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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The sad part is that I understand why someone would say this, but the thing that they're missing if this was true, that hatred didn't just spawn out of nowhere.
When you get dumpstered over and over again by your politicians, law enforcement, the lawmakers, and even your fellow citizens, intentionally or otherwise, are you supposed to be some sort of Jesus figure who doesn't hold any resentment or dislike for the systems and people who continuously belittle you and deny your humanity, subtly or overtly?
It's not a reasonable thing to ask from anyone. There are legitimately spiteful and hateful elements on the left who go far beyond what is decent or acceptable, and they should be reprimanded and disavowed, but you have to go one step further and ask yourself what led to the creation of these people in the first place.
Hatred spawns more hatred.
I spent the last four years studying for a Degree in IR and did very well with my marks, I didn't succeed though due to personal issues. I technically have a Diploma though, which I stand is better for someone who wants to be a diplomat.
I also have a job that pays the rent, pays the bills and leaves me money to pay off debt and have some luxuries.
I'm actually at work right now.
edited 17th Jan '17 3:28:59 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranTrump is apparently afraid to leave his tacky apartment.
You know, I've heard people say that Trump never wanted to be president, and I disagreed because I figured he was too stupid and selfish to know what being president actually meant. And now here he is, hiding in his room. Or maybe that's what he's always done, and no one ever cared before.
Since everyone's talking about their degrees, well, from what I gather Argentine degrees don't quite match 1:1 with those in the US, according to Wikipedia
it's more or less equal to a Master's degree, my field of study is divided between literature and linguistics. (In case anyone's asking, yes, Argentina really needs a serious education reform, if only there was a functional economy...).
And I'm in my second year right now.
edited 17th Jan '17 3:46:19 PM by IFwanderer
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KVMaster's of Public Administration and Juris Doctorate in December and Bachelor of Science in Public Management and Policy Before that.
- Note 01: job not included, guaranteed, nor even seriously facilitated. I'm still clawing at the market for that part.
- Note 02: Because I could conceivably help run a department or get one out of legal trouble does not mean I can speak to political strategy. Those are the the MPP guys. (I could still tell you how many ways those bills form earlier to interfere in administration could implode).
- Note 03: I demand to be called Magister-Doctor Centuryeye from December onwards!
We are apparently in a comic series now, the dark lord has conquered the land, and doctors should not all be evil.
edited 17th Jan '17 3:56:23 PM by CenturyEye
Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our livesI completed high school and a year of college. I'm self-taught as a computer programmer and data analyst, and I more-or-less lucked into a quality temp-to-perm job about 16 years ago. Then I earned my way into a career on merit. I would be royally screwed if I lost my job.
edited 17th Jan '17 4:00:05 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Job seeking J.D. here.
On the topic of pardons/commutations I'm really hoping for a commutation for Rod Blagojevich. Seems ridiculous to me that he got such a long sentence for nonviolent crimes (which in some cases weren't necessarily crimes, just shady politicking). Also, is there anything Obama could do for that Gulen guy so Trump can't ship him off to Turkey?
Graduated in Computer Science this year, only to find out that not only I don't like the prospects of the work market but also the theoretical parts I was decent at either don't pay or has a rather high entrance barrier.
But at least my degree will allow me to do the admittance tests for the police forces.
Inter arma enim silent legesI graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Molecular Biology, and have been looking for work for just short of a year with no real results. I intend to go back to graduate school and eventually get my PhD, but was hoping to gain work experience before doing that. I think my prospects are reasonably good over the next decade because biotechnology is expected to grow massively over the next few decades, but we'll have to see what happens.
I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History and am currently working on a Master's in History, this coming semester I'm actually starting my thesis. (Which is Cold War related, kinda funny considering how last year went.)
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.@Tactical: I never needed to. I study programming as a hobby, and I just happened to get a job where I could apply it to the work I was doing. Purest luck. But the rest was me very deliberately building a brand with my company (and its primary supplier), such that the latter offered me a position a few years later. I've been with the same overall business organization for sixteen years. I don't need to prove to them what I can do.
I'm sure I could get any number of certifications if I tried, and if the situation arises, I will most definitely do so.
Also, this "share your qualifications" thing is a tad off-topic.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Bachelor's of Arts, set to graduate with a Master's in Public Administration in October.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.