Fail Quotes

[Travis Retriever]

So, these guys put a non-GMO label on f'in' SALT, and you're more worried about the order of the adjectives?

I know right?  Reminds me of #4 on this (not fail):

[Travis Retriever]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-i-didnt-know-about-health-care-until-i-got-sick/
#5 is very telling just by the title alone.  Yeah, you'd be surprised how frozen in time things are when government gets involved.  Fail because he doesn't point out the elephant in the room of govco's involvement.  Hell, that's just going by the titles (and my Ctrl + f searchs for "government" and "state" turning up negative) alone.

[Travis Retriever]

And while I'm on the cracked.com fail bit:  http://www.cracked.com/article_20953_5-horrifying-ways-ex-can-ruin-your-life-with-nude-photos.html
Epic fail for considering "positive change" getting even more govco involved in this crap.  Because that totally doesn't backfire, right?

[MrBogosity]

And while I'm on the cracked.com fail bit:  http://www.cracked.com/article_20953_5-horrifying-ways-ex-can-ruin-your-life-with-nude-photos.html
Epic fail for considering "positive change" getting even more govco involved in this crap.  Because that totally doesn't backfire, right?

They should get some cred back for this bit: "The cops said I could call them if it happens again," she said, "But how does that help? ... 'Sorry, sir, please don't rape me for five minutes while I dial 911'?"

Personally, I think the way to end revenge porn is for people to stop caring about it, which I think will be fixed in the next generation. Get those prudish, hypocritical baby-boomers all died off and all sorts of things will get better!

[dallen68]

Personally, I think the way to end revenge porn is for people to stop caring about it, which I think will be fixed in the next generation. Get those prudish, hypocritical baby-boomers all died off and all sorts of things will get better!

Actually, that would solve a lot of things, or at least greatly reduce the impact. Imagine the school massacres that wouldn't happen if people outside of Colorado had never heard of Colombine. Or how many bombings wouldn't happen if nobody knew about Tim McVeigh. I suppose the list goes on, and now that I've said it, it may be my point is slightly different than yours.

[MrBogosity]

Actually, that would solve a lot of things, or at least greatly reduce the impact. Imagine the school massacres that wouldn't happen if people outside of Colorado had never heard of Colombine. Or how many bombings wouldn't happen if nobody knew about Tim McVeigh. I suppose the list goes on, and now that I've said it, it may be my point is slightly different than yours.

The people who do those things have other motivations. The motivation behind revenge porn is specifically the knowledge that people will shame the person in the picture or video. If that shame never happens, the revenge porn never happens, or if it does, no harm comes from it.

With a mass shooting, you still have dead people either way.

[dallen68]

The people who do those things have other motivations. The motivation behind revenge porn is specifically the knowledge that people will shame the person in the picture or video. If that shame never happens, the revenge porn never happens, or if it does, no harm comes from it.

With a mass shooting, you still have dead people either way.

Okay, but if there's no chance of getting famous (or infamous) for said dead people, I think it would demotivate a lot of people.

[BlameThe1st]

http://gawker.com/insane-new-education-reform-would-require-kids-to-learn-1541404172

This is an excellent article on an excellent school that is actually doing something right by--gasp!--forcing children to learn rather than pushing them into the next grade.

However, I made the mistake, as I normally do, of reading the comments:

Step two: get rid of standardized testing for funding. Step three: hire more teachers and monitor results locally. Step four: defund private schools. Issue an excise tax on private education and homeschooling.

Ya the ideas are crazy. but I'm not in charge... Yet.

And his reasoning for this BS?

We want to tax the rich more. That's the main issue with private schools, they are rich havens. If possible I would tax them out of existence. Private schools go to further the disparity gap in America. Luxury items should be heavily taxed.

This dumbass is putting the cart before the horse. He sees how poorly public school are performing, then sees parents sending their children to public schools, and deduces that the latter caused the former, when the exact opposite is true. Our schools are not doing poorly because parents send their children to private school: parents send their children to private school because our public schools are doing poorly.

And the majority of parents sending their children to private school are not rich. At best, they are upper-middle class; at worst, they're working poor working several jobs just to give their children a better education.

It's bad enough that parents have to pay for public education alongside private tuition, but this ass wants to add a tax on that?! Freak that noise! Freak it in the flank!

[MrBogosity]

http://gawker.com/insane-new-education-reform-would-require-kids-to-learn-1541404172

This is an excellent article on an excellent school that is actually doing something right by--gasp!--forcing children to learn rather than pushing them into the next grade.

I never agreed with the whole next-grade thing anyway. It makes sense for subjects to have grade levels, but if someone fails 5th grade math but does well in the other subjects, don't hold him back in those! Hold him back in math and advance him in the rest. Let students progress in each subject at their own pace.

[evensgrey]

I never agreed with the whole next-grade thing anyway. It makes sense for subjects to have grade levels, but if someone fails 5th grade math but does well in the other subjects, don't hold him back in those! Hold him back in math and advance him in the rest. Let students progress in each subject at their own pace.

The difficulty with this is no school system wants to have kids under about 12 to not all be in the same class for the whole school year. Once you reach high school, the way you describe is precisely how it works (or, at least, how it works in places that don't have a 'you may not fail any student for any reason' policy).

[Ibrahim90]

So, these guys put a non-GMO label on f'in' SALT, and you're more worried about the order of the adjectives?

be just Shane: I mentioned that part explicitly (and even made a sarcastic joke about it). I was just answering his question as well, since he asked.

in fact when I posted it on facebook, I didn't mention the grammar, but the "non-GMO" part:

https://www.facebook.com/Shujinko1990

[AnCap Dave]

The difficulty with this is no school system wants to have kids under about 12 to not all be in the same class for the whole school year. Once you reach high school, the way you describe is precisely how it works (or, at least, how it works in places that don't have a 'you may not fail any student for any reason' policy).

Well, only to an extent. I know that at the high school I went to, if you failed two classes or more you were held back regardless. Either that or, if you somehow managed to cut a deal with the school, you were put into an in between grade. In our school, it was actually most common with freshmen becoming sophomores. Usually they were labeled "freshmore." It was kind of weird actually. They would remain in this sort of limbo until they got just enough credits in the middle of the year to become full fledged sophomores.

[dallen68]

Well, only to an extent. I know that at the high school I went to, if you failed two classes or more you were held back regardless. Either that or, if you somehow managed to cut a deal with the school, you were put into an in between grade. In our school, it was actually most common with freshmen becoming sophomores. Usually they were labeled "freshmore." It was kind of weird actually. They would remain in this sort of limbo until they got just enough credits in the middle of the year to become full fledged sophomores.

I believe most US high schools classify students according to the number of credits earned, as opposed to age groups like in primary school, so it is entirely possible to be a 19 year old Freshman.

[evensgrey]

I believe most US high schools classify students according to the number of credits earned, as opposed to age groups like in primary school, so it is entirely possible to be a 19 year old Freshman.

Here in Ontario, we don't really have that kind of division among high school (or university) students, although you are expected to take certain courses in certain years, and there are all kinds of prerequisites. There's no such things as being 'held back' in an Ontario high school, you just can't graduate until you get the required credits.

Unfortunately, there's also no such thing as being 'held back' in grade school, either. Teachers have been fired for trying to hold back students who haven't learned the material.

[dallen68]

Here in Ontario, we don't really have that kind of division among high school (or university) students, although you are expected to take certain courses in certain years, and there are all kinds of prerequisites. There's no such things as being 'held back' in an Ontario high school, you just can't graduate until you get the required credits.

Unfortunately, there's also no such thing as being 'held back' in grade school, either. Teachers have been fired for trying to hold back students who haven't learned the material.

Can they age out?