And the word is ‘capture’, not rescue. Her immediate situation isn’t the problem, her condition is the result of a culmination of issues – and these issues are affecting all of the whales, not just her. Any attempt to pull her away and trying to treat her at this point is very likely just going to be an exercise in trauma for everyone.
One of the worst case scenarios is actually that they catch her, treat her, “fix” her, and release her back. Back-patting and job-well-dones would ensue. The public at large would consider things a success,
But nothing will have changed. She’ll just go hungry again. The population will still be dying off and failing to reproduce. Helping her with no intention to help them all is pointless.
So my psychiatrist wanted me to take an IQ test and I wasn’t really sure why, the dude is pretty eccentric but I suppose it’s for demographic purposes and you’ll never fuckin guess what I got
OP don’t leave us in suspense
420
“jk it was 158″
I’m not sure if that tag is itself a joke or not but 158 it already an incredibly high iq. You better not be pulled our collective legs here.
No that was the score I got. I’ve taken IQ tests before in high school and was always around 140. It’s just logical intelligence, though. Not social, not artistic, not really even book smarts. It’s basically a score of how good you are at problem solving and isn’t really indicative of your overall intelligence. Honestly I consider myself in all other aspects to be of average intelligence. I have problems with social queues as well and problems retaining information.
also rmemeber the fact that op is a literal fucking astrophysicist. i fucking hope they have an iq like that.
That’s a good point lol I’m good at physics but like….. can’t work an oven and I’m not allowed to use weedwhackers
“Not allowed to use weedwhackers”…plz elaborate
They move fast and cut things including ankles and shins
Rough idea of giving employees a platform with an attached robot arm that they can use to do things like safely pick up lost packages from robot-operated systems? Sure.
Some variety of safety enclosure around employee in case of falling objects? Sure.
Pro tip: if an evangelical stranger approaches you asking to pray for you, there’s inevitably something about you that they see and want to change. [Ex: I attend a very conservative, very religious uni and am clearly tomboyish/lesbiany, and thus am constantly attracting evangelical strangers] If you can’t shake them (usually very difficult), then turn the tactic upon them by asking if they mind you leading the prayer bc “I have a few things on my mind.”
Then talk about whatever it is that’s making them uncomfortable. I ask god to protect all the lgbt+ kids that are lost, isolated or homeless. I mention my non-Christian brothers, sisters, and siblings that have to fight for recognition and respect in a monoreligious nation. I pray for the protection of immigrants and refugees, reminding my evangelical friends that their savoir was once one of that number. You can pray for pregnant mothers to find the resources and abortive care that they need, if they need it, if you’re feeling particularly brave.
This achieves two things: 1) there is no response to this, esp if you wrap it up with “amen, thank you guys so much for doing that with me. I hope y’all have a blessed day” and leave them no room to continue the prayer. But more importantly 2) that group will NEVER bother you again and you will show them, using their own method against them, that their prayer isn’t an act of faith, but of power.
Just thought I’d share bc I know that I used to be accosted by evangelical strangers once a week on my uni campus and never had a good response or ‘out’. This is by far the most effective method of shutting that sort of behavior down real quick.
Inspired by a similar plan in Canada,
police in the UK gave out free lollipops
at the door of a nightclub to reduce
rowdiness after closing time. The idea
was that drunken, late-night clubbers
wouldn’t be inclined to shout or cause
a disturbance while they were sucking
on them. It worked. Source
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