I bet my bottom dollar you are conservative.

Be a plumber. If you’re not afraid of getting your hands dirty then that’s the job for you. All you need is to get your licensing and then boom!!! You’re a plumber.

A rare case of perfection in poster/argument synergy.

Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:

Be a plumber. If you’re not afraid of getting your hands dirty then that’s the job for you. All you need is to get your licensing and then boom!!! You’re a plumber.

Or millwright. But both require lengthy apprenticeships going the traditional route. Electrician and HVAC are a little harder due to codes and regulations. All are in high demand and pay very well due to everyone's fixation on computers and internet related work.

college has become a debt trap but it's also the best bet for upward mobility. There are thousands who arent jennifer Lawrence who didn't go to college who are also in debt but stuck working minimum wags jobs.

Originally posted by Despiser:

Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:

Be a plumber. If you’re not afraid of getting your hands dirty then that’s the job for you. All you need is to get your licensing and then boom!!! You’re a plumber.

Or millwright. But both require lengthy apprenticeships going the traditional route. Electrician and HVAC are a little harder due to codes and regulations. All are in high demand and pay very well due to everyone's fixation on computers and internet related work.

Yup. We definitely need to value and encourage the trades more than we currently do here in the US. One of the worst things higher education ever did to itself (aside from ridiculous administrative bloat, which has more to do with increased student costs than faculty salary could ever dream of) was to encourage the idea that a degree is a meaningful measure of personal worth, or the only true route to success.

Hell, there are OTR drivers out there making damn near 3x my salary, and I have tenure. But they have practical skills I lack, and those skills keep our economy ticking over. Without them, shelves go unfilled and industry grinds to a halt; without me, the Oxford Comma falls further into lexigraphic oblivion.

That said, a college education opens more doors than it shuts--but it's not necessary for everyone.

...might've kept TC from using "an actress of middling talent who happened to win the genetic lottery is financially successful" as an argument to support the idea that college is useless, though.

Is she happy tho?

Being “successful” and “rich” doesn’t determine your intelligence either. Look at Elon Musk, or Donald Trump as an example.

Originally posted by Despiser:

I bet my bottom dollar you are conservative.

I'm neither. I don't label myself.

Originally posted by Shocker:

Originally posted by Despiser:

I bet my bottom dollar you are conservative.

I'm neither. I don't label myself.

Labels are for groceries, right?

Originally posted by Kjell-Åke:

Is she happy tho?

So you can only be happy if you go to college? What kind of low IQ mindset is this?

Originally posted by Shocker:

Originally posted by Despiser:

I bet my bottom dollar you are conservative.

I'm neither. I don't label myself.

Usually when people say this, they have really far right “almost fascist” political views.

Originally posted by Shocker:

Originally posted by Kjell-Åke:

Is she happy tho?

So you can only be happy if you go to college? What kind of low IQ mindset is this?

Of course not. Going to college might, however, prevent you from thinking about strawman is a brilliant bon mot--or a vehicle for denigrating anyone else's intellect.

Originally posted by Honey Bun:

Originally posted by Shocker:

I'm neither. I don't label myself.

Usually when people say this, they have really far right “almost fascist” political views.

Ah, more generalization. Nice. Good work.

Originally posted by Honey Bun:

Originally posted by Shocker:

I'm neither. I don't label myself.

Usually when people say this, they have really far right “almost fascist” political views.

Usually, when someone says the thing you said, they have far-left communist and woke political views.