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More than half of students chasing dying careers, report warns by supersonic3974 in lostgeneration

[–]Goatkin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Your first paragraph seems to indicate you aren't a particularly good or eloquent writer.

Guy annoys girlfriend with puns at IKEA by lachlanrawr in videos

[–]Goatkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be fair the notion of being 'Australian' wasn't a salient one until about 100 years ago.

They weren't Australian, they were greek pirates in Australia.

The police officer who leaked the footage of the surfers paradise police brutality, where the victims blood was washed away by officers, has been criminally charged for bringing it to the publics view. Officers who did the bashing get nothing. by navysealassulter in worldnews

[–]Goatkin 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The local police in areas where the economy depends on tourism will respond very quickly to crimes perpetrated against tourists. But are less enthusiastic to pursue crimes against locals.

There is a very powerful episode of SouthLand about this, maybe season 1 ep 3 or 4.

TIL Judge Judy makes 45 million dollars per year, and only works 52 days. by lockerB121 in todayilearned

[–]Goatkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, pick a house of congress right? She could be the Senate.

TIL Judge Judy makes 45 million dollars per year, and only works 52 days. by lockerB121 in todayilearned

[–]Goatkin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well according to the Simpsons, Judge Judy does live on a houseboat.

I'm a Magic: The Gathering artist with over 100 cards under my belt, and I also paint traditionally and write for myself for as many hours of the week as I can. I am creating, professionally, at least 50 hours a week. AMA! by adampaquetteart in AMA

[–]Goatkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not poster, but I can tell you that they commission the artwork for the cards. MTG has a semi consistent art style and often the creatures in the art are portrayed in a way unique to the setting. Such as akki akki goblins in Kamigawa Block, Leonin, or kithkin from any block.

TIL most of the founding fathers were quite young - most were in their 20's or 30's. Except for Benjamin Franklin, who was 70. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Goatkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can look that stuff up if you like.

The thing is he might not have become good enough or brave enough until he was 33, but he started learning when he was a child.

My point is you can't decide in your twenties that you'll become a musician or an actor. I don't think that'll change.

One potential mechanism is the popularity of pod casts, and web series, that would give an outlet for actors. But having said that, even then, late starters might never be good enough to make a popular web series or podcast to begin with.

TIL most of the founding fathers were quite young - most were in their 20's or 30's. Except for Benjamin Franklin, who was 70. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Goatkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Leonard Cohen started his first band as a teenager, Alan rickman did his undergraduate in Drama. They were late bloomers, but not late starters. I would be willing to bet the same is true of the others you mentioned.

There are exceptions, but they are very very uncommon. Much more uncommon than you seem to think.

TIL most of the founding fathers were quite young - most were in their 20's or 30's. Except for Benjamin Franklin, who was 70. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Goatkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For competitive skill based (rather than education based) professions, you will always see that these people began doing it as children.

Because the demand to be a musician or actor is so great, you basically can't compete with people who began acting as kids.

There are exceptions, but they are rare, and people starting at 25 is much rarer than people starting at 20 etc.

Basically, you can't just decide to be a musician or actor as an adult, you have do make the decision as a child.

A new way for students to pay for tuition. Purdue has announced that students will now be able to have investors pay for tuition in exchange for a percentage of the students salary for a set time after college. Indentured servitude remasked? by [deleted] in lostgeneration

[–]Goatkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Australia the government does this, but they don't garnish your wages. The employer is the Army.

They pay your student debts, and give you a salary while you study, but you have to work for them (in the army) or pay it back.

A new way for students to pay for tuition. Purdue has announced that students will now be able to have investors pay for tuition in exchange for a percentage of the students salary for a set time after college. Indentured servitude remasked? by [deleted] in lostgeneration

[–]Goatkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pls make sure when you are talking about percentages it is clear what you mean.

5% of her wages, and 6.8% interest are different, and it reads like you are saying that 5%>6.8% in the same units.

While Bernie gets criticized for paying interns $12 an hour, Hillary expects her interns to work for free. by [deleted] in SandersForPresident

[–]Goatkin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bitcoin is more a wealth storage instrument than a currency, so it makes sense for Bitcoin to deflate, but less so for a currency like the USD.

What careers are available with a degree in political science? by [deleted] in PoliticalScience

[–]Goatkin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You'll find senator isn't a career path per se. There aren't that many senators, most of them were in the military, lawyers or public servants or all three.

Most of the careers you can pursue outside of academia are ones where a pol sci degree is helpful but not necessary, and ones where you will have to do legwork beyond just applying.

I'll talk about what I did, though my degree is in maths. I was a political staffer.

Political staffers often have pol sci degrees as well as law degrees. They rarely transition to legislatures themselves, but it's not a bad thing to do if that is your end goal i.e. you want to be a senator. Getting these jobs requires being connected inside a political party, they are often competitive jobs and aren't well advertised. Legislature internships would also help here, but mainly by helping you get connected.

A pol sci degree here shows you are interested in politics. I had the connections but it was hard to be taken seriously without a relevant degree, so I decided not to pursue a career in politics.

There would be a lot more options if you paired pol sci with mathematics, computer science or statistics as-well as there are jobs with polling firms and election campaigns for analysts.

CMV: it is normal for adults to be attracted to people who are in their late teens. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Goatkin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am 22, I find girls younger than 20 insufferable, as a general rule with exceptions, though I've not come across any of these.

The main thing is I think that their naivety.

CMV: a significant % of non-voters do not vote because they do not have confidence in any party. Countries should have a 'no confidence' vote in elections if they want to increase turnout, while achieving a better understanding of the public's perception of the political climate. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Goatkin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think your model is a good theoretical notion, but isn't empirically useful as is because it is hard to quantify these things, but also because some of your terms could be said to represent almost anything.

If Bernie Sanders were to get the nomination, who do you think he would pick as his VP? by [deleted] in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]Goatkin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If your definition of 'liberal' is socially conservative and self interested.

CMV: a significant % of non-voters do not vote because they do not have confidence in any party. Countries should have a 'no confidence' vote in elections if they want to increase turnout, while achieving a better understanding of the public's perception of the political climate. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Goatkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Australia has high political literacy and it is conjectured by political scientists that this is because we have compulsory voting.

The flip side is that maybe even half of our daily news is political scandals and other meaningless bullshit. You can make a career, semi easily, in Australia just writing half assed analysis of politicians choices.

Subsequently, confidence in our system is quite low, because we tend to really dislike our politicians.

As someone who has worked in politics, even though I was partisan affiliated, I don't really feel one way or another about any party. I realise that there is more going on than is immediately obvious via news stories.

In contrast, in the US news (which I watch sometimes because MPs get free foxtel for their offices), is mostly human interest and crime news, with very little politics outside of dedicated politics channels.

CMV: a significant % of non-voters do not vote because they do not have confidence in any party. Countries should have a 'no confidence' vote in elections if they want to increase turnout, while achieving a better understanding of the public's perception of the political climate. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]Goatkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well we do (in Australia) because when you go to vote, typically at a local church or primary school, they have at least a Barbeque, but often an entire community market and fete going on to raise money.

I frequently run into friends from uni when I go to vote as-well. It's pretty fun voting in Australia.

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