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Comment Re:$6 Million Damages is a Mosquito Bite (Score 1) 103

But there are potentially a huge number of these lawsuits pending, and a few million here, and a few million there, and soon it is real money.

Thank you Senator Dirksen". Most people today don't remember who first said that, or that the bit about "a few million here and a few million there" was added by a reporter, but even Democrats agree that this Republican was right. Thank you for reminding us that truth can come from both sides of the aisle.

Comment Re: Gotto work on that math (Score 1) 73

You can have both, an actual threshold with an estimated 1% chance of passing any given year, and also not happened in the past 40 years. Also it's an expression for anything that feels about like those odds.

A hundred year flood can happen tomorrow, it's still considered a hundred year flood if the chance of it happening next year is still 1%.

Comment Re:China is terrible (Score 1) 51

While I agree with you the poster's hyperbolic analogy was off the mark. And perhaps now I'm being a bit off topic, but I do need approval from my county government to add an electrical outlet to my house. I think the permit was around $150. Luckily I am allowed to do the work myself, so I don't need to hire anyone licensed.
Turns out having a society means there are rules in order to coexist. Ideally rules that benefit people in that society and if it is democratic in any way, that people mostly agree to follow on principle rather than on threat.

Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 263

When ADHD negatively impacts your life, it is time to seek treatment options. Medication can be very effective in most individuals, and both children and adults have a lot of self-doubt tied up into the troubles with executive function that ADHD/ADD bring.

While it is true that modern public school systems, especially how they operate in the United States, was in many ways designed to create obedient factory workers for the industrial revolution. That sufferers of ADHD don't thrive in that environment is a symptom of a greater challenge that individual is facing, simply removing our arcane repressive education system doesn't suddenly fix everything for someone with ADHD. I completely agree with the sentiment that public schools are not looking out for what is in the best interest of the children. A problem that exists for children that don't have ADHD as well. But even in a home school environment, the outcomes for someone with untreated ADHD is not encouraging. Not just academic outcome, but psychological, emotional, and relationship outcomes as well.

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