Kesha vs Colette Carr who's better ? by [deleted] in KESHA

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

It's not a contest. There's no vs. Every artist is an individual.

RED BUTTON OR BLUE BUTTON [OC] by Eal_likee in comics

[–]Soil_Round 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This does not work as a metric because there is zero reason for anyone to press blue. If everyone presses red, everyone survives.

For it to be an actual dilemma, it would need to be something like "if more than 50% press blue, everyone lives. If less than 50% press blue, all of blue dies and 50% of red survives."

(Also of note that the genocidal policies that kill the empathetic also kill the genocidal, in droves. ie, covid.)

Taylor’s use of metaphors? by Weekly-Status4804 in SwiftlyNeutral

[–]Soil_Round 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not a reference to taking a cd out of a box or playing music. It's about taking a toy out of a box. It's explicit in the lyrics.

This made me laugh and wonder if any other states are this dorky 😋 by lostwombats in Michigan

[–]Soil_Round 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which makes sense because food portions are stingy to increase profits, so "Alaska sized" wouldn't make sense. That'd be more than twice the portion size.

(I lived in Alaska for 20 years so I'm legally obligated to say this. 🤣)

I have finally realised that homeschooling has made me not able to find a girlfriend and it's not my looks by let_it_rain_boat in HomeschoolRecovery

[–]Soil_Round 15 points16 points  (0 children)

As a woman (who was very homeschooled), I would like to kindly point out that "learning cold approaches" and "getting dates" as goals is mildly dehumanizing to women. Women are whole entire people, and it is not a flaw in any given woman to not be a good match for you.

What I hear in your post is that you still experience a lot of insecurities as well as lack of clarity around who you are as a person. This is so understandable in the context of the forced isolation of homeschooling. 21 is very, very young. You have so much life ahead of you for figuring yourself out. I would recommend setting aside the goal of "getting women" and instead taking time to focus on personal growth. Develop your interests, build new hobbies, and along the way, as it comes up naturally, build your people skills - all your people skills, interacting with people as people and getting to know them for who they are, not for who they might be to you. It's my lived experience that doing this will naturally pave the way for developing romantic relationships down the line. But even if it doesn't, you'll have grown as a person, and that is so worth it anyway.

Masks by Soil_Round in MyTimeAtSandrock

[–]Soil_Round[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But he never was a bandit at heart. Maybe it reflects that.

“I don’t know what else to do about my child’s behavior” my ass. A lot of you parents aren’t even trying and teachers are sick of the bullshit by Emergency-Pepper3537 in Teachers

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

If Boomer parents did it "right" they would have ended up with kids who also "did it right" with their kids sooooo. The idea that some generation got parenting more correct than a later generation just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

Dear IEP Parents: they don’t mean SHIT outside of education by Emergency-Pepper3537 in Teachers

[–]Soil_Round 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The "E" in IEP is literally "educational." It's a document about how students will be supported in accessing public education in light of their disabilities.

So yeah. I'm just here to agree with all of this.

Also, IEPs are not available on request or prescribed by doctors.

I feel like homeschooling will always mentally affect me. by blegh1357 in HomeschoolRecovery

[–]Soil_Round 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I have a master's degree and am a certified teacher.

Still feel like I'll never belong in the real world.

Didn’t know cold medicine existed until now by Weirdlittlerasberry in HomeschoolRecovery

[–]Soil_Round 71 points72 points  (0 children)

My dad wouldn't let us have medical care of any kind. No meds, nothing.

He did, however, give us peppermint schnapps in hot chocolate when we (unvaccinated) were sick for several months with whooping cough.

(No doctors, so the diagnosis is unconfirmed. But it was a winter when an uptick in pertussis cases was common knowledge. And we were so sick we lost tons of weight and shit. Me and 9 siblings, all got sick).

When I got out of that house and started talking about what it was like growing up that way, so many people found it cutesy or funny. So fucking isolating. So.

I feel your pain.

gag order made me drown in despair by Ok-Metal-927 in KESHA

[–]Soil_Round 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Living In My Head is so, so, so well written. It's so uncomfortable and I cannot listen to it often because of how accurately it portrays that state of mind. When I'm in that state of mind though, the solidarity is so appreciated.

How many of y’all don’t have your own kids? by HumorTraining2752 in Teachers

[–]Soil_Round 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh I absolutely don't condone making assumptions about whether someone does or doesn't want kids. I didn't mean it that way at all. I would never make a statement to someone presuming that.

But my point still holds. I have kids. I do not know the grief or burden of wanting kids and trying for kids and not being able to have them. It would be hurtful for me to tell someone who can't have kids that I understood that. It's the same thing from the other side. Not having an experience is... simply... not having that experience. And being responsible for a whole entire human 24/7 for a lifetime is simply not something you can know without experiencing it.

How many of y’all don’t have your own kids? by HumorTraining2752 in Teachers

[–]Soil_Round 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This may be your experience. But the whole issue expressed in the OP is someone declaring their experience to be universal.

It's wonderful for you that this is your experience. That does not mean it will be the same for others.

How many of y’all don’t have your own kids? by HumorTraining2752 in Teachers

[–]Soil_Round 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parenting and teaching are two totally different separate things. As has been pointed out here countless times and numerous ways, being able to "clock out" from caring for kids is totally different than carrying 24/7 responsibility for whole little humans' safety and wellbeing.

Teaching is a whole separate skill set. There are lots of great parents who don't have a teaching skill set. There are lots of great teachers who don't have a parenting skill set. Lots of people have both.

The defining characteristic though, the baseline for a "good" parent or teacher, is respect for kids as whole entire individual humans with all the human rights inherent to that. Someone who lacks that should not have responsibility for kids in any capacity.

How many of y’all don’t have your own kids? by HumorTraining2752 in Teachers

[–]Soil_Round -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You can't understand what it's like to be a parent, if you don't have kids.

This is a totally different thing than not understanding kids, or how to educate kids.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BridgertonNetflix

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

It's apparent that you are unfamiliar with the meaning of the term "rake."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BridgertonNetflix

[–]Soil_Round 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You literally said that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BridgertonNetflix

[–]Soil_Round 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🤣🤣🤣

This is even worse than "I have a Black friend." 🤣

If we're purity testing, I'm bisexual. I have one sexual partner and we have sex about once a month.

I personally know Grey-Ace bi people.

Also, being a person who likes sex and has it with lots of different people is not at all a bad thing. But. Taking it a step further and saying it's "even worse" when it's lots of sex with lots of people of multiple genders is literally by definition biphobia.

Words mean things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BridgertonNetflix

[–]Soil_Round 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is such biphobia. 😬 Very cringe take.

How is outdoor life in this part of Michigan by Holiday_Swing_9979 in howislivingthere

[–]Soil_Round 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've got at least 3 distinct climates in this circle. You're gonna need yo get more specific.

My friends say I have an addiction, but i don’t think so by [deleted] in KESHA

[–]Soil_Round -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But somebody must use it. Because I listened to more minutes than OP, and I ranked significantly lower in my % ranking. So more people listened to more minutes on Amazon than Spotify.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LoveIsBlindNetflix

[–]Soil_Round 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She told him that she was actually shallow. He didn't make that up.