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Comment I've seen examples of why the decline (Score 1) 215

So my kids brought home some homework just last week. Numbers with 6 digits are hundreds of thousands... but the instructions on the textbook also show them to read those numbers as thousands of hundreds. What the FUCK? I know it's beneficial to teach children how to do things multiple ways, but what kind of a stupid way is it to call 500,000 a "five thousands of hundreds"?

Comment Don't mix politics with entertainment (Score 2, Interesting) 77

Not just Netflix but others too have been injecting political ideologies into their contents. I have absolutely no issues with their political views, but I don't think trying to express those views in the movies/shows would be a beneficial thing because there's always people who disagree. Those who don't agree won't watch, and as they talk to their friends/families, those don't watch either.

A solid example: Star Trek Discovery. They went completely out of their way to put two things into the series: DEI and LGBT. Every single person of authority in this series is a woman, some black. Then they put in multiple non-binary persons in, some with relationship, some not. These didn't bother at all. In fact I watched the whole thing simply because I love Star Trek. But there are a lot of the audience disagree to a point that they'll stop watching after a few episodes.

Comment Time has changed (Score 1) 129

GenZ grew up with full access to the internet, which is filled with information. A vast amount of that information are toxic, brainwashing, misdis-information. A well rounded person knows clearly right from wrong and they won't be influenced by the bad data. The not so solid folks allow those info to drive them from day to day and it makes them arrogant, ignorant, entitled, rude, disrespectful, dishonest. They enter the workforce with those attitude and it's hard for them to hold the job for long. It's not that they don't want to stay in tech, it's because they can't. Tech industry requires solid people with analytical ability, fast thinking, team work, problem solving, adaptability all on top of technical skills. If a person has been infested with bad data too much, they cannot survive the environment, which they'll in turn call out with all kinds of accusations.

Comment Credibility? (Score 1) 321

I'm confused as to how a credit union employee is authorized to speak on national level matters. I'm asking genuinely because I'm clueless. This is not a political statement, nor am I seeking one. Can someone help me understand her credibility?

Comment Re:It's completely different now (Score 1) 211

About real estates... even the OGs, well established people are having difficulties with the mortgage since the interest rates are so high. The same property, same mortgage numbers, compared to 2021, the payment now is double. So yeah sure the younger adults will have a tough time. Costs of living are much higher now and it makes it a lot more difficult to save up for the down payment. And forget about a job that moves with inflation. You want that, you'll have to get a new job.

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