You guys got any ideas? 

"Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord." (ningaboss) 01/11/2017 at 12:51 • Filed to: None

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Well what the hell am I supposed to do? I’m. Quite introverted.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 12:54

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What is it for?

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/11/2017 at 12:57

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Indoctrination.

I kid, I kid.

Berang > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 12:57

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???

Mercedes Streeter > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 12:58

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I certainly like the idea that the paper is suggesting. Kids definitely need more empathy for others as opposed to what some parents were apparently taught.

But, don’t have them wear anything different...it’s a strangely slippery slope way to get yourself into appropriation. :O

CB > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 12:59

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Are those who experience anxiety and other mental health issues treated in the same way as those with physical injuries when it comes to postponing assignments and tests?

crowmolly > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 12:59

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White guy I presume? How old are you?

E90M3 > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 12:59

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“What is the question of social justice you are trying to answer?”

Does Mercedes discriminate based on looks? Dress differently and go to three different dealers and try to test drive C63 AMGs.

I know it’s the old one, but it’s the one I want.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:00

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“How is life different if you don’t know how to read?” Give it a go -- not being able to read directions or movie times or a menu and having to rely on others. Should be a sufficiently helpless experience and make for a good paper.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:01

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The easiest way would be to find some ratty old clothes, go to the next town over, and post up on a corner with a cup or hat like you’re homeless. See how people treat you.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:01

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“Does society hate redheaded KKK members more than blonde or brunette Klan members?”

Then find Klan members that fit the descriptions and have them walk through downtown together with GoPros on. Walk behind them as a means of experiential learning.

Pretty much, this is a bullshit assignment in the same way that the bohemian lifestyle of hipsters in Brooklyn is bullshit. They might live poor for this period of time because it’s an experience, but they could easily pick up a phone and go back to their family’s wealth in the suburbs.

As a professional data analyst, I would caution against one-day for-assignment work like this because it is basically built on confirmation bias. What a good teacher/mentor would do is encourage volunteerism, not voyeurism.

jimz > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:02

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are you the student or the parent?

Phatboyphil > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:02

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Present a neuanced, hypothetical answer and present it as fact to demonstrate the multi-dimensionalism of the original problem.

Aka make shit up

Mercedes Streeter > E90M3 01/11/2017 at 13:05

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I like the looks of that generation of C Class the most, good pick! The new one is somehow both too square and too round. Still looks good, just not as pleasantly menacing as the gen you posted.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/11/2017 at 13:07

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Honestly, I think you’re closer to the truth than you want to admit to yourself.

This assignment is actively disturbing to me. How is this education?

E90M3 > Mercedes Streeter 01/11/2017 at 13:09

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The new one is way too curvy. There is something just so right about that gen, I don’t know what it is, but I want one, so much so I almost bought one. Also, that V8 sounds incredible.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 01/11/2017 at 13:09

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...also gets them out of homework!

TheHondaBro > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:10

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Why are “Black series” AMG Mercedes-Benz’s so special? Why can’t they be normal AMGs?

Also, driving an AMG “Black” is cultural appropriation and you will not stand for it.

ttyymmnn > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:11

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E90M3 > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 01/11/2017 at 13:11

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I spent 2 months in Russia, where I was functionally illiterate. You don’t realize how important reading is because almost all people can do it now.

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > crowmolly 01/11/2017 at 13:12

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Brown Muslim. Guy

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 01/11/2017 at 13:12

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Truth is often said in jest.

I took a class at my university that was entirely taught from headlines and hand-picked snippets from articles or historical writings. It was a required course.

One answer on a test that I wrote, thanks to being very uncomfortable with the wolf in sheep’s clothing method of teaching, was, “Based on what has been assigned for students to read, and instruction of the class one would be led to believe that X was the case.”

To be fair I disliked both sides of the argument because I could see past them and into the real motives, AKA critical thinking.

I graduated with high honors, and a 4.0 in my major but got a B in that class, the lowest grade she could give me without me taking her to task .

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/11/2017 at 13:13

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3 Locations--3 Liquor stores

TheHondaBro > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 01/11/2017 at 13:13

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“How does being a fetus affect your essays?”

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > jimz 01/11/2017 at 13:16

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Student

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:21

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I’m sorry but this assignment has so many possibilities to go wrong or not serving a useful purpose by stereotyping one race/religion/economic background or another... It sounds like lets dress like a native American for a day or something.

crowmolly > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:26

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Eh, I don’t think this is a good idea anymore, but I’ll say it anyway:

Maybe try applying to some jobs with a fake criminal record (nothing too serious, maybe a drug bust or A&B), to show how hard it can be to get a clean start out of prison.

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 01/11/2017 at 13:32

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Something about being in someone else’s shoes. Social justice class

jimz > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:33

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ugh. lemme guess, the teacher is a 20-something.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 01/11/2017 at 13:34

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Well, critical thinking is frowned upon these days. In fact, they tend to claim you’re crazy or subversive if you don’t hang on everything they say like it was the statement of a deity...

S65 > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:38

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Um, do you at least have a couple friends?

get one of your friends to test drive a sporty car, then you try to test drive the sporty car. 

Phatboyphil > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/11/2017 at 13:38

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Plus free money!

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:39

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Ask why social justice never seems to start with personal change and if it should.

RutRut > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:40

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This is seriously a school assignment?! At what grade level?

kiwi_matt > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:44

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Social Justice class?!?!?! Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

whoarder is tellurium > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 13:51

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Oh FFS ... force-fed guilting! Social justice!

Since you have social anxiety, tell the teacher/school that is why you cannot complete the project. Surely they’ll understand your condition and how it could cause an anxiety attack.

Have your parents write them a note too.

(Side note: I also have social anxiety, but have learned to deal with it as I’ve aged.)

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > whoarder is tellurium 01/11/2017 at 13:55

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Maybe I exaggerated the anxiety part a bit (or don’t understand it) I’m just rather introverted.

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > RutRut 01/11/2017 at 13:56

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11th

Mercedes Streeter > E90M3 01/11/2017 at 13:58

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Agreed! That’s not to say I don’t like the new ones either...just I don’t know either why I like the older ones much more. Maybe I’m not yet on the curvy train yet. :)

E90M3 > Mercedes Streeter 01/11/2017 at 13:59

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I didn’t like the E90 until the facelift, so maybe when Mercedes does their refresh I’ll like it.

whoarder is tellurium > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 14:02

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Hey, its a valid excuse.

IMO, the project is BS.

pauljones > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 14:06

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I actually always enjoyed assignments like these while I was in college, namely because the vague presentation of the what the instructions oor purpose of the exercise were granted a whole lot of personal freedom in grabbing the assignment and turning it into an opportunity not just to learn, but to help others learn as well.

It could sometimes be difficult, though, to figure out where to start. Here’s the best place to start: with you. Find something that in all the time you’ve been in school, in all of the time that you’ve been taught things and told to learn and understand things, that you want to help others understand.

What I’m going to say next may potentially come of as being not quite appropriate for any number of reasons, ranging from projecting experiences that you maybe don’t relate to at all or from simply just being a white guy talking about shit that he maybe doesn’t completely have a goddamned clue about. If it does come off as such, just straight up tell me and I’ll learn from it.

Here it goes anyways:

Here’s the first potential idea that came to mind: In reading prior comments, I gather that you are a young Mulsim man with a mild anxiety disorder. In our current zeitgeist, that’s a hell of a challenge that you are faced with every single day, through no fault of your own. I’d guess that you are regularly faced with idiosyncratic behaviors and actions towards you, both on a personal level and in every known form of media, for something that you have no power over. It’s not an easy thing to deal with on a regular basis.

If this assignment is truly about walking in the shoes of another, then take your shoes off and offer them to others. Teach them what it is like to walk in your shoes; not out of spite or out of anger, but out of a desire to connect - to show people how unwarranted the misconceptions that underly their reactions to you are. Show them that you are as human as they are, and you feel the same things that they feel. The world that the media presents to you each and every day knows the differences between you and it. Teach it the similarities; the commonalities.

You feel anxiety? Take that anxiety and use it. Redirect it in a positive manner. Be open about the anxiety that you deal with every day, tell them that the anxiety might just garble the message you’re trying to get across, but you’re going to try anyways. You want to show them what it means to walk in your shoes, show them the challenges that you face, and try to find a way to relate your challenges to theirs in order to find commonality and establish something to build from.

You might just find that not only will you be surprised by the receptiveness you might get, but you may also realize that some of your own anxiety is unfounded, and possibly even begin to learn how to handle it.

If you don’t want to do something so personal, there are other ideas. But at the end of the day, start with yourself. It’s the one thing you can be most certain of, and as a result is the best launching point for any kind of pursuit like this. Find something that strikes a chord with you personally, and find a way to turn it into a positive thing to share with others.

RutRut > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 14:10

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It makes me sad that this is a thing in schools.

Tazio, Count Fouroff > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 01/11/2017 at 14:12

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@Potbelly Joe Agreed, and I’m *not* kidding

@Eric Reading your post is reassuring. Thank God! My reaction, too.

Sensitivity to the perceptions, feelings, and experiences of others is just plain a requirement of basic human decency, of course. This assignment is a step on the pathway *away* from that...

...and toward regimentation of thought into carefully controlled, scripted channels. Doesn’t anybody read “Animal Farm” any more?

Best wishes to the original poster. If the assignment seems like pure BS to you, there is hope for ya — just keep your mouth shut, keep The Man happy, and GTFO till you can become The Man (or Person) and start undoing all this Gulag sh*t

GTI to help with GTFO :)

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > crowmolly 01/11/2017 at 14:15

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I’m 16 and look like I’m 10.

Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. > pauljones 01/11/2017 at 14:15

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Duly noted.

This is just an assignment not used to.

crowmolly > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 14:17

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Yeah, I figured it would be a stretch. Good luck with whatever you choose.

Tazio, Count Fouroff > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 14:56

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PS apologies for the earlier rant. For real, best wishes with the assignment — and everything else going forward!

FWIW in school they described me as “painfully shy” lol. If it helps, maybe remind yourself? Inside (some deeper than others), *everyone* has a horror of embarrassment.

Tongue in cheek, but true: you can undergo bias from people who feel absolutely *no* need to try understanding your experience or showing tolerance: tell 3 political far-lefters you’re conservative

CaptainSlower > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 15:04

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That’s fine. Just say your juvenile records were sealed and see what happens.

MikeP3 > Panther Brown Tdi Volvo Shooting Brake Manual Miata RWD Wagon Stole HondaBro's Accord. 01/11/2017 at 19:45

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It’s too bad your teacher doesn’t know proper grammar such as when to use ‘their’ and ‘his/her.’