porksnort

joined 1 week ago
[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 10 points 8 hours ago

I really need supervision.

No, really, I am a danger to myself and others. Please keep an eye on me

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 hours ago

About what time should I come over?

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 hours ago

The People v Larry Flynt sets a precedent for smut peddlers taking a necessary moral stance, I guess

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 7 points 20 hours ago

See my comment to OP for a recentish publication that shows the same thing all studies previously have shown. You are quite correct.

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 17 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

No one that has looked at this in a serious way agrees with you.

From the abstract:

“These results suggest that the movements involved in handwriting allow a greater memorization of new words. The advantage of handwriting over typing might also be caused by a more positive mood during learning. Finally, our results show that handwriting with a digital pen and tablet can increase the ability to learn compared with keyboard typing once the individuals are accustomed to it.”

Handwriting helps retention better than typing.

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 1 points 22 hours ago

They really just seem to want to avoid challenging conversations, don’t they?

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

True true.

Imagine further if Henry Wallace had not been replaced as FDR’s VP by Truman just a few months before FDR died. We would have had a real scientist (HW was a corn geneticist who founded the first hybrid corn seed company) at the helm.

The post-world war 2 world would have developed very differently.

(sigh)

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow, thanks for that. I struggled for decades and also had a difficult time after a breakthrough. I describe it as being released from a long stint in prison, but there is no one to pick you up at the gate. There’s still a long walk ahead of you.

Yeah things are much better now, but my life path is still altered forever, there’s no going back.

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

True, but such a shame.

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

Nah, didn’t miss it. We are just talking past each other as happens online, nbd. $1.7k is surely not enough to live on. Yet, it can make a huge difference to a low income person.

I do not know your circumstances, poverty is a unique experience that people who grew up with even just a tiny bit more security seem to not truly understand. We have sayings like ‘grinding poverty’ for a reason. IYKYK.

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

If you insist. My ass is very shapely as a result of dedication to that cause and I draw attention to it whenever possible.

In this essay, I will ….

[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Yeah, I mean the Clintons were balls-deep in the origin of Third Way. Center-left, my shapley ass. They make Goldwater Republicans look progressive.

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