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In post 4551, Mr. Flay wrote:a bloodsucking industry fleecing people who are bad at math.
But
they
deserve it.
I mean, seriously people? Learn to do math.
This has been the most priviledged statement I have read today. Given I haven't been up very long, but you should feel bad.
If everyone had my attitude there would be a stigma around not understanding basic math. There are many people who could learn math but don't and remain proud of their ignorance. If we stigmatize lacking a basic understanding of math then those people will learn. Yes, there are plenty of people who do not have access to sufficient resources to educate themselves, but that issue cannot be solved by societal attitudes. Also, the former group can hear me far more often than the latter group can.
Who said that?
Chamber. It's all a conspiracy.
Or is it?
In post 4551, Mr. Flay wrote:a bloodsucking industry fleecing people who are bad at math.
But
they
deserve it.
I mean, seriously people? Learn to do math.
This has been the most priviledged statement I have read today. Given I haven't been up very long, but you should feel bad.
If everyone had my attitude there would be a stigma around not understanding basic math. There are many people who could learn math but don't and remain proud of their ignorance. If we stigmatize lacking a basic understanding of math then those people will learn. Yes, there are plenty of people who do not have access to sufficient resources to educate themselves, but that issue cannot be solved by societal attitudes. Also, the former group can hear me far more often than the latter group can.
Alternatively we could ask the question why don't poor people understand basic math and promote education targeted at the reasons behind the lack of education (ask a sociologist, basically). Your solution basically amounts to, "hahahaha, you suck at math! Get better at math, damnit!!!!!!1111!!!!!1!" Stigmatizing people because of factors that they may not be able to control amounts to kicking someone in the balls when they are down. It is altogether pointless and serves nothing but to inflate the ego of the person who happens to be stronger.
In post 4551, Mr. Flay wrote:a bloodsucking industry fleecing people who are bad at math.
But
they
deserve it.
I mean, seriously people? Learn to do math.
This has been the most priviledged statement I have read today. Given I haven't been up very long, but you should feel bad.
If everyone had my attitude there would be a stigma around not understanding basic math. There are many people who could learn math but don't and remain proud of their ignorance. If we stigmatize lacking a basic understanding of math then those people will learn. Yes, there are plenty of people who do not have access to sufficient resources to educate themselves, but that issue cannot be solved by societal attitudes. Also, the former group can hear me far more often than the latter group can.
Alternatively we could ask the question why don't poor people understand basic math and promote education targeted at the reasons behind the lack of education (ask a sociologist, basically). Your solution basically amounts to, "hahahaha, you suck at math! Get better at math, damnit!!!!!!1111!!!!!1!" Stigmatizing people because of factors that they may not be able to control amounts to kicking someone in the balls when they are down. It is altogether pointless and serves nothing but to inflate the ego of the person who happens to be stronger.
There are two groups of people who don't understand math: those who could learn but don't and those who have no opportunity to learn.
Attaching a stigma to not understanding math would fix the first group's lack of understanding. There are plenty of people who cannot understand math and are not poor, but society says that not learning math is fine and they don't learn.
Fixing the problem of the second group is more difficult and is really only fixable on a large scale by structural changes our current society would never endorse.
Also, I interact far more often with the first group than the second. And when I say "far more often" what I really mean is "I don't interact with the second group at all", thus I am not kicking anyone while the are down because the group which would be kicked is not around.
Who said that?
Chamber. It's all a conspiracy.
Or is it?
CooLDoG, it's like you've learnt all this great stuff about how to identify and discuss privilege and are now excitedly applying it in all the wrong places.
I dyed my hair pink. The stylist told me that dying your eyebrows is a stupid and dangerous idea. So I'm just gonna put pink eyeshadow on them instead.
I want my hair purple but... I'm not sure how viable that is here. There are things to change the colour of your eyebrows, pretty sure it's a powder sort of makeup but I got it applied for me when I was cosplaying Yuuka so I didn't actually know what the thing was.
It was green in colour though~ >w< GiF~
"It hurts to have control over anything. I'd rather be a leaf in the wind."
Call me Lily instead. Avatar is Bellossom from Pokemon! drawn by Ether.
Espeonage (08:39) - lily is happy = everything is good with the world
In post 4583, Brandi wrote:I dyed my hair pink. The stylist told me that dying your eyebrows is a stupid and dangerous idea. So I'm just gonna put pink eyeshadow on them instead.
pics or it didn't happen
One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.
Why not just saw the top of your head off, and wear wigs?
One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.
In post 4583, Brandi wrote:I dyed my hair pink. The stylist told me that dying your eyebrows is a stupid and dangerous idea. So I'm just gonna put pink eyeshadow on them instead.
pics or it didn't happen
You can just see me in person some time!
But if you wanna see now I posted a pic in FWAN. (this is the first time I've put a pic up on this site in so many years...) http://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.ph ... 4#p5895944
Dad is getting remarried. Asked me to be his best man. This is a great deal to process at once.
One time, back in 'nam, Sudo was set upon by an entire squadron of charlies. He challenged them all to a game of Pictionary, which he won resoundingly. The charlies were forced to not only surrender the skirmish, but also their world-famous chili recipe, which Sudo sold to Texas for a hefty profit. Sudo is a master of diplomacy.
