DwindleProof

Homeschooling advances as public schools choose to fail. Show this to those who aren't tracking how bad things are getting. Newer examples will be attached below. twitter.com/DwindleProof/s…

For those thinking this sounds bad, it really isn't. I've wasted years of my life cooperating with Job Corps people and it is hands down a fucking federal scam on the same level as fake daycare centers. You got these fucking job centers all over the place and not a single person hired. I worked with three different losers; an obese gay man, an obese woman, and an obese elderly woman - all of them incompetent. The biggest issue they have is just not wanting to work with YOU. You can call them, set up appointments, try to do anything and they'll talk to you like something is up - but holy shit, they'll ghost the shit out of you on the day of the meetup. The gay fat guy I got lucky with and this rotund piece of garbage took me to a fucking park and we walked around for 25 minutes. I asked "So, ideas on finding me work?" This mother fucker couldn't say anything, just talking about his hobbies like I gave a shit. It was basically a date. The fat old lady pissed me off the most. I took an Uber out where she wanted despite originally agreeing to meet me somewhere more convenient. I got out there, the bitch fucking ghosted me. I called repeatedly, I was furious. Called again on Monday, my number was blocked. These fucking people... I went up their offices, every one of them is a barely furnished rental building and the people inside don't even know what's going on. Just receptionists. The people who work there - aren't even there! I never trusted or worked with Job Corps ever again. Wrote them off as a scam service that I feel no sympathy for if they get shut down.

The story behind the New York Times’ 1903 claim that human flight was between one and ten million years away is even worse than it looks. Once you understand the backstory, you realize that the New York Times story is not really about flight at all but about how elites and credentialed “experts” mistake their own failures for the boundaries of possibility. The New York Times did not dismiss the possibility of powered flight at random. There was a very specific reason behind it. At the time, America’s most prominent scientific authority, Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Langley, had been showered with large amounts of taxpayer funding to build an aircraft, the Langley Aerodrome. Despite all the money, institutional backing, and elite prestige, Langley and his team could not get it to fly, culminating in a series of very public failures, the last on December 8, 1903. So when the New York Times declared that flight was millions of years away, what it was really saying was that if the most credentialed and well-funded “experts” cannot do it, then it cannot be done. A mere nine days later, the elites’ proclamation of impossibility lay in ruins. Two totally unknown bicycle mechanics from Ohio achieved the first powered flight using improvised parts, a few hundred dollars of their own money, and sheer persistence. The story of flight is, at its core, a story of the triumph of American individualism over elite credentialism. The fact that it was the New York Times that inadvertently delivered the proof is the most fitting conclusion imaginable.

“Soft power” is when foreigners get an all expenses paid trip to an American ivy that heartland kids could only dream of, and have such profound ingratitude towards their host that they skip out on a small tax bill from a full ride to Princeton and trash us in the NYT. Ok!

I’m noticing a lot of foreigners who seem to not understand why we’d risk hundreds of lives, spend millions of dollars, and sacrifice several aircraft to rescue one guy. And the reason they don’t understand is also the reason people can’t be made American by a piece of paper.

Oh boy. Today I learned we pay $750m a year for a State Department program called “EducationUSA” that operates in 175 countries to recruit foreigners to apply to American universities like Princeton where they then come here, get so much money in scholarships thrown at them that they owe some tax (in this article it’s $15k) which they decide to not pay back! Princeton tried to help the Chilean guy in the article by loaning him money to pay his tax bill but rather than pay it back he just moved to another country and is now whining in the New York Times about it! Enjoy that while you file your taxes this year! Yes this was a spot at Princeton that your kid from Iowa didn’t get.

@FiredUpCoug Been to dozens of cities. Japa ese greatly favor Chinese and you'll find edited and unedited Chinese. You'll find plenty of (less spicy) Korean and some great Thai, but those fall off in frequency. A Chinese place near our last hotel in Yokohama proved really useful.

My Japanese friends, I have a question for you. After your own cuisine, which Asian cuisine is most popular in japan? Thai, Chinese, Korean, or something else?

Explanation of "Mirroring Hiroshi": In Japan, women's arguments tend to gain more support. To verify the "validity of the argument" while removing gender bias, Hiroshi is made to make statements from the perspectives of both men and women. If the statement contains sexism, Hiroshi appears to be acting strangely.

Since it's been a month of Sundays since I've posted EDC for the boys, I'll put this on main as well. Moving clockwise from the upper-left: Pepper spray (Fox Labs Five-point-Three.) Jericho 941 (Israeli police trade-in purchased surplus in 9mm. Holster: kydex (no name brand, I made this one myself.) Emergency medical kit I keep in my back-left pocket for treating serious wounds, including gunshot wounds. Wallet, microfiber cloth for my glasses. Knives; Gerber Applegate-Fairbairin Combat Folder, CKRT M21-10KSF, Stanley folding utility knife. 6 foot long Stanley pocket tape measure. Keys, guarded by mini utility knife, plastic M1911 and Alice Margatroid. Samsung Galaxy S-20 phone. Blackhawk belt magazine pouch with two Mec-Gar magazines, each with 17 rounds of 147 grain 9mm FMJ (full metal jacket.) Streamlight Protac 1L-1AA flashlight (can take normal or lithium battery.) Gun belt not pictured; 5-11 brand ("tactical series" nylon weave belt with kydex stiffening insert.) I'll probably upgrade to a full-sized CKRT M21 so I've got something suited for utility and "dynamic social encounters" both.

@junhagemay 三段オチは世界共通 英語で「Rule of Threes」と (ごめん、英語のビデオだけど) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_t… m.youtube.com/watch?v=TUFHJM…

ふむ。ケルビンでちゃんとオチがついてる。 どうやら三段オチは世界共通の概念らしい。

@Based_Japanese @FiredUpCoug If you're visiting Idaho and Wyoming, always good to go through Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks!

@FiredUpCoug I have only been to 20 or so states so far, but I want to visit all 50 states before I die. I especially want to visit, AK, ID, MT, WY, SD, OK, SC, AL, etc

My Japanese friends. If you could pick one state in the United States of America to come and visit, which would it be?

@curry_boz 日本で宣教師として勤めていた間に僧侶と話した: キリスト教や仏教について話したけど、ほとんど話したのは「日本人がどうやって幸せになれるかな」って 相手とか敵対とかぜんぜんなかった どちらでも人の心を真理と幸福に導きたい同僚みたいな感じ 本物の仏教は、僕にとって、こんな印象。

アメリカの友人へ、教えてほしい。 繊細な質問だけれど、仏教について、どんな印象をもっていますか？可能なかぎりで教えてほしいです。

@AnEriksenWife @Devon_Eriksen_ Already bought the audio book and I'm looking forward to the sequel.

@Devon_Eriksen_ LET'S GOOOOOO Everyone, feel free to encourage Devon by purchasing a super high-quality audiobook edition of his hit scifi debut THEFT OF FIRE: ORBITAL SPACE #1 on its newest retail platform: Soundbooth! soundbooth.app/orbital-space

Artemis is an absurdly expensive boondoggle & it will cost the same as ~14 hours of Medicare/Social Security spending

@rerankar0 @harukaawake You're likely looking for "hiku" In their media you'll see this used most, even as a sound effect when someone pulls away (literally or mentally) in disgust/revulsion. From 引く, pull

@harukaawake i'd like to know the jp version of the word "cringe" when you people come up with that 🤔 it's "ko/ku-ri-n-ji", will get shorter to "ko/ku-ri-ji" at that point you'll find a jp pun to use there and it'll become something cool, not ranting of a non-native both to eng and jp 😅

🇯🇵 I recently learnt the word "cringe" in English. When I think of this word, I think of our political party Reiwa Shinsengumi. They argue for more Islamic immigration, trans rights and everything else you'd expect. They currently have 1 seat in the government.

I despise this talking point bc vaccine-related myocarditis is primarily among young men and disease-related myocarditis is primarily among older adults The OBVIOUS solution is to not give the vaccine to young men but make it available to people outside the myocarditis risk window

@momonomeah 一番好きなのはこちyoutu.be/rfu-MgXTDcM?si…

そんなことより海外ニキ！！YouTubeで聴けるおすすめのワーシップソングを教えてくれよな！！☆（ゝω・）v

@hosi8huru 僕の日本で宣教師として勤めていた時に、日本人のクリスチャンに聞かれた質問:「仕事には、新築の地鎮祭に出席しないとだめ。クリスチャンとして神道の儀式だからダメだろ?」 パウロと未知の神、青銅の蛇、エレミヤと偶像について話しました。 いい思い出

私はたとえ異教の物であっても、他者を尊重するゆえ彼らの大切な物も尊重する。 それは真の神、主が私たちの自由意志を尊重してくださっていることと同じ思いだ。 しかし福音を通して、偶像崇拝を神は嫌うと神の思いを伝える。 世界のクリスチャンはこの件をどのように考えますか？

@bakakyou @FiredUpCoug 日本人をめんどくさい民族だと絶対思わないんだ アメリカ人にとって日本のこだわりと文化ってほとんど真似すべきものと思う

@FiredUpCoug めんどくさい民族だと思わないでくださいね。割と同調圧力も強い方なので。。。 話半分で自由に日本を楽しんでもらいたいです。

I just read all 800+ comments in this thread regarding manners in Japan. Many were common expectations, such as not littering, or talking on the phone while on a train. However, many were new to me. Here's a summary: DON'T - Waste food: finishing shows respect - Eat or drink while walking - Take photos in buses, trains, shops, or shrines - Buy items in bulk - Pass food from chopsticks to chopsticks (this closely resembles a funeral ritual) DO - Learn a few basic Japanese phrases - Slurp your noodles (it's polite!) - Walk single file in tighter spaces - Use a translation app - Carry a small trash bag, public trash cans are rare - Use both hands when giving or receiving items Thank you all for sharing your comments, they were fascinating!