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Re:America's Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind by shams93 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:19PM (#41684609)
As a white male in California when I was 18 my UC advisor advised me to "save the world" by killing myself as if I was an extra object to be destroyed.
Re:America's Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind by akoboldfrying on Sunday September 29, 2024 @12:09AM (#41684835)
How I expect this really played out:

You show up to your advisor meeting, and it turns out he's a boomer who clearly Doesn't Get It and is Part Of The Problem. It's plain from his faded tie and insistence that you choose a major that will give you some earning potential in your later life that he's happily ensconced within the system that has benefited his generation at the expense of all generations to come, and has no interest in the kind of urgent social change that you know is necessary to restore justice to the world. But, being the good guy that you are, you decide to take the high road by merely heavily implying that he and his kind are responsible for everything bad in society, instead of directly insulting him. The old fool probably won't even realise it's happening anyway!

Having just listened to 10 other students say essentially the same thing slightly less arrogantly, he loses patience and turns the implications of your naive moral grandstanding back on you.

Years later, you still haven't found a solid rebuttal to his suggestion -- but you have found a place where you can recount your ordeal and win some sympathy, provided you conceal enough of the original context.

Re:America's Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind by OutOfHere on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:35PM (#41684694)
You should've recorded the advisor on audio. It is why I record all meetings, as is legal in my state. It's reason enough to get the advisor fired and also to sue.
Re:America's Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind by underseacables on Sunday September 29, 2024 @12:16AM (#41684860)
I second this. I record all my work calls and meetings; Single notifier state. Primarily for my note taking and recall, but also CYA.
Re:America's Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind by fragmede on Sunday September 29, 2024 @12:34PM (#41688490)
Re:America's Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind by mmh0000 on Sunday September 29, 2024 @01:22PM (#41688813)
When the law protects abusers, sometimes you might have to break the law yourself.
Re:America's Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind by talldayo on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:39PM (#41684711)
It sounds like you are very heavily paraphrasing here, with the placement of your quotes.
Re:America's Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind by mway on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:26PM (#41684647)
Sorry, what?

Is this hyperbole? That is tremendously disturbing if not. Even if it was presented for illustrative purposes, that is in extremely poor taste.

Re:America's Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind by drewcoo on Sunday September 29, 2024 @01:50AM (#41685219)
Did you do it? /s