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I think there are two main concerns - Does it help? If the student still has to experience the 'triggering' content does knowing about it actually make a difference? Does it hurt? If the student continues to avoid triggering content, are they keeping themselves from healing over the long term? ...How are these even questions? Literally everybody I spoke to who actually attends or lectures at university told me that yes, these things are useful, yes, they help students cope with material that is difficult for them to process, and no, nobody is actually exempt from the normal requirements for successfully completing the course. Trigger warnings don't exist to protect the precious fee-fees of students, they exist to allow them to digest the texts on their own terms. I can't believe there are people who are arguing - no doubt from a position of ignorance, but ignorance should not be an excuse - that there is a positive societal value in expecting people to engage in a demanding intellectual activity while in a state of fight-or-flight panic mode as opposed to, y'know, giving them a heads-up that 'hey, this material might be difficult, so go ahead, take a minute, and prepare yourself so you can engage with it properly'. There are some from the psychology/psychiatry area who argue (or have argued, I'm not up to date on it so they may have had further research) that trigger warnings only cause more issues than they solve (I think Richard McNally at Harvard and Metin Basoglu at King's College are the two I remember reading comments from). At the core of their view was the idea that avoidance not only does not alleviate, but instead may worsen, PTSD (and I believe Basoglu further claims that it can further feelings of helplessness and depression as well).

I think there are two main concerns - Does it help? If the student still has to experience the 'triggering' content does knowing about it actually make a difference? Does it hurt? If the student continues to avoid triggering content, are they keeping themselves from healing over the long term?

I think the effective difference is that if something comes up on TV with content you don't like, you can flip the channel or turn off. The content of a course isn't something you can opt out of. Its for that reason that I think a lot of academics feel that the warnings 'help' as you can't avoid the content. I think the crux of the matter is whether the trigger warning is ultimately effective - ie to complete the course you still have to experience the content and so the question is, is it possible to effectively mitigate that with simple foreknowledge. If the answer is 'no' then the question is raised of what purpose the trigger warning serves (and is it a step on some slippery slope type of thing) and if the answer is 'yes' then certainly they can have a place provided you look at whether in so protecting the individual are you slowing down their own progress towards recovery or speeding it along. And I don't think there's any one answer to that.

That only leads to him handing you out things that prove you already had what you thought you didn't have and needed all along. Then he jumps into a hot air balloon and departs, accidentally.

You could always add trailers that you'd like to see here...

I think it's intentional (although it may backfire ) to distinguish it from the other Marvel x-men films

New Mutants Trailer expected to be a loose adaption of the Great Demon Bear story.

Well they are unconnected other than being listed as things that the Administration apparently has a beef with UNESCO over (so perhaps that "while" should have been another "and").

My understanding, regarding taxes, is that a citizen in Puerto Rico would pay Puerto Rico's taxes on worldwide income, then US taxes on worldwide income excluding income derived in Puerto Rico. Then there is a tax credit in Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico income tax based on the US tax, up to a specific limit. Obviously if your sole source of income is within Puerto Rico, you wouldn't pay any US tax. They also end up paying Social Security, Medicare, import, export and commodity taxes.

We left UNESCO before, in the 1980s, as I recall. In addition to the PLO thing (and referring to Israel as an "occupying force" while not condemning Syria when their civil war broke out), I think there is also the fact that one of the candidates for the new director-general of UNESCO has allegedly made anti-semetic statements and is still in contention.

Well its supernatural evil multi-dimensional batmen from the dark multiverse who kicked his ass though, so there's that.

I was expecting more of this:

The director stated an influence by Tarkovsky; I'd say the pacing of BR2049 demonstrates that pretty well. It is a very deliberately paced film.

I thought the SW trailer was fine - I think the way its edited there may be a lot of setting up McGuffins rather than really revealing anything. I haven't seen the original since it's release, I wasn't particularly bowled over by it enough to remember more than the basic premise, would I need to rewatch it, or could I go into the new one with just the basic knowledge? Do not watch the theatrical cut then. There have been a few different Directors Cut editions released. They are much better. Ridley Scott didn't have the juice to tell the studio heads to bugger off when they were screwing up his movie in 1986. 1982, surely? I stand corrected! And don't call you Shirley? I liked Blade Runner 2049, there's a lot going on. I will say as a mass market film, the glacial pacing is surely to work against it, but it sets up some interesting ideas and themes to meditate on.

Tell them your wife is making you quit Tell them that someone touched your lucky dice and your mojo is broken and you can't possibly continue until you've found new lucky dice Tell them that you've joined a group and are now LARPing as a non-gamer Tell them that you're moving out of the area; when they see you again, tell them plans changed but you felt it was too awkward to return to the group Insist that your character is reclassing as a bard and that all of your communication from there out will be done in iambic pentameter and/or in song - they'll ask you to leave. If you are already playing a bard and doing this...what the hell? Ask the other members about some loans you've given them - they'll avoid you. Ask the other members to make you a loan - they'll avoid you. Come dressed as your character, and start treating the others as their characters and not themselves. They'll ask you to leave. Come in wearing a cast on both arms and say you've developed Carpal Tunnel syndrome from rolling dice and your doctor is making you give up dice games. Come to a game session with no pants on. Tell them that you feel RPGing is liberating, and wink while doing so. They'll ask you to leave. Have your character turn secretly evil and kill all the other players or die trying. Afterwards loudly proclaim to the group that "you're just like the others!" before storming out. Tell them your children have started asking your wife who that "strange man" is while pointing at you, and that you realized you're not spending enough time with them. The next time you miss a roll, stand up screaming "The other DMs doesn't treat me this way". Flip the table and storm out. Tell them it's not them, it's you. Steal everyone's dice, blame your dice bag, which you claim is a mimic. During combat, show everyone how you imagine your character should do a complex maneuver, making sure that you fall and break the table you play on. Blame your old war wound Eat baked beans before gaming sessions - they'll ask you to leave Tell them that someone is posting incorrect information on the Obsidian forums, and you need every free moment you have to correct them.

I haven't seen the original since it's release, I wasn't particularly bowled over by it enough to remember more than the basic premise, would I need to rewatch it, or could I go into the new one with just the basic knowledge? Do not watch the theatrical cut then. There have been a few different Directors Cut editions released. They are much better. Ridley Scott didn't have the juice to tell the studio heads to bugger off when they were screwing up his movie in 1986. 1982, surely?

Yup, it is. Been great fun to see.

Well I "was" mystified - I'd say the last few years have seen a great upsurge in Soccer's success, from the the attention MLS has received to networks like NBC showing English and German league games in the afternoon.

Baseball is a great lazy afternoon sport. You can put as little or as much attention as you want into it and be rewarded. I also am surprised Rugby isn't more popular (but then for years I was mystified about the lack of interest in Soccer/Football).

My favorite Opossum encounter was at night, walking in the front gate, it was sitting on the fence a few feet away hissing at me. Good times, good times. They're generally pretty cool animals if you keep your distance, to be fair, though.

Florida State was one of the biggest complainers about the Tomahawk Chop since it was stolen from them... The old Brave's 'Screaming/Shouting/Laughing Indian' logos and mascot Chief Knoc-A-Homa, his "teepee", and Princes Win-A-Lotta did get complaints, hence why they were dropped circa 1986.

Dibs on locking threads that derail via spamming.

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