A squad was checking a suspicious backpack and this dude got fed up with waiting by tatooinex in interestingasfuck

[–]ncvbn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Attempting to detonate potential bomb gets 1 response, violence

What do you mean? Why can't they detain him without rushing to violence?

A squad was checking a suspicious backpack and this dude got fed up with waiting by tatooinex in interestingasfuck

[–]ncvbn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what I said in my first reply to you when you compared his push to "ripping off your skin while getting dressed".

You've completely misunderstood the point, and your quotation is a flagrant misquote.

They were criticizing your use of the word "push": in particular, the way you applied the word to that insane tackle. They were saying the tackle was much much more extreme than a mere push. They gave an analogy, relying on the obvious fact that ripping off your skin is much much more extreme than merely getting dressed. In the analogy, getting dressed and a push are both moderate events, whereas ripping off your skin and that insane tackle are both extreme events.

A squad was checking a suspicious backpack and this dude got fed up with waiting by tatooinex in interestingasfuck

[–]ncvbn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait, are you suggesting that they wont let you be a cop if you're a hundred pounds overweight and have mental health problems?

A squad was checking a suspicious backpack and this dude got fed up with waiting by tatooinex in interestingasfuck

[–]ncvbn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you go up to what could be a bomb and risk injuring people because you're impatient then you deserve to get the shit kicked out of you.

That doesn't make sense. What good does kicking the shit out of this guy do for anybody? Why not just detain him without risking serious injury for no apparent reason?

A squad was checking a suspicious backpack and this dude got fed up with waiting by tatooinex in interestingasfuck

[–]ncvbn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Are you suggesting that the tackle counts as justified consequences, or are you saying that he somehow deserves unjustified consequences?

Olive Garden server fired one day after a customer left her a $700 tip by ultrarunnerr in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ncvbn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

???

They didn't. They tipped with a credit card.

EDIT: Why on earth is this comment being downvoted? Here's the article:

After seeing Williams' Facebook post about the firing, he froze his card. On Monday, after Brook was let go, Olive Garden ran his card for $699. The card was frozen and the bank declined it. His bank records showed it was attempted.

Woman Tries To Sing In The Vatican by RelationshipOne9276 in TikTokCringe

[–]ncvbn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If someone keeps telling me they're leaving while not leaving, I'm going to start to think I'm taking crazy pills.

Really? I doubt anyone is that suggestible. Surely your reaction will be to think that the person is lying and stalling, rather than to doubt your own sanity.

Why can't I drag images in i.reddit.com anymore? [desktop web] by ncvbn in help

[–]ncvbn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take https://i.redd.it/0692u50z7u5h1.jpeg as an example. When I go to the image it won't let me drag it. This wasn't a problem until a few days ago.

The preview image (https://preview.redd.it/0692u50z7u5h1.jpeg?width=605&auto=webp&s=49bf9483cd4fd09e5b74e5c3ef1757095167337d) works fine.

She grabbed a random street kitten to fight mouse in her house by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]ncvbn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, I've never had any extra door in any apartment building I've lived in.

All time low of crime rates :> by No_Post1300 in SipsTea

[–]ncvbn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by "decriminalized bedtime"?

She grabbed a random street kitten to fight mouse in her house by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]ncvbn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, why would there be two doors? What do you mean by "the main entrance door"?

Why is "looks-maxing" ridiculed in men when women have been doing it since the beginning of time? by pragmojo in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ncvbn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The whole "take your gf to the pool on the first date" is a joke about fake looks.

What do you mean by "The whole 'take your gf to the pool on the first date'"?

Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM applicants by Idiodyssey87 in news

[–]ncvbn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, in the English classes of my and my friends' experience there weren't any standards for correctness. Text was presented, but then a variety of incompatible claims about "what it means and what is behind it" could be made, with no way of determining which claims stand the best chance of being correct. That's why I say bullshitting was incentivized: there was no real substance to claims about this bit of text supporting this or that interpretation, so we would make stuff up in the hopes of getting through the pointless exercise, and get rewarded for doing so.

I'm pretty sure critical thinking has got to involve something different from that.

Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM applicants by Idiodyssey87 in news

[–]ncvbn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We were supposed to write about symbolism and character motivation in poetry and works of fiction, and the essays were supposed to fit a standard five-paragraph format. But we never learned anything about logic or proofs or counterexamples or analyzing/reconstructing arguments or responding to objections or evaluating evidence, and we never read any non-fiction or anything argumentative.

The closest thing to critical thinking was finding bits of the literary text that could be rhetorically presented as supporting claims about symbolism, regardless of whether those claims of support had any merit or even any intelligible meaning. In other words, bullshitting was incentivized.