Posts by GrreatTeacher

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Leaping to Confusions (Scene One)

by Terry in

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title: leaping to confusions.

scene one.

(interior doctor's office).

GrreatTeacher

I can tell chat bots aren't real when they answer too quickly. They never make spelling mistakes, but do subtly mess up language pragmatics. This is the written ones.

I think I could agree that they might be "real" if they somehow only felt like they "aren't from around here," but I haven't even felt that they even get that close.

One big tell is that spoken conversation often circles around on itself where you ask the same question but in slightly different ways. Humans who are honest respond with consistency but slightly different wording.

If you keep hearing the exact same phrase, ie. "That's understandable." and especially with the exact same intonation, then you've got yourself a bot.

BTW, technology has gotten better. When humans speak a string of numbers, the last one has a downward intonation indicating the end of the sequence. I remember when voice robots would not do that. Now, they often do. Pay attention to it the next time you get stuck in some phone response tree from hell. It'll take your mind off the frustration.

Another cue that you're not talking to a real human is when you curse them out and they reply cheerfully, " I can help you with that!"

Real people hang up on you!

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Vid obsession

by punkofnice in

i'm interested in your thoughts.. the media tells us a lot of agenda driven propaganda.

you're hard pressed to spot truth these days.. however, i'm told that the rona is now just a rotten flu and not the plague we were originally terrified in to believing.

last time i heard it was down in the hit parade to 16th nasty health thing.. all the people and family i know that have had the rona, have been complaining it's a very crappy flu.

GrreatTeacher

Viruses mutate. It's what they do. Selection pressure to the virus genome as people are exposed and fight the virus.

Humans build up immunity. It's what we do. We've all been exposed to little bits of it here and there in the course of life. And vaccinated people have been exposed to more.

And so viruses mutate to avoid detection by immune systems.

And so people are exposed to different strains and built up new immunity.

So, viruses mutate.

So immune systems learn to fight it.

So viruses mutate.

So immune systems learn to fight it.

So viruses...you get the picture.

It's evolution in action.

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Watchtower Bible And Tract Society Urging Town Of Ramapo To Act On Its Application In Timely Manner

by AndersonsInfo in

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https://rcbizjournal.com/2022/03/22/watchtower-urging-ramapo-to-act-on-its-application/?fbclid=iwar2akhf6eq1rrmhihrz4fqdqmf99l_jmkh7pcx70p6olunqfrvuspomer-e. by tina traster.

march 22, 2022. over the past eight months, the watchtower bible and tract society has reviewed public and other comments on its proposed development for 155 sterling mine road in ramapo and has revised its plans.. on monday, the applicant was prepared to present its feis (final environmental impact statement) and hoped the ramapo town board would accept its submission as “final,” to move on to review by the rockland county planning department.. instead, the board deferred making decisions, seemingly because they did not have enough time to review some newly submitted documents by the activist group rosa.. “we’re asking the board to take action on the ‘feis’,” said attorney ira emanuel.

“if you don’t like it, change it.

GrreatTeacher

If I were living in the area, I would have a problem with the development on the grounds that it would have approximately double the number of residents as the previously stated plans for a senior development, with all the attendant strains on local resources.

The previously proposed senior development had plans for 293 units. At 2 persons per unit that's 586 persons. Possibly fewer as retired folks die and leave their spouses in their homes alone.

Watchtower is proposing 545 one bedroom apartments which are likely for married folks, making the total number of residents 1090. In addition, there would be 100 studio apartments, presumably for singles, so that brings the grand total to 1190 persons.

This is more than double the originally proposed senior development! With that comes double the traffic, double the use of emergency services, double the number of people patronizing local supermarkets and pharmacies.

The only benefit of Watchtower's plan over the other development is the preservation of half the land. But, it's a 250 acre parcel, so they'll be clear cutting 125 acres. Displaced wildlife will move into residential areas.

Obviously I don't know much about that particular area, but this type of development is happening where I live, albeit with smaller parcels, usually no more than 100 acres. Old family farms are being bought up and developed. I don't have too much of an issue with tillable land being built on, but clear cutting acres of trees and throwing them in the wood chipper is an issue. I live on an island and drainage is a problem made worse by clear cutting and wetland fill. The drainage system is sometimes overwhelmed in my neighborhood and it has flooded up to my house. But, the big developers have the money to drag things out through the courts until they bankrupt the smaller counties and they finally give in. This last development spent 10 years in the courts. In that time, it was reduced from 1400 homes to 1100, and they agreed to preserve some additional wetlands. It's also a retirement community, and the pharmacies and grocery stores are now jacked up all the time. Oh, and they're selling in the $500,000 to $600,000 range!

Don't even get me started on homeowner's associations!

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Stephen Lett’s Favorite Color

by Iamallcool in

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i just noticed that stephen lett’s favorite color is blue.

he usually wear blue ties but not all the time.

just an observation on my part.

GrreatTeacher

Maybe he's colorblind. Red-green colorblindess leaves blue as the leftover bright color. Everything else is kind of muddy.

That would easily explain why blue would be a favorite.

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Hi again

by Lee Marsh in

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it is nice to see some familiar faces here.

for those who don't know who i am my last id was lady lee.

thought i would drop by and say hello; see how people are doing.

GrreatTeacher

Hi, Lee! Your older posts are legendary and I have learned so much.

Wishing you the very best in your cancer treatment.

I second the motion to be proactive about colon cancer.

I just turned 50 and had my first colonoscopy. One small polyp was removed which now can't grow into a tumor. Yay! Now I'm free for 10 years.

Just get it done. Insurance now covers preventive colonoscopies at age 50 in the US. It's not that bad and you get a day off work!

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Introduction: POMO Ex-JW w/ Late-Life Diagnosis Autism

by LongGone in

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i'm longgone.

i was raised as a jw and i was in the "religion" for three decades.

i was an ex-jw for five years before i started to no longer even regard myself as an ex-jw, just as a person.

GrreatTeacher

Welcome!

Your story is interesting. It's great when you have a good therapist who can recognize that there's something else there that you need help with, and then recommend another practitioner. Trauma-informed therapy is something I've never received, but I've actually had training in trauma-informed teaching and it was really helpful. Trauma can permanently affect brain function. I hope it is helpful to you.

How amazing that it took until age 46 to get an autism diagnosis! People our age had to just suck it up. There was no ADHD diagnosis back then either, but it didn't mean that I didn't have it!

I have some autistic traits, though no diagnosis. Sometimes I'm oblivious in social situations. Here's a funny/embarrassing story.

I taught summer school for 4 weeks in a distant school. I preferred to stay late after school rather than take any work home because of the ADHD. After the long drive home I couldn't focus anymore.

So, the first day, the custodial staff came in after school and said hello and asked how I was doing, and I thought, "Wow! They are so nice!"

An hour later they came in to check on me again, remarking on my still being there, and I was super impressed. They were so friendly!

Another hour later, the principal comes in and tells me that they only have a day custodial staff and they leave when the kids leave, so when I stayed 2 hours late, they had to stay 2 hours late because they had the keys to lock up. (I was used to a 2nd shift who were there late at night.)

So, their friendly visits were a polite way of telling me to get the hell out of there because they had to stay and they weren't getting paid.

I felt so stupid! I apologized like crazy, and they were lovely.

But, yeah, sometimes I don't get hints socially and need things spelled out specifically!

My son also has some traits. He loves trains (so stereotypically autistic) and half of his train friends have Asperger's!

Anyhow, welcome!

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5 years ago they were 25, now they hit the BIG 30-----and still single---jw girls.

by pistolpete in

experience from reddit.

i’m in my mid 20’s but i’m noticing alot of sisters that are 35, 40 and just kind of lost.

single, still live at home or heavily dependent on parents because they have measly jobs.

GrreatTeacher

Unclaimed Treasures. Ha ha!

Sounds like the name of a lonely singles club!

Oh yeah, and I married that worldly guy -- 29th anniversary next week!

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Administering a Blood Transfusion When Directed by a Superior- Jehovah's Witness Policy

by Ron.W. in

administering a blood transfusion when directed by a superior - jehovah's witness policy effective june 15th, 2018. while the hospital liasion committee elders were instructed that they may inform doctors and nurses of this decision, this letter was not allowed to be distributed to anyone outside of hlc members.. as a result of the concealment of this letter, and by virtue of the fact that this information was only to be shared verbally with jehovah's witness medical professionals and others, confusion erupted across the united states and in other branch offices of jehovah's witnesses.

countless letters were received at watchtower headquarters in new york from concerned jw nurses, paramedics, and others who were instructed verbally on this new policy, but which contradicted existing written policy that had been in effect for many decades.. in addition to letters from witness medical professionals, circuit overseers in the field wrote to the us branch and hospital information desk in new york about the problems caused by this unreleased policy.

for example, south carolina circuit overseer brandon roberts reported to headquarters that "the majority of the nurses in our circuit were not aware of this updated policy.

GrreatTeacher

This makes my blood boil, pun intended.

What a bunch of stuff and nonsense.

Anyone who would terminate their career over this stupidity...

Think, people, think! They've created their own catch 22 here.

Don't let them control you anymore!

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X-Mass card returned

by smiddy3 in

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yesterday i had a x-mass card returned to me as it was undelivered from the usa ,obviously someone has moved and re-located ?

i hope that`s all it is.

long-gone?

GrreatTeacher

Smiddy, you'll notice it took the US Postal Service a month to get your cards to you and then another 2 months for a return. Christmas cards...it's spring in 2 days!

At this rate I have to mail my bills out before I even get an invoice!

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5 years ago they were 25, now they hit the BIG 30-----and still single---jw girls.

by pistolpete in

experience from reddit.

i’m in my mid 20’s but i’m noticing alot of sisters that are 35, 40 and just kind of lost.

single, still live at home or heavily dependent on parents because they have measly jobs.

GrreatTeacher

You and me both, LHG.

Listen to this outrageous story:

Girl marries guy, dragging him out of his mother's house.

He bails after about 2 months, goes back home to Mommy's and holes up.

Girl is devastated, divorces him, gets over it, eventually finds another JW guy and they plan to get married.

The elders say, "Nah, ahh, ahh, not gonna happen. You're not scriptually free to get married."

Girl cannot get a confession of adultery out of her ex. (My theory is that he was gay and realized he couldn't fake it.)

Elders have the solution: Marry your new husband, let us know when, we'll disfellowship you but let you come back after only 6 months if you play by the rules, and then everyone lives happily ever after.

So, that's what happened.

And that's someone who wanted to stay in the truth! Both of them!