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  1. OldSchoolSnapper
    You're exactly right in everything you say. And this is why I never really care about the league.
  2. OldSchoolSnapper
    Lol. Please bring that back.
  3. OldSchoolSnapper
    I usually still call BS when I hear stories like this. There are details being left out of the story in 99% of cases. They are usually things so normal to these classes of people that they don't even think of them as advantages. Do the parents drive in every other week and take them grocery shopping? Did they gift them an old Honda Civic with 180k miles on it, and pay the insurance so they could commute to a waitressing job in Janesville and make 2x what a campus job pays? Do they still cover their cell phone bill? When the dorm closes, do they go home for a month and work while living rent-free with mom and dad? You may think that these are 95% of the situations and I took advantage of several of the things I just listed. But there are people, lots and lots of people, who don't have these things offered to them. Often not having one available snowballs into another. You just listed living at home like that is something everyone can do. There isn't a quality college within commuting distance of everybody's house and in some cases that means living 2-4 more years with drug addicts or people who actually kick you out when you turn 18. I'm not going to argue that some people can do more to help themselves out, but this idea that people are taking on large loans because they are lazy or stupid is just overly simplifying a complicated thing and not an accurate depiction of reality.
  4. OldSchoolSnapper
    Graduated high school in '05 and there was really nothing even close to what is out there now at the time. The push in my neighborhood/school was 100% go to college or you're a bum. There was one kid that did a plumbing apprenticeship and a two or three who joined the military and the consensus among everyone was that they were peasant class idiots.
  5. OldSchoolSnapper
    I think using the term "backlash" is seriously overstating things. And "universal"? Come on. I've seen a lot of "ehh" or "whatever". Casual fan isn't going to know that there is any difference between the old logo and the "new" one. This is why I don't really buy into this idea that they do this to sell a bunch of new stuff. I would be willing to bet that the increase in merch sales in negligible. The fans buy new crap every year regardless, I am as guilty as anybody. I bought the playoff hoodie because I thought it was cool. I have plenty of hoodies. There is also loads of new merch out every year. They make shirts with barrels, put stitching on the numbers, etc. They do all kinds of stuff every year and people line up for the new designs. The idea that a new logo is going make hordes of people flock to the register is kind of a joke to me. There are people wearing ancient merchandise at every single game I attend. They either want a new shirt or they don't. Some people will want the fresh stuff, but I strongly doubt that is the motivation behind doing this. Note that I am not saying people won't buy the new logo. I am saying that many of those people would have bought new stuff regardless. I just don't see people out there going, "Oh my God, my BiG hat isn't the same shade of blue, I absolutely have to get a new wardrobe now."
  6. OldSchoolSnapper
    Two things the last few comments made me want to address. Part of the over-saturation problem with college degrees is that the post-high school alternatives are nowhere near what they were in the boomer world. Do people really understand that it used to be possible to own a home, raise kids, and have a stay-at-home wife on one guy's manufacturing salary? That was common. That's insane today. Those jobs either don't exist in some areas altogether or there are just not enough of them. Even then they do, the salary hasn't kept up with inflation. So then what happens? More people get degrees and there is increased competition for those jobs. At the middle and lower level fields, the salaries stagnate because there is no incentive to pay a high wage. There is a line of people that need the job. That is how you end up with college-educated waitresses. The Internet and the knowledge economy has definitely helped some, but even that is really overstated IMO. My company is not hiring you without college. They're just not. They don't care if you've spent 500 hours on Coursera and are better than the guys they have. You won't get a chance to prove that because your resume is going right into the blackhole without college. My point there is really that most people truly are still better off college and the debt, provided it is manageable. Graduating with a CPA and $40k to pay back sucks, but honestly you'll be fine.
  7. OldSchoolSnapper
    Well, for one, there is no way the higher ed. system is unchanged in 20 years. It's just impossible. It's unsustainable and the enrollments would dip to such a level that these places will collapse. The Ivys will be fine but the others will not be able to survive. Something drastic will happen, but who knows what that will be.
  8. OldSchoolSnapper
    I won't lie, I have similar thoughts to this. I think at the end of the day you have to just be happy that it worked out and you are where you are. Wiping out loans won't solve problems for a lot of people are still largely unemployable in today's world. Harboring resentment about things like this just doesn't help you in any way whatsoever, but like I said, my mind goes there sometimes when that idea floats around. I don't think any solution will be that cut and dry. Like I alluded to earlier though, more young people with less debt will is overall a good thing for everyone. They are then doing more of the things we need them to do to keep our economy strong. The back end of how things currently are is even worse. When the student loans are paid off at 48 and these people have $15 saved for retirement it is going to be 100x worse than this.
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    The only aspect of the boomer argument that I see and agree with is that college is WAY over-prescribed. My high school was a psycho one, but 95% of the class goes to college. The trades and entrepreneurship are undersold, but it is changing if only out of necessity. But again, that is not kids' fault. They are not teaching themselves that, we are as a culture. We are not adequately teaching these people that there are other paths to a quality life. Wiping out all of the debt with a broomstick is not going to happen, and I agree with getting creative about it, but the reality is that debt is not just a hard lesson people need to learn. These people aren't buying new cars, they're not having kids, they're not buying homes. They're not paying contractors, going on annual vacations....those things have tremendous ripple effects. We all lose if this isn't fixed, it's not just them.
  10. OldSchoolSnapper
    Looking at the schedule it is probably July 17 or August 14. It is always during an extended road trip and usually Friday night.
  11. OldSchoolSnapper
    Correct, they didn't get a raw deal with student loans. Degree for nothing? Ok. My parents couldn't afford tuition. Student lians weren't really a thing then. I worked part time 9 montns a year, full time during summer starting at 15. Then worked full time for two years after HS, and worked all through college. Sorry, no sympathy here. You could do all that today and you would not have 1/4 of the balance paid. Sorry bud, you're just out of touch, and the reason this thread exists. They weren't a "thing" because you didn't need them. My wife's hairdresser has an economics degree. You're so off on this one, it's just laughable. The premise of your argument, and calling it that is generous, is that 90% of the country took out student loans to study philosophy. The government screwed the people, it's that simple. When the federal government guarantees the loans there is no incentive for the universities to manage costs of make it affordable. They can make it as expensive as a house, which it is, and it won't matter because people can get the loans. Fast forward a few years and you have a secretary of toilet paper making $160k. It's predatory, as someone else said.
  12. OldSchoolSnapper
    Man they are really mixing up quite a few things this year.
  13. OldSchoolSnapper
    I had the right people holding my hand for the most part. Still wish I had just done the first two years at community college but whatever, immaterial at this point. I do empathize a lot with those that don't. For a lot of people it just signing whatever paper you have to sign to get to college. They have teachers, counselors and parents telling them not to worry about it and focus on now. The whole topic is probably the single biggest example of failing our young people so to turn it on them is frankly asinine to me.
  14. OldSchoolSnapper
    As it pertains to student loans, most people are being told to sign on the dotted line without the slightest clue as to what they are doing. They are getting this advice from parents and trusted advisors who sell them dreams at the expense of their best interests. It is not productive or realistic to expect them to grasp this at 17, 18 years old. Even if you do explain it to most of them it is all fake numbers. They'll work one day and make lots of money! So it does nothing to explain that to a 17 y/o who's been dreaming of FSU for 4 years. So, no, I'm not going to blame people for figuring this out on their own 10 years later and being upset. The people who care about them should have done better. And I laugh when "boomers" go on about this. They were going to college for $600 a semester. It's one topic they should really sit down and shut up about.
  15. OldSchoolSnapper
    This is pretty spot on. I also travel a lot and without even thinking about it for a second, the worst mannered people on planes are 60+. They are the only ones constantly bickering for free seat upgrades, think they should not have to sit by children, etc. I don't know what it is. My only theory is that it bothers them that young people can travel more easily now while they had to wait until the golden years to do so. I've been on work flights to Hawaii and feel like this bothers them, especially when my kids have come along. "Entitled" is the word I'd use to describe them, which is funny considering how many of them talk about millennials. Air travel is one of few things that has become more accessible. When these people were raising kids it was mostly an upper middle class thing.
  16. OldSchoolSnapper
    Every season when I check King on PFF he is grading in the 50s somewhere. I don't really buy in completely to their rankings like a lot of people do, but that and just watching him get beat constantly makes me think he's really not very good. Occasionally he will have plays where he breaks up a pass with great athleticism, but I think he's just a slightly below average NFL corner, which might be fine as a #2 if he stops getting hurt. I don't think he's ever going to be what people thought he might be when drafted.
  17. OldSchoolSnapper
    Plush my kids are close in age to yours. They look forward to the movie night every single year. Kids really love being down on the field.
  18. OldSchoolSnapper
    I think Alexander is talented enough and has played well enough to make you think he's a top corner, but you still have to actually be that guy week in and week out. Can't remember which week it was, but he got absolutely lit up in one this year, I want to say Dallas but haven't looked it up. Patience is running thin with King. He's becoming the next early pick that people are clinging to, but has not done much of anything. It gets to a point where people keep talking about talent at every position but somebody is responsible for a team ranking in the bottom 8 in pass yards. Spent a few years hearing Burnett and HHCD were great players and then suddenly we wanted to replace them both. There is just a big disconnect between fan perception and reality pretty often. You can have average starters. You can have an average MLB or an average DT, but you can't have average both.
  19. OldSchoolSnapper
    The defense should not surprise anyone. I'm truly mystified by that. The only guys who perform consistently are literally the ones they signed this offseason. Amos and the Smiths. The rest of that defense is just guys, with the exception of Kenny Clark, who is struggling. Blake Martinez is a guy, the rest of them are wildly up and down rookies/young guys that have never actually shown much of anything. That's a harsh judgement of Alexander, but mostly true. He is probably the best of the bunch, but still gets burned a ton and gives up huge chunks of yardage. I would say the cupboard was absolutely bare when the new GM took over. Only a Packers fan would think it wasn't. When you say it isn't bare and list Blake Martinez, it's bare. It's extremely uncommon for first- and second-year players to be as effective as you need them to be up front in a defense. That's a man's spot on the field and takes years for most guys to grow into it.
  20. OldSchoolSnapper
    Compare the glory years WRs to this one. Nelson, Jennings, Cobb, Driver, Jones. Take out Driver and the latest pick of them is 78th overall. All of the WRs we've drafted lately with the exception of Adams have been disappointments. All of them.
  21. OldSchoolSnapper
    No it's NOT ok for them to get it wrong. How many wrong calls are you ok with? It's all about getting more consistancy in the ball/strike calls. It shouldn't vary from night to night like it does now. You're still going to get some questionable calls, but if the new system can cut those calls by 60-70-80%, it will be worth every nickle. It won't do that. It will just give way to new debates the very moment the system fails. We have become so obsessed with this that we are destroying the sports without a second thought in this never ending crusade to be laser precise. And we're not even doing that.
  22. OldSchoolSnapper
    Yes, it's a burn now for anyone over 30. Like how millennial is now used to describe any teenager when they actually aren't millennials.
  23. OldSchoolSnapper
    This one concerns me. Any win here is a good win. McCaffrey is a nightmare for anyone, but especially against a team as bad up the middle as the Packers are. This is also a good passing defense. It seems to be a really bad matchup for the Packers on paper. If this was on the road I'd take Carolina running away...I think I'm still taking them in a close game.
  24. OldSchoolSnapper
    Hate it. I've watched the NFL die a slow, agonizing death via replay. This is a game, they aren't nuclear missiles. We do not need a 5th guy or a computer telling us the ball was in fact on a line. It's OK for them to get it wrong. Stop killing the game. I realize nobody can live with the mistakes, but I can.
  25. OldSchoolSnapper
    That's where I'm at with Hader. Listen if somebody calls, but that's it.
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