Good point. I guess I don't know the answer! It's true that your hypothetical is absurd, I admit it.
I'm sorry for derailing the thread with a discourse on journalistic ethics!!
well...yes! Right? That's what investigative journalists are supposed to do. Establish veracity by rigorously vetting the information they are told.
That's why the free press is SUPPOSED to be a bulwark against political corruption etc. etc. Becau…
I'm not weighing in on the efficacy or ethics of this particular promotional prank or even arguing that this was the point of it; I'm just saying it DOES reveal the moral bankruptcy of contemporary media. Then again it doesn't take much to reveal th…
I think it (perhaps inadvertently? I dunno) does reveal that what we now call "media" is actually NOT "journalism." A real journalist would have sniffed a hoax, investigated, and, it sounds like, quickly uncovered it, at which point it would have be…
You know what is so funny is after ALL this--the thread, and then Gary just buying a $50 thing you plug into a landline--I ended up forgetting the $50 thing at home on the day of the interview, and just recording the landline on speakerphone into a …
WE AS HUMANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Legitimately a shit-eating grin was unconsciously plastered on my face the whole time I watched that teaser, I am very very happy to know about this, thank you Smelly
I thought the prequel was so good
I am excited
I lov…
watch them like a hawk, because, if my copious experience as a temp can attest, they will steal anything that isn't nailed down, and will also find surprising ways to take naps on the job
You learn a lot by failing! Boy have I presented myself poorly in some job interviews. One time I bombed an on-campus interview so bad, I was so unprepared and looked like such a fucking jackass, and wasted their time, and so much of their money bri…
the google voice thing, I can talk on the phone using just my computer? am I understanding that wrong?
no phone involved at all???
this is all really helpful
xo
for the past 2 years we have gotten our bill for the art tax even though we live in new england now. Even though they mail it TO us, AT our new england address
i am steamed
p.s. this is from an extensive memo about "serving student needs" the only takeaway of which is that profs need to enroll more kids in their classes or the classes will be canceled and the profs will have to teach extra classes the next semester
no…
"3. Because we strive to be planful rather than simply reactive, the Office of Institutional Research will provide Deans and Heads/Chairs with reports on current and past enrollment in courses subject to this policy that fall below the appropriate m…
isn't it weird to think that somewhere back there, behind you, there are, like, Flemish peasants living in feudalism, scrabblin' around, killing chickens with their bare hands, having 13 kids, etc. Everyone of European descent who is currently alive…