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Mesophar

@ Mesophar @lemm.ee

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  • ‘It is not illegal to teach drunk’: Charges dropped against 2nd grade teacher accused of being intoxicated in class

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  • Oh yeah, reckless endangerment would definitely be appropriate, though if there were other teachers or staff reasonably close I could see it being contested.

    Also, I absolutely do not condone being drunk at work as a teacher.

  • ‘It is not illegal to teach drunk’: Charges dropped against 2nd grade teacher accused of being intoxicated in class

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  • Yeah, whether or not they are fired, because it is certainly unprofessional behavior, it isnt criminal. Unless you count that they were somehow putting the children in direct danger, but that probably isn't the case for a geography or math teacher. Drunk woodshop teacher, maybe?

  • Michigan middle school coach allegedly choked student with shirt in incident caught on surveillance video - ABC News

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  • Yes. Assault is a legal term. Even if it is on video, if there is an open case in court about this incident they need to phrase it that way. The quotation marks aren't scare quotes, this is part of what the family's attorney, Jordan Vahdat, said. Probably deconstructed from a sentence like "and we are seeking to file for assault charges against the formerly trusted coach", because trusted coach was also in quotes.

    The assault absolutely took place, and the article never infers that it didn't.

  • Michigan middle school coach allegedly choked student with shirt in incident caught on surveillance video - ABC News

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  • Yeah, not sure if we read the same article. It definitely uses media safe terms like allegedly, but only on actions that would be legal definitions of crimes. After that it refers to it as "the incident" (and not as "the alleged incident"). They never hedge around whether the attack happened, and the rest of the article even strongly takes the side of the family. I see nothing that makes it seem like the news agency likes or is siding with the ex-coach.

    I guess maybe taking all of the "allegedly" and "appears to" at face value you could get the impression of them being dodgy, but it's just how they have to report it until facts are discovered in a trial. Actually, they even later quote the family's attorney calling it a "horrific assault and battery", no "allegedly" in sight, because it was a quote referencing what was being investigated.

  • Biped WOLF PACK TAKES ACTION against unprecedented LOGGING project

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  • What's up with the random capitalization?

  • Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza

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  • I fail to see the equivalency between "murder a bunch of people" and "a bunch of people are no longer allowed in a luxury resort".

  • Star Citizen Pushes Through the $700 Million Raised Mark and No, There Still Isn’t a Release Date

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  • That's a little unfair, because enjoyment of something doesn't necessitate it being experienced from beginning to end in a linear progression. Something like the seasonal(?) content on No Man's Sky often requiring a save file being restarted and not needed the main story to be completed to finish the new objectives. Or, something like Path of Exile, where each season progresses from a fresh start at level 1, with no progress carried over.

    Progress gets rest on those about as frequently, it not more so, than the resets in Star Citizen, except those games are also feature complete with a full story involved.

    Maybe something like Ark, then, with the creation of new servers. No real story being progressed through, but a multi-player sandbox environment. Again, though, that's a feature complete game where all the systems (mostly) work.

    I guess where I'm going is that you can certainly look at individual elements of the game and compare those to similar systems in other games. And if expectations are of it being a sandbox you can mess around in and experience some cool systems, it will deliver. But it is not a finished game that has persistent player driven progress. It is not a game with a story path you can follow (though, I don't think it claims to be once fully released, either). It is buggy at times and suffers server issues as the small changes and interactions build up over time, making an instance unstable and eventually kicking everyone logged in.

    "Demo" might be the closest description, but that doesn't quite capture the experience of playing it. It falls very short of being a full game. It also is something that other games just don't capture the same feeling of.

    Again, I'm not trying to convince anyone to spend any money towards it, but absolutely give the free fly events a chance.

  • Wow, they're a paleo-veterinarian too!

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  • Someone stole them! Pretty sure I know who did it, I saw them in a museum

  • Star Citizen Pushes Through the $700 Million Raised Mark and No, There Still Isn’t a Release Date

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  • It's more than just "playable", but it also is not a finished, fully fleshed out game, either. Definitely worth checking out during the occasional free-fly events (though one has just ended, so might be a little while for the next).

  • Side of bed debate - Which side is left?

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  • "Complicated descriptions"? Is there a lamp on one side, or a closet door? Just use that as a frame of reference, I wouldn't call that a complicated description. Or, if you usually have the same bigs-poon, little-spoon orientation, you can describe which shoulder you're laying on. But I still think using features of the room is the simplest way. "I'm laying on the closet side."

  • Content Warnings Do Not Reduce Distress, Study Shows

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  • Are we supposed to adjust to your mental issue of being irrationally angry at content warnings?

  • Mackinac Island faces possible legal action over electric bike policy

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  • I can understand why they might need to go through higher channels with this to ensure that other people can't take advantage of the ruling. But it's a shame and unnecessarily dismissive of Hudson that they didn't work with her through this process, especially after the second attempt with the letter of medical necessity. That should have flagged for then to give her special attention for this case, even if they couldn't simply wave it through.

  • Mint is up and running!

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  • Dude, just have to say, your comments are so informative, helpful, and tailored to the individual's question or situation. Thank you for being a part of this community! Your example makes the place better for everyone.

  • When you tell her you use Arch and she still has her clothes on

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  • I know, I just wanted to give an access denied for the lolz (especially since I see that message basically every time I run pacman, forgetting to either sudo or run in root shell >.>;; )

  • When you tell her you use Arch and she still has her clothes on

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  • error: you cannot perform this operation unless you are root.

  • can't make this shit up

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  • This isn't hating on raw food movement, this is like having a water main break and being advised to boil and/or filter water before drinking it.

    A lot of dairy cows are infected with a new virus. Raw/unpasteurized milk has a greater chance if transmission to those consuming it. Recommended to refrain from consuming raw milk until there is no longer such a high rate of infection...

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  • Do you love me? Could you learn to love me?

  • Joe Rogan - suggestions to switch my sibling to better media

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  • Or maybe it's "I love my sibling and don't want to see them slip further into this conspiracy rabbit hole. How can I offer them similar content that isn't as harmful?"

  • Florida man points AR-15 in Uber driver's face, forces him to ground for dropping daughter off: deputies

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  • No, no they aren't. Some people were never responsible gun owners to begin with, regardless of anyone's beliefs around guns.