{"id":3245,"date":"2020-11-20T15:24:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T20:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2020-11-20T15:24:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T20:24:07","slug":"twenty-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/20\/twenty-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking through my Drafts folder, I&#8217;m seeing the one I wanted to write about yesterday, but couldn&#8217;t find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has some bits that are relevant.  I should finish it.  But not today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How current are you on pop culture? (Memes, creepypasta, etc)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am totally up with all of this.  Or not at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of me says that&#8217;s okay.  I&#8217;m <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">old<\/span>.  I&#8217;m not supposed to know what the kids are doing when I don&#8217;t live with any of &#8217;em.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do wish they&#8217;d learn some of the things that were common when I was young, but whatever.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft Word is getting really picky lately about me putting two spaces after colons and semicolons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what you learn when you learn how to type on an IBM Selectric II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I could see well enough to drive, on the rare occasions I drove a vehicle with an automatic transmission, I&#8217;d naturally reach for the clutch with my last foot towards the end of braking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife never did learn how to drive either of my vehicles with a manual transmission.  She is beginning to love my cast iron cookware, finally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News.  This is something that isn&#8217;t showing up where i normally look for news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, with the incoming Administration, there&#8217;s something that&#8217;s been bubbling among the hipster progressive crowd &#8212; Student Loan Forgiveness.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was opposed to it on its original mention.  I worked during college, and took care of many of my expenses.  There was no room and board for me.  I didn&#8217;t want to take a bunch of my parents&#8217; money when I wasn&#8217;t quite sure what I wanted to do with my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it&#8217;d have been long-since paid, now, they would have definitely fallen into one of the two two quartiles mentioned <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/the-democrats-push-to-cancel-50k-in-student-loan-debt-completely-ignores-the-real-reason-college-is-so-expensive\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can see how this would be attractive to a rich <s>Native American<\/s>white Ivy League professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But to someone who got into a state school, and comes out with tens of thousands per year less earnings, it&#8217;s a really bad deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it might suit their suburban moms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you forgive the debt, any part of it, that has to be counted as taxable income, at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this is a problem that&#8217;s only exacerbated <strong>by<\/strong> government.  Government has only made it less affordable.  Virginia&#8217;s senior senator, Senator Nextel, was complaining on Twitter earlier today that the outgoing Administration is going to stop spending money that doesn&#8217;t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m having trouble being too broken up about that.  Let people live their lives, and they will find a way to care for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking through my Drafts folder, I&#8217;m seeing the one I wanted to write about yesterday, but couldn&#8217;t find. It has some bits that are relevant. I should finish it. But not today. How current are you on pop culture? (Memes, creepypasta, etc) I am totally up with all of this. Or not at all. 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