Tech Startup Founder Says Women Are Like Men, Only Cheaper

September 27 Comments Off on Tech Startup Founder Says Women Are Like Men, Only Cheaper Category: Feed, Tumblr

Tech Startup Founder Says Women Are Like Men, Only Cheaper:

““WT actual f—”

“”So is rectifying an existing disparity such a poor use of the UC budget? Well, at this point we…”

September 27 Comments Off on “”So is rectifying an existing disparity such a poor use of the UC budget? Well, at this point we…” Category: Feed, Tumblr

“”So is rectifying an existing disparity such a poor use of the UC budget? Well, at this point we should probably hand it to the system for refusing to turn their campuses into water parks. Actually, though, some universities are installing “lazy rivers” and other recreational amusements for the same reason that they’re paying their administrators like CEOs: The university has become a “business” with “customers” that used to be thought of as “students.”””

The University of California Corrects “Injustice” by Making Its Rich Chancellors Even Richer.

Subprime loans are making a comeback, and it’s a disaster

September 27 Comments Off on Subprime loans are making a comeback, and it’s a disaster Category: Feed, Tumblr

Subprime loans are making a comeback, and it’s a disaster:

“But if houses don’t become cheaper and wages don’t rise, what is actually achieved by making it easier for people to go into debt to buy them?”

A: Inflation! Making bankers richer! The totally foreseeable detonation of the worldwide economy!

Oh wait…. is this one of those rhetorical questions?

“”The legacy of the Great Recession of 2008 has yet to be fully processed. But one of its most…”

September 23 Comments Off on “”The legacy of the Great Recession of 2008 has yet to be fully processed. But one of its most…” Category: Feed, Tumblr

“The legacy of the Great Recession of 2008 has yet to be fully processed. But one of its most lasting impacts will no doubt stem from the fact that many college students and recent graduates—people who were just starting to build the careers and financial autonomy that would have allowed us “adult” lives—were suddenly faced with an economy in which getting a steady job was unlikely. Even if you were privileged or lucky enough to be able to afford a college education, companies’ increasing reliance on unpaid internships meant that building a career was a matter of being able to work for free after you graduated: Increasingly, only the children of the very wealthy were able to make the choices and secure the entry-level jobs that might lead to “adult” autonomy down the line. As a result, we saved money by living with our parents far longer than previous generations. The financial expense of a wedding—or the responsibility of asking another person to rely on you for the rest of their life—was not something one could reasonably embrace, if one were uncertain about making rent or having a job in six months’ time. Similarly, providing for a child was laughable if you couldn’t even reliably provide for yourself. And buying a house? In today’s market? Forget it.

“My generation didn’t choose childhood. Childhood chose us, or rather, it refused to let us go. We stayed adolescent because post-adolescent responsibilities were never granted to us. We were trapped in Neverland, and sooner or later, we resigned ourselves to just having fun.”

Who Killed Adulthood?