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MeFi post:
Carlos Is an Asian at Heart
"Any genetic theory that explains a minority's comparatively high educational attainment needs to be able to explain why African-Americans do so poorly in school and African Immigrants do so well—better than Asian-American students, statistically."
Those aren't necessarily genetically identical groups, since neither are a representative sample of all Africans.
African-Americans whose families pre-date the Civil War... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 5:15 AM on July 24, 2008
"Asians are "smarter" because their parents expect them to be."
What if having high or low expectations for your children is partially genetic?
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 7:11 AM on July 24, 2008
"Human beings do not naturally occur in "races," and there's no categorization into which they naturally fall."
Not exactly.
http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/01/race-current-consensus.php
Most interesting bit: "The basis for this assertion comes from a paper (open access) by a different set of researchers at Stanford, who assembled a group of Americans who identified themselves as either... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 2:29 PM on July 25, 2008
MeFi post:
A new jug ships clean
I FUCKING HATE THIS JUG
IMPOSSIBLE TO POUR
SPILLS MILK EVERYWHERE
UGH
WHY DO THEY MESS UP STUFF THAT WORKS FINE
WHY
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 5:15 PM on June 30, 2008
MeFi post:
10 Examples Of How To Ruin A Picture
Oh... thanks.
It was a relatively new post that didn't seem to be linked from many places yet, and the photos were new-to-me, so it didn't occur to me that they might have just swiped/recycled photos from previously linked sources. :(
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 1:35 AM on May 12, 2008
MeFi post:
"Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?"
Schools are toxic. Don't send your children there. Even if they aren't the targets of bullies, they witness the violence and learn to accept it as OK. Or worse, they learn to join in on the bullying themselves.
Sending your child to school is a decision to turn your child into either a victim or a bad person. Homeschool! If anyone asks you, "but what about socialization?" tell them that you don't want your children socialized into the values and behaviors... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 7:52 AM on March 24, 2008
washburn: "I'm not sure how much good it will do, but I went ahead and sent Mr. Wolfe a brief message of support via his Facebook profile."
Facebook says:
"Billy has one friend."
Let's remedy that and all friend him on Facebook as a show of support.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 8:25 AM on March 24, 2008
"We're about two steps away from Idiocracy's "Ow, My Balls!" as it is."
Are you unaware of the show/movie Jackass? "Ow, My Balls!" is already here.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 9:38 AM on March 24, 2008
Many commenters in this thread don't seem to be aware than 1 out of every 25 people are sociopaths.
Kids who are bullied aren't bullied because there's something wrong with them, but because there's something wrong with the bullies. Bullies are young sociopaths. Our society fails to restrain these people, and they grow up to inflict tremendous harm on everyone around them.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 9:45 AM on March 24, 2008
"Very few people are chronic victims of bullying who don't also have some major issues at home."
I was a chronic victim of bullying -- in multiple schools -- and I didn't have "major issues" at home. No abuse of any kind. The closest I had to "issues" at home is my parents divorced when I was 8, but it was relatively amicable, and they had joint custody so I saw them both. (I later had "issues" during my puberty/teen years of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 10:23 AM on March 24, 2008
"3. Corner the bullies yourself armed with a nine-iron and beat the mother-loving hell out of them. A few months in ICU should convince them to leave your kid alone."
Unfortunately, this would most likely be followed by:
4. Agonize over the abuse and bullying that happens to your child in the foster home he or she is living in while you're in prison.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 10:26 AM on March 24, 2008
He friended me back, yay!
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 2:06 PM on March 26, 2008
MeFi post:
Coming Home
A lot of people incorrectly conflate panhandlers with homeless people. Many panhandlers have homes, and they beg because the money is better and the work is easier than getting a job. Many homeless people have jobs and would never consider begging. Although there is some overlap between the groups, that overlap isn't big enough to discuss them as if they are the same group of people.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 7:55 AM on March 23, 2008
Jacqueline: Many panhandlers have homes, and they beg because the money is better and the work is easier than getting a job.
grimcity: I've heard that before, but I've never believed it. I guess because none of the panhandlers I've met in Baton Rouge and NOLA didn't fit that image, so until I see data I'm calling bullshit. If I'm wrong, fine, but I've never seen anything that remotely resembled that situation... on the surface it sounds like an extension of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 1:10 PM on March 23, 2008
It's better to give to programs that help the homeless than to give to panhandlers, since the panhandlers who are best at it (and thus are the ones receiving most of the money that is given to panhandlers) are the "professionals" who often aren't actually homeless. Or, look for someone who is obviously homeless but is not begging and give the money directly to them.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 2:06 PM on March 23, 2008
"And for every one of them I'd wager there are three more of people truly suffering."
And if a "con artist" panhandler makes more than three times as much money as a "truly suffering" panhandler makes, then even if there are three times as many "truly suffering" people as "con artists", when you give to a panhandler your money is still more likely to go to a "con artist" than a "truly... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 2:57 PM on March 23, 2008
"There are many, many better ways to help the poor and homeless than giving money to panhandlers."
Like, if you're accustomed to giving your spare change to panhandlers, keep it and put it in a jar inside your door every day when you come home. At the end of the month (or whatever time period) take the jar to whatever local charity you know is doing good things to help the homeless or reduce poverty and give all your change to them instead.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 3:03 PM on March 23, 2008
If you still feel that you should give money to panhandlers, please consider this:
You have to accept that there are at least SOME professional panhandlers, and that the professionals (due to their higher levels of organization and effort) are getting a disproportionate share of the money given to panhandlers. So take whatever ratios you believe those to be, however high or low YOU think they are, do the math, and figure out what percentage of the money that you give to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 3:32 PM on March 23, 2008
"It seems an awful lot of thought is going into figuring out ways and reasons not to give money to people and less to actual helping."
OK, point taken.
I think that the most effective strategy to ending homelessness are the "Housing First" programs -- that is, rent apartments for the homeless to live in so they are no longer homeless. EVERY other problem a homeless person has that is causing his or her... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 4:19 PM on March 23, 2008
"So what you're saying is that we should give well?"
I think you should do your own research on the effectiveness of charities rather than relying on a website with shady marketing practices. For homelessness, your focus should probably be on local charities that are unlikely to be covered by that website.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 9:31 AM on March 24, 2008
MeFi post:
Great moments in entrepeneurial inspiration
I think people who get concealed carry permits should be able to carry on campus as well. In the states I've lived in (Washington and Nevada), that requires being 21 and passing a background check. In Nevada you also have to take a class.
How is a college campus so different from everywhere else that someone licensed to carry concealed shouldn't be allowed to carry there as well?
I know I would feel a lot safer. Although my concern is more... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 9:13 AM on March 24, 2008
MeFi post:
Be my baby
We had a guy like that who frequented the Denny's near my undergraduate school. The waiters would freak out and not know where to seat him, so we'd tell them it was OK to seat him near us. He'd have his bottle of chocolate milk and tell us about his Barbies. We'd go ahead and indulge him by talking to him like he was a little girl. Very very weird, but harmless.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 6:29 PM on March 17, 2008
MeFi post:
Doing More With Less: In Defense of Creative Loafing
Several commenters in this thread don't seem to realize that unemployment insurance is unemployment *insurance*, not an unemployment savings account. If you start collecting unemployment benefits, unless you are collecting for a short time or have a long work history, it will almost certainly be far more than was paid on your behalf by your employer.
The amount varies from state to state, and by your employer's unemployment experience rating, but in Nevada my company... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 3:46 AM on March 13, 2008
MeFi post:
Mars Ain't The Kind Of Place To Raise Your Kids
I would go if I could bring my husband and enough supplies and equipment to give us a reasonable chance to live out our natural lives and ways to send and receive both private and broadcast communications from earth. Better yet if we're only the first and other one-way colonists will follow us as is feasible. Then it's not a mission of now return, its the start of colonization, and getting the first means we get first dibs on all the good stuff.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 11:20 PM on March 8, 2008
ugh, should not comment under ambien.
Last sentence should read, :Then it's not a mission of no return, it's the start of colonization, and getting there first means we get first dibs on all the good stuff"
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 11:27 PM on March 8, 2008
MeFi post:
how to revise a resume
"Interview me and I'll tell you what I have done and can do, and call my references to check on it. Simple."
Spoken as someone who obviously has no clue how many dozens or hundreds of resumes are received in response to one open job position. It is impossible to interview everyone who applies for an opening, especially if your job includes other duties besides hiring.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 12:09 AM on February 26, 2008
MeFi post:
Mmmmwah!
"I feel like you're the momma bird, and I'm the baby bird, and you're feeding me."
You're doing it wrong.
posted to MetaFilter by Jacqueline
at 10:50 PM on February 21, 2008
