The Off Topic Topic

[Malthus]

Nice little creepy 2 minute movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbJE0y29_c

[Syt]

Rob Cantor's orchestral/ballet staging of "Cannibal Shia LaBoef" is the most beautiful thing I've seen today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCI

[Ideologue]

China is underestimated in that chart to a laughable degree.

It might be slightly, just marginally, Euro-centric.

[grumbler]

I wonder how the authors measure "relative power".

Sales of the previous edition of the chart.

[grumbler]

Nice little creepy 2 minute movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNbJE0y29_c

Very well done!

[celedhring]

Things that amuse me: Americans applying for a job in this country that list their fraternity merits. Like we give a fuck.

[garbon]

Things that amuse me: Americans applying for a job in this country that list their fraternity merits. Like we give a fuck.

I'd assume it is just their version of what many people include as some personal items at bottoms of their resume.

[The Larch]

What kind of merits? More keg stands in a single night? Excellence in the art of annying the dean? More toga parties organized?

[celedhring]

He chaired the Student Activites Committee, so I guess he was the guy organizing the parties. Also head of his pledge class.

You know, it might be actual serious administrative work, but all I know from fraternities I learnt it from Animal House.

[The Larch]

Organizing big parties requires serious skills, he might have a good head for logistics, budgeting, PR and the like.

[celedhring]

Then I'll tell the recruiter to ask him about the procurement of booze, girls and pot, in order to evaluate his skills.

[Valmy]

What kind of merits? More keg stands in a single night? Excellence in the art of annying the dean? More toga parties organized?

There are lots of different sorts of fraternities. It might not have been a social one. There are also nerdy ones for high performing students, political ones, and public service related ones.

[Sheilbh]

Things that amuse me: Americans applying for a job in this country that list their fraternity merits. Like we give a fuck.

My mum found the difference between UK and North American CVs really interesting and quite funny.

[Syt]

Our Canadian colleagues were shocked that job applications over here come with a photo of the applicant.

[Valmy]

Our Canadian colleagues were shocked that job applications over here come with a photo of the applicant.

Yeah that would never happen over here.