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[Earthquake Damage]

rageworthy

http://www.infowars.com/miss-america-sexually-molested-by-tsa/

I would rage over this sort of thing, but the effort would be wasted (because, you know, I'm ever so influential).  Besides, I figure we'll eventually reach the threshold where the general public rebels.  As in actual rebellion, not snarky bumper stickers and empty words.  Why get all worked up about one problem when I can wait and let a lot of problems work themselves out all at once?

On April 15, CNN reported that people who complain about naked body scanners and intrusive airport pat-downs will be investigated as terrorists and criminals.

Intimidation/harassment to enforce compliance.  This can only go fun places.

[Leafsnail]

I haven't spent much time in America (about 10 hours or so in total) but one thing I have experienced is the airport security.

...Yeah, not something I want to repeat any time soon.

[SalmonGod]

Bloodbowl: The game with this elaborate, fun rules system that is completely and totally at the mercy of randomness. Even doing everything right, you can still get fucked, and that 20% of doing something wrong puts you in the grave. No game I play makes me feel so fucking helpless when I'm losing than BB.

Don't play League of Legends

Besides, I figure we'll eventually reach the threshold where the general public rebels.  As in actual rebellion, not snarky bumper stickers and empty words.

After the last few years, I've stopped expecting this to ever happen in America.

[Acanthus117]

Waaaaaaagh it's so hot I'm mellltinnngggg aaaahhhhhhhhh

I swear, the heat is killing me.

I've been waking up at 4 in the morning, drenched in sweat and feeling like shit. TAKING BATHS AT 4 IS NOT NORMAL MAN

[Angel Of Death]

Fill the bathtub up with cold water and take a dip whenever you get too hot.

[Acanthus117]

Waaah, I don't have a fucking tub man I have a shower

If only our air conditioning unit wasn't borked to fucking hell...

It sucks that my family's the only one in the condominium complex too poor to get our aircon fixed D: D: D:

[Angel Of Death]

I used to live in a house that got hot as FUCK and had a really bad air conditioning unit.

Now, I live in a house that has an AWESOME aircon/heater!

[SalmonGod]

I grew up in a house built in the 1880's.  No heating or air conditioning, just a centrally located woodstove... in Indiana, where temperatures range from -20 to 100 over the course of the year.  My bedroom also had a massive hole in the wall next to the bed where I could feel air coming in from outside.

[Bauglir]

The sentence, "You know what I meant." No, I didn't. If I did, I would have reacted to that. But I react to what you say because that's what you SAY, and unless you're a politician I credit you with the integrity to say what you mean, goddamn it.

[Kadzar]

The stupid reason college tuition in America costs more than any other country: http://nplusonemag.com/bad-education

[SalmonGod]

Yeah... higher education is a sore spot with lots of people.  Back when my parents were young adults, employers would actively seek out and recruit college graduates.  My dad only has a masters and he didn't even have to look for work.  They called him.

My generation was raised to believe that was the way it would be.  We were constantly bombarded with this culture that told us college was a requirement to live any sort of decent life, and that doing well in school was the most important thing in the entire world that would allow us to pursue our dreams.

Now two years out of college and almost everyone I know has a degree or is very close.  Nobody gives a shit.  They're near worthless.  They are the equivalent of a high school diploma 20 years ago.  I know a lot of graduate students, and they're only doing ok.  I know a single person whose education has landed him a well-paying job, and he has a PhD and a Masters.  He's also one of the cheapest people I know, and still won't be finished paying off his debt anytime soon.

If there isn't a massive turnaround of this situation in the next 10 years, I might just encourage my kids not to bother with higher education.  I'll help them figure out what they want to do and pursue those skills by other means.  Most of the stuff I learned in college, I could have done on my own anyway.  That just didn't sink in until I was near finished anyway.

[nenjin]

Well, one thing I know about today is that the emphasis is on the student to sell their qualifications after graduation, not companies selling their positions to new graduates. That and the economy has just been downsizing more and more since our parents went to college, I think. There's more competition for fewer positions, which leaves the less-than-best performers, or those that kind of just want to glide into something, at the bottom of the stack.

But I do know my college was packed with job fairs and recruiting stuff. For me, I decided early on I was going to get my degree and find something else, I didn't want to work professionally in my field. That decision is why I am where I am now, with a degree and no real prospects for it.

As one of my teachers told me (I went in for Journalism btw, which is billed as competitive from the outset) about my college education...."You get out of it what you put into it." In my case, I put in what was needed to graduate, and I did it with soul, but that's all I did. And I know many people go to college thinking if they just do the tests, read the books and do the projects, blamo, job will appear. That's not the reality anymore, at all. And I started getting that message THE MINUTE I went into a non-general studies major. It depressed me at the time, and in the end, I think it killed my desire to try to do anything through the college system. But I didn't really try to make the system work for me, and sometimes I regret that.

Then I watch the news and read the newspaper and remember I made the right decision.

So before you run off to blame the businesses or the colleges, remember....the US is full of the children of baby boomers, who can go to college simply because there is money and they're expected to. Many of them have no idea why they're there, but they know they want a job. From the employer's perspective, they need to weed through the chaff to find someone they really want. Because there's plenty of chaff to choose from otherwise.

[Earthquake Damage]

"You get out of it what you put into it."

While I can't say it isn't true, this can be horribly misleading.

To clarify:  What you do is more important than how hard you do it.

[nenjin]

I dunno. I learned a ton of skills I wouldn't otherwise if I didn't decide to edit video, mix audio, run the camera, do graphic design, yadda yadda....That's where I put my energy. Not interviews or job faires or internships. So, in a lot of cases, you'll get exactly out of college what you put into it, as long as you're honest about what you did with your time and energy. I don't know very many journalists that went through 2 to 3 internships and didn't get hired somewhere.

[Criptfeind]

The thing is SalmonGod, even if it is not rare any more, and no longer a guaranty of a great job, it is still needed. I mean, if a college diploma is now a days worth what a high school diploma was worth, that does not mean you can get away with a high school diploma now, because high school diplomas have devalued as well.

Now admittedly, you do not need a college diploma today, much like you did not need a high school diploma back then. You can certainly get a good career without it. But it is hard to do so, and life is much harder without it.