If we all went to school and majored in what the market wanted, we would flood the market with people educated in one specific area... which would shift demand. Did you ever take economics? Because my liberal arts major required me to. Y'know. To be well-rounded, and not make ass comments like this one.

Thanks. Congrats on getting something even if it is just part-time. Fingers crossed that you find something full time soon!

Thank you! It's so obnoxious when people who got lucky because they graduated at a time when their skills were in demand act like that makes them better than the rest of us. When I was applying for college nobody - not my mother, not the guidance counselor, not my cousin who works in financial planning - was spouting…

How is it that you put yourself through college in a STEM field and still confuse anecdotes with data?

Psunami?

I just got back from a month a France and, frankly, I prefer being waited on by servers who aren't blowing smoke up my ass and are getting paid fairly. These people are bringing you food not friending you or providing some sort of emotional service. I hated waiting tables for this reason (seven years, high-end)…

Tipping, when calculated as part of wages, as it is for most servers in restaurants in the U.S., is an awful, coercive, discriminatory, sexist, racist, and thoroughly appalling system that should be abolished. A waiter or waitress's livelihood should not depend on the capricious judgments of random diners. They…

I really don't understand this mentality. Would you prefer that all service jobs were tip-based? Otherwise, why is restaurant service different? I mean, there are other ways to handle bad service—complain to the management, or simply not shop there again, like you would if you were at a McDonald's or grocery store…

There are very few jobs in America where you are NOT self-employed, and yet your basic salary depends upon your immediate (as opposed to your time-averaged) performance.

OK, some fact checking because you obviously haven't: New Zealand is avery small country with a tax payer-funded public healthcare system. That is not a cheap thing to run, and anyone applying for residency must meet a range of conditions relating to their skill set, employability, value to the economy, and against…

You didn't.

This would be a case of Polynesians (Tongans, Samoans, Fijians, etc.) immigrating to New Zealand i.e. they are not the indigenous inhabitants. It may be racist (not saying it is or isn't their motivation, I have no idea), but they are certainly not discriminating against the indigenous population of New Zealand in…

BAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHA resisting cyber bullying by posting a long drawn out "I turned out better than her" article on an internet blog.

Lindy, I truly say this out of love, but this is a really poorly researched article.
Just a couple of quick reasons why:
1. There is no problem with uninsured medical treatment - in NZ the healthcare system is free to everybody, paid via taxes.
2. The man involved was on a temporary work visa. There are numerous…

But why shouldn't New Zealand be allowed to deport non-citizens for whatever reason they choose? Going to a foreign country is like applying to college. They have no obligation to take you. As a matter of fact, the New Zealand Immigration office can say that Albert Buitenhuis's name is too hard to pronounce and deport…

It actually is a lot more complicated than that. A lot of people move to NZ for the free healthcare, so immigration has to be certain you're not taking advantage. It's a bit harsh to flat-out say that NZ is "deporting fat people." It's likely that there are many factors at stake in this one case.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl with beer, if it were me.

I'm not a vegan but as far as I know there isn't a really humane or ethical way to get dairy. A cow has to have a baby to give milk. Even in the best farms the calves are sold to be kill and made into veal. The baby can't have the milk if we're drinking it or turning it into cheese.

Ugh. I think we should all agree to stop talking about "shocking" PETA campaigns. It just gives their horrible group more publicity. There's no chance an actual teenager would ever find that ad amusing anyway.

Schmidt is full of win. I am a Zooey Deschanel fan (yes, even the music), and I still admit that the show is all about Schmidt. You're absolutely right.