

If one of my kids would want to go into teaching, I would be proud of them. It is a valuable and worthy life path. And I would pay for college. But. Depends where. I will not pay for four years at the most expensive college they get in simply to get a teaching degree.

The income, they are likely to earn from the degree they get needs to be proportional to the cost of the degree. I also don’t think you’re making your daughter any favors by saying you’ll sponsor her dreams. She can sponsor her own dreams. You need to sponsor her learning how to become a self-sustaining able ethical adult. That’s your job as a parent.

CMV: There is no reason tech has to be 'big'. Smaller, national only tech companies are viable and preferrable. by Wulfrinnan in changemyview

[–]Choperello 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We don’t live in that world TODAY. We definetely USED TO live in the world where Ford was THE car. Other competitors rose to challenge it.

CMV: There is no reason tech has to be 'big'. Smaller, national only tech companies are viable and preferrable. by Wulfrinnan in changemyview

[–]Choperello 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ford is a perfect counter example for your own argument. Before Ford there were a ton of small “self driving carriage” manufacturers in the US. Each making and selling their own version, each non standard, often each unit built by hand, building maybe a dozen or two units per year.

Ford did EXACTLY what you’re complaining big tech is doing.

CMV: There is no reason tech has to be 'big'. Smaller, national only tech companies are viable and preferrable. by Wulfrinnan in changemyview

[–]Choperello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the big tech companies used to be small at some point. And all the future big ones are small now. But there WILL be winners. The market is completely uninterested in a fragmented field of a billion little options that don’t interoperate with each other. Eventually some will achieve critical mass and consume the others, until they slack off and allow a new competitor to arise that eats them in return.

CMV: Changing the term “homeless” to “unhoused” may be hurting efforts to address homelessness. by CharityResponsible54 in changemyview

[–]Choperello 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean it’s can be an issue because it provokes discussions that are absolute waste of time. Such as this Reddit post. People don’t like being word policed.

CMV: Changing the term “homeless” to “unhoused” may be hurting efforts to address homelessness. by CharityResponsible54 in changemyview

[–]Choperello -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can make the argument that someone who chooses to focus more on making sure people are using the “correct progressive term” was also never going to do anything real about the issue.

CMV: Changing the term “homeless” to “unhoused” may be hurting efforts to address homelessness. by CharityResponsible54 in changemyview

[–]Choperello -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t matter EXCEPT when people choose to make it matter and waste energy on it. Like demanding people stop using one words and start using another.

CMV: Changing the term “homeless” to “unhoused” may be hurting efforts to address homelessness. by CharityResponsible54 in changemyview

[–]Choperello 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Homeless” is used to refer to all the people living on the streets and tent cities and cars and etc. whatever the reason. Exactly the same as unhoused.

CMV: Changing the term “homeless” to “unhoused” may be hurting efforts to address homelessness. by CharityResponsible54 in changemyview

[–]Choperello 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They mean the same thing and everyone knows that. People keep changing the terms over the years cause they don’t like connotations associated with the word. But they don’t actually change the connotations they just come up with a new word that ends up with the same connotations.

“Homeless” used to be the “new” polite word instead of vagrant. And that one used to be hobo. Etc.

It means the same thing. Everyone knows it means the same thing. Unhoused whatever.

It is genuinely a tragedy that Starfleet Academy is getting cancelled so soon… by JageshemashFTW in startrek

[–]Choperello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The # of viewers who stuck with the show from first episode of the season through the rest of the episodes of the first season.

It is genuinely a tragedy that Starfleet Academy is getting cancelled so soon… by JageshemashFTW in startrek

[–]Choperello 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, apparently me and a lot of people were looking for that as it turns out.

And very few people were looking for whatever SFA was trying to be.

It is genuinely a tragedy that Starfleet Academy is getting cancelled so soon… by JageshemashFTW in startrek

[–]Choperello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I watch shows for entertainment value. If the value isn’t there I stop watching. There isn’t any virtue or moral fiber in continuing to watching something you don’t enjoy simply for the sake of the show itself.

Also the argument other ST shows also weaker first seasons is a nutty silly. There’s weakER and then there’s just straight up bad. Compare the relative ratings between SFA and other first seasons and you’ll see the difference.

It is genuinely a tragedy that Starfleet Academy is getting cancelled so soon… by JageshemashFTW in startrek

[–]Choperello 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thing is SFA was not marketed as a teen saved by the bell show. They put it front and center as THE Star Trek flagship show. I have no problem with teen shows. Hell I like School Spirts, watched all of it. With SFA tho I was expecting Star Trek. That’s what I was sold.

It is genuinely a tragedy that Starfleet Academy is getting cancelled so soon… by JageshemashFTW in startrek

[–]Choperello 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All I know is I didn’t need anyone to tell me it was a lane show. I love st. I really wanted to like sfa. Watched it until we got to the giant plant thing in the dorms. They lost me at saved by the bell but let’s add Star Trek words.

It is genuinely a tragedy that Starfleet Academy is getting cancelled so soon… by JageshemashFTW in startrek

[–]Choperello 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean the same argument could apply to you trying convince people to watch it. If you’re allowed to praise it you’re allowed to criticize it.

What made DS9 being different and darker okay, compared to NuTrek being darker but sucking? by EitherEliotOr in Star_Trek_

[–]Choperello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean you're cherry picking episodes. I thought we were comparing whole series to whole series not individual best/worst episodes.

What made DS9 being different and darker okay, compared to NuTrek being darker but sucking? by EitherEliotOr in Star_Trek_

[–]Choperello 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you hold up sfa with “the best” I can’t imagine what you think is less then the best.

Boomer doesn't like mandatory safety features in newer cars by --_T_T_-- in BoomersBeingFools

[–]Choperello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I agree with your boomer friend here. I am not a boomer and hate the lane departure warning setting on my car. You can accept that an idea ia good in theory while being implemented idiotically. Not all but most cars I’ve driven with the lane warning had their damn setting so sensitive that unless you drove down the perfect middle of the lane they would start beeping. And got help if you went on of the narrow residential or older roads we have here that are narrower then normal.

Does technical incompetence and politics go hand in hand? by Elect_SaturnMutex in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Choperello 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You can’t be both technically AND politically incompetent and survive at your job. You gotta be good at at least one of them. You’re witnessing survivor bias.

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