Meh… This is a self-regulating issue.

Three people died and we’re in the middle of a heat wave, it’s good advice. People have to drive, people do not have to go out on the ice.

I guess my post should have been more clearly aimed at the dumb Vermonters.

It's not a RECORD low? That's the bar now?

Heavier than a normal car... lol

I'm not an expert but I guess there probably isn't much overlap between Vermonters on Reddit and Vermonters who are out on the ice

Yeah I saw them, photo bombed a pic I was taking

I didn’t equate them at all. You must have misinterpreted what I wrote. I said exactly the same thing you just did, just in different words. I said I didn’t have the expectations teachers do, you just spelled out this expectations. We’re all on the same side here.

It's pretty normal to have open water around the edges when there's good ice. It's very common for experienced ice recreation folk to bring a plank or ladder to access ice. There's a lot more nuance to each day, time of day, and body of ice for calculating risk, and that's very likely going on for a lot of folks that you might see on the ice. Check out the various local ice recreation groups social media, you'll probably feel a little better about humanity.

I used to be a teacher, got out 10 years ago.

I loved the time I had with the students. Every other aspect of the job was becoming ridiculous and that was a decade before now.

I'm concerned by the lack of overall respect for professional teachers.

Parents question every grade, every assignment, every interaction. These are people who have degrees in the art and science of education and parents blame teachers because they're kid didn't study.

The community questions class sizes and teacher pay when classes are over crowded and teachers can't afford a home.

Administrators keep their jobs by bowing to parents and community members so they don't back up teachers. Forcing teachers into an overwhelming bureacracy so that they can justify their existence.

Then, when teachers quit, instead of improving working conditions we throw veterans, retirees, and the unqualified into these jobs and lower licensing standards "because if you can't do, teach".

Just because you sat in a desk for 12 years of your life doesn't mean you can or should tell teachers how to do their jobs.

Respect it as a profession.

Tesla ok?

i live in brattleboro and people have ice shanties out on the retreat meadows

and stop driving, and..

Equating subbing and teaching is a reach.

Subs don't do parent communication, they usually don't prepare lesson plans, they don't do grading, and classroom management is easier when you don't have to go back to those same kids eveey day, every week, every month after you have to confront poor behavior.

So don't judge people who are feeling burned out when they are doing FAR more than any sub and doing it for longer.

You're saying marathon runners shouldn't complain because you did a walk in the park when you wanted to.

Especially on the Vermont sub.

Don't worry, it'll weed out the idiots.

Do any of these little fuckers ever pop up out of the fucking wall and say "Fuck there's a horse cock in my room" or a "donkey dick"?

i think at this point - both.

Saw people in Keeler Bay on the ice the day after someone died in Keeler Bay from falling through… survival of the fittest?

Though I have seen folks post misinformation, disinformation, laughably wrong information masquerading as fact, opinions that I disagree with, and even some words which repulse me to my very core, not once here have I ever thought "that person should not be permitted to talk."

We can downvote, we can countercomment, we can block folks, we can just ignore and go on with our day. There is a mechanism for reporting egregious harrassment and whatnot.

Even the bots don't bother me, it gives me a chance to be like "wtf?!! Oh, its a bot... haha... almost got me there, User93736642".

It's all good.

What problem are you trying to solve??

You can write out bad words on Reddit. (Fuck, Shit, cunt, cock, asshole) No ones going to wash your mouth out.

Like frozen water or meth?

Umm...I don't think that many people deny the fact that climate is changing I think the argument is over the cause.

You're right.

You’re close, but the batteries are generally NOT recycled. Not yet anyway. It isn’t economically viable and we need a process to make it so.

https://www.science.org/content/article/millions-electric-cars-are-coming-what-happens-all-dead-batteries