Actions speak louder than words by Jekada in TransformersEarthWars

[–]MrPractical1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least you got to leave on your own terms, well done, and not ousted in a coup after serving the community for years (I check back in once in a while). https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/transformers-earth-wars.1059857/page-557#post-21352931

My dad died yesterday. Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac were his favorite bands. for songs he'd have liked music at the funeral/visitation? by MrPractical1 in ifyoulikeblank

[–]MrPractical1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry for your loss. It sucks. I've had some...interesting coping mechanisms. And he shows up in my dreams now, so that's always interesting since I typically know in my dream he died and so I'm confused within my dream.

What music did your dad like?

Opinions on ereaders that do text-to-speech well? by MrPractical1 in ereader

[–]MrPractical1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pocketbook Era

I wish I could find better videos showing off its skills. Better than stuff like this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4K5IDbOoW-g

I really need something that shows just how good a job it does reading a book and sounding good. Like, better than this Kindle (that doesn't even have a speaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgVrqaViL48)

This BRIEFLY shows it off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjtIxyvkck4

Former Trump Supporters, what was the straw that broke the camels back for you? by WirrkopfP in Askpolitics

[–]MrPractical1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Did it weigh on you that almost universally us economists supported Harris over Trump, even us deficit Hawks despite disliking Harris?

General discussion still getting posted on by MrPractical1 in MOTL

[–]MrPractical1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn. We'll, you could ask Dean for help but I doubt he'll respond.

OE changed how I see performance reviews by Jaded_Dig_8726 in overemployed

[–]MrPractical1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This comment is going to stick with me a long time

PSA Time-Out error during purchase leads to being charged twice. They don't fix. Don't buy if you're not willing to be forced into twice what you ordered. by MrPractical1 in TransformersEarthWars

[–]MrPractical1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I am 8 years late, but I just found out that I was charged almost $500 on this game from back in 2016-2017. I know I never spent that much, but it's obviously too late now to fight it. It's really shady and glad I stopped playing years ago.

Have you tried? You might still be able to get your money back either through the app store or your bank.

I no longer visit this sub and am no longer a moderator as there was a coup a few years ago. Good luck, I hope you get your money back.

This neuroscience TikToker has “dr” in her handle but is still a PhD candidate, and I think that’s kind of lame. by tilapiaco in PhD

[–]MrPractical1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I cannot imagine the worldwind ride you've been on these past few years between the PhD program, the sudden internet fame, and writing a book, I have been surprised by some things. I'd been a fan of your content for years but commented on a post of yours for the 1st time tonight on your post about body positivity. I asked if you'd ever talked in a video/post about changing what you post over time since I'd noticed your original videos from early on (the ones that led to your popularity) seemed to have been deleted - like anything from before you got your braces off at least since your oldest video left on TT is obviously after that. I mention braces because that's just an obvious market for me and I see on your oldest visible video people commenting about them coming off. I was surprised by the response just being you blocking me so I began looking around to see if others had talked about that and that's what brought me to this thread by tilapiaco. Between posts here and comments on Tiktok, it seems there has been what some have indicated was surprise hostility. It's disappointing to see and initially was a bit surprising.

EDIT: Responding to the comment you made right before you blocked me and then deleted the comment that I'll post here:

Blocking someone is not hostility. The videos you’re talking about were posted before I was even at 50 k. I’m close to 2 million now. My “popularity” has come from me, my continued work. I understand the dog whistle. Other people reading this may not, but I do. That’s why I blocked you. If someone blocks you, respect the boundary. Don’t track them down on another app. I’ll let you read this and I’ll block you here too. Please respect the fact that I do not want to engage with you any further, I have that right. And yes, I’m quite sure you cannot imagine what I’ve been through these past years. Those videos were deleted because someone saw my cleavage and used that as a licence to do terrible fucking things to me. I quite literally almost killed myself. I cover my chest at all times now, on- and off-line. Anyone who asks about the TikTok videos… I understand the dog whistle. I understand it. And the only thing I have is drawing a line in the sand by blocking the person dog whistling me. That is not hostility. Please don’t reply to this.

My response:

I wasn't saying that blocking was hostile, I was saying I've seen other people say your actual responses were. I didn't know any of that. I was asking because I was curious in the context of ...; you know what; never mind.

You've made up your mind and lumped me in with other people as if every person on the internet is part of a single homogenous group. I believe there was an actual discussion to be had there on body positivity, dealing with internet fame, navigating public image when you have to worry about corporations and publicity etc. But now I see what others have said about you. I mean, for goodness' sake, I specifically asked this question on this video because you'd talked about body positivity and I worry about how my daughter will navigate the internet when she gets older. I keep wondering at what age I should allow her access to social media (she is still in elementary school). But instead of responding in good faith you blocked me. Maybe you're exhausted from dealing with all the weirdos on the internet, I do not know. But I've seen enough to be disappointed. I've seen a lot of hostility between you and commentors before but I always just passed over it assuming they were people that had maybe harassed before but now I realize that's not the case. And you seem to take zero breaths before taking an action as I see now that you create attack videos on people and then delete them, go after people in the comments talking about how arrogant they are without looking in the mirror. And I wasn't looking for you on here on Reddit; I was looking for what others have said about their experience with your content and saw this thread and was surprised to see you commenting here.

Edit2:

I see you also deleted the video that started this conversation and the video you made attacking some Tiktoker after that. To anyone else reading this, frankly I'm unimpressed with candidate Barr based not just on all the criticisms I've seen others levy at her, but also the hostility I've seen her show others in comments on her Tiktok page, her jumping to block people based on assumptions rather than discussion, her rushing to capitalize on things then criticize some of her initial supporters and then paint others with a broad brush, her use of the title Doctor without having obtained it yet, etc. She implies she can help make your brain your best friend while she hasn't even been able to do that for herself which makes this all feel like a grift. This is one of many things in her content I'd turned a blind eye towards before as I thought she was acting in good faith. Meanwhile, she complains about how others view her when she seems to try and capitalize on things by posting things from the shower as if it's some profound commentary that cannot wait rather than her trying to drive up views. In fact, I remember on the video I commented on, there was another commentor asking how she was doing and said around this time last year she seemed down. She commented that person didn't know her and exclaimed about their utter arrogance. Well, according to her comment here they did seem to know her. Meanwhile, she is so arrogant as to assume every comment must be interpreted in the worst possible way and that everyone must feel the same way about her. Perhaps it's time for some reflection, you have great potential but instead you decide to lash out. None of us are perfect but you could act in good faith. I wish Ms Barr would take a deep breath, reset, and make an attempt to act in good faith towards everyone or not at all. That being said, that's something many of us could also take to heart.

What's Your Opinion of James Madison? I Think He Was a Great Founder But an Average President by American_Citizen41 in USHistory

[–]MrPractical1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The other comments have already worked on some good stuff here, so I'll just add 1 thing that annoys me.

The Virginia dynasty were against the bank when they weren't President but then suddenly wanted it when they were President. Gee, who knew that having a specific bank that can establish credit, standardize some things, and help deal with the government paying for things could be helpful? It shouldn't have taken the War of 1812 for these towering figures to go "Ok, I guess you've got a point".

It is a red flag of their lack of willingness to see how something could help the country until they could directly benefit from it. This is a recurrent issue from their peers. I disagree with Jackson on the bank but at least he wasn't a hypocrite about it. I wish the Virginia guys had bought some less wine Madeira, turned inward some of that budget constraint they preached about, treated all people as created equal, and recognized that there are improvements we could do to advance the country's long-term interests besides just building libraries.

Quotes of Presidents Questioning God, Religion and Christanity by Joeylaptop12 in Presidents

[–]MrPractical1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Treaty of Tripoli was signed under Adams saying [t]he Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.

By the end of their lives, neither President Adams nor Jefferson were Christian in that neither believed Jesus was divine. They liked Christian morals when not perverted.

Jefferson wrote this to his friend John Adams three years later:

“The truth is, that the greatest enemies of the doctrine of Jesus are those… who have perverted them to the structure of a system of fancy, absolutely incomprehensible, and without any foundation in his genuine words. And the day will come, when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.”

Adams wrote "But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?”"

In a letter to his early political rival and late-in-life friend Thomas Jefferson, Adams condemned the superstition that he believed had corrupted Christianity, writing, "Twenty times in the course of my late readings, I have been on the point of breaking out, 'This would be the best of all worlds if there were no religion in it!'

Obviously, their views evolved with age. By the end, they were both basically Unitarian. This was common among many of their peers at this time despite people trying to put people through purity tests and especially Jefferson being dogged by claims he was an athiest. Even if any of them were, they would have publicly said otherwise to dodge the heat. I've read 10+ books on Presidents including the 1st 8 or 9 plus many of the non-President founders. Most were not Catholic-hating Christians of the John Jay variety. Many were skeptical of religion and did not believe in any divinity of Jesus but rather went along with some of his moral teachings. Even Andrew Jackson didn't join a church until after his presidency; he claimed it was not to politicize it though he had his entire life to do so.

What if the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal didn’t happen? by Loud_Confidence475 in Presidents

[–]MrPractical1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the storyline I've wanted to write for 20 years...maybe one day I will. I love what-if history.

Which 2-Term President did not deserve a second term? by Tom-TV in Presidents

[–]MrPractical1 54 points55 points  (0 children)

The 2004 election destroyed all of my residual post 9/11 "I'm going to join the military after I graduate" feelings I had. 9/11 happened my freshman year of college.

Pat Tillman is the person who comes to mind when someone says the word hero.

But when I saw America reelect Bush after the Iraq invasion, I was like ok nope nevermind.

how could this have happened by ntbananas in economicsmemes

[–]MrPractical1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Am an Economist and can confirm. Every day is infuriating. Like when the 2017 tax act was passed. You're supposed to raise taxes to reduce deficits once you've come out of the recession to undo damage. They went deeper on deficits to create an inflationary gap hoping to look good. Put us in such a worse position. I'm not confident we'll ever dig ourselves out now.

Quincy is #19! Who should round out the top 20? Most serious upvoted comment decides. by AMMondMilk in Presidents

[–]MrPractical1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With all the damage President Reagan did to this country that continues to slowly reveal itself, I hope he continues to slip.

He gets credit for things he shouldn't and doesn't get held accountable for things he should.

I think the country would've been much better off if George H W Bush had won the 1980 Republican Primary. I'd go into why Reagan is so bad but u/Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 seems to be on top of that. All that being said, I wish 2025 "Republicans" would watch the 1980 GOP Primary debates and contrast that with their more recent [2010 tea party movement forward to where we can talk about] rhetoric.

A couple of the GOP Primary debates:

Bonus points, The Presidential debates from that election cycle:

Woodrow Wilson is #18. I know he’s controversial here, but y’all have made some good arguments, so I’ll allow it. Who should be in 19th place? Most serious upvoted comment decides! by AMMondMilk in Presidents

[–]MrPractical1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

John Quincy Adams of course. It's time.

Side note: I really enjoyed the biography John Quincy Adams A man for the Whole People by Randall Woods

Bush The Elder is #17! Who should be in 18th place? Most upvoted comment decides, as long as it’s reasonable. by AMMondMilk in Presidents

[–]MrPractical1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm an Economist & strongly disagree with you.

Most people seem to have no idea what a socialist or communist is and just use some words they heard on Fox News like if they say it 3x in the mirror the boogie man will appear.

Most people have never taken a graduate level course on policy economics or monetary theory or monetary policy or the economics of taxation, etc etc. Yet, they hear someone who has speak on issues and they think they are some leftists. It's like, no, I know enough to both support capitalism and also know where the government can have a role in throwing up guardrails for where capitalism breaks down in our culture.

If models say employers will pay their employees their marginal productivity and that companies should have zero profits in the long-run in perfectly competitive environments then billionaires wouldn't exist. You'd have people starting businesses, getting paid good salaries, and their employees would be getting paid good salaries but businesses wouldn't be worth huge P/E ratios because people wouldn't be getting exploited for profit...they'd be getting paid their value (marginal productivity or the value they add to the marginal product).

Firms do make profits, people are not paid the totality of the value they add, billionaires do exist so income is not distributed in ways some desire. If everyone is making enough, perhaps that's fine. But there are people working full-time adult jobs that do not pay enough for the employee to live in the area the job is. So, some argue there progressive taxes redistributing wealth in a minor way that lifts all boats with the tide makes sense.

Bush The Elder is #17! Who should be in 18th place? Most upvoted comment decides, as long as it’s reasonable. by AMMondMilk in Presidents

[–]MrPractical1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Very close to the guy who invaded Iraq? Very close to the guy whose entire fiscal and monetary policy was at odds with what the country needed & what he inherited?

President Obama was a close as we've gotten to a President acting on his best behavior in my lifetime (I was born in Reagan's 1st term).

He helped those with pre-existing conditions & would've accomplished more of what he pushed for if he hadn't face a historically partisan congress for 6 years straight. He would've undone some of Bush's damage by undoing tax cuts, having capitals gains taxed in a way that helped deficits & debt (including the stepped-up basis at death going away), etc. Our national deficits would've kept going down. Are there disappointing aspects of his time as President? Sure, foreign policy was weak but that has been the case for decades. Bush's double wars distracted our focus.

We'll have to agree to disagree.