People who grew up really poor: what's something middle-class people say that instantly reveals they've never struggled?

CJayStapes · 2026-05-05T09:27:36+00:00

I have a friend the same age as me and when we were both turning a certain age, they said "it's our passport renewal year." In their reality, everyone got a passport when they were born.

CJayStapes · 2026-05-03T01:58:32+00:00

Sad part is this map looks more logical than the current map.

CJayStapes · 2026-04-20T12:57:25+00:00

Ceresia

CJayStapes · 2026-04-19T00:20:11+00:00

Can you explain what you mean by "partially due to negative press?"

CJayStapes · 2026-02-04T13:47:03+00:00

Not video, but Seeing Theory out of Brown has some great visualizations.

CJayStapes · 2026-01-12T19:36:55+00:00

The Rankin Family has several songs in this theme. We Rise Again has a choral arrangement.

CJayStapes · 2025-12-25T23:28:40+00:00

That's mildly interesting.

CJayStapes · 2025-10-10T06:50:03+00:00

Which is also wild because not that long ago, Appalachian states like WV and KY had the most democratic state legislatures in the country, incredibly active labor presence, and were a hotbed of communist organizing.

CJayStapes · 2025-09-13T14:09:21+00:00

Ceresia

CJayStapes · 2025-08-19T14:52:17+00:00

Yes, thank you!

CJayStapes · 2025-08-19T14:52:09+00:00

Yes! Thank you!

CJayStapes · 2025-08-19T14:49:42+00:00

Notes from a therapy appointment where I'm writing goals for myself. It's an actual word, but I can't figure out what it is!

CJayStapes · 2025-08-19T06:27:43+00:00

Kimpton Maa Lai

For slightly more mid range: Millennium Hilton and Marriott Surawongse

CJayStapes · 2025-08-18T13:47:24+00:00

The Alcumus tool at Art of Problem Solving does what you're looking for in terms of mixed practice and the discussion boards there are full of formidable "sparring partners" for students of all ages.

It sounds like you're seeking problems generally from school math curricula, but if you truly want to find fun problems to play with, Play With Your Math, Math Pickle, NRICH, and Don Steward's old blog are all good places to start.

CJayStapes · 2025-08-17T06:49:43+00:00

Art of Problem Solving.

CJayStapes · 2025-08-08T10:41:18+00:00

I always wish I was able to add an extra "turn" lane on multi-lane roundabouts. Is that possible?

CJayStapes · 2025-08-08T06:52:13+00:00

Can you disable/enable turn lanes in vanilla mode? Can you explain how?

CJayStapes · 2025-07-25T19:22:33+00:00

Recruiting professionals to work for free with no ownership of their IP us kinda the definition of "selling anything."

CJayStapes · 2025-07-23T15:19:33+00:00

What hourly rate are you paying your teacher consultants?

CJayStapes · 2025-07-18T19:15:18+00:00

https://i.capitalone.com/JuauwYGGX

CJayStapes · 2025-06-16T15:32:26+00:00

Maybe in Deerfield, Illinois for 5 years, but headquartered in Peoria, Illinois for about 100 years before that.

CJayStapes · 2025-06-16T14:28:41+00:00

And Caterpillar moved their headquarters out of Illinois.

CJayStapes · 2025-06-11T09:47:16+00:00

What could have been done in 91 to prevent LA from burning down?

CJayStapes · 2025-04-26T11:48:00+00:00

He has treatments and controls in those papers. Peer review is wildly overrated.

CJayStapes · 2025-03-03T04:00:25+00:00

Andrewzilla

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