I mean you must know that not all internships are paid and that there’s been a big debate surrounding them in recent years, right? Take this article, for instance: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/bus…

Okay, but there’s a world of difference between having never had a job and not having one when you graduate college. In my experience a lot of jobs (including all work study jobs that are often part of student financial aid packages) end when school does.

Where did I say that anyone should wait until after they graduate to get their first job?

I’m sorry, I don’t understand how your comment relates to my comment, could you please elaborate?

Also:

Your comment just now kind of proves my point. I hate to go all hippy “there’s more to life than money!” There is irony in your comment though, because you are disparaging people seeking careers in something that you are currently benefiting from.

Sorry, I don’t want to be standoffish, but the situation you’ve described is so far from the experience of any of my peers that I have a hard time reconciling it with reality. I finished my undergraduate degree six years after you. I have friends that run the career gamut from business to liberal arts to science to…

I mean, do you see nothing ironic in advising no one to be a liberal arts major while posting in the comments section of an article presumably written by a liberal arts major?

I guess my point is that from May when you graduate to February when you get a job if you’re a “kid that is ready” can be fucking brutal. You get out of college, you may have significant loan debt, and you’re applying to places that you think you would like to work at, then places that seem to pay a reasonable wage,…

Just curious, how old are you? It’s tough out there even now as the economy bounces back. Eight or so years ago? It was even worse.

What’s a Russian gunship doing here!?!

So actually, in this case Judge Dredd is more lenient than the Virginia State Police.

I’m a manual sort of guy, so I don’t have one.

Hah, that’s basically my current situation. I currently tow using a 2.5 liter Golf so it’s not a power thing, but I always worry that something I haven’t foreseen will go wrong and I’ll be legally liable or left with no ride and no insurance coverage.

I am currently in the market for a faster car but also need something to tow my small boat, and you are speaking to my soul, brother.

I don’t understand, first you said that the joke had gone over my head and now you’re saying that the person was taking things too seriously, implying that you weren’t joking and you do believe he was taking things too seriously.

It’s funny because just this very weekend someone starred one of my comments from nearly three years ago (http://jalopnik.com/little-disappo…) which is also a strong negative take on a whole class of automotive enthusiast.

Yeah, that’s a good point. I guess I’m just being testy. I get annoyed when people are on the site with the racing or the science fiction or the dancing or whatever and they starting going “Hey you’re way too into the racing/science fiction/dancing!” It’s like, yeah, that’s the whole point of the site, so people are…

I mean, do you think that initial comment was meant in seriousness? It seemed to me that there may have been some hyperbole in play.

I’m not really a huge NASCAR fan (can’t name any drivers, prefer road courses to high speed rings, etc.), but I find it strange that you would go to the comments section of an article about NASCAR on an auto blog to question the enthusiasm someone has for the sport.