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tobyjug said:
Yeah? Just wait till Ernie Bock Junior, ERNIE BOCK JUNIOR, Ernie Bock JUNIOR takes over and shows up in phony baloney TV ads dressed as a ink stained press man tending the rollers.

If the man were a cat he'd lick himself to death.
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Serious question.

Is any place on the internet left to have a decent discussion about the news of the day?

There used to be a site called plastic.com that was really good, but it is long defunct.

Anyone know of any places where the conversation doesn't turn into the same left/right, he said/said bullshit?

I don't mind places that include gifs and joke replies just so long the resulting conversation is intelligent.
 
Edit: <Tis a good idea to think before you speak.>
 
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I love how their website is formatted to fit computer screens running at like 800 x 600 resolution...you know, what Windows 95 used.
 
datadyne007 said:
Anyone need a laugh?

This firm just posted an "intern architect" position that requires 3-5 years of experience on Craigslist: http://www.tkgeast.com/index.html

Check out their "Projects." I think a toddler could design and draft better suburban Dunkin Donuts strip malls.
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Why don't you apply? Wouldn't you rather be an architect than a college graduate still working retail? Worst case scenario, they say no.
 
kmp1284 said:
Why don't you apply? Wouldn't you rather be an architect than a college graduate still working retail? Worst case scenario, they say no.
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It's at least worth a shot. Maybe they've changed...
 
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You'll be working retail when you're 80 with that high and mighty attitude. If you truly wanted to work, and this goes in any field, whether it's finance, architecture, sales, whatever, you take the "shitty" job, make the best of it for a few months(holding your nose if you have to), prove your worth, get the reference and move on. Unless you were a top student in a top program, nobody's going to come looking for you.

Even if you're doing CAD drawings of porches on mcmansions in Norwood, it puts you in the business and in a better position for what you ultimately want.

It's going to be a lot easier in an interview to explain away a year or two in a crappy architectural office than it is a year or two in retail.
 
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^ Yeah, that's ultimately what it comes down to. It's office experience and it's a reference. My background in MEP has been hurting my architectural prospects. I'd honestly prefer to stay in MEP (it pays more), but I keep getting conditional responses back: "We love your resume/experience, but we actually have a full staff (even though they posted the damn position!) or [they're] currently bidding on projects and will get back to [me]."

Also: "You Had To Come In All High And Mighty , Acting All Mighty When I Was High." - Karen Walker
 
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Yup. Basically you have to show them that you're hungry and you have a commitment to the field. Like I said, worst case, they say no. Best case, you get in, work your ass off and move on in six months. You obviously have a lot of ambition to do well in this field, but you just have to get in. When you're 40 and have hopefully a few nice designs to your credit, will you still lament that time you spent designing Muffy and Buffy's deck? Of course not, you'll recognize it as a learning experience and more importantly, it was what got you in the door.
 
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The No-Limits Job
By TEDDY WAYNE, NEW YORK TIMES

Companies seeking out 22 year olds willing to work 22 hours per day for $22,000 per year.

very generation has its own anthem of making the journey from youthful naïveté to adult reality, whether it’s Neil Young’s “Old Man,” Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” or most recently, perhaps, the Taylor Swift song “22.”

Ross Perlin, 29, author of “Intern Nation,” said having many jobs in your 20s takes a personal toll.

“Tonight’s the night when we forget about the deadlines,” it goes. “It feels like one of those nights, we won’t be sleeping.”

If only it were as easy for Ms. Swift’s less affluent contemporaries to blow off their deadlines as it is for the singer-songwriter (now a slightly more seasoned 23). Sleepless nights are more likely because they are on the clock, not at the club.

“If I’m not at the office, I’m always on my BlackBerry,” said Casey McIntyre, 28, a book publicist in New York. “I never feel like I’m totally checked out of work.”

Ms. McIntyre is just one 20-something — a population historically exploitable as cheap labor — learning that long hours and low pay go hand in hand in the creative class. The recession has been no friend to entry-level positions, where hundreds of applicants vie for unpaid internships at which they are expected to be on call with iPhone in hand, tweeting for and representing their company at all hours.

“We need to hire a 22-22-22,” one new-media manager was overheard saying recently, meaning a 22-year-old willing to work 22-hour days for $22,000 a year. Perhaps the middle figure is an exaggeration, but its bookends certainly aren’t. According to a 2011 Pew report, the median net worth for householders under 35 dropped by 68 percent from 1984 to 2009, to $3,662. Lest you think that’s a mere side effect of the economic downturn, for those over 65, it rose 42 percent to $170,494 (largely because of an overall gain in property values). Hence 1.2 million more 25-to-34-year-olds lived with their parents in 2011 than did four years earlier.
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Holy shit. One of these street scenes for the Seaport, please.

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Can we keep the open thread open and not turn it the Nexis Posts Thousands of Photos thread?
 
The just-unveiled Lamborghini Veneno -- for the man with a really small dick.

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Looks like the Transformers era take on the Alfa Bat 5,7,9 and 11 cars. No thanks.
 
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