shyguyblue, shyguyblue@lemmy.world

A line (to me) is defined as two or more points that connect. On point it’s one point, and no line can be made until another point is defined to connect them. I was never taught the parabolic function that turned that single point into a line, the calculator did that for me.

And to your second “point”, how is learning to do the math, rather than just memorizing a list of answers, “directly involved in what we do as an adult”?

And nothing of value was lost

I hated learning the calculator stuff in high school, because it was never explained what the calculator was doing… How the hell does x=1 make a line, when it’s a literal one dimensional data point!

It wasn’t until I was in my late twenties before watching a Numberphile video that explained exactly what a damn parabola was!

Calculators are just a symptom of a more systemic problem, like memorizing times tables. You need to teach how those numbers/lines came to be, not just ’memorize this list that has nothing to do with 98% of the math you’ll be expected to do as an adult…’

What happens when you overclock the TARDIS’ perception filter

Getting my braces removed.

As a retail worker, yup…

Ugh, the worst part about that bullshit argument: we shouldn’t pay for immigrants, we should be paying for our own people!?¡

Ok, then let’s start paying for our own people…?

BuT tHaT’S sOcIaLiZeM!? #ButteryMales

Empathy fatigue.

I’m an obnoxiously empathetic person. I spent a week in a “mental health facility” last year, and it was an emotional nightmare. I hate seeing people in pain, so being involuntarily admitted into a dumpster filled with people in the worst pain, and at the lowest point of their lives…

Not amusing to say the least.

By day four, I didn’t even look up when someone screamed screamed, or i heard the “thud” of someone succumbing to the “let’s try you at this dose” reactions of the drugs.

Sometimes you just don’t have the empathy to deal with these people, and the older I get, the less empathy and more ‘hatred’ I have for people that just constantly hurt themselves. Their actions are their own, I’m done trying to empathize or ‘understand’ their perspective. /rant

Just try not to jack him off in front of children, again

We, as a species, failed to learn anything from the “gps told me to drive into a lake!?” debacle; so here is history, just flat out repeating itself…

This situation kinda reminds me of a Bill Burr bit (before the whatever-the-hell happened):

He was walking along somewhere and suddenly saw two guys kissing. He described it as, his animal brain kicked in because he wasn’t expecting it, but after his ‘people’ brain kicked in and he was fine with it

So I have to do work in order to unlock an ad!? Worst fucking timeline…

I see you dude… Born to narcissists and forced to raise myself and my younger brother.

I’m so touch starved, that when a coworker came back after extended leave, I hugged her without even thinking. Just needed human contact, even if it was with someone I had only exchanged pleasantries with, until she had to “leave of absence” for a work injury. (Note: I’m gay as the rising sun, and she’s got grandkids older than me)

As much as I don’t like to admit this; I’ve recently been “fantasizing” about petting a dog… Any dog, as long as they got that puppa belly I crave! My Buddy Boy of 14 years passed away last April, and I just can’t find a replacement for that puppa love. Isn’t that just fundamentally wrong? For a human being to actually close his eyes, and fantasize about tickling the tummy of a (preferably female, more belly!) dog, rather than try to form a relationship with someone else!?

I don’t even fantasize about sex anymore. Hell, the last time I had sex, Obama was still president, and it was a random Grindr hookup; get in, get out, no emotional connection.

I’m tempted as hell to look into “cuddle clubs”. Places where you get dressed up in pajamas and lay in a big cuddle pile. Most places I’ve heard/read/googled about have a strict “no nudity” and absolutely “no erections!”, but shit, at least it’s human contact…

Edit: I can’t afford the hotel I’m living in, so my parents have to subsidize… My best advice: force every fiber-of-your-being into focusing on the positives. I’m trying, but to your point; it’s exhausting sometimes, and there are very few things available to you that will improve your mood more than a good cry. Go for it! Sob like a child that just dropped their ice cream! Scream your frustrations into a pillow! Back when i could afford therapy, the dude told me that those were perfectly acceptable as stop-gap coping mechanisms.

Can you see if there are hobby groups around you that meet up and socialize? From my experience, any group that can come together under one hobby, will totally understand a quick “hi, I’ve got a little anxiety…”

I just picked up a package from the front desk of the “extended living” hotel I’m starting at, and the overworked front desk lady was frazzled having to deal with me and a screaming infant…

Me too kid, me too…

Unfortunately, I can’t afford therapy anymore, so it’s a six pack, a tub full of scalding water and lavender bubble baff, and yelling at people i haven’t seen in decades; to ease my emotional burden.

No. It requires a 2/3 vote from Congress. And the midterms (if they happen…) will (hopefully) be brutal for republicans….

She’s streets ahead in other subjects though…

Unless it’s Warren Peace, no one should be doing this!?

The only thing i truly miss about Reddit was Doom scrolling the raised by narcissists sub

Edit: I just remembered a quote that your reply reminded me of; The axe doesn’t remember every swing, but the tree remembers every cut.

My DNA donors like to insist that they did “so many nice things” for me as a kid… Funny thing though, i only seem to remember the “Dad’s in a bad mood” beatings, the “you don’t need glasses, you’re just being dramatic” gaslighting to keep me blind for my first 17 years.

There’s more, but enough trauma dumping for today

You’ve already spun up a spam community I’ve blocked due to conspiracy laden posts, please don’t spam a real community unless you have a source other than “trust me bro”.