The more things change, the more things stay the same. In my college days, I had a professor who insisted that Wikipedia cannot be trusted and he would threaten us with 0 on a paper if he suspected we even peeked at the site’s pages on whatever subjects we we writing about.

A buddy of mine hit bingo. By pure coincidence he used the exact same reference as a Wikipedia page, down to the page number and the professor gave him a 0 for the report.

Thing is, if we aren’t allowed to even look at Wikipedia, then we would have no way of knowing if we used an identical reference.

My buddy dropped the course, and the rest of us who stuck it out ended up wishing we had done the same. Terrible professor tainted otherwise interesting subject matter.

I know you can’t always avoid bad professors, but if you realize it early on and you have the opportunity to drop the course, do it.

Left hand is jerking F.

I bought a car and rented a weed last week, so luckily my identity Gavin Belltower of 55 West Pine Knoll Lane SSN 347-20-3802 and pass word I use on all the sites is mother’s maiden name, Minlow, plus my favorite number 89 … Should be safe. Completely safe. Yes sir.

The gotcha style of persuasion doesn’t really work in terms of getting people to reconsider their stance. It doesn’t change people’s opinion because it’s a cheap and obvious gimmick. Feels good for you and people who already are aligned, basically the perfect example of an ideological circle jerk.

While it’s hard to change some ones mind if they aren’t open to change, it’s also easy to turn people away from your cause if they see you aren’t being genuine.

Many of them believe they will make it through the tough times unscathed because the narcissist tendency to assume they are better and holier than most.

My definitely Pikmin? It’s more likely than you think.