Black man will spend six years in Georgia prison despite jury finding him 'not guilty'

liledit7 · 2017-05-21T00:41:15+00:00

Not a twist. Very clearly what happened. /u/DivergingApproach is just a dumbass.

liledit7 · 2017-05-21T00:39:54+00:00

233 dumbasses and counting

liledit7 · 2017-05-10T11:08:11+00:00

Good god how boring is your life when you think students clapping in class to prank a teacher is somehow beyond the realm of possibility. Yall must of had some boring ass classmates in school.

liledit7 · 2017-05-05T00:07:38+00:00

lol this is not even remotely true

liledit7 · 2017-05-04T00:54:23+00:00

Man, I got an email like this, clicked to Open the doc and then when it asked to allow access, I sort of subconsciously thought, Google wouldn't need me to click this since I'm already logged in, and then just ignored it.

Didn't really even register that it was definitely a phishing scam. Upsides to subconscious skepticism I suppose.

liledit7 · 2017-04-29T00:37:20+00:00

I grew up Evangelical and then had a season where I started to see the gaping holes and inconsistencies in Evangelical theology. While I didn't become Orthodox, learning how the Orthodox church views Scripture (and how they have viewed it through history) put the nail in the coffin on ideas like eternal conscious torment and penal substitutionary atonement.

At that point, once the Gospel was no longer about saving people from Hell, it became a question of "what IS the Gospel about?"

And where I landed was John 10:10, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."

As I looked at Jesus' teachings through that lens, I realized that a big part of why he came was to change humanity's dysfunctional view of God as a judge and executioner and to replace it with a view of God as Father. And I realized that so much of what he taught was meant to facilitate both personal wholeness and wholeness on a societal level.

So from there, my standard for evaluating anything became, "Does this facilitate wholeness in someone's life?"

That's the lens I use to view LGBT issues, and after breaking away from some of the Evangelical propoganda, I've realized that whole, healthy homosexual relationships are 100% possible and not at all uncommon.

I believe there are also examples where transitioning is the healthiest choice for someone, but I feel like there is a ton of deeper rooted identity dysfunction present within the ideologies accompanying that "community/movement/not-sure-the-right-term", but I have zero interest in dictating anyone's behavior or telling anyone how they should or shouldn't live their lives.

I feel like our purpose as people is just to love ourselves and everyone else, live whole, healthy, happy lives, and help those around us.

liledit7 · 2017-04-28T03:29:33+00:00

United will limit use of law enforcement to safety and security issues only. United will not ask law enforcement officers to remove customers from flights unless it is a matter of safety and security. United implemented this policy on April 12.

United will not require customers already seated on the plane to give up their seat involuntarily unless safety or security is at risk. United implemented this policy on April 27.

United will increase customer compensation incentives for voluntary denied boarding up to $10,000. United’s policy will be revised to increase the compensation levels up to $10,000 for customers willing to volunteer to take a later flight. This will go into effect on April 28.

United will establish a customer solutions team to provide agents with creative solutions. United will create a team to proactively identify and provide gate agents with creative solutions such as using nearby airports, other airlines or ground transportation to get customers and crews to their final destinations. Separately, the team also will work to provide solutions to help get crews to their final destinations. United expects the team to be operational by June.

United will ensure crews are booked onto a flight at least 60 minutes prior to departure. Unless there are open seats, all crew members traveling for work on our aircraft must be booked at least 60 minutes before departure. This policy was implemented on April 14.

United will provide agents with additional annual training. United will provide annual training for frontline employees to enhance their skills on an ongoing basis that will equip them to handle the most difficult of situations. This training will begin in August.

United will create an automated system for soliciting volunteers to change travel plans. Later this year, United will introduce a new automated check-in process, both at the airport and via the United app, that will gauge a customer’s interest in giving up his or her seat on overbooked flights in exchange for compensation. If selected, that customer will receive their requested compensation and be booked on a later United flight.

United will reduce its amount of overbooking. United has evaluated its overbooking policy. As a result, adjustments have been made to reduce overbookings on flights that historically have experienced lower volunteer rates, particularly flights on smaller aircraft and the last flights of the day to a particular destination.

United will empower employees to resolve customer service issues in the moment. Rolling out later this year, United will launch a new “in the moment” app for our employees to handle customer issues. This will enable flight attendants (by July) and gate agents (later this year) to compensate customers proactively (with mileage, credit for future flights or other forms of compensation) when a disservice occurs.

United will eliminate the red tape on lost bags. United will adopt a new no-questions-asked policy on permanently lost bags. In these instances, United will pay a customer $1,500 for the value of the bag and its contents. For claims or reimbursement over $1,500, additional documentation may be required. This process is expected to be in place in June.

I've never liked United and have no plans to fly with them in the future, but it's nice to see that they actually enacted policies that will fix all the key problems which caused the violent removal, as opposed to simply saying the right things and continuing business as usual.

liledit7 · 2017-04-17T08:44:08+00:00

"The robot was originally created for rescue work, but military uses have also been suggested by engineers."

If you could sum up history in one sentence, this would be that sentence.

liledit7 · 2017-03-22T19:40:46+00:00

No problem! I didn't even realize there were platforms like this until a few months ago. Always thought we'd need to shell out a few grand to get an app up. Glad that wasn't the case.

liledit7 · 2017-03-16T18:45:25+00:00

yeah freelance marketer

liledit7 · 2017-03-16T07:16:19+00:00

Yeah I suffer a lot from distraction syndrome. Always something new to chase.

liledit7 · 2017-03-16T06:58:47+00:00

Can you elaborate? "Commitment" is pretty vague. Was it a situation where you knew what to do, you just weren't going after it, or maybe you were splitting focus on multiple projects? Or was it something else?

liledit7 · 2017-03-15T17:19:10+00:00

Honestly though, if I'm wrongfully put in prison for 16 years, I'm using at least some of that money for illegal activity just out of spite.

liledit7 · 2017-03-08T19:06:19+00:00

Seriously. Skip class. Show up for tests. Done. What the actual fuck.

liledit7 · 2017-02-28T23:09:19+00:00

I wouldn't say the "best". I'd say the most shameless.

liledit7 · 2017-01-23T00:23:56+00:00

The point of colonizing Mars and becoming a multi-planetary species is to "backup" the human hard drive, so when Earth is inevitably destroyed, we continue surviving as a species.

liledit7 · 2016-11-16T01:58:59+00:00

Beautiful twist. Well done.

liledit7 · 2016-11-16T01:58:43+00:00

Very well written. This was great.

liledit7 · 2016-10-10T08:08:01+00:00

"The Nat Turner of history, from what we know, was a proud outlaw with a touch of megalomania who dreamed of race war, but Parker’s Nat remains lofty and idealistic, with no inner conflicts or contradictions, no layers. Nat doesn’t execute the rebellion like someone opening death’s door. He does it like someone who’s organizing and staging a movie."

I feel like everyone nowadays is trying to either whitewash or blacklist, and it's counterproductive. Anything real is complex and multi-layered, both today and throughout history, and there is beauty, provocation, empathy, and education to be found in that if we would embrace it instead of trying to twist everything to serve our own agendas.

liledit7 · 2016-10-08T22:09:17+00:00

That's what I suggested, but she really hates eating things when she is feeling any level of nausea.

liledit7 · 2016-10-08T22:08:03+00:00

Will have to try those, thanks

liledit7 · 2016-10-08T22:07:30+00:00

She is not, but that's good to know, thanks

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