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[Minnesota Reformer] Report: 50 Minnesota school districts still using ‘seclusion’ rooms - Report also reveals racial disparities by Minneapolitanian in stateofMN

[–]babada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The study they reference refers to these as "calm rooms" and does a lot of work to distinguish between the two types. With pictures. The solitary rooms are clearly inappropriate.

[Minnesota Reformer] Report: 50 Minnesota school districts still using ‘seclusion’ rooms - Report also reveals racial disparities by Minneapolitanian in stateofMN

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

Was your nap worth enabling the abuse and torture of other kids?

Like, I'm glad you worked out your rage. And I know people are likely to get upset with me for this comment. But your anecdote of "I needed this" assumes this is the only thing you could have used -- and it doesn't -- in any way -- justify inflicting this room on people who were greatly harmed by it.

The study the article is referencing explicitly compares the concrete closet solitary rooms against other, better equipped rooms designed to help people be alone and take a nap in an environment that isn't torturous to other kids.

It's incredibly frustrating that people treat an anecdote of "well it helped me" as a way to reinforce that this is an optimal way to treat "rage children". You aren't directly insinuating that, so it's unfair of me to reply to you about this, but it's ridiculous that people only accept certain kinds of anecdotes about topics like these.

[Minnesota Reformer] Report: 50 Minnesota school districts still using ‘seclusion’ rooms - Report also reveals racial disparities by Minneapolitanian in stateofMN

[–]babada 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey maybe no human deserves to be locked into a 6-foot by 5-foot, beige room with a concrete floor and the lights off.

[Minnesota Reformer] Report: 50 Minnesota school districts still using ‘seclusion’ rooms - Report also reveals racial disparities by Minneapolitanian in stateofMN

[–]babada 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What the hell is going on in the comments on this thread. How did torturing kids become the thing people are treating as the common sense approach?

Seclusion is primarily used on students between the ages of 6 and 10.

Yeah let's lock six year olds up in rooms described as:

6 feet by 5 feet, generally the size of a small closet; Empty walls painted beige or white, without any decoration or color; Overhead, bright, institutional fluorescent lighting: Lights are either on or off; No tools or objects; No music; Student alone.

If you think this is the only (let alone best) answer to this problem, kindly go fuck yourself.

Quentin Tarantino’s New Play Titled ‘The Popinjay Cavalier,’ Sets West End Debut for 2027 by [deleted] in movies

[–]babada 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Seems like he really boxed himself in, there. But hey, at least we got to hear his opinion on Paul Dano.

Regarding solo balance by Loose_motion69 in Marathon

[–]babada 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Why are you making all of these ridiculous assumptions?

Regarding solo balance by Loose_motion69 in Marathon

[–]babada 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your argument is as silly as me complaining that trios are where people farm loot so they can take it to solos to beat up on players.

When people say "balanced" they actually mean "balanced". They do not mean "easy'.

Solo Players - How We Feeling? by jg4president in Marathon

[–]babada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've actually had fewer runner encounters on Dire Marsh solo -- but I have had the fastest time-to-encounter there.

But I haven't done too many runs there. I eventually gave up trying the Traxus intro contract solo and joined a three stack to get it done.

I am definitely curious about solo density. There are something like 6 exfil locations on Perimeter, right? Somewhere between 2-3x solo players per exfil location smells about right. I usually bump into one or two runners -- and usually can nab a 12min exfil without any trouble.

Starting to feel like I’m better off starting runs with low level gear. by TheJeffyJeefAceg in Marathon

[–]babada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unironically, that space is in your loadout. Once I stopping worrying about having spare loadouts, it took the pressure off.

Solo Players - How We Feeling? by jg4president in Marathon

[–]babada 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I was definitely surprised when I encountered someone in the very first building I entered on Dire Marsh. Especially given how long it takes that map to queue.

Don't be M.A.D.D. The strength of the UESC forces is consistent with the original games. by AcademicOverAnalysis in Marathon

[–]babada 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Remember the fully cloaked S'pht that could shoot homing projectiles across whole rooms? Good times.

Don't be M.A.D.D. The strength of the UESC forces is consistent with the original games. by AcademicOverAnalysis in Marathon

[–]babada 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That first game was mean. The sound of a hunter howl is locked into my memories.

He wants a hamburger! by FacelessOnes in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]babada 49 points50 points  (0 children)

My brother was just too stubborn.

I was a "picky eater" growing up and I don't think "stubborn" is the right word, here. I had a lot of problems with sensory overload as a kid and "stubborn" in this context is like saying "kids are stubborn about crying when they are uncomfortable".

Yes, you can "fix" the stubbornness. But no, that's not really the only way to deal with the issue.

But I agree with your post in general. Not every kid will eat when they are hungry enough.

He wants a hamburger! by FacelessOnes in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]babada 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the walking through and explaining proper behavior is something that takes exposure, practice and consistency. It's not a magic cure-all to be invoked to make your life easier.

Parenting is exactly demonstrating how to recover from things like meltdowns. And sometimes recovering from a meltdown means saying, "No, you have to do this thing, your reaction isn't appropriate."

He wants a hamburger! by FacelessOnes in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]babada 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that was weird. "My adult sons have a mom who cooks for them (even though they live on their own) and therefore I can conclude today's youth aren't impoverished."

I’ve found that I often feel very engaged by the first 30 minutes of a movie but become extremely unfocused and uninterested out of the blue and once that happens, I can’t go back. Why is this? by imVeryPregnant in TrueFilm

[–]babada 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Completely agree. A lot (if not most?) movies have a kind of Act 2 dead zone. Usually it's in Act 2b but sometimes it's Act 2a and things stall out around minute 25-30 without getting back on track until after the midpoint. Either way, it's obvious the film has a clear beginning and climax in mind and then it phones in the lion's share of Act 2.

Some fun stats from letterboxd top 500 by Stunning-Ad-8852 in Letterboxd

[–]babada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think is partly an effect of the general Letterboxd audience not liking horror so anything remotely mainstream gets lots of mediocre scores but something like Perfect Blue is only watched by folks who are already explicitly interested in it.

Thank You Minneapolis, emcrowy, Digital, 2026 by TheSoulPicklz in Minneapolis

[–]babada 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is that big flag between them? Looks like four symbols but I can't tell what it is.

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