Quote (RedFromWinter @ Jun 24 2020 09:42pm)

^ This is great advice if you can find work within rural areas. In my state, I've had about 50% cost of living reduction from moving rural, and income only dropped ~15% with rural market rates. On the flip side, this has been some of the hardest advice for me personally to follow when I moved away from the 'ghetto'. While some of the families there are finically poor, they are rich in spirit, tradition, etc. Like a strange guilt trip thing that happens.

Quote (Skinned @ Jun 23 2020 02:01pm)

I was born in poverty. Father didn't work, had a drill bit broke in his back and he was involved with pain management his whole life, waiting for workmens comp settlement. Mom worked two jobs most of my life, delivery or dock work shipping and receiving. She worked at the kenner factory when i was a kid and i was able to have some of the star wars figures they made that she was able to sneak out. We sometimes wouldn't have toilet paper and wiped our ass with the community paper/door store. We hunted and fished and we ate a lot of what we caught...i can shoot, skin, fry a squirrel, and make a nice gravy out of the grease. Nobody in my family had ever been to college. I don't know any males in my family to have achieved an age older than 60. My parents died young, when i was in my early 20s.

I'm also insanely privileged. I am physically able, in my 40s i have no chronic health conditions and require no medications...I'm bright but not smart enough to make it hard to fit in. I'm attractive, have a big dick, mental health is pretty good though I'm half crazy...have a good work ethic.

Most of the people i grew up with died or were incarcerated. I can name about 30 people that i went to grade school with that have died from heroin addiction looking back. I had my first gun pointed at me in school in 7th grade. I was expelled in 10th grade, and i seen a girl stab another girl in school that year, and remember hearing the hissing coming out of her torso. Three of my close friends were killed by the police soon after graduation.

I seen the writing on the wall and enlisted in the US Army which saved my life. I have every advantage though...even born on severe poverty i have my good health, warm personality, and a good head on my shoulders...and I'm a white guy so I'm one of America's special people.

Oh Duff, you mentioned drugs. Every time i have been in any real trouble it has been due to the prohibition of marijuana. Arrests, article 15s in the army, missed job opportunities.




Parents are everything. Parent's level of education is the number one determinant of success.

I try my best to be a good dad.




Damn man, that's the secret.

Quote (Skinned @ Jun 24 2020 02:05pm)

You can't talk about poverty unless you've the experience.

You are describing what it is like to fly as a bird.

I'm sure you can't talk meaningfully about racism without experiencing it either.

Why don't you tell us how to handle our menses? Lol

Or how you deal with the disparaging voices you hear due to schizophrenia?

Describe how Hellen Keller experienced masterbation?

Its real easy to slam dunk, just jump into the air and put the ball in the hoop with your hands.

Quote (thesnipa @ Jun 23 2020 10:00am)

the idea that someone can have grades too bad to get into college has always puzzled me. i knew kids in high schools with like a 2.4 GPA that got into 4 year state schools no problem. you will get wait listed, but will get in eventually.

if you have a sub 2 GPA dont go to college, you're wasting money on an education you're not qualified to receive. the horse is out of the barn at that point, someone needed to get to you much earlier.

most of the issues we have in inner cities stem from politicians looking to give people fish, instead of teaching them to use a pole. it's a dependence strategy that keeps them coming back.

Quote (Testiclese @ Jun 24 2020 10:37am)

3-4 = college
2-3 = vocational school
0-2 = join workforce

Quote (thesnipa @ Jun 24 2020 08:40am)

indeed. which is why i dont get why anyone with a sub 2 GPA would want to go to college anyways, its a massive uphill struggle for their IQ level.

and honestly in wisconsin at least its more like:

3.5-4 = UW madison, Marquette, other main state schools, or MSOE
2.25-3.49 = UW state school system
1.5-2.24 = tech school
0-1.5 = work at a gas station but not kwik trip, they pay too much

Quote (Testiclese @ Jun 24 2020 08:50am)

I'm holding firm to my numbers. There may be a slight shift for some AAs (which would fall into vocational imo) such as nursing. CLAs become AA, not BA, but with MA options after. Soft science stays BS, not AA.

If you want to move up a tier after HS, you can take 2 years of CC to re-tier.

I fundamentally believe that college is over-saturated and should be reserved for the more able. If you can't swing a 3.0 in high school...

Quote (Testiclese @ Jun 24 2020 10:50am)

I'm holding firm to my numbers. There may be a slight shift for some AAs (which would fall into vocational imo) such as nursing. CLAs become AA, not BA, but with MA options after. Soft science stays BS, not AA.

If you want to move up a tier after HS, you can take 2 years of CC to re-tier.

I fundamentally believe that college is over-saturated and should be reserved for the more able. If you can't swing a 3.0 in high school...

Quote (thesnipa @ Jun 24 2020 10:52am)

yup its just a scam perpetrated by banks and colleges. they sold college as the only option and swindled millions of kids into taking out massive loans with a low chance to graduate, let alone find a job in their major.

the number of underemployed bachelors people working jobs they could have gotten with a 1 year certificate is crazy.