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As i'm sure is the case for many others, i've found the task of delving into Nietzsche to be daunting to say the least, so I thought i'd ask for some assistance in this matter, what's the best place to start in his work? To go beyond that, is there even a 'best' place to start with him?
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FDR's Most Memorable Videos (Subjective)
Coinflip replied to Canoe_Captain's topic in Freedomain Show Lists
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I've been enjoying Streetlight Manifesto quite a lot recently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvpO3LfftxE
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Starting off with the sky ghosts and then dropping the hammer of logic and reason about the state on him right afterwards would be entertaining
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Libertarianism's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea
Coinflip replied to Snafui's topic in Current Events
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I try to strike a balance as best I can. Whenever I see something like this i'll put some effort into finding something inspiring so that I know for all the terrible people out there, there are those trying to fix the world and help people.
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As someone who was stuck in K12(GCA) for several years, I'll give you my two cents on the system and why you should avoid it like the plague(this doesn't apply to other online systems although some things will most likely overlap). First and foremost the best way to describe the educational/teaching 'methods' is that it's completely impersonal. You're almost completely cut off from teachers outside of optional online class sessions known as Elluminates. Trying to get any real degree of connection going with the teachers is frustrating and feels pointless a lot of the time. Secondly the only way I can really describe the curriculum and the way lessons and quizzes are set up is utterly broken. For lots of classes the lessons don't contain everything that will be included on the tests/quizzes that are scattered throughout each block(Unit) of the Semester. The quizzes themselves are probably one of the most frustrating things about the system as a whole, the tests feel sloppy and many of the questions feel vague so it's easy to feel like you could have easily scored better on a test if the questions hadn't been worded so poorly. Finally the most dangerous part about it is how little the teachers actually care, with no firm deadlines for tests,papers, or projects outside of the end of each semester it's very easy for younger kids/young teens to fall into the habit of not wanting to do any of the work at all and then gliding through it all at once in a couple of weeks towards the end of the semester. For the most part kids don't have the proper restraint to avoid working their way into this groove, because of this you have to constantly be working with your kid to keep them on track. That won't be easy if you're single and working day shifts. In short K-12 has amplified all the negative aspects of public schooling with few to none of the benefits you get from homeschooling. Avoid it if at all possible. That's just my two cents though, feel free to prod me with questions if you would like more in-depth details about parts of the system.
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Well then, that takes care of my daily dose of disappointment in humanity.
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In a free society, how will people fund patato salads?
Coinflip replied to Wuzzums's topic in Current Events
If we don't fund the potato-salad then there would be a potato-salad power vacuum, ultimately the worst potato-salad would rise to the top and subject itself upon all those who eat potato-salad. -
Bloodlust and an endorphin rush.
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Sometimes I indulge in hipsterism simply to be contrarian. It's quite enjoyable.
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If father abusing mother can be flipped to mother abusing father then I'm at 8. I also always wondered why 10 is simply 'Prison' and not 'Jail/Prison' I think if either happened you can add a point for question 10.
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