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We’re living here in allentown

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genX Todd has never voted in his life before 2024. Votes trump.

Views the world has “gone to crap” because 1) no law and order 2) people smoking weed 3) gays and trans on tv 4) brown people 5) cursive 6) pledge of allegiance in school

A lot to unpack

1) Todd thinks the convicted felon who instigated J6 will revive law and order

2) State law for medicinal, dumbass

3) hey snowflake, remember bowie and culture club from like 40 years ago. 

4) puerto ricans are american citizens, dumbass.

5) cursive? Seriously? What happened to your brain that made this even register as a talking point?

6)  State law. In Pennsylvania - a student must provide written notice from a parent or guardian to gain exemption. Talk to your local school board about the pledge of allegiance

Somebody’s been watching foxnews. A lot.

I’m embarrassed this idiot is genX.

Also, cursive.

Regarding allentown, billy joel told genX to leave there 40 years ago. You probably saw the PSA video wedged between the culture club, bowie, george michael, queen, and elton john videos.

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7 minutes ago, GenXer said:

We’re living here in allentown

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genX Todd has never voted in his life before 2024. Votes trump.

Views the world has “gone to crap” because 1) no law and order 2) people smoking weed 3) gays and trans on tv 4) brown people 5) cursive 6) pledge of allegiance in school

A lot to unpack

1) Todd thinks the convicted felon who instigated J6 will revive law and order

2) State law for medicinal, dumbass

3) hey snowflake, remember bowie and culture club from like 40 years ago. 

4) puerto ricans are american citizens, dumbass.

5) cursive? Seriously? What happened to your brain that made this even register as a talking point?

6)  State law. In Pennsylvania - a student must provide written notice from a parent or guardian to gain exemption. Talk to your local school board about the pledge of allegiance

Somebody’s been watching foxnews. A lot.

I’m embarrassed this idiot is genX.

Also, cursive.

Regarding allentown, billy joel told genX to leave there 40 years ago. You probably saw the PSA video wedged between the culture club, bowie, george michael, queen, and elton john videos.

I know we use the term a lot, but people like this need to die in a fire. Literally. Slowly. 

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Ironic that Joe was actually bringing back manufacturing to the US but since he's not terrified of trans people or brown people he had to go. Just like you job, Todd.  

 

Jesus Christ fucking a cracker. Americans are incredibly shitty people. 

If I can find a way to make my way off this sinking ship I will thoroughly enjoy watching the destruction from afar. 

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22 hours ago, royiv said:

Needs to have a cutout for the mouth.

Nailed it

 

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16 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Ironic that Joe was actually bringing back manufacturing to the US but since he's not terrified of trans people or brown people he had to go. Just like you job, Todd.  

 

But, you see, Joe was bringing back jobs in skilled labor. What the MAGATs want is to have all of their Temu crap manufactured in the good ole USA.

20 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Suck a dick Kasper.

He might get that opportunity at CECOT.

1 hour ago, GenXer said:

 

I’m embarrassed this idiot is genX.

 

I've got some bad news for you.  GenX are majority Trumpkins.  I guess riding a bike without a helmet and drinking from the hose *might* not have made us stronger/smarter after all.

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No generation is immune to being duped by skilled and well-funded propagandists.

As Americans age into the period of their lives where they consume TV news, they will fall into the Black Sleep of Kali Ma.

Until something changes our course, we will only get more and more fucked. The oligarchs have seen to it and will perpetuate our spiral towards pre-New Deal government until the next cataclysm.

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oh, fuck you Todd. fuck you. i hope you lose your business and your home. cheers!

But, you see, Joe was bringing back jobs in skilled labor. What the MAGATs want is to have all of their Temu crap manufactured in the good ole USA.

No they don’t. They want whatever they are told they want. There is nothing the MAGATs won’t flip flop on.
oh, fuck you Todd. fuck you. i hope you lose your business and your home. cheers!

You are too kind.
2 hours ago, softlynow said:

No generation is immune to being duped by skilled and well-funded propagandists.

As Americans age into the period of their lives where they consume TV news, they will fall into the Black Sleep of Kali Ma.

Until something changes our course, we will only get more and more fucked. The oligarchs have seen to it and will perpetuate our spiral towards pre-New Deal government until the next cataclysm.

 

2 hours ago, locodos said:

I've got some bad news for you.  GenX are majority Trumpkins.  I guess riding a bike without a helmet and drinking from the hose *might* not have made us stronger/smarter after all.

I'm so often torn lately between the laughing +1 and rage +1. Went with laughter on both of these. By the way, your Black Sleep of the Kali Ma reference is from 41 years ago, in case anyone was needing to feel old today. Also, I'd bet anyone that's ever posted that shit on facebook about how we used to wear no helmets, ride in the back of the truck with our drunk dad drivin', and drink out the garden hose hasn't had a drink of water except from a single use plastic bottle in 20 years.

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1 hour ago, mchookem said:

oh, fuck you Todd. fuck you. i hope you lose your business and your home. cheers!


If Todd’s website for pro dart is any indication of the quality of their products, the clock is ticking on that business.

Hey Todd, 1998 called and has some recommendations on improving your website.

make cursive great again

1 hour ago, GenXer said:


If Todd’s website for pro dart is any indication of the quality of their products, the clock is ticking on that business.

Hey Todd, 1998 called and has some recommendations on improving your website.

make cursive great again

I have been slightly taken aback that handwriting is no longer taught.  But it's not that big a deal.

After I took mechanical drawing in high school, I took notes in a rough version of single-stroke Gothic lettering all through undergrad.  Had to go back to cursive in law school to be able to puke out essays faster.

I have been slightly taken aback that handwriting is no longer taught.  But it's not that big a deal.
After I took mechanical drawing in high school, I took notes in a rough version of single-stroke Gothic lettering all through undergrad.  Had to go back to cursive in law school to be able to puke out essays faster.

And typing is much faster. And more legible. And nobody hand writes business letters and rarely personal ones. Shit gets outdated and fuck any schooling system that doesn’t adjust, freeing up time to teach new skills that didn’t exist when I was a kid.

Heard a MAGA the other day say the reason cursive isn't being taught anymore is so that people will no longer be able to read the constitution which will lead to their rights being stolen.

We're fucked.

2 minutes ago, Tuco said:


And typing is much faster. And more legible. And nobody hand writes business letters and rarely personal ones. Shit gets outdated and fuck any schooling system that doesn’t adjust, freeing up time to teach new skills that didn’t exist when I was a kid.

And Otter. And voice to text for writing papers when you want a quick first draft.

I ditched cursive the first opportunity I had in like the sixth grade.

Focus on understanding rather than a sprint to write every word coming out the teacher’s mouth.

5 hours ago, Hermanator said:

Jesus Christ fucking a cracker. Americans are incredibly shitty people. 

If I can find a way to make my way off this sinking ship I will thoroughly enjoy watching the destruction from afar. 

Americans are shitty people.

If I am fortunate enough to escape, I’ll enjoy watching its destruction from afar.

 

statement one: sure. Plenty of good individuals, but the prevailing winds are toxic and quite possibly irredeemable.

statement two: see statement one.

3 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Heard a MAGA the other day say the reason cursive isn't being taught anymore is so that people will no longer be able to read the constitution which will lead to their rights being stolen.

We're fucked.

I can read cursive just fine and my rights are still being stolen

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7 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

fucking cursive was stupid then and it's fucking stupid now

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12 hours ago, Tuco said:


And typing is much faster. And more legible. And nobody hand writes business letters and rarely personal ones. Shit gets outdated and fuck any schooling system that doesn’t adjust, freeing up time to teach new skills that didn’t exist when I was a kid.

It's not my area of study, but there was research that suggested that handwriting did assist children with sensorimotor skils and memory. Arts integrated curricula were included with this as well. Perhaps one can find other newer methods that would perform likewise, but handing children a piece of paper and a pencil is a lot cheaper so I have no objections to it.

Plus, when the power grid fails and our infrastructure collapses, we'll all be educating the children in tents and encampments anyway.

It's not my area of study, but there was research that suggested that handwriting did assist children with sensorimotor skils and memory. Arts integrated curricula were included with this as well. Perhaps one can find other newer methods that would perform likewise, but handing children a piece of paper and a pencil is a lot cheaper so I have no objections to it.
Plus, when the power grid fails and our infrastructure collapses, we'll all be educating the children in tents and encampments anyway.

They still teach hand writing (printing), they just aren’t teaching the second, more formal, script system the west has. I know Montessori schools will work the eye-hand coordination thing before kids can even spell. And it’s not like learning cursive was a light lift; I’m guessing we dedicated 20% of class time, and probably 40% of student effort, of 3rd grade for it. And as someone with shitty eye-hand coordination, it was 95% of my school angst. Fucking hand cramps while failing to get that shit legible.
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2 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

It's not my area of study, but there was research that suggested that handwriting did assist children with sensorimotor skils and memory. Arts integrated curricula were included with this as well. Perhaps one can find other newer methods that would perform likewise, but handing children a piece of paper and a pencil is a lot cheaper so I have no objections to it.

Plus, when the power grid fails and our infrastructure collapses, we'll all be educating the children in tents and encampments anyway.

 

21 minutes ago, Tuco said:


They still teach hand writing (printing), they just aren’t teaching the second, more formal, script system the west has. I know Montessori schools will work the eye-hand coordination thing before kids can even spell. And it’s not like learning cursive was a light lift; I’m guessing we dedicated 20% of class time, and probably 40% of student effort, of 3rd grade for it. And as someone with shitty eye-hand coordination, it was 95% of my school angst. Fucking hand cramps while failing to get that shit legible.

Two beefs my parents had with my early education were a lack of practice of penmanship (they had Palmer penmanship with a lot of drawing of loops) and math tables.  So, they forced those two things on me outside of school.  As a small child, I pretty much detested practicing anything, but I did those things at their insistence and was probably better off for it.

Weirdly, having to learn a system of printing in drafting/mechanical drawing in my teens transformed my handwriting.

2 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

It's not my area of study, but there was research that suggested that handwriting did assist children with sensorimotor skils and memory.

in undergrad and law school I would always make test outlines, and then re-copy them by writing by hand as I spoke the words I was writing.   That way my memory would be provoked by hearing, seeing and using motor skills.

Which was just a workaround for my shitty memory.

35 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

in undergrad and law school I would always make test outlines, and then re-copy them by writing by hand as I spoke the words I was writing.   That way my memory would be provoked by hearing, seeing and using motor skills.

Which was just a workaround for my shitty memory.

That’s similar to the iterative strategy I developed for myself in undergrad, where I recopied and progressively condensed my notes until all information/concepts fit on an index card or two. The process could also include speaking the notes aloud or drawing small symbols/pictures/flow charts, whatever was needed to get what I needed to stick in my brain. 

It’s a good coping strategy for those of us who suffer from simple minds and addled brains.

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1 hour ago, Gatorubet said:

in undergrad and law school I would always make test outlines, and then re-copy them by writing by hand as I spoke the words I was writing.   That way my memory would be provoked by hearing, seeing and using motor skills.

Which was just a workaround for my shitty memory.

See first year, I actually made outlines, thinking that the process of doing it would reinforce and aid retention.  Others obtained outlines from various sources, including me.

What I failed to do, though, was sit there and read and re-read the goddamn things over and over and over and over again for at least a day.  I hate rote memorization, but this is one way to accompiish it.

So, making my own outlines got me thoroughly meadoker grades in the first year of law school. But when I stopped making my own outlines, used others, but did the obsessive re-reading thing, I made law review grades for the rest of my tenure.

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It’s a good coping strategy for those of us who suffer from simple minds and addled brains.


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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

It’s a good coping strategy for those of us who suffer from simple minds and addled brains.

New Surly motto?

3 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

It's not my area of study, but there was research that suggested that handwriting did assist children with sensorimotor skils and memory. Arts integrated curricula were included with this as well. Perhaps one can find other newer methods that would perform likewise, but handing children a piece of paper and a pencil is a lot cheaper so I have no objections to it.

Plus, when the power grid fails and our infrastructure collapses, we'll all be educating the children in tents and encampments anyway.

Also helps with dyslexia from what I understand.   My kiddos who all have dyslexia to varying degrees did fine with cursive and learned it rather quickly when I taught it to them over a week one summer.   As a person with dysgraphia, my shitty handwriting transcends all formats and language, even non written forms.  

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

As a person with dysgraphia, my shitty handwriting transcends all formats and language, even non written forms. 

Holy shit! I did not know that such a thing existed. My handwriting has always been almost illegible, to the point where I often cannot read my own handwriting. No amount of practice at penmanship in school would change that.  I was getting poor grades in penmanship as a kid - and when our bar exam was handwritten over three days, I always began the exam by explaining I moved around the country a lot when they used phonetics for spelling, and so ignore the fact that I look like a functional illiterate because I promised to use spellcheck on my briefs.

My mom had beautiful handwriting and was into calligraphy. Which gives you an idea of how much she appreciated my handwriting.

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I have been slightly taken aback that handwriting is no longer taught.  But it's not that big a deal.
After I took mechanical drawing in high school, I took notes in a rough version of single-stroke Gothic lettering all through undergrad.  Had to go back to cursive in law school to be able to puke out essays faster.

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50 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Holy shit! I did not know that such a thing existed. My handwriting has always been almost illegible, to the point where I often cannot read my own handwriting. No amount of practice at penmanship in school would change that.  I was getting poor grades in penmanship as a kid - and when our bar exam was handwritten over three days, I always began the exam by explaining I moved around the country a lot when they used phonetics for spelling, and so ignore the fact that I look like a functional illiterate because I promised to use spellcheck on my briefs.

My mom had beautiful handwriting and was into calligraphy. Which gives you an idea of how much she appreciated my handwriting.

Similar experience my fellow Floridian educated brother.  I didn't learn about it until I was a man.  

2 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Similar experience my fellow Floridian educated brother.  I didn't learn about it until I was a man.  

So - at 50?

11 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

So - at 50?

 Mike Gundy definition.  

1 hour ago, Gatorubet said:

Holy shit! I did not know that such a thing existed. My handwriting has always been almost illegible, to the point where I often cannot read my own handwriting. No amount of practice at penmanship in school would change that.  I was getting poor grades in penmanship as a kid - and when our bar exam was handwritten over three days, I always began the exam by explaining I moved around the country a lot when they used phonetics for spelling, and so ignore the fact that I look like a functional illiterate because I promised to use spellcheck on my briefs.

My mom had beautiful handwriting and was into calligraphy. Which gives you an idea of how much she appreciated my handwriting.

My handwriting is so bad I was almost barred from writing checks for our company. lol. 

fucking cursive was stupid then and it's fucking stupid now

My saintly grandmother used to write lengthy family letters with her IBM Selectric typewriter with the cursive font ball. I had sever framed, they are precious heirlooms.
Holy shit! I did not know that such a thing existed. My handwriting has always been almost illegible, to the point where I often cannot read my own handwriting. No amount of practice at penmanship in school would change that.  I was getting poor grades in penmanship as a kid - and when our bar exam was handwritten over three days, I always began the exam by explaining I moved around the country a lot when they used phonetics for spelling, and so ignore the fact that I look like a functional illiterate because I promised to use spellcheck on my briefs.
My mom had beautiful handwriting and was into calligraphy. Which gives you an idea of how much she appreciated my handwriting.

For me I think the handwriting thing came down to just lack of finger dexterity. Although, I do flip letters and shapes. Senior year I did an art project that included an outline of Nebraska. When I was done my friend asked if I had flipped the state to represent that it was backwards. I had spent a few hours on the thing and didn’t realize I put the panhandle in the east. I’m not sure what you call that. “Stupid “ maybe.

Speaking of which, I wonder how much of the cursive nostalgia is from folks who struggled at every other subject.
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‘We Voted for Trump to Fix the Border. Now We’re Milking Cows Alone at 4 A.M.’ – Vermont Farmers Face Harsh Reality as ICE Raids Hit Home

 

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When Donald Trump supporters in rural Vermont cast their ballots, many say they never imagined immigration crackdowns would come to their farms. But in recent weeks, a wave of federal enforcement has rattled the backbone of Vermont’s dairy industry — and sparked an unexpected movement of solidarity, advocacy, and reflection.

At the heart of this shift is Dustin Machia, a fifth-generation dairy farmer from Sheldon. Like many in the region, Machia voted for Trump, drawn by promises of border control and national security. “We didn’t want drugs or gangbangers,” he said. But what he didn’t expect was losing some of his most dedicated employees to immigration arrests.

 

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“It’s scaring the farming community,” Machia admitted. “We didn’t think they’d come for the people who help us milk cows.”

His unease follows a series of recent detentions. On April 21, Border Patrol officers apprehended eight Mexican workers at Pleasant Valley Farms, the state’s largest dairy operation. A few weeks earlier, another worker was arrested while delivering groceries to the farm.

The arrests — though described by federal agents as a response to a citizen tip rather than a targeted raid — have nevertheless shaken Vermont’s agricultural community. State leaders and farm advocates now warn of a crisis, not just of labor, but of conscience.

 

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Vermont Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts noted that while immigrants make up a small portion of the state’s population, they are essential to its $3.6 billion dairy sector, which produces 63 percent of New England’s milk. “These workers are vital,” Tebbetts said. “Without them, the cows don’t get milked.”

Indeed, with the number of dairy farms in Vermont halved since 2013, but the cow population remaining stable, operations have scaled up — and leaned heavily on migrant labor. According to the University of Vermont, 94% of dairy farms that hire outside help rely on migrants, mostly undocumented workers from Mexico.

 

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Despite political rhetoric, the reality on the ground is clear: the dairy industry depends on these laborers — many of whom work 12-hour days starting at 4 a.m., like “Chepe,” an undocumented worker and father of three who has become an advocate with Migrant Justice.

“I used to feel safer here,” said Chepe, who hasn’t seen his children in eight years. “But since Trump came back, it feels like we’re going back to the dark ages.”

Still, amid fear, a remarkable show of unity is growing. Chepe now helps lead protests and organizes for better protections, while Vermont’s farming families — many of them Trump voters — are voicing concern not just for their livelihoods, but for the wellbeing of the workers they’ve come to rely on.

Legal advocates, like Brett Stokes of the Vermont Law and Graduate School, are stepping in to defend the detained workers, who were quickly funneled through deportation proceedings. “They pay taxes. They do essential work. They’re part of our communities,” Stokes said.

The growing awareness has also reignited calls for immigration reform, especially the lack of a visa program for year-round dairy work. Unlike Vermont’s apple or berry farms, which can hire seasonal workers legally, dairy farms have no such option.

“Replacing your whole crew every few months isn’t realistic,” said Machia. “It takes time to train people, and locals just don’t want to do this work anymore.”

Even though Machia says he would still vote for Trump, the recent crackdown has prompted a deeper reckoning within his community — and perhaps, unexpectedly, a new sense of appreciation for those they once took for granted.

In a state where farms rely on undocumented hands, Vermont is waking up to an inescapable truth: immigrant labor isn’t just a political talking point — it’s the force that keeps the barns running and the milk flowing. And now, with fear in the air, farmers and migrant workers alike are standing up — together.

 

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Well at least he learned his lesson and regrets…..

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Even though Machia says he would still vote for Trump, the recent crackdown has prompted a deeper reckoning within his community — and perhaps, unexpectedly, a new sense of appreciation for those they once took for granted.

 

These people aren’t worth saving. I know democrats need their vote to win and all, but I have no respect or remorse for them. Their pain is deserved. Their penance is self inflicted. They are the Egyptians suffering the 10 plagues because they follow the wrong god.

I will celebrate their misfortune on my MAGA Seder plate on the anniversary of Dotards death whenever that glorious day arrives.

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Why can't they just milk their own cows or hire white people to do it? 

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Just now, Bookman said:

Why can't they just milk their own cows or hire white people to do it? 

Cant you read?

They are milking their cows AND waking up at 4 am to do it! And no white folks will do it!

Can you believe it? A farmer that wakes up before dawn. And has to milk their own cows?!

What has the world come to!

11 minutes ago, Bookman said:

Why can't they just milk their own cows or hire white people to do it? 

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I said it before years ago describing dairy farms- Trump sign out front, immigrants milking cows in the back.

I'd sometimes wonder if there was something they knew that I didn't, cuz the only other likely explanation was an aggressive strain of malicious stupidity infecting a demographic that prided themselves on "common sense". 

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