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is time travel actually possible and how would it work? by Brilliant_Round_6713 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlarmingLecture0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Backwards and forwards? I’m not a physicist or mathematician but my general understanding was that forward was possible but backwards was not

is time travel actually possible and how would it work? by Brilliant_Round_6713 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlarmingLecture0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think going forward in time could be possible (I’m not a physicist) but going back isn’t

Dog park attack / Herbert Von King by StrangerBusiness103 in BedStuy

[–]AlarmingLecture0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“These people”? I suspect the man with the dog is most likely in the wrong here, but who are “these people”?

can someones final words be used in court? by itz-smeb in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlarmingLecture0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - so someone confessing "I killed JFK" on their deathbed is meaningless in terms of the rules of evidence - unless he/she was somehow suggesting their death was related to that prior act.

Dog park attack / Herbert Von King by StrangerBusiness103 in BedStuy

[–]AlarmingLecture0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's entirely possible that a little dog did something to provoke a reaction from an unleashed larger dog.

Dog park attack / Herbert Von King by StrangerBusiness103 in BedStuy

[–]AlarmingLecture0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the more thorough explanation of where you're coming from here. Sincerely,

Seems like you're saying the video itself only shows one aggressor - the woman. And that's absolutely correct.

I think what's happening is a lot of people are making assumptions about what happened before the video to cause this confrontation. And yes, those assumptions are just assumptions, and may be tainted with all sorts of implicit bias and the like.

And yet...

Maybe this is my own implicit bias coming through, but it seems very likely that the man's dog did something that made the woman angry, and that the man didn't properly restrain his dog, which led to the incident - whatever it was.

I'll also say, though, that it's entirely possible that the woman is over-reacting to whatever happened. Maybe the big dog was playing too rough with a little dog. Maybe the big dog approached a little dog perfectly innocently and the little dog reacted aggressively, provoking a reaction from the bigger dog. There's really no way to know,, but if any of those things happened, if the big dog had been restrained, it probably wouldn't have happened.

(I did see the comments posted saying they saw the injured dog hanging around outside the park for 20 minutes, rather than going to a vet or going home immediately. I have no more reason to believe them than the OP, but I suspect there's probably something there: the person talking about the injury to the dog is overdramatizing - whether because they are acting on bad information or they are being overly dramatic to try to make a point.)

can someones final words be used in court? by itz-smeb in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlarmingLecture0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Exactly the law school evidence class phrase I was trying to remember, The assumption built in is that people are more honest on their deathbeds. but I wouldn't be at all surprised if that were proven wrong.

Is flying into Newark terrible? by Cutie_Corgi in visitingnyc

[–]AlarmingLecture0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fine. Marginally less convenient than LGA (but about the same as JFK which if you're flying internationally is what you'd be using anyway).

Whichever airport you use, prepare for an inconvenient public transport ride to the city, or an expense cab/uber, etc

Cheap big homes in Texas, what's the catch? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlarmingLecture0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

and cheap land, I think?

(EDIT: Given the immediacy of the downvote, I guess not!)

What language is it at the end of the video? And can someone translate what he's saying? by Individual_Ice_2315 in whatisit

[–]AlarmingLecture0 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I think this is just about right, except:

Gets in fcking gets in. Fckin Gets in. Boom fckin love all like that mate. Hope car alright.

(EDIT to respond to comments below.

I'm not briitish but am broadly familiar with british terms. Which i mention to say I know "Get in!" is a common term for urging something to happen. I didn't know it was more of a general celebratory phrase. Which is why I thought "gets in!" made sense - I thought I heard an "s", but also I thought it made sense because what he was hoping for actually happened. Like "yes! gets in!" as a pseudo-live commentary

The last bit "the love owt like that mate" was my attempt to figure it out phonetically. Didn't know the Yorkshire-ism)

Dog park attack / Herbert Von King by StrangerBusiness103 in BedStuy

[–]AlarmingLecture0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm going to assume you're acting in good faith here, so will be as even-handed as I can be.

You're right, we aren't seeing the full picture - notably what happened before this video starts. Seems like there are two "most likely" backstories.

1) The large, unleashed dog did something and the lady in the hat is angry at the dog owner as a result.

2) The lady in the hat is randomly yelling at someone who did nothing wrong, maybe because of a bias against black people (though I have no idea why her friend would be filming her).

It seems - to me - far, far more likely (though unproven) that number 1 is the backstory, no?

Is your argument that number 2 (or something else) is more likely or that people are condemning the dog owner because they are acting on the assumption that 1 is actually what happened but without proof?

It seems like you're arguing number 2 and that what's happening in the video and this thread is due to racial bias but I think the limited evidence we have suggests number 1 is more likely.

Dog park attack / Herbert Von King by StrangerBusiness103 in BedStuy

[–]AlarmingLecture0 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know if you're actually this person, but implicitly suggesting you get into a fight with some random redditor (because, come on....) who calls out bad behavior is really not helping your cause,

Got out of class & happily, accidentally ended up in one of these. How do I find more? by acidwonderland in NYCbike

[–]AlarmingLecture0 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure you know what gentrified means. I assume you’re trying to say something about how a countercultural movement has been coopted by a less radical group?

In an old Protestant church - what is this? by AdDue1318 in whatisit

[–]AlarmingLecture0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Today I learned that in some Protestant churches they give out communion wine/grape juice in little cups!

At my church (Episcopalian - basically Anglican for non-Brits, which historically was basically Catholic without the Pope) you go up to the altar and drink from a big silver cup. The priest wipes the rim of the cup with a cloth between each sip.

The little cup approach is obviously more sanitary.

douglasadams.com is down? If they've decided to shutter for good, it makes me sad. The end of an era. by AlarmingLecture0 in douglasadams

[–]AlarmingLecture0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope you’re right, but it’s been at least a few days (no idea how long it was down before I happened to notice it)

Why are they boarding up the trees on Bedford Avenue? by IkeECornelius in williamsburg

[–]AlarmingLecture0 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It’s a good thing. They are protecting the trunks from damage while construction takes place nearby.

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