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What’s happening at Columbia?

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  • George KG George K

    Students.

    In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

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    @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

    In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

    Also - "None of them look American at all. Not a single one".

    Seriously?

    I was only joking

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      The ginger with the squeezed face looks American.

      Education is extremely important.

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        @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

        In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

        Also - "None of them look American at all. Not a single one".

        Seriously?

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        @Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

        Also - "None of them look American at all. Not a single one".

        Also, none of them look like students.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • George KG George K

          Students.

          In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

          MikM Away
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          Mik
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          @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • MikM Mik

            @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

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            @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

            @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

            In fairness, some might be faculty.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • George KG George K

              Students.

              In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

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              @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

              Students.

              In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

              There's two there that JWH, maybe two more with good makeup...

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                Students.

                In the comments: "Looks like the Star Wars cantina scene."

                There's two there that JWH, maybe two more with good makeup...

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                @Jolly said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                There's two there that JWH, maybe two more with good makeup...

                I'm surprised not one person has made that comment in the "At 92" thread.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • HoraceH Online
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                  I imagined how disappointed the Asian guy’s parents are going to be.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • George KG George K

                    @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                    @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

                    In fairness, some might be faculty.

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                    @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                    @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                    @George-K they look a little long of tooth for students

                    In fairness, some might be faculty.

                    To me they look like people who ought to know better than they do.

                    Which reminds me….

                    The other day during a press conference in NYC the mayor made some statement to the effect that agitators from the outside were brought in to radicalise “our children” attending the university. I agree that protesting students behave like children but they are adults 18 years of age of and over. They should be called adults and treated like adults. Calling them children lets them off the hook for their actions. The mayor, whoever he is, is way out of line referring to the students as children. I can only hope he too knows better. I doubt it.

                    Elbows up!

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                      If I'm honest I don't really think I was an adult until I was at least 25. Some have said considerably later.

                      I was only joking

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                        @Doctor-Phibes

                        Point taken that few people, especially males, do act like adults until over 21. Some never do. But that is not the my point. 18 year olds are legally adults, not children. While their behaviour may be childish, their responsibility and accountability are those of an adult.

                        Elbows up!

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                        • RenaudaR Renauda

                          @Doctor-Phibes

                          Point taken that few people, especially males, do act like adults until over 21. Some never do. But that is not the my point. 18 year olds are legally adults, not children. While their behaviour may be childish, their responsibility and accountability are those of an adult.

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                          George K
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                          @Renauda said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                          few people, especially males, do act like adults until over 21

                          As I've said many, many times. It's not like, at age 21, the "maturity switch" gets flipped to the "on" position.

                          18 year olds are legally adults, not children.

                          Yup. You want the benefits (voting, marriage, drinking, etc) be prepared to accept the responsibilities and consequences

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • George KG George K

                            @Renauda said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                            few people, especially males, do act like adults until over 21

                            As I've said many, many times. It's not like, at age 21, the "maturity switch" gets flipped to the "on" position.

                            18 year olds are legally adults, not children.

                            Yup. You want the benefits (voting, marriage, drinking, etc) be prepared to accept the responsibilities and consequences

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                            @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                            You want the benefits (voting, marriage, drinking, etc)

                            Americans aren't allowed to drink at 18, so they are still being treated differently at that age in that way at least.

                            I was only joking

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                              You want the benefits (voting, marriage, drinking, etc)

                              Americans aren't allowed to drink at 18, so they are still being treated differently at that age in that way at least.

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                              @Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                              Americans aren't allowed to drink at 18

                              In some states, like Wisconsin, it was permitted for beer. A Friday night trip up to Kenosha was a common occurrence in the college crowd.

                              I believe it's still permitted if in the company of your parents. I had beers at a restaurant with D2 when she was 19.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • George KG George K

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                Americans aren't allowed to drink at 18

                                In some states, like Wisconsin, it was permitted for beer. A Friday night trip up to Kenosha was a common occurrence in the college crowd.

                                I believe it's still permitted if in the company of your parents. I had beers at a restaurant with D2 when she was 19.

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                                @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                Americans aren't allowed to drink at 18

                                In some states, like Wisconsin, it was permitted for beer. A Friday night trip up to Kenosha was a common occurrence in the college crowd.

                                I believe it's still permitted if in the company of your parents. I had beers at a restaurant with D2 when she was 19.

                                Which really emphasizes the point that they're not considered to be fully adult. Obviously, they can join up and go fight in wars and shit, but they're not allowed to drink because it's bad for their health or something.

                                I was only joking

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                                • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                  @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                  Americans aren't allowed to drink at 18

                                  In some states, like Wisconsin, it was permitted for beer. A Friday night trip up to Kenosha was a common occurrence in the college crowd.

                                  I believe it's still permitted if in the company of your parents. I had beers at a restaurant with D2 when she was 19.

                                  Which really emphasizes the point that they're not considered to be fully adult. Obviously, they can join up and go fight in wars and shit, but they're not allowed to drink because it's bad for their health or something.

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                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                  Which really emphasizes the point that they're not considered to be fully adult

                                  Yeah, but you can get pretty shit-faced on beer, amirite?

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                                  But your point about drinking with an adult/parent/guardian is a valid one.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                    • MikM Mik

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                                      @Mik I believe I commented that all these protests, or at least many of them, are simply students LARPing.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      • George KG George K

                                        @Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                        Which really emphasizes the point that they're not considered to be fully adult

                                        Yeah, but you can get pretty shit-faced on beer, amirite?

                                        Screenshot 2024-05-03 at 10.50.31 AM.png Screenshot 2024-05-03 at 10.50.06 AM.png Screenshot 2024-05-03 at 10.49.11 AM.png

                                        But your point about drinking with an adult/parent/guardian is a valid one.

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                                        @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                        Yeah, but you can get pretty shit-faced on beer, amirite?

                                        I don't know for sure but I'm willing to start a research project, provided I can get the funding.

                                        I was only joking

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                                        • MikM Mik

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                                          @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                          She expressed that amazingly well.

                                          The Brad

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