NielsBohron

the cake is a lie.

not often enough. It's funny though, Community definitely nails a lot of aspects of community college life.

IRL, this is why conservatives are working so hard to turn community colleges into vocational schools as opposed to low-cost ways to transfer to 4-year schools.

History and systemic racism did a great job of making sure that going straight from HS to 4-year schools is only possible if you come from privilege (for the most part), and community colleges fought back to give all people access to traditional college education. So now, conservatives are trying to incentivize CC's turning into vocational schools while pushing to cut their funding at every opportunity.

Source: I teach in a CC and have watched all sorts of right-wing talking points get pushed onto us under the guise of student success. Turns out, ~~forcing unprepared students to leave~~ cutting funding to their community college if they don't finish fast enough is not really about student success; it's about limiting their options. edit: they're not truly forcing them to leave, just penalizing colleges if it takes students more than 3 years to transfer and trying to make it illegal to offer foundational math/English courses

Very well put; this is exactly what I'm talking about.

I'd say part of the difference is that, at this point, the billionaires have left us with just enough to lose. I'm sure the risk of physical violence was still daunting, but when you have nothing left to lose then the prospect of physical harm somehow seems preferable to continuing with the status quo. That seems like an easy thing to say, but I've been there before.

Many people can't miss a few days work without significant financial implications. Billionaires and corporations have us so underwater that we have no choice but to make a big stink where we can and voice our concern, with the occasional weekend march.

That's what my friends call me, the kinki idiot

I chortled at that one

Nice to see at least one other person understands the definition of "Third World Country"

Good catch, on both accounts. I'd say there's a 50:50 chance that the mp4 is porn, though.

Yes you will; "White & Nerdy" at 4020kB at the top and then again at 11,764kB down below? If you were paying attention, you could usually figure it out ahead of time, but it was easy to miss as a middle-schooler

I can see your point, but I respectfully disagree. I find the desert to fairly beautiful, and at least Bakersfield and Stockton have more of a small-town feel. IMO, LA combines all the negatives of Stockton and Bakersfield into one plasticized, superficial mess; LA's better at covering up their flaws, but there's a certain authenticity in owning your blemishes.