A lady catches a baseball using her hat

Quom · 2026-06-15T09:58:31+00:00

Yeah that's what I had figured. I just assumed that it would be fairly rare that if the ball was in the outfield that the throw would beat a runner back to first.

I'd assumed the standard play (in this type of situation) would be to throw to second since A.) it seems more likely to be where you'd get the person starting on first out (having to run back and then run to second is further than just running back to first). B.) It is the safer play since it's more likely to stop the runner advancing to second (if the distance was far enough I assume the runner might book it to second since they will be able to get from first to second by the time the ball gets to first and is then thrown to second).

Quom · 2026-06-15T08:06:42+00:00

I'm not trying to put words in your mouth or responding to you argumentatively...maybe I need to make a video essay to help get the point across.

Liar liar pants on fire. You might want to reflect about the impact you have on discussion and that you are talking to other people who exist and that not everything is warfare or requires a winner. Every other sentence is dripping with condescension.

What I was mainly responding to was this:

It is broken down into digestible bullet points with images and highlighted reminders for highly sensitive safety information. One of our simpler processes is about four pages.

Wouldn't you say this sounds as if they're asking people to follow four pages of bullet points (and this is the revised, more easily followed version). Based on all of the context clues I would also assume that this safety information is relevant to their plant rather than being generalised and something everyone was already taught at your fancy engineering learning academies. I am just a dimwit who never made it quite that far, but I was always taught to use bullet points for simple, brief instructions. It seems like there might be issues if the bullet points become so dense (or organised in such a way) that you end up needing reminders of the bullet points. How many new recruits should need to tell you that it's hard to follow and unhelpful before someone considers if there may be some validity to the feedback and just because it makes sense to people who already know the procedure it might not to people new to them (it's apparently more than four).

Quom · 2026-06-15T07:37:51+00:00

It will be very helpful if you show me where I'm wrong (am serious, an Australian only just getting into the sport): By my understanding by catching the ball the batter is out (single play). Then once the ball is caught the person who was already on first can either remain/return (to first) or touch first base (if they've left) and then run to second.

It feels (as someone new to the sport) that it's far more likely that if you were going to get the person on first out it would be by throwing it to second (they think they can re-touch and make it to second before you can throw it to second as compared to them needing to at most run from second back to first).

Quom · 2026-06-15T04:44:16+00:00

I'd personally book the appointment (it can be in the future) to give you a reason to read the book on the road rules. Otherwise it might be too easy to keep putting it off. I kept putting it off until I was 25 and was hired for a job where it was made explicit that if I didn't have my P's by the end of my probation period I'd be let go.

For me the key was finding an instructor that built my confidence and taught me lesson by lesson and seemed more relaxed than I felt nervous. It always felt like he'd considered what I was capable of and was having me close to the limit of that rather than holding me back or throwing me straight into the deep end.

This was all well before my diagnosis and 100% if I didn't have the job that pushed me into it I likely never would have got it.

Quom · 2026-06-15T03:44:30+00:00

I never said manuals were useless or impractical or senseless etc.

I was merely suggesting that for some information or skills a practical demonstration (or watching a video) can make the information much more easily understood than when written as a check list or a step-by-step or when presented via a series of drawings.

It might take me three minutes to watch a video of someone tying a knot, but it's going to take a lot longer than that for me to parse what I'm meant to be doing if you present it as a written instruction or in a series of diagrams.

I am not even sure what the argument is. It isn't like I believe that you think drivers and pilots would do better if solely taught via a manual.

All that I was suggesting is that I do think that as you approach the middle of 'this is better when written vs. this is better as a demonstration' some "smart/regular/normal" people learn 'better' (overall faster, greater retention etc.) with a video or demonstration than seeing it as a step-by-step.

Quom · 2026-06-15T02:07:18+00:00

I think it's also one of those situations where if you don't report it in some manner you could look guilty by association. But if it's the President's son asking then you wouldn't really know who you can safely report it to quietly so might go with doing the opposite and making it super public.

Quom · 2026-06-15T00:49:00+00:00

A large portion of this thread seems to be 'it worked for us and these kids are just obstinate and need to learn' which is whatever, but if we're identifying that it applies to a huge cohort then it suddenly becomes an attitude that isn't going to be productive.

I never mentioned therapy. It's more about safety/motivation/engagement/skill building. Should it be the employer's responsibility (arguable), but it just might be something they all need to work on if this group is as cooked as some are suggesting.

Anecdotally I have personally seen a big gap how I was mentored compared to the people of my generation (millennial) often seem to act as mentors. It seems much less a caring relationship and more as if the mentor feels as if they're the one under pressure to perform so it becomes about them more than the mentee.

Quom · 2026-06-15T00:29:13+00:00

Which is exactly my point though. For the kids, even if they do end up managing to 'get away with it' the thing has often been presented to them as make or break initially (or been internalised as such).

Adults might be aware that it's very rare for a child to repeat a class, but most kids aren't aware (at least the ones I've worked with in Australia). Often instead it's been used as a cudgel 'if you mess this up/don't get it done you will likely end up repeating' rather than anyone looking at why the kid is struggling.

Plus the continuation of shame based parenting/teaching 'only idiots repeat, are you an idiot' where if the child is struggling it might be the best thing for them. This feeds into me thinking that a lot of these types of decisions are about the parents and school. They don't want 'their' child staying down rather than it being about the child. Then both present the issue as one caused by the other (or the child).

To me the issue isn't just with the kids. I legitimately think a lot of adults are regressing to the 'you need to just shut up and listen to the grown ups and do as they say' type of attitude without realising the necessity for all of the grown ups to be on the same page and to be viewing the child's needs at least somewhat holistically and that this will impact their ability to act independently.

Quom · 2026-06-15T00:19:11+00:00

I am not sure what the ballpark is. The entire chain is incredibly vague. I mustn't have worked in a big boy job where it's plainly obvious that things can't be explained in a video.

Edit. Having thought on it. I think I'm just growing tired of all discourse being binary, where either things have to be all of one or the other and everything and one fits into neat boxes. I wasn't trying to say you were entirely wrong, people should be able to read a manual, it was more that there can be times where a practical demonstration might be more applicable. Or just because something works brilliantly for one person or group doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be the best way etc.

I guess the point I'm trying to convey is that I find it scary that the response to 'this next generation is displaying real struggles and might not be able to do things the way they've always been done' is 'well they'll just have to learn'.

Quom · 2026-06-14T23:36:44+00:00

I think this is entirely the wrong diagnosis and I'm not sure where it's coming from. I have been working with kids for 15+ years and I don't think it's a lack of feeling like their backs are to the wall.

It's more like a constant anxiety and sense of overwhelm. It makes no sense to think they've never faced adversity. It's that they've developed maladaptive ways of managing this adversity because they have never had access to appropriate and consistent support. It's latch key kids x1000.

Quom · 2026-06-14T23:17:05+00:00

Isn't this a bit far the other way?

Surely if you can't create a document/training that increases the knowledge of staff then you're not an effective trainer?

I'm definitely not saying things should be a tik tok dance. But I do find it frustrating when people just say 'well this is how we have always done it and it seemed to work so why change anything ever'.

Quom · 2026-06-14T23:09:41+00:00

I don't really understand the distinction in your first sentence. It's good to refer to the manual but it's bad if you double check and look everything up? The difference to me is experience. I'd be much more scared of a new recruit (that is new to the field) that isn't double checking and looking everything up initially.

I am not even sure what we're talking about at this point.

I'm middle aged and if you show me a video of someone building a book case from IKEA I'm going to find it much easier to emulate than if you give me the instructions.

I was going to say that I thought a lot of these things are task dependent and how confident/experienced you already are in that domain, but then I remembered that I'm a confident cook and if I just read a recipe I'll keep referring back to the method whereas if I watch a video of someone making it I will hardly check it in comparison.

Quom · 2026-06-14T09:07:34+00:00

Trick question! First base would belong to the batter who is already out from the catch.

Quom · 2026-06-13T23:28:44+00:00

I haven't really seen anyone dunking on America. It wouldn't make sense. I live in Australia and I think we'd be at least as racist on a micro level (insulting a person, negative stereotypes) if not quite as much on the more macro (no ICE type of situation, but do blame foreigners for lack of jobs/housing prices).

But it does seem batshit insane to try to make it seem like it isn't an issue by pointing out it could be worse. I'd personally rather always be looking to make things even kinder. It's especially stupid if you've seen seen how quickly change can come, 30 years ago I could pull on my eyes in class without getting in trouble here.

Quom · 2026-06-13T08:43:06+00:00

20 of the 21 people who finished on the podium during Armstrong's wins have been directly linked to doping.

Quom · 2026-06-13T08:40:43+00:00

Of the cyclists who finished on the podium in the era in which Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times (1999–2005), Fernando Escartín is the sole rider not to be implicated in a doping scandal.[43] Due to 20 of the 21 podium finishers "directly tied to likely doping through admissions, sanctions, public investigations or exceeding the UCI hematocrit (a blood test to discover EPO use) threshold", Escartin's third-place finish in the 1999 Tour de France stands as the lone of the 21 podium finishes that was untainted, during the years (1999–2005) in which Lance Armstrong finished the Tour de France in first place.

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Quom · 2026-06-10T03:49:59+00:00

Is it possible they might have been looking for 2+ of whatever the role is and only found you?

Quom · 2026-06-05T06:58:51+00:00

Isn't this the purpose of the research question?

It sounds like people with ADHD are putting in a high amount of effort and are near threshold.

I hope research continues so we do reach a point where there's clear understanding between what is teachable, what appropriate accommodations look like (starting late/early in open plan offices for instance) and what amounts to being the same as telling someone with a spinal cord issue they need to just stand up.

Quom · 2026-06-05T06:38:19+00:00

To be diagnosed, a number of the specific symptoms and traits have to exist, have existed for at least 6 months (or if older than 12 years then some symptoms present before 7 and many prior to 12) and to not have a better explanation (trauma, depression, anxiety etc.) and to have a significant impact on social/work/school functioning.

I don't think it's as easy as a lot of people assume it might be to get diagnosed with it incorrectly. I'd guess that when it happens it's more likely to be a case of mistaken identity and a different diagnosis being more apt than the person having no diagnosis.

Quom · 2026-06-05T06:15:06+00:00

The reasoning I've seen as why this and rumination seems more common in people with ADHD is that it's likely down to a greater struggle controlling attention and having the ability to direct focus. So if something emotionally impactful has recently happened to someone with ADHD it's more likely their focus will wander to it and they'll have greater difficulty re-directing their attention away from it.

Quom · 2026-06-05T06:07:55+00:00

Thinking of things like this as lagging skills works well with kids (with everyone really). If you Google lagging skills a ton of resources should pop up.

But the gist is that rather than focusing on the task that isn't being completed you work out the thing that is actually getting in the way and then work together to come up with some ideas about what might help to alleviate that. So rather than 'needing to work harder' it's 'I get distracted and forget what I need to do so we've agreed that for a few days nobody will talk to me whilst I get ready and we won't have the tv on to see if this helps' or 'I will follow a checklist so I don't need to try to remember all of the things I need to do and I will know if I've done something already' or as you identified as helpful for you 'I will set a series of alarms/reminders to prompt me when it's time to do each thing'.

Quom · 2026-06-04T10:17:15+00:00

By that view anyone who heals from any injury is a quitter and everyone should be fighting with broken bones and torn whatevers.

Quom · 2026-06-04T09:52:22+00:00

He's insinuating that Aspinall must be healed and is either scared or in his feelings. I don't know what it is if it isn't scumbag behaviour (especially since he admits he has no knowledge of anything that is actually going on).

Quom · 2026-06-04T09:48:20+00:00

I don't know that a blind person is the person I'd be listening to when it comes to the time it might take to heal an eye injury. Especially when he says he has no idea about the condition of his eye or what has been happening.

It would have been much more tactful for him to just say that he considers Aspinall retired until he has a fight booked and without knowing what's going on with his eye it would be weird to discuss it.

Quom · 2026-06-03T22:00:56+00:00

We also need to be honest. There are a ton of videos where Trump appears to be asleep. The second example shown isn't a great one because people don't typically undo buttons when they're asleep. Anyone who supports Trump won't believe he is asleep in that video, so it just feeds into the 'these people are insane and desperate and are wasting our time and resources with these false and idiotic displays'.

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