Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Joe Rogan Experience #1332 - Annie Lederman" video.

  1. I'd take the temperature of the comments, just to see who I was appealing to and what it brought out in them. But I think beyond a certain point, you're going to have a pretty good idea of the kinds of criticisms you're going to get, and know your own faults more acutely than any of your critics. This makes me think about student evaluations of teachers at the end of every semester. After 30 years, you know what your strengths and weaknesses are. You can be fooled into thinking something's really working great, even when it isn't, because 5 people sing your praises. You can think something sucks, when it doesn't, because lazy students don't understand how many reps it takes for them to master a skill, or they'll tell you that they're fine with the homework, but the test questions are just too hard, even when you went out of your way to just tweak the numbers on homework exercises on the tests. Administrators try to emphasize student evaluations, but other than the most egregious cases of bad teaching that TERRIBLE evaluations can flag for you, they really don't help you improve your teaching craft. I know - as a hoary old goat of a teacher - exactly how to play the students if I want great evaluations, just by planting suggestions and creating an atmosphere of "You're doing great!" even when they're not. I don't have it in me to lie to them. I just act kindly towards all and give them what they earn. It's important to never take anything away from anybody. Just award them the points they EARN, like it's a job. If I were Joe Rogan, with a nice income, I'd probably hire somebody I trusted to monitor the comments and create an irreverent, but welcoming place. It's not that hard to do, and it's as easy or easier to ban bad actors (like the guy who sees Zionist conspiracies everywhere, and quotes Revelation all the time) as it is for the trolls to come up with new identities. Just one person could probably monitor 3 or 4 pretty beefy channels for a uniquely open and troll-free experience.
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  2. I never had any interest in a fanny pack until my friend showed me how his 92F fit perfectly in one, and how innocent it looked. Carrying it in front, his first move towards his gun looked like a frightened person, instinctively covering his you-know-what. I often travel with a pistol in a fanny pack, but I rarely wear it, and mostly out in camp, alone, when one is always in reach, but I've never taken it with me into a crowded place, and I just generally avoid crowded places. My pistol is more for defense against predators (wolves, coyotes, lynx, puma, and bear) and pissed-off ungulates, because I don't run real fast, but I enjoy the woods. A healthy man with a long stout staff (LOL!) might hold off wolves on down, including mountain lion. The sound and fury of hot lead can give you a fighting chance against a bear. But nobody wants to test the theory. People presented with the situation would feel better with the opportunity to at least try. We none of us are Anthony Hopkins and no bear set on killing a man in his situation would fail in the task.
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  3. Dateline 2001 on the David Spade story. He prob'ly was 36 in 2001.
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