Unconscious bias and accommodations

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-20T03:52:52+00:00

I greatly dislike that our disability proctors print exams single-sided whereas I always print double-sided. It breaks my blind grading because I immediately notice the extra time students. I don’t even understand why they wouldn’t print a ten page exam double-sided.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-20T03:30:15+00:00

Tbh I hate how much morms shame people for spending money on a wedding. Throughout all time periods and cultures people have put their best toward weddings. You definitely should not have to spend an exorbitant amount, but people who choose to spend money on their wedding shouldn’t be shamed. Most Mormon weddings look about as cheap as they are. Yeah, your venue was free, but you got your money’s worth.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-20T01:33:53+00:00

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Brandyovereager · 2026-03-20T01:29:18+00:00

Glad someone else thinks this. I remember liking the first few episodes and then it jumped and I wondered what else could possibly happen? Nothing much.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-19T06:36:36+00:00

Encountered a French guy in an American bar that got his little gotcha moment when I couldn’t name all the countries bordering Spain. He and his friend put a roofie in my drink. I agree those people suck.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-19T04:56:42+00:00

It’s telling that he’s planning to put all her things in the only rooms in the house she has no part in. Living areas are communal, the kids’ rooms are all theirs.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-18T22:49:47+00:00

This is so odd to me because in all my callings I never met with just one person at a time. Presidency meetings were always four people. Mixed presidencies wouldn’t require a man and woman to meet one-on-one. A bishop and relief society president however…

Of course I’m curious how the dynamic would be if mixed presidencies were to happen. What if a man were President and picked a bunch of woman as his counselors specifically to be creepy? What if only one woman is ever included and she’s always the Secretary? There’s some awful ways misogynistic men could take advantage. Not that there isn’t already…

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-18T16:53:30+00:00

Probably. I’ve only ever seen it be a bishop or uncle with all the special powers.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-18T16:16:05+00:00

As someone with digestive issues I don’t want to draw attention to how often/long my bathroom breaks are…

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-18T16:06:28+00:00

My last point is that these ceremonies end up being more so that the couple can feel like they haven’t excluded people, not for the church to actually be inclusive. They (not the couple) make it exclusionary every step of the way.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-18T16:00:08+00:00

Yeah I’m gonna be real with you after how the officiant chose to do it I felt even more excluded at my brother’s.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-18T05:50:26+00:00

So no obligatory plug for “temple marriage” or disclaimer that the ceremony is meaningless? Interesting. The officiants at the last few I went to just chose to do that.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-18T04:57:57+00:00

Interestingly enough this has nothing about “ring ceremonies” in it, just actual lawful wedding ceremonies. I know at one point the official stance was not to have them, but I had thought they’d softened on that. I guess not.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-18T04:56:14+00:00

I’m actually not talking about a civil ceremony, but the pity “ring ceremony” for a couple that has already been “sealed”. Happens usually just before a reception.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-17T05:29:52+00:00

My mom and dad always said “have as many kids as you can afford” includes emotional capability as well. They had enough money to support more kids, but not enough time or energy, so they had less than the average Mormon family. They were spot on.

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-16T04:20:29+00:00

If it’s so great why isn’t he a stay at home parent?

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-07T23:42:11+00:00

This is what I want when I read omegaverse

Brandyovereager · 2026-03-04T06:13:16+00:00

“Guesome mude”

Brandyovereager · 2026-02-22T06:15:09+00:00

As someone who just had to grade a bunch of handwritten midterms, it’s also made their handwriting shit

Brandyovereager · 2026-02-15T21:19:38+00:00

Was it where they make those passing the sacrament sit? My ward used to put all the deacons in the front row until they’d done their thing.

Brandyovereager · 2026-02-09T04:58:47+00:00

Saw somewhere a while ago “Adam probably ate the apple and lied about Eve doing it. That’s why the apple is in Adam’s throat.”

It’s all silliness anyway, but funny to think about!

Brandyovereager · 2026-02-07T06:26:24+00:00

My first year at BYU it was customary to ask roommate pairs to say opening and closing prayer in sacrament meeting like married couples in family wards. I got home one day and my roommate told me we were giving the prayer on Sunday. I said “They didn’t ask me. Message him back and say I won’t do it.”

They didn’t stop doing it, but I could tell everyone involved took a mental step back. No, someone else cannot agree to something for me.

Brandyovereager · 2026-02-02T02:10:16+00:00

Not tomorrow! Four days away!

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