This post is *dead. Dead as these freshman voting for their pops. Dead as a ...

It looks as if our avatars are shooting each other.

What does Durrr mean?


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Did they look at ANY other numbers or criteria? None of this would be good enough for a College Freshman paper, it's pathetic.



Have a look at the harvard study I just posted to the comments of that video see if it's better than a college freshman paper.


DURRRRRR DURRRRRRR DURRRRRRRR.

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Did they look at ANY other numbers or criteria? None of this would be good enough for a College Freshman paper, it's pathetic.



Have a look at the harvard study I just posted to the comments of that video see if it's better than a college freshman paper.


DURRRRRR DURRRRRRR DURRRRRRRR.

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Did they look at ANY other numbers or criteria? None of this would be good enough for a College Freshman paper, it's pathetic.



Have a look at the harvard study I just posted to the comments of that video see if it's better than a college freshman paper.

Did they look at ANY other numbers or criteria? None of this would be good enough for a College Freshman paper, it's pathetic.

Well this is just bizarre. I went to high-school my freshman year but that's it. I stayed enrolled but the only two classes I attended for the next two years were video productions and drama, and even those were a "sometimes" thing.

It took them until the end of my junior year to finally kick me out of school, and even then I could've probably stayed if I really wanted. That whole time, I only really got in trouble maybe two or three times, and that was only when someone directly caught me off campus.

As far as I know, my high school GPA still stands at 0.05. And this girl goes to jail for a few classes?

I've maintained some form of facial hair since I was a freshman in High School (at that point it was ridiculously long/tall but sparse sideburns). I hate the way I look after a clean shave, and hate razor shaving in general, so the most I'll ever do is trim down to stubble with an electric trimmer.

Most of the time, I'm rocking the Abe Lincoln beard / Amish chinstrap (no trimming/shaving to make it artificially even, just natural varying height from jawline up the cheeks). I used to shave my moustache area with an electric razor, but I've gotten too lazy for even that so I now just trim it down to stubble when it gets ratty. I'd like to just go full-on and incorporate it into a full beard, but unfortunately my moustache still seems a bit sparse compared to my beard at 30 years old. I'll get there eventually I think.

Occasionally people will suggest/hint that they think I should shave, which I suppose is the 2010's equivalent of "get a haircut, and get a real job". But personally, I prefer the way I look with a beard and I hate the feeling and hassle of regular shaving, so it is an easy choice to ignore the naysayers and keep the beard going.

I'm amazed at how many guys say stuff like "doesn't it feel itchy to have a beard like that?" -- in my experience the answer is NO, not at all; the itchy part is between a fresh shave and stubble. So if I were to shave regularly, that would be every day, all the time. Screw that noise...

This fact blew my mind too when I first learned it in Astronomy 101 back during my freshman year at college. Now that I'm much older, I appreciate it on an even deeper and local level as this: we are one with our environment. If we pollute and destroy the world around us we will inevitably pollute and destroy ourselves. I think we're slowly learning as a species how decisions made half a world away can have consequences for everyone on the planet (for example, China's dust storms caused by overfarming drifting across the Pacific all the way to the Continental U.S.).

I agree with @garmachi. I think science needs more people like DeGrasse Tyson who take the time and can explain these things to a layman audience. Otherwise the knowledge (and wonder) becomes the exclusive domain of a privileged few while the masses continue to stampede onward blindly.

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

I have been considering heading back to school for nuclear engineering for said thorium, @Spacedog79. Problem is, schooling for it is all actually for the uranium stuff, and they mock thorium based reactors. I have a friend whom is a freshman in nuclear engineering and he already discounts it at the direction of his teachers. I think I am going to drop Kirk Sorensen an email and ask what should my course be, I know he just (last year) started the Flibe energy company to develop the LFTR, I want to try and be involved with that in whatever way is the smartest for me. Even so, like this video points out, growth makes it so that even thorium, anything that is consumed is limited. The energy advancement we make will make future generations even more dependent on even further advancements. The failing of that will result in more massive suffering than if no advancement was ever made, or at least that is a risk (one of many). Either way, thorium seems like a good solution in the interim. I'll let you know what I hear, if I hear, from Kirk.


awesome. dig it.

Myself and a few friends are very serious about buying some land and building a sustainable teaching farm in the next few years. aquaponics, etc.

We certainly can't wait for politicians to lead.

I wish more peeps would upvote this vid. sucky title but a very comprehensive summary of the world.

I have been considering heading back to school for nuclear engineering for said thorium, @Spacedog79. Problem is, schooling for it is all actually for the uranium stuff, and they mock thorium based reactors. I have a friend whom is a freshman in nuclear engineering and he already discounts it at the direction of his teachers. I think I am going to drop Kirk Sorensen an email and ask what should my course be, I know he just (last year) started the Flibe energy company to develop the LFTR, I want to try and be involved with that in whatever way is the smartest for me. Even so, like this video points out, growth makes it so that even thorium, anything that is consumed is limited. The energy advancement we make will make future generations even more dependent on even further advancements. The failing of that will result in more massive suffering than if no advancement was ever made, or at least that is a risk (one of many). Either way, thorium seems like a good solution in the interim. I'll let you know what I hear, if I hear, from Kirk.

As a freshman at Wilmington's Laney High School, Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team and was cut. The next year he was cut again soon after the season began, while his best friend, Leroy Smith, made the team. Jordan told Reader's Digest that when he discovered he had been dropped from the varsity again, "I went through the day numb. After school, I hurried home, closed the door to my room and cried so hard. It was all I wanted--to play on that team."

He added: "It's probably good that it happened. It made me know what disappointment felt like. And I knew that I didn't want that feeling ever again."

That's great, definitely confirms Penn's great reputation in engineering. What I have seen in a big state school and an Ivy League is that most cheaters get away with it, even if caught.>> ^bobknight33:

Years ago wile at Penn State a fellow Engineering freshman got caught cheating. They kicked his ass out that very day.
I never saw the point in cheating. You just cheating your self.
Stealing from the company, that's a different story. That's a wealth enhancement system that I can get behind.

Years ago wile at Penn State a fellow Engineering freshman got caught cheating. They kicked his ass out that very day.

I never saw the point in cheating. You just cheating your self.

Stealing from the company, that's a different story. That's a wealth enhancement system that I can get behind.

Strange message he seems to be sending: "I left the protest when I heard cops were coming because they tend to use force on the protesters and I didn't want to get involved. Oh, but it's a good thing that some protesters stayed to get pepper sprayed because it brought a lot of media attention to the school's problems. Now, I'd like to bandwagon on the successful protest and advocate for my fees to be decreased. I have an idea! Push all fee increases to the incoming freshman so you can freeze mine!"

Paraphrased of course. That's how it sounded to me. Tl;dr version:mememememememe.

>> ^bareboards2:

If a kid isn't interested in science by the time they hit freshman year of college, it isn't a failure of the college.
Get 'em when they are young.


It is a failure of everything...