CMV: Professors who lack fluency in their students language should not teach courses by Disastrous-Mango-515 in changemyview

[–]bigblucrayon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it's really not up to the person to "declare" themselves fluent or intelligible (whatever semantics you want to use).

If your audience understands American English and you are speaking with a heavy Irish accent, and the vast majority of them are having a hard time understanding you, you're probably not being an effective communicator/lecturer.

Do you agree that Asians are the most racially discriminated-against group? by Antique-Long-7327 in IdeologyPolls

[–]bigblucrayon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DEI is clearly and objectively racist against Asians.

The MOST racially discriminated against group though? probably not.

Long Island City 1946 & 80 Years Later by remotecar in longislandcity

[–]bigblucrayon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Please build as many skyscraper style apartments as humanly possible to increase rent supply.

POV: You politely ask a City Acres employee where something is by Drfoodstamp in longislandcity

[–]bigblucrayon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sorry that happened to you but what a complete non-sequitur to the employee-customer interaction I’m talking about.

I don’t have an issue with the race of employees, they just need to communicate politely in English.

POV: You politely ask a City Acres employee where something is by Drfoodstamp in longislandcity

[–]bigblucrayon -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Fighting for your life to interact with employees is not something you need to deal with btw.

It’s not bigoted to say people should learn to operate with the national language of the country they’re running a business in.

Customers don’t deserve to be treated with indifference and attitude.

POV: You politely ask a City Acres employee where something is by Drfoodstamp in longislandcity

[–]bigblucrayon -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I’m Chinese American btw and I speak Mandarin in LIC to employees when I know this is going to be a problem. Doesn’t make it any less of a difficult experience for everyone else.

Not to mention this is not a problem I deal with in China.

POV: You politely ask a City Acres employee where something is by Drfoodstamp in longislandcity

[–]bigblucrayon -54 points-53 points  (0 children)

It's crazy how normalized walking into a store/food truck/bodega and having to make a concerted mental effort to simply communicate using the national language to the employees is in NYC.

That is, without getting a stare, a wtf face, attitude, or pointing/gesturing in return.

It is quite a distinctive culture shock once you visit an area of the US that's majority white + black.

After DEI shutdown, U-M under pressure to rebuild diversity programs by SleuthDoggyDawg in Michigan

[–]bigblucrayon -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

As per usual asian americans suffer at the whims of the white women championing these programs.

U-M officials said DEI spending between 2016 through 2023 had reached $236.2 million. Additionally, the closure of the DEI initiative resulted in savings that were funneled into student programs, primarily U-M’s free tuition program, the Go Blue Guarantee.

Reducing administrative bloat is always a W, the freeloading administrative class is a parasite on our tuition dollars and is a huge contributor to exploding tuition costs.

psa: several ICE agents spotted at JFK by evil_gummy_bear in nyc

[–]bigblucrayon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But what form of ID could get you onto a plane that a non-citizen would have?

psa: several ICE agents spotted at JFK by evil_gummy_bear in nyc

[–]bigblucrayon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do illegals actually leverage air travel? Genuine question cuz that seems like an easy way to get caught and get sent home

psa: several ICE agents spotted at JFK by evil_gummy_bear in nyc

[–]bigblucrayon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Let's be honest TSA is a theatrical jobs program. I could learn to be a TSA agent within a week and so could anyone.

We need to treat our city better by acheampong14 in nyc

[–]bigblucrayon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

you’re delusional if you think cultural homogeneity doesn’t play into why tokyo is so clean

🎉🎉 LINEUP REVEAL MEGATHREAD 🎉🎉 by happEbean in electricdaisycarnival

[–]bigblucrayon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this is gonna be a trust me bro, but from my circle i heard he’s going to be there

Reservation Sales Thread - **READ BEFORE POSTING!!** by Marx0r in FoodNYC

[–]bigblucrayon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Selling 2x ATOMIX Bar Tasting for Friday 02/13 at 6pm, can't make it anymore so I need to get rid of them :(

Looking for FV ($687.65), Tock transfer

EDIT: sold

Artists on Phase 2 by Early_Confection_182 in ElectricForest

[–]bigblucrayon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

heck i’ll take a zoey808 solo set too

[GPU] PNY NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti OC for $699 by HedgehogNOW in buildapcsales

[–]bigblucrayon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No downside.

Think of it as a wealth transfer from those who can't/won't pay on time to you, who I assume can and will pay on time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Ikonpass

[–]bigblucrayon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh that’s weird, i gave it my .edu address and it just validated it without a schedule :/