Berkeley Balcony Collapse (1 Viewer)

[7 - No tomorrow]

Internet offence and shaming portion

New York Times reviews article on Berkeley deaths


Demand retraction and apology from New York Times #innocentstudents | Facebook

lets keep the pressure on NY Times ... looking into it is not good enough , a public front page apology is what this innocent students , their families and all the injured deserrve

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Storm, meet teacup.

 

[nooleen]

we're not going to take this drunk-shaming anymore god damn it

we'll teach them all a lesson

as soon as we sober up

 

[Unicron]

Amazing the way people skimmed though the "oh no, those poor kids" phase of reaction super quick.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Marie ODonoghue As well as the apology they should be made contribute a substancial amount of money towards a repartration account!!

Yes!
Wait, what does that even mean?

 

[nooleen]

money for shipping them home?

 

[Unicron]

money for shipping them home?

Sounds like that to me

 

[nooleen]

could be a combination of reparation and repatriation

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Donald Clarke seems to think that what J1ers are all about is working hard and saving money.
New York Times article a fantastic distortion of J-1s

I always had him pegged as a swot.

 

[nooleen]

my only knowledge of the J1 comes from reading ross o'carroll-kelly

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

7 of us in a one-bed in Hyannis, with jobs at a crisp factory.
Crisps (free!) for breakfast and lunch because every penny had to go on fucking booze.
Beer and parties and beaches and sex.

Not sure if that was the typical experience, but I have never heard anything to make me think differently.
Maybe everyone is sending money home every week. Dunno.

 

[Unicron]

7 of us in a one-bed in Hyannis, with jobs at a crisp factory.
Crisps (free!) for breakfast and lunch because every penny had to go on fucking booze.
Beer and parties and beaches and sex.

Not sure if that was the typical experience, but I have never heard anything to make me think differently.
Maybe everyone is sending money home every week. Dunno.

That strikes me as the typical experience

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Only regret apart from the litany of them is that I didn't do the J1.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I identify as American

 

[egg_]

It's funny how "hard-working" is seen as a virtue to counter the vice of "drunkenness".

 

[Scientician 0.8]

It's funny how "hard-working" is seen as a virtue to counter the vice of "drunkenness".

Protestant work ethic cancels out more than just drunkenness.

 

[Unicron]

It's funny how "hard-working" is seen as a virtue to counter the vice of "drunkenness".

Yeah, I know plenty of hard working people that are drunkards. I also know a few people who work hard at being drunks.

 

[nooleen]

what about people who drink hard at work?

 

[Unicron]

what about people who drink hard at work?

Did not work out well for the lad I knew who did that. Barman, recipe for disaster

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I do the Health & Safety training in work and apparently you're not allowed take drink or drugs in work. Boo-urns I say, boo-urns.