• Bipta
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      What causes you to go to school? Generally a hope to fulfill your basic survival functions these days, like eating, safety, and temperature regulation. Are those needs choices?

      And what causes having those needs? Being born. Was that one’s own choice either?

      I think this argument won’t work well on those who came of age when a highschool degree would cut it, but it is logically rather sound based on present realities.

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        22 years ago

        I’m a younger millennial and went to school and got a degree. No debt. It’s a choice.

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          432 years ago

          I love this argument. Absolutely no empathy for anyone who had different options and experiences, just straight up “I did it so anyone else can too.” You’re making the world a better place. /s

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            22 years ago

            I can have empathy for people in different situations than me, but it’s not my responsibility to bail them out of their problems.

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              142 years ago

              it’s not my responsibility to bail them out of their problems.

              Counter argument: Yes it is. As much as any responsibility exists at all, you have a responsibility to your fellow people.

              “Well it’s not my responsibility” leads to a shittier world. And since you apparently have a degree and no debt, you can spare the energy to be better.

              Or maybe just watch “The Good Place” again.

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              232 years ago

              I really don’t understand people who don’t want to contribute to an overall better society.

              I’m happy to pay more in taxes to have a healthier, better educated, and more stable society. It pays dividends.

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              92 years ago

              What’s your opinion on bailing out Mega Corporations who didn’t responsibly save their money? Or is it ok to bail out Mega Corps but not ok to bail out your mechanic?

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              112 years ago

              You think you’re personally paying off other people’s student loans? Don’t bother answering you’re obviously just a troll.

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              I’ll just assume your family is penniless, sent you to poorly funded K-12 schools, and kicked you out on your ass onto the street the day you turned 18 with no warning or support of any kind, and you still somehow got a degree without debt.

              Otherwise, you’d be a raging hippocrite born on third base crowing like you hit a triple! Clearly though that can’t be the case.

              I’m sorry your family did you like that though, that’s rough.

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          182 years ago

          That is quite a selfish viewpoint. Perhaps reconsider what you mean. Are you really stating that all people should have the same fate as you regardless of their starting conditions?

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            22 years ago

            No. But lots of people are bad financially and get themselves into too much debt without a way out and I don’t think I should be responsible for bailing them out.

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              A 17 year old kid is forced into taking on debt to attend college with, at the time they agree to it, no way of paying it off. It’s a gamble any which way you slice it. And they have no frame of reference to understand the decision they’re making.

              The school isn’t on the hook to ensure they get gainful employment that would pay them enough to manage that debt. The loan servicer isn’t either. Only the kid is going to be held to anything, yet the shitty take is always, “They knew what they were signing up for, so fuck em. I want them to suffer for their bad decision.”

              With all sincerity, I hope you encounter misfortune through no fault of your own that ruins your financial security for the next 20 years.

              Maybe that’ll teach you a little empathy.

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                22 years ago

                No one is forced to go to college. And they definitely aren’t forced to attend 50k+/year universities.

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                A 17 year old kid is forced into taking on debt to attend college

                No they’re not! No is forced to go to college, and no is forced to go into debt to do it! Those are both choices they made! The premise of your whole argument is not true!

                With all sincerity, I hope you encounter misfortune through no fault of your own that ruins your financial security for the next 20 years.

                Unlikely, I plan ahead and don’t make stupid financial decisions.

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                  Unlikely, I plan ahead and don’t make stupid financial decisions.

                  Oh sweet summer child…

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                  82 years ago

                  This shit is bad for society, and by extension you. Loan services and schools suck up vast wealth that… goes into rich pockets and widens the income gap. Money that could go to purchasing goods and services, or supporting businesses of any size, or buying houses, or having kids, or paying taxes that could be used on useful things like decent roads (how taxes are used specifically is outside the scope of this discussion, just an example).

                  Your whole world could be better through loan forgiveness, just not specific to you. Just everything around you better. Just requires a little less “got mine”.

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                12 years ago

                You can always tell when people run out of arguments when people respond to reasonable comments with “OMG I CANT EVEN”

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      172 years ago

      I guess you’re against COVID treatments too because coming in contact with other human beings is also a choice. Lung Cancer cure? No thanks, they chose to smoke those cigarettes so I would like them to suffer.

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        22 years ago

        Lung Cancer cure? No thanks, they chose to smoke those cigarettes so I would like them to suffer.

        My mom died of Lung Cancer, didn’t smoke a single cigarette her whole life. So fuck you.

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          92 years ago

          Nobody wants to pay taxes bud, but if you don’t, the country will fall apart around you because of precisely that.

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          252 years ago

          I don’t want them to suffer,

          but I’m not paying for their treatment.

          I’m not trying to be spicy, but you must see how these two statements are contradictory.

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          If you have insurance, private or public, you’re paying for them either way. That’s how insurance works.

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      782 years ago

      A choice typically made by 17 year old kids after having spent their entire life having it drummed into them that college is the correct step to take after school

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        502 years ago

        Also 17 year old kids, the vast majority of which have never taken on significant debt and have no frame of reference for the scale of obligation they’re taking on.

        It blows my mind that we look at an 17 year old and, as a government, we say, “Alcohol? Too young and immature. Handguns? Too young and immature. Tobacco products? Too young and immature. Voting? Too young and immature. Enlisting in the military or want to take on 5 or 6 figures of debt that will drive your major life decisions for the next few decades? Sign here.”