Off-Topic Good News Thread

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Snowboarder Buried Alive in Snow Rescued by Skier in Washington State​

 

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[Tony4Canes]

A Jeep was submerged in a Texas lake. When authorities arrived, they found a woman alive inside

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office found the woman alive after a fisherman spotted a Jeep submerged in a lake.

www.usatoday.com

 

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[No_Fly_Zone]

Somebody must have just broken into my house and cut every onion in Dade.

 

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[ithacane]

Words of wisdom

 

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[ben]

i hate to **** on this kid, but i think that is asinine and not good news.

this kid was clearly talented enough to be accepted anywhere, and could have short-listed a much smaller number of schools. instead, imagine that this led to rejections and wait-list responses for students at every single one of these schools, because someone self-serving who doesnt see the big picture wanted to make a headline.

he represents everything that is wrong with accomplishment, nobody is correcting him, and -- perhaps worst of all -- they are likely encouraging this.

 

[ben]

this kid is a hero

 

[ithacane]

i hate to **** on this kid, but i think that is asinine and not good news.

this kid was clearly talented enough to be accepted anywhere, and could have short-listed a much smaller number of schools. instead, imagine that this led to rejections and wait-list responses for students at every single one of these schools, because someone self-serving who doesnt see the big picture wanted to make a headline.

he represents everything that is wrong with accomplishment, nobody is correcting him, and -- perhaps worst of all -- they are likely encouraging this.

I didn’t think of that… but isn’t there a chance that he declined most of them to free up his spot?

But yeah… sometimes when u are just thinking about yourself and setting a record, you do negatively affect others

 

[ben]

I didn’t think of that… but isn’t there a chance that he declined most of them to free up his spot?

But yeah… sometimes when u are just thinking about yourself and setting a record, you do negatively affect others

the spots will open back up but i doubt he has formally declined any of the schools where he has been accepted.

i'll also note that college applications are ~$75 apiece. so this kid spent $10k on college applications. i think that is gross.

 

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