No, it doesn't makes it not to okay to beat your child or don't feed it for months you heart less asshole!
Things that frustrate us all
- Thread starter rhubarbodendron
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So I just wanted to check in here. Based on the phrasing I’m having difficulty determining if this is a generic response to the thread, or a direct reply to @JD.
It’s clear to me from context that @JD was not advocating for child abuse, and just had an unfortunate typo (accidentally left out a “doesn’t”) that changed the literal reading of the text to the opposite of what he intended.
But I’m having difficulty determining if the reply is just a general agreement of the intended sentiment, and the “heartless asshole” comment is referring to child abusers in general, or if the reply is taking @JD to task for the text as written, and directing the “heartless asshole” comment at him.
If you are calling generic child abusers heartless assholes, then that’s perfectly fine (and you’re right!). However, if you were calling @JD that, then that would be a warning-worthy violation of board rules. You are allowed to argue against what someone has written, but you can’t call them an asshole in this part of the board.
I’m not giving you a warning, because I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt that you ‘re not calling @JD that. But there was enough ambiguity that I wanted to at least say something, because if someone was calling another member an asshole, I couldn’t just let it slide. (And in this case, he wasn’t intending to say anything bad, it was just a simple typing error.)
My apologies if I have misread anything and made this a bigger deal than it needed to be. I just needed to err on the side of caution.
This is missing my key point: people don't always know how to empathize with animals. They just don't. Yes, I agree it's an owner's responsibility, but that doesn't mean they know it. There is an assumption that empathy is just a spontaneous development for humans, but it actually takes, time, effort and cultivation.
Sometimes when I'm using the laptop in bed, if I'm lying down, I hold the laptop sideways. The keyboard cover skin fell off and I either didn't notice or didn't care before I fell asleep, and now I have no idea where it went! It's not above the sheets, it's not under the sheets, it's not on the floor!
Yes, it was directed at child abusers. I guess both me JD need to specify our meaning better
Woops, yeah that was supposed to be doesn't. I went back and edited the post to add the doesn't.
I think I might be misunderstanding you here, are you saying not having empathy then that should excuse the behavior? Because it doesn't for me.
Thank you for the clarification, I appreciate it.
OK, that's fair. But once we reach the scale of something like Twist of Fate where Ashley De Felice took thousands of dollars in donations claiming it was to take care of the animals, when it fact she spent it all on herself, and left hundreds of animals with no medical, no food, and no water. And she obviously know what she was doing was wrong because she lied, made sure the literal piles of dead bodies were out sight while she left the healthiest ones on the edge of the property so people would only see them. She also started lying to her friends who also ran sanctuaries and refused to let any of them on the property. When you reach that kind of scale, motivation doesn't matter, you're just a horrible monster.
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My class has been going on for a month. First grades should have been in two weeks ago. You know, before the second assignment was due.
Three have now been submitted before the first grades came in.
The first grades came in today.
And she marked according to different requirements than those in the written fucking instructions. I lost 20% because I followed the instructions vs how she graded.
I sent her an email with the instructions highlighted contradicting her remarks and said that in one month every price of grades work has had at least two different sets of instructions and are being grades differently than the students are being provided, and I am now apprehensive about the rest of the course, especially with the exam in a week.
I'm pissed.
Three have now been submitted before the first grades came in.
The first grades came in today.
And she marked according to different requirements than those in the written fucking instructions. I lost 20% because I followed the instructions vs how she graded.
I sent her an email with the instructions highlighted contradicting her remarks and said that in one month every price of grades work has had at least two different sets of instructions and are being grades differently than the students are being provided, and I am now apprehensive about the rest of the course, especially with the exam in a week.
I'm pissed.
I've had osteoarthritis for years, but lately my arms have been bothering me whenever I raise them -- makes it tough to do anything, including sleep. I have to find out if its the bones or muscles (I keep on exercising) or something else. Have a doc appointment Friday.
You're welcome!
Government permits suck.
$5,000 poorer.
^ ouch.