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on another tanget...there was a Firefly Cast reunion tonight, -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 23:06
Can anyone tell me the name, or season number of the "emo" South Park episode? - Drill Chef Stephen Jul 11, 22:54 2
- do you mean the Goths vs, Vam=pire Kid.s? This past season -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 23:04 1
  - No, an earlier one where stan (I think) goes emo -- nm - Drill Chef Stephen Jul 11, 23:06
James Bond, no one is saying a doctor/dentist etc who goes to a non-fancy school won't get a job. Just that if you go to some high falutin' place, - Subversive Jul 11, 22:41 35
- I honestly have no desire to continue this conversation because at the end we will simply not agree. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 22:48 7
  - You point was "Holy crap that's a lot of money!", right? - Subversive Jul 11, 22:53 6
    - Actually, a large part of his point was that patients don't know nor do they care where their doctor went to med-school. - Jim Jul 11, 22:55 4
      - Yes, this became my second point after everyone expressed their ideas. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 22:56 2
        
        It's true, the patients don't care. That's irrelevant to the point of 'it might be worth it if you can make more money by going there' point. - Subversive Jul 11, 22:58 1
        
        *ding* (nm) - musubi Jul 11, 23:03
      - See my post below. -- nm - Subversive Jul 11, 22:55
    - That was my argument. Glad we agree. Let's leave it at that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 22:53
- fancy school degree = increased chance in high payin jobs - 'lia Jul 11, 22:46 26
  - This is true, however not as much as you think. Of course I am referring to med, dental, pharm. I agree this applies to law and other professions. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 22:51
  - Maybe so...but I don't give 2 shits where a guy went to med-school...as long as he takes SLU Coventry Health Care. - Jim Jul 11, 22:49 24
    - hey jim: - 'lia Jul 11, 23:10 4
      - That's just it...he wasn't complaining and it wasn't about his degree. - Jim Jul 11, 23:11 3
        
        i'm sorry but i read this post as a complaint: about the cost -- (link) - 'lia Jul 11, 23:14 [Backboard] 2
        
        k. not my fight. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 23:17 1
        
        nuthin but love - 'lia Jul 11, 23:18
    - You don't hire him, though. - Subversive Jul 11, 22:54 17
      - You are right in that you associate prestigious with expensive. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 22:59 1
        
        Blah.. "you are wrong" -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 23:00
      - Sure I do. When push comes to shove...I DO hire him. I could have chosen any one of a thousand general practitioners to be my family doctor. - Jim Jul 11, 22:57 14
        
        But that was in no way what anyone was arguing about. - Subversive Jul 11, 22:59 13
        
        Sure it was... -- (link) - Jim Jul 11, 23:04 [Backboard] 11
        
        He brought it up, and Loosi immediately took it back to the employers. -- nm - Subversive Jul 11, 23:04 10
        
        Yes...she most condescendingly did. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 23:06 9
        
        I don't see where you're getting condescending from. - musubi Jul 11, 23:08 7
        
        well, I counted at least 3 slags for attending a state school. nm - Jim Jul 11, 23:10 6
        
        She wasn't slagging state schools. She was saying state schools are less expensive. - musubi Jul 11, 23:12 5
        
        Well... I am just not sure how me saying schooling is ridiculously expensive results in a post from Subversive saying I went to a crappy school. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 23:16 3
        
        Subby didn't say that. He *asked* you if you went to a crappy school and that's why you were being so defensive. - musubi Jul 11, 23:28 1
        
        I am not being defensive. I just don't agree with you guys 100%. *shrug* - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 23:29
        
        You got defensive irrationally. It seemed like a likely deduction. -- nm - Subversive Jul 11, 23:27
        
        k. like I said. not my fight. -- nm - Jim Jul 11, 23:14
        
        Ok, I can see we're not getting anywhere here. It's all good. -- nm - Subversive Jul 11, 23:07
        
        You know that the prestige of your med school has very very very minimal influence on where and which residency you do, right? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 23:03
    - Exactly. Employers don't care that much either. I have seen this first hand. But whatevers. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 22:52
I kept waiting for Moon to blow my mind, but it never really happened. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 22:34 4
- M-O-O-N, that spells something I've never heard of. - Subversive Jul 11, 22:42 3
  - This. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 11, 22:45 2
    - Sounds interesting. You didn't like it? -- nm - Subversive Jul 11, 22:48 1
      - It was good, I just didn't think it lived up to what it could be. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 22:50
I saw on Fandango that they're re-releasing Watchmen next week. Really? -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 22:20 6
- directors cut in the theater for a week before the dvd comes out. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 22:30 1
  - Interesting. I might check it out. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 22:37
- Why? -- nm - Drill Chef Stephen Jul 11, 22:21 3
  - That's what I'd like to know. -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 22:25 2
    - I presume it's to make money. -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 22:27 1
      - That's always step 3. -- nm - psilotum Jul 11, 22:27
as in 'her big brown eyes' -- nm - dug Jul 11, 22:17
woot-off lights and a bag of crap! -- nm - JaxSean Jul 11, 22:01 3
- well, kind of a bag of crap. - JaxSean Jul 11, 22:03 2
  - *c'mon lucky #5* (that's the last digit of my order #.) -- nm - psilotum Jul 11, 22:34
  - *c'mon lucky #7* (that's the last digit of my order #.) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 11, 22:04
i just realized.. Transformers 2 ... cast spoiler and comment... (well, not so much spoiler, but still) ,,, - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 11, 21:50 1
- I bet he's giving SLJ a run for his money when it comes to highest grossing actor. -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 22:10
UFC spoils - Tim Jul 11, 21:24 10
- nice! any spoils on how it went down? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 11, 21:41 9
  - spoil - Spawn Jul 11, 21:43
  - moar spoilers - Tim Jul 11, 21:43 7
    - I liked the match. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 22:07 6
      - I didn't - Drill Chef Stephen Jul 11, 22:13 5
        
        Personally, I like it. This was my first time seeing.... - Name Withheld By Request Jul 11, 22:42
        
        thoughts.... - dogbert183 Jul 11, 22:37 2
        
        agreed - Drill Chef Stephen Jul 11, 22:53
        
        *shrugs* - Name Withheld By Request Jul 11, 22:44
        
        I can see what you're saying. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 22:29
There have been many performances of Thriller recently. This might be the northernmost. -- (link) - loosilu Jul 11, 21:12 [youtube] 2
- Look at those swarming blackflies! -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 21:16 1
  - you don't know a mosquito when you see one? -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:17
Surely we can pool the evil resources of ST and find eag a foreclosed house in which to squat. The bigger, the better. -- nm - Mop Jul 11, 21:12 7
- The house behind me has been foreclosed for 6 months. Empty and the lawn is 3 feet high. -- nm - Redmond Jul 11, 21:33 2
  - and rising? -- nm - (500) Days of Dano Jul 11, 21:53 1
    - Lawn Rising, the latest horror slasher goreporn movie -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 22:37
- nobody has lived next door to me for a whole year -- nm - dogbert183 Jul 11, 21:27 1
  - There may be a reason for that though:) -- nm - eag Jul 11, 21:28
- And I dont think some Ike wood , crystal ,wine or sulphur is gonna help me in the real worl:) -- nm - eag Jul 11, 21:26
- I dont believe those ads where for like 1000$ you can get a house - eag Jul 11, 21:24
j wake up -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 11, 21:11
I had dinner with my friend who is in dental school (just finished 1st year). Guess how much tuition and overall costs are per year. (spoiler inside) - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:07 66
- also, tuiition costs are usually positively correlated with how much you earn when you graduate. if they're paying that much for a school - dug Jul 11, 21:11 42
  - Doubt it. Patients don't really care that much where you went to school. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:13 41
    - the places that hire you care. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:14 9
      - Highly unlikely. Western Dental won't care, because patients don't know. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:18 8
        
        I'm sorry, but that is just not true. The docs from the best schools will get the best offers. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:19 7
        
        I doubt the difference in offers will be substantial. Patient's simply don't know where their doctors were educated. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:22 6
        
        you are either in denial or were brainwashed by state school admission officers. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:22 5
        
        You are saying that patients know where they doctor was educated? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:23 4
        
        I'm saying that's not what determines the job offer you get. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:24 3
        
        I doubt the offers will be substantially different. Plus, this would only apply to dental school Since for med school, your residency location - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:26 2
        
        if you think a Harvard doc will get the same offers as you, you're mistaken. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:30 1
        
        Oh, I sure he will. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:31
    - well then they are stupid for paying a premium to learn the same thing they could have learned at a smaller cheaper place -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:14 30
      - You don't have much of a choice when talking about acceptance to med, dental, or pharm school. 1) You are luckily to get into. 2) All schools have - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:15 29
        
        when they are hard to get into, that means many people will be willing to write the check. - loosilu Jul 11, 21:17 27
        
        Oh, I understand how it works. I am just saying it is freaking ridiculous. But I definitely understand the business behind it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:19 1
        
        if you don't like it, don't be a dentist. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:21
        
        if it's like med school or law school, the USC name opens doors within the profession that other, cheaper schools do not -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:18 24
        
        For law school yes. Other fields not so much. And mostly in LA anyway, USC isn't ranked that high. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:19 23
        
        economically, that doesn't make any sense. if USC graduates were not able to command higher salaries after graduation, why would they pay so much - dug Jul 11, 21:21 21
        
        Because, USC might have been the only school they were accepted to. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:23 20
        
        LOL. Hilarious. (nm) - musubi Jul 11, 22:36
        
        they could have applied to only state schools. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:23 18
        
        You obviously don't understand how competitive it is. End of discussion. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:26 17
        
        oh for god's sake, I taught premeds for five years. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:27 16
        
        And I am a pre-med at the nations biggest pre-med school. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:28 6
        
        yeah so? - loosilu Jul 11, 21:29 5
        
        Nobody is forcing anyone to do anything. Just saying it is ridiculous. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:31 4
        
        if it's too ridiculous, don't do it. - loosilu Jul 11, 21:32 3
        
        hehe.. pre-meds are whiny. "if you're willing to do it, suck it up" applies to everything in life. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:33 2
        
        for everything worth having in life there are sacrafices to be made - - 'lia Jul 11, 21:37
        
        exactly. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:34
        
        He's having a bit of a moment here. - Subversive Jul 11, 21:28 8
        
        Define crappy? I wouldn't call my undergrad of future med school crappy. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:29 7
        
        Dude, you're getting awfully defensive. Thought maybe you go to a school without much 'prestige' and thus the denial. - Subversive Jul 11, 21:36 6
        
        he's going to a state school. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:36 5
        
        Ranked 3rd in the nation for publicly funded. Considered to be one of the new ivys. - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 22:02 3
        
        I don't say this often, but loosi is right. (nm) - musubi Jul 11, 22:38
        
        This thread blows me away. nm - Jim Jul 11, 22:20 1
        
        View more posts in this thread ...
        
        Makes sense. -- nm - Subversive Jul 11, 21:38
        
        well, I don't know dental school specifically. Vet school is similar to med school, except much harder to get in. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:20
        
        then go to a public school if the patients don't care where you went! -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:16
- spoiler. - loosilu Jul 11, 21:08 17
  - Well, it IS their problem if you can't. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 11, 21:13 1
    - it's not the school's problem at all, just the bank's. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:34
  - Word. But still freaking ridiculous. How about Obama do something about that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:10 14
    - isn't it a private institution whose students pay willingly? -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:10 13
      - Yes.. so. If we don't pay Obama won't have doctors for his health care plan. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:12 12
        
        I don't think you understand how it works. :) -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:15
        
        they'll find doctors - 'lia Jul 11, 21:13 10
        
        there are more than enough students who are willing to pay. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:15 9
        
        exactly - 'lia Jul 11, 21:17 8
        
        and honestly, they make great salaries. If you don't buy the Lexus in the first five years you can pay the loans. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:18 7
        
        which is why no one in my family cuts them any slack when they bitch - 'lia Jul 11, 21:20 6
        
        My brother got a Northern Exposure deal, where he worked in rural KY in exchange for loan forgiveness. - loosilu Jul 11, 21:21 5
        
        tell me about it - 'lia Jul 11, 21:30
        
        Where is his buddy located? -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 11, 21:23 3
        
        don't know, sorry. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:24 2
        
        duh, just googled him. Near Tucson. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:25 1
        
        Ah, don't know that area real well. I'm more familiar with the reservations in the northern part of the state. - MojaveMeg Jul 11, 21:30
- well i guess i don't have to guess now -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:08 4
  - I bet you would have guessed wrong. :) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:11 3
    - you would have had to say what tier school. there is a huge spread between the top and bottom - dug Jul 11, 21:13 2
      - USC. Most schools are priced similarly, unless you are talking about public schools (UCs) -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 11, 21:14 1
        
        I'm with pixie on this. they went their by choice. -- nm - loosilu Jul 11, 21:16
RIP Arturo Gatti... - Mel Profit Jul 11, 21:06 2
- Montreal boxer. Here's an article. -- (link) - Mop Jul 11, 21:15 1
  - He was a real life "Rocky". - Mel Profit Jul 11, 21:29
C'mon Mir! -- nm - Drill Chef Stephen Jul 11, 21:00 1
- Oh sh!t -- nm - George Lasse Jul 11, 21:02
LIR: Tfox, you must watch #2 and #5, those the best of the entire series. They're all bloody brilliant, though. -- (link) - Subversive Jul 11, 20:58 [youtube] 1
- Also, just watched this newest one several times. It might be the best one yet. -- nm - Subversive Jul 11, 21:02
Halol. -- nm - David Jul 11, 20:58
saturday night's alright for fightin -- nm - dug Jul 11, 20:55 6
- and for rapping homeless people -- nm - (500) Days of Dano Jul 11, 21:03 1
  - even they hate your stupid sunglasses -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:05
- silly dug - 'lia Jul 11, 20:57
- And for cleaning up dog puke! - Cuzzin Todd Jul 11, 20:57 2
  - I gave Schatzee her first baby carrot tonight. She's looking at me like I'm out of my mind. - MojaveMeg Jul 11, 21:05
  - so cute! -- nm - dug Jul 11, 21:00

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