Shitty people are seeking damages because a company failed to sufficiently insulate itself against the shitty things that those same shitty people were doing.

When CCST filed its lawsuit earlier this year on behalf of more than 70 Texas institutions, it said the Education Department’s rule was created “with a thumb on the scale to maximize the number of approved claims and, ultimately, further the administration’s loan forgiveness agenda.”

Yes.

“Uh-oh, someone’s making a policy I don’t like, and I’m not sure I can sway enough voters to block it. Better break the policymaking process entirely.”

Can you at least unlock it later with experience points or in-game currency?

Somehow, just about every time elite American men look at virtually any sociological change, they see a crisis of masculinity.

The more I look, the more memes I see. Is that the Instagram World Record Egg?

You don’t think the #tuesday chatter is exciting? For real though, I get the same vibe. It usually makes me close the app shortly after I open it. Maybe I’m not giving it enough of a chance.

Think of it more like a holiday

I used to feel really sad about having to wear pants all the time. Some might have even called it dysphoric.

One of my acquaintances started a fairly large group text thread recently. Somewhere along the way someone said, “Who’s the android user in here ruining everything?” I never said anything in the thread, so I felt like I was in the corner of a crowded room wearing a disguise about to be exposed.

I was also pretty annoyed. Like, what’s it matter? Texts are for text. Text works fine.

Wonder what this place will be like when No Shit September kicks off

I don’t think it’s an objective metric. Based on my experience, they talk amongst each other at research institutions, conferences, and through journal articles. If someone claims “most experts think x” when in reality most experts do not, then most experts hearing it will probably speak up about how wrong it is, shoot it down during peer review, or publish scathing critiques in response to it.

A “most experts” proclamation that aligns with reality will also cite several prior publications that have also been read and cited widely, which shows the idea has kinda stood the test of time.

Source: I been in the game a while, despite several attempts to escape. I do wonder if other fields have more objective approaches.

Never heard of “tankies” before a week ago. Is this just a Lemmy thing? I’m new here.

Both of these strange bugs happened when I was trying to read this post, and I don’t think I ever observed them until just now.

I acknowledge and appreciate the updated quote to make it more gender-inclusive. Not sure it makes me any more valid but I appreciate it.