FuglyDuck

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

They’re not really being repressed though. Keep in mind, as nuns, they were technically employed by the church.

The church was (and still is,) faced with several problems- the aging building (a castle built in 1877), dwindling numbers of nuns (which means not enough people to care for the grounds or provide the kind of work that allows the nuns as a whole to do whatever kind of work they’re doing (a school, in this case.)

From the article, the church closed the nunnery down, and offered the three existing nuns the right to live there as long as their health was still good.

That declined, so they moved them to a care home.

The nuns didn’t like that so they ran away (sister act vibes, ngl.) and got some previous students to help and broke back in. Then, they began a social media campaign to pressure the church to let it go.

The church caved and said “fine”- they’re now taking the much more expensive option of live-in help, but on the condition they knock off the campaign that they feel makes them look bad.

It doesn’t seem terribly unreasonable, except in the whole “your employer controls your entire life”, but that was something that they more or less agreed to when they became nuns.

The reality seems like, maybe the church doesn’t care so much about dwindling numbers of nuns (and monks,) since this is actually a wonderful recruitment campaign… or could be. If Provost DipShit didn’t have a stick up his but.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Exactly.

She used a shitty source (and probably nothing else.)

Even if you say psychology is a wishy-washy science, it’s still science. The teacher failed her for not providing empirical evidence based on proper studies. The student is going to have a hard time of it, if her only response is to scream persecution. (And yes, that’s exactly what’s going on here.)

“Freedom of speech” is bullshit. She got to say what she wanted, and now she gets to get the grade she deserves.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Also, they were pushing ads for ICE recruitment.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 177 points 1 day ago (16 children)

FTA:

A psychology student at the University of Oklahoma says the failing grade she received on an essay where she cited the Bible was a violation of her right to free speech. Her instructors said she failed to use empirical evidence and called parts of her essay offensive.

In her essay, which was in response to an article about how people are perceived based on societal expectations of gender, junior Samantha Fulnecky wrote that traditional gender roles should not be considered stereotypes, according to an earlier Oklahoman report. She cited the Bible to support her stance that eliminating gender in society would be "detrimental" because that would put people "farther from God's original plan for humans."

It's psychology, not religious studies. She got a failing grade because she said thing and used a shitty source to back it up. Psychology is not religious studies.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Need to snack on the crunchy chicks to get the evil modifier up. There’s a door with loot, after all.

It’s okay, because you can get even more loot by donating to a temple; and everyone forgets it.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Pretty sure this is “political memes”, and I’m pretty sure memes are supposed to be self contained.

We shouldn’t have to give Trump add revenue to understand it.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For everyone saying “watch the video”- no.

I will not click anything going to truth social (or its archives).

I will not give Trump the traffic.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 78 points 3 days ago (2 children)

can't boycott any harder.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

IIRC, what you're describing is called Lucid Dreaming. most people who lucid dream are aware, though some can actively control their dreams. The degree of control varies, though.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

move to Jericho.

(iykyk.)

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

the idea that cheese affects your dreams is kinda... folklore. Most likely, it's simply the act of eating right before bed is the problem. (your body doing digestion stuff affects your sleep cycle, making it hard for you to sleep well.)

 

Granted, I was going to slap it onto one of my parent’s shiny kitchen appliances and make jokes about it being a mistake to let them have WiFi…. But still…..

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16933715

Florida man sneezes his intestines out of his body at restaurant

I try to read all the articles I post but for this one I noped out after 1 sentence. Enjoy!

 

Snow on Thursday.

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