u/Interesting-Face22 — reddlx

Help with possible mnemonic devices.

I feel like I’m getting it with the nuts and bolts of the course content (using Jeremy’s IT Lab, for reference). I’m not even halfway through the course, but IPv4 addressing is no problem for me, I’m not really scared of subnetting, and the knowledge that this will only help my career is what keeps me going.

The problems at this early stage are consistency and memorization of standards. Stuff like the Ethernet standards, numbers related to maximum cable lengths, and IOS commands. I learn really well when I have a mnemonic device to commit to memory, so I was wondering if anyone had any memory shortcuts that might help? Thanks!

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u/Interesting-Face22 — 1 day ago

▲ 8 r/Christianity

Forgiveness is not permission

A lot of Christians are absolutely *obsessed* with forgiveness. It’s crazy how much they demand forgiveness when they’re in the wrong.

But it’s a smokescreen. Christians rarely, if ever, learn from or even own their mistakes. There’s always some kind of excuse as to why a Christian messed up, usually blaming “the devil,” women not dressing in giant potato sacks that reveal nothing, or something else.

Usually, a caveat with any kind of forgiveness is the understanding that it will not happen again. In my experience, Christians demand forgiveness, shame you into forgiving them, and then go right back to doing what they were doing before you forgave them.

We’re seeing it with MAGA Christians (yes, they’re Christians, stop circling the wagons): they’re falling all over themselves, crying crocodile tears, demanding forgiveness without actually admitting they were wrong and apologizing for their abhorrent behavior. They’re looking for forgiveness so they can be permitted to go back to what they were doing. “I’m forgiven! Who cares what I did? Past is past!”

This is very common behavior among Christians, especially conservative Christians. There need to be acts of contrition, not just a pinky promise while simultaneously crossing their fingers behind their backs.

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u/Interesting-Face22 — 4 days ago

▲ 12 r/civ

I played Civ 7 for the first time in a year yesterday.

I still like it! Now, I still don’t have much of a frame of reference for what a good Civilization game is or not. But despite searching for my neutral city tormentors, trying a second time to lead in science (and failing), burning my Influence like it’s fire paper, and generally still trying to build the plane as I’m flying it, I still enjoyed myself.

I still have problems with the UI and how it’s too simple, but I’m definitely not struggling with it like I did last year when the game was new. Finding that balance between military buildups and getting unique buildings, new settlements, and going for Legacy Points is the hard part. I feel like I’m getting scaffolded into a military victory no matter what I do, you know?

While there’s a lot that looks to have been added and clarified, especially as it pertains to newer players like me, I’m still looking forward to the Test of Time update next week. I can’t wait to play more tonight.

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u/Interesting-Face22 — 10 days ago

▲ 47 r/Christianity

If you don’t like gay marriage, don’t get gay married.

If you don’t like abortions, don’t get one.

If you want private religious education, you pay for it. Not the state.

I legit don’t get why Christians align themselves with the alleged “party of personal responsibility,” espouse all these beliefs about personal freedom, and then insist on imposing a Christofascist surveillance state on us.

Your rights stop at the tip of my nose.

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u/Interesting-Face22 — 15 days ago

▲ 4 r/Christianity

I want to preface this by saying that, *on the surface,* the Catholic Church’s stance on human dignity is more than any other denomination of Christianity says. I’ve given Catholics their flowers in that they have at least tried to ask the tough questions. However, where the Catechism completely falls apart is in LGBTQ+ rights and in women’s rights, plus the right to die on our own terms.

Primarily, I will be pulling from a page on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops where it outlines the “Life and Dignity of the Human Person” because the Catechism itself is pretty non-specific. In addition, I find that the USCCB is not all that out of lockstep in matters of theology with the Vatican.

*LGBTQ+ Rights*

Oh, I can hear the sub now. “Oh no, not this again! Can’t you people talk about anything else?!”

Well, no. Not until you leave us alone so we can live our lives. Now on to today’s programming.

There’s a statement right at the top of the USCCB page that really undermines everything the Catholic Church stands for. I will be repeating this often. It reads:

“The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society. This belief is the foundation of all the principles of our social teaching.”

Let’s parse this a little bit. This sounds like a no-exceptions statement. It should not be added to or taken away from. “Human life is sacred.” Pretty cool. Hell, even the late Pope Francis said it pretty plainly in Fratelli Tutti:

*”The world exists for everyone, because all of us were born with the same dignity. Differences of color, religion, talent, place of birth or residence, and so many others, cannot be used to justify the privileges of some over the rights of all.”* (Fratelli Tutti, 118)

*”The dignity of others is to be respected in all circumstances, not because that dignity is something we have invented or imagined, but because human beings possess an intrinsic worth superior to that of material objects and contingent situations. This requires that they be treated differently. That every human being possesses an inalienable dignity is a truth that corresponds to human nature apart from all cultural change. For this reason, human beings have the same inviolable dignity in every age of history and no one can consider himself or herself authorized by particular situations to deny this conviction or to act against it.”* (Fratelli Tutti, 213)

…Until we get to what the Catechism says about LGBTQ+ people. I don’t mean to put too fine a point on it, but…it’s a two-faced statement. Let’s take a look.

The Catechism says LGBTQ+ people “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided” (CCC 2358). While in the previous breath, calls homosexual actions “inherently disordered” and “contrary to the natural law” (CCC 2357). The second statement is nonsense because we have observed hundreds of species in nature as having homosexual elements. We are a natural species. Just because we evolved differently does not mean we didn’t come from nature.

The common retort to LGBTQ+ apartheid in the RCC is always along the lines of “love the sinner, hate the sin.” Which is a nonsense statement because as we’ve seen many times throughout history, hatred of the sin leads to the hatred of individuals. It’s not a stretch to say that hatred of atheists for their “sin” of not being Christian has led to their persecution. The same is true with LGBTQ+ people. The hatred of homosexual actions has led to hatred and persecution of the LGBTQ+ community for centuries.

If the Catholic Church is at all serious about the “dignity of life,” then it must start fully accepting LGBTQ+ people as equals. This means blessing same-sex marriages and allowing out queer people to be clergy. Also, stopping efforts that would allow the LGBTQ+ people to live in dignity. Like opposition to LGBTQ+-focused crisis lines and supporting legislation that curbs their rights.

This is getting pretty long, so I’ll be back with a second part.

u/Interesting-Face22 — 23 days ago