I agree with most of the comments here and would like to add that it’s not the fault of colleges for continuing to raise tuition (that they then ask for donations is a little insulting, but people donate so they’ll keep asking). They’re simply responding to the incentive that the government has created by guaranteeing loans for our idiotic youth. If you had a product that you could continue to raise the price on and it had virtually no effect on demand, would you raise your prices?
Your shortsightedness is like bad foreshadowing in a terrible movie. How long do you think a generation of tech savvy people are just going to accept “We’re too big to give a f*ck”? Standby for those 10’s of millions of people you speak of to start cutting the cord. You lost 831,000 pay-TV subscribers in 2013. Those losses are going to accelerate. They only way I see Time Warner staying around long term is as a pure broadband service unless their business model changes entirely.
U.S. Government: Sure. We’ll give you a guaranteed student loan at the prevailing market rate. We’ll give you a loan that no normal lender in their right mind would give you because you want to major in art history and you have no concept of the staggering amount of debt you’re signing for. Because you’re stupid and don’t care how much it is, you’ll sign up as well as millions of other 17-18 year old idiots and continue to drive the price of college up because of your lack of price sensitivity and inability to realize that a bachelors degree probably isn’t worth nearly what you’re paying for it. Oh, you can’t get rid of this debt in bankruptcy by the way, so I hope you have one hell of a time in college because your life is going to totally suck after this.
I think we all agree that sex is awesome…. but you’re forgetting how stupid we all were at 14. Sure, if you can talk with high school freshmen like rational adults your argument is bulletproof. Hell, the whole concept that sex is fun but can carry some serious consequences is lost on a significant portion of our “adult” population. I say, keep scaring the kids, they’ll figure the shit out like the rest of us. That or become sociopaths with deep seated sexual issues. I’ll take sociopaths over teen moms anyway.
Not that I would ever hit a woman, but I desperately want to slap the lady in this column’s picture. I think the word bitchy comes to mind more than bossy.
After the first few months of sleeping in the same bed there was an understanding that if sex isn’t happening there is no need to ruin both of our sleep by continuing to touch each other. After maybe a few minutes of obligatory cuddling we retire to our respective side of the bed and treat the other person like a leper. Sometimes I even use a pillow as a boundary for no man’s land in the middle. This is love.
Hate to be the math police… but that’s a little more than 5 calories per cent (a little less than a fifth a cent per calorie). I’m going to track one of these down right now. Actually the wrap thing in the last picture looks incredible. I need it.
Oh, but there’s all the fantastic (and efficient I’m sure) things that the government is surely doing with all of your money… and of course Social Security will be there for us when we all retire. In fact, I don’t think you give enough. After all…you didn’t earn that money… society helped you get to the position in life to where you can make that money. Think of all of the poor people. Surely they would just default to starvation and an untimely death if you stop paying your fair share. Excuse me, I’m going to go vomit now.
Umm… if I have even the slightest urge to go to the bathroom I go. I’ll sit on the toilet playing flappy bird until my legs go numb. I’ll compliment all of these trips with coffee breaks to keep the cycle going. What are they going to say – you go to the bathroom too much? Maybe if you gave me some damned privacy instead of this stupid ass trendy office furniture and open floor plan so we can “collaborate” and “innovate” I’d waste time at my desk instead of the bathroom.
I don’t want to rub it in, but I will… my company gives you the day off on your birthday…which you can also move to the following Friday or Monday for a 3 day weekend. They also start you with 5 weeks vacation. I’m guessing it has to do with it being a British company – they must need to compensate people there for the perpetually gloomy weather. . .
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I agree with most of the comments here and would like to add that it’s not the fault of colleges for continuing to raise tuition (that they then ask for donations is a little insulting, but people donate so they’ll keep asking). They’re simply responding to the incentive that the government has created by guaranteeing loans for our idiotic youth. If you had a product that you could continue to raise the price on and it had virtually no effect on demand, would you raise your prices?
Your shortsightedness is like bad foreshadowing in a terrible movie. How long do you think a generation of tech savvy people are just going to accept “We’re too big to give a f*ck”? Standby for those 10’s of millions of people you speak of to start cutting the cord. You lost 831,000 pay-TV subscribers in 2013. Those losses are going to accelerate. They only way I see Time Warner staying around long term is as a pure broadband service unless their business model changes entirely.
U.S. Government: Sure. We’ll give you a guaranteed student loan at the prevailing market rate. We’ll give you a loan that no normal lender in their right mind would give you because you want to major in art history and you have no concept of the staggering amount of debt you’re signing for. Because you’re stupid and don’t care how much it is, you’ll sign up as well as millions of other 17-18 year old idiots and continue to drive the price of college up because of your lack of price sensitivity and inability to realize that a bachelors degree probably isn’t worth nearly what you’re paying for it. Oh, you can’t get rid of this debt in bankruptcy by the way, so I hope you have one hell of a time in college because your life is going to totally suck after this.
The IRS issued $4 billion in fraudulent tax refunds last year. Evidently the required proof of identification is not that rigorous.
#23 – Can’t say I’ve ever made a conscious effort to get drunk and failed. Drink faster.
I think we all agree that sex is awesome…. but you’re forgetting how stupid we all were at 14. Sure, if you can talk with high school freshmen like rational adults your argument is bulletproof. Hell, the whole concept that sex is fun but can carry some serious consequences is lost on a significant portion of our “adult” population. I say, keep scaring the kids, they’ll figure the shit out like the rest of us. That or become sociopaths with deep seated sexual issues. I’ll take sociopaths over teen moms anyway.
Not that I would ever hit a woman, but I desperately want to slap the lady in this column’s picture. I think the word bitchy comes to mind more than bossy.
Yeah, he might want to go back to cleaning up rich assholes’ half-eaten chicken carcasses.
After the first few months of sleeping in the same bed there was an understanding that if sex isn’t happening there is no need to ruin both of our sleep by continuing to touch each other. After maybe a few minutes of obligatory cuddling we retire to our respective side of the bed and treat the other person like a leper. Sometimes I even use a pillow as a boundary for no man’s land in the middle. This is love.
Haha… based on the down votes I guess it was you sad, lonely children.
I think I’m a little older than the average post grad here… but was watching Pokemon ever socially acceptable?
Hate to be the math police… but that’s a little more than 5 calories per cent (a little less than a fifth a cent per calorie). I’m going to track one of these down right now. Actually the wrap thing in the last picture looks incredible. I need it.
Oh, but there’s all the fantastic (and efficient I’m sure) things that the government is surely doing with all of your money… and of course Social Security will be there for us when we all retire. In fact, I don’t think you give enough. After all…you didn’t earn that money… society helped you get to the position in life to where you can make that money. Think of all of the poor people. Surely they would just default to starvation and an untimely death if you stop paying your fair share. Excuse me, I’m going to go vomit now.
Umm… if I have even the slightest urge to go to the bathroom I go. I’ll sit on the toilet playing flappy bird until my legs go numb. I’ll compliment all of these trips with coffee breaks to keep the cycle going. What are they going to say – you go to the bathroom too much? Maybe if you gave me some damned privacy instead of this stupid ass trendy office furniture and open floor plan so we can “collaborate” and “innovate” I’d waste time at my desk instead of the bathroom.
plebeian* you plebeian… wait, was the missing e intentional? Where am I?
^ I’m with him.
This looks like the international symbol for “You’re fired!”
I don’t want to rub it in, but I will… my company gives you the day off on your birthday…which you can also move to the following Friday or Monday for a 3 day weekend. They also start you with 5 weeks vacation. I’m guessing it has to do with it being a British company – they must need to compensate people there for the perpetually gloomy weather. . .
This isn’t adding to my office entertainment at all. When did PGP become a self help book for women?
Job security within the company, yes… but the company itself is more vulnerable.