DaysBefore posted:

Lazy Greeks still refusing to work. Maybe some more austerity can get them to shape up

CN CREW-VESSEL posted:

Academia is unbelievably bad. I was dragged in front of an academic integrity board as a grad student because a professor thought I had used too many citations, and only later discovered he put a certain amount of students in front of the dean every semester to retain his reputation as a critical and unwavering professional or whatever.

He provided me with single word feedback on my work all semester but meticulously compiled 30 pages of “evidence” I had to defend in the hearing. He cared more about asserting his status to the rest of the faculty than actually teaching, hence the disparity of effort. It was a pretty harrowing experience, but I don’t think it made me feel like I had passed through a ritual and belonged, it just really loving pissed me off at the Canadian Forces College and RMC.

That feeling of being subject to the whims of brilliant people at the top of their profession who are using you as a prop to prove their brilliance only increased as I went through further studies. It’s just like, in that movie Whiplash, if you’re young, and impressionable, and believe the hype about the institution, you’re willing to accept it and pass through that sort of process.

LeeMajors posted:

absolutely. I’d be gone already if the health insurance wasn’t at least *relatively* good and inexpensive. At least covering pediatric stuff for my kiddo.

Mr Hootington posted:

The usa and EU are heading towards years of alienated, unemployed young males. This always works out fine for a country like that.

Justin Tyme posted:

What pissed me off is discovering how much we DIDN'T learn in undergrad that is crucial to know professionally because hardly any professors have ever worked in industry. We learned about the design of gears but never touched bolted joints and for some reason mechEs weren't allowed to take the manufacturing methods class (glorified shop class) because the department insisted only industrial engineers would possibly need to know how things get made

CN CREW-VESSEL posted:

But I bet all of the purple paint (unless this is a thing) and ritual hazing was still there, yeah?

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/RobertMSterling/status/1787303046533283908

RandomBlue posted:

jesus christ these demands are loving abysmal

050624 posted:

err posted:

I don't understand how $59,384 is the median U.S. salary.

There are so many low-paying jobs that make half that. $60k seems high.

is pepsi ok posted:

The demand for the Frito-Lays strike was to go from 7 day work weeks with mandatory overtime to 6 day weeks with mandatory overtime, and no more scheduling 3 shifts within a 24 hour period.

Labor is in a sad sad state.

err posted:

I don't understand how $59,384 is the median U.S. salary.

There are so many low-paying jobs that make half that. $60k seems high.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

They only count full-time employees. That cuts out tens of millions of Americans who are underemployed, working multiple gig jobs, etc.

webcams for christ posted:

classical music also. if you want a secure, permanent seat with a major (unionized) orchestra or theater you have to practice your rear end off for 60-100 hours a week, getting paid by no one for it. then you have to go through the gauntlet of multi-day auditions where everyone is playing everything perfectly, and it's up to the whims of Taste who advances each round. then you have a 1-3 year probationary period where you have to be a perfect musician and colleague before your eligible for the real contract.

Brimruk posted:

100 hours/week for 122k is like $25/hour and I'm guessing 122k is what they pay in NYC and other coastal cities. $25/hour an hour is what you can make in my Midwest state as a dental hygienist. Seems like a better deal but then I guess you do have to live in the Midwest and not do coke with sociopaths

DaysBefore posted:

When the Greek financial crisis was going on and the news was full of stories like 'Greeks have a lot of vacation time and big pensions' as if it was bad lol

Willa Rogers posted:

Plus you have to pay your own expenses when you travel to cities for auditions, often with last-minute notice that means last-minute air & hotel pricing.

Nonsense posted:

Germany is able to ban anybody it wants in Europe, and no EU member can object lol

the popes toes posted:

Downside is that it takes about a year of training and apprenticeship to be a mod in Germany, you have to belong to a mod club and pay dues, upside is that there are huge fines for modsass.

DaysBefore posted:

When the Greek financial crisis was going on and the news was full of stories like 'Greeks have a lot of vacation time and big pensions' as if it was bad lol

rudecyrus posted:

https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1786272981058220187
the answer is that it's good for the capitalists, right

www.epa.gov - Mon, 06 May 2024 posted:

2024-05-06T12:00:00Z

LENEXA, KAN. (MAY 6, 2024) – On April 15 and 16, 2024, the Kansas and Missouri Departments of Agriculture, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ordered 17 grocery stores in the Kansas City area to stop the sale and distribution of certain Fabuloso household disinfectants, as well as other disinfection products.

EPA says that the products were illegally imported into the U.S., are noncompliant with federal law, and may represent a danger to consumers.

 “EPA and our state partners are committed to protecting customers from potentially dangerous pesticide products, especially in areas already overburdened by pollution,” said EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister. “This includes taking swift action to prevent ongoing sales of illegal disinfectant products.”

According to EPA, the illegal Fabuloso products contain an active ingredient, glutaraldehyde, that is not authorized in the U.S. as a household disinfectant, because of potential health risks, including throat and lung irritation, asthma and difficulty breathing, dermatitis, nasal irritation, sneezing, wheezing, burning eyes, and conjunctivitis.

The joint state and EPA inspections that resulted in the “stop sale” orders revealed illegal Fabuloso products being offered for sale at multiple grocers in the Kansas City area that serve Hispanic communities.

The unauthorized Fabuloso products had labels primarily written in Spanish. A U.S. version of Fabuloso, with labels in English, contain an approved active ingredient that is authorized for sale in the U.S. Some of the stores that were inspected were selling both the authorized and unauthorized products.

Other violative products identified during the inspections and placed under a stop sale order include:

• 48 Horas Prevencion Antibacterial Clorox
  
  
• Clorox Ropa
  
  
• Royal Pine
  
  
• Pinol el Original
  
  
• Cloralex El Rendidor
  
  
• Axiom Complete
  
  
• Golden Essence Multi-Purpose Antibacterial Wipes
  
  

The stop sale orders issued to the grocery stores require them to remove the illegal products from store shelves and to cease all further sales and/or distribution.

If you have recently purchased a Fabuloso product that makes disinfectant claims, or any of the other listed disinfectants, check the product label to ensure that it is registered with EPA (all EPA-approved disinfectants have unique registration numbers). If the label does not include an EPA registration number and/or indicates it is not approved for sale in the U.S., contact your waste provider for disposal options. Fabuloso products that do not make anti-viral or anti-bacterial disinfectant claims are not regulated and can be used according to their directions.

Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), producers and distributors of pesticide products must register the products with EPA and must include required labeling on the products. It is illegal to sell any pesticide that is not registered and/or does not contain required label contents. Any products claiming to kill viruses and other pathogens are considered “pesticides” under federal law.

Mr Hootington posted:

Still need to crush the citizenry.
https://twitter.com/FirstSquawk/status/1787545497734938963?t=RRGdmtIiSg33cUHy-xxxvA&s=19
https://twitter.com/FirstSquawk/status/1787545503804051919?t=wJ4DOHrcDKTQ703CsxCTAA&s=19

Nitevision posted:

They cannot seriously be named Barkin and Yellen. Pull me out of this loving simulation right now