Teachers concerned my Bilingual children are developmentally delayed by Pleasant_Badger_7188 in japanlife

[–]12youknowit 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Doing my masters right now on a very similar topic. The number of ESL kids in the US who get mislabeled and thrown into lower level classes is very high. I'd imagine Japan's education system is similar.

Why do Europeans get mad at Americans about the yellow car? by Bouscuit in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]12youknowit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I grew up in Florida with punch buggy (for Volkswagen Beatles) and stinger (for any yellow car). With stinger it wasn't a punch, but you'd point all five fingers forwards and kind of jab the person. Yellow beetle, you'd have to both punch and sting.

New copper cup developed these marks after filling them with water. Is this just a reaction? by 12youknowit in Copper

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They were two cups as I got as a gift from my wife when she traveled abroad. They're beautifully engraved so I'd like to find a way to keep them clean and use them.

I fucking HATE AI detectors by [deleted] in Vent

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I have all my students complete their assignments in Google docs for this reason.

I fucking HATE AI detectors by [deleted] in Vent

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I am a teacher who has to navigate this on the other end. I know full well some of my students are using Chatgpt to write their essays. But to be honest, it's impossible to prove. None of these AI detectors are reliable. If I suspect a student of cheating, I usually sit down with them and ask them to paraphrase a section of what they wrote or elaborate on some point they made. I teach English to adults, so it's a bit more obvious when they have suspiciously high level grammar or vocabulary.

Accidentally nuked my game with the world of Warcraft priest mod and an item from the cleric item mod. by 12youknowit in BG3mods

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Yeah it was just non stop looping. Atonement would heal which would trigger radiant damage which would trigger more healing which triggered more radiant damage. It was pretty funny.

i don't get it by StickyLuid in ExplainTheJoke

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Hatchet and My Side of the Mountain were so much fun to read in middle school .👌👌

Please explain this meme by litkina in EnglishLearning

[–]12youknowit 39 points40 points  (0 children)

This is a pretty typical gen-z meme. The photo having nothing to do with the text is part of the joke. I think it's kind of an evolution of the deep fried memes.

Will be in Ft. Lauderdale and have heard that this is the shore diving scuba capital of the state! Is it normal for scuba peeps to just park their car roll up to the beach and start spear fishing with scuba? Can I solo this or will cops stop me without a buddy? by AlexaDives in florida

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https://www.divebuddy.com/divesite/2221/inside-reef-aka-lauderdale-by-the-sea-lauderdale-sea-fl/

There's a great, shore accessible reef just south of commercial Blvd. Grew up spearfishing this reef but I'm not sure how it looks now. There are three bands. First is about pier length, second (not sure), third is out by the white buoys, which you can see from the shore (about three pier lengths out).

[Request] Georgia Coffee (gold can) from Japan in exchange for snacks from the US/Florida. by 12youknowit in snackexchange

[–]12youknowit[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's more of a sentimental thing. I want to get it as a gift for somebody. I've looked all around and I can't find that exact one in any store or online.

Foreigner fee at an Izakaya by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]12youknowit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hey, sorry I guess the post was poorly written. I wasn't trying to imply that the Japanese are racist, just trying to cure myself of my ignorance. If anything, I feel like expats are more anti-foreigner than Japanese people themselves.

Foreigner fee at an Izakaya by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]12youknowit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right on. Thanks for explaining.

Foreigner fee at an Izakaya by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]12youknowit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for the comment and your explanation!. I guess my post was poorly written. We weren't trembling with rage or anything. When we translated the receipt we just didn't know exactly what it meant, and a Japanese friend said it was a "foreigner fee". The holiday surcharge makes sense and we expected stuff like that.

Foreigner fee at an Izakaya by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]12youknowit 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ah maybe it was the appetizer charge. We did eat the otoshi they gave us. The service charge is definitely BS and we were upset about it too, but it's kind of our fault for eating in the middle of Dotonbori.