[–] 5 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

One on one isn't even necessary, look at the Montessori curriculum, two competent Montessori guides can manage a classroom of 30 kids with each kid working at their own pace (within guardrails, of course). The structure of public education in the US is a problem in addition to chronic underfunding

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  • [–] 7 points 8 hours ago

    While the ACA could have been much better in many ways that just weren't possible to get through the Senate, if you recall before that, there was pretty much no way at all to obtain any kind of insurance without getting it through an employer, and if you switched employers, your new employer's insurance could just tell you "sorry about that diabetes, we won't cover that since you had it before you started here." We would be in a much, much worse place right now without the ACA

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  • [–] 9 points 8 hours ago* (1 child)

    Here in Texas it's always been BFE, butt-fucking Egypt. Never have I heard Idaho used in this context.

    However the context is different, because BFE refers to somewhere far away rather to being in the middle of nowhere

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    It's totally different though. Sports betting is an all or nothing affair, you put money on an outcome, you either win or lose, then it's over.

    Day trading (and now vibe trading/meme stocks) may be similar, however investing in a company with good fundamentals long-term carries significantly less risk.

    Many companies offer dividends, so you can make money even without the stock price itself increasing. And in holding a diversified portfolio of quality stocks long-term, meaning you ignore market fluctuations, the risk of losing everything is basically zero, and the likelihood of your portfolio increasing in value approaches 100%

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  • [–] 16 points 1 day ago (9 children)

    I gotta disagree that the stock market is inherently gambling. If an investor does their due diligence, looks at the fundamentals of a company, and makes an informed decision to invest, they are very likely to see some sort of return on that investment.

    Unfortunately, we're deep into "vibe investing" territory now, where stats like P/E ratios no longer seem to matter to either institutional investors or many casual investors. Where people are dumping their money is now disconnected from where it's wise to dump money

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