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    WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    Why use breaks when forward energy can drain on it's own?

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    milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    Good to see my driving technique is actually vetted and approved. I'm always surprised at the people who take turns like they're moving through molasses when I'm pulling a tight arc and getting back up to speed seconds after finishing the turn.

    Aggressive driving is kinda unsafe and you save very little time making perfect turns, I'd guess.

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    The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    edited May 2017
    Weaver wrote: »
    Why use breaks when forward energy can drain on it's own?

    In situations where forward energy doesn't drain quickly enough for the tightness of the turn. But that's more relevant in an area like mine where every road has a limit of 50mph, less so in residential areas were it's 30mph or less.

    Edit: Although yes, even if you initially break (or rather especially if you initially break) you should be accelerating through the second half of the turn.

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    NoughtNought Registered User regular
    Weaver wrote: »
    Why use breaks when forward energy can drain on it's own?

    I always let the engine slow down the car, to the point that I almost never use the break.

    This driving stile also means I hate driving automatic gears.

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Nought wrote: »
    Tube wrote: »
    I'm ok with educators teaching people to err on the side of caution re: safe sex

    Abstinence is a good component of sex ed, but abstinence-only sex ed (which is more what we typically have around here) is actively harmful and irresponsible.

    It seems to me that teaching abstinence of any sort in sex is a bit like telling people to never put the key in the ignition in drivers ed.

    It's not really condusive to what you are trying to instruct the participents in.

    Of cause you should also instruct that refraining from having sex is an option, just like not driving when you can't keep your attention on it is the safer option.

    Edit. I guess what I mean is that to me abstinance implies that both people are denying themselves something they want.

    I mean, in the sense that teenagers are perennially horny and want sex constantly then yes that's what it is. That's kind of the point, just because you really wanna have sex doesn't mean you SHOULD in a lot of circumstances. The difference between abstinence as a component of sex ed and abstinence-only sex ed is the latter says "just don't do it ever" which isn't a reasonable expectation. The former is about teaching kids to understand appropriate manifestation of desires. Sometimes yes, you SHOULD deny yourself something you want because what you want in that moment is an incredibly stupid decision that will ruin your life.

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    OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    Weaver wrote: »
    Why use breaks when forward energy can drain on it's own?

    Hi, yes, electric car owner here

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    edited May 2017
    abstinence is one of those things I feel like is properly addressed by going "we all know, of course, that not having sex is the best ways to not capture a sexual transmitted disease or to prevent pregnancy" and then moving on

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    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    milski wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    Good to see my driving technique is actually vetted and approved. I'm always surprised at the people who take turns like they're moving through molasses when I'm pulling a tight arc and getting back up to speed seconds after finishing the turn.

    Aggressive driving is kinda unsafe and you save very little time making perfect turns, I'd guess.

    It's not aggressive driving, it's not holding up the people behind me and getting out of the intersection ASAP as I stick to my lane and don't drift to an entirely different lane. Only time I do aggressive driving is to get around someone who is holding up traffic on the freeway.

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    InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    I think it's important to establish that when you engage in sexual activities with other people you are taking a variety of risks (pregnancy, std, etc) just like its important to establish that when you engage in driving a car that you are taking a variety of risks (hitting a pedestrian, getting hit by a truck, etc) and that you need to approach such activities with an appropriate level of respect and safety as a result.

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    Mr. ButtonsMr. Buttons Registered User regular
    Weaver wrote: »
    Why use breaks when forward energy can drain on it's own?

    Quickly transferring weight distribution to the front tires where the increased traction might be required. But I don't think Mad Max was teaching this technique for every day casual driving around town.

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    TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    I would teach a faith-based driver's ed where we teach that in any situation that was dangerous one should let Jesus take the wheel.

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    NoughtNought Registered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    I would teach a faith-based driver's ed where we teach that in any situation that was dangerous one should let Jesus take the wheel.

    Jamie Blake:
    *God* is our copilot?

    Fenderbaum:
    Uh huh...

    Jamie Blake:
    Remember our car?

    Fenderbaum:
    Uh huh...

    Jamie Blake:
    Two seats?

    Fenderbaum:
    Two seats...

    Jamie Blake:
    Where's he gonna sit?

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    V1mV1m Registered User regular
    Faith based geography

    DO NOT LOOK UPON HILLS WITH LUST, NOR SHALT THOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE FLOW OF RIVERS. PERISH THE UNBELIVER WHO MEASURES THE ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENT. COMPARE NOT THE WEATHERING OF ISOMORPHIC STRATA FROM ONE CLIME TO ANOTHER FOR THIS IS FORBIDDEN IN THE EYES OF THE LORD

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    ShenShen Registered User regular
    Emailed my boss to schedule a chat tomorrow. Looking to finish up here by the end of June, 2 years is quite long enough. Things are quite busy right now but that is the nature of things when shit is constantly on fire.

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    Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Zonugal wrote: »
    So today at the high school they are, in conjunction with the local police force, doing their Every Fifteen Minutes activity.

    Every fifteen minutes they play a muffled heart-beat over the intercoms. Then somebody dressed up as a grim reaper walks the school, and plucks a student out of a classroom. That student then goes over to the library where the theater & art teachers apply make-up to have them look deceased. The student is then returned to their class and for the rest of the day they do no work, they don't talk and then just sit/walk around silently.

    At the end of the day we have an assembly where the whole school gathers out at the parking lot to observe a simulated crash scene.

    Oooh boy...

    My high school when I was a student would just park a totaled (and looked it) vehicle on the front lawn and the Health teacher would do a lesson about it/drunk driving.

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    AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Goose! wrote: »
    Zonugal wrote: »
    So today at the high school they are, in conjunction with the local police force, doing their Every Fifteen Minutes activity.

    Every fifteen minutes they play a muffled heart-beat over the intercoms. Then somebody dressed up as a grim reaper walks the school, and plucks a student out of a classroom. That student then goes over to the library where the theater & art teachers apply make-up to have them look deceased. The student is then returned to their class and for the rest of the day they do no work, they don't talk and then just sit/walk around silently.

    At the end of the day we have an assembly where the whole school gathers out at the parking lot to observe a simulated crash scene.

    Oooh boy...

    My high school when I was a student would just park a totaled (and looked it) vehicle on the front lawn and the Health teacher would do a lesson about it/drunk driving.

    This sounds more or less sane!

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    MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    V1m wrote: »
    Faith based geography

    DO NOT LOOK UPON HILLS WITH LUST, NOR SHALT THOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE FLOW OF RIVERS. PERISH THE UNBELIVER WHO MEASURES THE ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENT. COMPARE NOT THE WEATHERING OF ISOMORPHIC STRATA FROM ONE CLIME TO ANOTHER FOR THIS IS FORBIDDEN IN THE EYES OF THE LORD

    Meanwhile the teacher keeps sneaking glances at buttes when he thinks no one is looking.

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    V1mV1m Registered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    V1m wrote: »
    Faith based geography

    DO NOT LOOK UPON HILLS WITH LUST, NOR SHALT THOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE FLOW OF RIVERS. PERISH THE UNBELIVER WHO MEASURES THE ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENT. COMPARE NOT THE WEATHERING OF ISOMORPHIC STRATA FROM ONE CLIME TO ANOTHER FOR THIS IS FORBIDDEN IN THE EYES OF THE LORD

    Meanwhile the teacher keeps sneaking glances at buttes when he thinks no one is looking.

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    MalReynoldsMalReynolds The Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicines Registered User regular
    heheh the guy sitting behind me never logs any of his casework.

    I've done the shitty thing of setting up a report to monitor co-worker's closed case amount because he's constantly on his phone and I feel mildly overworked, and I'm seeing his caseload at like, 4-5 a day when I'm clearing 100+ regularly because I log what I do to resolve each situation. Like you're supposed to.

    And this dude has complained about the quality of co-workers work before to the point where it helped get another two co-workers fired just because he couldn't keep quiet and let them adjust to new account decks or learn new systems

    He's been given the 'second largest' account deck because they ran his numbers and didn't think he had anything to do.

    His account deck, in reality, was probably comparable to mine before

    He just spent an hour complaining about how it's not fair that he has all these accounts and now he can't get caught up.

    Like, welcome to my world, dude.

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    Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    TheStig wrote: »
    My hospital has the cafeteria open at like 2am, hardly anyone is there so the dude a the grill will do whatever you want. I had him make me a burger with a fried egg and bacon on it. It was amazing.

    super jealous

    super fucking jealous

    all my work springs for with their overnight cafeteria is basically half a tim hortons (like, coffee and donuts and thats it) and some microwaves and vending machines

    this at a multibillion dollar installation with hundreds of overnight workers

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    WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited May 2017
    I really wish kroger would fix their shit to where signing into Citrix would pass my authentication through to all the other modules I need to use. Single sign-on is how old now?

    Weaver on
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    NijaNija Registered User regular
    Nija wrote: »
    Nija wrote: »
    JoeUser wrote: »
    Nija wrote: »
    Heard back from the Top 25 law firm and they want a in person interview next week.

    I am excite!

    @Nija

    Good luck! :)

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    Interview tomorrow at 9 am.

    Fingers crossed. That interview went so well. The interviewer slipped a "When you start..." into an explanation of benefits and I almost lost it.

    So. Close.

    Let me have this.

    3rd interview on Friday. :D:D:D

    Please be an offer, please be an offer, please be an offer...

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    AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Nija wrote: »
    Nija wrote: »
    Nija wrote: »
    JoeUser wrote: »
    Nija wrote: »
    Heard back from the Top 25 law firm and they want a in person interview next week.

    I am excite!

    @Nija

    Good luck! :)

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    Interview tomorrow at 9 am.

    Fingers crossed. That interview went so well. The interviewer slipped a "When you start..." into an explanation of benefits and I almost lost it.

    So. Close.

    Let me have this.

    3rd interview on Friday. :D:D:D

    Please be an offer, please be an offer, please be an offer...

    (lemur intensifies)

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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    One of my uncle's early jobs was off-road testing trucks and SUVs for an auto manufacturer. They'd give him a brand new vehicle and he'd spend days screwing around with it on a scramble course, reporting when and how it broke.

    He was fired for drinking on the job. To this day he claims that since his job was thinking up stupid ways to wreck trucks, having a few beers was just professional development.

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    schussschuss Registered User regular
    Weaver wrote: »
    I really wish kroger would fix their shit to where signing into Citrix would pass my authentication through to all the other modules I need to use. Single sign-on is how old now?

    Depending on the systems involved, sso can be really fucking hard.

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    TynnanTynnan seldom correct, never unsure Registered User regular
    V1m wrote: »
    Faith based geography

    DO NOT LOOK UPON HILLS WITH LUST, NOR SHALT THOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE FLOW OF RIVERS. PERISH THE UNBELIVER WHO MEASURES THE ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENT. COMPARE NOT THE WEATHERING OF ISOMORPHIC STRATA FROM ONE CLIME TO ANOTHER FOR THIS IS FORBIDDEN IN THE EYES OF THE LORD

    A certain mountain range in Wyoming would like a word.

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    Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    edited May 2017
    So the fast food chain Raising Cane's gave every teacher in my building a gift card for one free combo as an appreciation thing.

    I now have a dozen of them because several teachers just threw the cards into the recycling and I pulled them out.

    I'm going to give them to students who need them because jeez, throwing away free food vouchers at a school with 83% free or reduced lunch?

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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    I love Raising Cane's so much. If it wouldn't kill me in under a year, I'd have one of their combo boxes every day for lunch and dinner. There's one right down the street from my new library, and it's a serious Jekyll and Hyde scenario every time I go to the break room to microwave my whole wheat pasta with mostly veggies.

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    rhylithrhylith Death Rabbits HoustonRegistered User regular
    Jedoc wrote: »
    I love Raising Cane's so much. If it wouldn't kill me in under a year, I'd have one of their combo boxes every day for lunch and dinner. There's one right down the street from my new library, and it's a serious Jekyll and Hyde scenario every time I go to the break room to microwave my whole wheat pasta with mostly veggies.

    It's the closest restaurant to my office which is BAD but also GOOD.

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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    I no joking proposed to my wife outside of a Raising Cane's.

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    The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Never heard of Raising Crane's. Seems like it's Bojangles for the midwest? (or Bojangles is Raising Crane's for the southeast)

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    InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited May 2017
    So the fast food chain Raising Cane's gave every teacher in my building a gift card for one free combo as an appreciation thing.

    I now have a dozen of them because several teachers just threw the cards into the recycling and I pulled them out.

    I'm going to give them to students who need them because jeez, throwing away free food vouchers at a school with 83% free or reduced lunch?

    You're good people Tim.

    Shocked at the thoughtlessness of the other teachers.

    Interviewed with a very interesting charter highschool today, it's mostly online. It's aimed at students that can't do traditional highschool for whatever reason.

    They are paying for my live scan and my TB test so I assume that means I landed the gig. Just a summer tutoring position for now, which is great while I try to turn my teaching credential into something else either their or at another school.

    And applying for my back up plan which is teaching via the Peace Corp in ideally Armenia, with Mongolia being my back up choice.

    Maths out that about the time that my nest egg will be running out from rent and food is when I'd get on a plane for another country, so, yay.

    Finally feeling less panicked about my whole, trying to find a job while my folks place is being sold and needing to scramble for an apartment situation.

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    milskimilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    edited May 2017
    Never heard of Raising Crane's. Seems like it's Bojangles for the midwest? (or Bojangles is Raising Crane's for the southeast)

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    ?????????

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
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    milski wrote: »

    In high school, I was a student (well, camper) in the middle of a social experiment that ended with people whoring themselves out for Monopoly money.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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    MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    I feel like we need a follow up on that, dude

    what manner of camp was this?

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    It was the episcopal camp I eventually came to work at for a summer and still go back to from time to time. I am not on my computer otherwise I would tell as much of the story as a I could remember. The session began with them collecting our eye color to designate us as different people (I.e. Races) and we were given Monopoly money based on that. The whole thing ended when people were doing everything but intercourse in order to get those sweet, sweet, literal monopoly dollars.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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    PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Jedoc wrote: »
    I love Raising Cane's so much. If it wouldn't kill me in under a year, I'd have one of their combo boxes every day for lunch and dinner. There's one right down the street from my new library, and it's a serious Jekyll and Hyde scenario every time I go to the break room to microwave my whole wheat pasta with mostly veggies.

    I'm honestly not a fan. The chicken's consistently too dry for me. This may be an issue with a particular place, but... well, there's no shortage of good fast food places around.

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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Well not really work related but one of things that happens after work
    the police officer whom patrols the area who said I had a warrant {I doubt as the other officers who talked to me while walking home said nothing]
    to which I called the courts and asked if I had a warrant they said I was not on the books. That officer has told me 3 times to go to the precinct and ask if I have a warrant :rotate: not to call in asking
    But he rolls on me after work kindly reminding me as in his words it would be a shame to arrest me over something so petty
    I have reported him to the city task force overseeing police problems but it still is happening
    I have to change where I walk home just to avoid him now again
    Yes yet another part of my life is a living hell I somehow deal with


    Today sucked as tomorrow is the Inventory
    So I had to go in less than 12 hours I got off from last night {I left at 2354 and had to come back at 1000} so other than being a weird day it's going to be sucky tomorrow as we have to wait till they release the store so I can start my job

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    KaplarKaplar On Google MapsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2017
    I skipped breakfast this morning because I was asked to come in early. I'm not sure if this belongs here or the love thread, but my fiancee had lunch delivered to my work. A salami, pepperoni, bacon, and mozzarella sandwich was a pretty great surprise.

    Kaplar on
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    lonelyahavalonelyahava Call me Ahava ~~She/Her~~ Move to New ZealandRegistered User regular
    Zonugal wrote: »
    So today at the high school they are, in conjunction with the local police force, doing their Every Fifteen Minutes activity.

    Every fifteen minutes they play a muffled heart-beat over the intercoms. Then somebody dressed up as a grim reaper walks the school, and plucks a student out of a classroom. That student then goes over to the library where the theater & art teachers apply make-up to have them look deceased. The student is then returned to their class and for the rest of the day they do no work, they don't talk and then just sit/walk around silently.

    At the end of the day we have an assembly where the whole school gathers out at the parking lot to observe a simulated crash scene.

    Oooh boy...

    Oh yeah. We totally did this ay my school. Was put in by one of our clubs (YELL, Youth Eliminating Loss of Life) in conjunction with the police. Was always the Friday before prom. And only seniors were picked as the "victims" since most of us were all done classes by that point.

    They stopped the whole thing after my senior year. We had the whole thing lined up and we just kept in with it as we normallyly would.

    Except this was the third week of April in 1999. The week after Colombine.

    Yeah.

    That went about as well as you'd expect it to. I don't think they did anther one after that.

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