Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority

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Black pepper is disgusting. I just ate takeout and could barely stand to use the paper napkin that came in the plastic ware / condiments package, because the smothering, burning stink of that black pepper had permeated it. So foul.

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Sometimes I dream of moving to Kansas City or Grand Rapids and buying a 4,000 square foot McMansion for $350K.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we should close our borders and deport anyone who came her ilegally. We can sell any "anchor babies" to rich infertiles-there is a high demand for babies and they traffic/sell them in this country anyway. The money made should go to fix our education system!

I don't understand why unpopular opinions about Jews or Muslims which might be seen as bigoted to their religion (I practice one of those religions and was not offend -btw) is removed but, encouraging the trafficking of children is ok. Seriously, child trafficking seems worse so I don't get it.

Because adoption, if you think of it is child trafficking. Do you know how many kids are forcibly adopted, when they have a parent or relative who is fit, willing and able to care for them? This affects tons of unwed fathers. Adoption is a 13 billion dollar a year industry. Think about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Birth control should be free and handed out in MS and HS.

sorry, i dont want my kid getting an IUD or PlanB from the school nurse.

Lol attitudes like this always result in the sheltered then rebellious kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I think private tuition for college is only worth it if your kid can get into a top 10 (maybe top 15) school; if they can get into an ivy or Stanford, Chicago/Caltech/MIT or the like -- I can consider parents doing everything possible to make it happen.

But what I really don't get is the parents (who are not independently wealthy) killing themselves to make sure that their princess can go to her dream school -- Boston U or Babson or Middlebury or whatever. I say if you can't make the cut for the top 10, go to your in-state school. The education offered is no different and the name on the resume just doesn't mean anything once you get below a certain level. If you're an engineer from MIT or a finance grad from Wharton/UPenn -- that stands out in some circles and often for life; but your typical person and hiring manager cannot tell you whether a chemistry degree from Maryland is any better or worse than one from Boston U.

Now if the parents are independently wealthy -- do whatever you want. I just don't see killing myself or letting a kid take out HUGE loans bc they can imagine themselves on a certain campus -- I guarantee they'll be fine on some other, cheaper campus as well.

100% agree. Every word. No kid of mine is going to Davidson or University of Richmond. NFW.

+1. Add to this -- I also wouldn't pay out of state tuition to go to a state school in another state because a program is marginally better. If we're still living in Maryland by the time DCs are 18, they are going to UMD. I don't particularly care if Penn State or Rutgers has an undergrad business school or engineering school or whatever ranked 10 places higher than UMD and frankly I don't think hiring managers care either because they don't keep rankings memorized; I think they look at a resume they see -- ok -- big northeastern state school, how well did applicant do there. Now if they can get themselves into a Wharton undergrad or Sloan (MIT) business school then that's a different ballgame and I'll do what I can to make it happen bc those schools do open doors to different kinds of jobs at higher salaries and offer different types of mobility over the years -- I've seen it time and time again. Same thing with fields like engineering -- Caltech, MIT etc. are show stoppers -- otherwise state school like everyone else.

+2. The hand-wringing I've seen on this forum about DCs potentially attending a state school is ludicrous.

I don't wring my hands about it, but while my state university wasn't on the order of today's tuition, it wasn't cheap, either. It's not like back in the day when you could work and cover the costs of tuition plus a simple apartment with a roommate.

I really do NOT want my children to go to school in VA. I think there is great value in seeing a different areas of the world. Plus VA seems exceptionally backwards. Only school that is borderline ok is W&M.

I would hope that they have at least the same level of education I did - or better - but I know that it's much tougher to get into top schools these days.

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Anonymous wrote:I think private tuition for college is only worth it if your kid can get into a top 10 (maybe top 15) school; if they can get into an ivy or Stanford, Chicago/Caltech/MIT or the like -- I can consider parents doing everything possible to make it happen.

But what I really don't get is the parents (who are not independently wealthy) killing themselves to make sure that their princess can go to her dream school -- Boston U or Babson or Middlebury or whatever. I say if you can't make the cut for the top 10, go to your in-state school. The education offered is no different and the name on the resume just doesn't mean anything once you get below a certain level. If you're an engineer from MIT or a finance grad from Wharton/UPenn -- that stands out in some circles and often for life; but your typical person and hiring manager cannot tell you whether a chemistry degree from Maryland is any better or worse than one from Boston U.

Now if the parents are independently wealthy -- do whatever you want. I just don't see killing myself or letting a kid take out HUGE loans bc they can imagine themselves on a certain campus -- I guarantee they'll be fine on some other, cheaper campus as well.

100% agree. Every word. No kid of mine is going to Davidson or University of Richmond. NFW.

+1. Add to this -- I also wouldn't pay out of state tuition to go to a state school in another state because a program is marginally better. If we're still living in Maryland by the time DCs are 18, they are going to UMD. I don't particularly care if Penn State or Rutgers has an undergrad business school or engineering school or whatever ranked 10 places higher than UMD and frankly I don't think hiring managers care either because they don't keep rankings memorized; I think they look at a resume they see -- ok -- big northeastern state school, how well did applicant do there. Now if they can get themselves into a Wharton undergrad or Sloan (MIT) business school then that's a different ballgame and I'll do what I can to make it happen bc those schools do open doors to different kinds of jobs at higher salaries and offer different types of mobility over the years -- I've seen it time and time again. Same thing with fields like engineering -- Caltech, MIT etc. are show stoppers -- otherwise state school like everyone else.

+2. The hand-wringing I've seen on this forum about DCs potentially attending a state school is ludicrous.

I don't wring my hands about it, but while my state university wasn't on the order of today's tuition, it wasn't cheap, either. It's not like back in the day when you could work and cover the costs of tuition plus a simple apartment with a roommate.

I really do NOT want my children to go to school in VA. I think there is great value in seeing a different areas of the world. Plus VA seems exceptionally backwards. Only school that is borderline ok is W&M.

I would hope that they have at least the same level of education I did - or better - but I know that it's much tougher to get into top schools these days.

Me: Undergrad at state school, PhD at Ivy, former prof at somewhere like Middlebury. Most of the kids at Middebury Analog--and Ivy--seemed to from families who could afford it easily. Many were legacies.

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I think most/all fat women are bitter and defensive and make for terrible employees. I have turned down jobs because there are too many overweight/middle aged women in the chain of command.

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I dream of moving to Kansas City or Grand Rapids and buying a 4,000 square foot McMansion for $350K.

+1000

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All foreign aid should be in the form of birth control.

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Anonymous wrote:I think most/all fat women are bitter and defensive and make for terrible employees. I have turned down jobs because there are too many overweight/middle aged women in the chain of command.

Yup. Would never hire fatty or smoker.

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Anonymous wrote:I think private tuition for college is only worth it if your kid can get into a top 10 (maybe top 15) school; if they can get into an ivy or Stanford, Chicago/Caltech/MIT or the like -- I can consider parents doing everything possible to make it happen.

But what I really don't get is the parents (who are not independently wealthy) killing themselves to make sure that their princess can go to her dream school -- Boston U or Babson or Middlebury or whatever. I say if you can't make the cut for the top 10, go to your in-state school. The education offered is no different and the name on the resume just doesn't mean anything once you get below a certain level. If you're an engineer from MIT or a finance grad from Wharton/UPenn -- that stands out in some circles and often for life; but your typical person and hiring manager cannot tell you whether a chemistry degree from Maryland is any better or worse than one from Boston U.

Now if the parents are independently wealthy -- do whatever you want. I just don't see killing myself or letting a kid take out HUGE loans bc they can imagine themselves on a certain campus -- I guarantee they'll be fine on some other, cheaper campus as well.

100% agree. Every word. No kid of mine is going to Davidson or University of Richmond. NFW.

A logical rule for non-wealthy families is HYP, Stanford, MIT or go state for goodness sake. All these foolish people are destitute because they wanted an English major from Oberlin . . . Illogical bordering on insane.

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Anonymous wrote:Birth control should be free and handed out in MS and HS.

agreed.

+2

Pretty much

Yupyupyup. The cost of improperly cared for, unloved children far exceeds the cost of birth control.

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SAHDs are lazy slobs who watch porn at nap time.

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Anonymous wrote:I think private tuition for college is only worth it if your kid can get into a top 10 (maybe top 15) school; if they can get into an ivy or Stanford, Chicago/Caltech/MIT or the like -- I can consider parents doing everything possible to make it happen.

But what I really don't get is the parents (who are not independently wealthy) killing themselves to make sure that their princess can go to her dream school -- Boston U or Babson or Middlebury or whatever. I say if you can't make the cut for the top 10, go to your in-state school. The education offered is no different and the name on the resume just doesn't mean anything once you get below a certain level. If you're an engineer from MIT or a finance grad from Wharton/UPenn -- that stands out in some circles and often for life; but your typical person and hiring manager cannot tell you whether a chemistry degree from Maryland is any better or worse than one from Boston U.

Now if the parents are independently wealthy -- do whatever you want. I just don't see killing myself or letting a kid take out HUGE loans bc they can imagine themselves on a certain campus -- I guarantee they'll be fine on some other, cheaper campus as well.

100% agree. Every word. No kid of mine is going to Davidson or University of Richmond. NFW.

+1. Add to this -- I also wouldn't pay out of state tuition to go to a state school in another state because a program is marginally better. If we're still living in Maryland by the time DCs are 18, they are going to UMD. I don't particularly care if Penn State or Rutgers has an undergrad business school or engineering school or whatever ranked 10 places higher than UMD and frankly I don't think hiring managers care either because they don't keep rankings memorized; I think they look at a resume they see -- ok -- big northeastern state school, how well did applicant do there. Now if they can get themselves into a Wharton undergrad or Sloan (MIT) business school then that's a different ballgame and I'll do what I can to make it happen bc those schools do open doors to different kinds of jobs at higher salaries and offer different types of mobility over the years -- I've seen it time and time again. Same thing with fields like engineering -- Caltech, MIT etc. are show stoppers -- otherwise state school like everyone else.

+2. The hand-wringing I've seen on this forum about DCs potentially attending a state school is ludicrous.

I don't wring my hands about it, but while my state university wasn't on the order of today's tuition, it wasn't cheap, either. It's not like back in the day when you could work and cover the costs of tuition plus a simple apartment with a roommate.

I really do NOT want my children to go to school in VA. I think there is great value in seeing a different areas of the world. Plus VA seems exceptionally backwards. Only school that is borderline ok is W&M.

I would hope that they have at least the same level of education I did - or better - but I know that it's much tougher to get into top schools these days.

I went to W&M and I deeply regret it. I started out at a large public school that was ranked higher but didn't like the atmosphere, so I transferred. W&M is academically challenging and known to be grade-deflating, vs other schools that more readily give out good grades. Many people outside of the world of academia and especially the DMV area don't know of William and Mary. Nobody knows of it abroad. I barely graduated with a 3.0 (I had a 3.7 at UCLA). I don't think my grades are good enough to do something post grad at highly ranked schools abroad because I transferred there. They won't know about W&M's reputation for being tough on grades, so they will just think I didn't work very hard. Not the case. Not all schools are created equal.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish American society didn't put athletes and those in the entertainment industry on pedestals.

Oh, I completely agree. And don't think they deserve to make the sickening amounts of money they make. Our priorities are completely out of whack.

And on the other end of the spectrum, I think college athlete who pull in major money for universities should be able to make some sort of profit.

Fuck no. The athlete worship in this country is insane. WHO CARES if you can throw a ball, you're not saving lives.

NFL should not be a tax-exempt organization. We should cap players' salaries.