Jobless Portuguese graduates move to former colonies

Started by Syt, September 05, 2011, 01:00:35 AM

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Zoupa


Admiral Yi

Quote from: Zoupa on September 06, 2011, 12:46:32 AM
You're an idiot, and getting worse with age too.

Remind me why I'm supposed to care what you think.

Zoupa

It's just a statement of fact. Nobody says you have to care.

Habsburg


clandestino

Some do, some don't.

In case someone cares Europe still seems to be the place most people go.

UK seems to have replaced France on the main destination though.

The Minsky Moment

Quote from: Zoupa on September 06, 2011, 01:21:37 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 06, 2011, 01:18:38 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on September 06, 2011, 12:46:32 AM
You're an idiot, and getting worse with age too.
Doesn't everybody?
No. I'm getting compared to George Clooney these days.  :cool:
Since when was George a Mensa candidate?
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LaCroix


Zoupa

Ok, maybe I'm not getting this. What is funny about her quote?

Serious question. I took it she didn't mean porto banks.

DwermCitweari


LaCroix

Quote from: DwermCitweari on September 06, 2011, 11:45:22 PM
Wow, good posting. here

hello, monger's friend :)

@zoupa: reminds me of those southerners who blame their poverty on sherman. or, in general, entitled upper-middle class youth who think they deserve solid employment. if she tried, i'm sure she could have found something somewhere. that she chose ireland of all places as her out-of-country option seems a bit off

Zoupa

She tried for years and never got a permanent position.

When 6.5% of your population emigrates during the last decade, she's not an anomaly. You could argue that those numbers make her quote sound strange since unemployment is not a recent problem in Portugal. I took it to mean that with the imminent crash and bailout from the financial crisis, youth employment in the future looks even bleaker.

Josquius

The woman replaced with the intern has me most worried.
Yet another reason that sort of thing should be illegal.
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LaCroix

Quote from: Zoupa on September 06, 2011, 11:57:27 PM
She tried for years and never got a permanent position.

When 6.5% of your population emigrates during the last decade, she's not an anomaly. You could argue that those numbers make her quote sound strange since unemployment is not a recent problem in Portugal. I took it to mean that with the imminent crash and bailout from the financial crisis, youth employment in the future looks even bleaker.

i'm not sure about employment in portugal for the youth. maybe they're all lazy like their spanish brethren (:P); maybe it could be job offers are abysmally low and in many cases nonexistent, but the text that introduced the quote and the quote itself simply made it funny (imo). she could be very well justified in her response, or she could be throwing shit to the wind. i don't know

Habsburg

I can not abide Maputo or Harare.

It's Lourenço Marques and Salisbury. :contract: