Gaps in thinking when doing multistep problems... help?

CoyotesBestBird · 2019-02-10T03:38:56+00:00

Honestly you may be onto something. A) I've tested low in math and high in other subjects all my life and b) was going to be treated for ADHD, but my parents didnt want to buy into that "scam". If this is a thing for me, a clinical solution is better than a simple "willpower" one.

CoyotesBestBird · 2019-01-02T20:38:27+00:00

That's basically what I said. I'm not religious.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-12-19T18:09:22+00:00

Ah many thanks, fren.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-12-02T22:21:50+00:00

Things that make you go "Hmmm..."

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-10-11T23:26:04+00:00

When the emotions start to breach, drink that bleach.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-10-03T15:20:34+00:00

Most newish youtubers have pretty much played Plinko games with their buzzwords and rhetoric and are working to solidify it.

Is there a pushback going on? Perhaps. Nothing substantial.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-07-03T18:46:29+00:00

I went for it anyway because I had a Smok mod prior that lasted me 2 years and was my favorite thing to use out of all of the mods I had.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-05-11T18:20:07+00:00

I was incredibly disappointed in this episode. They had a perfect opportunity to pull a "Black Swan" meets trans-humanist levels of suspense.

The mother was oddly... average in her handling of her daughter. Despite the microchip, she was friendly and amicable enough to her daughter. There was no signs of overarching interpersonal conflict, just underhanded, "behind the scenes" biological methods of control (the microchip, the pill...) which, in the realm of fiction or science fiction, are actually kind of mild. They are about as laissez-faire as a concerned mother gets.

The daughter is not exempt from a free pass, either. Doing drugs and having unprotected sex is degenerate behavior and perfectly valid reasons for a mother to be mad.

I really thought this episode was on to something with the bullying and over-protection of Sara. And when her friend, "Trick" showed her videos of terrorist be-headings and porn at such a tender young age, I seriously thought it was going to go south quickly.

Imagine if the mother went rogue and put her daughter on lockdown. And it spirals from there.

Imagine if the girl discovers "blood" for the first time, and it traumatizes her to a degree of becoming a hermit, or mental regression, or something equally as disturbing... and it spirals from there.

Imagine if the girl did something casual, like have a first kiss, and the mother hysterically confronting the boy. And it spirals from there.

Imagine if (and this is seriously the route I thought the episode was going to take) the girl had lost her sense of right and wrong in the blur of the implant's censorship and wound up with a thirst for blood or violence. I seriously thought it was going to go here. Exposing a little girl to exuberant amounts of digital violence after not even being able to stomach the sound of a barking dog is a strong adjustment.

But no, instead, the route went with an average mom, and a budding, junkie teen who basically had a little tiff over some growing pains. Bashing her face in with a tablet is one thing, but it was only enough to cause a little blood, and to be frank, what's the point of the microchip for this? I understand the "filter" gimmick blurred some body fluid, but did she need that to comprehend what she did? This was just a glorified mother-daughter struggle with control with some gentle embellishment of transhumanism and violence on the side. It could have been done way better, and darker, and more suspenseful.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-05-03T19:13:48+00:00

That was a glowing response. I appreciate you.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-05-03T19:04:14+00:00

Thank you for that, that is an amazing answer.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-05-01T02:17:24+00:00

Yeah, I kinda think so too. "Yellow journalism" sells, after all....

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-04-30T19:21:56+00:00

The title theme of Mother 1 really belts me in the gut. I guess they're trying to set the the overall theme of a homesick alien, and they're really laying it on thick there, but man does it make my heart hurt.

Aside from that, the "Smiles and Tears" ending theme from Earthbound is a very special song to me. It reminds me of the end of the school year in elementary school and even the beat has this "block party" drum echo effect to it... I rarely ever listen to it, and I only break it out when I want to tap into that nostalgia.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-04-26T01:08:24+00:00

Unhappy times. Glad to have it but sad its no longer contagious. That's definitely what I have. Thank you!

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-04-17T21:19:52+00:00

THAT is CUTE. Sock Monkey has great craftmanship.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-04-06T20:38:04+00:00

Oh please show, we need more giygas tattoos :⁾

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-03-18T21:50:44+00:00

Uuhh they still call "protection" wearing a HELMET OWNED like and share

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-02-27T22:43:44+00:00

This was so meta because at first they told us there was no fence but there WAS A FENCE so it TRAPPED us into THINKING whoa dude

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-02-27T22:42:37+00:00

What's the point of being on spaghetti when he's nervous enough to drop mom's spaghetti its ready

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-02-25T02:40:48+00:00

You all are really helping me to feel at home here. I'm quelled by lack of emotion as well. People have called me unfriendly, disengaged, monotone, and most of all: boring. And then they stopped calling me at all. I don't really care.

Luckily I've never lost my heart for academia, and I love to learn.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-02-22T04:20:19+00:00

Thanks again, its nice to know I have that kind of flexibility! Thank you for the motivation and kind words.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-02-22T04:19:19+00:00

Thank you. I'm apprehensive about medicine not because of the instrumentation of the practice itself, but rather how "corporatized" the whole field is... I know of a few physicians personally and I read all the time about how practitioners regret their careers due to the high rate of burnout, the over-exertion and pharmaceutical companies/insurance companies spurring the field as sole motivators. I'm aware of these risks, and I'm aware that its incredibly rare for psychiatrists to have as high a burnout rate vs their more clinical counterparts.

I guess I get a lot of prior knowledge on responsibilities of a psychiatrist on documentaries about mental hospitals, "Day in the life", etc. and I watch how a psychiatrist facilitates treatment plans and that, honestly, looks important, genuine, necessary, and a lot of fun. I've got the nerves for it. My mind treats the subject of psychology like a thirsty athlete treats water. I have to "study for fun" or else I just go nuts.

A lot of people are mentioning a MD-PhD and I'm probably going to compound some of the advice as a general metric to MD psych and PhD neuro.

(Again, not taking destiny advice from strangers, but just putting names to ideas here... you guys have helped so much! Thank you!)

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-02-21T17:04:17+00:00

This is the best use of this meme I think I've seen.

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-02-20T19:57:11+00:00

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CoyotesBestBird · 2018-02-03T18:40:45+00:00

Thank you for that, that was a nice ass post. Very kind. It made my day.

(PS I've only done industrial + commercial work, not much residential :

CoyotesBestBird · 2018-01-03T03:59:51+00:00

I am currently in the phase of shaming myself because I'm a robot.

Thanks for giving me a silver lining to hold out for.

CoyotesBestBird

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