• Unpopular opinions! V2: I Don't like half life edition.
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i think pact suicide is an acceptable retaliation to midterms/finals week in colleges and some high schools
Golds?
[QUOTE=usaokay;43787239]A certain social hierarchy here in FP hate HIMYM with a passion.[/QUOTE] Really? I've never ever seen people here hatin' on HIMYM. I like it too though.
Most modern day sitcoms are weak compared to Seinfeld
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;43787434]Most modern day sitcoms are weak compared to Seinfeld[/QUOTE] Sienfels is pretty bad though, (Imo)
[QUOTE=Yogkog;43787191]I trust Wikipedia more than 95% of any other websites for information. This is more directed toward teachers but whatever[/QUOTE] Wikipedia is great as an encyclopedia, not really something to write a research paper on however. If it's "what is X" type questions, it's really dumb how wikipedia is restricted. But for long written essays then I see why.
[QUOTE=Yogkog;43787191]I trust Wikipedia more than 95% of any other websites for information. This is more directed toward teachers but whatever[/QUOTE] And if teachers don't like you using Wikipedia as a source, use the sources that the Wikipedia page has.
[QUOTE=Yogkog;43787191]I trust Wikipedia more than 95% of any other websites for information. This is more directed toward teachers but whatever[/QUOTE] It's weird that it is teachers of all people that doesn't trust Wikipedia.
Their reason is understandably "It can be edited by anyone"
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;43794756]Their reason is understandably "It can be edited by anyone"[/QUOTE] Highschool teachers happily accept websites by random people with really no credentials.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;43794756]Their reason is understandably "It can be edited by anyone"[/QUOTE] In a way, yeah But at the same time, how will you know what you read in a book is true? It could be outdated, or the sources could not exist, you wouldn't know.
1/2 of that is to get you to do actual research. A skill that is arguably more important than the homework itself.
yea, wait until youre assigned 8 page papers only based on peer review journals. worst shit ever. peer review-eeeww...wikipedia?only in dreams
lol 8 pages [editline]5th February 2014[/editline] do the kids consider that a lot these days?
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;43796850]lol 8 pages [editline]5th February 2014[/editline] do the kids consider that a lot these days?[/QUOTE] 8 pages?!
My teachers didn't like Wikipedia because of facts not being true but rather that the person who wrote the article can be biased and write it from their perspective. I.E. someone writing an article on the war in Iraq, and the author is an American supporting that war. The article may be slightly biased to maybe mask or not include some of the atrocities that were made on the US side when both sides did horrible stuff.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;43796850]lol 8 pages [editline]5th February 2014[/editline] do the kids consider that a lot these days?[/QUOTE] bruh, kids consider 2 pages a lot
I love high school. I have a snow day today and im upset now. I really love my classes
Lol nerd
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;43796850]lol 8 pages [editline]5th February 2014[/editline] do the kids consider that a lot these days?[/QUOTE] Most of our papers had to be two pages back in high school. I wouldn't call that a lot. Then there was that one twelve page essay we wrote, but it was double-spaced like all our assignments. The double-spacing along makes the true requirement of half the requested pages.
[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;43796850]lol 8 pages [editline]5th February 2014[/editline] do the kids consider that a lot these days?[/QUOTE] It's about context and the deadline. I had to read 12 peer-reviewed studies and from that produced 4 pages. It was no senior project, but it took a legitimate chunk of time.
I hated Warframe so much. It was the most bland and boring thing I've played in a long time.
[QUOTE=Toyhobo;43797063]My teachers didn't like Wikipedia because of facts not being true but rather that the person who wrote the article can be biased and write it from their perspective. I.E. someone writing an article on the war in Iraq, and the author is an American supporting that war. The article may be slightly biased to maybe mask or not include some of the atrocities that were made on the US side when both sides did horrible stuff.[/QUOTE] yes but that can be true for any website. even prolific journalists or historians can (and are) biased.
[QUOTE=Trainbike;43800072]I hated Warframe so much. It was the most bland and boring thing I've played in a long time.[/QUOTE] You don't like farming materials endlessly?
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;43787434]Most modern day sitcoms are weak compared to Seinfeld[/QUOTE] But Seinfeld is atrociously unfunny. Like I'm not saying other sitcoms are actually better but I can't think of a single time I've ever laughed at Seinfeld. And I've watched most of the series because of family members who loved the show. [QUOTE=da space core;43797751]I love high school. I have a snow day today and im upset now. I really love my classes[/QUOTE] Snow days for me sucked (not that they were common here anyways) because it meant no snowball fights before school or during breaks. Not that we were actually supposed to have snowball fights anyways but that never stopped us.
[QUOTE=Toyhobo;43797063]My teachers didn't like Wikipedia because of facts not being true but rather that the person who wrote the article can be biased and write it from their perspective. I.E. someone writing an article on the war in Iraq, and the author is an American supporting that war. The article may be slightly biased to maybe mask or not include some of the atrocities that were made on the US side when both sides did horrible stuff.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure part of the Wikipedia guidelines is to be as unbiased as possible, it's actually less biased than a news site or a history book written by a single historian, due to the fact that wikipedia can be written by basically anyone, meanwhile news and books have a single author with his own views on the subject.
there are some really biased wikipedia articles though, try reading the trayvon martin one for example
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;43794756]Their reason is understandably "It can be edited by anyone"[/QUOTE] Most teachers are unaware of the multitude of active moderators, admins, and general contributors hanging around the site and reverting harmful changes. So most of them hop on the "Wikipedia is bad and you should feel bad" bandwagon.
I like my teachers because they say no Wikipedia because you can't quote a general encyclopedia and Wikipedia is exactly that. Not because of some bullshit with "anyone can edit it".
The entire idea of that Kickstarter thing seems incredibly stupid to me.
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