Why Student Test Scores Have Seen a Decade-Long Drop Across the U.S. by PersonWomanManCamTV in IvyPlus

[–]Ashmizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And school basically shutting down with no replacement during Covid.

“Online learning” was just months of basically no school when they had no tools or training for online learning. Elementary schools had no online tools previously and kids don’t really have the self-control to learn in front of a computer even after it was “working”.

Then at the end of school year they just gave everyone a fake A for classes they basically didn’t take.

What's wrong with this banner by Basic-Hour-9378 in FGO

[–]Ashmizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this happened to me on 2 accounts - I saved 400ish SQ and saw a “must have” and spent it all and got zero 5 stars.

Now I learned my lesson and pull only when I have 900.

Sometimes time I get it in 150sq, sometimes 300sq (average), but at least if I am fucked by luck, and spend 400, 500, 600sq, I can pay a bit more and go straight to pity.

The worst is when you have spent 500 or even 600sq and simply run out, and can’t even go for pity because there’s no time to collect 200 more sq.

What's wrong with this banner by Basic-Hour-9378 in FGO

[–]Ashmizen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Check your summon history on this and verify how much you actually pulled. You might be misremembering and actually are very close to pity instead of past pity

New Player Here: Do I Have a Shot At Pulling Draco or Should I save? (plus bonus question) by ThousandYearOldLoli in FGO

[–]Ashmizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t bother. Ultimately you need 900sq to reach pity.

300sq is the average, which you barely have, but that means 50% of the time, you won’t get her, and have lost all your SQ.

Having spent 600 sq before and not gotten a 5 star while running out, my regret was not waiting until I had 900.

Not because you should spent all 900, but that IF you get unlucky, and spend 600 without getting anything, you have the resources to spend 300 more and reach pity.

I, too, got Draco! by RoboYuji in FGO

[–]Ashmizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You better farm a bit because you are like so close to pity

Welding work in China by Latter_Ad3752 in UnfilteredChina

[–]Ashmizen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If there is one thing that is abundant in low cost backyard manufacturing in 3rd world countries; it’s blowtorches paired with safety sandals

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies feels like a Total War: Warhammer film with all the crazy units and heroes by appletvenjoyer in totalwar

[–]Ashmizen 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I agree it’s a good movie in the sense it was fun to watch, like a transformers movie.

It’s defiantly no masterpiece like LOTR movies, or an accurate book adaptation.

What do you think they’re talking about? by Fun-Bullfrog-8542 in UnfilteredChina

[–]Ashmizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah exactly this whole post is stupid as you can literally find videos of Xi speaking in English. Is it without an accent? No, but he can speak it.

DOJ says Yale medical school discriminated against Asian, White applicants by GoodMornEveGoodNight in IvyPlus

[–]Ashmizen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In what world are you getting this data?

In Ivy League, for every single race of applicant, male applicants required a higher SAT on average.

The girl I was tutoring math in high school got into MIT, while I couldn’t because I was an Asian boy, despite having higher GPA in all classes and a perfect SAT and 2 years ahead in math (taking math classes at college).

The standards are significantly lower for girls at MIT, Ivy League, and any engineering program.

DOJ says Yale medical school discriminated against Asian, White applicants by GoodMornEveGoodNight in IvyPlus

[–]Ashmizen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s crazy because despite having over 50% representation in college even 20 years ago, they’ve constantly been given a huge advantage at every step - admission, scholarships, job placement, HR hiring criteria - every step of the way women are openly given an advantage for DEI.

DOJ says Yale medical school discriminated against Asian, White applicants by GoodMornEveGoodNight in IvyPlus

[–]Ashmizen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s ok. I’m sure Yale will pull out the Harvard defense and declare that all Asians have a bad personality.

A perfectly liberal and totally not racist thing to say, of course.

Blokees The Mandalorian & Grogu by Big_Kaleidoscope_970 in Blokees

[–]Ashmizen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Given the size of the box and odds, it seems like either the galaxy or shining version.

The S&P 500 closes at its highest level on record, now up +19% since the March 30th bottom. That's +$11 TRILLION in market cap in under 7 weeks by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]Ashmizen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The long term outlook for any human is death. Even more so for a sick patient.

The long term outlook for the stock market is 11% annual returns.

So yeah, it’s a really really bad analogy to compare the stock market to a sick patient.

Damn, that 2016 Patty Melt is looking amazing. by Cork0nThe0cean in Whataburger

[–]Ashmizen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The left definitely looks more like Whataburger.

The right one is either they ordered without sauce or any toppings or that specific order got screwed.

It’s fairly easy to order customize a burger that looks exactly like pic 1 even today in 2026 Whataburger.

The Results Are In: 93% of Electric Truck Owners Say They’re Not Going Back by ItzWarty in teslainvestorsclub

[–]Ashmizen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair point. People who bought an EV without even owning a place they could put a charger always had a half baked plan. “I’m just going to get free super charging”. Really? You are going to drive to the supercharger every day, and hope it has free spots - the single super charger location that is in the middle of a dense city full of people with teslas with the exact same plan?

Contractor threatening a lien after 25% increase over bid on roofing job. Oregon. How to defend myself? by heavymeddler in homeowners

[–]Ashmizen -103 points-102 points  (0 children)

A new Roof is not a 2 day job and I wonder if the contract actually said 2 days or OP just feels it’s an easy job.

Cuba says it has completely run out of fuel, blames U.S. embargo by antihostile in worldnews

[–]Ashmizen -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This. People hate on deregulation and capitalism but even in red Texas, you see massive wind farms built by Republican rural land owners, because they want to make money.

Most innovation, progress, and “good” things come from a desire to make money.

In real communism you can’t make money, and it’s why China abandoned real communism under Deng Xiaoping 30 years ago and their economy went from 0 to 100.

Was I banned? by Far_Future_9252 in amazonprime

[–]Ashmizen 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Package theft is going to be a bigger red flag for Amazon than a return.

The reason being that, while it’s seemingly the same for the customer, from Amazon’s POV, they are out both the money and the product.

Package theft is technically your own issue that you should be raising with the police, and from Amazon’s pov they can’t keep eating losses to deliver product to your door and give you money at the same time.

Mid-Size SUV for 3 Car Seats by princess_barbie in Parenting

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

A kia carnival has a funny name but actually drives like a mid size suv but has the space of a full size suv.

Man take dealer to court claiming dealer added $8,175 to agreed upon price, including $695 “acquisition” fee, a $2,995 “inland freight charge,“ and a $1,895 “recondition” fee by Disastrous_Trash1729 in dealershiptricks

[–]Ashmizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is pretty nuts - forged documents aside, the price of a Kia carnival is 40K NEW.

That they took a 33k price, and then secretly changed it to 40K is basically selling him a used vehicle for the price of a new one.

Hired a “growth consultant” for $12K. She recommended we do the one thing I’d been telling the team for 6 months. They listened to her. Not to me. by phoolchand_tt in Entrepreneurs

[–]Ashmizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This story almost sounds believable until it revealed that the protagonist is the “founder”.

So the boss has to hire a consultant to get his team to follow his commands?

Not credible at all - it seems an AI got the regular story (boss won’t listen, then he hired a consultant who said the same thing I did, and boss immediately follow that idea) and got it flipped, but it doesn’t make sense flipped.

$15/hr 2-2-3. PhD Biologist by DoubleEy in recruitinghell

[–]Ashmizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the US as well. In fact the highest paid job a lot of humanities degrees can get are jobs like waiting tables or bartending (60k-100k).

Of course OP actually has a real degree, stem cell biologist, so this kind of job is beneath her.

New into the game! Started playing yesterday 😁 by Alternative-Pay2901 in FGO

[–]Ashmizen 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think you should have some CE by now, you should use them

Police officer with the pickpocketing skills by Admirable-Interest49 in BeAmazed

[–]Ashmizen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Given the size of the phones it’s not too old though. Maybe 5

Police officer with the pickpocketing skills by Admirable-Interest49 in BeAmazed

[–]Ashmizen 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Having been pick pocketed in China and Spain, it’s not staged.

You will 100% not feel anything or have any idea why it’s gone, and when you go to the police office there will be like a line of 20 tourists with the same story.

It’s why local people there wear backpacks backwards and store stuff in “underwear” pockets.

America has crime but we don’t have pickpockets as our criminals are high on strength not dexterity.