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| Topic | Baby Boomers are starting to retire and the economy is starting to tank. |
| Zanzenburger 05/07/18 3:44:23 PM #8 | Any way you look at it, we are headed for another financial crisis in the US. The question is, which one will hit first, the housing crisis exploding, the wage gap getting too out of hand, automation crippling the workforce, or the retirees problem as stated in this topic. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | what's up the rise of this "everybody's right" mentality? |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/18 5:32:53 PM #11 | This is simply a step in popular theories of cognitive development (i.e. William Perry's work). Step 1: Dualism (usually seen in very young or immature stage in life) Everything is black and white. You are either right or wrong. Things are good or bad. If I am right, you can't possibly be right if your answer is different. Step 2: Multiplicity (usually seen in college or among college-level education) There can be more than one right opinion. Different perspectives and life experiences makes it so that everyone's opinion is correct. Step 3: Relativism (typically happens towards end of formal education/emergence into adulthood) Whether you are right or wrong is dependent on the weight of your evidence. What makes you right? Credentials, research, facts, experience are all factors that come into play to determine how "right" you are. Step 4: Commitment to Relativism (Later years in life) Similar to Step 3, but this is built upon years of life experience to help you make those kinds of judgment calls, other than just theoretical ideas. Granted, you can still live your whole life and never leave the dualism stage. Both education and life experience can help progression through the stages. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Dis is a normal sized turtle. |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/18 4:33:45 PM #17 | ImTheMacheteGuy posted... Zanzenburger posted...I'm inclined to believe this is a more typical size for a turtle. Oops. I put in a new link. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Dis is a normal sized turtle. |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/18 4:03:25 PM #14 | I'm inclined to believe this is a more typical size for a turtle.  --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone? |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/18 3:35:32 PM #49 | As a business owner, the biggest struggle I face is that high school students are too busy with their extra-curriculars. Sports, band practice, drama club, junior leadership, tumbling, FFA, FBLA, volunteering, youth groups, etc. It all takes up their time because their parents say they need it for college. For me, the best thing I can do is increase my retention so I don't have to look for employees as much. I only pay $8 an hour at my laser tag place, but I am super flexible with work hours and time off, and what they can do while they are there. If it's slow, they can play laser tag, sing karaoke, make themselves some food, whatever. They get Christmas bonuses and pretty much dictate the hours they want to work. But when it gets busy, they are expected to give it their all. Mediocrity is not tolerated. It's worked out pretty well and I've had the same employees for 3 years work all their way through high school/college. My assistant manager is a senior in high school and he's better than most managers I've worked with. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Returns vs. Tropic Freeze |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/18 2:01:50 PM #1 | For those who have played both DK games, what are your thoughts? I beat Returns on Wii U a while back. It was decent, but nothing special. How's Tropical Freeze compared to Returns? EDIT: Tropical freeze, not Tropic Freeze lol --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Arizona teachers end walkout after winning 20% raise |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/18 9:37:43 AM #13 | DifferentialEquation posted... Lol, I love how these teachers love to paint themselves as just poor opprrssed educators and are demanding their pay increase 20% over thr next 2-3 years. That's a lot. They can obviously ask for whatever they want, but it's hard to take their "I'm a victim" rhetoric seriously. I can't speak for Arizona because I haven't been following their news. But in the other states that have been doing this, teacher raises were only a small part of the ask. Mostly they just wanted better school funding for textbooks, classroom supplies, and raises for support staff. It's ridiculous teachers are expected to purchase their own supplies for their classroom. What other industry requires that of its employees? --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Arizona teachers end walkout after winning 20% raise |
| Zanzenburger 05/04/18 9:33:03 AM #6 | MrK3V posted... Let's see how Oklahoma does. Oklahoma did nothing. They ended the strike under the same terms that they started with. Their union claimed it as a victory for unknown reasons (likely to save face) and are instead pushing their efforts towards the November legislative races. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Dubbing stuff with Ed, Edd n Eddy sound effects is the greatest meme ever. |
| Zanzenburger 05/01/18 4:10:22 PM #4 | I think it fits better with the Deadpool scene:  --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | What do you think of this "Toto: Africa" cover? |
| Zanzenburger 05/01/18 3:58:17 PM #8 | This will always be my favorite cover.  Marry me. <3 --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | why study at harvard |
| Zanzenburger 05/01/18 11:25:56 AM #5 | Flockaveli posted... Free spicy chicken sandwiches for life.  --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Has there ever been a top-down beatemup? |
| Zanzenburger 04/30/18 3:41:16 PM #23 | Doesn't the newest No More Heroes game technically fit this? --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Has there ever been a top-down beatemup? |
| Zanzenburger 04/30/18 10:51:06 AM #10 | KILBOTz posted... Weezy_Tha_Don posted...wasnt there a ninja turtles game kind of like that? I remember playing it as a kid That's what I was thinking. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Do you usually get the recommended 8 hrs of sleep a night? |
| Zanzenburger 04/30/18 10:42:39 AM #20 | Yes, I get the full eight. I am an early bird, meaning I am in bed by around 10pm, sometimes 11pm. It allows me to get up early for work and still get my required sleep. What's amazing is I even managed this with the three kids I fostered for a while. They were surprisingly good at staying asleep all night. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Renting an apartment for life |
| Zanzenburger 04/30/18 10:39:11 AM #21 | You can't go wrong with real estate if you can afford the payments. It's always an appreciating investment. I "own" my house and the building where I run my laser tag facility. I say "own" because I am making mortgage payments for both. I am about to move to another job in another state. Instead of selling, I am renting out my house (for double the mortgage cost btw) and will either sell my business or close it down and lease out the space. This way both buildings are paid for by tenants and help me pay off the mortgages. Once they are paid off, I can sell them and become $250k richer all at once. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Avengers Infinity War Topic *MAJOR SPOILERS* |
| Zanzenburger 04/27/18 10:13:05 AM #68 | tremain07 posted... Zanzenburger posted...DarthAragorn posted...1NfamousACE_2 posted...DoctorVader posted...Also very little Hulk in this. Don't get Hulk's "no!!!!!" yet. It seems so. I read somewhere that Thor: Ragnarok was supposed to start a "trilogy" of plot for the Hulk character. I guess this is it. Gradual character development for the green guy. It's also forced Banner to try to figure things out without him, as we saw how he handled that one dude in IW with the mech suit. Pretty clever. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Still trying to understand why blatant product placement in film bothers people. |
| Zanzenburger 04/27/18 10:02:58 AM #26 | Questionmarktarius posted... DevsBro posted...On the other hand, sometimes it's played up in a self-aware meta way for laughs, and that can be pretty entertaining.  --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Inside Out is one Pixars' best movies. |
| Zanzenburger 04/27/18 9:36:04 AM #10 | I really enjoyed the movie and the themes it portrayed. However, I felt more emotionally invested with Osmosis Jones when they did the concept (albeit from a biological vs. neurological standpoint). I know it's a movie for kids, but making the main character a little girl I think limited its potential. Having an adult outside the wheel may have given more complexity to the movie as their emotions are more nuanced. Kinda like Ratatouille except instead of a mouse it's feelings. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Avengers Infinity War Topic *MAJOR SPOILERS* |
| Zanzenburger 04/27/18 9:33:22 AM #65 | DarthAragorn posted... 1NfamousACE_2 posted...DoctorVader posted...Also very little Hulk in this. Don't get Hulk's "no!!!!!" yet. Up until this point, I don't think Hulk has lost a single battle. At least, it was never this one-sided. I think after the events of Thor:Ragnarok, Hulk started developing emotions other than rage, as we saw when he was talking to Valkrye and Thor how he didn't want to go away. I think this added complexity to his personality instilled fear in him for the first time when he fought with Thanos. He's never felt it before and was unable to handle it. It's something that Banner will have to coach him through to learn to accept it and embrace it. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Aubrey Plaza is in Legion? |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 4:50:23 PM #18 | DarkChozoGhost posted... I won't spoil anything, but you will understand why they were able to change the character so much for her after watching. Oh, I saw the whole first season. I'm sure they changed some stuff to fit her after the fact. Still a cool tidbit I didn't know. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | I'm currently trekking through Rock Tunnel in Pokemon Blue, CE! |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 4:29:59 PM #23 | Ic3Bullet posted... Sandshrew is just tagging along as my CUT guy until I can find a Krabby so I can teach him cut, surf, and strength. Plus he might be useful against Koga later on. I did a full runthrough with only 4 Sandshrew/Sandslash with varying movesets. That was fun. This was Ruby/Sapphire though. Very underrated pokemon. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | biggest mistake you've ever made at work? |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 3:50:05 PM #23 | I walked in on a student in her underwear getting out of the shower. I was doing dorm checks and I guess she didn't hear me knocking. So I keyed in, and she walked out right as I was walking in. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Aubrey Plaza is in Legion? |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 3:48:09 PM #16 | DarkChozoGhost posted... The role was for a middle aged man, but she auditioned for it and did so well they gave her it to her anyway. If that's true, that's awesome. I love it when things like that happen. It makes you rethink the role and how it may avert specific stereotypes because it was written with a man in mind. Another good example is Salt. The titular role of Salt was originally intended for a guy, until they gave it to Angelina Jolie. You can definitely tell the gender shift in the first 15 minutes of the movie, when she's being tortured in her underwear. Hollywood movies don't typically show physical torture of women heroes; that's something more common with male heroes. Women heroes are usually seen as effortlessly beating the baddies, or getting out of a tough spot right before being hurt dramatically. You can also see throughout the movies how she subverts various female hero tropes due to the fact it was originally a male role. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | What makes Rogue more attractive than Jean Grey? |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 3:44:45 PM #19 | Alucard188 posted... I was all about Jubilee back then. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | *creates job listing* |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 3:41:48 PM #11 | Also, this: *lists minimum requirements* *lists preferred requirements* *applies with all minimum, some preferred requirements* *gets rejection letter saying you don't meet requirements* If the preferred requirements are actually the minimum, then just state it as such. Don't waste the applicants' time. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | *creates job listing* |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 3:40:03 PM #10 | I've been looking for some faculty positions in online colleges and generally this is what I see as requirements: - PhD or other terminal degree - Years of teaching experience - Tons of publications - Conference presentations - Experience designing curriculum or instructional technology - Years of experience in specific niche duties of that discipline that most faculty don't even do under their normal jobs Oh, and these are for part time adjunct positions. It only gets worse with full time (non-tenure track) lecturer positions. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Yoga poses |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 3:16:56 PM #11 | Vol2tex posted... Zanzenburger posted...Did you take these? That's actually why I asked. I've always wondered why that isn't a thing. I work with a lot of art students who do figure drawing, and it's always a generic sitting or standing poses here or there. Why don't people get more creative? I assumed you took those as reference shots for your drawings. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Why is Wikipedia article on humans have? |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 3:15:16 PM #24 | ledbowman posted... Kolibri X posted..."Conservation status - Least concern" This made me laugh harder than it should have. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Yoga poses |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 2:55:58 PM #8 | Did you take these? --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | I went to a job fair today. |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 2:50:59 PM #2 | Cool! What were your expectations going into the job fair? --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Are there any simple/manual labor part time jobs |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 2:50:27 PM #15 | Lawn mowing is big business in cities/towns with lots of yards. If I wait like a day or two too long before mowing my yard, I'll get like 4-5 people a day knocking on my door offering to mow my yard. If you can make the investment of a push mower, it's an easy way to make money on the weekends during warmer months. Even though I had a ride mower, I sold it and found it more practical just to pay a guy to mow my lawn every two weeks. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Whips are lame weapons, PROVE ME WRONG |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 10:56:09 AM #5 | Selfie_Account posted... Dammit you beat me to it. Here's the full video of that scene:  --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | This site's mods are becoming a joke. Warned for an offensive answer? |
| Zanzenburger 04/24/18 10:45:51 AM #25 | thelovefist posted... Muffinz0rz posted...thelovefist posted...Rika_Furude posted...voldothegr8 posted...lukehan99 posted...There's nothing more to it. It is literally "dirty p" This is true, but it will always be looked at by a second mod before being forwarded to the original mod. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | We need to move away from the 8-5 work model. |
| Zanzenburger 04/20/18 12:31:56 PM #10 | Drpooplol posted... Zanzy! How are you, the wife, the kids, and the business going? It's been a while since I've seen you around. lol, just got done with the "peak" season at my job. Haven't had a moment really till today. Family's fine. Well, I don't have the kids anymore. Fostering just wasn't working out. Long story. Business still strong. Actually on the job market. I may be moving in a few weeks. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | We need to move away from the 8-5 work model. |
| Zanzenburger 04/20/18 12:21:29 PM #4 | Itachi157 posted... Personally I'm so swamped with stuff that I can easily fill 8 hours, with more constantly trickling in. Is this all the time, or seasonal? There are "peak" seasons in my job where 8 hours aren't enough, but once those peak seasons are over, things die down again and I have nothing to do for a few weeks. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | We need to move away from the 8-5 work model. |
| Zanzenburger 04/20/18 12:13:34 PM #1 | It served its purpose when it was created, but now times have changed. With technology, a lot of work is done throughout the day from different locations, at different times, for different reasons. Forcing you to stay in an office 8-5 every day is pointless, as most of the time there isn't enough to do for 8 hours every day. At the very least, businesses should be trying different work models. Pay for output, not necessarily for hours worked. If you can get a day's work done in 3 hours, and of sufficient quality, why shouldn't you be allowed to leave? Or for other industries, work is done at random hours, like lab work that is done in the evening, or meetings that are done virtually accounting for different time zones, or event-specific industries like catering and audio/visual companies. If companies want to stick with the 40-hour standard, at least allow for more flexible hours that don't fall within the traditional range. Or allow working from home, as jobs are increasingly being done on computers. This obviously doesn't include industries like retail or other customer service jobs where daytime availability is key. But even then, why do most customer service industries only open 8-5? I think society as a whole would benefit from having different hours. Have dentists that are open from 4pm-10pm. Have tag agencies, post offices, or insurance companies that vary in hours. It's a slow day at work today and I could be doing something more productive elsewhere, but I'm stuck here till 5pm for no reason other than I'm being paid to do so. Thoughts? --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | So far, Andy is like the coolest dude on parks and recreation |
| Zanzenburger 04/20/18 12:04:46 PM #14 | fenderbender321 posted... Rob Lowe's character was terrible in that show. Not as bad as that Mark Brandonodniwizciczcs guy, but still pretty bad. I don't know why anyone would think that kind of character is funny. He's just nice all the time, and they don't do anything funny with it. I found him amusing, if only because in college I was seen as that guy. Optimistic all the time. Then I hit a similar low point as him and then became more balanced later on. So I guess I can relate. And I found the exaggerated niceness hilarious imo. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Cosplay Babes |
| Zanzenburger 04/20/18 10:36:44 AM #7 | *clicked first pic* Welp, should've known better than to open this at work. <_< --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | I hope Swery makes his game about a schoolgirl deeding to solve crimes >_> |
| Zanzenburger 04/19/18 5:47:23 PM #6 | Questionmarktarius posted... Actually, the premise would make for a workable "eccentric police consultant" show on one of the premium cable channels. I'm picturing a show in the style of iZombie but on Showtime and with this concept instead of the zombie angle. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Supreme Court upholds a law banning sex offenders from being in public parks. |
| Zanzenburger 04/19/18 5:44:50 PM #76 | FreedomEtrtment posted... fenderbender321 posted...FreedomEtrtment posted...What's stopping them from killing the kid to get rid of witnesses then? There's a reason why practically every judicial system in the world treats sexual molestation less harsh than murder and unlawful killings. Your personal knee-jerk reaction is your problem. This made me laugh for some reason. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Supreme Court upholds a law banning sex offenders from being in public parks. |
| Zanzenburger 04/19/18 4:27:49 PM #20 | The issue with this is that the bar for getting put on the sex offenders registry list is pretty low. People can get on that list for peeing outside, having consensual sex in a car, etc. They really need to tighten the leash on who gets on that list if they are making the restrictions more severe. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Does wishing you, as a man, were a girl make you trans? |
| Zanzenburger 04/13/18 4:15:05 PM #19 |  --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen officially under criminal investigation |
| Zanzenburger 04/13/18 3:55:57 PM #12 | littlebro07 posted... What if Trump honestly did nothing wrong but almost every single person he's hired has broken the law and he legitimately didn't know anything bad was going on Sounds like a genius idea for a sitcom on Showtime. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen officially under criminal investigation |
| Zanzenburger 04/13/18 3:48:59 PM #6 | Cohen's attorney, Todd Harrison, and President Donald Trump's attorney, Joanna Hendon, asked for an adjournment earlier Friday session so they could review DOJ filing. Hendon says her firm, Spears & Imes LLP, was engaged by Trump on Wednesday and she was "not prepared" to present her argument. lol, even she realizes the mess she's working with. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Black teen gets shot after knocking on door to ask for directions to school |
| Zanzenburger 04/13/18 12:20:01 PM #48 | eston posted... Again, investigators literally have video of the entire interaction and arrested the shooter based on what they saw Shh, they don't want you focusing on that part. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Target to pay 3.74 million for discrimination against blacks and Hispanics |
| Zanzenburger 04/13/18 10:23:29 AM #127 | Balrog0 posted... Targets background check policy was out of step with best practices and harmful to many qualified applicants who deserved a fair shot at a good job, said Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at LDF. Criminal background information can be a legitimate tool for screening job applicants, but only when appropriately linked to relevant questions such as how long ago the offense occurred and whether it was a non-violent or misdemeanor offense. Overly broad background screenings unfairly limit opportunities for Black and Latino applicants due to widespread discrimination at every stage in the criminal justice system. We commend Target for agreeing to this settlement, which will help create economic opportunities for deserving Americans. Also, my post earlier was right if this is the case. People are quick to go to extremes and bring up murderers amd rapists. Those are not the people being unfairly targeted with these processes. It is people with single misdemeanors from long ago that are completely irrelevant to the job. Or nonviolent felonies. Punishing a 35 year old because of something stupid they did at age 18 isn't right. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Target to pay 3.74 million for discrimination against blacks and Hispanics |
| Zanzenburger 04/13/18 10:17:25 AM #125 | I think a lot of you need to watch "The Last OG" on TBS with Tracy Morgan. It is a pretty good representation of what ex-cons go through when they are rehabilitated and try to reintegrate into society. It's not pretty as the world is against you. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | Target to pay 3.74 million for discrimination against blacks and Hispanics |
| Zanzenburger 04/12/18 5:03:35 PM #62 | eggcorn posted... Zanzenburger posted...This is an interesting case. Personally, I think that the amount is kinda ridiculous for Target doing something that most businesses due as standard practice. Which part? Not checking the reason for a criminal record, or the fine print saying a criminal record doesn't automatically disqualify you for a job? If you mean the former, I have been on at least 10 different hiring committees across five companies where they don't take more than a second glance at an application with a criminal record. Regarding the latter, I think I've applied for at least 500 jobs in the last three years, and every single position for a company that hires people with a criminal past has that statement somewhere on their application or their website. Either that or they will clearly state somewhere that they don't consider people with criminal records. This does not count felony convictions, though. There are far fewer companies that will hire felons, compared to people with lesser crimes and misdemeanors. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
| Topic | "If you want to get a raise you have to make yourself more valuable" |
| Zanzenburger 04/12/18 4:56:20 PM #15 | Stewman_Magoo posted... And this. I've inherited two other jobs that I shouldn't be responsible for because I get s*** done, and the people I inherit work from get to sit on their ass. This happened to me. In my case, our offices were consolidating due to budget, so as a person moved on to a new job, I'd get their responsibilities. Out of the 4 times that happened, I only got a pay raise once, yet no actual promotion in title. I still get paid way below the national average for my position. I'm a finalist in two jobs for companies out of state who are offering more than double my current salary. Moving jobs really is the only way to move up nowadays. Gotta have a competitor steal you away. --- Congratulations! Your post was deemed response-worthy. |
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