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I don't know whether I get credit any more...
NobodysHome: Oh, the ONE thing I can't possibly do for the soup is to pull apart the chicken. So after work I'll make the roux and get it simmering, but around 5:30 when the dumplings are ready to go in I'll need a chicken de-boner.
GothBard: Gotcha
NobodysHome: And I have now successfully used "boner" in a non-NSFW context.
GothBard: Congrats! LOL
EDIT: Ohhhh, noooo...
During the winter hibernation, since beating The Outer Worlds and it's DLC I've been playing Far Cry 6, and then this weekend I also picked up where I left off in Far Cry 5.
I definitely prefer having an established voiced character rather than just "That Deputy" and I sure do like having all my weapon slots available right off the bat and I prefer how streamlined the menus are.
But man, it sucks not having a skill tree and having everything tied to weapons and gear you have to grind to get.
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Also it was pretty sweet when I slid down this hillside and killed a soldier by sliding into his ankles and stabbing him in the neck and then freed the hostage he was holding.
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I got myself Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (it's 63% off).
It looked better in the videos. Also, I missed the note it requires Origins account. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to actually load a Origins client or something. It runs through Steam.
It is definitely nice to slash some enemies with lightsaber.
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When your "game" starts to feel far more like "work", is it time to walk?
Yesterday by miracle my GM decided to let me play my character, and even gave some really sweet story development time.
Unfortunately, two of the players decided that I couldn't enjoy a pleasant gaming session, so when my character went to visit her parents, they followed her, presumably to mess up her evening. I made my Perception roll, so my character bid her parents farewell and left because I was in no mood to have my "sweet family moment" ruined by pranks.
So one of the players emailed the GM: "I want to do a full investigation of her background. What was she like as a kid? Who did she play with? What were her favorite games?"
And the GM's response? "You heard the man, NobodysHome, write it all up."
So unpleasant busywork I don't feel like doing assigned for no other purpose than to assist a player in annoying me.
Sounds like work to me...
You kept to yourself, played with a stick and a hoop and your only friend was your grand papa's mummified head.
Twenty one words, took me five minutes to think up and should keep everyone guessing.
I'm sorry, are you talking about NH, or NH's PC?
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I don't know whether I get credit any more...
NobodysHome: Oh, the ONE thing I can't possibly do for the soup is to pull apart the chicken. So after work I'll make the roux and get it simmering, but around 5:30 when the dumplings are ready to go in I'll need a chicken de-boner.
GothBard: Gotcha
NobodysHome: And I have now successfully used "boner" in a non-NSFW context.
GothBard: Congrats! LOLEDIT: Ohhhh, noooo...
So it's not just me. Chicken deboning is weird.
Every time I've tried to spatchcock a bird, it ends up Hitchcocked.
I don't know whether I get credit any more...
NobodysHome: Oh, the ONE thing I can't possibly do for the soup is to pull apart the chicken. So after work I'll make the roux and get it simmering, but around 5:30 when the dumplings are ready to go in I'll need a chicken de-boner.
GothBard: Gotcha
NobodysHome: And I have now successfully used "boner" in a non-NSFW context.
GothBard: Congrats! LOLEDIT: Ohhhh, noooo...
So it's not just me. Chicken deboning is weird.
Every time I've tried to spatchcock a bird, it ends up Hitchcocked.
Oh, TWO-handed chickens give me no trouble at all.
ONE-handed... not so easy...
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I don't know whether I get credit any more...
NobodysHome: Oh, the ONE thing I can't possibly do for the soup is to pull apart the chicken. So after work I'll make the roux and get it simmering, but around 5:30 when the dumplings are ready to go in I'll need a chicken de-boner.
GothBard: Gotcha
NobodysHome: And I have now successfully used "boner" in a non-NSFW context.
GothBard: Congrats! LOLEDIT: Ohhhh, noooo...
So it's not just me. Chicken deboning is weird.
Every time I've tried to spatchcock a bird, it ends up Hitchcocked.Oh, TWO-handed chickens give me no trouble at all.
ONE-handed... not so easy...
Why do any of your chickens have hands?
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I don't know whether I get credit any more...
NobodysHome: Oh, the ONE thing I can't possibly do for the soup is to pull apart the chicken. So after work I'll make the roux and get it simmering, but around 5:30 when the dumplings are ready to go in I'll need a chicken de-boner.
GothBard: Gotcha
NobodysHome: And I have now successfully used "boner" in a non-NSFW context.
GothBard: Congrats! LOLEDIT: Ohhhh, noooo...
So it's not just me. Chicken deboning is weird.
Every time I've tried to spatchcock a bird, it ends up Hitchcocked.Oh, TWO-handed chickens give me no trouble at all.
ONE-handed... not so easy...
Thenne there ys ye Bastard, or Hand-and-an-Halfe chicken, which canne be used yther waye.
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"Welcome to today's Top 10. Today it's The Top 10 Reasons Tifa is Better than Aerith. Reason number 1: Tifa doesn't f~+@in' die."
...thats not the reason I would have chosen...
I got myself Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (it's 63% off).
It looked better in the videos. Also, I missed the note it requires Origins account. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to actually load a Origins client or something. It runs through Steam.
It is definitely nice to slash some enemies with lightsaber.
I love the game so much. The settings and backgrounds and vistas are so BEAUTIFUL...
I don't know whether I get credit any more...
NobodysHome: Oh, the ONE thing I can't possibly do for the soup is to pull apart the chicken. So after work I'll make the roux and get it simmering, but around 5:30 when the dumplings are ready to go in I'll need a chicken de-boner.
GothBard: Gotcha
NobodysHome: And I have now successfully used "boner" in a non-NSFW context.
GothBard: Congrats! LOLEDIT: Ohhhh, noooo...
So it's not just me. Chicken deboning is weird.
Every time I've tried to spatchcock a bird, it ends up Hitchcocked.Oh, TWO-handed chickens give me no trouble at all.
ONE-handed... not so easy...
Drejk, you are needed!
I don't know whether I get credit any more...
NobodysHome: Oh, the ONE thing I can't possibly do for the soup is to pull apart the chicken. So after work I'll make the roux and get it simmering, but around 5:30 when the dumplings are ready to go in I'll need a chicken de-boner.
GothBard: Gotcha
NobodysHome: And I have now successfully used "boner" in a non-NSFW context.
GothBard: Congrats! LOLEDIT: Ohhhh, noooo...
So it's not just me. Chicken deboning is weird.
Every time I've tried to spatchcock a bird, it ends up Hitchcocked.
I don't know whether I get credit any more...
NobodysHome: Oh, the ONE thing I can't possibly do for the soup is to pull apart the chicken. So after work I'll make the roux and get it simmering, but around 5:30 when the dumplings are ready to go in I'll need a chicken de-boner.
GothBard: Gotcha
NobodysHome: And I have now successfully used "boner" in a non-NSFW context.
GothBard: Congrats! LOLEDIT: Ohhhh, noooo...
Also, I love the word "spatchcock". The first time I remember seeing or hearing it was in the rulebook for Dark Heresy (the Warhammer 40k RPG). It was one of the quirks/flaws: Hands like spatchcocks. Oh, you better believe our group had fun with that one.
Why do any of your chickens have hands?I don't know whether I get credit any more...
NobodysHome: Oh, the ONE thing I can't possibly do for the soup is to pull apart the chicken. So after work I'll make the roux and get it simmering, but around 5:30 when the dumplings are ready to go in I'll need a chicken de-boner.
GothBard: Gotcha
NobodysHome: And I have now successfully used "boner" in a non-NSFW context.
GothBard: Congrats! LOLEDIT: Ohhhh, noooo...
So it's not just me. Chicken deboning is weird.
Every time I've tried to spatchcock a bird, it ends up Hitchcocked.Oh, TWO-handed chickens give me no trouble at all.
ONE-handed... not so easy...
For Science!!!
I love the game so much. The settings and backgrounds and vistas are so BEAUTIFUL...I got myself Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (it's 63% off).
It looked better in the videos. Also, I missed the note it requires Origins account. Thankfully, it doesn't seem to actually load a Origins client or something. It runs through Steam.
It is definitely nice to slash some enemies with lightsaber.
Sadly, it doesn't look good on my integrated graphics card. I switched to High quality textures and it still looks plastic. I had similar visual effects in Breakpoint and a few other games, so I guess they use some function that my card doesn't support.
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Looking for advice for my STAP game, for a few things going forward. Welcome any responses and suggestions! (Spoilers for Savage Tide, Scint stay out ;P )
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Today was the day of the GREAT CREAM SCANDAL, after some fiend in human form spilled cream in the office refrigerator, and a great many entertainingly indignant Reply All emails flew about, trying to determine who was responsible and who was going to do something about it.
My contribution was to start singing 'It's a creamy drama' to the tune of 'Easy Lover' by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey, which, as it turns out, was neither amusing nor helpful.
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While I fervently argue in favor of higher pay and better working conditions for good teachers, articles like this one depress me at the state of education today, and how many teachers really need to be fired.
The TL;DR version: A girl transferred out of a San Francisco public school. In spite of never showing up, she got a report card anyway. The report card included two A's (social studies and P.E.) and at least one "pass".
If a student never once attends class nor turns in a single bit of homework, and you give them an A, you deserve to be fired. Period. (One of the A's has mitigating circumstances, but the other has no explanation beyond incompetence.)
Today was the day of the GREAT CREAM SCANDAL, after some fiend in human form spilled cream in the office refrigerator, and a great many entertainingly indignant Reply All emails flew about, trying to determine who was responsible and who was going to do something about it.
My contribution was to start singing 'It's a creamy drama' to the tune of 'Easy Lover' by Phil Collins and Philip Bailey, which, as it turns out, was neither amusing nor helpful.
Don't suppose you've got those lyrics still lying around somewhere?
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I got the infinite space guidebook for roughly 60 bucks off ebay including shipping. This is the second rarest book I have ever bought, and it normally goes for roughly 100 bucks.
I now need to purchase the infinite space artbook(which is about 250 bucks) and the first Valkyria Chronicles artbook(same price) and that will be...well, everything.
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Public K-12 are already generally understaffed and/or underpaid. Firing incompetent teachers won't change anything until they get directly compensated for their work. Maybe look at student improvement from beginning to end of the school year. The more improvement the more pay they get.
Teachers unions have vehemently opposed merit-based pay since long before I was a teacher back in the 1990s. So there you have it.
High paying tech companies are known for cutting the bottom n% from their staff each year.
Being in the industry, this is an urban legend. I have friends at Apple, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, and Oracle, and GothBard has a former co-worker at (*gasp*) Facebook, and none of us have heard of this... except from people outside the tech industry who ask whether it's true.
But then they typically pay better than public K-12 schools. Any word on what charter or private K-12 schools pay their teaching staff?
Public school salaries are public. And here's where it's depressing:
I have a Ph.D., 20 years of tutoring experience, 9 years in front of college students, another 6 years in front of engineers and tech workers, and a lifetime in education.
To work at Albany High School I'd need to go back to school for a year to get a teaching credential and then start off at $61,938 a year. Which is less than I was making back in 2001 after my first raise at my first tech job.
The median family income in Albany is $95,400. You'd need to have an advanced degree and work for the school district for 19 years to make that much. Impus Minor was doing research for his econ class and found a job posting for a fresh-out-of-college kid with the degree he's seeking at $96,000/year.
So yeah, the numbers are brutal.
It's sad. I was talking to Impus Major about it this morning. Educating kids isn't profitable. Therefore it's left to the government to do it. But people hate taxes and they don't trust the government so they don't want to give the government any money to do it. And our educational system is terrible. Go figure.
(I can hardly blame them. "Based on a true story" because I forget what they were actually buying, but the gist is the same: Parents at one school started raising money to pay for a drama teacher for their school. The district told them they couldn't make the schools unequal, so unless the parents would pay for drama teachers at ALL the schools the district would not accept a free teacher.)
EDIT: And having worked at both private and public schools, private schools pay worse. They just have much better working conditions, making them far more attractive.
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I have the perfect solution. People should stop having babies. After a few years there won't be need for teachers anymore. No kids, no problem.
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Why are you looking at me like that?!
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As for teachers, I grew up next door to two and another lived across the street and down one house. Nice neighbors and I had friends who were in their class(es) and liked them. They weren't living in the worst neighborhood, far from it, and they always had at least one late model car around. Solidly middle class. I remember my mom talking with the next door teacher one summer and her saying that the toughest part of her job were the parents. Looking back on my middle school experience and you couldn't pay me enough to teach the middle grades.Between the unions, totally disengaged parents and the helicopter parents, I don't know how the situation gets fixed because that covers a large majority of kids.
Were those teachers in a two income home? Don't simply assume they could afford it on a single teacher's salary. I'm going to make the possibly incorrect assumption that you weren't privy to their total financial situations.
My mother was a teacher from 1972 to 2005. She got the house in the divorce in 1975, along with sole custody of one terrible child with health issues. Mom had a Masters degree plus 20 hours towards her PhD. She never completed her PhD because she wouldn't have earned any extra pay for it unless she either went into school administration or taught at the collegiate level.
Mom believed that as a teacher you make the most difference at the high school level. By college it was too late. Becoming a principal or superintendent meant not teaching at all. She stuck to that belief and principle.
I'll say that again. There was no pay level that included a PhD. Not unless she effectively left her family behind and tried moving to the Chicago suburbs. Remember, it wasn't the same then. No cell phones. No internet. Calling long distance could have been 20-40 bucks for a single hour-long phone call to catch up with her parents. And don't forget the cost of living difference.
The only way she was able to make it work financially was occasionally borrowing money from family. At one point, around 1988, she had to borrow money from me to buy a $500 1979 Ford Granada or we wouldn't have had a car. You cannot make it in the rural Midwest without a vehicle. It was even more true then. Think about that. Think about being a 40-year-old, highly educated, fully employed adult woman and having to borrow money from your 14-year-old kid's paper route money to buy today's equivalent of a $1200 car.
Some people don't have to think that hard about it. They're still living it as teachers.
Also, let me remind you of a more modern example: Teacher became a line cook because it paid better.
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Captain Yesterday's Odd Equipment Request Of The Day! (From Yesterday).
Text to the boss: I'm going to need a bowling ball to finish carving this bowl.
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I have a good friend who is a local public school Kindergarten teacher. Her husband is a disabled combat medic who just went through months of inpatient treatment for severe PTSD last year after a suicide attempt.
They just lost their house and had to move back in with her parents with their eight year old daughter because they can't make ends meet.
She's considering quitting teaching.
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True story!
In the 80s when we moved to Wisconsin my Dad made more working at a cheese factory then he did teaching in Illinois, Texas, Florida, or Georgia.
Full disclosure, once he did get a teaching job in Wisconsin it did pay more than the cheese factory job, but that's because it was in Madison.
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Okay, maybe it's tech companies proportion non-COLA raises according to where employees fall out in the company rankings and then cut from the bottom when there's a need to RIF.
Even more importantly: Tech companies don't give COLA raises.
If you're a public school teacher, your salary goes up every year. If you're in the tech industry, unless you're in the top nn%, you're unlikely to get a raise at all, so your net salary goes down every year.
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Is that why America is going to crap, everyone wants to be paid in cola?!
Is that why America is going to crap, everyone wants to be paid in cola?!
I'd be happy to pay you with exposure or clout, if you would like.
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I have the perfect solution. People should stop having babies. After a few years there won't be need for teachers anymore. No kids, no problem.
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Why are you looking at me like that?!
Even better idea, just get rid of the people. No people, no kids! No kids, no problem!
Is that why America is going to crap, everyone wants to be paid in cola?!
The secret is revealed!!