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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    Youth. Sports. Demise.
  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    Sports in public school need to be eliminated.
  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680

    Sports in public school need to be eliminated.

    Public school sports are 0.53% of this problem.
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    Where did you get those charts from Purp?
  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    You're not involved with public school sports or you wouldn't have made such a FS comment.

    Sports in public school need to be eliminated.

    Public school sports are 0.53% of this problem.
  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    Which is why I always share my awards with friends and family who want to see them.
  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    Two things that stood out to me:

    1. Big drop in support of participation trophies after age 24. Chalk that up to real world perspective (Hi CollegeDoog!).

    2. The correlation on the yearly earning chart seems to be very strong. Not surprising, but still interesting.

    Grundle...I got these off the barstool sports blog, but they were originally published in the Washington Poast. That's my source. Hardy har har. Tee hee.

    washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/20/meet-the-participation-trophy-generation/

    I would agree that millennials are entitled, but I don't know if that's because they are millennials, or because they are young and lack perspective. There are people that enable this and profit off of it. Fuck them. I think it has more to do with work ethic. You can either believe that you can affect your own outcomes via hard work and persistence, or you can choose to blame someone else for your misfortunes. There is no excuse to not be successful in America. Simple as that.
  • MikeDamone
    MikeDamone Member Posts: 37,781
    PurpleJ said:

    Two things that stood out to me:

    1. Big drop in support of participation trophies after age 24. Chalk that up to real world perspective (Hi CollegeDoog!).

    2. The correlation on the yearly earning chart seems to be very strong. Not surprising, but still interesting.

    Grundle...I got these off the barstool sports blog, but they were originally published in the Washington Poast. That's my source. Hardy har har. Tee hee.

    washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/20/meet-the-participation-trophy-generation/

    I would agree that millennials are entitled, but I don't know if that's because they are millennials, or because they are young and lack perspective. There are people that enable this and profit off of it. Fuck them. I think it has more to do with work ethic. You can either believe that you can affect your own outcomes via hard work and persistence, or you can choose to blame someone else for your misfortunes. There is no excuse to not be successful in America. Simple as that.

    I guess you've never spent a day as a black man in America. Racist.
  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club

    PurpleJ said:

    Two things that stood out to me:

    1. Big drop in support of participation trophies after age 24. Chalk that up to real world perspective (Hi CollegeDoog!).

    2. The correlation on the yearly earning chart seems to be very strong. Not surprising, but still interesting.

    Grundle...I got these off the barstool sports blog, but they were originally published in the Washington Poast. That's my source. Hardy har har. Tee hee.

    washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/20/meet-the-participation-trophy-generation/

    I would agree that millennials are entitled, but I don't know if that's because they are millennials, or because they are young and lack perspective. There are people that enable this and profit off of it. Fuck them. I think it has more to do with work ethic. You can either believe that you can affect your own outcomes via hard work and persistence, or you can choose to blame someone else for your misfortunes. There is no excuse to not be successful in America. Simple as that.

    I guess you've never spent a day as a black man in America. Racist.
    I'm not racist. I have lots of black friends. They're all saving up for one-way tickets to Somalia, though.
  • ThomasFremont
    ThomasFremont Member Posts: 13,325
    Opened this thread expecting obk to be bragging about his Ducks.
  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    I sense causation. Maybe?
  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 25,688 Standard Supporter
    PurpleJ said:

    Two things that stood out to me:

    1. Big drop in support of participation trophies after age 24. Chalk that up to real world perspective (Hi CollegeDoog!).

    2. The correlation on the yearly earning chart seems to be very strong. Not surprising, but still interesting.

    Grundle...I got these off the barstool sports blog, but they were originally published in the Washington Poast. That's my source. Hardy har har. Tee hee.

    washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/20/meet-the-participation-trophy-generation/

    I would agree that millennials are entitled, but I don't know if that's because they are millennials, or because they are young and lack perspective. There are people that enable this and profit off of it. Fuck them. I think it has more to do with work ethic. You can either believe that you can affect your own outcomes via hard work and persistence, or you can choose to blame someone else for your misfortunes. There is no excuse to not be successful in America. Simple as that.

    First off, I agree the participation trophies for anyone over seven are retarded. I remember getting one in 7th grade and thinking, "WTF is this?"

    As for no excuse, sure maybe 45 years ago. That's when education was considered a public good, not a f****** business. I know 4-5 people who are college grads who owe a ton of debt. Most aren't theater arts majors either. I know a couple who have very good jobs, probably in the six figures, and they take home about 40 percent. Sure a lot of that is taxes, but a lot of it is loans. But why is the economic recovery anemic?! Anyway, they will be paying those off until they're in their 50s. That's ridiculous.

    Upward mobility in this country is really weak. If you don't believe me, look it up. The anyone can make it in this country isn't apt right now. Sure, someone will always bring up some example of an Asian refugee who put himself through school working two jobs while taking care of his family. This is not a typical case.
  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    Tell that to my Ukrainian neighbor who supports 6 kids and wife doing auto body work and freelance handy man type stuff. He's only been in the country for a decade. The money is there if you have a work ethic and marketable skills. Degree or no degree.

    I also hear that there are a lot of websites out there where you can get college degrees or the equivalent knowledge, either for free or at a large discount.
  • DeepSeaZ
    DeepSeaZ Member Posts: 3,901
    How do you think I got through aw school

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    PurpleJ said:

    Two things that stood out to me:

    1. Big drop in support of participation trophies after age 24. Chalk that up to real world perspective (Hi CollegeDoog!).

    2. The correlation on the yearly earning chart seems to be very strong. Not surprising, but still interesting.

    Grundle...I got these off the barstool sports blog, but they were originally published in the Washington Poast. That's my source. Hardy har har. Tee hee.

    washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/20/meet-the-participation-trophy-generation/

    I would agree that millennials are entitled, but I don't know if that's because they are millennials, or because they are young and lack perspective. There are people that enable this and profit off of it. Fuck them. I think it has more to do with work ethic. You can either believe that you can affect your own outcomes via hard work and persistence, or you can choose to blame someone else for your misfortunes. There is no excuse to not be successful in America. Simple as that.

    I guess you've never spent a day as a black man in America. Racist.
  • DeepSeaZ
    DeepSeaZ Member Posts: 3,901
    DeepSeaZ said:

    How do you think I got through law school

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    PurpleJ said:

    Two things that stood out to me:

    1. Big drop in support of participation trophies after age 24. Chalk that up to real world perspective (Hi CollegeDoog!).

    2. The correlation on the yearly earning chart seems to be very strong. Not surprising, but still interesting.

    Grundle...I got these off the barstool sports blog, but they were originally published in the Washington Poast. That's my source. Hardy har har. Tee hee.

    washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/20/meet-the-participation-trophy-generation/

    I would agree that millennials are entitled, but I don't know if that's because they are millennials, or because they are young and lack perspective. There are people that enable this and profit off of it. Fuck them. I think it has more to do with work ethic. You can either believe that you can affect your own outcomes via hard work and persistence, or you can choose to blame someone else for your misfortunes. There is no excuse to not be successful in America. Simple as that.

    I guess you've never spent a day as a black man in America. Racist.
  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346

    Fuck young people and fuck poor people.

    or simply...

    Fuck liberals.

    I'm a "liberal" and according to the charts I'm rich and old. So abundance.

    and Fuck off.
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,560

    PurpleJ said:

    Two things that stood out to me:

    1. Big drop in support of participation trophies after age 24. Chalk that up to real world perspective (Hi CollegeDoog!).

    2. The correlation on the yearly earning chart seems to be very strong. Not surprising, but still interesting.

    Grundle...I got these off the barstool sports blog, but they were originally published in the Washington Poast. That's my source. Hardy har har. Tee hee.

    washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/08/20/meet-the-participation-trophy-generation/

    I would agree that millennials are entitled, but I don't know if that's because they are millennials, or because they are young and lack perspective. There are people that enable this and profit off of it. Fuck them. I think it has more to do with work ethic. You can either believe that you can affect your own outcomes via hard work and persistence, or you can choose to blame someone else for your misfortunes. There is no excuse to not be successful in America. Simple as that.

    First off, I agree the participation trophies for anyone over seven are retarded. I remember getting one in 7th grade and thinking, "WTF is this?"

    As for no excuse, sure maybe 45 years ago. That's when education was considered a public good, not a f****** business. I know 4-5 people who are college grads who owe a ton of debt. Most aren't theater arts majors either. I know a couple who have very good jobs, probably in the six figures, and they take home about 40 percent. Sure a lot of that is taxes, but a lot of it is loans. But why is the economic recovery anemic?! Anyway, they will be paying those off until they're in their 50s. That's ridiculous.

    Upward mobility in this country is really weak. If you don't believe me, look it up. The anyone can make it in this country isn't apt right now. Sure, someone will always bring up some example of an Asian refugee who put himself through school working two jobs while taking care of his family. This is not a typical case.
    Sure it is. It might not be as easy for some people than others, but it isn't impossible. This disadvantage is due to generations of laziness or a past disaster(s). This person might have to work a hell of a lot harder than others, but at least in the country you have the ability to do that.