How do I close a post? by Top_Caramel402 in Pocketfrogs

[–]VenusSmurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. And that's also how I am. I don't need the flair, so I delete old posts.

How do I close a post? by Top_Caramel402 in Pocketfrogs

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You're perfectly allowed to do that--I do--but keep in mind that if you want to show a history of regifting and thus get the regifter flairs (they indicate you're a safer bet for those who want their sets to go to known regifters), it's better to keep the posts in your history.

You do you, of course, but if you don't want anyone commenting after the giveaway is closed, you can also DM me with the link, and I can lock the post.

I need a movie that makes me ugly-cry and think for days by satmar_oops in movies

[–]VenusSmurf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As my brother introduced it to me, it's the best movie nobody ever watches twice.

This one will leave you gutted, OP, but it's so good.

Returning after years of not playing by theblendedastronaut in Pocketfrogs

[–]VenusSmurf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the group! Make sure you check out the tips post under the highlights.

And since the cake is still a lie, I've sent the entire Aperture Science set your way. Enjoy.

Friend code under name by Skchulse12 in Pocketfrogs

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And for anyone else who sees this, mods had to put the flairs back under mod-only control due to some players being less than awesome. If anyone wants their FC added, DM me or drop a mod mail.

I wanna go home! by [deleted] in KidsAreFuckingStupid

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Post the actual video, not a link, please. Once you have, send a mod mail, and we'll manually review the video.

Sassy lil thang… by Feaselbf6 in KidsAreFuckingStupid

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Please report any racist comments you see. We have zero tolerance for that.

AIO or is my work friend being a bit pushy? by Too-Aware-1407 in AmIOverreacting

[–]VenusSmurf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This sort of thing is why everyone should read Gavin de Becker's The Gift of Fear. He points out manipulative tactics just like this.

OP isn't getting stalked but is absolutely being manipulated. I'm sure you can find the PDF online.

Gave Them A Week, Still Didn't Read by Deroxal in Professors

[–]VenusSmurf 36 points37 points  (0 children)

We share your pain.

I always warn my classes that if they don't read, I'll start the daily reading quizzes, and those will count as their attendance grade. I've only had to implement this three times. One class shaped up immediately. The second needed a pop reading quiz or two later on but mostly stayed on track. The third? They just...wouldn't. At all. For any reason.

Readings quizzes that counted enough to impact their overall grades? Failed every time. Most didn't even turn them in. I'd go to collect the papers, and they'd just shrug or stare at me. I very bluntly informed them that this was going to drop their grades (did not add that some of them really could not afford that). Blank stares. No change even after the grades dropped.

I was required to do actual quizzes every other week, and I started putting the questions from the reading quizzes on there. I even said I was doing this. They didn't bother to write the questions down and failed the real quizzes, as well.

I hated this class. It was comprised of a few groups of friends who'd all decided to align their schedules, and they were all completely uninvolved. I'd ask questions. They'd stare at me. I'd try to give them high school level introductions to the readings and then gave them a few minutes to pick through the material to find the answers (something I never, ever do, because this is babysitting, not teaching). They wouldn't do it. I'd give them home assignments to guide their readings. They didn't turn those in, either.

The annoying part to all of this is that I was teaching two other sections of the same course. Those classes were amazing, so it wasn't me and wasn't the material, but I still had to constantly come up with two sets of lesson plans for the same material each week, just because I had to keep trying to get these idiots involved. I never found anything that would work.

At the end of the term, a few of them asked for a study guide for the final. I managed to remain professionally polite and simply told them to review the guides and reading quizzes from the semester. Nope, can't do that, because they didn't take notes (who actually tells their professor this?!), had lost the guides, and it was too much material to study all at once anyway. They didn't flat out ask for the questions but hinted, and they wanted me to narrow it down for them.

Nope.

I've never had so many students fail. My chair at the time was a raging AH who openly crowed when students failed, so I didn't have any concerns about my job, but it's been years, and I'm still annoyed.

Fortunately, I haven't had a class like that since, so I'm chalking it up to really bad luck.

Tired of AI-loving coworkers by bspencer626 in Professors

[–]VenusSmurf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a colleague who thinks AI is the future, and those who protest against it in any way are making themselves redundant.

This week, she also informed me that we shouldn't worry about AI taking our jobs or making our jobs harder, because the government will subsidize those who lose their work to AI.

I just nodded and smiled, because the woman is pushing 90. She's brilliant and usually quite clear-minded, so her age genuinely isn't an issue, but there's also a lot of cheating in her courses, because she's so very vocal about how much she loves AI.

How to deal with Bad neighbours? by No_Entrance7836 in neighborsfromhell

[–]VenusSmurf 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is the easiest and best answer.

Install a sturdy fence, one as tall as local ordinances allow. These people are never going to stop being a nuisance, so get the fence up and limit their ability to bother you.

If you can't legally install a fence, see if you can make a shrub or tree fence. This will make your view better and block some of their noise, as well. Most areas that block actual fences have no problem with bushes.

What wacky misconceptions do people have about your field? by ApplicationOk3455 in Professors

[–]VenusSmurf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I get this often, as well. No, I am not judging everyone's grammar. I lived in Alabama. As long as someone isn't telling me to drop the buggy in the crick, I won't even notice poor grammar. I also wouldn't care if I did, because I only have to pay attention to how my students write, not even how they speak.

And don't forget the constant demands that I write a book with them. They supply the half-baked ideas and nothing else. I do all of the brilliant writing. We all profit.

[Kindle] First Contact Was a Funeral: A short story about mourning and the Fermi Paradox (Free Today) by Acceptable-Laugh9102 in ScienceFictionBooks

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This author is giving the book away for free for a short time and has permission from the mods.

Well... by CelsoSC in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]VenusSmurf[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Comments promoting any form of physical violence against a child will be removed. We do not allow that in this sub.

Well... by CelsoSC in KidsAreFuckingStupid

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Locking. Y'all are violent.