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    Hipsters on Food Stamps

    http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2012/...od_stamps.html

    This is an epic screed about hipsters on food stamps and the scam that higher education has pulled on growing mass of young adults saddled with massive student loan debt.

    Anything that can also include a psychological take on reactions to the infamous Alec Baldwin "Coffee is for Closers" clip from Glengarry Glen Ross is also worth reading.

    This is a long piece, so sit down and read when you have quite a bit of time on your hands. A lot of it is hard to follow and seems like a stream of consciousness, so be forewarned.
    Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”
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    Spun through Part 1 (of 3), good read so far. Thank you. The article reminded me of a favorite "cartoon" on xkcd:





    % ^11th-Grade Activities^4 Years of College
    You're actually pretty funny when you aren't being a complete a-hole....so basically like 5% of the time. --Art Vandelay
    Almost everything you post is snarky, smug, condescending, or just downright mean-spirited. --Jeffrey Lebowski

    Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace. --President Donald J. Trump
    You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war. --William Randolph Hearst

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    • #3
      That would be a good name for a band.
      "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


      "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Walter Sobchak View Post
        Spun through Part 1 (of 3), good read so far. Thank you. The article reminded me of a favorite "cartoon" on xkcd:





        % ^11th-Grade Activities^4 Years of College
        TRU DAT. I spent 9 years of college getting 2 degrees in music. Now I work with mainframes doing better than some professors. Go figure.

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        • #5
          Re: Hipsters on Food Stamps

          "Gerry the Hipster is full of soy and ennui." Lolz
          "You know, I was looking at your shirt and your scarf and I was thinking that if you had leaned over, I could have seen everything." ~Trial Ad Judge

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Realtall View Post
            TRU DAT. I spent 9 years of college getting 2 degrees in music.
            "Imagine a large corporate machine mobilized to get you to buy something you don't need at a tremendously inflated cost, complete with advertising, marketing, and branding that says you're not hip if you don't have one, but when you get one you discover it's of poor quality and obsolete in ten months. That's a BA."

            Also... RealTall did you see this (from a NY Times article referenced in Part 3)?
            "The hipster haunts every city street and university town. Manifesting a nostalgia for times he never lived himself, this contemporary urban harlequin appropriates outmoded fashions (the mustache, the tiny shorts), mechanisms (fixed-gear bicycles, portable record players) and hobbies (home brewing, playing trombone)."

            Two BA's and a trombonist? You need to change your title from "Trombonist-In-Chief" to "Hipster-In-Chief"!
            You're actually pretty funny when you aren't being a complete a-hole....so basically like 5% of the time. --Art Vandelay
            Almost everything you post is snarky, smug, condescending, or just downright mean-spirited. --Jeffrey Lebowski

            Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace. --President Donald J. Trump
            You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war. --William Randolph Hearst

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            • #7
              How did you get to part 3?
              "What are you prepared to do?" - Jimmy Malone

              "What choice?" - Abe Petrovsky

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Walter Sobchak View Post
                Two BA's and a trombonist? You need to change your title from "Trombonist-In-Chief" to "Hipster-In-Chief"!
                I'll have to consider that. I sort of like the sound of it.

                I don't have 2 BAs, I have a Bachelor of Music Education(which is most decidedly NOT a BA) and a MM, Master of Music in performance. But don't tell anybody.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Joe Public View Post
                  How did you get to part 3?
                  Product Review: Panasonic PT AX200U (Hipsters On Food Stamps Part 3)

                  If you can explain why the title was chosen, I would appreciate it. I happen to own that very same product and am feeling a bit insecure about the purchase now.

                  EDIT: "projection" ... n/m.
                  Last edited by Walter Sobchak; 02-07-2013, 09:34 PM.
                  You're actually pretty funny when you aren't being a complete a-hole....so basically like 5% of the time. --Art Vandelay
                  Almost everything you post is snarky, smug, condescending, or just downright mean-spirited. --Jeffrey Lebowski

                  Anyone can make war, but only the most courageous can make peace. --President Donald J. Trump
                  You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war. --William Randolph Hearst

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