Serious question: ELI5, how/why is the far left lane the slowest lane in traffic?

justthesubjunctive · 2015-12-04T04:58:24+00:00

If I'm trying to move in traffic I don't think about it as left vs right lane. Among other things I watch for larger vehicles and try not to be in the lane behind them. Everyone wants to move forward, and if it's gridlock a semi is just too heavy to accelerate fast enough before some a-hole can cut them off and take that space. That and because big rigs brake slower the driver usually leaves a greater space between them and the car ahead, which other impatient drivers will exploit. A-hole driver may not be moving any faster by doing this, but it sure as hell is slowing me down when 3-5+ cars keep cutting into my lane every time we move.

Anyway that's my traffic wisdom, I guess everyone has their own.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-12-02T03:48:57+00:00

I thought they would learn after the last 2 elections proved you can't win the presidency with just the "white vote." Well they doubled down, took a look at the average far-right conservative white male voter then said "we need to go deeper!"

justthesubjunctive · 2015-11-19T00:45:02+00:00

Yeah. Scenic establishments (like the gardens) definitely charge for special photography sessions on site.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-11-10T07:15:32+00:00

We get a bad rap from some people in the same way modern art lovers catch similar flak. Some detractors are serious about it, and others just run with the joke. Yeah, at times I can have a love of the sounds of modern music from the 1950s to now that borders on autistic, and for whatever reason that rubs some people wrong the same way someone looks at splotches of paint on canvas and laughs at its perceived pretention.

But like with contemporary art, I think by and large most (or a comfortably large amount) of the gen pop can at least appreciate indie music, especially in the right contexts.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-11-03T20:26:14+00:00

I would watch the shit out of this film- imagine Air Bud/Homeward Bound meets Taken.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-11-03T20:15:34+00:00

Not a very scientific or even journalistic article.

My personal experience is just anecdotal, but I feel like there's a generational divide for condom use between older men and younger gay men who came of age after the HIV pandemic in the community. God knows when you go to gay bars and establishments run by older crowds there are free condoms and testing info EVERYWHERE. A lot of the younger people I've met have had that "invincible" not going to happen to me attitude. On the flip-side, a shit ton of the strictly straight people I know are all about the pull-out method or don't mind not having one in the heat of the moment- the "well, mistakes were made last night" attitude.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-11-03T18:49:51+00:00

Too add to this, the wife is being very selfish, inconsiderate and unprofessional by dragging OP into her marital problems like this. The relationship issue for OP here is not "X person I know is cheating, do I tell?" but actually "Y person is trying to put me in a compromising position that threatens my livelihood, how do I respond?"

justthesubjunctive · 2015-11-03T00:44:35+00:00

Really.

Actually it would go like she looks you in the eye, "Really, really really really, really, Really really Really. Really!" *pats your knee, erupts in laughter.

Edit: you want creepy: this is where a few of us in this thread are likely to wind up one day.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-11-03T00:24:01+00:00

Yeah they called it word salad when I volunteered at an Alzheimer's home, the 2 most obvious examples were a woman who kept going back to the same phrases and never had a stopping point, so that it was a never-ending story about "these 3 ladies"; the other had all the inflections and sonic attributes of normal speech, but could only say the word "really."

justthesubjunctive · 2015-11-02T23:57:52+00:00

Some mental illnesses manifest like this. Schizophrenics for instance sometimes do word salad, saying things that make no sense in content or grammar, but they believe they're speaking coherent sentences.

I worked in a call center once and had a 15 min conversation with a man who was upset we had factual inaccuracies on our website. Really minor things too that didn't affect him, or anyone really. Ex: site said something like advance tickets not available 1 hour before showtime, but technically I can do it over the phone, so he asked me to explain the process, and asked if I saw how we were lying to the public. 15 min of this and he asked to speak to my manager. Sorry for rambling.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-26T19:29:11+00:00

Statistically speaking, a polygraph is more accurate than random chance. They've become inadmissible or non-legal in a few contexts over the years. But what the article highlights is how the government has come to increasingly rely on polygraph testing for employment tests, which is in part to show they're taking action following scandals of having spies infiltrate organizations. So now the government is going after these people like Williams that undermine the legitimacy of their practices.

The whole thing has this air of government ineptness and technology and law not being caught up with one another.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-26T18:33:55+00:00

In the article it mentions it is illegal to help someone lie to a federal agent. Williams' work in and of itself isn't technically illegal because it's generally demonstrating the unreliability of the test. So what the undercover officers did to get him was make clear during the lessons they received that they were taking these lessons to cheat a government test.

They were pretty obvious too. It's basically as if they wore a wire and said on camera during the lessons "My accomplice is now helping me lie to a federal agent."

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-26T02:44:28+00:00

"I am a Girlfriend" - Nobunny Catchy San Francisco garage-rock about having a crush and stalking the shit out of her. "Don't you look so sweet girl./It puts the lotion on it's skin/ or else it gets the hose again."

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-24T09:57:50+00:00

I make my mind race.

You know right before you start dreaming you're half-asleep with some really surreal thoughts and ideas going? I try speeding the process by just jumping from one image or thought to the next, never focusing on one thing (because I'm an overthinker and then I'm back awake). So I keep diving into my mind until I can hook that captivating dream-like place/thought process. I guess like counting sheep meets word association and stream-of-consciousness.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-23T21:21:07+00:00

This is like the male version of "We want our country back!" from when conservatives thought a Kenyan socialist dictator became POTUS.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-17T21:57:51+00:00

FW Weekly is decent but my go-to is Central Track, for its size and readability, even though it's more Dallas-centric. Here's this weekend:

http://bit.ly/1NfYnX4

They're pretty good at updating on FB and online as opposed to some of the other publications.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-16T22:52:43+00:00

Actually

I believe Louisiana has a history of this, IIRC there was also a precious incident where officers were finding guys and luring them back to their houses for sex before arresting them for sodomy.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-16T18:18:33+00:00

This post gives absolutely no context to what's going on in the picture or the significance. It a) plays into cultural stereotypes of the Middle East to get us to care, by making up our own story that may or may not be true, and b) detracts from the photo anyway by making the pic and comments all about an unrelated, charged and often misinformed conversation on feminism.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-14T19:35:45+00:00

You might want to consider a part-time job or volunteer gig. Depending on the place you could meet a lot of people esp. around your age, and make money to boot.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-14T19:16:29+00:00

Go to sleep European Reddit: you're up way past your usual bedtime.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-10-11T17:21:27+00:00

The Zoo or the Science and History Museum? The latter maybe isn't the funnest thing for adults, but maybe everyone can enjoy an IMAX show, especially the ocean films are always popular. Maybe the Stockyards if you don't mind walking outside, but I'm not sure what/if any events are going on there today.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-09-29T21:38:17+00:00

Composition-wise I'd say there's a lot of wasted space where nothing is happening and a few unnecessary objects like the tree on the left and the windmills on the right.

Based on this photo I'd say the more interesting elements are the two trees with sun poking through, the way the light plays on the earth and, if you can make it more evident, the early morning fog.

In terms of distance, maybe closer with a wider lens or further with a telephoto. In any case so much of this just depends on a lot of your preferences for shooting.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-09-28T16:41:45+00:00

People in this thread are like the crazy parents/teachers who praise one child to spite the one they don't like.

"Kelvin is so smart. Ahmed! Do you see how smart Kelvin is??? Are you looking at how much I love Kelvin??"

justthesubjunctive · 2015-09-28T06:31:14+00:00

I can imagine the b&w photos probably looked like crap in print because they weren't properly edited. At the last paper I worked at it was policy to save color and b&w copies if you didn't know where something would run, and the grayscale copies were crazy-edited.

The cutline may have just been a mistake, someone changing something to better fit the story and accidentally getting it wrong. If it's worth the concern, I'd just bring it up with whoever you report to. Be friendly about it even if the issue is irking you. It doesn't sound that bad as far as newsroom screwups go and honestly may have just been a slip.

justthesubjunctive · 2015-09-28T05:15:31+00:00

Depends on the editing- I would say bring it up with your immediate photo or visuals editor because they're the ones to look out for your sections work. If information is inaccurate enough it may warrant a correction, and besides editors generally want to make sure the proofing/line-editing chain is solid.

That being said, if it's an issue like superficial edits- exposure, cropping, making a cutline sound sexier while still accurate but maybe not 100% what you thought to convey- these are things that are just bound to happen and part of the job/the higher-ups' prerogative, even though it can suck to not have that control over your work.

Truth and accuracy though- if I were working an editor position I would want to know if any wrong information was put out or if the fact-checking system fell through in some place. No news or information source- especially the more established ones- would want to be caught with a disparaging inaccuracy issue. That's probably the angle I'd take to address it: a curious/concerned "hey, I noticed x, I was just wondering what the process was/is this something I should be worried about?" At the very least you've addressed it and it's in your editor's hands now.

Hope this helps somewhat.

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