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Comment on She graduated from high school with honors but can’t read or write. Now she’s suing. in ~society
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Comment on She graduated from high school with honors but can’t read or write. Now she’s suing. in ~society
Kale Link ParentThank you for this comment. I identify with the girl. I didn’t graduate, but even though I was very behind they still pushed me along to the next grade until ultimately I was so lost I didn’t want...- Exemplary
Thank you for this comment.
I identify with the girl. I didn’t graduate, but even though I was very behind they still pushed me along to the next grade until ultimately I was so lost I didn’t want to try anymore. Even if I did want to learn, I didn’t have the foundational knowledge to grasp what was being taught to me.
They could have caught that I had a learning disability in elementary school- when they thought I was having absence seizures and made me get a CT of my brain. When they didn’t find any abnormalities, they gave up trying to figure out what was wrong with me and put me in a class for the developmentally delayed to which I also did not learn.
Then the next year came the standardized testing they do for every state, and they found out my reading comprehension was the highest in the district and well above my grade level. So they shifted me straight out of the delayed class to the gifted and talented program where I proceeded to fail out of. The cycle repeated where I would score high, get put back into gifted and talented- just to fail again year after year. We were also dirt poor, so there wasn’t much my family could do to help with external resources. My family had little education and did not understand how to do the things I was learning either.
I am relieved she got into college, just as I am for myself. College doesn’t let you move on if you don’t understand for the foundational subjects. That is where I actually was able to get the help I needed and I was able to start exactly at my skill level and they were able to work with my learning disability.
It took me about 5 years to get my associates since I needed to start at elementary level math and had to go to a high enough level to take college statistics and to satisfy all the pre-requisites for science classes. I now understand math better than any of my peers.
The comment that OP made at the girls expense ruffled me because you get treated like you are stupid, or that it was a moral failing on your part if you fall through the cracks of the educational system. She is not stupid, and she had to use up so much time and dedication that could have been spent elsewhere if she had the proper resources to begin with.
I’m sure OP didn’t mean to be hurtful- but my lived experience was painful and surely she has a lot of pain herself.
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Comment on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say in ~health
Kale Link ParentI completely agree with you, I think the privatization of healthcare is a bastardization to society. I especially felt this way back when I first started in EMS working for a private ambulance...I completely agree with you, I think the privatization of healthcare is a bastardization to society.
I especially felt this way back when I first started in EMS working for a private ambulance company working as an EMT. I could go on and on about various small things that the for-profit-company made me do that I knew was not in the best interest of the patient that killed me inside.
The way our country allocates resources aka money is despicable quite frankly. But the reason I made my point was because this resentment is turned onto me often (this may not reflect you or OP) and I take the brunt of it in person when I am one on one with the patient and I am just speaking on realistically on changes that could be more likely to happen within the current chain of command. You know, since dismantling capitalism in the medical field is unlikely to happen in my lifetime.
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Comment on What are your architectural hot takes? in ~design
Kale LinkNo decade will top the 80s. Give me all the Memphis design and neo-expressionism. I desperately want a conversation pit. I also want the brown + plants that were leftover from the 70’s and all the...No decade will top the 80s.
Give me all the Memphis design and neo-expressionism.
I desperately want a conversation pit.
I also want the brown + plants that were leftover from the 70’s and all the neon at the same time.
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Comment on Wikipedia blacklists archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links in ~tech
Kale Link ParentWell said. I am concerned that we are going to see a massive cascade of websites blocking them now. I have never had any access issues with archive working on any website, whereas the alternatives...Well said.
I am concerned that we are going to see a massive cascade of websites blocking them now. I have never had any access issues with archive working on any website, whereas the alternatives can be spotty.
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Comment on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say in ~health
Kale (edited )Link ParentThe culture here generally discourages one lined zingers but I’ll bite in case anyone else is curious why this isn’t the answer. Someone below already mentioned the physical limitation of the...The culture here generally discourages one lined zingers but I’ll bite in case anyone else is curious why this isn’t the answer.
Someone below already mentioned the physical limitation of the amount of rooms, so I won’t get too far into that. We already do staff to cover all of those spaces, by the way.
So why not hire more people? That does sound like a great plan. But what do we do with those people for the rest of the months that volume is much slower? Fire them?
Sure we could hire people seasonally. In fact, that does happen every year. It’s what is known as travel nursing. They are non-benefitted employees who are willing to come work grueling conditions at a place where there is no chance for career growth, away from their home and families for the low price of double my wage. What happens when these people come is hospital acquired infections rise sharply, mortality shoots through the roof and the patient satisfaction sharply drops. It is not the flu that causes this, as evidenced by the fact that the same thing happens when they must come in on off season for union strikes. We originally just wanted to hire more people to increase safety right?
For the pandemic hospitals relied on travel nurses to cover staffing, and what happened was hospitals hemorrhaged money during the highest volume they have ever seen. I’m not talking reduced profits, not no profit, I mean literally lost millions to billions of dollars. One might think, “boo hoo ceo lost the opportunity to buy another house” but the real life implication of this is that the hospitals just get shut down. This leads to even worse access to healthcare and this is a huge problem especially in rural areas.
Then we have to think about the physical bodies to hire. There is already a nursing shortage, we do not have more people to hire. How do we fix that, should we lower the already too low bar to pass the NCLEX and become a nurse? Open more schools? The nurse teacher shortage is even larger.
How about we make nursing feel like less of a shitty job? If you got any ideas for how to fix that one, let me know. The amount of nurses who leave the career after just one year is not an insignificant number.
At this point I hope you can see this isn’t a simple thing to fix.
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Comment on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say in ~health
Kale LinkWhat I wouldn’t give to have this to reduce the burden of flu season in the emergency department. In my experience my job difficulty scales to be 100x harder for 3-4 months out of the year and all...The other scenario is at the start of winter when the usual wide range of winter bugs start to spread, "one could imagine a seasonal spray that could be administered to imprint broad immunity" against them all.
What I wouldn’t give to have this to reduce the burden of flu season in the emergency department.
In my experience my job difficulty scales to be 100x harder for 3-4 months out of the year and all of us dread that time because the pace you have to work is insane to maintain for 12 hour shifts. It doesn’t feel safe for me or my patients and having to reduce the quality of care to keep up causes moral injury to the staff.
If I could see a this in my lifetime I would be beyond happy.
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Comment on Communities, relationships, and navigating the enshittification of absolutely everything in ~talk
Kale LinkThere are a lot of points I don’t have a comment for (I don’t work in tech, etc) but I saw this and I want to add my own rant to your rant I tell people over and over again, I almost never use...There are a lot of points I don’t have a comment for (I don’t work in tech, etc) but I saw this and I want to add my own rant to your rant
Extrapolate that friction out to people who aren't as close to me though, and it feels somewhat like dying by a thousand cuts. Not in the sense of mental anguish, just general fatigue. Over 50% of my communication with my good friends takes the form of them sending me memes on Instagram. I react and reply because I'm not just going to ghost them because of muh privacy. But there's that like 1% of my brain that goes "yeah I wish you wouldn't do that". I have not bothered to ask them to stop, because I don't (yet) care to proselytize to them in the name of privacy at the risk of shutting down what is effectively one of their love languages.
I tell people over and over again, I almost never use instagram, I don’t like it, please just text me instead and I still get messages frequently by the exact people I tell this to.
I feel honored that people think of me, but I really just wish that we could go back to communicating the way people used to. I find a lot of the humor from social media memes to be low effort and I just don’t really find prerecorded soundbits over people lip syncing humorous.
When I do check insta, I have like 20 of these and it makes it so overwhelming to interact because I know people are expecting a response.
I just wish that I could make my friends understand that it’s such a waste of your brain power to be hopelessly addicted to social media consuming the equivalent of junk food for the mind, and I’m saying that as someone who did fall for that trap myself and wasted years of my life doing it.
Bring back compelling media that tells in depth stories that are compelling, jokes that take some brain power to digest, etc etc.
I am so exhausted being the only person I know irl that isn’t glued to the platform.
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
Kale Link ParentSame! I will eat anything and everything offered to me, even if I don’t like it. The reason I do this is repeated exposure to foods you don’t like may eventually change your taste to enjoy it....Same! I will eat anything and everything offered to me, even if I don’t like it.
The reason I do this is repeated exposure to foods you don’t like may eventually change your taste to enjoy it. source
It is the mere exposure effect.
I also have the mindset that if a large group of people like something that I don’t, perhaps it was prepared wrong when I tasted it. It might be different the next time I try it.
I went from being incredibly picky to now loving a large variety of foods.
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Comment on So I started a clothing brand in ~design
Kale Link ParentBusinesses account for the additional cost of certain sizes by slightly raising the cost for all of the sizes to “subsidize” for the loss on the more expensive item. That leaves people feeling...Businesses account for the additional cost of certain sizes by slightly raising the cost for all of the sizes to “subsidize” for the loss on the more expensive item.
That leaves people feeling less ostracized and tbh it probably does more than equal things out- as in you may gain a slight profit.
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Comment on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown in ~society
Kale Link ParentI did not, but I will take a look. Thank you. Not sure if I would actually move countries but I very much want to have an exit plan if I were to move.I did not, but I will take a look. Thank you.
Not sure if I would actually move countries but I very much want to have an exit plan if I were to move.
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Comment on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown in ~society
Kale Link ParentDang, I’m a nurse and that unfortunately doesn’t transfer well to other countries. I looked and I have to speak either Dutch or French to qualify for the test to acquire an equivalency. Then have...Dang, I’m a nurse and that unfortunately doesn’t transfer well to other countries. I looked and I have to speak either Dutch or French to qualify for the test to acquire an equivalency. Then have to take additional classes after that.
I’m also married so a marriage visa is out of the question for me too. Have a degree so can’t do student.
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Comment on US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shoots and kills a woman during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown in ~society
Kale Link ParentWhat visa do you the people you help usually acquire?What visa do you the people you help usually acquire?
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Comment on Executive (dys)function flavors? in ~talk
Kale Link ParentI agree with this and there is a term for this: Subclinical symptoms. It means that there are symptoms present of the disorder, but they aren’t severe enough to meet diagnostic criteria. There are...Perhaps you do have some flavor of an attention disorder, I couldn't say for sure, but perhaps there are other forces at play in your life which should be explored.
I agree with this and there is a term for this: Subclinical symptoms. It means that there are symptoms present of the disorder, but they aren’t severe enough to meet diagnostic criteria.
There are a lot of factors that can cause ADHD like symptoms like trauma/chronic stress, sleep disruption, excessive screen time, mood disorders, hormonal disorders, nutritional deficiencies, sensory processing issues, etc.
Neither I, we, or you can diagnose you. I recommend biting the bullet and getting the assessment done whether you feel like you meet the criteria or not. Maybe you are ADHD, maybe you figure out something else that is going on in your body that will really help the state you are in right now.
I say this as an ADHD person and medical professional :)
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Comment on Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit in ~tech
Kale Link ParentWhat places would meet those requirements in this modern time on the internet? The only places I could think of are various *chansI genuinely prefer places with no personalities, no virtual currency and little moderation. Sadly there's very few such places left.
What places would meet those requirements in this modern time on the internet? The only places I could think of are various *chans
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Comment on Steam: Best of 2025 in ~games
Kale LinkHow are you all seeing the list? For me it is broken. I even looked for archives of the webpage and the only snapshots I see it was broken then too. This is what I see:How are you all seeing the list? For me it is broken. I even looked for archives of the webpage and the only snapshots I see it was broken then too.
This is what I see:
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Comment on I feel that Destin (SmarterEveryDay on Youtube) is straying from the path in ~talk
Kale Link Parent+1 for technology connections. I don’t really care for appliances or science-y educational videos but that guy makes me interested in literally every single thing he talks about. If you are...+1 for technology connections.
I don’t really care for appliances or science-y educational videos but that guy makes me interested in literally every single thing he talks about.If you are reading this and haven’t heard of him it is a must watch.
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Comment on I feel that Destin (SmarterEveryDay on Youtube) is straying from the path in ~talk
Kale Link ParentAh yes, my partner struggled with this too at first. Aunt/uncle is so ingrained in my culture that I can’t even separate who in my family is really just a cousin instead off the top of my head...Ah yes, my partner struggled with this too at first.
Aunt/uncle is so ingrained in my culture that I can’t even separate who in my family is really just a cousin instead off the top of my head unless I specifically cross reference a family tree.
Anyone 5+ years older than me gets called that. Even if they’re not related and a family friend.
My partner learned very quickly that she is to refer to them just as I do, nobody gets called by just their first name in my family 😅
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Comment on Not-so-humble brag: What are you proud of that you don't normally get to talk about? in ~talk
Kale Link ParentYou ask the best questions! I look forward to reading all the replies every time I see you make a new thread.You ask the best questions! I look forward to reading all the replies every time I see you make a new thread.
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Comment on Not-so-humble brag: What are you proud of that you don't normally get to talk about? in ~talk
Kale Link ParentYou’re just gunna drop that information and not share some tips? That’s a solid achievement.You’re just gunna drop that information and not share some tips? That’s a solid achievement.
Agreed. It doesn’t let me see the entire article. I had to go back to archive.ph to read it even though I didn’t want to. :(
Since I had the link up anyway, here it is if the alternative did not work.