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AskewLord

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  • Is it impolite to ask someone about their roots?

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  • I don't have ancestors. I barely know anything about my grand parents other than that they existed

  • What do you think of homeschooling?

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  • Anytime we do that things get way worse than they were previously. No Child Left Behind accelerated the destruction of our education system by basically punishing poor schools for being poor. Our Federal government should get out of education policy entire. It should provide funds for school construction and infrastructure.

  • At what point does a person become an "adult"?

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  • And that's why many people never 'grow up'. They refuse to take responsibility for themselves.

    Blows my mind how many highly educated professionals in their 30s/40s think they are hapless victims and everyone else is the problem in their life. And they absolutely refuse to believe they have any power over their personal choices. As if the hand of god is forcing them to overspend, drink excessively, and otherwise hate their life.

    I think my favorite is when they blame other people for 'upsetting' them by merely existing in a different way than they do...

  • Do you feel a kinship with people who drive the same make/model car as you?

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  • No.

  • What do you think of homeschooling?

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  • You can't beef them up from the top down in the USA. 10% of school funds come from the feds.

  • Is it impolite to ask someone about their roots?

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  • Yeah, it's stupid. I hate it when people ask me question like this. I am not from anywhere, I am from here.

    Usually some drunk idiot I meet though insist that I need to tell them the origin country of my great great grandparents. I want to punch them.

  • What do you think of homeschooling?

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  • a lot of homeschooling ends before secondary school. 6-7% of kids are home schooled for primary school.

    only half of them go through high school, only 3% of high schooled are home schooled.

  • What do you think of homeschooling?

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  • Cool. I've met several who went to Harvard, MIT, etc and were extremely successful in life.

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  • a lot of schools are full of yokels. my primary and secondary education were full of yokels. 1/3 of the teacher staff were townies and a lot of them were idiots and drunks.

    i never met a smart person until i went to college.

  • What do you think of homeschooling?

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  • we don't have national education policy.

    education is 90% determined by the town or city you live in. even states have minimal influence over local districts.

    schools in the same district, and schools a few kim apart, can have wildly different standards and outcomes.

    the only major factor is basically, how wealthy your zipcodes/parents were. that is the overwhelming determination of your educational outcome, because richer parents value education more than non-rich parents.

    in poorer communities, education is seen negatively and it's actively discouraged.

  • What do you think of homeschooling?

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  • It's fine.

    Homeschooling or not isn't the issue. Plenty of kids who do go to school have a horrible education. I have known some perfect wonderful home schooled people, and some total weirdo religion nut job home schooled people.

    The issue is the parents. And there isn't much you can do about shitty parents unless you remove the child from the home, which is typically only done under the case of severe neglect or abuse. The state doesn't and shouldn't have say about how people conduct their private affairs though and how you raise children is very much a private affair.

  • What do you think of homeschooling?

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  • Americans value individual choices over collective responsibilities.

    Homeschooling her is predominantly for those who fell they are not a part of our mainstream culture or that culture is corrupting. A lot of religious and other minority belief groups practice it.

  • What in your opinion is the appropriate way to use emojis?

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  • I don't use them at all. I dont' really understand them and I'm fine with that. I have no issue with them being used occasionally either.

    I don't understand people who use them all the time, it's bizarre. It also regard it as low-effort.

  • What do you like about Lemmy? What could be improved?

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  • the real world has the same problem, a minority of shitheads who go around trying to ruin it for everyone else because they are so full of themselves. who think everyone who isn't exactly like them is 'problematic'.

    all you have to do is spend some time in local politics to see how rife so called 'good' people are with incredibly toxic and selfish views.

  • What is an old movie that couldn't be made today?

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  • Big Trouble in Little China

  • What is an old movie that couldn't be made today?

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  • I showed this to my 16 year old nephew and he was legit upset/offended and I had to turn it off.

    He was shocked they could say 'those bad words' in a movie. I don't dare show him Pulp Fiction.

  • What is an old movie that couldn't be made today?

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  • huh, that isn't a hollywood movie, it's an art film.

    plenty of weird art films still get made.

  • What is an old movie that couldn't be made today?

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  • any black-face media has been systematically removed from the internet. you can't stream any episode of any show that has it. you can typically only watch that content on DVD.

  • Do you think there's too much emphasis in popular media on working your ass off?

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  • I see the message that anyone who is not rich is a loser. That's what the problem is. All media characters are aspiring to be rich or they are totally miserable.

    There is no respect for the middle class or working class people who are just happy.

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    If you could teach a college class, what would it be?

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    Have you seen Neon Genesis Evangelion?

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    What instances are the most frequent on your user block list?

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    What is a hobby you wish you could do?

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    What kind of car do you drive, and what kind do you wish you did?

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    What websites do you miss from the 2000s?

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    Why is traveling such a big deal for people?