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@JustFdont @Avalked @MikeNellis Also I’ve used Claude AI. Its capabilities are quite amazing. Like a software engineering team at your fingertips but faster.

@JustFdont @Avalked @MikeNellis If AI isn’t doing well then you should have nothing to fear right? They will hire you back. Also you can do many different things in life, not just tech. The people who make it so degrees are required are HR departments and trial lawyers. This is changing.

Newsmax: Why are college kids booing AI during graduation ceremonies? Me: Because they did everything society told them to do — took on debt, got the degree, worked their asses off — and now they’re graduating into a brutal job market while billionaires openly brag about replacing human labor with AI and robotics. Honestly, I don’t blame them for being angry.

@JustFdont @Avalked @MikeNellis What facts? You have none just emotions.

@republicmaxing @Avalked @MikeNellis Better than not considering facts. Enjoy!

@JustFdont @Avalked @MikeNellis Nope just petulant. Also your inability to consider hypotheticals is funny. Enjoy arguing on the internet.

@republicmaxing @Avalked @MikeNellis "Even if you're correct..." I am. Thanks.

@JustFdont @Avalked @MikeNellis Hahaha. You are the one that seems to be wasting time. HR departments and trial lawyers pushed these things. Even if you’re correct, there are tons of people that did not account for ROI on their degree at all. But if you are in the group that realizes this you are an “idiot”?

@Avalked @republicmaxing @MikeNellis This guy's an idiot, don't waste your time. We saw job posting after posting ask for a degree. We saw jobs that don't even need a degree list one as a requirement. We saw data on the creep of requirements. Of course everyone felt compelled to go. It was intentional. It's money.

@Avalked @MikeNellis Also SEO marketing got very big after AI. Local SEO involving personal relationships and small business is very valuable. Also you need to remember companies don’t want to give you money. In their eyes labor is an expense.

@republicmaxing @MikeNellis Shop owners? Where are they getting the money to open a business? Performers? Right wingers don't acknowledge arts as a valid career. Bookkeepers? You need a finance degree. Online marketing? Swallowed by AI. I'm from the USA, born in the 90s as well. My own experiences differ.

@Avalked @MikeNellis Nope. Nope and nope. You are just neurotic. I just listed for you different businesses that friends of mine own are involved in or started from scratch. You can get an SBA loan. Who cares about “right wingers”? Finance degree for bookkeeping? Hahahaha. No. Start your own firm.

@PerhapsIamU @MikeNellis The admins/politicians that think more and more conventional “education” (regardless of how it is provided) is going to make their students uniformly better. This was to address the argument that “society” is telling people to do something.

@republicmaxing @MikeNellis Liberal elites? In a high school setting? What world are you talking about? I’m just trying to get them to stop tossing gummy worms at each other when I write on the board. Parents are in the driver’s seat pushing the kids from what they tell me.

@Avalked @MikeNellis Ok well go live your life. I was born in the USA in 90s and no one in my family told me to do this. In fact we find it quite odd people think they have to. Niche businesses—yes you can find something to do. There are performers, bookkeepers, online marketers, shop owners, etc.

@republicmaxing @MikeNellis They need well paying jobs to pay off the loans they took because their parents and grandparents drilled into them from a young age they needed to go to college to succeed. The trades are what everyone smugly argues they should do instead. "Niche businesses"? Nothing statement.

@Avalked @MikeNellis Yes, assuming that’s what they all do. Going “oh college didn’t work out, let’s go to trades” isn’t a good plan either. All of these individuals are not going to do the same thing though hopefully. Niche business catering to different types of people is where the future lies.

@republicmaxing @MikeNellis So following your logic, you acknowledge that when all these graduates have to resort to trades because college ambitions didnt pan out, those industries will be likewise destroyed, from the influx of everyone doing the same thing, yes?

@WVRidgeRider @MikeNellis Higher education is more like a toll booth maintained by admin. elites and HR departments. Unless you are going into a subject requiring significant training (doctor/lawyer), most information is free online. I agree that this needs to stop. But that to me is not all of “society”.

@republicmaxing @MikeNellis I disagree. Many presidents have preached 'go to college, get an education for today's job market.' Then they started making college mandatory for jobs that were traditionally on the job training. There's been a fleecing of America with higher education.

@PerhapsIamU @MikeNellis This is liberal elites in the school system that have panting attacks obsessing over “education, education”, not the broader society. Many people think these education busy bodies are nuts.

@republicmaxing @MikeNellis I was teaching high school when the No Child Left Behind policy came out. Then NAFTA got all our manufacturing shifted out of country. I was specifically told to get each student ready for college and the service industry. I looked at my grade book and just died inside.

@Avalked @MikeNellis Haha you weren’t sold anything. You believed a hubris about college that hasn’t been relevant since 1995. Also no one said you “had” to go. Many of you wanted a quick ticket to six figures and didn’t get it. Also when everyone does the same thing it ends badly.

@republicmaxing @MikeNellis Fuck your revisionist history lmao every single 90s and 2000s kid grew up being told they had to go to college if they wanted any success. They were sold a lie.

@VictorJoecks Nevada should restructure its legislature to multi member districts with proportional seat allocation. This would stop gerrymandering. It can be done with a ballot initiative!

Let me explain what's happened in Nevada over the years. And the answer is more complicated than simply blaming the "Reid machine." Democrats have brutally gerrymandered Nevada. As a result (how the population is distributed is a contributing factor too), there are several bright red R legislative districts. Now, this should create an opportunity to have rockstar Rs in those safe seats who are raising money and helping build an infrastructure that elects Rs in more competitive seats. Instead, many (not all) of Nevada's reddest districts are represented by squishy Republicans. As a result, there is constant tension between the RINOs (who are generally better funded) and Rs who continue to adhere to conservative principles after the primaries are over. This makes it hard for conservative Rs to party build. And the RINOs often act like Democrats. For instance, look at former Gov. Brian Sandoval. In 2010, he ran on a conservative platform, defeating incumbent Gov. Jim Gibbons (who had personal problems, plus the economy melting down) in the primary. In 2014, Sandoval cruised to re-election and Rs won majorities in both the Assembly and Senate. That was the first R trifecta in decades. And Sandoval spent his political capital on pushing the largest tax increase in Nevada history. Rs promptly lost the legislature and Ds wiped away most of Sandoval's meager reforms in 2019. In theory, CD2 (a safe R seat) would provide an opportunity to do this type of building, but Mark Amodei wasn't interested. (His likely replacement, @SettelmeyerNV, is likely to generally vote the right way, but it's hard to see him doing heavy fundraising.) The Nevada GOP bench for open Congressional seats should be incumbent legislators who've built up name ID, fundraising networks and credibility with voters. (@CarrieBuckforNV is the rare example of doing this the right way. She should cruise to a primary victory in CD1 with a real shot to defeat incumbent Democrat @dinatitus.) But squishy Rs that can win a legislative primary would struggle in a Congressional contest. So, they sit in their safe seats, strangling Nevada's conservative movement. As a result, R voters often have a selection of self-funders (see CD3), perennial candidates or promising newcomers who should be running for an office one or two seats lower. After these promising newcomers lose, most stop seeking office. And the cycle repeats itself.

@k8tobrien @tedcruz Yes, since most of NV gasoline comes from CA refineries which are being shuttered by Gavin. Nevada needs to build up its refining capacity so it’s not reliant on the eco nuts in CA.

@tedcruz Then how do you explain the high gas prices in Nevada? Is that Gavin’s fault too?

Just filled my tank. In Texas, gas is $3.99 a gallon. Hey Gavin—the problem isn’t Chevron, it’s California’s stupid energy policies….