SickIcarus

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[–] SickIcarus 4 points 1 year ago

I’ve been getting a ton of cardboard spools, but I prefer plastic - cardboard is incompatible with my Bambu AMS. To resolve I have to wrap the edge with electric tape, use a printed adapter, or in the worst cases (the cardboard is damaged) respool.

[–] SickIcarus -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like a good argument for homeschooling to me.

[–] SickIcarus 5 points 1 year ago

Diablo 4 - hell no.

Mortal Kombat - HELL NO

Leisure Suit Larry - hell yes 😈

[–] SickIcarus 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Everything is edible once!

[–] SickIcarus -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes and no - if the university can no longer fill its ranks because their costs are too high, they will have to reduce costs. The reason it’s so expensive right now is because they have a captive audience that can’t walk away.

Edit:

I think part of the mindset that has to change is this idea that college is worth it no matter the cost.

Say it louder for the people in the back!

[–] SickIcarus -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Rather than interfering further with a private market, they could simply cap the amount of federal loans a student can receive.

[–] SickIcarus 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Absolutely. The problem started when they made student loans unable to be discharged through bankruptcy. This allowed colleges to charge whatever they wanted, because loans would rise to match, and the borrowers were locked in with no way to walk away. And look where we are now.

You used to be able to pay for college with a summer job cutting lawns - not anymore!

The only way to win in this environment is to be frugal AF - don’t jump straight into a four-year university, get your two-year out of the way at a community college, then transfer over for your major. Live at home until you graduate. Get your degree in business, which is applicable anywhere. Don’t take any loans, but do well in high school and apply for grants instead.

The wrong answer is to take out hundreds of thousands in loans with no intention of repayment, vote-blue-no-matter-who because they’ve promised you the moon and the stars, and dismiss anybody telling you “uh, that’s not the best idea” as an alt-right nazi bigot.

[–] SickIcarus -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

if the government hadn’t handed out billions to cronies and private businesses

Totally separate issue that’s its own pile of bullshit. I think we can both agree that the government is corrupt AF.

[–] SickIcarus 1 points 1 year ago

You’re right, but I don’t think congress would permit it simply because it would also tank their investments. The smarter play would be to grandfather-in existing student loans, and make all future loans susceptible to bankruptcy - but that would also have its own knock-on effects. Either way it’s a shit sandwhich that should have never existed in the first place.

[–] SickIcarus -1 points 1 year ago

I think everyone who got a PPP loan forgiven should have to pay it back with interest.

Me too! But before that, I think the economy should have never been shuttered in the first place.

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