BF2S Forums Pandemic thread

I also had a capstone project not a thesis.

uziq wrote:

jay’s entire perspective on higher-education is the ‘chip on the shoulder’, ‘i’m a hiring manager’, ‘small-medium size business owner’ school of thinking. i.e. a collapsed flan of bad thinking and self-aggrandisement.

I have said it multiple times but small business owners and the upper middle class those businesses support are one of the unacknowledged villains of structural inequality.

It's a whole class of people who are told over and over again that they are the Atlas holding up the American economy. Most of the small acts of economic cruelty and abuse are committed at the small business level. Good luck getting a job at a small mom and pop store if you are a non-white person too. McDonald's has probably done more for minorities than the entirety of American small businesses.

uziq wrote:

the point being that your course was closer to a vocational college training you for a narrowly defined job role. academic degrees are theoretical in that they give you the knowledge and a skillset to analyse and synthesize new work by yourself. so all your talk about 'caring what a graduate sat opposite me has done since school' is bunkum, because all you're looking for is vocational candidates with proven work experience in your narrowly defined field.

Nah, college is different in America, old chap.

Jay wrote:

So before the 24/7 news cycle and the rise of the hyper-partisan media in America, you had a more balanced view of our Presidents. Interesting. I believe you've made my point for me.

If FDR had to deal with the US media after Pearl Harbor like every Republican does:

I read media in 4 languages. Only 3 sources in my feed are American, and the other publications have their own journalists and independent spin. From different countries and in different political contexts. The 24/7 news cycle in the US has nothing to do with this.

Want an objective fact? During Trump's early presidency and my time as a lowly government drone 28 countries had to sometimes use his twitter feed to gauge US policy on world events. That's unprecedented and signified laughable incoherence and incompetence.

Last edited by Larssen (2020-04-08 07:50:19)

In others new, the school district I work at sent an email around saying to forget the date we said we are reopening. We will reopen when the governor says the state of emergency is over and schools can reopen. This pretty much cancels school for the rest of the year. I feel bad for the freshmen and seniors. No prom or stage graduation. And the summer after freshman year and senior year are the two best summers. So they lost that too.

Remember that people who don't like Trump or who question his response to the coronavirus pandemic (fake news, y'know) are just gatekeeping snobs. That the man who in one infamous "for-instances" refuse to pay small businesses like piano makers or cabinet makers for services rendered is in fact pro small-business himself. That you can take advantage of the unfolding pandemonium to replace at least half of your wardrobe. Spurn the Democrats! "Keep America Great 2020."

A: "Just a little flu."
A: "Just admit you love this (horrible) shit that threatens friends, family, and people worldwide because of tissue boxes and hand sanitizer."
B: *vaguely thumbs nose at A's military service*
A: "Hey, no need for that!"
A: "Why are you guys picking on me?"
A: "Y'all are a bunch of cowards."
A: "All this uncalled for anti-Trumpism is just soooo tiring. Why do you guys have to be like that?" Allergic to fun or whatever!

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Remember that people who don't like Trump or who question his response to the coronavirus pandemic (fake news, y'know) are just gatekeeping snobs. That the man who in one infamous "for-instances" refuse to pay small businesses like piano makers or cabinet makers for services rendered is in fact pro small-business himself. That you can take advantage of the unfolding pandemonium to replace at least half of your wardrobe. Spurn the Democrats! "Keep America Great 2020."

A: "Just a little flu."
A: "Just admit you love this (horrible) shit that threatens friends, family, and people worldwide because of tissue boxes and hand sanitizer."
B: *vaguely thumbs nose at A's military service*
A: "Hey, no need for that!"
A: "Why are you guys picking on me?"
A: "Y'all are a bunch of cowards."
A: "All this uncalled for anti-Trumpism is just soooo tiring. Why do you guys have to be like that?" Allergic to fun or whatever!

Get sick -> get pizza -> get a deck

the US has 400,000 cases of coronavirus.

behind it, in the worst-hit area of europe, is spain. they have 150,000 cases.

but jay will still argue that anyone criticising trump or the federal response to the pandemic is a snobby gatekeeper.

that must be some dank shit he's smoking.

I don't have to dress up and I can play on my cellphone and personal laptop cause it's there for testing purposes.

I think we have a miscommunication here. In America a college and university mean the same thing mostly. It's true that to call yourself a university you need to offer post-grad stuff but when people say they are going to a university they mean they are going to do 4 years getting a B.A. or whatever in whatever silly shit they pick. I got two B.A.s (4 year degrees) from places that have university in the name. Like 90% of the people in both places were there for B.A.s

We do have trade schools where really derpy kids are taught how to change oil or wire a house without killing themselves but those are mostly unregulated scams. They will give kids a useless piece of paper saying they know how a transmission works for the price of a real college education. The trades only take those certificates as a little serious.

We'll see if it lasts the pandemic is killing sales besides medical which isn't enough to keep everything going.


I thought you were going to  become a cop.

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RTHKI wrote:

We'll see if it lasts the pandemic is killing sales besides medical which isn't enough to keep everything going.


I thought you were going to  become a cop.

That's unfortunate. You can become an high school engineering teacher. You are a pretty good looking guy. So you can have jailbait vie for your attention all day and 5 to 7 years after they graduate maybe start dating them. In the post pandemic hell scape of Ohio, settling down with an older male will be the best the checks notes ignorant rural white trash ladies of Ohio can hope for.

I applied to become a cop. If that doesn't work out I will keep doing teacher stuff and see where it goes. I want to teach in my hometown but the district is hard to get into. Maybe Wuhan Flu will open some spots in the teaching department here/there and I can transfer.