The New And Improved Off Topic Thread

BrookJersey Redmen said:
Stereotypes sometimes get an overly bad rap.

Yet the fact that stereotypes are often harmful does not mean that they are merely processing failures—bugs in our software. The fact that stereotypes are often harmful also does not mean that they are often inaccurate. In fact, quite shockingly to many, that prevailing twofold sentiment, which sees stereotypical thinking as faulty cognition and stereotypes themselves as patently inaccurate, is itself wrong on both counts.

This is because the ability to stereotype is often essential for efficient decision-making, which facilitates survival. As Yale psychologist Paul Bloom has noted, “You don’t ask a toddler for directions, you don’t ask a very old person to help you move a sofa, and that’s because you stereotype.”

Second, contrary to popular sentiment, stereotypes are usually accurate. (Not always, to be sure. And some false stereotypes are purposefully promoted in order to cause harm).
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Those are not stereotypes at all IMO, but rather the use of cognitive reasoning to come to a well thought out logical decision.
 
logen said:
Those are not stereotypes at all IMO, but rather the use of cognitive reasoning to come to a well thought out logical decision.
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Exactly, saying it's a stereotype not to ask a toddler for directions is little different than saying it's a stereotype not to ask a dog for directions because neither of them are capable of giving directions. What would be a stereotype is saying you shouldn't ask an Irishman for directions because he's probably drunk or a southerner for directions because he'll take an hour to get the directions out and tell you much more than you need to know or a New Yorker for directions because he'll ask you why you need to know in the first place lol.
All of these stereotypes may be based on a kernel of historical truth but are hardly accurate across the population.
 
logen said:
Those are not stereotypes at all IMO, but rather the use of cognitive reasoning to come to a well thought out logical decision.
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Not when the basis is random and anecdotal---like I met this Uber driver and he said..., or I know a hotel guard who had trouble assimilating in a southern surban neighborhood..., and therefore......! Cognitive reasoning to come to a well thought out logical decision! Hardly, my friend.
 
BrookJersey Redmen said:
Stereotypes sometimes get an overly bad rap.

Yet the fact that stereotypes are often harmful does not mean that they are merely processing failures—bugs in our software. The fact that stereotypes are often harmful also does not mean that they are often inaccurate. In fact, quite shockingly to many, that prevailing twofold sentiment, which sees stereotypical thinking as faulty cognition and stereotypes themselves as patently inaccurate, is itself wrong on both counts.

This is because the ability to stereotype is often essential for efficient decision-making, which facilitates survival. As Yale psychologist Paul Bloom has noted, “You don’t ask a toddler for directions, you don’t ask a very old person to help you move a sofa, and that’s because you stereotype.”

Second, contrary to popular sentiment, stereotypes are usually accurate. (Not always, to be sure. And some false stereotypes are purposefully promoted in order to cause harm).
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This is so endearingly funny. "Sterotypes are usually accurate" is the stated proposition. But the very definition of the word is an oversimplified, misleading, and inaccurate belief used to generalize characteristics and behaviors. Any businessman basing becisions on sterotypes will someday be a debtor in Bankruptcy Court. It is the antithesis of efficient decision making.

It is not a sterotype to refrain from asking toddlers for directions. It is not a sterotype to refrain from asking seniors to do heavy lifting. Nothing anecdotal about those propositions.
 
Marillac2 said:
Can’t even begin to estimate this without seeing his defense here.

I don’t know who has a wider range of plausible outcomes in the conference. On one end is lottery pick. The other, 7th man.
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Lawman says Marillac has gone soft in Marillac's old age. Marillac used to venture Marillac hot takes using his Marillac sixth sense and then back those up to Marillac's death (or the opposing viewpoint). This kinder, gentler, rational, information-based Marillac should probably be renamed Marillac3 as the continuing evolution from Marillac to Marillac2 to Marillac3. Marillac4 will probably be akin to Silly Donovan but Lawman doesn't know at this point, Lawman is going to have to wait and see how much further Marillac deteriorates before the next stage arrives.
 
lawmanfan said:
Lawman says Marillac has gone soft in Marillac's old age. Marillac used to venture Marillac hot takes using his Marillac sixth sense and then back those up to Marillac's death (or the opposing viewpoint). This kinder, gentler, rational, information-based Marillac should probably be renamed Marillac3 as the continuing evolution from Marillac to Marillac2 to Marillac3. Marillac4 will probably be akin to Silly Donovan but Lawman doesn't know at this point, Lawman is going to have to wait and see how much further Marillac deteriorates before the next stage arrives.
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Seems a transition from Whitey Bulger to
lawmanfan said:
Lawman says Marillac has gone soft in Marillac's old age. Marillac used to venture Marillac hot takes using his Marillac sixth sense and then back those up to Marillac's death (or the opposing viewpoint). This kinder, gentler, rational, information-based Marillac should probably be renamed Marillac3 as the continuing evolution from Marillac to Marillac2 to Marillac3. Marillac4 will probably be akin to Silly Donovan but Lawman doesn't know at this point, Lawman is going to have to wait and see how much further Marillac deteriorates before the next stage arrives.
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A Don Corleone to Don Knotts transition. Much prefer the former.
 
Wasn’t sure where to post this but it pertains to upcoming season’s hopes. Earlier this summer I went to this concert at MSG. Fittingly they played a great song of theirs called Red Bird.

If you have 2 minutes, and start at the 2 hour 16 minute mark I recommend! Might have been the gummies talking but I had goosebumps everywhere listening in the house of our beloved Johnnies and them singing “I pray you’re out there sleeping. When it’s time for the bird to fly!”

 
lawmanfan said:
Lawman says Marillac has gone soft in Marillac's old age. Marillac used to venture Marillac hot takes using his Marillac sixth sense and then back those up to Marillac's death (or the opposing viewpoint). This kinder, gentler, rational, information-based Marillac should probably be renamed Marillac3 as the continuing evolution from Marillac to Marillac2 to Marillac3. Marillac4 will probably be akin to Silly Donovan but Lawman doesn't know at this point, Lawman is going to have to wait and see how much further Marillac deteriorates before the next stage arrives.
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I absolutely agree with you except having met Marillac he can go Stone Cold Crazy on a moments notice ( usually after alcohol ) which makes him a complete wild card always 😀
 
sirvoo said:
Wasn’t sure where to post this but it pertains to upcoming season’s hopes. Earlier this summer I went to this concert at MSG. Fittingly they played a great song of theirs called Red Bird.

If you have 2 minutes, and start at the 2 hour 16 minute mark I recommend! Might have been the gummies talking but I had goosebumps everywhere listening in the house of our beloved Johnnies and them singing “I pray you’re out there sleeping. When it’s time for the bird to fly!”

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I needed a gummy to watch the video.
 
sirvoo said:
Wasn’t sure where to post this but it pertains to upcoming season’s hopes. Earlier this summer I went to this concert at MSG. Fittingly they played a great song of theirs called Red Bird.

If you have 2 minutes, and start at the 2 hour 16 minute mark I recommend! Might have been the gummies talking but I had goosebumps everywhere listening in the house of our beloved Johnnies and them singing “I pray you’re out there sleeping. When it’s time for the bird to fly!”

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Most stoned poster ever goes to Sirvoo who might not even be stoned !
 
sirvoo said:
Wasn’t sure where to post this but it pertains to upcoming season’s hopes. Earlier this summer I went to this concert at MSG. Fittingly they played a great song of theirs called Red Bird.

If you have 2 minutes, and start at the 2 hour 16 minute mark I recommend! Might have been the gummies talking but I had goosebumps everywhere listening in the house of our beloved Johnnies and them singing “I pray you’re out there sleeping. When it’s time for the bird to fly!”

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When I see St John’s at MSG I have an IPA or two at most because I don’t want to miss a thing. Let’s just say things were quite different when I attended this Goose show 🤪
 
Howie71 said:
When I see St John’s at MSG I have an IPA or two at most because I don’t want to miss a thing. Let’s just say things were quite different when I attended this Goose show 🤪
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Lmao same. That was one of the best shows I’ve been to in awhile!
 
austour said:
Once I'm retired (next year) and my kids move out of the house (when I'm 90) I'm gonna start taking mushrooms and see if I can actually make myself like jam bands. ;)
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Last jam band I semi-liked were the Dead and they were the best of the jam bands.
 
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