Haha! Yeah. That’s my plan. I did not enjoy philosophy. The teacher was good, though.
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Worst. Subject. Ever. It's the only thing I ever studied that had no practical application.
Agreed!!! It was so hard for me to understand WHY it mattered and what the hell to do with it. I do like some of the stuff that Aristotle talks about and I liked the Augustine stuff I read. But with both of those, they kind of have a more personal application or focus on the individual. Rather than society or whatever. I haven't hated a class this much since literature class. Also fuck Descartes and Kant. Both are absurd and I can't believe for one paper, I sided with Descartes over Berkeley who was somehow even more nutty! OMFG.
So, the top 3 worst subjects to me are:
1. Literature
2. Sociology
3. Philosophy (I put this one last, because I did like SOME of it and I see some personal use for Aristotle's views on virtue).
But yeah, I don't like those subjects much at all.
To balance out though, here are my top 3:
1. History (Ancient to Renaissance)
2. Foreign Languages (love German and Italian, would learn French if not dyslexic. I am sure I can, but phonics will take some time.)
3. Political Science/Law classes (I really like learning about government, Contract and bankruptcy law and legal processes.)
Congratulations!
I had no idea you were studying philosophy. Which kind? Did you do Hegelian philosophy, Aristotelian philosophy, or the sheep dip? 
No longer pre-diabetic anymore! Woo hoo! Labs came back normal
Glad to know things are normal now!
A bit confused, though. What does pre-diabetic mean? Just curious.
I'm surprised this one takes top spot. What was so bad about "Literature"? *confused*
Yay, ancient history!
I've been reading history for 25 years, and found that ancient history is the best for my historical fiction/fantasy/mythology blend. Ancient people believed in all kinds of monsters. Plus, they also believed in lots of silly stuff. Ancient medicine is particularly bonkers. I'm amazed that some of it actually worked. (But to give them their due, they had only a few ideas how the body worked).
But hey, ancient people created lots of amazingly cool stuff too. Petra. The Parthenon. The Pyramids, for chrissakes.
By the way, does it also piss you off when someone says that "the aliens built the Pyramids?" 
Let's not even get into Atlantis. Now there's a can of worms. Anyway, sorry to rant. Congrats!
THANKS! I was. It was general into to Philiosphy.Congratulations!
Because I somehow analysed readings 'wrong"? I think she wanted me to use some kinda 'critical reading' skillset and I don't use that theory or method when I read. I don't give a damn about critical anything. I read it as it is.
Yeah... It does, because it discounts skills and creations of the society and the workers and/or slaves who created the structure.By the way, does it also piss you off when someone says that "the aliens built the Pyramids?"
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is it something you would feel comfortable posting in the non-fiction workshop here? I'd love to read it.
A bit confused, though. What does pre-diabetic mean? Just curious.
The hemaglobin a1c is between 5.8 and 6. Over 6 is full diabetes.
I wasn't a fan of the academic study of literature either. I liked the books but the discussions made me want to throat punch people.
I am not sure. I think it's a good paper, but I don't want to share my teacher's questions. Because those aren't my words and I don't have permission to post the academic questions here. However, I appreciate enthusiasm! Besides, I still have my 1 freebie post for the workshop and I would rather that be a fiction piece.
Thanks!I second that emotion!!!
I wasn't even a big fan of the literature either. Like, we read Dracula and that was fun, but ugh... I couldn't with the papers. The teacher wanted abstract thought and woo-woo shit that wasn't my woo-woo shit. Mine is: Astrology, Numberology and Tarot. Her's is weird social theories.
On another note: I have been laughing my ass off at this clip for the past 2 days. I donno why it's so funny. But I LOVE the voice acting and how the character is screaming at others to relax. Something about it's so perfect and I can't explain.
Spoilers because it's a political parody from South Park and optional to watch:
Spoilers because it's a political parody from South Park and optional to watch:
I just learned that lemmings don’t really jump off cliffs. According to the nice folks at Alaska Fish and Wildlife, the story originated in a 1958 Disney nature film, White Wilderness.
According to Alaska biologists, “The lemmings supposedly committing mass suicide by leaping into the ocean were actually thrown off a cliff by the Disney filmmakers.”
For some reason, the image of Disney nature photographers shaping generations of belief by throwing rats off a cliff helps me understand why AI is so popular.
Good to know!
On a serious note, please forgive my breach of etiquette. Animal abuse isn't a proper topic for chuckles. I don't think Disney has ever been what many of us thought it was, even in its glory days.
According to Alaska biologists, “The lemmings supposedly committing mass suicide by leaping into the ocean were actually thrown off a cliff by the Disney filmmakers.”
For some reason, the image of Disney nature photographers shaping generations of belief by throwing rats off a cliff helps me understand why AI is so popular.
Good to know!
On a serious note, please forgive my breach of etiquette. Animal abuse isn't a proper topic for chuckles. I don't think Disney has ever been what many of us thought it was, even in its glory days.
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Users of a certain age may remember those old-school Leap Pads, with the cartridges and spiral-bound books you stick inside and use this touch pen on. Well, one of the books I had as a kid was a biology one with a heavy focus on different biomes, and the tundra pages had a ton lemmings hidden all around it like a “Where’s Waldo?”
The main interactive activity on that page was basically a scavenger hunt where you’d choose a tundra predator and need to find a certain number of lemmings before the ran out or less you starved.
Not quite the same as shoving lemmings off a cliff, but man, those little guys didn’t have it much better
The main interactive activity on that page was basically a scavenger hunt where you’d choose a tundra predator and need to find a certain number of lemmings before the ran out or less you starved.
Not quite the same as shoving lemmings off a cliff, but man, those little guys didn’t have it much better
Oooo, I like lists.
Three worst subjects:
1. Graduate statistics
2. Agricultural economics
3. Organic chemistry
Three best subjects
1. Plant ecology (an entire semester of field trips with no in-classroom time)
2. Collegium musicum (vocal and instrumental ensemble performing mainly Renaissance music)
3. Environmental influences (interactions of weather and environment)
I only encountered it via Islamic Studies (academic perspective, not religious. I was a Middle Eastern politics major). Islam itself, in the beginning, was pretty easy for me to understand, fairly straightforward, but then they encountered the frackin' Greeks and started noodling about with philosophy. It was near the end of the course and my weekly essay was distinctively Pol Pot-inspired, something about anytime a society progresses to the point that people can head up their own backsides like that it's time for everyone to head back to the fields and learn the real meaning of life for a spell.
Don't think I got a good mark on that one.
Disney? Glory days?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!
Allow me to present, for your reading pleasure, two stories that Disney wishes everyone forgot:
The Snow White Party that Involved Sex, Booze and Defenestration
The Pinocchio Premiere that Ended With Naked, Drunk, Gambling Dwarfs
That's right, the House of Mouse sometimes puts on a spectacle that goes very, very wrong. (But if you don't care about Disney, also very entertaining!)
I freely admit my childhood view of Disney was Fess Parker, without knowing the business pressure from Disney, characters like Scrooge McDuck, and the most intoxicating thing I've ever experienced, the Night on Bald Mountain sequence from Fantasia.Disney? Glory days?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!
Mom probably wanted to exfiltrate me from the theater when the mountain morphed into a demon. I'm very glad she didn't. I wasn't terrified. The world is full of things that will maim and kill. It's OK. Or might as well be. We can't have any fun if we try to make the world into a padded cell.
