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I better put a pin in Northern Exposure and watch this while it's hot.

So is anyone else besides me bemused at the FAFSA problems? I just learned General Dynamics was paid $181M to change the input form, and change the calculation equations a little bit. Even if im understating it, as I understand it still interfaces with the IRS, holy shit, they had years and a couple...

I choose to believe the oj tweet was real.

Government: damn we pay a lot in Medicare and Medicaid for peeps. Other government: yeah we do. Gov: how can we reduce those costs? Other government: IDK, education programs for healthier living? G: nah fam, the people we support are damn dumb and don't listen. OG: Can we force them to eat better an...

Are there many employment vectors out there that require zero skill or education, and don't involve holding a shovel? Most of these people couldn't hold the weight of a shovel.

"It's just socialized education, but with extra steps."

Which I'm not entirely against.

But I can see there's nuances to it, and arguments to be made.

Can you imagine any politician running for high(ish) office.... anything higher than local mayor, and their thought process is purely "I want to do some good!" No one is spending millions to get elected for a $250k salary, with the Rockwellian ideal of simply making the world a better plac...

I know I have a habit of believing that all politicians are corrupt, and all of them are taking bribes and lining the nests, but only because it's true. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/sam-randazzo-recently-charged-in-ohios-biggest-corruption-case-found-dead/ I'm a First Ener...

For a minute he was gung-ho about switching to economics with a Chinese minor, his advisor was like double-thumbs-up on that. But that school wouldn't accept him, even with good grades. So that's weird.

He's looking at 3.5+ GPA with all his sciencey pre-med classes, with Chinese as his language. The kid is reading 200 year old Chinese literature for fun, with a chart open on his phone for reference, and complaining, " I hate when they use this dialect, it makes no sense "

Good stuff.

My freshman has been doing well in school, but has been vacillating on his major... But yesterday he told me he's locking down on a med degree, and has his plans for post grad and MCATSs.



He was trying to change into economics but they weren't accepting transfers in for some reason.

Ableist

Reporter: hey boss, am still in trouble for that article?

Boss, checks ad clicks: no, you're getting promoted. Do that more.

"Hold on, I'll see what google wants me to know about this subject."

Is that the servant's quarters?

Truly a towering intellect.

I was thinking of catt's two-party barrier to entry comment, today. I thought of the Tea Party, how popular it was, and how easy it was to destroy with a few anonymous peeps showing up in KKK robes. Peeps not liking how the government is going in 2004: "Racists!" Peeps not liking how the g...

Do you want to tell a little girl she can't have a home, so that we can make people feel better about the cars they already own?

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:12 pm Sometimes, people are just wrong.

It was pointed out they were wrong, and they doubled down on it. Because the message was more important to them than their integrity, that day.

But it was probably the only time that's ever happened, so it's fine.

Biden visits some factory workers for photo ops. Fine, he's out of place but he's supposed to represent everyone. All workers, everywhere: "LOL he has his hard hat on backwards." Snopes: "Nope, that's legit, he's a genius and everyone else is wrong." Everyone: "Yep, snopes i...