The Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech

Re:The Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech by gnicholas on Sunday August 11, 2019 @04:02AM (#20666982)

First class round-trip tickets across the US? Thats a thousand bucks. And $400 for a music player? Those are not normal expenditures for middle-class 20-year-olds (in 2007, before MP3 players were ubiquitous and inexpensive).

Regardless, I’m not saying these are only ever purchased by the ultra-wealthy. I’m saying this was the first sign anyone had that these kids had any money whatsoever. It turned out both have trust funds and are extraordinarily wealthy.

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Re:The Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech by goatinaboat on Sunday August 11, 2019 @04:14AM (#20667027)

That particular example resonated with me. I'm not super-rich, far from it, I certainly wasn't even earning much in that time-frame. And I did a similar thing because it was the last ticket left and I had to get to a funeral. There must have been other clues that lead to the conclusion that they were trust fund kids!

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Re:The Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech by ikeyany on Sunday August 11, 2019 @05:49AM (#20667332)

The last ticket left was a first class ticket?

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Re:The Problem at Yale Is Not Free Speech by goatinaboat on Sunday August 11, 2019 @07:31AM (#20667653)

Yes. It was about $2000. But what was I going to do, just not be there? Took me a bit of work to pay it off but I would have regretted not going so much more.

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