The program I am in right now doesn't give me the luxury of having long spans of free time. Normally, I like watching terrible reality tv or watching cooking shows. I also started to reread ASOIAF, but now I am just reading things pertaining strictly to programming. I'm going through Thinking in Java at the moment and a Junit book that I can't remember the title of at the moment. Also thinking of picking up one on JSON because that's needed for a personal project that I'm trying to get up off the ground right now.
Harrold is a really weird person. The entire time that he was a mod I felt like he had a back burner agenda that none of us were on about. When he stopped being a mod I felt like the team could finally move forward. I'm not holding any grudges, but I also have no intentions of ever speaking to him again because why should I? As soon as Mist was banned, I PM'd her saying that I was planning on unbanning her about a week or two after that. So no, it wasn't to get back at him. I just didn't think it was a ban that needed to be upheld.
When you have downtime, which do you prefer? Mindless activities just to unwind, like binge watching crappy reality TV, or something that requires a bit more effort that might be more fulfilling, like reading a good book or taking on a personal project?
I've been sitting in the lobby chat a lot over the past few days because it's really mindless and funny. The people that are active in there are fun, uh, but I haven't played any games in there to care outside of that.
Black America right now is in a really precious position at the moment. We are on the cusp of a revolution, but we don't know which direction we need to go in. I appreciate black celebrities finally growing the balls to stand up and say something about the inequalities that are still plaguing black society.
There are so many systems set in place to keep black people down and while there are a small percentage of us that have managed (or are in better positions) to break free from that, you still have to understand that the majority of Black Americans don't and probably will never have that. The backbone of any movement is education, and if no one is educated or they don't care about it, then they cannot contribute and we as a whole cannot move forward.
It's funny because being active on Twitter has linked me to great modern day civil rights protestors and has given me a direct link to movements. With the whole uprising in the Midwest, New York, and Florida over the past few years, it wouldn't have been nearly as publicized if it wasn't for direct accounts from people publishing it on Twitter.
I guess to answer your question, we as a community first need to acknowledge that there is a problem and from there we can set the gears in motion for real change, but people on the outside need to realize that we are fighting against something that has been decades in the making to oppress us. So understanding that you are a victim is a step of acknowledging it, but it should be used to empower not be seen as an excuse to not do anything at all.
I don't have one. My parents tried make me go to church/synagogue at a young age with different family friends, but it never really stuck with me. My mom stopped trying around the age of 10 or 11, so I never went back. I started celebrating Jewish holidays around the time I started dating my ex bf because it was something he wanted to do with me, but after we broke up I didn't find a point anymore. I participate in holidays like everyone else, but not for any value other than family and giving gifts.
The worst part of being an admin was dealing with crappy moderators honestly. You try to find a balance between being nice and making sure that they do what they are supposed to, but you end up just removing them or doing some dance with them anyway. I also struggled with finding people that I could trust to be by themselves to handle situations if Jeff or I were away from the site. There were a few I could trust though, but it took some trial and error.
