General Chat Thread

[ansem the wise]

"i'm a straight, christian white male american from a wealthy family, FEEL BAD FOR MY LIFE'S HARDSHIPS ;__________;"

..........
Don't get me started.

[ArmorAndonomon]

but the debt, man

(never mind that you'll be making enough money to pay it off and live decently if you weren't a complete idiot for those 4-5 years, i need excuses to not be social after i turn 18 ever)

This is implying that people will be able to get a job after they graduate.
This is also implying that people who are able to get a job after they graduate will make enough to pay their debts back.
College does not guarantee you a job at all. It makes you more desirable than someone who DIDN'T go to college, but you are not guaranteed anything after you graduate, except years of debt.
EXCITEMENT.

[Moogles]

I'm gay and not afraid to admit it!

Aw dammit I did it wrong

[Phlogiston]

I'm afraid and not afraid to admit it.

No, I don't even know what I'm saying anymore, either.

[dinosaurus]

You start by being in shape js

You don't say?
I'm certainly glad you informed me because I was about to go out tomorrow and begin jumping across the tops of buildings downtown.
Whew, that was close.

[eBay Huckster]

This is implying that people will be able to get a job after they graduate.
This is also implying that people who are able to get a job after they graduate will make enough to pay their debts back.
College does not guarantee you a job at all. It makes you more desirable than someone who DIDN'T go to college, but you are not guaranteed anything after you graduate, except years of debt.
EXCITEMENT.

tell me more about how you spent 4 years not developing any marketable skills

(also tell me more about how you didn't spend the next 2-4 years after that in grad school)

You don't say?
I'm certainly glad you informed me because I was about to go out tomorrow and begin jumping across the tops of buildings downtown.
Whew, that was close.

but you're doing parkour, not being peter parker.

[Adrexus]

People are speaking in memes. I think this conversation has devolved into irrelevance.

It is tempting to not go onto college in order to avoid debt. But, I don't want to work in retail my whole life.

If you're going for a sociology major, then yeah, you're wasting your time. I'm contemplating a geology major. I still have to take more years of math and science courses to do it. I have to be able to do calculus, chemistry and physics. I'm 20 right now (Yeah, i've been a loser for the last 2 years not knowing what to do). It will take a long time before i'm ready to enter the field. But I figure it might be worth doing that rather than taking the easy option and going for a business degree.

[Rave]

He is a Christian who is not ashamed to admit it, which is weird because most Jesus religions are 90% shame and gay hating.

That's actually a generalization. That's just the way the general public like to view Christian's mainstream wise. They don't hate on them, they don't condone their choice behavior lifestyles that are not in line with biblical standard, not the person.

[Pansy :]]

I'm baaaaack... More of a matter of not remembering my password and not caring enough to look into it than anything else, BUT STILL...

Oh god I'm so freaked out about college even though I still have a couple of years left. My mom keeps on wanting me to do this program where I take half of my classes for free up at a community college my junior and senior years, but I would need a car and universities hate seeing it on applications... Then again I don't have a single penny saved up for college. Plus I have no clue what I want to do... There's a significant difference between what I'm good at and what has a realistic chance of making enough money... Yay future

Ooh, and slightly relevant: in my English class today we were debating on weather or not the wealthy have an academic advantage, and a girl stood up and said "well the poor always conplain that they "deserve to go to college", but honestly money has nothing to do with college. If the poor were actually smart they wod get scholarships. I think they're parents we're poor because they were lazy, and that means that their kids probably are to"

[PurrtyKitty]

I'm baaaaack... More of a matter of not remembering my password and not caring enough to look into it than anything else, BUT STILL...

Oh god I'm so freaked out about college even though I still have a couple of years left. My mom keeps on wanting me to do this program where I take half of my classes for free up at a community college my junior and senior years, but I would need a car and universities hate seeing it on applications... Then again I don't have a single penny saved up for college. Plus I have no clue what I want to do... There's a significant difference between what I'm good at and what has a realistic chance of making enough money... Yay future

Ooh, and slightly relevant: in my English class today we were debating on weather or not the wealthy have an academic advantage, and a girl stood up and said "well the poor always conplain that they "deserve to go to college", but honestly money has nothing to do with college. If the poor were actually smart they wod get scholarships. I think they're parents we're poor because they were lazy, and that means that their kids probably are to"

One word..... LOANS.

[eBay Huckster]

Ooh, and slightly relevant: in my English class today we were debating on weather or not the wealthy have an academic advantage, and a girl stood up and said "well the poor always conplain that they "deserve to go to college", but honestly money has nothing to do with college. If the poor were actually smart they wod get scholarships. I think they're parents we're poor because they were lazy, and that means that their kids probably are to"

it's a pity i wasn't in that class somehow because good lord i would've made that girl cry by the time i was done responding

[The Oncoming Storm]

**** I'm back too. Although my time here was abrief 2 months in the fall of 2011 I have decided to start checking back here. I would also like to say that I have finally entered the american workforce as a dishwasher. But he'll if you want to work in a kitchen you gotta start somewhere. Plus 8.50 is not a bad starting wage. Added to the fact that in a simple 3 months it could be as high a 8.80.

[gamer_legend]

**** I'm back too. Although my time here was abrief 2 months in the fall of 2011 I have decided to start checking back here. I would also like to say that I have finally entered the american workforce as a dishwasher. But he'll if you want to work in a kitchen you gotta start somewhere. Plus 8.50 is not a bad starting wage. Added to the fact that in a simple 3 months it could be as high a 8.80.

Welcome back Doc =)

[dinosaurus]

but you're doing parkour, not being peter parker.

i c wat u did thar

Plus 8.50 is not a bad starting wage. Added to the fact that in a simple 3 months it could be as high a 8.80.

That'.... that's good?

[eBay Huckster]

That'.... that's good?

it is in your third-world southern neighbour, at least

[Vern]

i can think of so many OBJECTIONS about this.

Many? Object then.

[Zenotwapal]

He is a Christian who is not ashamed to admit it, which is weird because most Jesus religions are 90% shame and gay hating.

Those are just the people in it that actually have no idea on the way Christ works
or maybe im just the only non gay bashing and non-damnating Christian

[Mandi.]

or maybe im just the only non gay bashing and non-damnating Christian

I wouldn't be surprised.

[ansem the wise]

I wouldn't be surprised.

well that depends on the definition of bashing, cuz i could apply to this.

[Jb]

**** I'm back too. Although my time here was abrief 2 months in the fall of 2011 I have decided to start checking back here. I would also like to say that I have finally entered the american workforce as a dishwasher. But he'll if you want to work in a kitchen you gotta start somewhere. Plus 8.50 is not a bad starting wage. Added to the fact that in a simple 3 months it could be as high a 8.80.

Good to know I don't make the least here.