All I know is it is very important to maintain the freedom to make our
own personal decisions. Just because one person thinks something is
good doesn't mean someone else does. And I'm not saying one is right or
one is wrong - just differences of perspective based on their own experiences.

I believe everyone should have freedom of choice.

I do not believe you should be allowed to dictate or preach to me how my decision violates your beliefs or other crackpot nonsense.

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I believe everyone should have freedom of choice.

I do not believe you should be allowed to dictate or preach to me how my decision violates your beliefs or other crackpot nonsense.

Of like minds.

Society had made great leaps forward in the past few decades.. Sadly, there are those out there trying their best to reverse those advancements.


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I had the opportunity to head up to Canada for two years and teach. Students were doing pre-Calc, and beginner Calculus. It was an eye
opener.

Then we need to get our young people to that level.


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Though I didn't smoke pot, I was more into drinking (too much actually).
That is why still to this day I only drink beer and no longer have any liquor. I also limit my beer intake to no more than 3 in any given day.

I grow pot and get high CBD strains which I make into edibles for sleep and body aches. I no longer like to blow my brains out anymore. I too have an affinity for beer vs hard stuff as it's just more mellow and "just right". Since I have started intermittent fasting several years ago, I just avoid ETOH altogether because it's like spikes insulin too fast. Approaching age 70 in a month. I've lost 35 lbs. I hike several times a week. I'm in great shape, all lab values are WNL. I guess it pays to be a nurse because I've watched what everybody else is doing and understand comorbidities of aging.


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I had the opportunity to head up to Canada for two years and teach. Students were doing pre-Calc, and beginner Calculus. It was an eye opener.

Then we need to get our young people to that level.

With the persistant cuts to the public education system in the US, that's not going to happen in our lifetime.


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I believe everyone should have freedom of choice.

100%.

I do not believe you should be allowed to dictate or preach to me how my decision violates your beliefs or other crackpot nonsense.

Freedom is one of the most important things to me. The context of freedom however is provided the freedom doesn't negatively impact other people. For instance long ago when I used to smoke, I had the respect for other people and wouldn't smoke in my own car around non-smokers. I also never smoked in my own place for the same reason and would always go outside.

The issue today is so many have zero respect for others.

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Approaching age 70 in a month. I've lost 35 lbs. I hike several times a week. I'm in great shape, all lab values are WNL. I guess it pays to be a nurse because I've watched what everybody else is doing and understand comorbidities of aging.

I try to walk around the neighborhood each day around lunchtime. Eating too much was never a thing for me, as I pretty much look at food as something needed for surving. Long ago I cut out all liquor (like age 21), and greatly limited my beer intake from the old days.

I never have more than (3) beers a day, but I do like my beer so I typically will have 3 beers a day. So when I go to the beer store and pick up (4) 30 packs at a time, it appears bad, but I never have more than 3 a day. Some light beer has such low alcohol content it is like having water, anyway. Good to prevent kidney stones.. :)

- Mark

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I never have more than (3) beers a day, but I do like my beer so I
typically will have 3 beers a day. So when I go to the beer store and
pick up (4) 30 packs at a time, it appears bad, but I never have more

I don't really drink much beer, more like 3 a week, but it's super nice to have a Michelob Ultra at a basketball game. The low alcohol content is a nice plus since I'll have to drive later on afterwards.

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Society had made great leaps forward in the past few decades.. Sadly,
there are those out there trying their best to reverse those
advancements.

I think history has shown us, and will show us again, that society will not move backwards. We may take steps back, but those are often followed by huge steps forward.

And those that wish to turn back the hands of progress usually are dealt with by society eventually.

-dmxrob


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I had the opportunity to head up to Canada for two years and teach. Students were doing pre-Calc, and beginner Calculus. It was an eye opener.

Then we need to get our young people to that level.

How can we do that when we spent 90% of our effort and time on culture war issues? As a former teacher who got the hell out, and still have friends who teach, they all say the same thing -- they spend so much time on nonsense and culture war shit nowadays, they have little time to try and move the class as a whole forward.

-dmxrob


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The issue today is so many have zero respect for others.

Ding! Ding!

"I'm on a diet, so you can't have cake" is the mentality of many.

-dmxrob


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I don't really drink much beer, more like 3 a week, but it's super nice to have a Michelob Ultra at a basketball game. The low alcohol content is a nice plus since I'll have to drive later on afterwards.

Exactly! I have those in the garage "Beer" fridge all the time, too. I have almost all the Anheuser-Busch beers. Budweiser, Bud Light, Busch, Busch Light, and Michelob Ultra. Many evenings I'll pick random ones for my "pick-3".

- Mark

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I don't really drink much beer, more like 3 a week, but it's super nice to have a Michelob Ultra at a basketball game. The low alcohol content is a nice plus since I'll have to drive later on afterwards.

Forgot to mention, I like to buy multiple 30-packs at a time. So I typically have 1-2 30-packs of all (4) of the Anhauser-Busch beers I like. Bud, Bud Light, Busch, Busch Light, and Mich Ultra. The garage fridge is jammed packed with them and I even have some stacked on the floor of the garage in the overflow 30 packs. It saves me from having to run up to the store as often. I'll get like 2-4 30-packs at a time.

- Mark

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How can we do that when we spent 90% of our effort and time on culture war issues? As a former teacher who got the hell out, and still have friends
who teach, they all say the same thing -- they spend so much time on nonsense and culture war shit nowadays, they have little time to try and move the class as a whole forward.

Both my parents where education teachers many years ago now. It seems that most agree that the curriculum needs an overhaul and should be educating young people how on real world/everyday skills to get them ready for business and personal tasks.

Just one of many examples would be educating on the types of loans and all the associated loan packages and pros/cons of each. That is one example of something that most people need to understand and don't. The issue then is they get taken advantage of and make bad decisions based on not understanding life skills.

There also needs to be more guidance on career paths. Too many students go into stuff that has very little employment options and just isn't realistic. Not to mention the fact that college is still pushed when in many examples it isn't needed. Many can make a fantastic career without college. Need more people in trades that show the interest.

Instead we have a large pool of graduates that are not ready for society. I think the education system is fantastic, but the curriculum needs a major overhaul.
- Mark

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Ding! Ding!

"I'm on a diet, so you can't have cake" is the mentality of many.

lol. If I want cake (and I love cake), I'm going to eat it. If someone else is on a diet and does't want the cake, that is fine. They need to have the self control to resist.

I think it is funny when I see someone that says they are on a diet and they either go out to eat or order food each day and eat a large amount, but will drink a diet soda. Like that makes a difference.

Self control - smaller portions are key - and then you can still have your cake. :)

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There also needs to be more guidance on career paths. Too many students
go into stuff that has very little employment options and just isn't realistic. Not to mention the fact that college is still pushed when in
many examples it isn't needed. Many can make a fantastic career without college. Need more people in trades that show the interest.

I wished we had a career/life stuidies unit in English class where students have to do research and a budget.


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I think history has shown us, and will show us again, that society will
not move backwards. We may take steps back, but those are often
followed by huge steps forward.

And those that wish to turn back the hands of progress usually are dealt with by society eventually.

I saw a PBS documetary on the Gilded Age last week which seems to be the basis for the TV series of the same name. It's based on the rise of the capitalists in the industrial age and how the working class gets exploited. What blew me away was how this situation has never really changed. Big capital buys politicians and extorts the working class. I'm also amazed at how resilant the Constitution is and how forward thinking the "founding fathers" were. If anything, we can see flaws in the Constitution and perhaps remedy this to prevent any type of Authoritarianism in the future. The nobel experiment continues....


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