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Apparently I lowkey go "lol you think matter is real" when discussions of atomic theory come up.

Things aren't made out of smaller things. "Matter" is a convenient approximation.

(It's a useful model but it's a map, not a territory.)

@Felthry I confess, I had to look that up.

@Felthry yeah okay it's worse than "every other".

This Union hall has photos of members marching at May Day events and protesting WTO 1999 which is kinda cool, though.

Tbh I kinda suspected the class would be like this, based on the general caliber of "trades knowledge" I've seen from journeymen when theory discussion comes up.

And like yeah this is actually perfectly fine stuff to think is true when you're wiring stuff.

It's just... wrong.

I should have placed a bet on whether the teacher would say "electrons flow from positive to negative".

Yeah though my HS physics class was a whole lot more accurate than this, and my HS physics teacher was okay but not great.

@Aradia@mastodon.social there's a quiz at the end.

Re: the pictured sides: I was really tempted to ask "so why is copper more conductive than potassium?", but that would have been kinda mean and entirely unproductive.

The instructor doesn't seem to know much physics beyond the level of what's on the slides and is clearly bullshitting when asked questions about why stuff is the way it is. A student will ask "is that because of <other concept>" and he'll nod and say yes even when they're not actually very related.

Knowing the material better than the instructor is really uncomfortable :/

By which I mean, about every other statement isn't actually true.

This "Electrical theory 1" class instruction is very much in the "only kinda sorta accurate" category.

I got linked this by @sev today: a starter list of questions to ask potential tabletop players, to see if you're on the same page about what the game actually *is*.

https://bankuei.wordpress.com/2010/03/27/the-same-page-tool/

@kinsey Thanks, I hate this!

:D

@Vann@glitch.social agree.

Okay I'm still not sure if I'm actually _enjoying_ this book, but from a purely craft standpoint the writing is devastatingly effective. That's a cool thing :)

I feel like 12-20 hours of work a week would be perfect for me.

Me anytime I'm at work: "fuck this I can't wait to go home, can the day end early pls? I hate this and dread having every week be like this for years and years."

Me when I don't have a job: "This fucking sucks, I have nothing important to do all day and my mental health is falling apart."

Hrm :/