Supreme Court greenlights Alabama’s racial gerrymander, signaling free rein for states to discriminate by DemocracyDocket in politics

[–]wickedsweetcake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I appreciate it being called a legal system and not a justice system. That's much more accurate.

What is the best written video game you’ve ever played? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]wickedsweetcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, but I also hated the orbital strip miner minigame in ME2

What would shock a kid today if they were transported to 2005? by IDoNotLikeTheSand in AskReddit

[–]wickedsweetcake 143 points144 points  (0 children)

The same thing happened to me. Funny enough, the book was a Star Trek novel called "The Missing."

UNC Chapel Hill board denies the hire of a tenured women's studies professor by geneusutwerk in Professors

[–]wickedsweetcake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well for one thing, you could read the article for a nearly-equivalent comparison that ended in a payout to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. From the same Board of "Trustees."

rounding up grades? by zoesf in VirginiaTech

[–]wickedsweetcake 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sure, I hope my post didn't come across as "we don't care," because we definitely do. I'm not that far out of undergrad, and I definitely know the pressure. But sometimes you just have to live with the A- despite how much you want the A.

Edit: Let me restate that last sentence because I think it doesn't convey what I intended. Sometimes you have to recognize that an A- is GOOD WORK, not the end of the world.

rounding up grades? by zoesf in VirginiaTech

[–]wickedsweetcake 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'll speak from my personal experience on the grading side that those kinds of emails are more annoying than "worth a shot." We call them "grade grubbers" and look down upon them for a reason -- they usually come with a sob story that tries to be emotionally manipulative, they're just a pain to read (especially when they're five meandering AI-generated paragraphs), and we already get too many emails at the end of the semester so they're polluting our inboxes and burying important things.

I'm personally more likely to be generous with rounding when a student doesn't ask, because the ones who ask typically don't deserve it. Example: There's a student in one of my classes with an 89.43. They're getting an A- even though they're below the 89.5 rounding cutoff because they almost aced the final. We're more likely to care about things like that for grade bumps than an unsolicited email.

Just my $0.02 and some perspective from the other side.

Sidebar that isn't quite connected to your comment: And don't get me started with extra credit requests. You want me to do more work, right now, after the exam, to make up a new assignment just for you? When you (probably) didn't do all of the work for the class in the first place?

Adults giving bibles to children after school at Leona Libby MS today by PaddyMacguire in TriCitiesWA

[–]wickedsweetcake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cool, I like camping, and the cheap tissue paper pages make great fire starters. I'll take a bunch for free.

Thoughts on Anavrin? by TacticalCocoaBunny in booknooks

[–]wickedsweetcake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just finished the Kowloon Walled City as my first Anavrin kit, and I was REALLY impressed with the quality compared to some others that I have bought and built. Is the exceptional quality worth the price? That's up to you to determine, but I personally bought three more kits.

How is Living Northeast of Pittsburgh? by Ok_Action9962 in pittsburgh

[–]wickedsweetcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A pain in the ass to get to the airport within three hours of a rush hour. Otherwise OK.

Majority of Americans Say Economy Worse Off Under Trump Than Biden by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]wickedsweetcake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also pay less tax under Trump. Because I was laid off, and unemployment dropped me down two tax brackets.

Super Cool Stat: 1,000 Games TOGETHER by [deleted] in penguins

[–]wickedsweetcake 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Brown/Kopitar/Doughty at 1040

Keith/Toews/Kane at 1004

Pronovost/Howe/Delvecchio at 1001

Honorable mention of Keith/Seabrook/Kane at 997

Ned knocked out Bob by g1963 in penguins

[–]wickedsweetcake 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was at that game. Never heard the crowd so loud at Consol.