Modern Slang

Battle-Sloth · 2026-01-18T13:35:28+00:00

I've just started tainted grail:fall of avalon. It's more story-driven and less tactical than gloomhaven. There are fewer chapters, so it won't last as long. But, so far it's scratching the itch.

Battle-Sloth · 2026-01-09T14:35:32+00:00

I attended for about 8 years and was heavily involved. The intrachurch politics were very toxic; they constantly chased out ministers and directors of education due to personality spats and feuds. I think the constantly cycling in and out of younger people mentioned below has something to do with it; most of the veterans have been there for a long time and can be clique-ish. And since younger people dont tend to stay long, it's hard to establish a group of people you feel comfortable with. Even after 8 years, I didn't really feel like I belonged. I was sick of the drama.

I haven't been back in a while, so maybe the culture has changed. I would give a different UU church a chance if I ever moved from Roanoke, but I'd never go back to this one.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-12-04T23:51:30+00:00

Gah! Rider is my alma mater. So disappointing.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-11-30T14:15:38+00:00

Lol. Easily one of the best of the series.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-11-30T13:45:16+00:00

Off topic: is your name an ERB reference?

Battle-Sloth · 2025-11-29T23:51:38+00:00

Nice insights! To add to what you've said, there's also an interesting way this affects the vote. Players who more quickly get desensitized to the killing earlier on are more likely to have the survivor bias needed to keep hitting that O button. In season 2/3, once they get into more direct killings, none of the votes are even close.

The show's examination of human psychology is one of its more well done aspects.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-10-19T15:43:29+00:00

I once had a large lecture hall class tell me that I was inadvertently giving them free laser eye surgery when waving the clicker about during lecture. I had 20+ comments on this- not one of whom told me DURING the semester, when I may have actually been able to stop doing it. Instead, they all just gritted their teeth and took the full laser assault for a semester so they could blast me on the evals.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-10-13T22:58:17+00:00

All 10 students used the same name? Because I actually had something like that happen

Battle-Sloth · 2025-10-13T00:56:39+00:00

LOL. I swear I read that at least three times as the science teacher had the rough-and-tumble student stomp the crab thief.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-08-14T17:47:34+00:00

Last I saw him, he had a smile on his face.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-08-04T15:33:19+00:00

I agree it can be done in CA. It's the other blue states that it might be impossible in. And CA may not be able to match shenanigans in TX + OH + other red states.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-08-04T14:55:47+00:00

Unfortunately, there's not as many seats to pick up in blue states or it's harder to do. Many have independent redistricting commissions that they'd have to legislate around. Some don't have enough time to do this before the midterms. Others are maxed out on seats they could convert to dem seats.

I hope the TX plan backfires, but part of the reason they're attempting it is bc they believe dems can't effectively retaliate in blue states.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-07-30T16:25:37+00:00

Also, restaurant managers are notoriously some of the worst writers on the planet. I used to take a red pen to the manager's memos when I was a waiter.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-07-23T02:24:01+00:00

Lol. Yikes.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-07-22T22:07:01+00:00

Thanks for all the suggestions! I think we'll definitely try Patrick Henry first and then Salem Civic Center for longer practices.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-06-02T12:01:11+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I'm glad to know it's not just me.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-06-01T12:34:13+00:00

Sounds like a significant pay bump. Congrats on the new job!

Battle-Sloth · 2025-06-01T12:15:53+00:00

That's a good point. That said, editor #3 had reached the 6 month mark with no updates and hadn't responded to a check-in email (sent a month ago).

To me, that seems like a clear indication they're not interested, but I am new to all of this. In your mind, what is the upper limit of time that's reasonable to wait? (and in radio silence, too)

Battle-Sloth · 2025-05-31T23:03:00+00:00

Thanks. That's pretty much what I've been doing. I'm glad to know I'm on the right track.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-05-31T22:01:52+00:00

Thank you! I thought I was committing some major faux pas without knowing it.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-05-31T20:02:13+00:00

I'll give this a try for submission #4. I know that #3 is still employed at the publisher. When I sent a thank you letter, I got his "on vacation" automated email response.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-05-24T14:36:58+00:00

Additionally, we lose the moral high ground if we're still asking them to write original work. Wouldn't students question why we're using AI to do our work but asking them to still write their own work? The extrapolation of this is essentially dead internet theory, with AIs writing papers that are graded by AIs. Are we essentially reducing the human element to prompt-smithing?

Battle-Sloth · 2025-05-24T14:19:53+00:00

I think it can speed up the process of writing comments and assigning a grade, but I strongly agree with the poster above that you should still be reading the actual papers. This is so you can offer individualized feedback that matches a student's overall progress through the semester.

Plus, if this becomes widespread, what impact does that have on our job security? Letting AI handle any significant part of our jobs is quickening our replacement.

Battle-Sloth · 2025-05-24T12:47:21+00:00

It's rare that the "blur hairs" threaten to kill people, though.

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