META/OT/SIAP: Merry Half-Festivus - I've got a lot of problems with you people

Hugh Jackman.

School.  specifically inner city schools and the teachers/para pros/principals/everyone else who thinks it is perfectly acceptable for a child to miss extended periods of time, learn basically nothing and still move on to the next level.

I have read shity study after shitty article about how holdign kids back hurts their self esteem or some other dumb ass shit.  Fuck that.  What we need to be doing is only passing students who understand the material.  Maybe then we wouldn't see schools with a three year average ACT score of 14 still in existence.

It's horrible out here. 

I can count on two hands the number of students (out of 180) who have less than 5 absences this semester.    And it isn't like this is some aberation from the norm.

I get that buses suck, and parents lack vehicles, but why the fuck are you coming to a school three seperate buses away?  And why the fuck do you think that I should just consider 'first hour' some magical world where attendance is a privilege?

I teach in Detroit because I feel like the best teachers should be on the front lines where we can have the most impact.  And I am successful with the people who show up.  But, there is nothing that can be done for people who don't fucking show up!!!!

And don't get me started on the concept of poverty that includes expensive ass shoes, new nails/hair, or whatever else, but you need my buck fifty for a bus ride home... cause we are back to the buses and the students attending schools nowhere near their neighbor hood...

Or don't get me started on how school of choice is a great idea in practice but basically it just ends up in kids attending a new school every year and missing out on the instruction from teachers who know them and care for them...

I would retire if I didn't love chaos and a good challenge.

Inne-city education is the ultimate definition of a sisyphean task.

The capstone of the case against something (NCAA, Conference expansion,etc) needs to be better than shouting "hypocrisy".

that some team has a "winning streak" of two games. They should be renditioned to Bolivia immediately.

1.) I hate that I can't pretend the RR years never happened, which makes me hate RR. 

2.) I hate to have to hate people.

3.) I also hate that Ohio won't rehire John Cooper. Just plain selfish!

I hate that Dr. Hamlet and I never got to have a picnic together.

Also, this thread is bumming me out.

To summarize:  who the fuck cares?

Fuck you, Wladyslaw II Jagiello. You were a dick to your cousin and caused undue strife within the Lithuanian nobility at a crucial time in history. Despite your dickishness being reconciled, resulting in victory at the Battle of Grunwald, you fucked it all up in the end by failing to take the castle at Marienburg.

That was 600 years ago, but you know what? To this very day, every time someone looks at a world map, there sits the Kaliningrad Oblast as a testament to your utter failure and douchebaggery. Boy, you really screwed the pooch on that one. Do you have any idea how difficult it would be to take those lands now? Not gonna happen. Yet you had a golden opportunity at the exact right moment -- and you blew it.

It's almost as bad as your father not being able to sack Muscovy after three -- count 'em, three -- siege attempts. But you know what? At least he put some real effort into it. What do you have to say for yourself? Now, if you'll kindly excuse yourself and go pound sand, I'm going to rub one out and cry myself to sleep reading Konrad Wallenrod.

My pet peeve is Buzzfeed, Bleacher Report, FunnyJunk, and all other websites who get clicks by stealing content or SEO spamming.  The internet is the largest step forward in the history of human knowledge, and these dicks are ensuring that the information that is easiest to access is low-quality and riddled with typographical errors.

MGoBog I've given you all and now I'm nothing. 
MgoBlog two thousand and thirty points, June 10, 2013. 
I can't stand my own mind. 
MGoBlog when will we end the human war? 
Go fuck yourself with your Bolivion. 
I don't feel good don't bother me. 
I won't write my post till I'm in my right mind. 
MGoBog when will you be angelic? 
When will you take off your clothes?

When will you look at yourself through the grave? 
When will you be worthy of your million banned posters? 
MGoBlog why are your archives full of tears? 
MGoBlog when will you send your recruits to Minnesota? 
I'm sick of your insane demands. 
When can I go into the mgostore and buy what I need with my good looks? 
MGoBlog after all it is you and I who are perfect not the next world. 
Your machinery is too much for me. 
You made me want to be a saint. 
There must be some other way to settle this argument. 
Tom V is in ESPN I don't think he'll come back it's sinister. 
Are you being sinister or is this some form of practical joke? 
I'm trying to come to the point. 
I refuse to give up my obsession. 
MGoBlog stop pushing I know what I'm doing. 
MGoBlog the plum blossoms are falling. 
I haven't read the blog for months, everyday somebody goes on trial for offenses. 

1. The MgoBloggers that act like butthurt little kids when someone posts something they don't like (i.e. - Magnus' (and others) stalkers, as well as those who will follow you around the blog for a day or two senselessly negging everything you post just because you commented in disagreement to one of their posts).  Not only is everything on here not worth holding a grudge over, but what an odd, childish way to express your pointless displeasure.
2. Also, the people who just post "This^^^."  We get it, you very much agree with a post and that's cool, but either comment with something you can contribute to the topic or upvote the person's comment and move on.  "This" and a carat sign does nothing more than just giving yourself a meaningless point.

Just people, generally.  Do I need to explain?

But especially people who invent/observe half-holidays.  As it is, Festivus season starts before Halloween, and now we're starting in June?  Go outside and enjoy the nice weather, for cripes sake, and spare me your ill-timed grievances!

I feel like a lot of the butthurt and overraction to things stems from a certain segment of the posters coming from places that lack heavy moderation and have virtually no self moderation (beyond hurling racial and homophobic epithets).

This place is not a board version of your local sports talk radio call in show, or MLive.

If you say something dumb, you will get called out for it and admonished. It's that simple.

The amount of people shocked because everyone shit all over their "FIRE AL BORGES" thread (the 15th one started that weekend) is fucking ridiculous.

Then, not only do they refuse to accept that it was an utterly pointless thread that only serves as flaimbait, they get all huffy with righteous indignation. "YOU PEOPLE CAN'T HANDLE THE FLAMING NUGGETS OF TRUTH I'M SPITTIN', MAN! YOU GUYS JUST CAN'T ACCEPT ANYTHING THAT GOES AGAINST THE HIVEMIND'S OPINION! I'M BEING SILENCED! I HATE THIS SITE!"

Someone calling someone out for being a douche or saying something stupid =/= someone being a douche or saying something stupid, and it's certainly not bullying.

Unpopular opinions are welcomed here. I should know. I have a lot of them. The key is, don't be a dick about it, because when you know you have an unpopular opinion, you should also know that means a metric ass ton of people are going to disagree with you. Also, a lot of them are going to voice their disagreement with your opinion, so there is no need to get defensive, or feel attacked.

Another thing, tangentially realted to that...Downvotes are going to happen. People with downvote anything, and for any reason. It might have nothing to do with your post. They might just hate your avatar, your username, or your sig. They might just be in a shitty mood, and your post inadvertantly reminded them of the time their cat, sparkles, got run over by a truck. So there is no reason to be upset about getting downvoted, because not only are your internet points imaginary, but downvotes don't even impact them.

If you don't like an OT thread, fucking ignore the ever loving shit out of it. It will make your day better. It will make the mods' day better. It will make everyone posting in that threads' day better. It will make everyone's day better, period. 

If you fuck up, just admit it and walk away.

The other day an OP made a thread. It got killed, he was upset, and at first he apologized. Good job. Good effort. Leave it at that and walk away. The entire incident would have been over with, everyone would have forgotten in two days, and OP would have been fine. However, OP had to just keep replying and arguing with every single person who didn't like his thread, which ultimately led to him getting downvotes, which led to him complaining about getting downvotes, which only led to more downvotes, which led to an, "I HATE YOU ALL! THIS PLACE SUCKS! YOU ALL SUCK!" rage quit level MGoMeltdown.

This place really isn't that hard to figure out. Just don't post stupid shit and don't troll people.

It keeps me too busy during the day, so I miss great opportunities to jump into mass rants like this thread.

I also hate being in the central time zone.  That already puts me in a time warp misaligned with MGoBlog.

I also hate that South Bend is not in the central time zone.  Two hour drive from home, but I have to do damn time zone math dealing with those people. 

I hate how much the casual sexism and creepiness has been ramping up around here lately, and I reaaaaally hate how accepted it seems to be.

I hate how much the casual sexism and creepiness has been ramping up around here lately, and I reaaaaally hate how accepted it seems to be.

MSU would like to air some grievances with Mgoblog:

Half-festivus came just at the right time.  I got a problem with Joe Dumars that will only be solved when Tom Gores grows a pair and shows him the door.  For all the good he did in the beginning of his front office career, he has undone it and thensome over the last 6 years.  Screw you, Joe D, and take your anthem singing, no-playoff series winning, retread of a coach Mo Cheeks with your ass.