Perhaps Why A Humanities Degree Does Not Pay What A STEM One Does
A tweet.
In related (only in California!) news from September 30:
@DJGrothe
We literally just saw a dildo rolling across the 101, in heavy traffic. More impressive than the typical tumbleweaves seen in these parts.








I must admit I don't get it. What make a dildo impressive? Unusual maybe for a piece of litter, but impressive? I've seen pumps two stories tall taking up two lanes to creep down the highway. Moving that hunk of metal was impressive. The guys who dropped a hydro dam turbine on the side of the road were embarrassing. The turbine itself was an impressive piece of engineering before it got dropped. Afterwards it was inconveniently located scrap metal. I'm afraid random dildo's just don't rank up there for me.
Ben at October 11, 2015 11:45 AM
Um, it's funny.
Amy Alkon at October 11, 2015 11:49 AM
The reason that an engineering graduate has a higher income than a dildo studies major must be blatant racism.
Jay at October 11, 2015 1:39 PM
"Tumbleweaves"? What's impressive is trying to type "tumbleweaves" without autocorrect changing it to a real word.
Wfjag at October 11, 2015 1:40 PM
Tumbleweave? Now I have visions of hair extensions blowing in the wind and some old white movie cowboy singing about it.
Conan the Grammarian at October 11, 2015 4:10 PM
Maybe it's a generational thing Amy. After seeing dildo nunchucks hanging from power lines and having people randomly shout penis this seems rather meh.
Now for real sexually explicit fun try playing Saint's Row. You can beat the gimps with a dildo sword if that's your fancy. But the arrogant bravado is what really tickled my funny bone. Having the president's press secretary saying 'The president was quoted out of context. This really isn't that bad.' And the reporter responds, 'How can "God bless America, well fuck that, they should be saying God bless me!" be taken out of context?'
Ben at October 11, 2015 5:39 PM
I thought that Amy was pointing out (aside from the absurd topic) that her slide is incorrect. "Darker the bigger" is just wrong. Presumably, she means "The darker, the bigger". Better would be a phrase with a verb: "Darker ones are bigger".
In any case, find it hard to imagine what kind of presentation would analyze the size and race of dildos, or why anyone would care. BTW, differences by race are well documented. Also: who cares.
a_random_guy at October 12, 2015 7:14 AM
The government and the Silicon Valley corportists will soon have taken care of this problem, via the magic of the H1-B visa.
Cousin Dave at October 12, 2015 7:16 AM
Some idiotic UT student is planning a "dildo rebellion" next fall, when Texans gain the right to conceal carry on campus if licensed to carry.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1686524198249678/
Ridiculous. What I want, when a psycho starts shooting, is a brave gun-carrying alpha male next to me (not that I can't take of it if I have to, I'd just prefer not to have to.)
Not to mention, someone needs to inform this student organizer that plenty of students at UT and elsewhere would rather beg forgiveness afterward, than go on campus unarmed. It's called concealed for a reason, dumbass. They're already there.
momof4 at October 12, 2015 10:49 AM
Some idiotic UT student is planning a "dildo rebellion" next fall, when Texans gain the right to conceal carry on campus if licensed to carry.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1686524198249678/
Ridiculous. What I want, when a psycho starts shooting, is a brave gun-carrying alpha male next to me (not that I can't take of it if I have to, I'd just prefer not to have to.)
Not to mention, someone needs to inform this student organizer that plenty of students at UT and elsewhere would rather beg forgiveness afterward, than go on campus unarmed. It's called concealed for a reason, dumbass. They're already there.
momof4 at October 12, 2015 10:58 AM
Some idiotic UT student is planning a "dildo rebellion" next fall, when Texans gain the right to conceal carry on campus if licensed to carry.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1686524198249678/
Ridiculous. What I want, when a psycho starts shooting, is a brave gun-carrying alpha male next to me (not that I can't take of it if I have to, I'd just prefer not to have to.)
Not to mention, someone needs to inform this student organizer that plenty of students at UT and elsewhere would rather beg forgiveness afterward, than go on campus unarmed. It's called concealed for a reason, dumbass. They're already there.
momof4 at October 12, 2015 10:58 AM
The UT dildo thing is just so f_cking stupid that my eyes pretty much roll out of my head when I think about it. And there's also the story making the rounds about the professor who is leaving UT because of concealed carry... except that he was retiring anyway...and the kids he teaches are mostly 18 and 19-year old freshman who can't legally carry anyway. What a posturing, self-righteous asshole.
My thought on the whole Texas concealed-carry thing is that if it "frightens off" a bunch of liberal elitist professors and students... well, good.
ahw at October 12, 2015 1:40 PM
Dildos must have been designed by humanities majors. An engineer would have made one side flat to prevent rolling into traffic and the resulting safety hazard with possible loss of life.
Humanities majors think only about the aesthetics.
Andrew_M_Garland at October 12, 2015 3:18 PM
@A_M_G: A Soldier would have designed it with a lanyard to keep it from falling in the dirt. Apparently hygiene isn't a priority among "tumbleweavers."
Wfjag at October 12, 2015 7:20 PM
Q: What is 10 inches long, cylindrical, and white?
A: Nothing.
Jeff Guinn at October 15, 2015 9:54 AM
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