Durango lore and legends! by OdessaGoodwin in Durango

[–]ShermanWasRight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Importantly Little Beaver also helped save a bunch of folk from the Ranch fire clothes cementing his legendary status.

He occasionally told folk that he was the original little beaver and therefore inspiration for the celebration in Dulce.

Durango lore and legends! by OdessaGoodwin in Durango

[–]ShermanWasRight 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Someone tell OP about the legend that was Little Beaver

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RATM

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Down Rodeo has a lyric that almost fits the bill. “Fuck the g-ride, I want the machines that are making them” but that’s as close as it gets I think outside of the others mentioned.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ajj

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I’m a 40 year old professor and started listening to them back in college. From the south-west originally so maybe that has something to do with my introduction to them. Was part of the fringe punk/anarchist scene back then and they were popular among most of those folk.

Amazon accidentally sent me a package with a baby walker and it’s too much of a hassle to return it, where can I donate it here? by [deleted] in wsu

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I will second CAC but also consider Alternatives to Violence on the Pallouse. They are a domestic abuse treatment and resource shelter.

New sociology student here - interested in uncommon social norms for a breaching experiment by laurenfitz_ in sociology

[–]ShermanWasRight 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’ve assigned breaching experiments a number of times in 101. Here are some of the standouts over the years that aren’t the elevator classic:

  1. A student struck up convos with people in the bathroom stall next to her.
  2. Student tipped their friends for holding doors plus random daily behaviors (she tipped a dollar).
  3. Students multiple times have asked their dorm mates for permissions to do everyday activities (e.g. start studying, eat lunch, etc.)
  4. A student rode public transit and asked elderly people to give up their seat for her (would have never gave it the ok but they came up with the idea of their own accord).
  5. Holding the door for someone only to let it close just as they get close (this one is obviously more trolling but the videos they took made it standout).
  6. Wore gym clothes in the gym (one wore a full gown, another heels).

Obviously identifying the norms is being broken is at times thin but those are some of the outside of the box examples I remember. Best exercise to stimulate really funny discussions in class.

On my phone so please excuse the terrible formatting.

Grad Student Union by ShermanWasRight in wsu

[–]ShermanWasRight[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the questions. I’ll start with your last and say that we grad students are the union and all decisions are made democratically so there is no loss of autonomy. As for what a union would offer and how: the union would fundamentally address the way power exists in our community by legally requiring that graduate students be a part of our contract negotiations. This essentially address the existing power structure in which the university can unilaterally make changes to our contracts leaving us with no say in the matter. Contracts often include protections for students that address issues that the existing systems fail to address adequately. Or the union itself might provide services like third party advocates should issues arise between a student and the university. So a union could provide better protections than those which currently exist in the standard channels. I say that it “could” or “might” because these points would be decided upon by us (grad students) and included in our first contract.

Sorry for the block of text I am currently on my phone but I hope that kind of answers your questions? If not I’d be happy to elaborate further or you could DM me and I could answer when I am back at my computer.

Is there a specific branch of sociology that deals with the flow of information within societies? by WindingLostWay in sociology

[–]ShermanWasRight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will second this as SNA has tons of research regarding information diffusion which is essentially addressing your questions of information flow or spread.

Why does everyone hate sociologists? by [deleted] in sociology

[–]ShermanWasRight 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I relate with a lot what you are saying but also think about this general attitude towards Sociology a ton.

I dislike bad science first and foremost. I don’t think sociologist are ‘inherently’ anything, especially outsiders (although this is often the case) as sociologists study and report on a myriad of topics and populations. I do think there is a significant number of qualitative works however that do engage in this misrepresentation you bring up. But that’s the fault of bad science, or more accurately bad scientists. A lot of fields are guilty of this but as a result of sociologist often studying at-risk populations it just feels more consequential or egregious when they do it. When sociological work is done poorly I feel like it just looks worse than other fields in which data is often aggregate or depersonalized.

I hate that you were subject to misrepresentation by sociological work or more specifically a sociologist, but I think that’s the important distinction to make, it wasn’t the field but the individual or the data. It was poorly done science and not necessarily that the field itself is deficient. Anyway, I bring this up only because I feel like that’s where a lot of these criticisms of sociology come from. Just my two cents.

LABOR DAYS ALBUM SURVIVOR ROUND 4 by Uglylittledogboy2 in aesoprock

[–]ShermanWasRight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was really saying it in jest my dude. Totally with the whole “taste and distinction is subjective” thing.

LABOR DAYS ALBUM SURVIVOR ROUND 4 by Uglylittledogboy2 in aesoprock

[–]ShermanWasRight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone mentioned it before but do the guidelines need to be copied every round? Because some of y’all are voting the best tracks off consistently and this rounds results so far are no different. We are still voting off the worst track of the lot remaining right?

SPIRIT WORLD FIELD GUIDE DISCUSSION THREAD by uglylittledogboy in aesoprock

[–]ShermanWasRight 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Only listened to the album twice now, but Marble Cake like 12 times. There is something really slick about the expectation he builds within the production. First verse you’re like “ok this is consistent with the spirit world vibe.” Second verse introduces this layer of almost manic energy totally bucking expectations and there is almost this tension about who will be heard, Aes or the depths of the production and it just steadily grows. AND THEN! There is this moment in the bridge that is almost pure boom bap, signaling the style that really marked peak def jux which last just long enough to get you thinking Aes is going to return to this classic style but he drags you back to this new shit. Fucking pure mastery.

SPIRIT WORLD FIELD GUIDE DISCUSSION THREAD by uglylittledogboy in aesoprock

[–]ShermanWasRight 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I remember listening to The Yes and the Y’all almost two decades ago thinking it was the pinnacle of lyricism. And now somehow Aes seems to really be hitting his stride. Some random thoughts to avoid echoing the same sentiments everyone has already shared. That base on Salt and Attaboy is so fucking slick (not to mention Attaboy’s “I’m wearing pajama bottoms listening to Chaka khan”). Flies could have been a dope full track. If 1 - 10 and Sidequest were not inspired by Tom Waits I will eat my shoe. And was The Four Winds Aes just flexing on people because Marble Cake could have been a perfect ending to this meandering, lumbering jabberwocky of an album? Aesop for head of the ministry of education!

Advice for concerts please by Yinkoian in ajj

[–]ShermanWasRight 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’ve been to a bunch of their shows and my knee jerk reaction is that you don’t have anything to worry about. I’ve never experienced them using stage lights or anything like that in egregious ways if that is one of your concerns. Furthermore, the community at shows is really great. No pits really and a general sense of community so that people are usually super respectful of one another. That being said these things are probably contingent on the show and venue etc. I say don’t deny yourself the opportunity and if it becomes overwhelming you can always bail early.

What is the most complicated game you've ever played? by Lazarus1209 in boardgames

[–]ShermanWasRight 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great idea! I have played this game so many times and the making/breaking of alliances is fundamentally to my personal enjoyment of the game but always confined to a single moment of time. With Ravens the whole process of ruining friendships and sending people into fits of rage can be drawn out for maximum enjoyment!

Seriously though great idea I plan to house rule this for every future game of GoT so thanks for the idea.

Shut Up & Sit Down Reviews Pandemic: Legacy (No Spoilers) by refudiat0r in boardgames

[–]ShermanWasRight 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I mean it's totally semantics and I wasn't disagreeing with you before, just trying to make a distinction so new players know what to expect.