I haven’t. Yet.
Let's stir the pot here
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noharleyyet
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....even a genius can be a looser.Spelling can be an important part of life also, even for a genius.
Duck-Slayer
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Duck-Slayer
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Yep 100%, those damn participation trophies they were giving out in the 1940s started it. At military bases no less...
Article clipped from The Franklin Evening Star
Clipping found in The Franklin Evening Star published in Franklin, Indiana on 4/13/1946.www.newspapers.com
Or maybe it was participation trophies in the 1920s that caused the great depression!
Sports-Feb-08-1922-1129748 | NewspaperArchive®
Evening Independent, Massillon, Ohio, Sports newspaper clipping from Feb 8, 1922 1129748.newspaperarchive.com
This one was at a University too, must have been a safe space.
Article clipped from The Capital Times
Clipping found in The Capital Times published in Madison, Wisconsin on 10/7/1924.
Funny..... that’s like comparing apples to oranges, we give out T-shirts to everyone that signs up and participates in the Idaho bow fishing championship..... that’s a little different than giving a trophy to a bunch of persons that get there feelers hurt cuz they didn’t win! Practice harder, you have to be good at something too win at it!
Example, took me 8 years of 8-10 plus tournaments a year, countless days practicing too become the 2018 World Champion bowfisherman! Did I cry for not winning, hell no! I worked and practiced harder! Something missing in a lot of society today!
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westbranch
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Why can't we compare apples and oranges? They are both fruit. And how are those old articles not examples not participation trophies? They were giving awards for participating in exercises and other sports not just the winners. And they weren't handing out t-shirts.
And I know plenty of people in their 50s and 60s with finisher medals for running in races they were in the bottom 50% of. Some say they won't do a race if they don't get a medal at the end.
noharleyyet
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....the dog ate my homework also.
morley.tyler
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Thought about googling it, but figured I wouldn't understand the definition, either.
tzone
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Why would you start a political rant first thing in the morning? Not cool...
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You had a great option not to open it.
BigHornRam
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Iatrogenic: death or injury caused by spouse after purchasing $500 bottle of wine.
jryoung
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If someone could harness the energy of whining about participation trophy's we'd have the world's greatest renewable energy source. I need to create a plan and go get me some Sand Hill Rd money.
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Can confirm on point 1.
To point 2. Just to play devils advocate, if someone drinks heavily and has a terrible diet for their entire life, refuses to see a doctor till their late 60s, is diagnosed with congestive heart failure, and then the physician prescribes a medication that causes their already stressed kidneys to shut down killing the patient... is that patients death really iatrogenic?
jryoung
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Totally agree, just highlighting a broader issue related to health care. It's like the complaints about medical costs when as a society we are unhealthier, obese, inactive and have terrible eating habits due to the prevalence of cheap, subsidized processed food. There's a big nugget there too in relation to deaths/costs.
Johns Hopkins study suggests medical errors are third-leading cause of death in U.S.
Diagnostic errors, medical mistakes led to more than 250,000 deaths in 2013, researchers estimate
hub.jhu.edu
noharleyyet
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...can confirm wllm didn't have to google
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For this conversation... when the subject was broached a while back by my much much smarter better half, guilty.
BrentD
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You entirely missed the '60s didn't you? This is as old as the species.
Doublecluck
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If only a place existed on earth where people’s from all over the world, people of different religions, race, culture, sex, economic means, could come to freely express their ideas, realize economic mobility, and live free from persecution by their neighbor or the hands of an oppressive government.
Good thing we have people now who are intelligent enough to “fix” it.
Good thing we have people now who are intelligent enough to “fix” it.
rjthehunter
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Only reason I know much about is the 80s is the good music, I don't know a whole lot about the 60s!
BigHornRam
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Duck-Slayer
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VikingsGuy
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My simple answer, "follow the money". Harmony and cooperation doesn't pay the bills. Cable news, internet bloggers, political parties and candidates' re-election funds ring with every fear mongering, sky is falling morsel. Just like we make fun of, "Obama is the greatest gun salesman in history", frankly, our Twitter in Chief has been the greatest fundraiser in democrat history - their coffers are overflowing.
The "political/news/social media complex" only makes money when they stir the pot. Nobody sends in money when a politician says, "even though we have challenges, objective data shows that Americans have never had it better - and in the case of our current challenges I am sure my opponent and I can find a common ground answer". No, they have to say, "It has never been worse, our society is dying, if you don't send me money to vanquish my evil opponent you are doomed - act now to save us all" or they are out of money and out of office. Same for TV and internet blogs - "things are ok" and "we can find middle ground together" headlines don't drive "clicks". No hype, no cash. Shame on all of us for being the sheep that fill their coffers.
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