Eh. I don't agree with Maslow's pyramid nor the idea that we'll one day live in a utopian society in which everyone has an ideal lifespan so I'll never understand that logic.

No, you don't understand how our financial aid works. Every student who applies for financial aid gets a scholarship that pays for 100% of demonstrated need, none of which includes loans. I, personally, happened to take out a small loan because my parents chose to pay for my younger brother to go to a private primary…

1. There's this thing called need-based financial aid.

My financial situation is the opposite, actually, and that's exactly why going to an Ivy is the best decision: I get an amazing diploma to fall back on, all the industry contacts/opportunities I need, and it was basically for free.

I do pursue it... It's just not what I'm educated in.

Maybe applications should be accompanied by some sort of GPA breakdown for that particular school to provide some context.

You're looking at this too literally. Yes, everything you just said is true, but that's not the point (which is why I deliberately put "seem" in my last sentence). When making a joke, you want to get your point across as easily as possible to the widest audience. For that reason, using the NBA works way more better…

In terms of the form of the competition, the Spelling Bee is more like March Madness, but that's not what the joke is about. He's suggesting that Indians dominate the Spelling Bee in the same way that African-Americans dominate in the NBA. You can't make that equivalency with March Madness though because its top…

From what we actually know about Amanda's situation, that's highly unlikely. What evidence do you have that points to D.I.D.?

Darren actually is the sweetest person. I've met him as a fan, have worked with him on shows, and have observed him in personal settings, and he is ALWAYS the most charming person in the room. I can only think of one time where he seemed a little down and self-absorbed, and that was after signing autographs for hours…

It's funny how you've yet to consider that my Ivy League degree may just be in the same field as yours, thus making me just as hirable as you are. No one ever said you had to be a non-STEM major to know anything about them. But considering how pretentious and arrogant you sound, I'm not surprised that you wouldn't…

Oh, how far Ryan Higa has come... I remember the days when he was just sitting in front of a webcam singing "Milk and Cereal"

Hahahahahaha. My Ivy League degree and I will never be serving you french fries.

I'm not even going to respond to every incorrect assumption you just made because you have a very limited understanding of what non-STEM majors do with their lives, you sound like a narrow-minded asshole, and I feel sorry for you.

No, I live in New Jersey, work in New York, go to school in Connecticut, and everyone I know distinguishes ratchet (positive connotation) from ghetto (negative connotation) Though as I mentioned above to someone else, I think the way we use the word stems from class differences. All the minorities I know who use the…

"on-trend and fresh"

I don't see it as reclaiming because I've never known it to be negative. I've always thought of it as "we need a new word that means ghetto but in a positive way so let's spin-off of this new word ratchet that means partying hard and going crazy."

I don't know of any art or humanities companies

I assume that's why she wrote "If all men were Cary Grant in The Philadelphia Story, well, I'd be in trouble."

To add to what I said above in response and respond to the Feminist Wire article you linked to me in another thread, "ratchet" is about demolishing the dichotomy between being ghetto and being successful. It's about wanting to stop being ashamed of the fact that sometimes we just want to let loose and be loud in the…