Admit it, Jez. You were wrong.

This article is ridiculous. Yes, this sucks for the family. Yes, it is a sad story. But Sallie Mae is not in the wrong here. This was not their late son's debt. She CO SIGNED the loan. You absolutely, positively should not EVER cosign a loan if you do not have the financial means to cover it. That is literally…

What exactly did the family think co-signing meant? its a loan (not a grant) and when you co-sign a loan, you are responsible for it if the primary borrower does not or can not pay. Shame the company when the loan was entirely in his name, but this is a matter of pretty simply contract.

I feel for his family, I really do. A loss at 24 is awful and I in no way mean to trivialize their loss.

This is because it was a private loan and had a cosigner. If you get them from the Federal government, they are forgiven.

The real answer:

I once met a really awesome, smart woman who had moved to a commune and gone completely off the grid to escape her student loans. She said that she came from a working class family and figured out she would never be able to repay them, so she was making a political statement by disappearing and living without money.…

When I took out a loan to buy a car, my father helpfully drove me around to several banks until we found one that did not require him to be a cosigner on a loan. I think I was seven the first time he told me he would never cosign anything for anybody ever.

I don't understand the problem with Sallie Mae? Mother was a cosigner. She was liable for the balance even if kid died/defaulted on his side of the agreement. Not nice but I thought that was the whole point of cosigners, two people are liable for debts.

they are 13 years old???!!!!?? I had some ramen in the micowave I forgot to get....where did my life goo

Some people don't have a lot of options. Same for shopping at Walmart. In some places, there isn't a whole lot you can do.

Does the Academy know that Oprah can have people killed?

I haven't seen a documentary make the impact that Blackfish has in a long time. I'm bewildered it didn't even merit a nom.

I know everyone is all Lupita v. Jennifer, but I wouldn't be upset if Amy Adam's sideboob won best supporting actress.

If Jennifer Lawrence wins over Lupita, I will board a spaceship and leave this earth.

It was weird and hilarious. She did a perfect performance of a desperate, self-obsessed twit who thinks she's much smarter than she is. I loved everything she did, and I'm not even that big a fan.

Disappointed that Blackfish got snubbed. Lupita better fucking win this time.

Jonah Hill, two time Oscar nominee. Who would have predicted.

I am baffled by the success of Her. It basically sounds to me like "emotionally stunted man child in a knock off Wes Anderson movie has a manic pixie dream computer".

I don't think you understood my point. Honestly, in a conversation about childhood obesity, organic/nonorganic shouldn't even be part of the conversation. It muddies that waters because it doesn't really affect obesity. Once we can get shit set up so people can afford (in both money and time) to eat conventional…