The Post Your Picture Thread

[CalmerThanYou]

Riding our dog Marley

i am officially tripped the FUCK OUT.

The dog that my roomates own looks identical to this dog. her name is MARLEY.

What. The. Fuck.

I'll post pics asap.

[MissingPerson]

[PotVsKtl]

the notion that the average college graduate is smarter/more intelligent/etc than the average person who did not attend college is not ignorant or indefensible... it's common sense. it's not very 'nice' but it's reality: some people are smarter than others, better at certain things than others, etc. i believe in treating people equally regardless, but if you want to get down to it then sorry but the average person is smarter for going to college.

i personally don't feel like anyone is 'taking away from my college experience'. that is one thing that no one can take away. i just really wanted to offer a protest against this common attitude of putting down college. perhaps i should not speculate that it comes from 'inferiority' like i said, maybe that is unfair. but either way, i think it's just bad advice to discourage people in their educational aspirations.

You don't seem particularly familiar with the definition of intelligence.

[zajaa]

You don't seem particularly familiar with the definition of intelligence.

sounds like the pot calling the kettle black lolz

[CalmerThanYou]

OH NO YOU DIDNT!?!?!

[zajaa]

You don't seem particularly familiar with the definition of intelligence.

and please, enlighten me

[locachica73]

i think it's just bad advice to discourage people in their educational aspirations.

I do not recall anyone discouraging people from educational aspirations, although I do think it is a little crazy for an 18 year old who just went through 12 years of school to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives, commit thousands and thousands of their future salary and 4+ years of their time without knowing for sure. I know people who have master degrees in whatever it is they decided to go to school for and either hate thier jobs because they felt pressured to make that choice at such a young age or they do something completely different then what they went to school for.

[WhyTheLongFace]

the notion that the average college graduate is smarter/more intelligent/etc than the average person who did not attend college is not ignorant or indefensible... it's common sense. it's not very 'nice' but it's reality: some people are smarter than others, better at certain things than others, etc. i believe in treating people equally regardless, but if you want to get down to it then sorry but the average person is smarter for going to college.

i personally don't feel like anyone is 'taking away from my college experience'. that is one thing that no one can take away. i just really wanted to offer a protest against this common attitude of putting down college. perhaps i should not speculate that it comes from 'inferiority' like i said, maybe that is unfair. but either way, i think it's just bad advice to discourage people in their educational aspirations.

Ok I give you that average person w/ college degree>average person. But you don't know this person from a hole in the wall so for you to play down their intelligence and look someone you just met in the eye who doesn't have a college degree and think "I'm smarter than them" without even having a conversation to gauge their intelligence is your superioty complex coming in to play.

And your logic doesn't make sense. I don't know where you went to college but let's say it was ranked #100 on best colleges in the world. A respectable rank and graduating from there is an accomplishment but does that mean everyone who graduated from the 99 schools ranked above is smarter than you? By your theory, yes.

And no one is discouraging college, like I said before I am in college so clearly I think it's good for me and I wouldn't discourage anybody from going this route. But if someone told me "School isn't for me I am going to do (________)" then who am I to say, "That's dumb you shouldn't do that school worked for me it will work for you. And if you don't go to college you'll always be dumber than me"

To be honest I have learned a lot in my almost 3 years of college but I havent learned much more than I would have had I stuk my self in a library for 3 years. To be honest I am using college for what it has now become, a networking facility. Yes I am gaining the basic skills needed in my profession but I use it to network so that when I go out I can be advanced in my profession. Also this little piece of paper doesn't tell me I am smarter than anyway but it's going to open a door that otherwise would be close. Going to college is a more intelligent business move? I'll give you that. Going to college makes you more intelligent than the next man or woman? Naw I can't give you that G.

[CalmerThanYou]

GET FLUNKY WITH IT!

[zajaa]

I do not recall anyone discouraging people from educational aspirations, although I do think it is a little crazy for an 18 year old who just went through 12 years of school to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives, commit thousands and thousands of their future salary and 4+ years of their time without knowing for sure. I know people who have master degrees in whatever it is they decided to go to school for and either hate thier jobs because they felt pressured to make that choice at such a young age or they do something completely different then what they went to school for.

i have heard that most people don't end up working in the field that their degree is in. so this idea of 'what they want to do for the rest of their lives' is bogus. like i said before, college is not vocational school, and it's not just about segueing into a job.

[zajaa]

Ok I give you that average person w/ college degree>average person.
...
Going to college makes you more intelligent than the next man or woman? Naw I can't give you that G.

make up ur mind

[WhyTheLongFace]

make up ur mind

Ok let me break it down for you buddy.
If you take the same person with the same DNA and send them to college they are going to learn more. But if you took two different people you wouldn't know whose smarter.

To make it easier for you to understand edit my post and instead of "average person" put "Person X". Then read the 2nd statement where i say "smarter than the next man or woman. It should click in your mental now.

[locachica73]

If going to college isn't to segue into a job then please enlighten me what it is about. Is it so you can tell people who didn't go to college that you are smarter?

[Gribbz]

I know this isn't much of a contribution..... but it doesn't hurt to have a degree. just saying.

[zenidogx]

[locachica73]

It wouldn't hurt, in fact it is absolutely a plus in the working world. But that does not mean someone is smarter because they have a degree. The previous president of the multi million dollar company I work for who retired and made more money then anyone I know was the smartest person I have ever met. He could take any contract and read it and find any and all loop holes that could possibly come back and bite us in the ass. The person who replaced him, who went all the way in college, has nothing on the other guy.

There are many circumstances that can make it impossible for someone to go to college, it does not make them less smart then someone who's family has the money to put them through school.

[zajaa]

If going to college isn't to segue into a job then please enlighten me what it is about. Is it so you can tell people who didn't go to college that you are smarter?

i will take that question as sarcasm.

certainly, having a degree will benefit your chances of getting a better-paying or cushier-than-average job. that's not something i would deny. but did you consider that perhaps becoming more educated is an end in itself? increasing your knowledge, learning to think critically, to think in new ways, from new points of view... this can only enrich your life, and in turn the lives of those around you. and the net effect on all of society is undeniable; a well-read and educated populous is preferable than the alternative.

i dunno, this seems obvious to me like it doesn't need further explanation...?

[zenidogx]

[Gribbz]

I went to college for the bewbs.

[captncrzy]

The irony of this arguement makes my head want to explode.

[CalmerThanYou]

POST PICTURES DUMB DUMBS!

[zajaa]

There are many circumstances that can make it impossible for someone to go to college, it does make them less smart then someone who's family has the money to put them through school.

that's such a cop out. the families who dont "have the money" often get their entire educations paid for by grant money, while the kids of those who make too much to qualify for aid pay back college loans for years.

[zenidogx]

[CalmerThanYou]

Right after Justice when the WORN had set in.

[Gribbz]

WORN?

[CalmerThanYou]

yeah, i was worn the fuck out.

[chairmenmeow47]

please continue the debate here.

signed, a drunken ivysaur on a ski lift:

[WhyTheLongFace]

make up ur mind

ps you forgot the quote the rest of my post. I like to see your opinion. (no sarcasm)

[Gribbz]

yeah, i was worn the fuck out.

Ahhh gotcha. I thought WORN was some new drug I haven't heard of.

[TommyboyUNM]

Did you tap it, Calmer?