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hawowanlawow posted:portables
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May 11, 2021 23:24
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Comedy answer: Shortsighted infrastructure informed by a lowest-bidder buying process that unintentionally-but-kind-of-intentionally “others” the students and staff that often end up populating them. Real answer: hawowanlawow posted:portables
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May 11, 2021 23:46
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Portables, though for some reason 'temporaries' also sounds right.
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May 11, 2021 23:50
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I've heard trailers more recently but yeah growing up they were always portables. It always seemed to be the English/literature classes that got put in them.
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May 11, 2021 23:51
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I have no idea what you people are talking about. Never seen any portable school buildings
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May 12, 2021 01:19
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Gaius Marius posted:I have no idea what you people are talking about. Never seen any portable school buildings  These bitches. We had them at my elementary school because the population was growing too fast, but it was considered cool to have class in one of them because we were dumb little kids. Many a yugioh duel was had on the ramp thing in front of the door. e: also having an elementary school flashback just now, another thing that happened commonly on the ramp was swapping bionicle masks, and we'd all carry them around in the little cloth bags that the Harry Potter-brand jelly beans came in. I know Bioncle and Potter were both smash hits but I've gotta wonder if that was a common thing or it was just us. Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 09:16 on May 12, 2021 |
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May 12, 2021 09:09
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At my school they were known as either the art sheds or the sixth form sheds They didn’t really stand out to us much, not when we had a building literally shaped like a triangle
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May 12, 2021 09:45
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Why don't they just build more schools?
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May 12, 2021 12:12
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Watching sports on tv is dull as hell and the Olympics loving suck. All hot drinks seem like a lot more effort than they need to be. Josef bugman has a new favorite as of 12:15 on May 12, 2021 |
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May 12, 2021 12:13
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hawowanlawow posted:portables This.
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May 12, 2021 12:16
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They were called demountables here.
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May 12, 2021 12:22
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Gaius Marius posted:Why don't they just build more schools? Now that's just crazy talk. Next you'd recommend funding mental healthcare and restricting access to firearms.
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May 12, 2021 12:25
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The extra classrooms were literally called the slums down here. They only held resource and detention classes in them and you got made fun of for smelling like a trailer. It really sucked. Being a 504 student sucked, man.
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May 12, 2021 14:20
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Josef bugman posted:Watching sports on tv is dull as hell and the Olympics loving suck. Hmm, watching sports live is way worse than watching on tv but at the end of the day you are still watching sports and that just doesn't interest some people. The Olympics is cool and ill tune in to watch some of the more unusual sports but its mostly for the novelty. gently caress watching the 2000 metres or some poo poo. I think i agree with the hot drinks point. Its why its customary to offer someone a tea if you are making it yourself. I've been getting really into iced coffee recently.
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May 12, 2021 14:24
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Gaius Marius posted:Why don't they just build more schools? They do. But a new permanent school takes longer to put up than a portable building. Then ours got turned in to the art classrooms and music rooms because nobody loves them.
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May 12, 2021 14:58
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Hmm, watching sports live is way worse than watching on tv but at the end of the day you are still watching sports and that just doesn't interest some people. I think being together with a large number of people and having a big old shout is often good fun and I don't want to take that away from people. But I don't understand how watching a sporting event on TV is fun when you are on your own. The Olympics is now pretty much run as a vast and complex money laundering scam and I don't think I could support it. The various different sports are fun but it's just such a lovely lovely organisation in charge of it. It's like FIFA. I can't drink coffee but it just always seems like it takes a very long time for something that's not as nice as water.
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May 12, 2021 16:45
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Josef bugman posted:I think being together with a large number of people and having a big old shout is often good fun and I don't want to take that away from people. But I don't understand how watching a sporting event on TV is fun when you are on your own. Because you really like the sport?
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May 12, 2021 16:55
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Henchman of Santa posted:Because you really like the sport? But your not being with other people enjoying something. It's just the level of remove from the players and emotions of the game that I don't really "get". That and, to put it bluntly, sports seem more fun to play and to do than to observe.
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May 12, 2021 16:59
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Josef bugman posted:But I don't understand how watching a sporting event on TV is fun when you are on your own. Depends i suppose, might be a team someone actively supports, might just be enjoying the display of athleticism and skill. What i was really meaning was things like not getting instant replays, not having as clear a view as a camera, not being charged a fiver for a pie and bovril. What i do admire are the people who know all the stats and history for baseball or formula 1 etc. I can understand someone having a deep knowledge of sports more than most thing
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May 12, 2021 17:01
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Depends i suppose, might be a team someone actively supports, might just be enjoying the display of athleticism and skill. On your own though? Like, again, I understand it's a community bonding thing but I struggle to understand or appreciate "athleticism for it's own sake" in the same way that "art without purpose" doesn't exist. Everything is either to grow something inside of you or to impress other people. Knowledge on it's own is no virtue. It has to have an end to it.
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May 12, 2021 17:12
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*puffs bubble pipe*
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May 12, 2021 17:19
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hawowanlawow posted:*puffs bubble pipe* I mean, sure? Going to a sporting match in person or watching it with friends seems fine, I just can't understand doing it on your own.
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May 12, 2021 17:21
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How do you feel about going to restaurants on your own?
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May 12, 2021 17:45
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JollyBoyJohn posted:How do you feel about going to restaurants on your own? Or listening to music on your own? Or watching a movie or tv?
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May 12, 2021 17:52
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JollyBoyJohn posted:How do you feel about going to restaurants on your own? Eating or listening to music isn't the same as watching sport, but I'm fine with it? The way I see sports talked about though it never seems a "relaxing" experience, whereas going to a restaurant can be. Also music is, I would argue, far more personal because there is a degree of personal meaning attached to songs. Whereas it's always obvious that you are not on your own when watching sports. Sports are inherently communal, whereas with music there is a level of abstraction from the people who created it and the meaning they give it and your own. You cannot have a singular experience with sport unless you are actually doing it, I would argue. Josef bugman has a new favorite as of 17:59 on May 12, 2021 |
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May 12, 2021 17:57
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To be honest I don't think this difference is something that exists beyond your own subjective experience. While it may certainly be valid for you I don't think holds universally.
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May 12, 2021 18:39
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christmas boots posted:To be honest I don't think this difference is something that exists beyond your own subjective experience. While it may certainly be valid for you I don't think holds universally. That's fair enough. But at the same time that gets us dangerously close to philosophy. That or sophistry. Secondary unpopular opinion: It's sad that we can't see how other people think and reason and work out how to make ourselves think things differently to now.
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May 12, 2021 18:42
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Hard top jeeps can gently caress off.
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May 12, 2021 19:04
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Josef bugman posted:Eating or listening to music isn't the same as watching sport, but I'm fine with it? The way I see sports talked about though it never seems a "relaxing" experience, whereas going to a restaurant can be. I love baseball and the high numbers of games means that I'm watching it alone a lot. I love watching pitchers pitch and games that end 1-0 with a pitchers duel are completely my poo poo and have zero problem watching them alone. I also fully understand that this would be mind-numbingly boring for other people but I love it.
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May 12, 2021 19:47
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Josef bugman posted:Eating or listening to music isn't the same as watching sport, Why not?
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May 12, 2021 20:20
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Why not? Joey Freshwater posted:I love baseball and the high numbers of games means that I'm watching it alone a lot. I love watching pitchers pitch and games that end 1-0 with a pitchers duel are completely my poo poo and have zero problem watching them alone. I also fully understand that this would be mind-numbingly boring for other people but I love it. I love watching the Chicago Cubs and I barely understand the rules of baseball. Also I've been to Illinois twice in my life
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May 12, 2021 20:24
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:I love watching the Chicago Cubs and I barely understand the rules of baseball. Also I've been to Illinois twice in my life poo poo oops
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May 12, 2021 20:25
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Joey Freshwater posted:I love baseball and the high numbers of games means that I'm watching it alone a lot. I love watching pitchers pitch and games that end 1-0 with a pitchers duel are completely my poo poo and have zero problem watching them alone. I also fully understand that this would be mind-numbingly boring for other people but I love it. I mean fair, but do you also play it or watch it IRL? Which would you say is more fun? To me they are all not particularly fun, but I can fully understand playing/watching with folks in a way I have difficulty with when someone is on their own. But thank you, and I am glad you enjoy it! Edgar Allen Ho posted:I love watching the Chicago Cubs and I barely understand the rules of baseball. Also I've been to Illinois twice in my life See, to me this sounds like something only marginally less tortuous than watching a comedian die on stage. Can I ask why you enjoy it?
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May 12, 2021 20:38
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Josef bugman posted:See, to me this sounds like something only marginally less tortuous than watching a comedian die on stage. Can I ask why you enjoy it? I feel exactly the way you do, but it's the same way some people find [your hobby that you enjoy] stupid and boring and you don't understand how they don't like it. To me, watching sports is about the most boring thing in the world (including e-sports and streaming). I don't want to watch someone else play a game, I want to play the game myself whether it's baseball or Starcraft. But some people like watching people that are good at a thing do that thing I guess.
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May 12, 2021 21:04
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Captain Monkey posted:I feel exactly the way you do, but it's the same way some people find [your hobby that you enjoy] stupid and boring and you don't understand how they don't like it. I mean, when people don't like a thing you like you attempt to explain why you do and, if it's not that important to you/ isn't hurting anyone you go "okay" and move on. But with watching sports and not even knowing the rules? To me that seems so outside of the realm of how I'd think about things that I want to find out more.
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May 12, 2021 21:14
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Captain Monkey posted:To me, watching sports is about the most boring thing in the world (including e-sports and streaming). I don't want to watch someone else play a game, I want to play the game myself whether it's baseball or Starcraft. But some people like watching people that are good at a thing do that thing I guess. I love watching people do things which its possible to be good at because I'm not good at any of them and never will be
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May 12, 2021 21:30
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Josef bugman posted:I mean fair, but do you also play it or watch it IRL? Which would you say is more fun? To me they are all not particularly fun, but I can fully understand playing/watching with folks in a way I have difficulty with when someone is on their own. But thank you, and I am glad you enjoy it! I played up through college, which does contribute a fair bit, but I don't currently play, no. I'll go to live games of course but it's a completely different experience, and I rarely go alone. Going to a game live is definitely a social event, me sitting at home alone watching it something for just me. They're both fun for different reasons. A live game is a whole experience, the ballpark, the sounds of the game, drinking some beers/getting food, chatting with friends. Honestly watching a game live I miss a huge part of the game and I would even go so far as to say that going to the game I definitely have the expectation that I'm going to miss a lot of it due to wandering around the stadium, talking to whoever I went with and that kind of stuff. Sitting at home watching I can focus completely on the game and not miss anything.
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May 12, 2021 22:02
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Joey Freshwater posted:Sitting at home watching I can focus completely on the game and not miss anything. Can I ask what you take away from watching it? Is there a narrative, to it or is it just random matches to look at technique. It's just... I don't get what people get from it. Most other sorts of media I can understand watching. Because they tell a stroy or evoke an emotional response. But I know people who just watch the sport because "well I want to watch it" and thats incredible to me.
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May 13, 2021 00:33
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Josef bugman posted:Can I ask what you take away from watching it? Is there a narrative, to it or is it just random matches to look at technique. It's just... I don't get what people get from it. Most other sorts of media I can understand watching. Because they tell a stroy or evoke an emotional response. But I know people who just watch the sport because "well I want to watch it" and thats incredible to me. I can’t speak for his baseball viewing but narrative is a huge part of following and caring about sports. Sports leagues are engineered to produce drama. A team’s journey from scrappy underdog to dynastic title winner is a common example. And watching a lot of games means you get to know the players, their style, their personality, etc. to varying degrees depending on the sport.
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May 13, 2021 03:05
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JollyBoyJohn posted:How do you feel about going to restaurants on your own? I loving can't. I haven't been out to eat since like 2018. Maybe a sushi bar because those are set up to be for dining alone.
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