The Snowflake test

[egokiller]

With the rise of snowflakes, it's no wonder why more and more companies are using the snowflake test to weed them out during job interviews.

Americans are sick and tired of the sniveling, whining, entitled brats who believe that everything should be handed to them on a silver platter, and business owners want nothing to do with them, hence this wonderful test. :applause:

The Snowflake Test

Outside of standard benefits, what benefits should a company offer employees?

What should the national minimum wage be?

How many sick days should be given to employees?

How often should employees get raises?

How do you feel about guns?

What are your feelings about employees or clients carrying guns?

What are your feelings about safe spaces in challenging work environments?

In a creative environment like The Silent Partner Marketing, what do you envision work attire looking like?

Should

[Patrick Chewing]

[QUOTE=egokiller]With the rise of snowflakes, it's no wonder why more and more companies are using the snowflake test to weed them out during job interviews.

Americans are sick and tired of the sniveling, whining, entitled brats who believe that everything should be handed to them on a silver platter, and business owners want nothing to do with them, hence this wonderful test. :applause:

The Snowflake Test

Outside of standard benefits, what benefits should a company offer employees?

What should the national minimum wage be?

How many sick days should be given to employees?

How often should employees get raises?

How do you feel about guns?

What are your feelings about employees or clients carrying guns?

What are your feelings about safe spaces in challenging work environments?

In a creative environment like The Silent Partner Marketing, what do you envision work attire looking like?

Should

[Lakers Legend#32]

Chewing wants a hard on.

[DaHeezy]

Additional questions should be

What is your current Facebook screensaver?

Is a climate control rally a legitimate reason to miss work?

What is the difference between political and social politics?

What is your favorite news source?

[ArbitraryWater]

we need more questions suggestions, i like this :lol


how do you feel about white privilege

are blacks still disadvantaged

etc

[RRR3]

wahhhhhhh millennials wahhhhh


-OP

[ArbitraryWater]

wahhhhhhh millennials wahhhhh


-OP

i think this post covers most of the questions, tbh

[Shogon]

The Snowflake Test

Let's go.


Outside of standard benefits, what benefits should a company offer employees?

This is an impossible question to answer, because it depends on numerous unknown variables, but generally speaking, my answer would be... whatever best helps me compete as an employer and contributes to the happiness of my employees... no more, no less.


What should the national minimum wage be?

There shouldn't be one. The minimum wage displaces the lowest skilled workers from the market entirely. There are two things that mostly impact your wage... the fact that life isn't fair(and the various aspects that come with this) and how hard you work. Minimum wage proponents know relatively little, but it makes them feel good, lol. Feelings over objective truth... I assume this will be a recurring theme.


How many sick days should be given to employees?

See the benefits answer.


How often should employees get raises?

Because the Federal Reserve exists, at least annually on a minimum basis. Otherwise, they are actually taking a pay cut with each passing year they are with you. If someone goes above and beyond, give them a raise on the spot. You give them the amount you can afford that will help you to best retain them and remain profitable enough to be worth being in business.


How do you feel about guns?

Bang bang bang!


What are your feelings about employees or clients carrying guns?

That probably depends on what field of employment I'm in. If I owned a daycare, I wouldn't want anyone carrying guns, least of all my employees. If I owned a ditch digging business, I probably wouldn't care. Although, guns being in the work place is probably a no no period because emotions can run high at work and there's no sense in exposing myself as an employer to the needless risk that someone is going to lose their shit one day at the wrong time.


What are your feelings about safe spaces in challenging work environments?

Haha. What? If the work is challenging enough to the point for you that you're breaking down and need a safe space, you need to seek new employment.


In a creative environment like The Silent Partner Marketing, what do you envision work attire looking like?

A creative environment? Wear whatever you want. I don't give a ****, especially if there is little to no face time with the client for the majority of the employees. If clients are having regular face to face contact with us, that's different, and policy would have to be adjusted accordingly.

[QUOTE]Should

[Shogon]

[QUOTE]What

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Cyclone - Baby Bash feat T- Pain

How We Ball in the Club I Know You HAte It - Ron Browz

Hey Baby - T Pain and Pitbull

This is How We Do It - Montell Jordan

Yeah - Usher feat Lil Jon and Ludacris

[Hawker]

wahhhhhhh millennials wahhhhh


-OP

You don't have a job and live with your mom and dad still.

[AlternativeAcc.]

You don't have a job and live with your mom and dad still.
:oldlol:

Was gonna say something similar. His presence is so damn annoying. Such an obnoxious little geek

[Patrick Chewing]

You don't have a job and live with your mom and dad still.


Have you seen this dude

[AirBonner]

Had a employee of mine start and within two weeks tried to get on FMLA I was like bruh... :coleman:

[ArbitraryWater]

should male tennis players be allowed coaching? / do you want to see tennis players get the help of their coach during a match?

[red1]

You don't have a job and live with your mom and dad still.
is that true?

[rufuspaul]

How many times in the last week have you said "Okay Boomer"?

[egokiller]

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing]Have you seen this dude

[DaHeezy]

Additional questions should be

What is your current Facebook screensaver?

Is a climate control rally a legitimate reason to miss work?

What is the difference between political and social politics?

What is your favorite news source?


Answer these ones Shogon

[ILLsmak]

that's too many questions and you have to ask people one off shit, not straight up questions or they will worm their way out. Like the test question "Have you ever read guns and ammo?"

-Smak

[Shogon]

What is your current Facebook screensaver?

I don't have a Facebook account... not one that's active, anyways. It's just a big jerkoff. No thanks. All social media platforms are.


Is a climate control rally a legitimate reason to miss work?

lol.


What is the difference between political and social politics?

I'm not sure you can separate the two? Social politics are just a subset of politics as a whole. In fact, how are they even different? Politics are basically how we govern ourselves across a broad spectrum of human interaction issues. Social politics are the same thing... except maybe there aren't laws on the books about these issues instead? Are you referencing having public vs private stances that are different in order to manipulate masses? I don't know.


What is your favorite news source?

I don't have one. I know of no sources that aren't ratings driven and as a result, prone to integrity compromising behavior and reporting. I literally do not trust any news source to give fact based, unbiased reporting. Or, at the very least, I don't trust any source to use facts in such a way that they so often do... which is to drum up false broad narratives using narrow skewed individual facts that aren't accurate representations of objective reality as a whole.

[RealSkipBayless]

You don't have a job and live with your mom and dad still.

is that true?
RRR3, are you available to answer?

[Hawker]

is that true?

He has mentioned he "would be moving to his own place soon" so I know he definitely lives with his mom and dad.

Has never made any posts that have any reference to job experience.

So, if you want to make fun of boomers, sweet but one of their criticisms of millenials is lazy, entitled, don't have a career and still live with mom and Dad.

Pretty sure he fits that bill - millenials that have their shit together can call out boomers and their drawbacks no problem. But if you're the archetype of the criticisms - well, sort your shit out before you start calling out others.

[Shogon]

There is no such thing as one generation causing all of the problems. The truth is the extreme vast majority of human beings are lazy, selfish and irresponsible from one generation to the next.

There is truth, however, to the idea that each generation gets progressively lazier... and that is undeniably true because of technological advances in basically all aspects of life. It's not a matter of them being inherently lazier coming out of the womb... it's a matter of life being easier than it was with each passing generation.

We can argue about the financial aspects of what easier means all day long, but that's not a generation's fault... it's the fault of the federal reserve being created, later abandoning the gold standard... and much later... Richard Nixon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Act (December 1913)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Standard_Act (abolished April 1933)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock#Event (August 1971)

[egokiller]

Each generation is softer than the one before it. This is fact.

[red1]

He has mentioned he "would be moving to his own place soon" so I know he definitely lives with his mom and dad.

Has never made any posts that have any reference to job experience.

So, if you want to make fun of boomers, sweet but one of their criticisms of millenials is lazy, entitled, don't have a career and still live with mom and Dad.

Pretty sure he fits that bill - millenials that have their shit together can call out boomers and their drawbacks no problem. But if you're the archetype of the criticisms - well, sort your shit out before you start calling out others.
if that's the case then it might be wise to excuse oneself from certain conversations.

boomers definitely do need to shut the **** up. we definitely do have an epidemic of snowflakes but they need to understand that times have certainly changed - salaries haven't gone up yet inflation has destroyed our generation. I have a bunch of guys at work who puff their chest out and complain about millenials and when I explain the facts they literally do just that - shut the **** up.

when you bought a house for 200k, the same house that costs 1.5 mill today, and are on your third or fourth divorce - then you really can't tell me shit. that's a soft life.


when that generation dies out I'm taking all of their shit. they're gonna need people like me to step in and take the reigns and keep the show going, money coming in for investors, and our peers are soft and don't know how to work hard so there's less competition.


if people are smart they'll start getting into sales and business right now. that or something like physiotherapy for the aging population:oldlol:

[Patrick Chewing]

Each generation is softer than the one before it. This is fact.


Very true. If Hitler was advancing across Europe today, we'd all be speaking German.

[egokiller]

if that's the case then it might be wise to excuse oneself from certain conversations.

boomers definitely do need to shut the **** up. we definitely do have an epidemic of snowflakes but they need to understand that times have certainly changed - salaries haven't gone up yet inflation has destroyed our generation. I have a bunch of guys at work who puff their chest out and complain about millenials and when I explain the facts they literally do just that - shut the **** up.

when you bought a house for 200k, the same house that costs 1.5 mill today, and are on your third or fourth divorce - then you really can't tell me shit. that's a soft life.


when that generation dies out I'm taking all of their shit. they're gonna need people like me to step in and take the reigns and keep the show going, money coming in for investors, and our peers are soft and don't know how to work hard so there's less competition.


if people are smart they'll start getting into sales and business right now. that or something like physiotherapy for the aging population:oldlol:

Not all places have undergone the same level of inflation. Sure in parts of Canada, we may be talking $200k back then to $1.5 mil now, but that's only because people there are gullible enough to pay it. You go to a place like the midwest, a 2000 sq ft home in the 80's cost $70k. That same home today sells for $150k. A new home of the same size in the same area can sell for $300k.

At the end of the day if someone is fvcking dumb enough to believe their college telling them that taking out $100k in student loans is "easy to pay off once you are out in the work force" then that's their own fault for being stupid enough to believe that. That's why they are living in their parents basement trying to pay off that loan. They weren't smart enough like the rest of us to find a company to pay for their college in full as a result of an internship. You are right that millennials with a head on their shoulders are mopping up their soft snowflake competition and sending them right back to their safe spaces.

[red1]

Not all places have undergone the same level of inflation. Sure in parts of Canada, we may be talking $200k back then to $1.5 mil now, but that's only because people there are gullible enough to pay it. You go to a place like the midwest, a 2000 sq ft home in the 80's cost $70k. That same home today sells for $150k. A new home of the same size in the same area can sell for $300k.

At the end of the day if someone is fvcking dumb enough to believe their college telling them that taking out $100k in student loans is "easy to pay off once you are out in the work force" then that's their own fault for being stupid enough to believe that. That's why they are living in their parents basement trying to pay off that loan. They weren't smart enough like the rest of us to find a company to pay for their college in full as a result of an internship. You are right that millennials with a head on their shoulders are mopping up their soft snowflake competition and sending them right back to their safe spaces.
it's not "believing in the college system" or taking loans out for fun like you're implying - high schools themselves funnel intelligent people into universities because "that's what responsible intelligent people do."

implying it's a teenagers fault for trying to go to school and do the right thing and stay on the straight and narrow - that's just ridiculous.

and not everyone has the option of mooching off of parents. I paid most of my student loans off even though my parents passed away while I was young and I've supported myself in every single way since I was 18 working since I was 16 - and now I move up the ladder every year or two while winning at every aspect of my life and I party all the time while I'm handling my career.


trust me dude. you can't tell me shit. you're probably another one of those guys I was referring to with a soft life.

[red1]

and regarding your argument justifying the ridiculous inflation that we deal with now - the property market is ridiculous in nearly every major city.


and take a wild guess - that's usually where the jobs are. you know - the jobs that you actually need to pay those ridiculous loans off in the first place?

[CelticBaller]

If you believe millionaires or billionaires owe you anything, you

[Patrick Chewing]

[QUOTE=CelticBaller]If you believe millionaires or billionaires owe you anything, you

[red1]

If you believe millionaires or billionaires owe you anything, you’re a snowflake

Also if you got a liberal arts degree in something like “gender studies” you’re a snowflake
I think it just comes down to working hard.


if someone doesn't work hard every day but they complain about the world around them - they need to shut the **** up.

[red1]

people that complain constantly about millenials are just as annoying millenial snowflakes.


That right there makes me want to punch one of them snowflakes in the face.
you're a weak bitch. you're not punching anyone in the face. :oldlol:

[egokiller]

it's not "believing in the college system" or taking loans out for fun like you're implying - high schools themselves funnel intelligent people into universities because "that's what responsible intelligent people do."

implying it's a teenagers fault for trying to go to school and do the right thing and stay on the straight and narrow - that's just ridiculous.

and not everyone has the option of mooching off of parents. I paid most of my student loans off even though my parents passed away while I was young and I've supported myself in every single way since I was 18 working since I was 16 - and now I move up the ladder every year or two while winning at every aspect of my life and I party all the time while I'm handling my career.


trust me dude. you can't tell me shit. you're probably another one of those guys I was referring to with a soft life.

College professors and lenders lie to kids telling them that they can pay off their student loans very quickly once they get out into the work force. It's a flat out lie. The funneling doesn't matter, I have not problem with that it's the lies that are the problem. Just be honest with the kid that if he takes that loan, he's in for some hardship of paying it back. Also lenders will sneak in loans that you didn't even ask for. It should be illegal to do this, but it's not.

[Patrick Chewing]

people that complain constantly about millenials are just as annoying millenial snowflakes.


you're a weak bitch. you're not punching anyone in the face. :oldlol:


:sleeping

First one I'd knock out is your Muzzie ass. And smack your mom too. That cow.

[red1]

:sleeping

First one I'd knock out is your Muzzie ass. And smack your mom too. That cow.
you wouldn't do shit bitch. you're softer than cookie dough.



I'd backhand your whiny bitch-ass into a coma.

[red1]

College professors and lenders lie to kids telling them that they can pay off their student loans very quickly once they get out into the work force. It's a flat out lie. The funneling doesn't matter, I have not problem with that it's the lies that are the problem. Just be honest with the kid that if he takes that loan, he's in for some hardship of paying it back. Also lenders will sneak in loans that you didn't even ask for. It should be illegal to do this, but it's not.
it's truly the scam of our generation. and the only winners are the universities handing out useless degrees.

the number one tip I give kids is telling them if they're going to school, to make sure it's for something STEM or business related. otherwise I tell kids to start calling businesses right out of highschool and asking how they can help, and taking any job and working their way up.


that's how you TRULY get a leg-up nowadays. hitting the workforce in sales right out of highschool.

[CelticBaller]

College professors and lenders lie to kids telling them that they can pay off their student loans very quickly once they get out into the work force. It's a flat out lie. The funneling doesn't matter, I have not problem with that it's the lies that are the problem. Just be honest with the kid that if he takes that loan, he's in for some hardship of paying it back. Also lenders will sneak in loans that you didn't even ask for. It should be illegal to do this, but it's not.
You can easily pay your student loans if you maximize your roi when going into college

For example: getting a business degree from a 30k program, you can easily land a 60k+ a year job and pay your student loans in 3 years or so

[egokiller]

You can easily pay your student loans if you maximize your roi when going into college

For example: getting a business degree from a 30k program, you can easily land a 60k+ a year job and pay your student loans in 3 years or so

30k yes, but I'm talking about these advisors that tell these kids to just take out 100K because paying it back is no problem. :lol

What I did was found a place that would pay for my STEM degree in full other than books. Then when I graduated I had no debt and a 4 year head start with all that job experience over any 22 year old that graduated college in my field and didn't work full time while doing so. I realize that there's circumstances at play here, but if you don't ask, you don't know. These kids aren't being told to be aggressive and seek out fortune 500 programs with paid schooling. They aren't being told to reach out to the parents of their friends that work at these places to seek these opportunities.

[Patrick Chewing]

you wouldn't do shit bitch. you're softer than cookie dough.



I'd backhand your whiny bitch-ass into a coma.


I'd shove a needle so far down your steroid junkie eyeballs that the juice will be dripping out the back of your skull.


One round with me and your heart will explode. You're nothing more than a pathetic addict.

[red1]

I'd shove a needle so far down your steroid junkie eyeballs that the juice will be dripping out the back of your skull.


One round with me and your heart will explode. You're nothing more than a pathetic addict.
that's enough out of you woman. you can go back to reading your romance novels and engaging in the other wild fantasies that you love to delude yourself with.




P.S. I'll the beat the dogshit out of you :oldlol:

[Overdrive]

That right there makes me want to punch one of them snowflakes in the face.

People, who are bothered by people they don't interact with, but exist somewhere, are the biggest snowflakes.

[Patrick Chewing]

People, who are bothered by people they don't interact with, but exist somewhere, are the biggest snowflakes.


People that are bothered by other people who are bothered by people they don't interact with, but exist somewhere, are the biggest snowflakes.

[AlternativeAcc.]

People that are bothered by other people who are bothered by people they don't interact with, but exist somewhere, are the biggest snowflakes.
:eek:

Brutal!

Don't do em like that Patty! :lebronamazed:

[Hawker]

30k yes, but I'm talking about these advisors that tell these kids to just take out 100K because paying it back is no problem. :lol

What I did was found a place that would pay for my STEM degree in full other than books. Then when I graduated I had no debt and a 4 year head start with all that job experience over any 22 year old that graduated college in my field and didn't work full time while doing so. I realize that there's circumstances at play here, but if you don't ask, you don't know. These kids aren't being told to be aggressive and seek out fortune 500 programs with paid schooling. They aren't being told to reach out to the parents of their friends that work at these places to seek these opportunities.

You need to be a bit more realistic I think - it's quite difficult if you have zero connections to get a company to pay for your schooling. Get a STEM degree - sweet but saying, "look at all these dumbasses not getting their school paid for" is a bit naive and douchey.

With that said, how did you actually go about getting a company to pay for it? It's a bit of a risk to be honest since many people drop out from engineering.

[Norcaliblunt]

If you need to steal money from hardworking people to fund a police department or a military to protect your bitch ass you’re a snowflake.

[Patrick Chewing]

:eek:

Brutal!

Don't do em like that Patty! :lebronamazed:


They just don

[ArbitraryWater]

People that are bothered by other people who are bothered by people they don't interact with, but exist somewhere, are the biggest snowflakes.

:lol

got the austrian flake

[tpols]

College professors and lenders lie to kids telling them that they can pay off their student loans very quickly once they get out into the work force. It's a flat out lie. The funneling doesn't matter, I have not problem with that it's the lies that are the problem. Just be honest with the kid that if he takes that loan, he's in for some hardship of paying it back. Also lenders will sneak in loans that you didn't even ask for. It should be illegal to do this, but it's not.


haha its true... i make a decent salary but my loans have been on a treadmill. I've been paying 400 a month for many years and my total owed has only gone down a couple grand. This is why usury was banned by many major religions its just a discreet form of slavery. and the you know whos who shall not be mentioned are the kings of it.

[Overdrive]

People that are bothered by other people who are bothered by people they don't interact with, but exist somewhere, are the biggest snowflakes.

Damn, that was creative.

Aside from that we interact here. How often do you talk to people who studied gender studies?


:lol

got the austrian flake

Talking about snowflakes. Didn't you run to the police after you got slapped? :lol

[highwhey]

Talking about snowflakes. Didn't you run to the police after you got slapped? :lol
:roll:

[LoneyROY7]

I don't know about you guys, but...

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[BasedTom]

Outside of standard benefits, what benefits should a company offer employees?
Just focus on actually giving them a good number of vacation days. Get the core stuff right instead of trying to promise the world and everything and then going back on it or doing it half-assed later.

What should the national minimum wage be?
None. The US is massive and what makes sense in one part might be completely different a hundred, much less a thousand miles over with completely different economies. Having the federal gov decide would **** up more than it would fix. It should be decided at the state level.

How many sick days should be given to employees?
Depends on the type of work. Ideally you'd also have enough vacation days where people wouldn't feel the need to lie and use sick days for them.

How often should employees get raises?
When they deserve it. Companies have regular review periods where at that point they can go over that stuff. If there's a situation where an employee is working is ass off and is objectively superior, then he should get the nod over the person that constantly asks about it and tries to kiss ass instead of actually putting in work.

How do you feel about guns?
They require little physical fitness to use compared to other weapons and means- so now absolutely useless and unfitting people are empowered with them. If you want to own a gun, sure whatever, but own up to it and admit that if you absolutely must have guns, then you either 1. live in a shithole, 2. are paranoid/have reasonable concern that danger will come to you, 3. or both. Knowing how to use a gun is one thing, flaunting one around is trashy and unbecoming of supposedly civilised society.

What are your feelings about employees or clients carrying guns?
Workplace suicides all day baby

What are your feelings about safe spaces in challenging work environments?
You mean a break/lounge/lunch room? Okay.

In a creative environment like The Silent Partner Marketing, what do you envision work attire looking like?
Respectable. Dress shirts and nice shoes. Maybe polo shirts, or blazers+jeans push come to shove. Wearing shorts or t-shirts with graphic designs on them are for children and you should get fired on the spot.

Should “trigger warnings” be issued before we release content for clients or the company that might be considered “controversial”?
**** no. If someone takes offense, call them in and work it out/assure them you have the best intentions, etc. But don't have everything covered in trigger warnings every step of the way.

How do you feel about police?
It's a job that is needed everywhere, but is difficult enough to apoint where there's more need than number of qualified cops/resources/etc. So you get a mixed bag where there's good cops, shit cops, cops that are bitter, power-tripping *****, cops that can barely keep up with everything and are just trying to get by day to day. Same as firefighters, the medical field or anything else that society can't function without.

If you owned the company and were to find out that a client is operating unethically but was a high paying client…how would you handle it?
Depends on the situation. It's too vague otherwise. Society's opinions change over time. Not long ago, homosexuality was considered unethical and taboo- and now if you don't welcome them at every turn you're the unethical one.

When was the last time you cried and why?
A few years ago. My dog died and was suffering an immense amount of pain throughout. RIP

You arrive at an event for work and there’s a major celebrity you’ve always wanted to meet. What happens next?
I gauge the situation and go from there. Personally, one of my peeves is that people don't introduce other people anymore. So if anything I would ask someone to introduce me.

What’s your favorite kind of adult beverage?
any hard liquor. no budlite watered down shit

What’s the best way to communicate with clients?
making it as straightforward as possible to explain your position and what needs to be done on both ends, etc.

What’s your favorite thing to do in your free time?
drugs.

What are your thoughts on the current college environment as it pertains to a future workforce?
it's a scam. They have a vested interest in having as many people with loans, paying out the ass, etc. Society pretty much coerces you to go, and to do that most people will have to take on huge loans, and ruin their lives. There's tonnes of people in American colleges who really shouldn't be there. I'm not even going to into STEM wankery or how there's majors in gender studies, etc

Ideally it would be a place purely for people actually interested in pursuing higher knowledge for the sake of it, and then giving back contributing yourself to that field. Not to get a piece of paper so you can hopefully get a job.

What’s your typical breakfast?
bacon, a croissant. usually it's nothing at all though.

What’s your favorite drink when you go to a coffeehouse?
girly shit like frappes. for actual coffee i usually make it myself or have someone else bring it to me at work

How do you handle bullies?
Ignore them.

How do you handle it when your ideas are shot down?
Clarify the idea once more, just in case maybe they misunderstood. If it gets shot down again, then I drop it forever, even if at a later time it's obvious that my idea was better. No use for "I told you so" shit, just have to move forward.

What do you do if a coworker comes to the table with an idea and it sucks?
If there's a downside I point it out. Or try to present a situation as to where it wouldn't be feasible.

What does the first amendment mean to you?
Freedom of speech

What does faith mean to you?
Believing something without having evidence.

Who is your role model and why?
There's countless. some historical figures, some fictional characters, some just people who made music or art that i like. Generally I gravitate towards characters that start off with lots of endearing or desirable traits and then end up broken and ruined by the end of it. Peter O'Toole's portrayal of Lawrence of Arabia, Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, Andrey Bolkonsky in Tolstoy's War and Peace, Frederick Henry in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms. I just like that shit.

[BasedTom]

“You’re in Starbucks with two friends. Someone runs in and says someone is coming in with a gun in 15 seconds to shoot patrons. They offer you a gun. Do you take it? What do you do next?”
My immediate suspicion is that the very same person intends to shoot people and is inviting me. I take the gun, because I don't carry one myself. So then I conceal the gun and take a good position. If he starts shooting or acting up, I shoot him. If someone else runs in to shoot, I shoot them. Whatever the situation, my priority is to get my two friends and myself out of there alive.

What does America mean to you?
It's a massive landmass of two impressive continents. As for the USA: Started off with a decently respectable framework from its founders, but couldn't shake off deep issues stemming from poor foresight and management of issues like slavery, states rights, etc. Politically now it's a shitshow. I suspect that future societies will use America's current insanity and social media culture to clamp down hard on everything. Governments are already spying on us of course, but years from now they'll use "See how crazy shit gets when we let you run wild?" to justify openly doing it at every turn. Instead of pictures of Concentration Camps, wars, and Civil Rights Protests in textbooks, kids will be seeing Worldstar Hiphop videos, trailer trash, and twerking as examples as to why Big Brother is necessary.

You see someone stepping on an American flag. What do you do?
It's an act that reflects more poorly on them over anything else. But they're likely a lost cause and I have little time to spare trying to stop by and help out every bum and mental case out on the street.

What does “privilege” mean to you?
Envy.

What’s more important? Book smarts or street smarts? Why?
In today's world, street smarts. Book smarts aren't valued at all by society today.

[Patrick Chewing]

Damn, that was creative.

Aside from that we interact here. How often do you talk to people who studied gender studies?



What is gender studies? There are two genders. That's it. How can there be an entire course and degree program on something so silly?

[Overdrive]

What is gender studies? There are two genders. That's it. How can there be an entire course and degree program on something so silly?

I think it's stupid too, even if someone believes there are 2000 genders it's useless. It's a small niche in sociology and not worth a whole curriculum, but I don't care if someone studies it. It's their cup of tea.

[ArbitraryWater]

I think it's stupid too, even if someone believes there are 2000 genders it's useless. It's a small niche in sociology and not worth a whole curriculum, but I don't care if someone studies it. It's their cup of tea.

and thats what makes them a snowflake

[Overdrive]

and thats what makes them a snowflake

If they mind their own business they're not, but chances are big they don't do. They sureley don't study that crap for scientific reasons. They wanna preach their bs and back it up by tellung they studied it. Neither does this advance society nor does it help their careers.

It's ironic though that chewing calls others snowflakes while he's permanently offended by left leaning people and talking points. He's preaching all day and doesn't get that he's just as much a snowflake, but on the other side of the spectrum.

[AlternativeAcc.]

If they mind their own business they're not, but chances are big they don't do. They sureley don't study that crap for scientific reasons. They wanna preach their bs and back it up by tellung they studied it. Neither does this advance society nor does it help their careers.

It's ironic though that chewing calls others snowflakes while he's permanently offended by left leaning people and talking points. He's preaching all day and doesn't get that he's just as much a snowflake, but on the other side of the spectrum.
Because the left leaning people of today and talking points are batshit crazy thus deserve attention and ridicule. You used the word offended. I dont think Patty is offended by anyone, hes more amused that these people and ideas exist and are actually so popular in the world today. When you're amused by something and its rampant in society you tend to talk about it more.