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Mar 12, 2014 8:52 AM
Automatik;1589250 wrote:Not finding it funny = uptight? ok.
No. But uptight people wouldn't find it funny. And there are lots if uptight people on OC.

Hope that helps.
Mar 12, 2014 8:52am
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Mar 12, 2014 9:24 AM
It was average, didn't find it funny or offensive. It was an unremarkable person trying to be a comedian, and ended up bringing Zach down - or at least as far down as Hangover III left him. God, that movie was terrible.
Mar 12, 2014 9:24am
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Mar 12, 2014 9:24 AM
I found the skit to be funny but in general it was a commercial for Obamacare failure agenda. Call a spade and spade it was what it was meant to be Obama appealing to the dimwits of dimwits to support his Obamacare cluster fuck.
Mar 12, 2014 9:24am
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Mar 12, 2014 9:40 AM
I personally didn't find it that funny and the Healthcare.gov plug was super IWP. Young people don't have jobs that can pay for a cell phone bill much less a cell phone bill and a crappy insurance plan they will never use.
Mar 12, 2014 9:40am
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Mar 12, 2014 9:46 AM
sleeper;1589262 wrote:I personally didn't find it that funny and the Healthcare.gov plug was super IWP. Young people don't have jobs that can pay for a cell phone bill much less a cell phone bill and a crappy insurance plan they will never use.
I'd also like to see the plan that only costs what my cell phone bill does.
Mar 12, 2014 9:46am
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Mar 12, 2014 9:51 AM
How presidential.

We are watching the degradation of the office of the presidency.
Mar 12, 2014 9:51am
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Mar 12, 2014 10:27 AM
TedSheckler;1589270 wrote:How presidential.

We are watching the degradation of the office of the presidency.
Mar 12, 2014 10:27am
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Mar 12, 2014 10:38 AM
TedSheckler;1589270 wrote:How presidential.

We are watching the degradation of the office of the presidency.

It is stunning how far we have fallen, but this is exactly what happens when you elect a marxist community activist.
Mar 12, 2014 10:38am
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Mar 12, 2014 10:44 AM
The majority of responses in this thread make me sad for our country.
Mar 12, 2014 10:44am
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Mar 12, 2014 10:51 AM
LJ;1589336 wrote:The majority of responses in this thread make me sad for our country.
It took you that? I'd consider the employment prospects of our young people.
Mar 12, 2014 10:51am
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Mar 12, 2014 11:31 AM
Manhattan Buckeye;1589347 wrote:It took you that? I'd consider the employment prospects of our young people.
Maybe if our young people weren't a bunch of morons who got degrees in stupid shit, that worry wouldn't be so great. Just like the girl in my fb yesterday complaining about her student loans and her low paying job.... with her art degree.

Give me a break, Obama on 2 Ferns is probably one of the LEAST concerning things any President has ever done. Yet, here we are with people in here completely overreacting to it.
Mar 12, 2014 11:31am
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Mar 12, 2014 11:37 AM
^^Something we agree on.

College grads / young people are naive as fuck...expecting the employment red carpet to be rolled out after graduating with BS degree.

Protip: it doesn't work like that.
Mar 12, 2014 11:37am
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Mar 12, 2014 11:37 AM
LJ;1589374 wrote:Maybe if our young people weren't a bunch of morons who got degrees in stupid shit, that worry wouldn't be so great. Just like the girl in my fb yesterday complaining about her student loans and her low paying job.... with her art degree.
What's the numbers of unemployment-to-stupid degrees? I'd be interested in that. I don't know if I've ever seen that study. I know unemployment is high for Psychology degrees, but how many people are graduating with a Psychology degree and are unemployed? I wouldn't bet that the unemployment rate is high because of those individuals.

And, what is a degree not worth getting? Some would say getting a JD would be worthwhile and help get some money...but law jobs are hard to come by.
Mar 12, 2014 11:37am
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Mar 12, 2014 11:41 AM
Nothing like using one dumbass girl on Facebook to categorize a generation.
Mar 12, 2014 11:41am
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Mar 12, 2014 11:43 AM
OSH;1589378 wrote:What's the numbers of unemployment-to-stupid degrees? I'd be interested in that. I don't know if I've ever seen that study. I know unemployment is high for Psychology degrees, but how many people are graduating with a Psychology degree and are unemployed? I wouldn't bet that the unemployment rate is high because of those individuals.

And, what is a degree not worth getting? Some would say getting a JD would be worthwhile and help get some money...but law jobs are hard to come by.
Unemployment isn't the issue, underemployment is. Sure those psychology degrees may not be ticking up the unemployment rate, but that is because they are all working at Starbucks.

As for JDs, the industry is growing at an average rate, law school enrollment is growing much faster than that. Blame the schools for both issues. Stop pushing kids towards degrees where either A: it's a worthless degree or B: the kid will only be average in a very competitive field
Mar 12, 2014 11:43am
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Mar 12, 2014 11:45 AM
SportsAndLady;1589381 wrote:Nothing like using one dumbass girl on Facebook to categorize a generation.
Yeah, she's totally the only example like that to ever exist. No one has ever said the same thing, never.

Good call bro
Mar 12, 2014 11:45am
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Mar 12, 2014 11:47 AM
It isn't just JD's, it is STEM's, the job market isn't great for them.
Mar 12, 2014 11:47am
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Mar 12, 2014 12:09 PM
LJ;1589383 wrote:Unemployment isn't the issue, underemployment is. Sure those psychology degrees may not be ticking up the unemployment rate, but that is because they are all working at Starbucks.
Both are issues.
LJ;1589383 wrote:As for JDs, the industry is growing at an average rate, law school enrollment is growing much faster than that. Blame the schools for both issues. Stop pushing kids towards degrees where either A: it's a worthless degree or B: the kid will only be average in a very competitive field
So, then, it is the school's fault for graduating kids with art degrees, psychology degrees, physical education degrees, etc. This means, schools should only offer degrees in fields where there is needed employment.

Is it always easy to continue pointing fingers instead of tackling a bigger issue -- higher education costs/spending. Many of these issues wouldn't be as major if higher education were more affordable, especially in relation to the degree chosen.
Mar 12, 2014 12:09pm
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Mar 12, 2014 12:19 PM
OSH;1589401 wrote:Both are issues.

Is it always easy to continue pointing fingers instead of tackling a bigger issue -- higher education costs/spending. Many of these issues wouldn't be as major if higher education were more affordable, especially in relation to the degree chosen.
Wouldn't this problem actually be worse if education was cheaper. I'm not saying it shouldn't be, but then you'd have even more people with degrees trying to find work.
Mar 12, 2014 12:19pm
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Mar 12, 2014 12:23 PM
OSH;1589401 wrote:Both are issues.



So, then, it is the school's fault for graduating kids with art degrees, psychology degrees, physical education degrees, etc. This means, schools should only offer degrees in fields where there is needed employment.

Is it always easy to continue pointing fingers instead of tackling a bigger issue -- higher education costs/spending. Many of these issues wouldn't be as major if higher education were more affordable, especially in relation to the degree chosen.
Underemployment is a much bigger issue for millennials.

I think some universities in the state systems should offer only degrees in fields with higher earning and employment potential. These degrees should come at a lower costs.

There are also jobs out there. I looked for shits and gigs, but Chase has 751 full time job listings in the Columbus Metro.
Mar 12, 2014 12:23pm
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Mar 12, 2014 12:32 PM
LJ;1589411 wrote:Underemployment is a much bigger issue for millennials.

I think some universities in the state systems should offer only degrees in fields with higher earning and employment potential. These degrees should come at a lower costs.

There are also jobs out there. I looked for shits and gigs, but Chase has 751 full time job listings in the Columbus Metro.
Our society is currently undergoing a human disaster with regard to unemployment and underemployment. It does not seem that way really because our country is so incredibly rich already. When you consider people who are counted as unemployed + People who are "not in the labor force" but affirmatively claim they want a job and people who are employed part time but want full time work, there are about 6 people for every available job...and that is not even considering how many of these jobs would be considered "good jobs"

Mar 12, 2014 12:32pm
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Mar 12, 2014 12:35 PM
WebFire;1589409 wrote:Wouldn't this problem actually be worse if education was cheaper. I'm not saying it shouldn't be, but then you'd have even more people with degrees trying to find work.
If education were cheaper, then there wouldn't be as much of a debt issue with the degrees.

Maybe there'd be more people going to school to get degrees, but I am not sure how much finances actually play into the college decision. I see the people not going to school as the people that don't want school. Whereas, if someone went and got their art degree, student loan debt wouldn't be an issue and he/she could still work at Starbucks and not have that many issues in living.
Mar 12, 2014 12:35pm
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Mar 12, 2014 12:35 PM
I appear to have stumbled into the politics forum again.

Or the mods aren't doing their job. Either one.
Mar 12, 2014 12:35pm
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Mar 12, 2014 12:36 PM
" I looked for shits and gigs, but Chase has 751 full time job listings in the Columbus Metro."

And they likely got 10,000+ applications, and are hiring a dozen.

There is no way that Chase is hiring 700+ in Columbus, when they just laid off thousands in Charlotte and New York. Most of these work listing are just fishing by headhunters to get resumes.
Mar 12, 2014 12:36pm