Jack Parkman

Pods was 22.

Why didn't I know Coop wears 99? He should give it up for Vaughn. A baseball player named Vaughn and the number 99 go together. .

Previously worn by Wee Willie Harris and Juan Pierre.

Whyyyy is Vaughn wearing 94 instead of 99. Who lied to me???

Gonzalez or Giolito?

Disappointed they're not doing more games on NBCSC.

I made $ 200 a week at one for the 2 weeks I worked there, and at the other one I was well under 10k in a year. The most I've ever made in a year, as an adult is under 8k. Mostly because SSI is a poverty trap. They're so punitive. Neither job offered benefits, so I had to stay on SSI to have health insurance. I graduated college at 25, during a low point in the recession.(2011) I was only able to stay on my parents insurance because I was on SSI. Based on what I saw, the recovery didn't really take off until 2014-15. Jobs were hard to come by. You have to have a 40 hour a week job making 35-40k per year with benefits for it to be financially responsible to get off of SSI. I've done the math. FYI, $15/hr is 31.5k......and that's before taxes. I take meds everyday to keep myself functional, and keeping the insurance>>>making money without benefits. I couldn't hold the job without the meds, and they're incredibly expensive oop. To put it in perspective, at a $12/hr, 40 hr/week job with no health insurance, I couldn't afford just my meds on my take home pay. Some insurance companies refuse to cover my meds. It's a huge, giant catch 22. If it wasn't for this, I would have done something else long ago. Not to mention the multiple physical issues I've had over the years. My congenital leg deformity probably did more to prevent me from getting and keeping a job than my autism did. I was born with abnormally short tendons in my lower leg(gastrocnemius/achilles) that affected the structure of my foot as I grew. I didn't know about it until I was in my early 20s. All I knew was the severe pain. What a lot of people don't realize, is that when you're disabled you have to get a decent job immediately. You can't afford to work your way up the ladder, as crazy as that sounds, because you need the health insurance more than you need the job. No benefits=can't take the job, because I'll lose SSI and I can't afford my meds. Hence, why it's a poverty trap. Regardless of whether or not it's medicaid or private, you have to qualify, otherwise you're screwed. https://blogs.msn.com/povertynextdoor/locked-into-poverty-impossible-choices-forced-on-the-disabled/?fbclid=IwAR1epNWDL9BqIWVU3ZcM2F351mFkYn9brhdJ8d60oNnRemywCxoZyLrC-mA Here's an article about a physically disabled person trying to work.....It's similar for me, but instead of a personal assistant think Psychiatrist/Therapist/meds. I'd theoretically "have access" through the ACA, but the deductibles are so high that it basically only covers a hospital visit. That shit really adds up.

I don't think that people are necessarily entitled to an "awesome job" Maybe you and I have a different definition of what constitutes an "awesome job" I do think people should be able to get a job that is able to cover cost of living(rent/food/utilities)+ a little extra for the weekend as long as they want to work. If that's entitlement, maybe your expectations are too low. I think it's unreasonable from the employee's perspective to be asked to put in a 40 hour week and not be able to meet your basic needs without government assistance. At that point, the government is subsidizing your employer's profit margin, not you.

I've accepted that I have to work within the system to grab a job, but I'm going to work to change it outside of it.

1) I would if money weren't a fucking object. Everything involves money. You should know that. 2) RE: the bold-while people control their own decisions and other things, this is only true to a certain extent. It's the biggest fucking lie out there. People accept it as if it's fact. It isn't. Sometimes, you push so hard that you get in your own way. This is a baseball board, so has anyone ever been able to hit out of a slump? You can only do so much, but at the end of the day if people aren't willing to put up with you.....there's only so much you can do. I've learned a lot, and I'm trying to be more humble this go around. I accept the way things are to a certain extent, but I'm willing to go enact change outside of work. A lot of my frustration is due to having some unrealistic expectations. I realize that, and I have a different attitude about it now. Unrealistic expectations go both ways, and sometimes there are other things people don't realize about me. I have a very abrasive personality. If I get another chance, I'm just going to stfu and do my job. No ideas, no BS. Just do it, and let my work speak for itself.

I don't believe I have an attitude problem. I do believe that most of the people in this thread, including you, are entitled and selfish, Look in the mirror, because maybe you are the one with the attitude problem. You just don't realize it.

This is an extension of the toxic individualism I rail against. You live in this country, you benefit from it, you should be willing to help your fellow citizens, regardless of whether or not you know them personally. You make choices based on whether or not it helps people you know, I make choices based on whether or not anyone in the country, regardless of personal friendship/acquaintance, can benefit from my choice.

I'm very politically active. I actively research a better application of economics/capitalism in order to educate people. It's tough though when people don't approach it with an open mind. I feel like I'm talking to a wall most of the time. I'm also pretty active as a disability self advocate. Mostly try to educate people. Again, I tend to get in front of closed minded people. I do about as much as I can handle. I believe knowledge is power. If I could get a bigger platform, that would be great. The huge thing I've realized though is that people don't want to hear what I have to say because it challenges their worldview.

It's more extreme frustration than anything else. A positive attitude can only get you so far. If it were that easy, nobody would have any issues, everyone would be successful, and there would be no issues. This only exists in fantasy land. The big disconnect is that you guys accept the system, and all of its flaws, while choosing to work around them. I refuse to accept all of the flaws and want to create a better system. It's really the collectivist vs. individualist mindset. I'm significantly more collectivist than most people. Do I think we should go 100% on the collectivist spectrum? No, because individualism is a part of human nature. There's a balance that needs to be found, and we're skewed way too much toward individualism. Too much in either direction leads to crimes against humanity. I'd define our culture here in the US as "toxic individualism" right now. It's fuck your neighbor instead of help your neighbor. In my opinion we're all overworked and underpaid. It leads to resentment and finger pointing. The problem isn't you or me, the problem isn't even system as a whole. The problem is the application of the system. Too much responsibility is assigned to the individual, and not enough on the collective. We could easily decide to do things differently. But we don't, and that perpetuates the issues. People in general are too selfish and stupid to realize that it's not a zero-sum game.

Link?

There are benefits to the non-disabled coder as well: 1. It would be more efficient to code if you could say "nested while/for loop" and the entire structure showed up on your compiler instantly. 2. You can talk faster than you can type, so it would be more time efficient. 3. The career programmer no longer has to worry about Carpal Tunnel syndrome

You don't get it...I don't have the skills or the funding to do that. My point is that nobody would care to fund that type of project outside of a university. (Which is a separate problem in and of itself) If I were a PhD student at a university, I'd do it in a NY minute. I'm not.

I'd be glad to, if I had the tools necessary to do it. As someone struggling myself, the burden shouldn't be on me to do that. There are plenty of other people out there that have the ability to create something like that. This is something that could be done for research at a university Computer Science department. If I were going to study for a PhD in computer science, it's absolutely something that I'd consider researching.

I know there are companies out there that make this type of stuff work. Been there, done that. I'm just saying that the unemployment rate shouldn't be as high as it is. Someone could invent a voice activation program that allows a quadriplegic to write code via talking. But, people don't care enough to do it. It probably wouldn't be that difficult.

I'm done as this devolves from here. Not hijacking this thread again.

Yep, worst case scenario you end up like 2018 Moncada. That's the other extreme of working counts.

I'm actually making progress on my job search lately, using a recruiter+my own searching. Companies are getting better at AAW programs. I just think we don't do enough as a society for people that can contribute but are shitty at interviewing and/or have other issues. I don't think we do enough for people who want to contribute but struggle in certain areas. I'm horrible at processing verbal instructions. My brain doesn't process them as fast as they're coming in. I struggle to take notes fast enough as well for the same reason. I'm a smart guy, I got my Chem E degree but it would have been impossible for me to do it if I wasn't given the accommodation of a note taker in class. It shouldn't be the responsibility of those families that are affected by autistic spectrum issues(or other disabilities that don't affect one's ability to learn overall) to create companies that employ these people. It's the responsibility of society to cover them. Just my opinion, but society isn't allowed to give disabled people the proverbial middle finger by saying "No, you can't work, and No, we won't subsidize you" It's either one or the other. Pick one. People don't get to throw a temper tantrum and tell people to starve, die, or make it the responsibility of the family that has a disabled kid. That's inhumane. At that point, where do you draw the line? Who gets to decide who lives and dies? For someone who doesn't have anything else, and has been shut out of the workforce, you aren't subsidized enough to even afford rent. There are enough "high functioning" autistic people that if society doesn't do something to be inclusive, then it's going to be a huge public health crisis when parents can no longer take care of their kids. 2% of the population is on the spectrum, and probably somewhere between 50-70% of them are people that can contribute, but people don't want to put up with them. In a country of 340 million people, you're talking about 3-4.5 million people that are potentially shut out from society.

Me too, and absolutely about young Cameron Diaz. You know who else loves it? Eloy Jimenez.

Did the Cubs sign Jason Kipnis or Stan Ipkis?

Yeah because I always framed it from the defender's perspective. I've never understood why RF and LF weren't reversed. I always thought it was weird that a RH batter pulls the ball to LF and a LH batter pulls the ball to RF. Just my opinion, but if I created baseball RF would be to the right of the CF and LF would be to the CF's left, and thus the opposite of current convention.