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    oldcowboy3 on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026

    ethylmethyl "...the culture of blatant lying in academia." Well, if I understand what Clarissa is saying, maintaining in-group solidarity has…

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    Clarissa on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026

    This is a source of great frustration to me because I can't comprehend or anticipate this form of social signaling.…

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    Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026

    It's like your previous comment (not gonna go get it) where you noted a colleague giving something a glowing review,…

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    Anonymous on Rapey TalentMay 15, 2026

    The only shortage is of people working for below market wages. Employers want free markets for thee but not for…

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    Anonymous on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026

    Reminds me of the dead parrot sketch in Monty Python Raymond R

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    Anonymous on Learned Something NewMay 15, 2026

    Fascinating. Why was that? How was it taught? This is what interests me the most. I knew that the Franco…

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    cliff arroyo on Rapey TalentMay 15, 2026

    OT: A new reason to go on living.... https://cliffarroyo.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/eurovision-2026-the-law-of-diminishing-chalamets/

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    cliff arroyo on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026

    "levels of anxiety over Misty have been through the roof" A reasonably healthy cat of her age *6-7 ish?) who…

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    Clarissa on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026

    I think people are missing the point. Why is this an interesting topic at all? Why speak of it at…

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    Clarissa on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026

    My levels of anxiety over Misty have been through the roof since this happened.

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    cliff arroyo on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026

    "nine days later the budgie died" Little birds, fish and turtles are how lots of US kids used to learn…

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    Anonymous on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026

    My girlfriend had a parakeet who would ruffle his feathers and try to bite me whenever I came near her.…

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    Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026

    Clarissa's in Illinois, though. Is the state really so white?

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    oldcowboy3 on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026

    Fair enough, most of us were only partially civilized at that age, but we got a student from Jamaica in…

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    Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026

    "I was a savage until grade 11" oi, keyboard got me, posted before typing complete. What percentage of boys do…

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    Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026

    "I was a savage until grade 11

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    oldcowboy3 on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026

    "...some of our students are savages because they have never seen a black person." LOL, damn, then I was a…

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    Clarissa on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026

    I have no idea what this is even supposed to mean. Have they never been to Walmart? To the movies?…

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    Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026

    "they have never seen a black person." Is this person... projecting? I thought you said your college was largely working…

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    oldcowboy3 on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026

    LOL, you do realize that is gender, class and employment, and possibly be education, related. Men measure, and have a…

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    Anonymous on Schools and DiapersMay 14, 2026

    Ah! That explains it then.

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    Anonymous on The Lincoln TripMay 14, 2026

    Yes, but also: it's a weirdly squishy term. To Americans, it means chattel slavery such as we had in the…

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    Of course. It's definitely not the norm to not be able to use the toilet at 5. That this is…

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    Anonymous on Schools and DiapersMay 14, 2026

    I am so sorry! I left out an important transition. I don’t think the first part is abusive. I think…

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    Clarissa on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026

    Ok, let's pretend we don't know that the best way to get promoted if you are white is to announce…

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    Anonymous on Schools and DiapersMay 14, 2026

    I don't think people realize that after two kids it starts getting *easier*.

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    Clarissa on Schools and DiapersMay 14, 2026

    It is definitely extremely concerning that, as people have fewer and fewer children, they do less and less actual parenting.…

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