I wonder what would happen if, as a nation, we just decided that there is a subset of college degree tracks that we aren't interested in funding anymore.
who gets to decide
I hope it's me
cutting out all theoretical math majors cuz good god nerds do something with your life
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AtomikaLive fast and get fucked or whateverRegistered Userregular
When Summer's family was in town from Sweden and doing the touristy thing here in NYC, they had lunch at a burger king.
They were horrified at how terrible and expensive it was. Apparently Burger King over in Europe is nice? Like, something we would consider a Five Guys?
They thought our Burger King was a knockoff.
i say this literally every time the awful burger conversation comes up, but BK here is genuinely nice
it's so weird because the name "Burger King" implies like, some goofy chain restaurant, about as respectable as the name "Taco Bell"
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and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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you can tell that youth doesn't deserve a living wage because of his backwards cap and sunglasses and the rap music he is probably listening to
I bet it's going to make a buncha anthro majors upset though.
Coming out of school with no better prospect than a fry cook and 50k in debt makes for some vicious class warfare.
It is one of the inherent risks of those degrees though.
But I am not really sure how this is an argument against it, considering if they had to work fast food after graduating in order to pay the bills it would be good if that was a living wage.
The stereotype this ad is playing up is important
The people who will benefit most from (and desperately need) that $15 minimum wage is not your shiftless, lazy middle class white son who doesn't care about school, MAN. It's not the 15 year old kid who you out the fear of God into for SAT prep by yelling about how they're going to end up as a McDonald's worker.
Like, literally not a single worker at the times
Square McDonald's even remotely fits this profile. I'll give you one guess how they're different
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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I wonder what would happen if, as a nation, we just decided that there is a subset of college degree tracks that we aren't interested in funding anymore.
Bad things. We need people to continue in the track of historical preservation, arts, philosophies, etc. such that we continue to evolve our understanding of the past an maintain a continued and ever expanding chain of knowledge from one generation to the next.
Maybe we should be a bit more selective in how many of those need to exist at any given time and make it competitive such that we do not have a glut of graduates fighting over a very small number of very real and essential positions, but there absolutely should be governmental support for these degrees.
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I wonder what would happen if, as a nation, we just decided that there is a subset of college degree tracks that we aren't interested in funding anymore.
who gets to decide
I hope it's me
cutting out all theoretical math majors cuz good god nerds do something with your life
No it's my idea I get to decide.
sorry "science", you're gone. We're only funding Chicago school economics and "liberty studies".
I wonder what would happen if, as a nation, we just decided that there is a subset of college degree tracks that we aren't interested in funding anymore.
who gets to decide
I hope it's me
cutting out all theoretical math majors cuz good god nerds do something with your life
When Summer's family was in town from Sweden and doing the touristy thing here in NYC, they had lunch at a burger king.
They were horrified at how terrible and expensive it was. Apparently Burger King over in Europe is nice? Like, something we would consider a Five Guys?
They thought our Burger King was a knockoff.
i say this literally every time the awful burger conversation comes up, but BK here is genuinely nice
it's so weird because the name "Burger King" implies like, some goofy chain restaurant, about as respectable as the name "Taco Bell"
yeah, it's a chain restaurant but it's not shit tier like McDonalds or whatever
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When Summer's family was in town from Sweden and doing the touristy thing here in NYC, they had lunch at a burger king.
They were horrified at how terrible and expensive it was. Apparently Burger King over in Europe is nice? Like, something we would consider a Five Guys?
They thought our Burger King was a knockoff.
i say this literally every time the awful burger conversation comes up, but BK here is genuinely nice
it's so weird because the name "Burger King" implies like, some goofy chain restaurant, about as respectable as the name "Taco Bell"
This anti-monarchist impertinence
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I wonder what would happen if, as a nation, we just decided that there is a subset of college degree tracks that we aren't interested in funding anymore.
who gets to decide
I hope it's me
cutting out all theoretical math majors cuz good god nerds do something with your life
No it's my idea I get to decide.
sorry "science", you're gone. We're only funding Chicago school economics and "liberty studies".
Wait I was wary when you first suggested this idea but now I'm 100% behind it
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these cells seem to have discovered how to read ayn rand
they really like objectivism and have decided to no longer take my free nutritional supplements in the culture media
instead they make their own and distribute it at a predetermined and reactionary market value
I wonder what would happen if, as a nation, we just decided that there is a subset of college degree tracks that we aren't interested in funding anymore.
Bad things. We need people to continue in the track of historical preservation, arts, philosophies, etc. such that we continue to evolve our understanding of the past an maintain a continued and ever expanding chain of knowledge from one generation to the next.
Maybe we should be a bit more selective in how many of those need to exist at any given time and make it competitive such that we do not have a glut of graduates fighting over a very small number of very real and essential positions, but there absolutely should be governmental support for these degrees.
No i agree totally that all those things are needed as a society, but do we need to fund unlimited numbers of that kind of skillset?
Also I'm not even sure I get the criticism of that ad.
So some people will decide they don't want to go to college and will instead happily enter the workforce?
I fail to see a problem.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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When Summer's family was in town from Sweden and doing the touristy thing here in NYC, they had lunch at a burger king.
They were horrified at how terrible and expensive it was. Apparently Burger King over in Europe is nice? Like, something we would consider a Five Guys?
They thought our Burger King was a knockoff.
i say this literally every time the awful burger conversation comes up, but BK here is genuinely nice
it's so weird because the name "Burger King" implies like, some goofy chain restaurant, about as respectable as the name "Taco Bell"
On the other hand, imagine you're from another country and see a place called "Five Guys." You look inside and see boxes all over the place and, for some reason, peanuts.
Meanwhile that restaurant is endorsed by royalty.
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
I wonder what would happen if, as a nation, we just decided that there is a subset of college degree tracks that we aren't interested in funding anymore.
Or just fund them based on employment rate. Not in-field employment, just generally employment. No need to cut off funding, just provide it in a sensible, non-vindictive proportion.
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In America, you can be anything, as long as it's IT, compsci, or engineering
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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As of May 2015, average apartment rent within 10 miles of Boston, MA is $2489. One bedroom apartments in Boston rent for $2085 a month on average and two bedroom apartment rents average $2597.
;_;
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Sir Landsharkresting shark faceRegistered Userregular
When Summer's family was in town from Sweden and doing the touristy thing here in NYC, they had lunch at a burger king.
They were horrified at how terrible and expensive it was. Apparently Burger King over in Europe is nice? Like, something we would consider a Five Guys?
They thought our Burger King was a knockoff.
i say this literally every time the awful burger conversation comes up, but BK here is genuinely nice
it's so weird because the name "Burger King" implies like, some goofy chain restaurant, about as respectable as the name "Taco Bell"
On the other hand, imagine you're from another country and see a place called "Five Guys." You look inside and see boxes all over the place and, for some reason, peanuts.
Meanwhile that restaurant is endorsed by royalty.
Not to mention that if nobody told me five guys was good, the incessant wallpaper of smug self satisfaction of how good their stuff is is actually kind of a turn off and I would probably just leave.
Their decor is blustery self-promotion, and peanut shells.
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I wonder what would happen if, as a nation, we just decided that there is a subset of college degree tracks that we aren't interested in funding anymore.
Bad things. We need people to continue in the track of historical preservation, arts, philosophies, etc. such that we continue to evolve our understanding of the past an maintain a continued and ever expanding chain of knowledge from one generation to the next.
Maybe we should be a bit more selective in how many of those need to exist at any given time and make it competitive such that we do not have a glut of graduates fighting over a very small number of very real and essential positions, but there absolutely should be governmental support for these degrees.
No i agree totally that all those things are needed as a society, but do we need to fund unlimited numbers of that kind of skillset?
I don't really think so.
I could make the same argument for the majority of STEM degrees.
The jobs aren't there for anyone.
As of May 2015, average apartment rent within 10 miles of Boston, MA is $2489. One bedroom apartments in Boston rent for $2085 a month on average and two bedroom apartment rents average $2597.
;_;
I didn't use a real average for NYC because there is a certain strata of apartments in this city that ruin the numbers for everyone else.
Like, basically anything along central park east, west, south is going to run a minimum of 10-15,000 a month, and probably closer to 50-60k a month.
edit: I am positive Boston has some "whale" areas that break the average too.
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$30k in NYC can get you a really nice cardboard box under a bridge in Astoria
You'll still probably have enough for an MTA card and three meals a week
you quality for public housing and food stamps at 30k/yr, I am pretty sure.
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who gets to decide
I hope it's me
cutting out all theoretical math majors cuz good god nerds do something with your life
and they're definitely the target demo here
certainly not the scores of minority workers who actually scrape by working at these places
nope
definitely jerk-ass white kids
with their hip hop
and dan fogelberg
it's so weird because the name "Burger King" implies like, some goofy chain restaurant, about as respectable as the name "Taco Bell"
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
The stereotype this ad is playing up is important
The people who will benefit most from (and desperately need) that $15 minimum wage is not your shiftless, lazy middle class white son who doesn't care about school, MAN. It's not the 15 year old kid who you out the fear of God into for SAT prep by yelling about how they're going to end up as a McDonald's worker.
Like, literally not a single worker at the times
Square McDonald's even remotely fits this profile. I'll give you one guess how they're different
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fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
tbf, if that ad showed a black kid we'd all be screamin' bout the 'cisms
wait really?
this is deffo not the case in CO
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Bad things. We need people to continue in the track of historical preservation, arts, philosophies, etc. such that we continue to evolve our understanding of the past an maintain a continued and ever expanding chain of knowledge from one generation to the next.
Maybe we should be a bit more selective in how many of those need to exist at any given time and make it competitive such that we do not have a glut of graduates fighting over a very small number of very real and essential positions, but there absolutely should be governmental support for these degrees.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Elaboration to come, now I am sleep.
No it's my idea I get to decide.
sorry "science", you're gone. We're only funding Chicago school economics and "liberty studies".
being a math major sort of blows
it would be doing them a favor maybe
It depends on household size and local income thresholds and asset/resource tests
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
yeah, it's a chain restaurant but it's not shit tier like McDonalds or whatever
now I'm getting 8 CITIES EVERY HIPSTER SHOULD VISIT
it's all your fault
Well then. Next time you want refrigerant for your air conditioner you can ask Mr tophat for it.hmmmf
This anti-monarchist impertinence
The average studio apartment in colorado doesn't cost 1500/mo.
New York City is weird.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Wait I was wary when you first suggested this idea but now I'm 100% behind it
one more mention and we get to talk about the value proposition of wendy's. I am real excited.
they really like objectivism and have decided to no longer take my free nutritional supplements in the culture media
instead they make their own and distribute it at a predetermined and reactionary market value
please fund me koch brothers
please fund me
No i agree totally that all those things are needed as a society, but do we need to fund unlimited numbers of that kind of skillset?
I don't really think so.
So some people will decide they don't want to go to college and will instead happily enter the workforce?
I fail to see a problem.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
in denver it's up to like 1100
p hard to make ends meet on 30k there if you have a car payment or student loans
On the other hand, imagine you're from another country and see a place called "Five Guys." You look inside and see boxes all over the place and, for some reason, peanuts.
Meanwhile that restaurant is endorsed by royalty.
Or just fund them based on employment rate. Not in-field employment, just generally employment. No need to cut off funding, just provide it in a sensible, non-vindictive proportion.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
I remember my mom telling me I could be president someday
oh yeah mom well where the fuck is my Super PAC and meticulous PR team huh
Not to mention that if nobody told me five guys was good, the incessant wallpaper of smug self satisfaction of how good their stuff is is actually kind of a turn off and I would probably just leave.
Their decor is blustery self-promotion, and peanut shells.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
The jobs aren't there for anyone.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
I didn't use a real average for NYC because there is a certain strata of apartments in this city that ruin the numbers for everyone else.
Like, basically anything along central park east, west, south is going to run a minimum of 10-15,000 a month, and probably closer to 50-60k a month.
edit: I am positive Boston has some "whale" areas that break the average too.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...