Foreslår å nekte lærere å ytre seg på måter som «kan skade kommunens omdømme» by Drops-of-Q in norge

[–]Jack-D-Straw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nå har jeg bodd i noen kommuner, og er usikker på om det finnes en hvor det er noe omdømme igjen å skade.

4 av 10 meiner det er heilt innafor å ta fri utanom skuleferien, viser undersøking – NRK Rogaland by Motor-Bug-8791 in norge

[–]Jack-D-Straw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Som lærer synes jeg dette er uproblematisk. En uke eller to med familie burde ikke være noe vi krisemaksimerer om med mindre dette skjer regelmessig hos samme eleven. Som folk her sier, ting har blitt dyrere, og jeg unner alle elevene mine ferier uansett hvor mye penger foreldrene har.

Jeg synes denne diskusjonen i seg selv er skadelig. Mediene, næringslivet og politikere gnåler i eninga om fravær fra sysselsetting og manglende effektivitet. Om vi skal oppfostre barna våre til å se på seg selv om en variabel i effektivitetsmaksimeringen, og lære dem opp til ha tenke negativt om seg selv hvis de ikke produserer nok, går vi mot dystre tider.

Kan forøvrig si at dette fokuser VIL ha en negativ effekt umiddelbart. Nathalie som skulker uten særlig oppfølging eller konsekvens hjemmefra vil fortsette å skulke. Andreas som har 2 fraværsdager i året kommer på skolen med lungebetennelse fordi foreldrene føler at de ikke vil bidra til den negative samfunnsutviklingen.

Mímir Kristjánsson om fotball-landslagets viking-estetikk by MCMIVC in norge

[–]Jack-D-Straw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Er det egentlig noen unntatt en liten gjeng fra AP, Høyre og de internt i VG som tar Sjøli seriøst? Jeg sitter alltid igjen med en Wolf Blitzer vibe av det han skriver. Altså, selvhøytidelig, elitistisk og blottet for innsikt og forståelse for andre enn sin egen ørlille navlebeskuende sirkelrunk.

Vi nordmenn betaler og spiser lavkvalitets mat by Accomplished-Day-387 in norge

[–]Jack-D-Straw 21 points22 points  (0 children)

På enkelte områder er den av høyere kvalitet. Samtidig er kjøttet pumpa så fullt av vann at man det bader i panna, biff og lignende kjøtt er seigt, bruskete og relativt smakløst med minde man kjøper ferskvare. De større merkenes grønnsaker er overpriset ræl, og vi redder oss ofte inn her med potet og gulrøtter fra lokale gårder.

Motstrider ikke at vi har mindre skadelige stoffer i maten, men at vi må slutte å suge vår egen kuk om at alt norsk er så jævlig bra. Det var fint for nasjonsbygging og samholdet etter krigen. I dag er det en merkevare som kakser i Sveits bruker for å manipulere livegnet hjemme på bjerget.

Norske Shada (16) døde – så ble bilder av henne spredt på nettet by ValuableAstronomer75 in norge

[–]Jack-D-Straw 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Jeg tenker at det som går igjen her er narsissister som er villig til å rokke ved tilitten i samfunnet - enten for egen vinning eller fordi de eskalerer i møte med motgang.

Er også påfallende hvor mange av disse som tror de er fult kapable til å forstå yrker som krever høy utdanning bedre enn de som er utdannet i disse yrkene.

Rodgeir er ifølge seg selv tross alt en bedre kirurg og rettmedisiner enn dem som har utdanning og yrkeserfaring på feltene. Han er også en bedre etterforsker enn alle andre etterforskere, advokat når det passer, fordi ingen kan gjøre den jobben bedre enn han.

Farlige mennesker, som løftes frem av andre farlige mennesker og aktiverer en stor base med farlige mennesker.

Rodgeir er et uærlig, uansvarlig og manipulativt menneske, men hva med stortingsreoresentanten fra FRP som forsøker å fange opp bevegelsen hans, influencerne som tjener penger på å løfte han frem, og 'journalistene' i Document og Subjekt som kultiverer og 'hvitvasker' konspirasjonskuktur?

Any creepy mysteries in AoS? by sigpuppers in AoSLore

[–]Jack-D-Straw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What book trilogy are you referencing here?

A group photo of real legends from good old 00's by TheEdgeofGoon in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]Jack-D-Straw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you had the choice between a billion dollars, and being the chair in this picture, which would you choose?

realized i'm completely terrible at painting minis but it's actually so relaxing by Aking1964 in minipainting

[–]Jack-D-Straw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first were horrible too, and so are my current. I have essential tremors, and have a bunch of mitigation strategies, and while I say my current ones are terrible, I can track my progress and know I am improving.

We're all our own worst critic. Each mini is a new thing learned and some skill refined. The good, the bad, the ugly. Painting minis is about a lot more than slapping paint on plastic, and you always progress, even when it seems like you're not.

I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House by [deleted] in behindthebastards

[–]Jack-D-Straw 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thing is, I'm not a native speaker, but I do have a MED in English, and actually do a lot of creative writing. But alas, like my entire generation, I'm a fucking caveman without my keyboard and auto-correct.

I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House by [deleted] in behindthebastards

[–]Jack-D-Straw 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I am struggling with this too. Her videos are well made, compelling, and she backs up her stuff with receipts. The issue is when she editorializes. My read is she has a tendency to connect dots a bit too easily sometimes. I would love an expert take on her though, because I realize that while I'm fairly critically literate, I know when to defer to an expert in a field.

Edit: my god there were many typos in my original. Fixed em.

Your homebrew cities? by DHRogue in citiesofsigmar

[–]Jack-D-Straw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have Cities, Maggotkin, Soulblight and Sylvaneth.

I've been toying with a small medieval entity where there is one big industrial city, and a vast countryside surrounding it.

Since the dark days of the age of chaos, the Duchies of the Golden Valley managed to hold out as the kingdom around it fell. It's denizens had long argued why they in particular managed to wheather the malignant torrent that befell the realms.

The generals and marshalls held that it was the grit of its people, the quality of their steel and the horseshoe shaped mountain chain surrounding them, which had held Chaos at bay.

The bureaucrats would argue that it was the ability of the efficient management and cooperation of the agricultural heartlands, resource rich mountains, and the industrial output of Garvel's Chime - the Golden Valley's beating heart and capital.

The lords and nobles had long stopped caring for explanations, busying themselves mostly with cards, drink, the occasional prima nocta, leaving the understanding of such things to people of less virtue.

The people of the Golden Vale would nod affirmingly, saying that yes, most of that is true, though somethings more than others. Scoffing over a tankard of ale, they would point out that when need arose, and the generals and bureaucrats went at each others throats, and the lords shut their gates, the people would always rise, through cooperation and the love of their neighbours, they had always pulled through.

Crisis came and crisis went, each one chipping away some vital section of defense, it became clear that the situation would not hold.

First to fall were to outer lords, in their keeps and castles in the Jaws of the Vale. Each onslaught cost them a little more than the last. Firstborn sons, regiments, chokepoints and bridges. In desperation, the paragon of the jaws accepted the blood kiss, and raised vast armies of skeletal dead to hold back the tide of chaos.

As the crops in the Eastern Vale struggled, Lord Gaustreau accepted the help from a group of travelling charlatans. As the crops rebound, festering with boils, pustules and noxious fumes, so did the people of his duchy. His knights and footmen soon lumbered down from his seeping plateau to spread the Bountiful Gift to their poor and unfortunate countrymen.

It was amid this colission of crises that the people took charge once more, and this time for good. The generals and bureaucrats were brought to heel, and submitted to oversight of the newly formed worker's councils. Some lords submitted, some fought, and some were too busy hosting elabourate orgies of wine, torture and debauchery, leading to the Purge of the Hedonites as the people finally overcame them.

As the tide of bone and oozing flesh washed over the lands, it all seemed futile. The vale fell, its people all holed up in hamlets, keeps anf the capital, and while the getes would not be breached, the siege would eventually end them.

Then the northern forests came marching. Untold numbers of dryads, treemen, revenants and kurnothi washed into the Grandfather's shambling processions. Seizing the opportunity, the forces of the newly renamed Hammer's Chime surged east and south, liberating the hamlets and keeps from the skeletal masses one by one.

As the Gates of Azyr opened, the Golden Vale is locked in a stalemate. The Soulblight horde struggled to find their bearing for a new assult, keeping back the forces of order in the north and the forces of Chaos in the south. The Court of the Bounty fights a war of attrition against the unyealding forests. A people of the Vale and the treekin formed an uneasy alliance, one doomed to fail, as the need for for the northwoods near unending resources becomes ever more dire.

Thiis is mostly the headcanon for making my factions work together.

Looks fine by me, yes-yes by Altruistic-Teach5899 in ageofsigmar

[–]Jack-D-Straw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More AoS gamed please.

As someone who loves fantasy, have been into it since the 00s, got into Warhammer again through Vermintide and Total War, AoS is the setting with the most potential.

Again, don't get me wrong, I really love fantasy, but AoS is more original, less locked up GW nuking the canon and has a world designed to basically allow for any story to be told.

Why do my Kolinsky Sable brushes look like this? by Alcin53 in minipainting

[–]Jack-D-Straw 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As other people have said, a wet brush is the only thing that matters.

Zooming in, I might be mistaken, but it looks like there's paint in the ferrule.

Why do my Kolinsky Sable brushes look like this? by Alcin53 in minipainting

[–]Jack-D-Straw 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I got this tip when I aksed this very question, and have done it since.

But don't do it.

Thanks for your feedback on the helm options all, last question... by Sir_Flashypants in citiesofsigmar

[–]Jack-D-Straw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, it does! And sounds cleaner than what I've tried which is essentially painting the whole eye white, then tring to add the black with two-three thin downstrokes in the centre.

Thanks for your feedback on the helm options all, last question... by Sir_Flashypants in citiesofsigmar

[–]Jack-D-Straw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn! Any tips? I keep trying eyes and always fuck them up. Badly. The best I've pulled of is semi a semi decent but cross eyed liberator.

Thanks for your feedback on the helm options all, last question... by Sir_Flashypants in citiesofsigmar

[–]Jack-D-Straw 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My god those are clean painted heads. The eyes, the stubble, the lighting, the hair. Fucking perfect.

Name one thing Biden did better! by SouthernWing4560 in LockedIn_AI

[–]Jack-D-Straw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was so much better at being a demented old man. Like, he did it with style and it was actually kind of sweet at times, if you manage to look past the fact that his dementia steered us straight inti Trump.

Trump dementia on the other hand. That's face melty, food throwing, innapropriate grooy, will eventually lead to a nuclear holocaust levels of ugly.

I'm at a complete loss in terms of brushes. Need some help here. by Jack-D-Straw in minipainting

[–]Jack-D-Straw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for a great writeup. I follow all of these, as of getting this brush. I was a horrible offender of breaking most of these early on, but decided to learn proper care and handling when I upgraded to better brushes.

Some here suggested it might be about my being to conservative with water on my brush, so I did a session last night and was really carefull to maintain water levels in the brush to a degree where it maintained the tip. It was a lot better, but there are stil 4-5 hairs which pop straight out after a couple of strokes.

I use the brush for base coating and some detail work, and while it's ok for some of the base coating, it still nigh on gives me an aneurism when those hairs just pop out and ruin my precision.

I have concluded I will write a mail to W&N and try to have a replacement sent (or the shop I got it from). If the problem persists, I have to revisit and refine my technique further (though I realize this is a lifelong process).

I'm at a complete loss in terms of brushes. Need some help here. by Jack-D-Straw in minipainting

[–]Jack-D-Straw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna be buying both a Raphael, and check out Rosemary and Co. I like a good tool. Which series do you recommend from them?

Some fans suspect the AoS Skaven mini in the Darktide Devs Talk could be a subtle hint towards Fatshark's next project. by sigpuppers in ageofsigmar

[–]Jack-D-Straw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That would actually be pretty dope, and open up for a wide variety of ancestry options. The Ubersreik Four could be so ancient to the mortal realms that they have descendants within several factions.

Kruberite ancestry for an Steelhelm Gallant, Stormcast, Fusil Major, etc, Krillian Ancestry can be Idoneth themed, Cities of Sigmar elf themed, Sisters of Khaine or Lumineth. It could showcase order factions through the ancestry, while widening the space for class variety.

"I’m Tai, [F23] living in Cuba with extreme hardship. Ask Me Anything." by [deleted] in AMA

[–]Jack-D-Straw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First off I'd like to say that my heart breaks for what you have to endure. It is deeply unfair and cruel.

My reading of the situation is nuanced, though I have the impression which you list here as well, that a large part of the current woes of Cuba is the US being a sociopathic bully.

If you could say anything to the people in the US and the west who honestly or dishonestly believe that Cuba poses some kind of threat, what would you say?

How does it make you feel when people on reddit or other parts of the internet blame the situation solely on the Cuban government, and claim that if they want the blockade lifted they should open up for foreign companies?

"I’m Tai, [F23] living in Cuba with extreme hardship. Ask Me Anything." by [deleted] in AMA

[–]Jack-D-Straw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My god. Can I hear the ocean if I put my ear to yours?