our robot overlords tell us so. they're selling this on the internet, marked down to $79.

But what is ELA?

sig230 wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 8:17 am But what is ELA?

Ay Lah, Ay Lah, muh Biden's back.

Actually, it's their version of a STEM program, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

CDFingers

Well, I’m confused. I’m not sure if it’s you or me is the cause, lurker.

Oh, man I see it now. Tyop.



CDFingers

I get it. Tyop indeed.

Common Core, competency standards means cutesy acronyms in curriculum. "Literact Skills - decoding and comprehension of unfamiliar words"

Naah, man, litteracty has to be a self cleaning cat box. It's a business entrepreneur program. Duh.

CDFingers

CDFingers wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:03 am Naah, man, litteracty has to be a self cleaning cat box. It's a business entrepreneur program. Duh.

CDFingers

CDFingers wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 10:03 am self cleaning cat box
CDFingers

we have three of them for seven indoor cats*. cats know a softy when the rub up against their leg and purr. they get better health care than i do.

* and one outdoor shed cat which refuses to make friends with the seven indoors. but she knows how to suck up to humans.

And I still wonder what ELA is?

sig230 wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:22 pm And I still wonder what ELA is?

English Language Arts - gone are the days of just English.

Gotta distinguish 'em from the other classic English arts. Tea. Comedy. Global imperialism. You know the lot.

Right then. I'm looking at this thinking who the fuck would not check their spelling, especially for something like this, before hitting the button? It's like a clown pretending to be an expert bathroom remodeling guy who tiles around a new shower/tub valve without testing it first...know what I mean...

But I digress.

Anyway, I'm looking at this thing, and looking and... thinking that 'this is stupid'
So I google "literacty" just like they spell it...but google, knowing what I want better than I do, keeps giving me "literacy".

Finally I bring out those things google hates, the dreaded quotation marks.
Low and behold ... up pops Christian Books.com...!

Say no more.

Why do you guys keep doing this to me?

because we can, and it's fun to watch you struggle to make sense of an insane world. i must have been a cat in a previous life.

Uh huh...
(Backs away slowly, hands searching for an exit, and upon finding it turns, and runs screaming from the room)

rolandson wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:51 am Uh huh...
(Backs away slowly, hands searching for an exit, and upon finding it turns, and runs screaming from the room)

no need to be like that, just find a shiny object to distract us with and you'll be perfectly safe.

Gun photos work every time.

My first guess would have been typo - C and T are right next to each other on QWERTY keyboards.
My second guess would have been imperfect English from the Asian company that made the robot.
That it's associated in any way with an evangelical supplier? I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

I can think of ways it could be all three at once.

wings wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 6:05 am Gun photos work every time.

My first guess would have been typo - C and T are right next to each other on QWERTY keyboards.

Only on Christian Cult of Ignorance qwerty keyboards.

rolandson wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:16 am
Low and behold ... up pops Christian Books.com...!
Why do you guys keep doing this to me?

Well, I did speculate that it was a self-cleaning cat box. Was not far off.

CDFingers

CDFingers wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:51 am

rolandson wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:16 am
Low and behold ... up pops Christian Books.com...!
Why do you guys keep doing this to me?

Well, I did speculate that it was a self-cleaning cat box. Was not far off.

CDFingers

"Literacty is overated."

DJT

i am constantly amazed at the extent to which we've become reliant on spell and grammar checking (yes, i use them) and then again, that so many can't even seem to do that.

sig230 wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 7:47 am

wings wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 6:05 am Gun photos work every time.

My first guess would have been typo - C and T are right next to each other on QWERTY keyboards.

Only on Christian Cult of Ignorance qwerty keyboards.

Damn it, I meant to say T and Y. I guess I should go C if my T is ready.

maybe some THC* would help.

* delta-9 Tetra-Hydro-Cannabinol. active ingredient in cannabis.