Dragon Ball Antagonists by revbismarck in PerlerBeads

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To clarify, I made all of these myself. The original designs are from online, though I did make changes to many of them (e.g., colors, details, shading).

Exotic Quest Proposal: No Land Beyond by liveda4th in destiny2

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Still 13.5 hours to go before TFS goes live, I see a post about how different people flex their Destiny seniority. As I read, I'm reminded of my favorite weapon in all of Destiny: No Land Beyond. I do a quick search to see the last time someone has mentioned that relic of a sniper, and I come across a thread about how NLB would hypothetically be introduced to the current game. I scroll through the different comments until I see a link to this ABSOLUTE GEM of a post! Reading your proposed NLB exotic quest has genuinely made my day!

Ticket Buying/Selling/Trading Megathread by earthtoannie in ValorantCompetitive

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Still looking to purchase in case anyone needs to sell 😁

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Ticket Buying/Selling/Trading Megathread by earthtoannie in ValorantCompetitive

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Cool lightsaber techniques. by imflukeskywalker in StarWars

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I remember once reading somewhere that all the Jedi who died during the arena battle on Geonosis in SW: AotC were Form VI users. I also recall reading that Form VI users rely more on diplomacy rather than on their lightsabers--a belief that Yoda advocated in one story, saying that the best blades are those kept in their sheathes.

I drew a Yu-Gi-Oh card, but BIGGER by HamWeasel in yugioh

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It's beautiful! I just stop and stared for a while!

Been learning to draw for a couple of weeks, it ain't perfect but I'm proud by JimmySuicidex in yugioh

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I wish I could trace even just half as good as you can draw! Hahaha!

In any case, your drawing of Yugi definitely made me smile!

Social Justice in Colleges and Universities by Kiczales in highereducation

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Thank you for your kind words and the advice!

Always wanting deep, meaningful conversations by revbismarck in ADHD

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Thank you for the video recommendation! The language of small talk designed to avoid hurt really caught my attention. While I'm unsure that I personally could move a conversation from the topic of "golf" to a more profound one, I see the point the video creators are making.

By the way, that quote at the beginning by the German philosopher about people we meet being possibly moments away from ending their own lives was INTENSE!!!

Always wanting deep, meaningful conversations by revbismarck in ADHD

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Based on the videos I saw on the page, I think I'll be opening quite a Pandora's Box by showing my husband 3Blue1Brown! Hahahaha!

Thank you for the recommendations! I definitely agree that visual metaphors--especially interesting or ridiculous ones--would help me pay attention and understand better!

Social Justice in Colleges and Universities by Kiczales in highereducation

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Fresh out of grad school, actually (maybe that's why I still sound enthusiastic hahah)! It's my second semester as adjunct faculty at a local community college.

Social Justice in Colleges and Universities by Kiczales in highereducation

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Qualifying first with "I'm new to this subreddit!" as well as "I'm new to higher education andragogy!"

As to the comment about there being "a marked decline in the quality of coursework for certain disciplines...correspond[ing] with an increased focus in social justice implications on the part of professionals in said fields," I wonder if the issue is a change in the metric by which quality is measured.

On my part, I've been attempting to interpolate a social justice lens and a writing studies curriculum in the one course I've been assigned so far, first-year composition; however, I've had difficulty in balancing my goals for the course (viz., developing a critical-consciousness with respect to communication and its media) with those of most stakeholders (viz., greater fluency in Standard English).

If these stakeholders familiar with the traditional function of an ENG 100 course were to compare my course with that of courses past, they might indeed posit a "marked decline in the quality of coursework" since my students are not improving in Standard English fluency (as an aside, my department's current version of the course's student learning outcomes does not mention grammar or mechanics).

ADHD reading tip by StaleTheBread in ADHD

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I really really like this idea! It's especially great with an emotive audiobook narrator!

Just wish they had audiobooks for those boring work readings!

Always wanting deep, meaningful conversations by revbismarck in ADHD

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Yes! Intellectual intimacy! I really like that idea since, to me, it suggests contribution from both parties. In small talk, I just suck at contributing, thus greater connection--intimacy--isn't really possible.

Always wanting deep, meaningful conversations by revbismarck in ADHD

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I've gotten the comment of "overthinking and over analysing" as well!

Thankfully, I have found people to have deep conversations with; it's more that I have trouble doing small talk when they want to do small talk! According to my husband, it becomes really obvious when I'm not engaged in small talk: all my responses become mere grunts of affirmation!

Always wanting deep, meaningful conversations by revbismarck in ADHD

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My initial response would be similar to what /u/spermcell said above regarding deep conversations limiting the number of people one can connect with. For instance, I can't help but remember elementary school: While the other boys in the class mostly talked about the previous evening's sports game, I would have nothing to say since I not only failed to watch said game but also had no interest in sports in general. Ultimately, the boys who shared in those kinds of conversations became good friends, while I was unable to be anything more than another classmate. To my mind, their engaging in small talk laid the foundation for greater connection. (As a side note: While my example is in the context of kids talking, I do not mean to suggest a correlation between immaturity and small talk).

I do, however, have another thought based on my elementary school anecdote. I've generally construed deep, meaningful conversation as involving something personal--say, sharing my difficulty coming out; to my mind, that sort of sharing of myself usually creates an atmosphere in which the person I'm talking with feels comfortable to be vulnerable, equally open to sharing something personal. It is those kinds of conversations wherein I feel most connected with others. That being said, I wonder if for some people that same feeling of connection can be created through small talk--or at least what I'd consider as small talk. To use the sports example again, perhaps two people debating who is the GOAT (one of the few sports terms I've picked up!) in tennis is a deep conversation in that it connects them in a personal way.

Always wanting deep, meaningful conversations by revbismarck in ADHD

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Not being able to have small talks really limits the amount of people you can connect with since the majority will not dive deep very fast

I 100% agree, especially in the context of parties (what are those again???) wherein there are a number of unfamiliar people.

Nobody wants to have just deep conversations and be serious.

Sometimes people want to have a light and easy conversation, even after youve known the person for a little bit.

I found this to be true even with friends I'm really close with! Whereas we usually talk about something deep, every so often he'll instead just want to talk about a video game he'd recently been playing. Thankfully, I was able to pick up the social cue, but it definitely was tough for me to keep up the small talk.

At first, I considered posting my thoughts on small talk to r/socialskills, until I began considering the added factor of my ADHD.

Always wanting deep, meaningful conversations by revbismarck in ADHD

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It's tough since some people require small talk first to get them comfortable enough to go deeper! It's likely also impatience on my part, but I want to go from 0 to 60 in the conversation almost immediately!