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  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02mwfcg/matt-berry-does-1-the-boat-race

    Matt Berry does the best narrations, second to David Attenborough
  • That was great.
  • Daikun said:

    Video of Girl complaining about standardised testing.

    How long till she realises no one cares what she thinks?

    That's pretty much how all board testing works for professionals, more in the US than anywhere else.

    Final exam to get a Veterinary license in the US - 8 hours long, multiple choice 1 question per 2 minutes 100% determines whether you practice or not, 75% pass mark.

    Australia (also accepted in the UK, EU and South East Asian countries) - 80% of your grade is based on observations on how you handle treating patients in a supervised environment through rotations for an entire year, 20% off of a 3 to 4 hour (I forgot now) written test with a pass mark of 50%.

  • Last week Mike Krahulik talked to his PTA about video games. His blogpost is excellent. I'm not sure how applicable it is to the denizens on the forum (I assume very little) but I'm sure a lot of you have acquaintances or even know parents to whom this would be helpful.
  • That's cool, I'd do that once my kid is old enough to be involved in the school system.
  • It is sort of frightening how ignorant even parents today are of the Internet or videogames in general.

    I mean, I grew up in the 80s, and my parents had this stuff down my entire life.
  • Rym said:

    It is sort of frightening how ignorant even parents today are of the Internet or videogames in general.

    I mean, I grew up in the 80s, and my parents had this stuff down my entire life.

    I think it's worse today than the 80s. My Mum was basically do your homework, if you've finished your homework and chores, play as much as you want (regardless if it was playing outside or video game).
    Work ethic was ingrained as a result since I was 5 or 6 years old.

    Plus half the time Mum wanted to play video games too.
  • I work in a big box retail store. Most parents come in knowing nothing and do no research. I really wish What They Play was still an active site because it was an awesome resource to direct parents to for information about content.
  • I just can't imagine the parent who doesn't learn about the things their kids are into.
  • Rym said:

    I just can't imagine the parent who doesn't learn about the things their kids are into.

    Well when you have parents working 60 hours or more a week they sometimes have to short cut a few of their kids interests, my parents never paid attention to the games I was playing, the books I was reading or the shows I was watching for the most part.
  • ^^ They come from old farming countries and admonish you for spending too much time on the computer while simultaneously asking for help sending email because the process somehow changed since the last time they used it.
  • I TURNED OUT JUST FINE.
  • My Dad knew more about computers than I did until I went to college for it, but he wasn't really interested/didn't have time to pay attention to the games I was playing past about elementary school.
  • An extremely interesting interview with the guy who writes the manga "Bartender", Araki Joh.
  • Rym said:

    I just can't imagine the parent who doesn't learn about the things their kids are into.

    I have seen parents ignore their children while talking to salespeople about a TV or whatever. Some people really don't seem to care about anyone else, even their own children.
  • Rym said:

    I just can't imagine the parent who doesn't learn about the things their kids are into.

    I have literally never had a conversation that wasn't "Do X. / Ok." with my dad. My mom did have at least a general idea of what we were into though.
  • edited April 2015
    I don't think I ever had meaningful conversation with my parents. Grandparents were a bit better.

    I actually remember being a young teenager and "testing" my mom once. We would always fight when i wanted to talk about anything with more than surface depth to it. So I started talking to her about weather and bananas and somehow that was actually a conversation to her.
    Post edited by Anthony Heman on
  • Dazzle369 said:
    That reminds me of the old Battletech centers of the 90s.

    As a bonus, here's the training video.
  • I played the hell out of those old Battle Pods at Virtual World back in the day! I wasn't made of money but I did earn a lot for a kid in his early teens so I spent many a night there.

    I also took as my pilot name Aidan Pryde. This was before Virtual World started their official Clan program so I got to have a Blood Name they could never take from me. ;-)
  • edited April 2015


    A master craftsman repairs an old, ruined English-Japanese dictionary.

    Here's the playlist.
    Post edited by Banta on
  • Thanks! I really enjoy watching master craftsmen doing their thing.


  • God's away on business. Business.
  • Getting a car.
  • Congrats! Give us the specs.
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