Flamekebab

Is ran?

Oh America, get it the fuck together.

Is the goal to ensure the US falls behind the rest of the world?

That’s an interesting way of phrasing “has actively enabled corruption for decades”.

Here you go: “Students in England now graduate with average debt of £53,000, data shows” https://piefed.social/post/961417 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jun/20/students-in-england-graduate-average-debt-increase

Work wanted me to go to the US for a thing and thankfully I had family reasons for being able to say no. I’m not setting foot in that country in a long time.

Without proper consequences their behaviour will continue.

Sounds like an improvement.

The fascist Hippocratic oath: “First do LOTS of harm”

It turns out that maybe having a gentlemen’s agreement for how things should work was a bad idea.

Uni isn’t free in much of the UK, so… lots of people?

I don’t understand what point you’re trying to make. I know it’s about the UK…?

Seems like an awful lot of debt to go into for something that’s really not that valuable. If the certificate is the goal then a masters or PhD will end up being what’s needed and faking your way through undergrad won’t do much good.

I’m shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked.

Ultimately it seems pretty dumb. If you’re not going to actually learn while you’re there, why bother? University isn’t mandatory.

That was actually my biggest disappointment with my degree - the course didn’t teach anywhere near enough for my tastes. However I would hope that I was an outlier in that respect!

This makes me seriously question the level of testing required to get a licence where you are. By that I mean that by the standards I’m used to you were wildly under prepared for driving on the open road and shouldn’t have been put in that situation until you were ready.

It took me three attempts to pass my driving test. I could actually operate a car just fine for all of them but it wasn’t until the third that I was actually ready to be on the roads unsupervised. There is a lot going on and until you’ve built up the experience and habits to do it safely it’s… A lot.

I think I was also 19 when I got my licence but didn’t really drive at all until I was in my mid 30s. I always lived places it simply wasn’t necessary. If if stayed there then I doubt I’d have ever got a car. I find driving incredibly tedious.

Mick-rowave. Based on how Jen pronounces it in Bob’s Burgers

At best a court will rule that he can’t be punished.

Can we get them to depend utterly on AI? That’d definitely help.

Further distancing us from that bin-fire? Oh no. How awful.

Americans: We’re very unhappy with the status quo
Dems: Best I can do is more status quo

I’m watching from the sidelines but my gods, you guys need to take your politicians to account. Bricks for the current lot first, mind. The two “sides” aren’t equal - one is awful and the other is redefining how bad human beings can be without directly sending people to gas chambers.