Well, some of the students are saying there aren't any fines for people who throw up elsewhere ... but I'm thinking they haven't taken that through to the logical end - institute fines for throwing up (due to drunkeness) anywhere. silly kids.
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
Natter 54: Right here, dammit.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Toddson - Oct 11, 2007 7:38:30 am PDT #6124 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Nutty - Oct 11, 2007 7:39:42 am PDT #6125 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think that, in generations past, the people who believed themselves entitled to do things like defy the laws of physics were the ones who didn't survive to adulthood. They drowned, and fell off cliffs, and stuck their arms in wood-chippers, and so forth.
Yes, a decrease in child mortality is to blame for adult entitlement issues!!
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 11, 2007 7:48:57 am PDT #6126 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think that, in generations past, the people who believed themselves entitled to do things like defy the laws of physics were the ones who didn't survive to adulthood. They drowned, and fell off cliffs, and stuck their arms in wood-chippers, and so forth.
Don't forget to factor in that in times past there was far less in the way of forensic investigation should such a person annoy people sufficiently to have a dramatic effect on their lifespan.
Jesse - Oct 11, 2007 7:51:52 am PDT #6127 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, some of the students are saying there aren't any fines for people who throw up elsewhere ...
But it really is less of a hassle when people puke on the street (etc.)! Puking on the bus is exceptionally nasty.
Connie Neil - Oct 11, 2007 7:53:02 am PDT #6128 of 10001
brillig
Yes, a decrease in child mortality is to blame for adult entitlement issues!!
There may be more truth to that than is comfortable to think. When idiots survive, idiots thrive.
tommyrot - Oct 11, 2007 7:55:12 am PDT #6129 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's almost noon, and I get to leave at 3:00, and I'm thinking, "Only two more hours before I can leave." See, 'cuz I don't count the hour when I'm at lunch....
Toddson - Oct 11, 2007 7:55:16 am PDT #6130 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Obvioiusly the Darwin Awards need more competitors!
Tom Scola - Oct 11, 2007 7:59:30 am PDT #6131 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
megan walker - Oct 11, 2007 8:04:45 am PDT #6132 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
My worst "entitled student" story is the girl who insisted she didn't deserve a D on her calculus test, because she "studied really hard" and she's "a good student." She was furious, and was practically screaming at the TA. She didn't have any argument about any of her answers that were marked wrong being actually correct, or anything like that -- it wasn't her answers that deserved a higher grade, it was her.
This happened often in my last couple of years teaching. If the student was particularly obnoxious, my response was usually "If I came home with a 90, my dad would ask why I didn't know 10% of the material. Do you really think I'm going to have sympathy for you?"
The students at - Georgetown, I think it is - are all up in arms because of new rules to cut back on the amount of drinking. The latest "outrage" is that they've instituted a $200 fine for anyone who throws up on the bus.
Of course, if the drinking age was still at 18 like it was when I was there, they could just drink on campus with the Jesuits like we did and avoid the buses all together.
Toddson - Oct 11, 2007 8:09:16 am PDT #6133 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Well, they've cracked down on drinking on and off campus. The group house wild drunken party situation has the neighbors up in arms, so the college is trying to placate them ... and keep the police from breaking up the parties. I mean, restricting a party to just ONE keg of beer? limiting the number of people at the party? The students are just outraged!