So it's women's fault that more women than men get degrees?
Sure! Why not!?
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 61*
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.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 29, 2008 6:35:02 am PDT #1228 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Dana - Sep 29, 2008 6:36:28 am PDT #1229 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, my god, it is 8:30, and my phone has rung SIX TIMES. Stop calling me, people! I haven't even had breakfast yet.
Jesse - Sep 29, 2008 6:38:56 am PDT #1230 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Gawker does its part to get people to notice the McCain gambling Times article: [link]
OK, I did the thing I was supposed to do on Friday, and now I feel like I'm just done. And I can't decide if it's tacky to have the leftovers from the breakfast for the meeting for my lunch.
Dana - Sep 29, 2008 6:39:42 am PDT #1231 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
SEVEN TIMES.
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2008 6:40:37 am PDT #1232 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.
Another quote from that article:
'For the first time, in a historic experiment in our society, we have more women than men emerging from university. The majority of young people not in education, employment or training are men.
'Of course the world is changing, and it's fantastic it is. But the fact is that even if men want to be the breadwinner, they are no longer being given the opportunity of being the breadwinner.
Huh? Those men had the opportunity to go to college, right? So is this guy saying that men without college degrees should earn more money than women with degrees?
Jesse - Sep 29, 2008 6:42:45 am PDT #1233 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's those ballbusting women emasculating our men!
Jessica - Sep 29, 2008 6:42:50 am PDT #1234 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sure! Why not!?
I'm not sure "fault" is the right word here, but yeah, why wouldn't it be?
Where I take issue is the idea that women having JOBS that require EDUCATION is causing society to suddenly implode in a fiery ball of gender issues.
sarameg - Sep 29, 2008 6:54:28 am PDT #1235 of 10001
I'm cold and my head hurts. Neither or which are my fault.
Lee - Sep 29, 2008 6:56:16 am PDT #1236 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I'm cold and my wrist hurts. That last one might be my fault though.
Hayden - Sep 29, 2008 7:07:26 am PDT #1237 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm glad this is all coming to fruition during the Cheney/Bush Administration which should make it that much harder to claim it wasn't their policies that brought things to this point.
My ultraconservative habitual spammer of a cousin sent me an email forward claiming that the economic crisis was created by the Ds in Congress. The argument is (seriously) that when the Rs were in charge in both houses, the economy was fine, but the Ds have ruined it by trying to (seriously) overregulate Wall Street. I (again) asked her to stop sending me her spam from wishfulthinkingland and took the time to explain how deregulation works, who was responsible for it, and why most economists think that the Bush Administration's economic policies have been unsound since day one. Not that she read my reply.