tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6374744841580754068..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Parents Dedicate New College Safe Space In Honor Of Daughter Who Felt Weird In Class OnceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12647789862697870562015-07-23T22:43:05.129-04:002015-07-23T22:43:05.129-04:00Like.Like.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91044935027248964652015-07-21T08:23:00.513-04:002015-07-21T08:23:00.513-04:00Exactly. My office has had a sticker labeling it ...Exactly. My office has had a sticker labeling it a "safe zone" for years (well, until it fell down sometime last year. I need to find another one.) All that means, however, as the sticker says (paraphrasing a bit), is that you'll be treated as a human being regardless of race, religion, class, sexual orientation/expression, or the like -- which should go without saying, but I don&Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55724734314310617102015-07-21T08:12:18.458-04:002015-07-21T08:12:18.458-04:00Thanks. I knew it was something like that, but was...Thanks. I knew it was something like that, but was (obviously) too lazy/tired to google. And then I spelled "bread" as "break." Apparently it was time for bed, or at least dinner (I'm away from Oilmont for the summer, so not in the CM timezone). <br /><br />Pappadam are tasty, but a bit small and fragile to sit in/on. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67136406626271469522015-07-21T01:08:47.723-04:002015-07-21T01:08:47.723-04:00We have some so-called safe spaces on our campus. ...We have some so-called safe spaces on our campus. They are ostensibly where people might have some hope of escaping the very privilege-blind bullshit that this article is making fun of.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2441891600892873262015-07-21T01:08:25.493-04:002015-07-21T01:08:25.493-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29330734713566325832015-07-21T00:09:44.113-04:002015-07-21T00:09:44.113-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90880788587672707342015-07-21T00:03:03.482-04:002015-07-21T00:03:03.482-04:00@CC: Close. It's a papasan chair.@CC: Close. It's a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=papasan" rel="nofollow">papasan chair.</a>Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88961048565039102152015-07-20T23:56:18.339-04:002015-07-20T23:56:18.339-04:00"Quality" control.
;-)"Quality" control.<br /><br /> ;-)Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89418888346800124412015-07-20T21:17:56.914-04:002015-07-20T21:17:56.914-04:00They do THAT in the library. That, and frequent th...They do THAT in the library. That, and frequent the Starbuck's that's 10 feet from the periodicals stacks. They certainly don't use the place for READING!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65061419288572392802015-07-20T19:40:06.855-04:002015-07-20T19:40:06.855-04:00Couches might lead to unfortunate uses, or even mi...Couches might lead to unfortunate uses, or even misunderstandings about the line between comfort and creating further discomfort. On the other hand, that pappadam (or is that the name of an Indian break? Whatever those round things are called) looks pretty big. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46525136651843085112015-07-20T19:36:55.140-04:002015-07-20T19:36:55.140-04:00It does, indeed. And that's at odds with the ...It does, indeed. And that's at odds with the text of the article, and the headline, which read "in honor of" (one honors the living -- including the living who graduated in 2009 and are off living their own lives while their parents continue to obsess about 40 minutes of their college experience, which is how I read the situation, too -- and commemorates the dead). <br /><br />I&#Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11902426530974230412015-07-20T17:40:31.013-04:002015-07-20T17:40:31.013-04:00Oh, that's a great one, Onion. But that room i...Oh, that's a great one, Onion. But that room is waaaaay too small. And there needs to be a couch and a water fountain in there too, doesn't there?Suzy from Square Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085856052108645578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43762407018693857892015-07-20T16:22:10.414-04:002015-07-20T16:22:10.414-04:00Note the final paragraph of the report:
Sources ...Note the final paragraph of the report: <br /><br /><i>Sources confirmed a separate donation has also been made to provide a safe space and counseling services for straight white men at the college who won’t shut the fuck up about how they’re the real victims on campus these days.</i><br /><br />In classic The Onion style they add a final hint at the end.dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87632635273432888302015-07-20T16:11:00.376-04:002015-07-20T16:11:00.376-04:00This isn't real, right? Or have I been reading...This isn't real, right? Or have I been reading the Onion wrong all this time?College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10143198130996850482015-07-20T15:55:01.788-04:002015-07-20T15:55:01.788-04:00The plaque reads "In loving memory of..."...The plaque reads "In loving memory of..."Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13245091263358082022015-07-20T15:24:47.890-04:002015-07-20T15:24:47.890-04:00I've re-read the article for clarification.
No...I've re-read the article for clarification.<br />No where does it mention the demise of the fictional student. Her parents took this upon themselves to create this special space so that no else suffer the ignominy of having to deal with 40 minutes of discomfort.<br />I read the implied "fact" that the student didn't even show up for the dedication to mean she had moved on and Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14771832966241902832015-07-20T14:43:58.019-04:002015-07-20T14:43:58.019-04:00EMH, I read this as referring to the perceived inc...EMH, I read this as referring to the perceived increase in sensitivity among students these days, and admin's/parents haste to cater to it at a cost to what students learn in class. What do you think it's referring to? <br /><br />I had two friends tweet this nearly simultaneously: one is a radical postcolonial feminist and the other a conservative Catholic (both academics.) No better Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82761217196924829342015-07-20T13:53:56.476-04:002015-07-20T13:53:56.476-04:00I'm trying to tell myself that it's the on...I'm trying to tell myself that it's the onion, what do you expect, and if this was a story of a snowflake who egged the library because their poly sci prof made them participate in some kind of KKK sensitivity, then I wouldn't have a problem.<br /><br />But, to make fun of a young lady who apparently had other issues going on (or mental issues whatever) that lead to her death, I thinkEmergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.com