Posts made by Ganymede

@Arkandel said in The basketball thread:

As it stands I think it'll go down to the Clippers versus the Bucks.

I think the Bucks have a less-impressive lineup this year. I think the Raptors have an under-rated defender in Hollis-Jefferson. I think Philly isn't a juggernaut, which takes Embiid out of the picture. Boston is always dangerous, and the Heat are on the rise; however, if Gasol and Ibaka come back before the playoffs I think the Raptors have a seasoned bench with a chance every night to beat you any way they want.

I think it'll be the Raptors against the Clippers this year, and that's such a sweet showdown I cannot wait.

@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Humblebragging is fucking annoying

Revival for some shout-outs.

Hometown shout-out to the Toronto Raptors for their 15-game winning streak. It looks like Ujiri and Nurse were taking notes when Dayton made a run at the Elite Eight in 2014. Keep a deep bench of hungry, defensive-minded players and feast your opponents when they get tired.

Local shout-out to the Dayton Flyers for making it to No. 6 in the AP Poll. No one -- not even I -- predicted how solid the team would be to date. They are shocking the hell out of NCAA basketball country and some think they may eventually sit in a No. 1 position for March Madness.

Hi.

What did I just say?

Keep it more than civil.

Thank you.

@Wolfs said in ISO: a comics/superheroes MU* (give me your recs):

I would like to find a good game set around present day. Marvel only, DC only, or a blend of the two without it being too strict on how characters have to be fit in.

I concur with Auspice. I liked my time there but for personal reasons I did not fit in.

A reminder to all that this particular area is to be considered mildly constructive, and that the request was for game recommendations rather than a call for why not to go to certain games.

For me it was about “American Factory.” It hit home for those of us who live in Dayton, Ohio, and see the stories firsthand.

Fucking awesome.

@Sunny said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Glad you got started. Started is something to be proud of. Be proud of yourself. This is HARD, and you are DOING IT.

This right here.

Let’s all do this with you. Everything is a victory. We don’t agree on much, but we all agree to help anyone who is looking for a positive change.

My update: I shed 30 pounds since May 2018. Loved it and am loving it. Getting back into keto+exercise mode is tough in the new house, but at least the weight is staying off.

@Rinel

It’s not strict liability here, but the path to victory is straight forward. You file a public records request for all pothole complaints for the past five years, and then put together a pattern of negligence.

Not difficult.

Of course, the goal is to make sure that the victim is made whole. Be reasonable, you win. Be a bitch, fryers like me come to cook you.

@Derp

Over here, statutory immunity does not apply to known potholes that a political subdivision elects to ignore.

@Macha

Sounds like a premises liability issue.

@Herja

You can do that for sex too, you know.

@Auspice said in Dating in the 2020's:

The other is an idiot and would approve of a damp sock if it contained treats.

That reminds me of one of my last internet dates.

@Sunny said in The Work Thread:

Country roads are infrastructure. I guarantee you the country roads in Alabama tilt different and have a different physical makeup than those in Montana.

I will warrant that.

I suppose I should point out that I'm talking about Ohio. We get snow here annually. Snow is not a surprise; snow is not a rare occurrence; and snow is expected. And the engineering of the roads here is not so different than the country up north.

It could very well be that people here are just shit drivers too.

But, anyhow -- snow delays are my peeve. The bright part is that I'm no longer blaming it on my children.

@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Going to what I think is going to be a quick checkup and going through 2.5 hours of 'nobody expected this' bone grafts.

Dude, like, wut? That's not cool.

Hopefully your health is fine.

@Auspice said in The Work Thread:

It's a big fuckin' pet peeve of mine when people start mocking southern states for 'can't handle the snow.' Yeah well, Sally, that sure is some nice infrastructure you're privileged to have up there handling that snow so you don't have to.

Cities have the infrastructure. The country does not. The 401 in Blenheim Region isn't fun to drive when it's snowing.

But we still drive it to go to praccy.

@Auspice

I'm so fucking old.

What does "negging" mean? And "demisexual"?

@silverfox said in The Work Thread:

We should stop using timeliness as a factor when calculating absences so that kids can take their time getting to school in bad weather. -- This is a school by school decision. Every one I have worked at has requested we do not do attendance on bad weather days for 30 minutes after the "start" time.

To my knowledge, this is not how it goes in Ohio.

We should not tie school funding to attendance and other factors that can be affected by bad weather. -- What would we tie it to? Honestly curious. I have some ideas, but I'd like to know your thoughts.

Attendance is probably one of the dumbest factors. Just because a student doesn't show doesn't mean a teacher doesn't. In Ohio, school funding is mostly tied to district property values. Although this has been held to be unconstitutional in the state, it has not been altered because no one has proposed a different standard.

In my opinion, it should be tied to three things: (1) property taxes; (2) income taxes; and (3) commercial taxes. The surplus above a median value in an aggregated area should be redistributed to districts not performing as well.

We should let the teachers figure out what the best practices are based on their location.

Again, upon knowledge and information, not in Ohio.

@silverfox said in The Work Thread:

... wow. Hostile much?

Absofuckinglutely.

sips coffee

But I'm getting better now.

My bias comes from growing up in a metropolitan area. I took buses until I was 11, and then the GO Train and subways thereafter. My school hardly ever had snow days and I grew up in Canada. So, yes, there's a part of me that points and laughs at people in Ohio when there's a dusting of snow on the ground.

I am aware that most roads in the United States are so poorly engineered that they are likely a contributory cause of most accidents. I am also aware that children in buses and teenagers on the road are also a contributory cause of most accidents. But I am also reasonably certain that, around here, the road conditions are seldom cured by waiting a couple of hours. Extra time will not make the snow melt when it is below 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

And the statistics don't support the practice. It is specious to suggest that the decrease in accidents has to do with snow delays.

But here are some really novel ideas which might actually do something:

• We should stop using timeliness as a factor when calculating absences so that kids can take their time getting to school in bad weather.
• We should not tie school funding to attendance and other factors that can be affected by bad weather.
• We should let the teachers figure out what the best practices are based on their location.
• We should be spending more money for public education and reject the idea of vouchers.

I will always support teachers, even if I don't agree with them; I'm just venting here. But given that a large number of families require two incomes, snow delays are a frustrating complication. Thankfully, they are becoming more accepted in legal arenas -- I can't tell you how many times Judge X has been late to docket because, guess what, he has kids -- and we can hope for some change where a termination due to tardiness resulting from a snow delay is considered illegal.