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chyron8472

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#1188903
Topic
Random Thoughts
Time

DuracellEnergizer said:

paja said:

I wonder who would when in a Fight Indiana Jones or Han solo.

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eKc5kgPVrA
Minute Physics - Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force - Which Wins?

tl:dw; They phase through each other, because an unstoppable force and an immovable object are the same thing from difference frames of reference. So they have to not interact with each other as they meet.

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#1188755
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

Seriously mfm, instead of saying there is no reason, you should ask someone who had a reason. It’s arrogant to assume that because you’re not aware of a reason that there can’t be one.

I don’t think there are any good reasons. Looking back on high school, some of my favorite acquaintances were girls and I wouldn’t have meant them if I went to a boys’ school. I get why boarding schools are segregated, because of their dormitories, but that’s just a logistics reason.

I’m sure someone on the web probably wrote a blog or whatnot why they went, and Google can help you find it.

Why would I want to dedicate my time to placing such information in my brain cells?

Synapses. Not cells.

Didn’t know we had a neurologist here.

High school biology. Memories are stored in the connections between brain cells, not in the actual cells. Your brain makes more connections when you need them, and breaks them when you don’t.

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#1188747
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

Seriously mfm, instead of saying there is no reason, you should ask someone who had a reason. It’s arrogant to assume that because you’re not aware of a reason that there can’t be one.

I don’t think there are any good reasons. Looking back on high school, some of my favorite acquaintances were girls and I wouldn’t have meant them if I went to a boys’ school. I get why boarding schools are segregated, because of their dormitories, but that’s just a logistics reason.

I’m sure someone on the web probably wrote a blog or whatnot why they went, and Google can help you find it.

Why would I want to dedicate my time to placing such information in my brain cells?

Synapses. Not cells. And to be more adequately informed on a subject in which you have an opinion.

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#1188744
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t quite understand why a college-aged male would feel the need to go to an all-male college though.

I don’t quite understand why a college-aged female would feel the need to go to an all-female college though.

It has been explained to you.

It’s still a terrible explanation. I’m sure a man going to a male-college because Mom neglected him would also be called out as a really weird and irrational decision that (in your mind) wouldn’t justify the existence of all-male colleges.

What a great comparison!

It’s a fair comparison because both are irrational.

Neglected son and raped daughter are both totally acting irrational…

If they wanted to go to gender-segregated schools for those reasons, I’d say yes. You’re saying that one is and the other isn’t.

I’m saying that I can understand why one would think that way if one were raped, irrational or not.

Sure I get it too, I’m just saying that it’d be an irrational decision. I don’t see why it’s problematic to say that.

I said a rape would be one reason for someone to want to go to an all-female college. You called it a terrible explanation.

But it seems we’re talking in circles now, so I’m happy to drop it.

Oh, I thought it was a terrible explanation for why all-female colleges aren’t sexist but all-male colleges are, especially since it’s safe to say that it is absolutely not one of the reasons why there are segregated schools in the first place. I wasn’t really responding to you specifically. I actually think we’re more or less on the same page on this, I just am more mean in the way I talk about things 😉

EDIT: Also, to be fair I don’t even think you said that it one was sexist while the other wasn’t. I believe only yhx implied that.

Why must all-male colleges be sexist?

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#1188742
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

Seriously mfm, instead of saying there is no reason, you should ask someone who had a reason. It’s arrogant to assume that because you’re not aware of a reason that there can’t be one.

I don’t think there are any good reasons. Looking back on high school, some of my favorite acquaintances were girls and I wouldn’t have meant them if I went to a boys’ school. I get why boarding schools are segregated, because of their dormitories, but that’s just a logistics reason.

I’m sure someone on the web probably wrote a blog or whatnot why they went, and Google can help you find it.

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#1188722
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

What does rape have anything to do with the existence of an exclusive private school?

It doesn’t, it’s just a way to justify a double-standard.

Ok.

It’s a paranoid and irrational way to choose a college. Presumably she’d also never leave the campus property ever again either to avoid contact with men. She’d also have to never enter into any kind of professional or personal relationship with a man either since most assaults and rapes are perpetrated by people the victim knew socially before it happened.

EDIT: And by the way, everyone reading this knows I’m right.

Ok.

I’m right.

And no.

They should, because I’m right.

Maybe instead of making unfounded claims, you should ask someone who went to such a school why they decided to go there.

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#1188708
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

chyron8472 said:

What does rape have anything to do with the existence of an exclusive private school?

It doesn’t, it’s just a way to justify a double-standard.

Ok.

It’s a paranoid and irrational way to choose a college. Presumably she’d also never leave the campus property ever again either to avoid contact with men. She’d also have to never enter into any kind of professional or personal relationship with a man either since most assaults and rapes are perpetrated by people the victim knew socially before it happened.

EDIT: And by the way, everyone reading this knows I’m right.

Ok.

And no.

Just because you don’t understand the reasons doesn’t means there aren’t any and doesn’t make them not legitimate.

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#1188661
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

Warbler said:

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t quite understand why a college-aged male would feel the need to go to an all-male college though.

I don’t quite understand why a college-aged female would feel the need to go to an all-female college though.

Safety?

Try to imagine if you had been raped in high school. Just for starters.

So if I was a woman and was raped by a black student in highschool, would I be justified in wanting to go to a whites only school?

I honestly don’t know how to respond to this.

Not wanting to go to a school with the same gender that raped me is the same as not wanting to go to a school with the same race that raped me?

Warbler, I just posted guidelines that the Department of Education has for same sex schools.

I saw.

Well, the guidelines say that there has to be a benefit to having such a school or class, and that having same can not prevent people who are not accepted from attending a comparable school or class.

There is likely no way to provide an all-white school that adheres to those guidelines.

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#1188656
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

Warbler said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t quite understand why a college-aged male would feel the need to go to an all-male college though.

I don’t quite understand why a college-aged female would feel the need to go to an all-female college though.

Safety?

Try to imagine if you had been raped in high school. Just for starters.

So if I was a woman and was raped by a black student in highschool, would I be justified in wanting to go to a whites only school?

I honestly don’t know how to respond to this.

Not wanting to go to a school with the same gender that raped me is the same as not wanting to go to a school with the same race that raped me?

Warbler, I just posted guidelines that the Department of Education has for same sex schools. There are, in fact, rules for how same-sex schools are allowed to conduct themselves.

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#1188635
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

yhwx said:

TV’s Frink said:

yhwx said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t quite understand why a college-aged male would feel the need to go to an all-male college though.

That doesn’t mean nobody does though.

Granted.

Perhaps you could explain.

Is there a reason beyond “avoiding temptation from those evil harlots?”

There are different sexualities, Frink.

And?

It seemed like in your first comment, you were implying a heterosexual viewpoint.

Frink expressed a heterosexual viewpoint! Quick! Burn the Witch!

Warbler.

yhwx.

That’s not how that works.

Frink.

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#1188629
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/t9-guidelines-ss.html
Guidelines regarding Single Sex Classes and Schools

https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-department-clarifies-requirements-offering-single-sex-classes
Education Department Clarifies Requirements for Offering Single-Sex Classes

To offer single-sex classes or extracurricular activities, schools must:

Identify an important objective that they seek to achieve by offering a single-sex class (such as improving academic achievement);
Demonstrate that the single-sex nature of the class is substantially related to achieving that objective;
Ensure that enrollment in the single-sex class is completely voluntary (through an opt-in, rather than an opt-out, process);
Offer a substantially equal coed class in the same subject;
Offer single-sex classes evenhandedly to male and female students;
Conduct periodic evaluations at least every two years to ensure that the classes continue to comply with Title IX;
Avoid relying on gender stereotypes;
Provide equitable access to single-sex classes to students with disabilities and English language learners and,
Avoid discriminating against faculty members based on gender when assigning educators to single-sex classrooms.

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#1188592
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

Warbler said:

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

It would not be allowed in any way shape or form a “college for men”.

Wrong. I’m pretty sure there are boarding schools for boys.

I am surprised any boarding schools for boys aren’t sued out of existence.

And why is that? They are not discriminatory for sexist reasons.

tell that to feminists groups.

There are reasons why a person might desire to go to a gender-specific school without it being mean-spirited or evil. And just because some group cries foul, that doesn’t mean they have a leg to stand on in court.

I’m not sure what the legal rules are for gender-specific private schools, but I imagine the law allows it.

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#1188550
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

moviefreakedmind said:

yhwx said:

Warbler said:

It would not be allowed in any way shape or form a “college for men”.

Wrong. I’m pretty sure there are boarding schools for boys.

Yep. There are four colleges for men and several boarding schools for boys.

I actually went to a boarding school, or rather a military school, for my last two years of high school. It was all boys.

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#1188508
Topic
Video Games That's on your need to Play list.
Time

paja said:

I guess I’ll have to play Monkey Island and King’s Quest. soon. Thanks

If you really are going to get into the King’s Quest series, I must warn you that Sierra adventure games allow for death, and sometimes experimentation with items can render your current game unwinnable. So save early, save often, and don’t overwrite if you don’t have to.

That being said, King’s Quest games (or rather most point and clicks) can be completed in a few hours (or less) if you know what you’re doing.

And finally, instead of playing the original King’s Quest I, II, or III, I recommend playing the KQ fan remakes from AGDI, which are free to download from their site, have VGA graphics, voices, and fix many unwinnable situations the original games allowed.

Also, MusicallyInspired worked on the music and sound for KQ2+ and KQ3R.