truth bombs

lol

um, last time I checked, korean subways are accessed by fire pole, not staircase. Nice try.

ahhh dangit those cutups in the swamp replaced all the staircases with fire poles, winchester is gonna be pissed

lol matt

Do people steal the flags, then run down into the subways?

― how's life, Monday, July 30, 2012 5:10 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark

not people...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/groundhogs-stealing-flags-cedar-park-cemetary_n_1662544.html

I think something about the college application/essay-writing process has fucked up a whole generation. Like all these people are out looking for the slightest 'experience' to happen to them so they can blog about it.

― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Monday, July 16, 2012 1:44 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^

did previous generations not write essays and apply to college? idgi

nah they just got in based on legacies, SAT scores, etc.

also nowadays college is super-competitive like never before, kids feel like if they didn't go to china and intern as red cross nurses or master suzuki piano level 99 they're bigass losers.

o ya ok i've heard about these from american friends. i am in college right now but didn't have to write an essay, they still admit people based on legacy here thank god

well i think part of the issue here is that legacies are still in effect for competitive colleges *and* they're gradually de-emphasizing test scores / grades in favor of "well rounded" students

when i was applying to colleges, oh, about 18 years ago they were talking the same nonsense, i pretty much got in cal based on an astronomical SAT score. otherwise everyone i know who got into "good schools" had great grades and some combination of heavy-duty academic internship type experiences, varsity athletics or student leadership activities

the thing is - and i have no idea why this idea hasn't taken root - you really don't even need to go to a prestigious undergraduate school to get a good job. you can go to a combo of community college and state school, get kickass grades there, and then go to a prestigious graduate program. but i dunno, everyone thinks their kids need to go to harvard off the bat or they're just screwed for life.

are you in college or "college"

xp i regularly get my ass kicked at work by smarter people who went to cal state schools instead of UCs and ivy leagues

Maybe we should bring back the draft.

i go to "university" ?!

tbh the whole process was seamless and i am pretty sure a machine accepted me

"uni"?

What's changed is more just the competitiveness of the whole process. More kids apply to more colleges, starting their preparation earlier and putting more time and effort into their application. So having an essay topic is a big enough deal that people do certain activities with "this will make a good essay" in mind. And also with "this will make me [or in many cases my son or daughter] more 'well-rounded'" -- and I think that mentality extends itself, like having "experiences" to write about becomes a new measure of achievement.

And I'm sort of extending what you're saying into like "arranging your brunch plate with Instagram in mind"

that's actually a pretty decent analogy

kids : brunch :: parents : yelpers

idk i was always a big reader so i think i sort of had some idea that everything i did aka an 'experience' had some kind of future purpose like that at least in the back of my mind, like it would inform writing about it later in some way

This is like the other side of engaging in intentionally reckless behavior (dating highly unsuitable people, for instance) in order to weather oneself while still young and fresh. Is this what young people do now? No more self-destruction?

the self-destruction and "redemption" goes into the college essay

wow, they're on a quick cycle, aren't they. what happens when they reach the ancient age of 35?

Ask Stevie Nicks.

aha, it's all coming together

mental breakdowns, throwing phones at cops

i am in college right now but didn't have to write an essay, they still admit people based on legacy here thank god

You're in Canada iirc? I didn't think legacy was a thing here? Centralized computerized admissions based on hs report cards sounds about right.

cargo pants are great for when you reaaaaally need to carry a bunch of jewels and you're in a hurry

― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Monday, August 13, 2012 9:20 PM (Yesterday)

subway is a reminder that you are the master of your fate
if you got a shitty sandwich that tastes bad with a pile of lettuce, then why the fuck did you order that.

― goole, Tuesday, August 14, 2012

people like things, get over it you bitter fucks

― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Tuesday, August 14, 2012 2:03 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark

feel like ilx has been surprisingly good on that account lately

i do feel like some (most) of the people posting these things probably only really have trouble finding parking spaces or a good mocha latte and never actually have to climb insurmountable mountains of adversity. but what do i know, maybe they do. but if they do why are they on facebook so much? they should be outside climbing mountains of turmoil or something.

― scott seward, Wednesday, August 15, 2012 3:27 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i still can't believe there is a black president. every day i can't believe it. its the most amazing thing ever in my life. i know what this country is like! its like a dream even now.

― scott seward, Friday, 7 September 2012 03:30 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

Hilary next

If a woman was prez next the right's heads would collectively explode.

idk, feel like electing a white person would feel a lil like backsliding at this stage tbh

controversial ethnic group white people have long been a force in american politics

who doesnt need a good ethnic white

when you think about it, it's also kind of amazing that even the GOP (or a segment of it) pushed hard for a black presidential candidate this year. Sure, it was mostly out of a misguided attempt to seem *not racist* and to get like 2 black people to vote for them, but still.

he was at no point a real candidate, that was just tv

yeah. but even the fact that the GOP did it as theater is a kind of step forward

I mean I guess no moreso than Alan Keyes, but it's still a long way from the 1950s

ya I mean no more lynchings but putting a crazy black guy on t and pretending to support him isn't 'not racist'...it's actually probably the opposite

on tv

it took me a min to even remember who you guys were talking abt, its been a long campaign man, long campaign

I like how politics talk has even invaded the truth bomb thread, as if the other 5 weren't enough. we should colonize more.

those ones where they poll unrelated bands could prob use some politics

it took me a min to even remember who you guys were talking abt, its been a long campaign man, long campaign

― lag∞n, Friday, September 7, 2012 2:00 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no shit....i thought about rick perry the other day, and those crazy ass debates with 12 lunatics onstage seem like decades ago