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[Grey Fox]

I believe in Free University & I am not an hipster!

No, you're a mooch.

You're the mooch.

I'm not the one who's trying to get free stuff that has no social utility.

I am not. I want to move the condition of admission from economic to education.

[Darth Wagtaros]

From junior high on it was a steady stream of 'you have to go to college if you want to be anything above garbage collector'. 

In junior high, they took us all on the tour of the local vocational school as an alternate option to high school.

I was too.  But all my teachers told me that only people who couldn't do better went there. ya know, the drones who would probably be found as bus drivers or what not.  now I see electricians driving lexus. 

[CountDeMoney]

In junior high, they took us all on the tour of the local vocational school as an alternate option to high school.

Yeah, they did that for us, too.  But you always knew which kids were going to wind up going there.

[derspiess]

In junior high, they took us all on the tour of the local vocational school as an alternate option to high school.

Yeah, they did that for us, too.  But you always knew which kids were going to wind up going there.

Bleh, thankfully none of us were required to tour the Vo-Tech center.  The ones who were going to go naturally gravitated there.  Their absence made high school a tiny bit more pleasant.

[garbon]

In junior high, they took us all on the tour of the local vocational school as an alternate option to high school.

Yeah, they did that for us, too.  But you always knew which kids were going to wind up going there.

True.

[Neil]

I believe in Free University & I am not an hipster!

No, you're a mooch.

You're the mooch.

I'm not the one who's trying to get free stuff that has no social utility.

I am not. I want to move the condition of admission from economic to education.

No you're not.  You're trying to get a free ride.  Besides, why would a society want more people attending university when there are too many university-educated people as it is?

[Phillip V]

If I have to move, it will only be to a hip and exciting city with beautiful people and shops where rent is affordable.

Hip and exciting cities attract people which drives up rent. Not to mention lots of extra traffic and smaller houses/apartments.

Nobody wants to hear how the world works.

[Barrister]

Pretty sure The Beeb has made that joke several times before.

The search of the word "plastics" reveals only this thread, so 

[Grey Fox]

I believe in Free University & I am not an hipster!

No, you're a mooch.

You're the mooch.

I'm not the one who's trying to get free stuff that has no social utility.

I am not. I want to move the condition of admission from economic to education.

No you're not.  You're trying to get a free ride.  Besides, why would a society want more people attending university when there are too many university-educated people as it is?

I think I know what I want. Free ride. I did not go, nor will I ever go to university. Paid for University is a travesty.

[fhdz]

However, if I was going to tell GF to go into an up-and-coming area, I've got one word for him.

Plastics.

Yeah, materials science is a good one for sure.

Whoosh.

Your mom.

Don't blame me if you can't catch a reference from The Graduate.   

Don't blame me if your normally humorless nature causes me to think you're being serious!

[Caliga]

Pretty sure The Beeb has made that joke several times before.

The search of the word "plastics" reveals only this thread, so 

Earlier iterations of Languish maybe?

Someone has definitely made the reference... might not have been you.

[Darth Wagtaros]

It is tragic that we

Pretty sure The Beeb has made that joke several times before.

The search of the word "plastics" reveals only this thread, so 

Earlier iterations of Languish maybe?

Someone has definitely made the reference... might not have been you.

It is tragic that we lost so much history.

[Ed Anger]

No it isn't.

[Darth Wagtaros]

No it isn't.

Yes, it is.

[Caliga]

All those posts are gone, like tears in rain.  Time to die.