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Topic | C/D College is a scam |
ElatedVenusaur 07/22/21 12:30:39 AM #141 | Really, this wouldn't be a problem if the cost of college was at all reasonable and going to college did not practically require taking out a giant pile of loans at relatively high rates for interest. The fact that this "decision" is routinely made by teenagers makes it even worse. I can say with certainty that 17 year old me was a dumb ass with only a vague concept of how much college cost, and everyone around me encouraged me not to think too hard about it Like, the expense of higher education(whether that be a community college, a university, a trade school, etc.) should be heavily regulated and heavily subsidised to make sure anyone who wants an education can get one, and that deciding this isn't for you isn't Again: especially because this is a decision routinely made by teenagers, who are notoriously poor decision-makers. --- She/her |
Topic | C/D College is a scam |
ElatedVenusaur 07/21/21 8:12:02 PM #74 | Derwood posted... And see no value in being broadly educatedYeah, that used to be the purpose of college: to educate the children of the ruling class into cultured, well-rounded individuals. As capitalism rose and became hegemonic, it demanded more and more specialized workers, and one way to ensure those workers possessed the basic knowledge to do a given skilled job was by requiring them to have a degree. However, even as advanced and all-encompassing as capitalism has become, it has largely failed to replace the idea that a universitys primary purpose is to educate, not just to prepare students for future employment. And, IMO, thats great, and it will be a sad day if universities convert en-masse into glorified job training programs. Oh, and student loans are fantastic for capital, and not just because its a source of easy interest: being heavily indebted makes people desperate for any income. The larger and more desperate the labor pool for a given job is, the less expensive your labor costs. And that is all we are in Capitals ledger: labor cost. --- She/her |
Topic | C/D College is a scam |
ElatedVenusaur 07/21/21 2:22:33 PM #17 | Jabodie posted... It's an investment. Like any kind of investment, there are wise and unwise ways to invest your time and capital. And what that means depends on your personal values.This *is* the con: that college and education are investments that should be aimed towards landing as lucrative employment as possible. It's the intentional erasure of anything aside from the economic. --- She/her |
Topic | Covid vaccine appointment set for Friday.. |
ElatedVenusaur 07/21/21 2:17:11 PM #13 | I got Pfizer. Shot 1 - Arm hurt for a day afterward. Mild fatigue. Shot 2 - My arm hurt worse and I experienced some muscle soreness. Mild fatigue. --- She/her |
Topic | C/D College is a scam |
ElatedVenusaur 07/21/21 2:15:16 PM #10 | A college education is definitely not a scam, but the administration structure of colleges and the finance industry upon which most are reliant to be able to afford going are most definitely cons. --- She/her |
Topic | What videogame mechanic you really hate.. besides escort missions |
ElatedVenusaur 07/20/21 6:38:55 PM #150 | Fire Emblem : Three Houses has time-limited supports. And you have to go into a menu to view supports to level them up! --- She/her |
Topic | Ben and Jerry's to no longer sell it's ice cream in Israeli occupied territories |
ElatedVenusaur 07/19/21 8:40:42 PM #32 | marthsheretoo posted... Christian dominionists believe Israel needs to exist to bring about the end times.Not just exist, but exist in its "Biblical borders" and rebuild the Temple of Solomon on the original location --- She/her |
Topic | games with 10/10 soundtracks? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/19/21 6:22:08 PM #34 | SMT Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2 have absolutely insanely great OSTs. --- She/her |
Topic | Rick and Morty S5E5 |
ElatedVenusaur 07/19/21 6:16:51 PM #11 | This one was a lot of fun. Loved the one-liner before the break: I wasnt sure about the car plot at first, but man did it ever catch fire The lawyer bit was perfect. And then they went and topped it all of with a hilarious credits stinger. --- She/her |
Topic | is there a list of every country that had a united states backed coup? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/19/21 2:27:19 PM #145 | Yeah, we totally had/have it together, what with the slavery and the Jim Crow and unelected officials having broad power(arguably greater than that of elected officials!) over politics and the ongoing efforts to restrict franchise and nullify election outcomes. --- She/her |
Topic | Self checkouts are still such a pain in the ass to use |
ElatedVenusaur 07/19/21 2:19:07 PM #34 | My Whole Foods has some, and they're always breaking down and freezing even though they're less than a year old. Also, each one is really small, but customers often try to bring carts with dozens of items to them, and get pissy when the attendant tells them to go to a register. Sometimes, they even try to get the attendant to bag for them, which is funny, because there's really only enough space at the things for one person to stand. --- She/her |
Topic | Are you a fan of jerky? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/19/21 12:29:13 PM #9 | Its my go-to snack for long flights or train rides. --- She/her |
Topic | ITT: People from NORMAL states laugh at people who can't buy liquor at Target |
ElatedVenusaur 07/19/21 10:41:16 AM #10 | Connecticut has crappy liquor laws. Many times have customers asked me some variation of, "Do you sell wine here?" because their Whole Foods probably has an expansive twee wine selection, but in CT, grocery stores are allowed to carry only beer, cooking wine, and hard seltzer: no wine or anything else like that. This is an arrangement that suits the state's innumerable liquor stores just fine, and is backed up by massive amounts of lobbying. Alcohol cannot be sold after 6PM on Sundays. This doesn't apply to bars. --- She/her |
Topic | Why doesn't Imperial Germany get as much flak as Nazi Germany? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/19/21 10:32:32 AM #3 | Well, you already explained part of it, unfortunately. But it's also worth noting that nothing the German Empire did in Africa was exceptional(they all did that), and certainly not worse than the Belgian Congo. --- She/her |
Topic | Looking for a new live-action comedy. |
ElatedVenusaur 07/18/21 6:24:45 PM #16 | dolomedes posted... what we do in the shadowsYes TC! Season 3 starts up in September, so you have plenty of time to get caught up. --- She/her |
Topic | What if Yaweh of Old Testamwnt was evil? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/18/21 5:20:54 PM #5 | Funkydog posted... Old Testament God was the original "Just a prank" guy, so that says all you need to know about him.Satan must have been pissed, after how hard God wigged out on him for the Fruit of Knowledge bit. --- She/her |
Topic | It's crazy how hard Sonic X-treme's development was |
ElatedVenusaur 07/18/21 10:02:05 AM #6 | It was a victim of Segas dysfunction and the general botching of the Saturn. Like, a Sonic game for their new console should have been a much higher priority. It should have been a launch title! --- She/her |
Topic | Any decent Pokemon hacks that have some challenge |
ElatedVenusaur 07/18/21 9:42:13 AM #6 | lucariopikmin posted... Insurgence is pretty good and has a bunch of new regional variant pokemon and reborn is harder than that.Reborn makes Uranium seem well made and written though. --- She/her |
Topic | the plan is iN MOTION |
ElatedVenusaur 07/18/21 1:06:35 AM #22 | My plans foundering a bit right now: undergrad social work programs require work hours. These would normally be provided by a class conveniently not offered at community colleges. So I couldnt get started on that as planned, and am now trying to get some sort of entry-level human service job, but thats not entirely easy either. Oh, and I have this whole trans deal happening, of course. Time-and-energy-consuming; transition, but thats going well so far, at least. Sorry I dont have much advice. Are you going to go through a driving school? Because the right driving instructor will help you out a lot. --- She/her |
Topic | is there a list of every country that had a united states backed coup? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/17/21 8:33:46 PM #20 | mustachedmystic posted... Crappy list notwithstanding, the majority of the world's population is better off then they would be under Chinese, or Russian hegemony. Not that it's an excuse, only the truth.Is it? What would China do thats so much worse? Not that China isnt awful, mind, but its not like we actually promote democracy. I recently read Debt: A 5,000 Year History by David Graeber, and he cast U.S. treasury bonds in an interesting light: its basically cash transfers to the U.S. Treasury, and thus something like tribute payments, though of course these bonds theoretically give their holders some power over the U.S. , particularly in large quantities. The next global hegemon will rule in a climatical dark age, Im afraid. --- She/her |
Topic | Texas Senate Votes to Remove Required Lessons on Civil Rights |
ElatedVenusaur 07/17/21 3:04:48 PM #5 | They find this countrys history upsetting and contrary to their beliefs, so they seek to rewrite it. --- She/her |
Topic | Black Man tased in NYC after allegedly helping someone evade subway fare |
ElatedVenusaur 07/17/21 1:00:34 PM #39 | It costs way more to have swarms of officers watch the turnstiles than is ever lost due to jumpers. The pettiest of crimes is met with the full force of the law while the greatest crimes go uninvestigated and unprosecuted. --- She/her |
Topic | America seriously needs to rework its constitution. |
ElatedVenusaur 07/16/21 7:31:27 PM #11 | At this point, we would have to make the new one completely extraconstitutionally, just like the current one was made. But nothing short of war and/or dissolution could accomplish that. Its basically the Gordian knot, except the knot is in the noose around our necks. --- She/her |
Topic | Companies need to stop this trend of short staffing |
ElatedVenusaur 07/16/21 5:39:42 PM #2 | Oh, youre quite wrong: it works out wonderfully for shareholders and executives. They will not fix the problem, because it is not a problem for them, and fixing it may cause them to make slightly less money, and then how will they afford their space yachts? --- She/her |
Topic | what exactly is wrong with being woke? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/15/21 11:35:05 PM #10 | It can fall into the trap that being responsible for and mindful of your own actions and words is the end-all, be-all of fighting discrimination and oppression of minority groups in society. --- She/her |
Topic | New York Restaurant Sells the most EXPENSIVE FRIES in the WORLD at $200!! |
ElatedVenusaur 07/15/21 11:05:44 PM #12 | If I were rich, I would 100% just shell out, out of curiosity if nothing else. The fries do actually sound great though. --- She/her |
Topic | How come people with kids are getting free money? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/15/21 8:19:07 PM #11 | Child poverty is bad. --- She/her |
Topic | LA County issues mask mandate again |
ElatedVenusaur 07/15/21 5:54:01 PM #6 | Good. --- She/her |
Topic | Shin Megami Tensei V New Story Trailer |
ElatedVenusaur 07/15/21 2:02:21 PM #18 | Pitbuller_26 posted... Will have to watch later. If it is indeed more law focused that will be a pleasant surprise.I played the hell out of IV and IV:A , but they botched law and even chaos to an extent. --- She/her |
Topic | The singer admitted they accidentally misgender themselves sometimes. |
ElatedVenusaur 07/15/21 12:02:10 PM #12 | I misgender myself too lol. --- She/her |
Topic | Australian PM says he DID NOT shit his pants at a McDonald's in 1997 |
ElatedVenusaur 07/15/21 11:05:11 AM #3 | My I did not s*** my pants at a McDonalds in 1997 shirt is getting a lot of questions that are already answered by the shirt. --- She/her |
Topic | I played Super Mario Kart for the first time since I was a kid |
ElatedVenusaur 07/15/21 12:34:44 AM #9 | Yeah, it was great in its day, but Mario Kart 64 blew it out of the water in every way. No reason to go back except nostalgia, IMO. --- She/her |
Topic | Hey CE What Are You Listening To |
ElatedVenusaur 07/15/21 12:31:37 AM #9 | Sonic 30th Anniversary Symphony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGTlBHNvjsU I listened to this in its entirety. It's fantastic! A full classical orchestra, Jun Senoue, and Crush 40! Courtney Barnett - Rae Street https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUXvlpS0TvE The world's first taste of her next album: Things Take Time, Take Time. I'm hype! --- She/her |
Topic | have you played Metroid Fusion, CE? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/14/21 11:20:21 PM #12 | Yeah. It's a really great game, even though it's more linear than normal for a Metroid. And I liked how it characterized Samus Great boss fights, and the SA-X segments are legit frightening and stressful. Really looking forward to them building off that in Dread. --- She/her |
Topic | Looking into starting therapy, and god damn is it expensive |
ElatedVenusaur 07/14/21 6:56:11 PM #14 | Yeah, therapy is expensive, and, of course, every therapist is different. They have different strengths and weaknesses and favored techniques, and yeah: some of them are bad at their jobs. But the right therapist can be invaluable in getting yourself together. I can say so from experience. --- She/her |
Topic | Happy international nonbinary day |
ElatedVenusaur 07/14/21 6:50:38 PM #4 | One of my best friends in non-binary. Also have a non-binary coworker whose pretty cool. --- She/her |
Topic | Does your job require a uniform or enforce a dress code? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/14/21 3:03:06 PM #2 | Yep, Whole Foods has a pretty strict dress code. Some of the "best" provisions -No branding other than Whole Foods or Amazon -No messages that could be interpreted as political -Women cannot wear leggings unless their shirt covers their butt -All shorts and skirts must be at least knee length -No more than four colors may be worn at a time -No floral prints -No jean shorts -No tank tops -Socks required I'll give you one guess who bears the brunt of dress code enforcement. --- She/her |
Topic | Biden approving drilling requests at rate not seen since W |
ElatedVenusaur 07/14/21 2:29:47 PM #2 | He believes in climate change, he just believes in Big Oil more. --- She/her |
Topic | At this point the Taliban kind of deserves Afghanistan |
ElatedVenusaur 07/14/21 10:54:34 AM #2 | Nah TC, they just need another decade of training, and maybe then some of them will die at their posts instead of fleeing the Taliban. But seriously, we might actually have convinced the parts of Afghanistan that used to hate the Taliban that the Taliban isn't so bad. If they can manage to keep their urge to persecute the Hazaras in check, they might even get along with Iran! --- She/her |
Topic | Is Rick & Morty a show for smart people? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/14/21 12:01:32 AM #15 | You definitely need doctorates in human and molecular biology to fully appreciate the latest episode. --- She/her |
Topic | Biden SLAMS Republicans. Tells congress to pass legislation to protect democracy |
ElatedVenusaur 07/13/21 6:21:30 PM #26 | CADE FOSTER posted... Sinema and manchin need to be confronted and pressured hardTheyre just the most visible opponents. Coons, Warner, Feinstein, etc. are also always waxing poetic about the sanctity of the Senate. Plus, I suspect a non-zero part of the opposition to filibuster reform is that then they might have to actually debate and vote on bills, and it kind of seems to me like theres a bipartisan consensus amongst Senators that they would rather do anything else. --- She/her |
Topic | Biden SLAMS Republicans. Tells congress to pass legislation to protect democracy |
ElatedVenusaur 07/13/21 5:12:48 PM #9 | Its nice Joe is finally speaking out like this, but it falls a little flat, given Democrats are part of the problem here. --- She/her |
Topic | Several of the men who killed Haiti's president were informants for US law enfor |
ElatedVenusaur 07/13/21 10:28:14 AM #19 | Doe posted... People right here on CE like to say the CIA doesn't disrupt democracy in Central & South America "anymore"Moise was over term, ruling by decree without an assembly (to the extent that he governed at all), and was delaying elections. So democracy isn't exactly being disrupted here: it already was. It's pretty clear we have no regard for Haitian democracy though: we were backing him! --- She/her |
Topic | Several of the men who killed Haiti's president were informants for US law enfor |
ElatedVenusaur 07/12/21 8:12:32 PM #11 | Wow, these arent the twists I was expecting. Hopefully we dont send troops, thats the one thing that may make things even worse. --- She/her |
Topic | Is it much easier for women to get laid/get dates? |
ElatedVenusaur 07/12/21 10:40:04 AM #64 | It's also much riskier and more dangerous. And still not socially acceptable for women to sleep around. --- She/her |
Topic | Playing FE7, just sacrificed Bartre for a +6 Level Up on Matthew |
ElatedVenusaur 07/12/21 12:14:56 AM #21 | Compsognathus posted... Rebecca is 100% worth sacrificing for a good level up. Or just because you don't want to spend half an hour redoing the level.I really think they thought archers were OP or something. Even the prepromotes are mediocre! Somehow they missed the fact that mages exist, have all of an archers' upside, except literally none of the downsides. Jaffar at least comes with beefy bases. He's no Pent or Harken, but he can do some work. Louise is just a glorified stat stick for Pent, and she's still the best archer. Umbreon posted... The only use Bartre has is unlocking KarlaThat's not true: he has some funny supports! --- She/her |
Topic | Rick and Morty S5E4 |
ElatedVenusaur 07/11/21 11:35:01 PM #3 | I thought that was really bad. Worst ep in a while. Hopefully they shake it off next week. Just tired jokes and a plot that went everywhere and nowhere. --- She/her |
Topic | Playing FE7, just sacrificed Bartre for a +6 Level Up on Matthew |
ElatedVenusaur 07/11/21 10:14:02 PM #3 | Bartres not really good anyway. But Matthew isnt a great combat unit anyway. --- She/her |
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