Yeah, the only problem is, nobody actually reads the article: "comparatists typically exhibit some acquaintance with translation studies, sociology, critical theory, cultural studies and history. As a result, comparative literature programs within universities may be designed by scholars drawn from several such departments. This eclecticism has led critics (from within and without) to charge that Comparative Literature is insufficiently well-defined, or that comparatists too easily fall into dilettantism, because the scope of their work is, of necessity, broad." This is the basis for an argument over whether comparative literature is an academic field of study any better defined than "general studies." Most professors think it isn't, and none of them give a s**t whether the College Board, Princeton or Harvard have a different opinion, since this particular argument has been going on longer than any of them have existed. Furthermore, there are a hell of a lot of colleges (with FAR more credible Arts and Letters schools than Harvard or Princeton) that specifically don't offer a comparative literature major, because their faculty agrees with me: comparative literature is the rhetorical combination of about five actual fields of study into an academic Frankenstein that nobody can define, including the professors that teach it. Therefore, there is no such thing as "comparative literature" as an academic field of study. So pack up your tents, my good douchebags, put the clowns back in the car and move the circus on to the next thread, and take the Ivy League, the College Board and the rest of this bulls**t with you.
I must have been a really stupid kid in high school apparently. I'd charge $10 an hour and if I can't fix it you don't pay. The only time I made real money was a build + configuration, which was $75 with cost of parts upfront. The good news is there was never a job I couldn't fix.Then again, the people I worked for all tipped generously usually. One time I got a $130 tip since I helped setup their network after their son screwed it up. Mostly I'd get an extra $20-75 though. So I guess karma worked in the end.
lpcustomNov 17, 2008
Too bad I won't have time to listen to more of your ramblings while I'm ordering my burger from you at Wendy's.
cubicledroneNov 17, 2008
Yeah, the only problem is, nobody actually reads the article: "comparatists typically exhibit some acquaintance with translation studies, sociology, critical theory, cultural studies and history. As a result, comparative literature programs within universities may be designed by scholars drawn from several such departments. This eclecticism has led critics (from within and without) to charge that Comparative Literature is insufficiently well-defined, or that comparatists too easily fall into dilettantism, because the scope of their work is, of necessity, broad." This is the basis for an argument over whether comparative literature is an academic field of study any better defined than "general studies." Most professors think it isn't, and none of them give a s**t whether the College Board, Princeton or Harvard have a different opinion, since this particular argument has been going on longer than any of them have existed. Furthermore, there are a hell of a lot of colleges (with FAR more credible Arts and Letters schools than Harvard or Princeton) that specifically don't offer a comparative literature major, because their faculty agrees with me: comparative literature is the rhetorical combination of about five actual fields of study into an academic Frankenstein that nobody can define, including the professors that teach it. Therefore, there is no such thing as "comparative literature" as an academic field of study. So pack up your tents, my good douchebags, put the clowns back in the car and move the circus on to the next thread, and take the Ivy League, the College Board and the rest of this bulls**t with you.
avasealNov 17, 2008
@xsquirrel:Pretty sure he meant female drivers
zinjashikeNov 17, 2008
I must have been a really stupid kid in high school apparently. I'd charge $10 an hour and if I can't fix it you don't pay. The only time I made real money was a build + configuration, which was $75 with cost of parts upfront. The good news is there was never a job I couldn't fix.Then again, the people I worked for all tipped generously usually. One time I got a $130 tip since I helped setup their network after their son screwed it up. Mostly I'd get an extra $20-75 though. So I guess karma worked in the end.
earlvanzeNov 21, 2008
Sure, why not? As long as ugly people give good favors.
mrressJan 20, 2010
"Turn off computer" is still in the "Start" menu in XP