The College Thread

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:02 pm

Are these messages meant for authors like Steven King, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, George RR Martin, and Patrick Rothfuss? Are they complaining about Shakespeare as well? I bet most of them would say no.

When they lump all straight white men into one big pot and accuse them of being full of shit, they themselves become equally full of shit. They become just as racist and/or sexist as the people they are fighting against.

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Post by **TheCatt** » Tue May 12, 2015 5:46 pm

UVA sues Rolling Stone

Damn right.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue May 12, 2015 6:01 pm

I know it's dangerous as hell but I think if it can be proven, false accusers should be charged with a crime with penalties on par as those for rape.

Post by **Vince** » Tue May 12, 2015 8:17 pm

I really wouldn't go that direction simply because I think this woman in particular is mentally ill. Now Rolling Stone was criminally negligent in my mind.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue May 12, 2015 8:30 pm

Vince wrote:I really wouldn't go that direction simply because I think this woman in particular is mentally ill. Now Rolling Stone was criminally negligent in my mind.

I don't think that is a good enough excuse to ...excuse... ruining people's lives. If they are that sick, they need to be removed from society, the same way a rapist would be.

Post by **Vince** » Tue May 12, 2015 9:45 pm

I wouldn't disagree with some mandated in house therapy for a few months/years.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed May 13, 2015 9:18 am

Don't mention Greek mythology. You'll trigger someone and get libeled by Rolling Stone.

http://reason.com/blog/2015/05/12/trigger-warning-mythology

Post by **GORDON** » Wed May 13, 2015 9:24 am

This guy says liberals have ruined college.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article....ge.html

The root of nearly every free-speech infringement on campuses across the country is that someone—almost always a liberal—has been offended or has sniffed out a potential offense in the making. Then, the silencing campaign begins. The offender must be punished, not just for justice’s sake, but also to send the message to anyone else on campus that should he or she stray off the leftist script, they too might find themselves investigated, harassed, ostracized, or even expelled. If the illiberal left can preemptively silence opposing speakers or opposing groups— such as getting a speech or event canceled, or denying campus recognition for a group—even better.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed May 13, 2015 10:24 am

College was ruined by the students, faculty, and admins long before anything else.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed May 13, 2015 12:53 pm

So back to the original subject, what does one do about higher education when one is the enemy simply because one is white and male?

Almost like it's 1950 and I am asking the same thing about being black.

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:04 pm

Don't worry about it. By the time your kid is old enough for college, either the whole higher education system will have been completely transformed and this question will be moot or it will still be the same but so completely out of touch as to be too useless to be worth attending.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:05 pm

GORDON wrote:So back to the original subject, what does one do about higher education when one is the enemy simply because one is white and male?

Firstly, higher education != college/university.

Secondly, lawyers. Lots of them.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:05 pm

Only 7 years until he is college... not all that far away.

We're shooting for Stanford followed by MIT, at the moment.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:10 pm

GORDON wrote:Only 7 years until he is college... not all that far away.

We're shooting for Stanford followed by MIT, at the moment.

Shooting? That could be interpreted as a threat.

And don't. Both those places are overpriced and overrated. Fuck MIT and the egos of the chips on their shoulders especially.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:12 pm

Stanford gives full scholarships to middle-class-income-households... IF you can get accepted.

It would literally be cheaper to send him Ivy League than to a local state school.

And he wants MIT because he already has a science chip on his shoulder, and I have told him that I think engineers are more cool because they actually build the shit that the scientists wonder about.

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed May 13, 2015 1:21 pm

GORDON wrote:And he wants MIT because he already has a science chip on his shoulder, and I have told him that I think engineers are more cool because they actually build the shit that the scientists wonder about.

Fuck MIT. Harvey Mudd crushes them. There are also approximately 99.9% fewer self-important pricks at Harvey. The best physics prof I ever had in college was on loan from them.

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Post by **TPRJones** » Wed May 13, 2015 3:13 pm

GORDON wrote:We're shooting for Stanford followed by MIT, at the moment.

If you are answering the "where" before you know what exactly he wants to study and become, then either you or he are very likely to be disappointed by the results.

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Post by **GORDON** » Wed May 13, 2015 3:46 pm

you're disappointed with the results

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed May 13, 2015 3:50 pm

Best college advice ev4r:

Turn on, tune in, drop out.

Post by **TPRJones** » Wed May 13, 2015 4:40 pm

GORDON wrote:you're disappointed with the results

Very, yes. I learned a lot from it, too. Lessons my coworkers at this institution I work at that manufactures student debt have yet to comprehend or appreciate.