A Liberal Professor Starts To Learn Why People Want To Open Up. He was all in favor of continuing the lockdown, until suddenly his college announced that the raises professors were expecting would not be given, plus money put into the retirement fund would not be given, either. He was livid.

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[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

Teachers in general don't understand how the world works. They live in a bubble where their own performance can not be measured, so they never have to compete. That means stupid teachers are on the same footing, get the same pay and benefits, the same raises as intelligent teachers. The same goes for lazy vs hard working. The only real thing that can make a difference is building relationships with administrators to get benefits through nepotism.

This is why they hate standardized testing so much. They absolutely hate anything that exposes discrepancies in performance.

This is a big factor in why they are overwhelmingly left leaning. Personal effort is worthless in their world while collective action through unions is the most powerful thing they know. So in their world collectivism is the answer to everything while personal effort is useless.

[–]thefadd 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (8 children)

I'm also a big fan of U2

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

U2 sucked, except for Achtung Baby and that was good only because Brian Eno produced it. So there. :)

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

I like the Daniel Lanois and Eno produced Joshua Tree, even if it was their huge commercial success and breakthrough. I also had them before that, but that changed a lot for them.

[–]hennaojichan 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I liked Joshua Tree too but for me Acthung Baby was the bomb. I couldn't stop playing it. Also loved Eno's ambient music and Fripp and Eno. But really I just wanted to get into this contentious, long thread.

[–]thefadd 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Go listen to Joy Division, Masshole.

[–]thefadd 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Carswell. Really? I guess Toronto does strange things to a man.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That makes no sense. It has nothing to do with Toronto. It was a best selling album. When it came out I was attending high school in Windsor and worked at the A&M Record store in Tecumseh Mall selling copious albums on vinyl, cassettes, and CDs back then. Since then and after all my adventures in Toronto, NY, Austin, SF, Vancouver, etc. I'm back in Windsor now. I don't listen to U2 anymore, but I still listen to Lanois and Eno in my playlists.

[–]thefadd 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Wow. I must have been super crazy drunk because I fucking hate U2. I love that South Park episode where Bono is just a very large poop. Also, I hate Brian Eno. I'm fairly certain I must have intended that comment as sarcasm.

[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There is no accounting for taste. I liked that one U2 album and it was thirty years ago or so. I tend to go on saidit after a few drinks too and usually regret it.