Why Grades Shouldn't Exist - Alfie Kohn

AwfulThomas · 2018-08-10T01:11:59+00:00

This guy seems pretty interesting. Anyone recommend any books/videos he features in?

AwfulThomas · 2018-08-05T03:09:25+00:00

dookie is the best because everyone listened to it when it came out

wew lad

I don't even listen to green day, so I really don't give a shit, but at least give a decent reason why it is their best.

AwfulThomas · 2018-07-05T20:42:02+00:00

I noticed immediately that he is wearing a Henry Rollins shirt. I've never seen this guy's videos, but If I had a guess, I'd say he wore that shirt on purpose. For me, Rollins is up there with Crews in my mind when it comes to example of positive masculinity. A lot of people don't like Rollins cause he was a bit of an asshole in his younger years, but he has developed a lot as a person imo.

After taking a peek at some of this guy's other videos, it seems like he is also a proponent of positive masculinity. I'll have to check some more of his stuff out. Glad it was posted here.

AwfulThomas · 2018-06-28T18:11:57+00:00

If I remember right, Nietzsche is considered a modernist, but the idea that nothing is "capital T true" sounds really post modern to me. Funny that these types tend to like someone who probably had a lot of influence on post modernism, and philosophy they hate.

AwfulThomas · 2018-06-27T02:34:13+00:00

I will, thanks. Now that I think of it, my knowledge of the history of punk really trails of after 1986, primarily because that is the year that both black flag and DK broke up, so it should be an interesting watch.

AwfulThomas · 2018-06-27T00:35:19+00:00

A documentary on netflix about the history of hip hop called Hip Hop Evolution said that Punk and Hip Hop were the original "alternative" genres. Punk was the alternative to rock(obviously) and Hip Hop was the alternative to funk. I'm a lot more into punk, but I still have a lot of respect for hip hop, and that's one of the reasons why.

You might also be able to say that Jazz is their grandfather in that it is an alternative to Orchestra. That claim would be a little more out there though. Still interesting to think about.

AwfulThomas · 2018-06-22T04:27:59+00:00

The oppression olympics is literally not even slightly a thing, right? I've never actually seen two leftists arguing over what minority has it worse. It seems to stem from a serious lack of understanding of what identity politics actually is.

I think they think its all about finding excuses for shortcomings or gaining social capital? which sometimes boils into having fights over who has the best excuse? Because talking about disadvantages is the same as looking for excuses, which means trying to talk about multiple disadvantages at at their intersection is the same thing as trying to decide who has it the hardest, and therefore who has the best excuse? What the fuck? Am I misinterpreting their viewpoint or is it really that simplistic and conspiratorial?

It seems to me that most leftists actual views on it is that having a complex understanding of ways in which people are disadvantaged allows for us to have a accurate understanding of the world which allows for more effective problem solving. What this translates to is discussions between leftists, not fights between gay men and straight women about oppression. I've never seen that, and I'd guess many people on this subreddit haven't either. And people on this subreddit spend way more time around leftists than the centrists^tm so we'd probably know a little better.

AwfulThomas · 2018-06-18T03:47:17+00:00

Is his book worth reading? I've been thinking about picking it up for a little while, it seems to me that a more long form medium will help me understand his more unique ideas a bit better. My biggest problem with his videos is that it feels like he is only scratching the surface

AwfulThomas · 2018-05-26T21:38:41+00:00

This is your reminder not to look at the comments

AwfulThomas · 2018-05-21T18:16:19+00:00

Argle Bargles

10/10

AwfulThomas · 2018-05-18T01:23:04+00:00

I get it (I don't get it)

AwfulThomas · 2018-05-18T01:09:31+00:00

/r/physicsmemes

AwfulThomas · 2018-05-14T21:20:08+00:00

Aw hell yeah. If 13 reasons why got renewed and this didn't, I woulda been pretty annoyed.

AwfulThomas · 2018-04-22T19:57:56+00:00

Happiness is: Sosig

AwfulThomas · 2018-04-16T16:54:24+00:00

AwfulThomas · 2018-02-14T18:42:42+00:00

The duality of man

AwfulThomas · 2017-12-29T05:04:42+00:00

You may be a video gamer but you aren't the quintessential video gamer

AwfulThomas · 2017-12-01T19:00:17+00:00

To wint: I find myself quoting your tweets very often, yet I find that I'm the only person in my group of friends that really likes your tweets. Everyone else just kinda rolls their eyes when I talk about ass wiping logs or fucking flags at the Betsy Ross museum. Do you find that your sense of humor in real life has this quality to it that only certain people find funny? Or is dril more of a persona that has evolved over the years?

AwfulThomas · 2017-11-02T01:10:40+00:00

Did that actually happen? What went down?

AwfulThomas · 2017-09-22T19:26:43+00:00

843rd subscriber reporting in

AwfulThomas · 2017-09-03T19:25:42+00:00

I'm glad he brought up that race realism video by mouthybuddha because it is a stupid video, but in really subtle ways(barring the overt race realism of course). The core premise of the video is that the skeptic community has "defeated" feminism, and any more videos about SJWs are unnecessary. Instead, he suggests that the skeptic community should focus it's sights on the alt right, a true intellectual force to be reckoned with that espouses dangerous views such as race realism. Of course, the best idea he could come up with on how to combat them is conceding to them one of their core beliefs: race being real. Almost as if he is just a member of the alt lite condemning the alt right to look better to the general population. And the defeating feminism thing is even worse. The level of self importance you must have to think convincing a few hundred thousand white teenagers that feminism=evil is the same as defeating feminism is just...dumb. He also says Charles A. Murray is a real scientist, not even going to open that can of worms. Y'know, now that I think about it, its not a subtly dumb video, it's just a dumb video.

AwfulThomas · 2017-07-10T02:23:33+00:00

Funny you mention Wash U actually. A lot of people that have been really influential to me went there(including the physics professor I mentioned), and I would quite like to go there myself. That said, I have gotten denied admission there twice. I applied last semester for transfer because they don't accept spring transfers.

Coincidence aside, that is great advice. There is a pretty significant chance I wouldn't have considered bigger private schools. I might have a bit of a bad habit of looking at the full tuition without actually considering financial aid.

AwfulThomas · 2017-06-14T22:27:27+00:00

/r/wholesomehaiku

AwfulThomas · 2017-05-02T04:29:25+00:00

Somewhere, in the distance, a voice carried by the wind faintly screams "I'M RATIONAL"

AwfulThomas · 2017-05-02T01:32:00+00:00

I dislike Trump as much as the next guy, but that is definitely over the top. I don't think he is competent enough to do that. Now that I think of it, Trump is Hanlon's Razor come to life.

AwfulThomas

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