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So am I.

preface: next bit will be cold and kind of awful but probable… It doesn’t thrill me but again, reality likely won’t (shouldn’t) surprise anyone.

The event will be out of the public eye and forgotten for the next new hot tragedy that social media is pushing. Assuming schools allow any form of protests at all by then - a new wave of kids will be all grown up and looking to make their mark on society… Our current events will be, at best, a footnote reference.

For example: what ever did happen to those Uyghurs…? (~10 years ago)

For a change to happen it would need to be happening now. For it to be meaningful: it would require other countries to physically step in to do something about it. They aren’t. Yes the American government is providing basically satan with a blank check and infinite ammo (I’ve not checked to see if he said thank you.) But those shipments aren’t being teleported there. Other countries could absolutely act to stop this… but it would require becoming involved. (see my “just don’t want trouble” statement above)

In the end: it’s probable that Israel will succeed in effectively wiping out a large swath of the population and we will see yet another generation of children who will seek retribution through acts of terror … and feel justified in doing so. The cycle continues.

It is unthinkable what is going on there. It’s unthinkable what has occurred in past genocide’s. It’s uncomfortable and ugly and painful. So we tuck it away as something bad which we acknowledge… but only just enough to differentiate ourselves from ‘those monsters’ and let the moment pass. Do we deeply document our own wrongdoings and painful memories? Do we teach and discuss how to prevent such terrible things? Rarely. Because it’s uncomfortable. And so history repeats.

I can’t imagine someone finding out their government killed thousands of people just being okay with that.

Unfortunately, this is reality… and reality kinda sucks.

Pick a country. They probably participated in a genocide at some point. Here’s a question: if your country willingly participated in the elimination of a group of people … you going to be in a hurry to try to stop them?

Very few people do.

Reality is most will avoid the conflict as it doesn’t directly effect them … and “they don’t want any trouble.” You needn’t look far or very hard to find out how quickly being a dissenting voice can become collateral damage.

Now I need to be clear: I’m not saying fall in line and keep your head down… but I’m also not so foolish as to think that history will fondly remember the names of those who didn’t.

You seem confused. In 10 to 20 years those who might be questioned about such an event will have only, at best, a passing knowledge of Palestine or any other Middle Eastern historical events. It won’t be taught in schools. Those who seek out such historical knowledge will find a scarce few sources… with likely either deeply softened facts or “non credible” origins.

You’d be hard pressed to find an American student today that could detail much, if any, history involving the native Americans who happen to still exist and continue to live amongst them. History is written, in blood, by the victor… and unfortunately: genocide’s “feature” is that it typically eliminates the wronged party who would draw attention to its existence.

Calling player 2…

I dunno the video seems to be of a groundskeeper just doing his normal rounds.

Especially now.

I’ll be honest: I think this only made the news because it wasn’t league of legends. I was shocked.

For the afflicted? No.

For us as a species? No.

For capitalism? God yes.

Thin people consume the least. Once we stop growing we stop needing new clothes. Obesity changes this. Clothes wear out faster, you need new sizes. Obesity leads to depressive states where people buy more to feel better. Speaking of more: eat more! Have some sweets to feel better!

Be bold. Be beautiful. Be you (for us!)

Clothing stores and food chains done with you? Guess you are broken now…

Welcome to the medical system you will now need to rely on to function and stay alive! Till death do we part.

Obesity is an epidemic and it’s too profitable to actually do anything about. They don’t care about you, your feelings, or your health. You are literally livestock to these corporations that you think are caudling you and your way of life. This is a wake up call.

Obesity is difficult to conquer. It requires change and persistence. It requires support. Not everyone can achieve a ‘healthy ideal’ but everyone can do better.

What precisely am I contradicting? Both of those statements are accurate.

As I asserted earlier - you are heavily downplaying the efforts of someone working in the same field for the same amount of time and treating it differently. That simply isn’t a fair assessment and is being used to sell a statement that is a half truth. Both individuals have something to show for their time investment that highlights their value. One has a degree which, for the reasons you have specified, is valuable - one has 4 years of experience in the field highlighting they are competent enough and skilled enough to be an asset to the same company for 4 years. To head off the followup: does every worker at a job have 100% “hire this man” energy? Certainly not. Conversely does every graduate have what it takes to succeed in a field? Absolutely not. With that in mind both individuals applying to a new job with the aforementioned experience/degree will, and should be, weighted similarly.

With regard to your electrician example: a licensed electrician is just that. When you hire one do you care if he got a degree in EE prior to getting his license? The result is what matters. This is the point I keep driving at. If I hire a lawyer, I could care less what is hanging on his office wall - I care that he passed the bar and wins consistently. There are many paths to the same result… don’t simply scorn one because it is a path you wouldn’t take.

I respectfully disagree with the difference between someone working on a project or job for 4 years being less “driven” than their counterpart. Execution and follow through are based on per individual. Downplaying the efforts simply because it doesn’t align with your perspective is incorrect. Both individuals are putting forth similar efforts to learn a trade. As I asserted above.

I see this point used frequently - and it isn’t wrong … but it’s only half of a statement. In that time let’s say someone holds a position for 4 years of experience. These two things are not equally weighted, but very similar at that point. As time progresses that piece of paper continues to lose value when compared to experience in the field.

The degree is, in essence, a signal that someone has achieved at least the base level of competency in a field and stuck with it for x time. So assuming 2 parties with 0 work experience vie for a job naturally the degree holder will win out. It gets murkier when comparing someone with 4 years with in field experience to a 4 year degree holder with 0 experience.

The point I aimed to make was just that. It’s a perfectly reasonable assertion.

Anything outside of a select few professions can be learned outside of a campus with fresher material.

I can’t help but notice your… selection… seems to align with something I already covered. It really is a shame they dropped language arts from grade school curriculum.

edit:

To drill into this further - while there is a barrier to practice: that does not mean you cannot learn anything about the medical field while outside academia.

One statement does not contradict the other. Learning and education are not gatekept by a school. That is the point I made. Widen your view for a moment and maybe understand that a person can learn anywhere. The means to do so exist outside the hallowed halls of academia.

That sounds like a rough experience friend, but if I was working at a company that needed to check up on my documentation after working there for some time - I’d probably find a new job where I wasn’t just employee 253966.

To your point about names carrying their weight - that’s a problem in itself: what about those that don’t go to ivy league? What about those that do that simply lack any marketable skill outside of where they went?

I agree that the interview process at a lot of aforementioned places is particularly awful. Once working there it typically doesn’t improve. The facilities are nice enough, sure… but I’ve seen far too many people working for companies like that get laid off regardless of how performant they were. They are just a line item.

The point I made initially was that many jobs do not require the degree to do the work. Many professions do not benefit from a 4 year college building a curriculum around now outdated information.

There are good companies and good professions that do not have those requirements.

It’s almost as if you breezed by the acknowledgement that some jobs do require secondary education. A fun fact about those doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals: following school they then spend another 4+ years in residency where they actually develop the skills they need to be that doctor you were referring to.

Graduation is optional. The dream we were sold in highschool of “go to college” was propaganda spun up by colleges looking to pad their books with your tuition. Many jobs you are seeking have apprenticeship programs where they pay you to learn.

College is and remains a giant expensive mixer to find someone to date. That’s mostly it. Anything outside of a select few professions can be learned outside of a campus with fresher material.

If you want to learn a profession there is nothing gatekeeping you from doing it.

Don’t worry though we solved inflation. We just removed it from our calculations. If we don’t count it: it’s not there!

There’s a bubble.

2000ish you could put 10ish bucks in your car to nearly fill it, buy a meal from fast food for 5 more, and rent a movie with the change.

20 bucks.

Now? 30-40 for 10 gallons. 10-15 for the same fast food meal. (Which got smaller btw) 2-5 still for the movie at Redbox (I think?)

40 - 60 bucks or 100-200% inflation over ~20 years. Neat.