Posts by Matthew Young35

rolica

Rollitza is just some nonsense word in German.
In English, we’d just call it a little rolling thing.

It should also be noted that a course covering the five major world religions isn't quite the same thing as the religious education classes we have in our own schools.

Peter Doyle2 said:Look, urbantinker8, you have a kid. One day—today or tomorrow—they could face this exact same situation. They could end up with a teacher just like this one, screaming those same things in class, and you’ll be sick to your stomach because everyone else will just shrug and say, "not my problem." Then they’ll start sending your child messages about how they’re going to get them in serious trouble. Are you really just going to sit there and let that happen?
Since you work in a school, I'd assume you'd realize more than anyone just how broken this whole system is. How can you still be so unbothered by it?

Matthew Young35, I didn't say you should go out and start shouting in Times Square. I was just asking—is there really no USA institution, for instance, where this could be reported? Is there truly no other way besides "shouting"?

I mean, at some point, something has to give. Something has to break or change. It’s certainly not going to happen just by watching from the sidelines. Who knows? Maybe your letter to a USA institution might actually be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Which European Union institution are we even talking about here? What specific agency would bother meddling in the American school system? Or in the Vatican educational system, since we are actually dealing with the Vatican here rather than the United States.
Turning to the American courts is a pretty futile exercise. Even if you took this footage to a court or some federal agency, nothing would change. Honestly, the most likely outcome would just be the local Diocese moving the individual to a different school.
It’s no wonder American citizens have lost almost all faith in their institutions. It's a fair assessment, really.

rowdypanther12 said:I don't really hold a grudge against them. I tend to focus my energy on calling out the abusers instead, mostly because they're often broken people who probably went through some heavy stuff themselves.
The ones who just stay silent are the real problem. It’s the silence that truly bothers me.

But what if they aren't "broken"? What if they're just ordinary abusers? There are plenty of people like that out there.

Peter Doyle2 said:So, you live in a country where a kid gets arrested just because he was heckling some "Republican crooks" down at the pier or wherever.
And then you’ve got this guy in a public school openly spewing hate speech—and I mean real hate speech—and everyone’s just kind of like, "Well, we knew the wolves would eventually eat the sheep," right? Seriously?
Is there really no way to actually stop this kind of thing? There aren't any USA institutions to turn to, nothing, since it’s pretty obvious that American law enforcement and agencies either can't or simply won't do anything about it.
Does nobody actually feel the urge to step up? Everyone seems so quick to shrug their shoulders with that "Oh, it’s not my kid / not my school / not my problem" attitude, even though you all know this could happen anywhere, anytime.

(Just to be clear, I don't live in the States and my kid will never attend an American school, so please don't go accusing me of not doing enough. I did. I moved away from there, which is probably why things like this seem even more unbelievable to me from this distance).

And what exactly am I supposed to do?
Go stand in the middle of Times Square and scream? A police patrol would just show up and haul me away.

To actually mount any kind of resistance, you need organization. A political party, a union, something. Which party? Those clowns from the Green Party? The Democratic Party? The Libertarian Party?
And unions? They're even worse.

I was there during the protests against the gas tax, and I was there when the unions organized a demonstration that resulted in Harmon dragging 17,000 police officers into the square.
Look, I'm just a nobody. Who is going to listen to me?
My only option is to move away. The wild ones arrived, and now they've chased off the civilized ones.

That's how most citizens think.

Does it even matter if they decide to pull him from the school or not?
Who actually cares when there are hundreds more just like him, and when the textbooks staying in our classrooms basically say the exact same thing, just with much softer language.

Honestly, you get what you pay for—you can't expect better schools than the society that produces them.
The aggressive, narrow-minded crowd has taken over the culture. There isn't much you can do about it besides moving out of state.

Larry Walker24 said:As far as I know, using your phone during class is a total violation of the rules.

Not if it's for self-defense.

You’re absolutely spot on. It is completely irrational how they blow through cash.
It honestly gives me chills when I stop to think about how many public fountains or underwater transit tunnels they could have built with that kind of money.

Good grief... They’re handing out taxi vouchers to kids just to get them to school, when they could have easily used that money to fund two or three startup agencies and actually create some jobs.
It's absurd.
We'll never see a nation with this much self-awareness, unlike Sweden—those damn activists funded by Soros's slush funds!

The question feels a bit misplaced, considering God doesn't exist.

Honestly, I’m about fed up with Windows. Last time I tried to run an update, it dragged on for twelve hours straight. And that isn't even an exaggeration.

I’ve already tried restarting the adapter. I even tested it with both the firewall and antivirus disabled.
The browser works fine for Google and YouTube, but nothing else will load.
It’s enough to drive me insane.
Oh, and I tried a DNS flush as well. Not a single thing worked.

Gave it a shot. It’s a no-go.

Larry Ortiz5 said:Either Windows is acting up, or you're looking at a hardware issue—maybe the network card on the motherboard. If you don't have critical data backed up, I’d personally just wipe the drive and perform a clean install of Windows. If the exact same thing happens after a fresh install, then you know for sure you're dealing with a physical hardware failure.

I am certain this isn't a hardware failure. As I mentioned before, this happens whether I'm using a USB connection or the network card. Besides, Google sites load perfectly fine.

The real headache is that the system won't even let me attempt a clean installation of Windows from scratch.
Initially, I'd be satisfied with a fix that lets me restart the internet connection without having to reboot the entire machine, and eventually, a solution that stops the system from dying on me altogether.

It feels like there is an issue involving IPv4; Google works because they utilize IPv6.

Larry Ortiz5 said:Start by reinstalling your network card drivers, then try power cycling the router—unplug it, wait a second, and plug it back in.

I already went through the driver reinstallation process.
It isn't a router issue; everything else is working fine, and my phone connects to the internet via the router without any hiccups.
I even tried using USB tethering through my phone to bypass the router entirely, but the result was identical.
So, we can be absolutely certain the problem lies within the computer itself.

I could really use some help here.
After a little while—sometimes an hour, sometimes two, occasionally three—my internet just gives up on me. It’s not completely dead, though; I can still access specific sites like Google or YouTube...
Nothing I try seems to fix it. The only thing that actually works is a full system restart.

My gut feeling? It’s some kind of mess involving DNS or IPv4 settings.
I’ve tried everything under the sun, and honestly, I’m getting pretty close to just wiping the drive and reinstalling Windows. But I really don't want to go through that hassle if I can avoid it.

Any advice?

I wouldn't either; it's just too hot out there.

ruggedjackal46 said:Honestly, if they want to rename a street Leo Messi Square, I’m totally fine with it.☕

How about we call it Tom Henning Øvrebø Square instead?

Jacob Lopez2 said:At the end of the day, the blame lies squarely with the parents because half of them enroll their kids in religious education classes just so their children won't be labeled as "different" or "outcasts" standing out in the hallway, even though they wouldn't bother if it weren't for that social pressure. Parents need to stop signing their kids up just to make their own lives easier; if you stopped doing that, fewer kids would be stuck in those classes and more would actually be spending their time in the library or wherever else they belong.

Is that really all there is to it?
People protect their children. They don't want to create unnecessary hurdles for them.
Why is that so hard to understand?