Crake

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by Crake 13y ago
Yeah, Miami can't hold a candle to NYC food. NYC is great because it's just so DENSE. Very little time required to get somewhere awesome, and what travel time you have you can spend reading or whatever.
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by Crake 13y ago
I think once you're hitting the level of "one of the biggest cities in the world" there's almost guaranteed going to be really awesome cuisine. I thought Paris had really great food when I was there, I'm sure Tokyo&
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by Crake 13y ago
What does that have to do with anything? He's talking about having to deal with crazy creationists (also known as religious extremists). That doesn't mean he is one himself.
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by Crake 13y ago
Also delicious, which is really not a point in favor of extended life span.
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by Crake 13y ago
I'm reading this on my $200 nexus 7, and I feel quite satisfied, thank you.
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by Crake 13y ago
As someone with insomnia AND eye problems, this makes monitors a lot less painful for me. Downloading the new version now!
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by Crake 13y ago
It's really weird reading the comments here. I guess I'm jealous of people who have parents worth seeing. I haven't seen my mother in well over half a decade, and am much healthier for it.
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by Crake 13y ago
Oh, I know plenty of people without health problems who can't afford it either. Your parents have complete control over your access to college until age 24. If they refuse to sign the FAFSA, or refuse to cosign private loans, you are 1
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by Crake 13y ago
Logic is a PART OF THE PATRIARCHY. /s
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by Crake 13y ago
California is very far from me--I actually ended up on the other coast looking for cheaper college (CUNY system, which I feel is similar in some ways). It looks like out of state tuition at community college is about $5000 in California, wh
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by Crake 13y ago
Well, the response I got from the colleges I emailed to ask was "we don't give out scholarships to transfer students." This went for public AND private schools in a variety of states. Often, the public schools that give trans
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by Crake 13y ago
Thank you.
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by Crake 13y ago
I don't have time to go through all of these, so I'll just go through all of this one: http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/lgbt.phtml "Deaf Queer Youth Scholarship The Deaf Queer Resource Center sponsors a $5
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by Crake 13y ago
Thank you. I hate having to explain myself over and over again, especially when so many people just call me lazy, stupid, etc...but it's a serious problem, and if someone with my academic chops has trouble, then that really says a lot
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by Crake 13y ago
"Only" able to afford two years? A four year university in my home state is $20,000/year. Going out of state to almost anywhere is even more expensive (california is up to nearly $40,000/year), and if you do find somewhe
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by Crake 13y ago
This is the opposite of my experience! I still had to write essays and jump hoops. Also, my community college didn't know how to fill out transcripts or forms for colleges out of state (they looked at the common app like it was from an
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by Crake 13y ago
I did community college while working. It took 6 years to get my associate of science this way, only to find out that my state engineering college would "accept" the credits but I'd still have to enter as a freshman in their
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by Crake 13y ago
Yes, there are scholarships for people in wheelchairs. I'm not in a wheelchair. My stuff is rare and has no funding behind it. I'm glad that you think that being a sexuality studies major is a noble goal, but I'm interested i
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by Crake 13y ago
I didn't have the money to at age 18. I mean, I had less than $500 in my bank account usually because rent and gas and food ate up my minimum wage earnings so quickly. It's what I've done now that I have access to independent
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by Crake 13y ago
There aren't really many opportunities for glbt scholarships. I appreciate the thought, but it's not like trying to google it has never crossed my mind.
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by Crake 13y ago
If 18 years of it didn't work, I don't know that more will help. Haha.
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by Crake 13y ago
Absolutely not. I was well into the 30s on mine, and the financial aid office still told me to fuck off. I suspect it varies a lot from state to state, hence a lot of people's condescending attitude and disbelief.
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by Crake 13y ago
I would have killed to have someone offer me that. :( You were lucky to have so many options available to you; I applied for 40+ scholarships at the time and placed as runner up for one and was awarded one other. It wasn't enough to me
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by Crake 13y ago
Without getting into a huge argument with an internet stranger as to the exact extent of my stupidity and/or intelligence, it'd probably be wise to note that nearly 2/3 of high school seniors are going to college now. Someone
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by Crake 13y ago
Funding and education really IS that impossible. I think you underestimate just how expensive college has become, especially in states that don't value educating smart people. I graduated into a recession, and even finding enough work
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by Crake 13y ago
Lgbt don't count as "minorities" for scholarships. Believe me, I've looked. It's all race based stuff, for the most part. I have a physical disability too, but it falls into that same abyss of not being pc attentio
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by Crake 13y ago
The alternative would be to prioritize academics over profits. In civilized countries, tuition is usually free, and college entrance standards are much higher. I know an english major who graduated still unable to distinguish between "
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by Crake 13y ago
That's only if you're 18, though. If you have to work a while before college to keep a roof over your head, or try to take classes at a community college, you basically disqualify yourself from virtually all financial aid and gran
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by Crake 13y ago
I'm gay, so my parents wouldn't pay or help me in any way. The public colleges in my state basically told me that if I didn't have the money, I should get lost and try again when I was 24. (This was despite routinely having t
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by Crake 13y ago
I'm familiar with the transfer argument, but frankly find it a little alarming. Doctors are supposed to be very smart, but they're apparently unable to write down some sort of bullet point list or short paragraph about the state o

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