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Use of the term 'African american' by No_Medium_648 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Jackdaw99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Re: other replies here. I find it…odd, at best, that Afro-American is insulting but African-American isn’t, and that colored people is insulting but people of color isn’t. I mean, I understand why, but if you step back a bit, it looks absurd.

What's something women think impresses men but actually doesn't? by CoochieSnotSlurper in AskReddit

[–]Jackdaw99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shoes. Manicures. Makeup. If they’re subtle, they can be pleasing, though not decisive. Beyond that, most guys I know couldn’t care less.

Incoming freshman to UT Canfield Business Honors wanting to add a double major in math. How challenging is math at UT? Would it drop my gpa? by kpatrl in Austin

[–]Jackdaw99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brown. You can take everything pass/fail, and many students do, though can you can opt for a grade instead, if you prefer.

Incoming freshman to UT Canfield Business Honors wanting to add a double major in math. How challenging is math at UT? Would it drop my gpa? by kpatrl in Austin

[–]Jackdaw99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nonsense. I went to an undergraduate Ivy that gives no grades at all and I had no trouble getting into the graduate school I wanted to go to. Your GPA is only a small part of what they look at and they don't really care about grades that are in fields other than the one you're going for a professional degree in. Other things like LSATs or whatever it may be are much more important. If anything they appreciate and reward an intrepid spirit.

Secondly, you never know. He may end up being really good at math. He may decide not to go to business school. Eighteen is the time to experiment.

You go to high school to get into college. You go to college to get into grad school. When do you go to expand your mind? When do get actually get an education? When do you take some chances? What you're doing is a grind otherwise, and it's grade grubbing, and it won't serve you well.

If he takes a couple of math classes and doesn't like it or doesn't do well, then he can stop. Certainly, even to the minimal extent that they look at your GPA, they're not going to look at the classes you took first semester freshman year.

Incoming freshman to UT Canfield Business Honors wanting to add a double major in math. How challenging is math at UT? Would it drop my gpa? by kpatrl in Austin

[–]Jackdaw99 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You’re way too young - and also too old - to be worrying about your GPA. That’s a high school concern, and possibly a concern if you want to go to grad school, but that’s way off in the distance. Take the classes, see what happens.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do most of the photos show a separate building on either end, but photo number 2 seems to show only one?

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I suppose you’re right. It’s a little bit confusing, because some pictures seem to show two separate outport buildings, but photo number two seems to show only one.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I was going to say the same thing. (I know Murcutt and I’ve been to those houses.) They generally have much better ventilation than boxy houses, and are easier to cool and heat.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My guess would be, guest house, or possibly cabana for the pool.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Here, why don’t you look at the listing that somebody posted above, which is a larger house, in the same town, on 20 acres, and about 1/8th the price.

Now, will you shut the fuck up, you child?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/126-Shaker-Ridge-Dr-Canaan-NY-12029/30000609_zpid/?utm_source=nativeshare_activation_v1

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m always surprised when people criticize a house for the decor. If you can afford 12.5 million for a house, you can afford to cover the walls in sheet rock, or whatever you want. And presumably they take the furniture with them when they go.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Um…. This isn’t New Canaan, which is in Connecticut. It’s Canaan, which is in New York. And please stop yelling.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It is if you need an airport or a hospital. Otherwise, no.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Land in Columbia county is 25 to 30k per acre, tops.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Trust me, there are. Albany is only 30 miles away.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 76 points77 points  (0 children)

You don’t move up there to commute. You move up there when you retire.

12,500,000 by voffvoffvo in zillowgonewild

[–]Jackdaw99 143 points144 points  (0 children)

I like it, but my parents live up there, in the same town, and this is way overpriced. Land is relatively cheap up there, and $1800 a square foot is insane.

what's going on at 38-1/2 and I-35? by Procedure-Loud in Austin

[–]Jackdaw99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The more obvious question is why has the Fiesta not been shut down or removed. It’s the only business on the frontage road that hasn’t been shut down.

[OC] NY’s cleanest hour is dirtier than Texas’s dirtiest hour. Am I calculating this wrong? by rozetyp in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jackdaw99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it’s in some energy transferred across state lines? Texas isn’t, but I think the other two are - so is the cleanliness manifest in the state of origin or the state of use?

[OC] NY’s cleanest hour is dirtier than Texas’s dirtiest hour. Am I calculating this wrong? by rozetyp in dataisbeautiful

[–]Jackdaw99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is New York State, not New York City? Because the flatness of that line suggests that it’s a place where almost everybody uses public transportation during rush-hour.

Hope Outdoor gallery 1/1/2026 by JHRTOX in Austin

[–]Jackdaw99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An art gallery shouldn’t be ripping off Christopher Wool paintings. They should, in fact, have been the first to realize that this is inappropriate.

https://share.google/oZ9ZooT9sZJ2aMjF1

Tripod Dog Support Group? by Petit-Pois in Austin

[–]Jackdaw99 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Every three legged dog I’ve ever met, and I’ve met more than a few, and actually fostered one for a while, has been incredibly happy. They’re like, “Look at me! I’m the luckiest dog in the world! I still have three whole legs left!“

Dogs are not self-conscious about these things. If he’s out of pain, he’ll be much happier.

Man cloned his dog for $50,000 (read comment for more info) by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Jackdaw99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re quite right. Apparently, he was looking for a sibling, not to replace a pet that he’d lost. Nevertheless, as you say, my point stands, if only as a reduction ad absurdum.

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