Cap Ybarra18h ago
nearly thirty years ago i saw a guy stand up in an all hands staff meeting, declare "this is stupid", walk out and never come back, and friends, there's not a single day of 2026 I haven't thought of him
Show threadThree plus or minus five16h ago
@cap_ybarra
In my last job I was pulled into an all-faculty meeting. President of the college then told us that the few-percent retirement contribution "temporarily paused" a couple of years ago was permanent and no one had ever said it was temporary.
I walked out. I was surprised to find myself the only one.
Show threadCap Ybarra16h ago
@ThreeSigma you are the stuff of legends
Show threadThree plus or minus five
@cap_ybarra Well, a year and I bit later I find myself kicked out of academia, so I think I'm more of a cautionary tale.
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Show threadCrazyDogLadySezPEACE15h ago
@ThreeSigma @cap_ybarra Or an early adopter of a post BS-dressed-as-education-so-the-financial-rapist-class-can-hold-us-indentured-our-entire-lives society.
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@Heartofcoyote @cap_ybarra
Actually I'm a big believer in education, and I feel proud of the work I did; I don't think most higher ed is "BS".

That said, university should be free and easy to get into. The crippling loan system is terrible.

Show threadCrazyDogLadySezPEACE14h ago

@ThreeSigma @cap_ybarra I don’t think *education* is BS, and I apologize for implying professors aren’t seriously trying to educate people. I’m friends with a couple, and they are great people doing good and important work.

Universities, otoh, are more interested in building luxury housing for undergrads to lure in more students with $$subsidized loans$$ than in improving the state of knowledge. Meanwhile grad students are left to fend for themselves. That’s the BS-education part, which is really the BS-educational-*system* part, as you correctly pointed out.

I completely agree it should be free and administered fairly.

Show threadRaven66711h ago
@Heartofcoyote @ThreeSigma @cap_ybarra yeah, im a big fan (sarcasm) of the illiberal labor practice in academia. Want some cheap labor, hire students for minimum wage and hold their degree out in front of them, ready to snatch away of they get out of line. Want cheap teachers, dangle tenure out in front of them for a few years and if they dont bring in juicy-enough grants then let them go and get another hopeful PhD to work for minimum wage until they burn out.