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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Student Debt

Porksandwich says...

I think universities fail pretty miserably at informing and preparing students for what their course of study will most likely entail once they graduate. And while it's great to say that education is worth it just for the learning portion of it, if you are taking out loans and your school is taking in that money...they should be putting you on your best foot forward in terms of job preparedness.

Besides the few friends I made during my university experience, I feel like it was a lot of wasted time and money because there have been at least three sizable job downturns in the field I studied since graduating.

And while I realize they can't guarantee you a job or that the jobs will be there, the numbers still say it's a growing field. They just kind of gloss over the fact that they are taking in about three times the number of people that the market can likely support, and continuing to do so each year. You MIGHT be the special one to have a lot of luck with the hunt, but even if you aren't....you still gotta pay back those loans. It's a no lose situation for the schools, because there is no expectations on placement....so they can keep taking in more and more students for programs that can't likely place half of them in their fields. That's assuming the economy doesn't barf all over itself every 5-8 years too.

Panicked reaction to a person fainting on Shanghai subway

Wheel of Fortune fail: Achilles Heel!

The future of ghost-riding?

Porksandwich says...

I'd love a car that could self drive, then you could sleep on your way to anywhere.

And if they can fit it with a decent traffic accident/traffic problem system and let people bypass then we wouldn't be sitting around doing anything in traffic as often.

There's still going to be shit falling into roadways, animals running out, car tires exploding, etc....but just taking the general stupidity and assholery off the road would be a nice change of pace.

Cop Fishing: Revenue Collection Trap

Porksandwich says...

Just wondering which one got pulled over...concrete truck or the vehicles that came through after. They have a tendency to ignore non-commercial vehicles around here and also ignore MULTIPLE and DANGEROUS jay walking people.

By dangerous jay walking I mean crossing at non-cross walks...coming from behind buses and just darting into traffic without even attempting to look or give people a chance to react before they are fully into the lane. And using baby strollers like they are concrete barriers, rolling them into traffic suddenly and making people freak the fuck out to avoid running down a baby. I'm talking they are walking down the side of the road then suddenly change direction and shove the stroller into the street....not waiting like it's obvious they are trying to cross at non-designated zones. This stuff gets ignored all the time, seen cops drive by and do nothing while people nearly pile into each other trying to avoid hitting people. And it's because the people doing the crossing can't afford or simply won't pay the fines, so fining them does nothing but waste time.

Commercial vehicles are going to be higher fines because they can find more 'wrong" with the vehicle once it's pulled over via inspections. And they are most likely to pay and not fight the ticket because they need to stay on the road earning.


I have no issues with them enforcing the laws, but when it favors fining the people most likely to pay and still lets the illegal behavior continue...it's a money making endeavor and not safety related.

Pedestrians probably don't have to yield to traffic at crosswalks, but there's a level of responsibility on their part too. Don't step out into traffic before looking...don't suddenly change your speed crossing to cause the most mayhem. Don't step into traffic when the vehicle is probably too close to stop in time. Make your intentions clear...face the way you want to cross and stop there so it's clear what you're doing....you're not waiting for a bus....or reading a street sign...or whatever.

It'd be pretty horrible as a driver to have to stop at every crosswalk to try to discern what the people on the corner are attempting to do because the police aren't holding the pedestrians up to some level of acceptable behavior.

"Weird Al" Yankovic - First World Problems

Porksandwich says...

Looked at it some more and havent found any obvious solution. Guess some websites have special permission or relations to Vevo to allow it. Even weird al's own site won't play the video.

http://vevo.ly/ew6elh

^^^ When I follow that I get "not available for streaming in your area"....yet Im watching it on another website that gave me the link to follow.



Here is a link off another website: And it plays on the other website..but when sharing it says the same thing..dunno.

*removed link since it wasn't working anyway*

“Weird Al” Yankovic - Handy (Parody of "Fancy")

Oversize load doesn't quite make it

Porksandwich says...

Think his mounting shifted and the back wheels got adjusted to the right by a lot and he was over the line while the front was straight. Causing him to strike a guard on that right side. No idea why there would be a guard there...doesn't look like a valley.

Fish Swim Through Abandoned Bangkok Shopping Mall

A terrified abandoned dog gets rescued from the streets

Porksandwich says...

I think the noose does choke them slightly, dog necks aren't like humans. They got a lot more muscle...and their hide to protect their airway and blood flow/oxygen circulation.

artician said:

So.. How does the noose that animal catchers use not choke them? Or does it?

Dead Island 2 - E3 2014 Trailer

Open World 'Zelda' Teaser Trailer

Star Wars Battlefront : Official Trailer

Porksandwich says...

Yeah I was a big fan of the Battlefield series up till about 2142....then it just kinda fell off for me.

Battlefront never really appealed, it always felt off... Not like many of the other games where you played jedi and could really do some interesting stuff.

The Ingenious Way South Korea Unclogs Toilets

Porksandwich says...

Aint no way. If that thing had any kind of defect it'd turn into a pressure filled sprayer. While cleaning the floor sucks when it runs over, cleaning the ceiling and walls would be worse.

I do however wish we'd get over the low flow requirement for toilets.

Save Net Neutrality - Sen. Bernie Sanders

Porksandwich says...

Classified as common carriers and de-coupled from content production/sales.

If they remove the providing of access to internet from the same businesses trying to push their own content....we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Even as common carriers if they are still selling content, it's quite easy for them to just avoid upgrading their backbones and infrastructure AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS to give false priority to their own content through purposeful neglect.


I really haven't seen this aspect discussed...just them making companies pay to not have their particular offerings throttled. Which is just a natural evolution of having both the delivery means and major content production under the same roof.



It'd be similar to having a major trucking company or two own all the roads and couple major manufacturers. Once they block anyone else from access to those roads or creating new ones.... They will only be interested in repairing and expanding the roads where the most profitable business is done........... And no one can do a damn thing about it because they have monopolies and basically what amounts to non-compete agreements everywhere with no minimal level of service. The only way in this circumstance to really drive down their prices and create real competition is if teleportation of goods became available and you could bypass their strangle hold on roads. Which in this case........would be wireless and satellite......which........they own too.



So when it comes to internet speeds....the only reason for them to upgrade it for the common man is if the content they sell is becoming too slow for people to consider.


That's how I see it anyway....they really aren't competing with other internet providers in the vast majority of the market...because there's only 1-2 in most.....and they sell content. They view themselves as content delivery businesses, not high speed internet providers.



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