Jeanine’s Sunday Memes

Jeanine’s Memes courtesy of The Bull Elephant.


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33 responses to “Jeanine’s Sunday Memes”

    1. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      Adolfs is a Russian spammer. The .ru is probably a not so good place to visit.

    2. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
      Dick Hall-Sizemore

      I really like this one. I wish I were clever enough to come up with something like this.

  1. vicnicholls Avatar
    vicnicholls

    Go into a STEM-H field or into skilled trades.

    1. tmtfairfax Avatar
      tmtfairfax

      The Virginia Department of Education is killing STEM by proposing to require no differentiation in math classes until the junior year in high school.

    2. Eric the half a troll Avatar
      Eric the half a troll

      Many tech companies hire music majors, you know…

  2. LarrytheG Avatar
    LarrytheG

    But… the meme FORGOT to say that after Bob disconnects Phillipes electricity, he then has to reconnect it and help pay the bill!

    I mean, heckfire, if you’re gonna go hard right – for gawd sake, get it right!

  3. I was pretty much Phillipe (even studying philosophy and then going to graduate school for same). But I did it before tuition inflation so my loan debt for both grad and undergrad never crossed low-to mid 5 figures.

    Phillipe’s often go to law school. Or they could do something I did, which almost anyone can do: become a realtor (or a mortgage broker, etc.). There are occupations one can go into after getting a philosophy, maybe even after “earning” a women’s studies, etc, BA, that could allow you to pay off $100,000 in debt quickly.

    He could also just become a plumber or electrician. Or go work in the energy production energy…I mean after Biden and Harris are out of office.

  4. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
    Dick Hall-Sizemore

    It is stuff like this that drives me up on my favorite soapbox. The obvious fallacy here is that philosophy majors have to get a “philosophy job”. As Bruce Majors put it so well, a philosophy major can go into any field. As a follow-up, I would like to introduce some former philosophy majors who did OK in the real world:

    Carly (Fiorina), former CEO, Hewlett-Packard
    Carl (Icahan), one of the most successful investors in the country
    Sheila (Bair), Former chairwoman of FDIC, currently president of Washington College
    George (Soros), one of the most successful hedge fund managers of all time
    Herbert (Allison), former COO Merrill Lynch; CEO, Fannie Mae
    Gerald (Levin), former CEO Time Warner
    Patrick (Byrne), founder and CEO, Overstock.com
    Stewart (Butterfield), founder Flickr; currently CEO, Slack
    Peter (Thiel), cofounder PayPal
    Reid (Hoffman), founder LinkedIn

    1. LarrytheG Avatar
      LarrytheG

      …and not the mention all the CEOs that actually did not get a degree at all in anything…dropped out…

    2. vicnicholls Avatar
      vicnicholls

      Out of how many philosophy majors? They would not get a look in engineering, computer science, chemistry or physics, math, without a minor/double major or some massive coursework in another field. How many others on their boards or upper management are philosophy majors?

      1. LarrytheG Avatar
        LarrytheG

        To be a success – take a lot of different capabilities.

        I’d not be surprised if Zuckerberg “fails” at Calculus and many other successful people in this world. It’s really an elitist concept that misses the mark in the real world.

        Some of the smartest folks in the world – understand human nature in an economic sense – and probably could not do a Calculus problem if their life depended on it but they’re a thousand times more successful than most hard core math types.

    3. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      Oh, Dick, they’re just just funnin’. They just don’t like being reminded that their MBAs from Trump U. are on Charmin not vellum.

    4. DJRippert Avatar
      DJRippert

      + Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir. Hot stock (most days).

    5. Matt Adams Avatar
      Matt Adams

      Carly Fiorina didn’t stop with a BA in Phil. She has an MBA from U of M and a Master in Science in Management from MIT.

  5. DJRippert Avatar
    DJRippert

    Study whatever you want. Just deal with the consequences. The average registered nurse makes $77,460 per year. The average salary of a medical doctor is $294,000.

    If you want to go into nursing accept the fact that you won’t make as much as the doctors in the facility where you work. Stop whining about the “1%”.

    If you want to study archeology, anthropology or philosophy – go ahead. Just stop complaining about how much the electrical engineers are making.

    Life is full of choices. People are responsible for the outcomes their choices bring.

    1. LarrytheG Avatar
      LarrytheG

      Totally Agree. Further, there is more than money involved for some. Money is not the only thing in life for everyone.

      Any job is honorable work. Every job is a valuable experience that adds to one’s life.

      Some folks know (or think they do or their parents do) exactly what they are going to be when they get to be an adult. Others, take longer and sometimes it’s an adventure and also worth it.

      Some folks measure success as $$$ – I truly feel sorry for them. Once you can pay for life’s necessities and a few luxuries… what is it really about?

    2. vicnicholls Avatar
      vicnicholls

      Amazing how no one on this planet is expecting King James to help out certain communities? Why aren’t they asking HIM to donate his millions elsewhere to the community?

    3. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      Other than in the meme, have you heard Phillipe complain?

      All the complaints I’ve ever heard about how expensive college is and/or how little certain degrees make have come from the parental generation.

      1. LarrytheG Avatar
        LarrytheG

        Oh – and stealth ideas from faux conservatives/libertarians to advocate the Govt forcing Higher Ed to provide “affordable” tuition.

        1. Nancy Naive Avatar
          Nancy Naive

          That’s one of the things that makes most of this blog worthless. It’s all straw.

          The one thing where you might achieve agreement is the terms and structure of the student loan. Guido on the corner offers better terms.

          1. Matt Adams Avatar
            Matt Adams

            Given that you two just generated a strawman argument (as neither of you understand fallacies). That’s particularly amusing.

          2. vicnicholls Avatar
            vicnicholls

            Or that NN and LarryG are still over here commenting, no matter how worthless they say it is.

          3. Matt Adams Avatar
            Matt Adams

            NN has been on disqus for 58 days and in that time has amassed 887 comments, which is approx. 15 comments a day for 58 days straight.

            Larry joined disqus way back in 2011, however since April 7th he’s managed to amass 283 comments, which is also roughly 15 comments a day for 19 days straight.

            The lion share of their comments are noting but complaining about others who don’t not assign to their political bend or complaining about this blog.

          4. Nancy Naive Avatar
            Nancy Naive

            Monday already?

          5. LarrytheG Avatar
            LarrytheG

            yepper!

          6. Nancy Naive Avatar
            Nancy Naive

            Well, M-F, 9-5. It’s an endurance thing.

          7. Eric the half a troll Avatar
            Eric the half a troll

            You noticed that too?!

    4. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      Loopholes aren’t written for the bottom.

  6. John Harvie Avatar
    John Harvie

    Anybody know what, if any degree Mary Barra had? Believe she started on the shop floor.

    1. LarrytheG Avatar
      LarrytheG

      Education: Stanford Graduate School of Business (1988–1990)

  7. Nancy Naive Avatar
    Nancy Naive

    Just for you Matt.

    The irony of a bunch of Journalism, History, English, … majors who also got the BAs making fun of a Philosophy major’s earning potential is palpable.

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