Design a new college system

2012-04-09 08:11:31

#351

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5576|London, England

Pochsy wrote:
Jay wrote:
The secret to happiness in life is maximizing free time and balancing that with a job that pays enough that you don't have to worry about money. It really is that simple.
And there we have it, folks, the world according to Jay.

No mention of philanthropy, no mention of love, and I suspect he may be a Marxist as money seems to be life's focus. It even has Marx's focus on the development of the self allowed for by your monetary condition. Lacking in wanting to break the system or exchange value, though.

Why are you swinging from uzique's nuts so much? Dude, I don't care about you, go away already.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-09 08:11:31

#352

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6689

Jay wrote:
Uzique wrote:
academia is about research, teaching is a secondary part. how exactly else would one "do" if they wanted to further research in a given field? you really think academics are second-rate competition dropouts because they want to give their lives to researching a field, rather than working for a business? what an odd set of standards you abide by.

40 hours a week of teaching? really? over here our top-level academics teach for about 8-10 hours a week. the rest is fulltime research. and my point about a pog-college is that it's a military school for people leeching off the state, not a bastion of academic excellence.
You assume that you are going to jump straight from graduating into a top-level academic role teaching only 8-10 hours a week and spending the rest researching? You really are an entitled prick if you think that. Would you expect to become instant upper-level management at a bank too? Jesus christ kid.

you called my academics lazy. you said i had been brainwashed by academics that were lazy people. where am i talking about myself? i'm prepared to do the mule-work to get to the point in the career-path that they are at, i.e. the absolute top. i.e. displaying excellence. i.e. not lazy.

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2012-04-09 08:15:07

#353

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5762|Toronto

Jay wrote:
Pochsy wrote:
Jay wrote:
The secret to happiness in life is maximizing free time and balancing that with a job that pays enough that you don't have to worry about money. It really is that simple.
And there we have it, folks, the world according to Jay.

No mention of philanthropy, no mention of love, and I suspect he may be a Marxist as money seems to be life's focus. It even has Marx's focus on the development of the self allowed for by your monetary condition. Lacking in wanting to break the system or exchange value, though.
Why are you swinging from uzique's nuts so much? Dude, I don't care about you, go away already.

I don't see how me questioning your life philosophy is a tribute to Uzique... It's as much a tribute to everyone on this forum who is tired of your warped opinions as it is to Uzique.

And I do care for you Jay, I care in the largest way possible.

The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families

2012-04-09 08:15:36

#354

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6810

eleven bravo wrote:
how you guys chose your current career tracks even thugh you had an army of humanities professors begging you guys to change discplines because you were just so god damn good

Oh, was that what he was doing?

Damn.

And here I rudely ignored him, as I thought he was just hitting on me.

Uzique wrote:
[...]i'm not saying the ivory tower is the only place with this sort of excellence. i'm just saying, as with 99% of people, life is about compromise and accepting you won't fulfill your dreams - it's about everyday ordinary tedium and toil.[...]

Sounds like a fair assessment.

2012-04-09 08:17:00

#355

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6687

What exactly would an English professor's research entail? I would like to know. And no, I'm not trying to degrade English professors or anything like that, I just want to know the kind of stuff that they would be researching.

2012-04-09 08:18:55

#356

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5576|London, England

Pochsy wrote:
Jay wrote:
Pochsy wrote:

And there we have it, folks, the world according to Jay.

No mention of philanthropy, no mention of love, and I suspect he may be a Marxist as money seems to be life's focus. It even has Marx's focus on the development of the self allowed for by your monetary condition. Lacking in wanting to break the system or exchange value, though.
Why are you swinging from uzique's nuts so much? Dude, I don't care about you, go away already.
I don't see how me questioning your life philosophy is a tribute to Uzique... It's as much a tribute to everyone on this forum who is tired of your warped opinions as it is to Uzique.

And I do care for you Jay, I care in the largest way possible.

So being comfortable with money isn't a worthy goal? Because you haven't been active in this section, you've missed the many posts by me stating that I live my life so that my future kids can have a better childhood than my own. It's all out of love and philanthropy. I'm getting married two months from today. But please, tell me how awful and selfish I am, because you clearly have me all figured out.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-09 08:19:21

#357

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5477|foggy bottom

rdx-fx wrote:
eleven bravo wrote:
how you guys chose your current career tracks even thugh you had an army of humanities professors begging you guys to change discplines because you were just so god damn good
Oh, was that what he was doing?

Damn.

And here I rudely ignored him, as I thought he was just hitting on me.

Uzique wrote:
[...]i'm not saying the ivory tower is the only place with this sort of excellence. i'm just saying, as with 99% of people, life is about compromise and accepting you won't fulfill your dreams - it's about everyday ordinary tedium and toil.[...]
Sounds like a fair assessment.

i was talking about jay and ilocano

I love political science. i love the fact that i have a BA in political science.

Tu Stultus Es

2012-04-09 08:19:40

#358

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6689

dsl, they look in libraries that not many people have been to in order to find old books that nobody has discovered. jay already ascertained this in a discussion a long time ago. occasionally they say something pretentious. mostly they are incredibly lazy.

Last edited by Uzique (2012-04-09 08:20:13)

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2012-04-09 08:21:03

#359

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5576|London, England

eleven bravo wrote:
rdx-fx wrote:
eleven bravo wrote:
how you guys chose your current career tracks even thugh you had an army of humanities professors begging you guys to change discplines because you were just so god damn good
Oh, was that what he was doing?

Damn.

And here I rudely ignored him, as I thought he was just hitting on me.

Uzique wrote:
[...]i'm not saying the ivory tower is the only place with this sort of excellence. i'm just saying, as with 99% of people, life is about compromise and accepting you won't fulfill your dreams - it's about everyday ordinary tedium and toil.[...]
Sounds like a fair assessment.
i was talking about jay and ilocano

I love political science. i love the fact that i have a BA in political science.

That's fine. None of us are telling you that you're wrong for making that choice. We're telling uzique he's an entitled asshat because he expects the taxpayer to support him for the rest of his life regardless of his RoI.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-09 08:21:47

#360

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6689

yet again, not what i am saying at all. Zzzzzzznore

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2012-04-09 08:21:55

#361

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5477|foggy bottom

you guys are shitting on humanities and social sciences. i think thats wrong.

Tu Stultus Es

2012-04-09 08:23:00

#362

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5762|Toronto

Jay wrote:
Pochsy wrote:
Jay wrote:

Why are you swinging from uzique's nuts so much? Dude, I don't care about you, go away already.
I don't see how me questioning your life philosophy is a tribute to Uzique... It's as much a tribute to everyone on this forum who is tired of your warped opinions as it is to Uzique.

And I do care for you Jay, I care in the largest way possible.
So being comfortable with money isn't a worthy goal? Because you haven't been active in this section, you've missed the many posts by me stating that I live my life so that my future kids can have a better childhood than my own. It's all out of love and philanthropy. I'm getting married two months from today. But please, tell me how awful and selfish I am, because you clearly have me all figured out.

I respect your concern for your future children. Perhaps your simplified life philosophy should have been slightly more exact. No skin off your back, though; you don't make a living writing well.

The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families

2012-04-09 08:23:00

#363

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6810

eleven bravo wrote:
i was talking about jay and ilocano

I love political science. i love the fact that i have a BA in political science.

Yeah, I know.
Couldn't resist adding a joke in there.
Implication that those humanities professors were fumblingly gay..

2012-04-09 08:24:23

#364

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6689

gay, lazy, useless, they are people of many talents... in the admiring eyes of the science grad, anyway.

funny that it's never the other way around with arts/humanities students belittling science and maths types. i guess our wider-reading educations equip us with a respect and awareness of life's wider intellectual limits. you science types seem to be inculcated with the ideological belief that you are the TRUE TRUTH SEEKERS and are singularly equipped to do GOD'S WORK, elevated above all other MERE MORTALS on the campus. i guess science departments are full of insecure socially stunted people telling each other this. like one big circle jerk of protractor-equipped affirmation. you go, guys. everyone else is more stupid and lazy than you. that's exactly it.

Last edited by Uzique (2012-04-09 08:26:24)

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2012-04-09 08:24:33

#365

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5576|London, England

Pochsy wrote:
Jay wrote:
Pochsy wrote:

I don't see how me questioning your life philosophy is a tribute to Uzique... It's as much a tribute to everyone on this forum who is tired of your warped opinions as it is to Uzique.

And I do care for you Jay, I care in the largest way possible.
So being comfortable with money isn't a worthy goal? Because you haven't been active in this section, you've missed the many posts by me stating that I live my life so that my future kids can have a better childhood than my own. It's all out of love and philanthropy. I'm getting married two months from today. But please, tell me how awful and selfish I am, because you clearly have me all figured out.
I respect your concern for your future children. Perhaps your simplified life philosophy should have been slightly more exact. No skin off your back, though; you don't make a living writing well.

Boring. To my ignore list you go.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-09 08:25:28

#366

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6810

eleven bravo wrote:
you guys are shitting on humanities and social sciences. i think thats wrong.

Personally, I find some of the humanities and social sciences fascinating.
Hard as hell to make a career out of those fields, but the topics can be interesting to study.

2012-04-09 08:27:10

#367

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5762|Toronto

Jay wrote:
Pochsy wrote:
Jay wrote:

So being comfortable with money isn't a worthy goal? Because you haven't been active in this section, you've missed the many posts by me stating that I live my life so that my future kids can have a better childhood than my own. It's all out of love and philanthropy. I'm getting married two months from today. But please, tell me how awful and selfish I am, because you clearly have me all figured out.
I respect your concern for your future children. Perhaps your simplified life philosophy should have been slightly more exact. No skin off your back, though; you don't make a living writing well.
Boring. To my ignore list you go.

That's fine Jay. Just run away from the people who question your opinions. I'm sure that approach will take you far.

The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families

2012-04-09 08:27:31

#368

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6689

Pochsy wrote:
Jay wrote:
Pochsy wrote:

I don't see how me questioning your life philosophy is a tribute to Uzique... It's as much a tribute to everyone on this forum who is tired of your warped opinions as it is to Uzique.

And I do care for you Jay, I care in the largest way possible.
So being comfortable with money isn't a worthy goal? Because you haven't been active in this section, you've missed the many posts by me stating that I live my life so that my future kids can have a better childhood than my own. It's all out of love and philanthropy. I'm getting married two months from today. But please, tell me how awful and selfish I am, because you clearly have me all figured out.
I respect your concern for your future children. Perhaps your simplified life philosophy should have been slightly more exact. No skin off your back, though; you don't make a living writing well.

what are you talking about, jay's monograph on hegel's politics is out in hardback on princeton university press in fall 2012

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2012-04-09 08:29:12

#369

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5762|Toronto

Uzique wrote:
Pochsy wrote:
Jay wrote:

So being comfortable with money isn't a worthy goal? Because you haven't been active in this section, you've missed the many posts by me stating that I live my life so that my future kids can have a better childhood than my own. It's all out of love and philanthropy. I'm getting married two months from today. But please, tell me how awful and selfish I am, because you clearly have me all figured out.
I respect your concern for your future children. Perhaps your simplified life philosophy should have been slightly more exact. No skin off your back, though; you don't make a living writing well.
what are you talking about, jay's monograph on hegel's politics is out in hardback on princeton university press in fall 2012

Right beside Lowing's critique of liberalism on the shelf.

The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families

2012-04-09 08:31:43

#370

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5576|London, England

Pochsy, what is it that you think you know about me?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-09 08:33:39

#371

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5804

Everyone knows you are a bigger hypocrite than lowing for one.

2012-04-09 08:34:00

#372

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5576|London, England

Oh, right.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2012-04-09 08:34:38

#373

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6810

Uzique wrote:
gay, lazy, useless, they are people of many talents... in the admiring eyes of the science grad, anyway.

They can be all of the above. Doesn't have any bearing on me, as long as I'm not paying their bills.

Uzique wrote:
funny that it's never the other way around with arts/humanities students belittling science and maths types.

and in the rest of the above quote, you proceed to belittle science and math types...

Uzique, if you can make an honest living in the arts/humanities, more power to you. Have fun.
There is an (apparently) limited demand for people with those qualifications, so I truly hope you're an exceptional exemplar of your field.

I, personally, enjoy the mix of creativity and hard science that comes with engineering design.
The job security is comforting too.

2012-04-09 08:35:49

#374

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5762|Toronto

Jay wrote:
Pochsy, what is it that you think you know about me?

Jay, I don't pretend to 'know' anybody on the internet. We're all disassociated with our usual selves because this place isn't serious. Perhaps the question should be "what do I know about your persona." But even this is a worthless question, because my opinion of you should not change how you conduct yourself, right? My opinion of you is so easily countered over the internet because you can pretend to be whoever you want.

I take you on a post-by-post basis.

The shape of an eye in front of the ocean, digging for stones and throwing them against its window pane. Take it down dreamer, take it down deep. - Other Families

2012-04-09 08:36:25

#375

Shocking: sorry you feel that way; +333|6218|...

I dropped chemical engineering to pursue a MA in conflict studies.

Drawing blueprints of oil refineries & water purification plants + adding calculations for every step in the system, analytical chemistry & quantum chemistry did not make me happy.

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