Naw.

We should tell him that we built an island and named it after him. And please let us take you and musk there.

(And then dump them with the other trash in the pacific garbage patch.)

The problem I have is if they do it to one group… they’ll do it to everyone.

Naw.

The DM broke out the special dice (see below,) and turned it to a divine 1. Just for that guy….

(Edit: credit where it’s due)

If you recognize that as bad… why did you ask about authoritarianism? That’s… authoritarianism.

Also… I’m guessing it was removed because they thought you were trolling.

Naw. this is lemmy. You’re supposed to say <checks notes> “yeah, dump 'em. you’re better off without that gaslighting loser in your life”

Wait. Er. wrong one. that’s for bad partners. Uhm. lets just go with what you said. (probably the best advice anyone can give on the internet heh.)

I’d much prefer him dead.

alas, I’m a coward.

Looks like you could ox or ax on the triple there (there’s an open x.)

Edit maybe that’s a V,

there’s the do at the top of the board (bottom of the pic,)

This is just yelling at clouds rather than seeking meaningful solutions to resolve issue. You are complaining that senators are upset about the failure of the educational system. Btw one of those senators introduced legislation to prevent this from happening again. Link.

They’re certainly not going to admit to systemic failures.

Did you read the article? What do you think “State Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding and Sen. Eric Berthel said in their Dec. 19 letter. ‘We continue to seek accountability as to how this student was illiterate when she graduated and how the system failed her year after year’” they meant when they wrote this.

whose the one willfully misreading things now? That was a comment about the school seeking to blame anyone else. the ‘They’re’ refers to the school district mentioned at the start of the paragraph. The point there was that Ortiz was getting rubber stamped through everything. more funding most likely wouldn’t make a significant impact. What I can almost certainly assure you is that standardized testing won’t do a damned thing to stop it. Which is why Bush’s No Child Left Behind fucked up education. What ended up happening with NCLB is that schools were forced to teach to the test, meaning that rather than providing a well rounded education, they were instead basically providing test prep.

Yes, New England Republicans do tend to be much different than other states. No educational spending is not solely tied to party platform that ignores that blue states on average have higher house hold incomes and GDP due to historical & socioeconomic factors.

Most states in fact use a similar system of funding, with state funds being tied to a formula based on the number of students and other demographic factors. Sorry if you misunderstand me. That’s not tied to party platform. What is tied, though, is how much funding that actually becomes. there is a broad and common problem where schools in urban areas are significantly underfunded because people like you insist that local taxes should pay most of it. maybe, maybe not. that’s a different argument, and once again: Does not change that most of hartford’s funding comes from state sources, and republicans in the state legislature bitching about lack of educational standards reads more like manufactured outrage than anything else. At least to me. Maybe I’m wrong, but I rather doubt it.

The socioeconomic factors that give blue states the higher house hold income and gdp you mentioned? yeah, a large part of that is…you know. better public schools. Funny how that works. there is an exceedingly strong, and exceedingly global correlation between public school funding and long-term economic growth (by long term it’s in decades, not two or three years.)

On your BTW, my point wasn’t about Hartford’s education costs but more on broader educational costs. In suburban CT well funded schools get nearly 70% of their expenses paid for by local property taxes. The failure of the city of Hartford to raise funds on the municipal level vs other municipalities is relevant here. Which of course stems from the difference in economics status between their citizens. Hence my critique of local funding playing such a big role.

CT has some of the finest public schools in the nation. But they sure as hell are not the ones in Hartford.

“well funded schools” in what I’m guessing are… rich, white, suburbs.

hartford is lowest in terms of per-capita income. So blaming the city for their residents not being wealthy is… rather a dick move.

I was stating the CT Republicans had little to no impact on the outcome of this student’s education because they have little impact on local politics in such a blue area. And resulting should have no reason to presume that any policy stances of their have an impact on the people of Hartford.

If CT republicans are more eager to dump money on education int heir state than CT dems are, then they’re an entirely different breed of republicans than anywhere else in this country. Which is why education funding in red states is vastly exceeded by education funding in blue states.

which brings me back to my original point: It’s patently disingenuous, hypocritical and totally on brand, for a republican to call out failures as being related to funding when they’re predominately the ones who predominately called for the funding to be cut. Reduced education spending is a core part of the republican agenda. And it has been for as long as I can remember.

Personally, I rather expect the issue has more to do with school administration rather than funding. Of course, the school district would blame a lack of funding- that’s somebody else’s fault. They’re certainly not going to admit to systemic failures.

so you’re saying it’s not republicans that are predominately concerned with defunding education?

or that republicans are not routinely “surprised” when their policies cause problems- exactly like this?

interesting. You’re right. I’m just flinging mud. I couldn’t possibly have a valid point (like maybe don’t get rid of the fucking department of education.)

By the way. Your stats on funding sources is wrong. (PDF warning, but here’s the budget break down as of April '24

a screen grab of the overall breakdown:

Standard republican play book: Break shit and when called out wonder why it’s broken.

The school to prison pipeline is malfunctioning because Ortiz was smart enough to sue.

This is exactly what people need. An official cryptid.

I mean, it’s your toilet… call it what you want… but “the baby ruth presents: the Northern South Texas Community Pool for Doodoos, Nudity, Lemmy, and Dead legs” might be a little unwieldly…

you can’t just un-rename something I just renamed like that! that’s not allowed- it’s against the rules I just made up!

(also… Canada isn’t a state/province… do you really want BC getting in on this?)

For the record, I do delare, that the Best Lake be named for the Best State. So now, hence forth and forever, Lake Superior shall be known as Lake Minnesota.

And Canadians, if you have a problem with that, shoulda renamed it faster.

You couldn’t pay me enough to fly just now.

(Alright I lie. I’ll do it, but you have to pay up front and add in life insurance.)

Last time I bought Pringle’s it was for science- they have some interesting aerodynamics.

The time before that, it was on a bet about turning the can and some pencils into a WiFi antenna. (That won me some real crispschips.)

Have you considered…. Chewing?

I’m not sure we should be taking advice of which side from people who still drive on the wrong side of the road.

(Edit: oh, this is from Germany. Yeah, guess you’re right-side drivers.)

I like the way you think, yes.

does everyone who happens to be there when the exchange happens…get danish citizenship?

Asking for a friend.