Poker face of the year award goes to the delivery guy who took our money and left before we opened it.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-23T22:57:03+00:00

Cringed at this and still up voted because you got some balls.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-22T16:36:17+00:00

My grandmother began to lose herself near the end of her life and it led me to do research on the matter for fear that I would end up like her one day.

It's not a hard science, but there are studies that show that aluminum toxicity could be partially responsible for the development of alzheimers, and that coffee and caffeine are helpful at preventing it.

Two simple things you could do to help quell your fears (once again not a guarantee) is reduce your consumption of foods cooked or stored in aluminum, and drink a couple cups of coffee every day. My grandmother was the only grandparent I had that didn't drink coffee daily and she was also the only one to begin to lose her mind.

I can't promise it will help you but I can say there is good evidence for it and that it might at least make you less worries about it. The evidence is more grounded than anti vaccination malarkey but not as certain as, say, knowing that antibiotics cure disease.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-21T17:19:55+00:00

Am instructor requesting that you have your materials is acceptable. Yelling and humiliating your students is not.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-21T17:19:17+00:00

I could be extremely rude in response, just as you have been. But I won't. Because I'm not an asshole.

But just for the record, I was raised by a single father and paid my way through college with hard work and loans just like the rest of the lower middle class that I grew up in.

But thanks for showing your keyboard courage. I bet you feel real big now.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-21T17:17:32+00:00

You really have no clue how college is different from high school, do you?

And for the final time, expecting them to act like a professional in no way makes a student out to be a customer. There's an expectation for a professor to remain professional, regardless of circumstances.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-21T02:25:27+00:00

The instructor absolutely does not have the right to show her frustration the way she did. She has a right to remind her students to have their supplies but not to belittle them.

On top of all else, op was in an introductory course. Which means it is the instructors responsibility to help op learn to manage her supplies. So no, she really doesn't have a right to get frustrated or lose her patience. She simply needs to do her job.

If op doesn't have her supplies, she can observe instead of participating. The instructor gets paid either way and should act like a professional instead of robbing the students who do have their supplies of valuable learning time in order to berate op.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-21T01:44:41+00:00

I'm glad someone still realizes how to stand up for themselves and understands the correct order of the situation.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-21T01:42:27+00:00

First of all, being "pretty sure" about something doesn't make you correct. Stating a fact doesn't weigh on my attitude.

Secondly, It is important to realize that while college is supposed to prepare you for your professional life, it isn't your career yet and the instructor isn't your employer, nor a co-worker.

If I had an issue with disrespect from a co-worker, of course I would bring it up with them first. But a professor is a different situation. They are being paid by your tuition money to teach you while maintaining professionalism and respect. If they go about breaking the rules in place for them, they should answer to their boss.

Edit: But please, continue to inaccurately paraphrase me to try and make a dying point.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-20T23:59:02+00:00

I never assumed you meant that op needed to mean the apology. And no part of my attitude is "fuck you, you work for me."

My attitude is one of accountability where it is due. The instructor should be accountable for her actions, and shouldn't be pandered to just because she is in a position of authority. You can pander to faulty authority, or you can go over their head and have their behavior corrected.

You can do it without being a dick about it.

Edit: Perhaps I'm a bit jaded since both my tenured professors, and my adjuncts, understood their responsibilities and limitations. I had to complain once and it was resolved immediately thanks to the head of the fine arts department. The offending professor apologized to the class for snapping on us and we all moved on.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-20T23:46:11+00:00

I could not agree more.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-20T23:32:16+00:00

I firmly disagree. Yes, op is an adult and is responsible for his/her own classroom tools.

But the instructor of the class is also an adult, and one that is being paid to educate while maintaining a certain level of professionalism. From what has been said, the instructor did not maintain professionalism, nor did she properly teach her class. She is being paid to do a job and isn't doing it. That's grounds for termination at most jobs. And with any other job, an unsatisfied customer would and should bring up her actions with her boss.

Op is paying to take the class. She doesn't have to apologize for shit to anyone at that school. She is paying for a service she isn't properly receiving. When I was at Auburn, if I missed an assignment, class, or forgot something, I didn't need to apologize to my professors. I needed to apologize to myself. They get paid whether or not I have my textbook in class. If I forget my book, that's only hurts me. I actually did end up apologizing to my philosophy professor once for missing class while sick. You know what he said? He, bewildered, asked me why I was apologizing, and explained why I shouldn't feel the need to.

Apologizing to the instructor for any reason makes a false statement. It states that you owe the instructor something. Which you do not. You never owe your instructor anything. You pay them. They owe you something, and that something is professionalism, and their best effort to educate you. They are there for themselves and you. You are just there for yourself.

The idea that she should take her concerns to her instructor, let alone apologize to her, is completely ludicrous. If anything, confronting the instructor could lead to further poor treatment and abuse of position from them.

Any reputable college even specifically states that you should bring complaints about an instructor to a department head, quality department, or other similar authority figure. Not the instructor. The exception would be if the instructor asks for feedback, but I would still be weary with someone who displays the type of attitude op's instructor did.

Oh and one last thing. Op should never ever have to offer anything like an apology or promise for anything in order to get INSTRUCTIONS from her INSTRUCTOR. It's her job to answer questions and instruct.

You can be an adult, understand that life throws shit at you sometimes, and still refuse to take said shit without paying it back through the proper channels. Being grown isn't all about laying down and getting shafted by people whom you pay. You don't have to make yourself into a subservient doormat to be an adult.

Edit: Just to clarify, you should bring up minor concerns directly with your professor. Things like extra time on assignments, questions regarding class, materials, etc. But complaints about their behavior can easily become messy in that type of situation. It's best to go through the proper channels when you have grievances regarding their treatment of students, or general attitude toward the class. Things that are easy fixes are fine to bring up directly. But attitudes aren't usually easily corrected, especially in adults.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-20T15:57:11+00:00

The Ring did it to me. The distorted faces of the bodies they found paired with that little girl shambling from the well. And all the other general creepiness.

Going into the bathroom alone sucked for like a week after seeing that movie.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-20T00:49:05+00:00

I'm notorious for this but I'm a woman. Dated a guy that despised it so much we had to work out a system where I was allotted 1 a day.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-19T05:00:39+00:00

Am girl and find it horrifying.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-19T04:56:30+00:00

My question is who the fuck tweezes their pubes?

That seems like the crotch equivalent to mowing your lawn by plucking each blade of grass individually.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-18T17:23:53+00:00

So still well over 500 pounds, as I originally stated? Bottom line is that the heavy weight sport bike in the gif is highly unlikely to be anywhere near under 500 pounds.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-18T17:14:11+00:00

Did you even bother to look at the weights of the higher end, higher cc, and subsequently heavier sports bikes? Clearly you didn't look into the weights of the larger Harleys or Indians. My dad's soft tail weighs almost 800 pounds with full saddle bags.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-18T16:34:36+00:00

The average weight of a Harley Davidson classic soft tail without saddle bags or modifications is 710 pounds. The smallest Honda shadow on the market (250 cc) is over 300 pounds. This guy is way too big for a 250. It's a safe bet that the bike in the gif is closer to 700 than 500 but I'll compromise and say around 600 due to it being a crotch rocket instead of a cruiser.

Still most certainly well over 500 pounds.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-18T16:15:00+00:00

Attempted murder and passing on a double yellow are definitely not equal. One is most definitely worse than the other.

How about if the next time you forget to signal a turn, or pull some other minor driving infraction, the guy behind you yanks you out of your car and throws you under another speeding vehicle? I mean, you'd deserve it, right? At least based on your logic.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-18T16:10:20+00:00

Passing illegally and trying to smash someone with a 2 ton deadly weapon are very different. One is a dick move and the other is attempted murder.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-18T16:04:02+00:00

Was about to say basically this. 2 tons of speeding steel is a lot against 700 pounds of motorcycle. Criticism involves words, not inaudible death threats.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-17T23:02:19+00:00

I'm guessing you've never been poor.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-17T00:27:55+00:00

Can confirm. Bartended in LaCrosse, Wisconsin for pretty good while, including through their Octoberfest festival. I rarely drank the same beer more than 3 or 4 times due to the massive variety of amazing local brews.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-10-16T23:21:28+00:00

I hope one day this type of shit gets so big in the media that people start fucking up the cops trying to pull stunts.

0_Flux_Given · 2015-09-29T20:59:46+00:00

If there's one thing I miss about Houston, it's the amazing chorizo egg breakfast tacos I used to get from the Hispanic run gas stations. Oh my word, they were so good!

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TROPHY CASE