[Podcasts] this is the psychosis vomit thread

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Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

AnimeIsTrash posted:

idk why right wingers hate higher education so much, it primes you for work in the empire

there is nothing that solidifies your belief and commitment to the system as graduating from an ivy league institution

they're workin the refs + whiny babies about the lightest criticism from tame academics

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hobbesmaster: Jan 28, 2008

pogi posted:

oh my god do they really. how do they even calculate what a �top performer� is

football+basketball+baseball coach. at least two teams must have a winning record and at least one must make the state tournament each year

# ? Mar 5, 2023 04:10

TheSlutPit: Dec 26, 2009

AnimeIsTrash posted:

idk why right wingers hate higher education so much, it primes you for work in the empire

there is nothing that solidifies your belief and commitment to the system as graduating from an ivy league institution

They are mad because the notion of elite universities as inclusive spaces challenges their notion of being part of a meritocratic institution [that happens to only accept rich white ppl]

# ? Mar 5, 2023 04:14

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
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pogi posted:

i kind of wish schools, at the very least secondary education, wouldn�t focus on technical stuff quite as much (although you do have to practice to master your understanding) and focused instead on the broad ideas a bit more. you don�t have to be a genius to get an intuitive sense of what�s going on with calculus. you don�t have to do a million pv=nrt problems to figure out that as temp goes up, particles move faster, which increases pressure, etc. etc. Learning about why the natural world works the way it does is worthwhile imo, even if you will never ever ever ever compute an integral outside of class

same goes for reading, steal from the soviets and have children reading tolstoy by age 10 or w/e imo

all that could be pretty well done in primary school really. but yes that's kinda the idea of general ed requirements yet they're usually bungled badly. lol at expecting people not to find stoichometry equations insanely boring because it is insanely boring +stupid

but yeah i took like 2 years of community college calc and partial diff eq poo poo and i have solved exactly zero differential equations or integrals despite working for over a decade. infact, the only poo poo i actually ever use is some stats/normal distribution poo poo, trigonometry, mohrs circle, and bernoulli equation. but it's very helpful to know what it means to take areas under curves and what rate of change means even if you never ever actually do anything mathematic with it

# ? Mar 5, 2023 05:05

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

pogi posted:

oh my god do they really. how do they even calculate what a �top performer� is

Presumably by seeing how much monetary value a teacher brings into the school.

But teachers are the definition of educated so they hang tight to their unions, which drives both the GOP and succ libs mad.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 05:09

TheSlutPit: Dec 26, 2009

I feel like calc/diff eq is intentionally used as a gatekeeping function into higher math, especially considering how obviously practical the core concepts are. Like most people can intuit a rate of change being related to some other quantity without having to prove the concept from first principles using limits. For example I�ve worked with plenty of electrical techs who easily understand �a current inrush on an inductive load results in a voltage spike� without having taken nearly enough math to work V=L(di/dt) on a low R load numerically.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 05:14

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
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TheSlutPit posted:

I feel like calc/diff eq is intentionally used as a gatekeeping function into higher math, especially considering how obviously practical the core concepts are. Like most people can intuit a rate of change being related to some other quantity without having to prove the concept from first principles using limits. For example I�ve worked with plenty of electrical techs who easily understand �a current inrush on an inductive load results in a voltage spike� without having taken nearly enough math to work V=L(di/dt) on a low R load numerically.

this is largely most of american academia. the intro (or 2nd year) classes are considered "weeder" type poo poo that just deluges you with busywork. after that, 4th year or grad work is way way way easier

but yeah most people could grasp the ideas just fine because it is pretty practical. unfortunately they're usually presented in this overbearing greek-alphabet soup deluge of busywork

# ? Mar 5, 2023 05:18

Popy: Feb 19, 2008

i just assume its bitter academics who want people to suffer cause they wasted their life getting a PhD that doesn't matter.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 05:38

tokin opposition: Apr 8, 2021; I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

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thanks to the way my degree (lol rip finishing that) worked I was able to do one 200 level class and then the rest being 400 and graduate student courses and my worst grade was in the 200 class*

*gently caress formal logic, it hurt my feelings

# ? Mar 5, 2023 06:05

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

did you get owned by facts and logic

# ? Mar 5, 2023 07:19

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

tokin opposition posted:

thanks to the way my degree (lol rip finishing that) worked I was able to do one 200 level class and then the rest being 400 and graduate student courses and my worst grade was in the 200 class*

*gently caress formal logic, it hurt my feelings

crazy i figured you had a phd in ovology

# ? Mar 5, 2023 08:26

tokin opposition: Apr 8, 2021; I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

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i say swears online posted:

crazy i figured you had a phd in ovology

triple major

# ? Mar 5, 2023 09:24

genericnick: Dec 26, 2012

AnimeIsTrash posted:

idk why right wingers hate higher education so much, it primes you for work in the empire

there is nothing that solidifies your belief and commitment to the system as graduating from an ivy league institution

That's just one of their oldest running bits. You're not allowed to say what I'm being payed to say every week in my column in the nation's largest newspaper.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 14:35

Fellatio del Toro: Mar 21, 2009

its cool too because reducing science stuff down to math problems allowed me to pass a bunch of science tests by saving all the equations on my calculator and being good at algebra, without necessarily having to even understand what i was solving

# ? Mar 5, 2023 18:00

Nothus: Feb 22, 2001; Buglord

AnimeIsTrash posted:

idk why right wingers hate higher education so much, it primes you for work in the empire

there is nothing that solidifies your belief and commitment to the system as graduating from an ivy league institution

Partly because they didn't get in and partly because they made it to college and discovered an entirely new, even more elite club that they were never going to get into.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 18:04

Frosted Flake: Sep 13, 2011; Semper Shitpost Ubique

Shipon posted:

the bane of every chemistry student, dealing with premeds who hated the subject and just wanted to memorize their way through everything

That was me in chemistry tbh and GIS systems

# ? Mar 5, 2023 18:59

KirbyKhan: Mar 20, 2009; Soiled Meat

And here you are, years later, posting maps for funsies

# ? Mar 5, 2023 19:31

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

GIS is very confusing and im glad i dont have to use it very much or very in-depth. coordinate systems? no thanks.

# ? Mar 5, 2023 19:48

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

Frosted Flake posted:

GIS systems

atm machine for maps

# ? Mar 5, 2023 19:57

Exodus1984: Feb 18, 2005; Eastern Europe Episode IV: A New Hope. I love President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. I understand and appreciate the precarious position the Ukrainians are navigating. I wish I could set up a 401(UA) fund from my paycheck to directly contribute my earnings to Ukraine's success.

spacemang_spliff posted:

I think felix is probably just lazy and coasting on the fact that he makes like a 100k a month doing a job where he just talks and realizes he doesn't have to put any effort in and he'll still make a poo poo load

Oh, you mean he could get bored talking about Rod Dreher once every 3 weeks? Why would that be?

# ? Mar 5, 2023 20:39

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

Exodus1984 posted:

Oh, you mean he could get bored talking about Rod Dreher once every 3 weeks? Why would that be?

when was the last episode where the theme was felix's idea

# ? Mar 5, 2023 20:48

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

what if nba youngboy was master chief

# ? Mar 5, 2023 20:51

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

i say swears online posted:

when was the last episode where the theme was felix's idea

law and order?

he also seemed very energetic when talking about doing a media gossip episode when they did the demolitoin man episode

# ? Mar 5, 2023 20:54

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018

what if halo took place in the mgs universe and lil durk was masterchief

# ? Mar 5, 2023 20:56

rachel ray romano: Jul 5, 2021

Anyone ever listen to Walking the Room, Dave Anthony's podcast before the Dollop? I'm only reminded of it because the show ended pretty soon after the Dollop took off and his co-host got addicted to his dog's pain meds.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 01:33

Cael: Feb 2, 2004; I get this funky high on the yellow sun.

Walking the Room ruled, the relationship between Dave and Greg is unlike anything else I feel like I�ve listened to on other podcasts (I�m sure there are, no need to give me a thousand examples). Greg with an Ian Fidance level of mania and weirdness and Dave just being a full on curmudgeon trying and failing to make Greg stop whatever stupid bit he starts up. I definitely need to relisten to some of it.

edit: I wonder how many fans of The Dollop realize the show�s name comes from them joking about what gets left behind on women�s seats at male strip clubs

Cael has issued a correction as of 01:48 on Mar 6, 2023

# ? Mar 6, 2023 01:40

Smythe: Oct 12, 2003; no meds = f4

is there somewhere i can listen to the hell on earth main theme but whole and maybe EXTENDED 10 HRS?

# ? Mar 6, 2023 08:21

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

I miss when WTYP would update weekly instead of once a loving month.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 08:25

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

Zeroisanumber posted:

I miss when WTYP would update weekly instead of once a loving month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX5DKfD391k

# ? Mar 6, 2023 08:26

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
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Zeroisanumber posted:

I miss when WTYP would update weekly instead of once a loving month.

i miss when donoteat did good solo youtube videos instead of trying to do audio SNL

# ? Mar 6, 2023 08:32

Zeroisanumber: Oct 23, 2010; Nap Ghost

Xaris posted:

i miss when donoteat did good solo youtube videos instead of trying to do audio SNL

I like WTYP better but I get that it's a manner of taste.

# ? Mar 6, 2023 08:34

i say swears online: Mar 4, 2005

Xaris posted:

i miss when donoteat did good solo youtube videos instead of trying to do audio SNL

oof lol. I guess it's less effort but I wonder if the money is better even if it's split multiple ways

# ? Mar 6, 2023 08:35

crepeface: Nov 5, 2004; r*p*f*c*

Smythe posted:

is there somewhere i can listen to the hell on earth main theme but whole and maybe EXTENDED 10 HRS?

i know right! it's a banger

# ? Mar 6, 2023 08:56

tokin opposition: Apr 8, 2021; I don't jailbreak the androids, I set them free.

WATCH MARS EXPRESS (2023)

I embody the dialectic and miss the WTYP pilot episode where it was only Alice and DNE, and the 50/50 dumbass/nerd ratio was better than the 66/33 when Liam showed up

# ? Mar 6, 2023 09:36