The Insane "Social Justice" Thread pt IV

[jamil]

OK…who had physical fitness being racist on their woke-bingo card?

Well. That's one way to avoid dealing with your weight. Pretend fit people are oppressing you.

 

[JCSR]

So who knocked up the Joker?

‘Grotesque’ new Batman story features the Joker becoming pregnant and giving birth to a ‘handsome’ baby

A new comic from DC features the Joker being the victim of a curse which makes him carry and give birth to a child that is a spitting image of his villainous self.

www.foxnews.com

 

[JEBland]

OK…who had physical fitness being racist on their woke-bingo card?

Wait. I swear we already stamped that space.

It turns out this is staying strong in the wokies:

She Stays Fat To Fight Racism

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[jamil]

So who knocked up the Joker?

‘Grotesque’ new Batman story features the Joker becoming pregnant and giving birth to a ‘handsome’ baby

A new comic from DC features the Joker being the victim of a curse which makes him carry and give birth to a child that is a spitting image of his villainous self.

www.foxnews.com

Well. It's not a transgender Joker.

Readers may be tempted to think this is part of DC’s attempt to do some woke, LGBTQ-inclusive storytelling with The Joker being a transgender man undergoing a typical pregnancy, though it’s not quite that simple.

In this volume, created by Matthew Rosenberg and Carmine Di Giandomenico, the "Clown prince of Crime" becomes pregnant by some unnatural curse and gives birth in a vomit-inducing way, literally.

It's a BOY!

 

[oze]

OK…who had physical fitness being racist on their woke-bingo card?

Sticking with my (new) default reaction. Satire Twitter account.

 

[JCSR]

It's a BOY!

It is for now!

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Sticking with my (new) default reaction. Satire Twitter account.

You are giving a lot more grace than I’m capable of.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I think the word “inclusive” has undergone a definition change.

 

[JEBland]

If only we could figure out why college, even public college, is so dang pricey. (Hint: there's been massive administrative bloat for the last 40 years)

 

[BugI02]

If only we could figure out why college, even public college, is so dang pricey. (Hint: there's been massive administrative bloat for the last 40 years)

It isn't just that. For ages I've thought the huge amounts of money Ohio State wastes on football, football facilities as well as football players and football employees could be better spent on scholarships and a return to scholar-athletes. They wouldn't win as many games but would likely move up in academic rankings

Somehow it is always suggested that alumni would give less money to the university if they didn't lose the big game every year. I counter that alumni would have more money to give if the value of a degree was increased

 

[JEBland]

It isn't just that. For ages I've thought the huge amounts of money Ohio State wastes on football, football facilities as well as football players and football employees could be better spent on scholarships and a return to scholar-athletes. They wouldn't win as many games but would likely move up in academic rankings

Somehow it is always suggested that alumni would give less money to the university if they didn't lose the big game every year. I counter that alumni would have more money to give if the value of a degree was increased

Oh, I agree. Sports as an expensive advert program is a major issue as well.
Though, in fairness, Purdue seems to be an exception:

[...]
Purdue Athletics is one of only a handful of Division I athletics departments that is entirely self-sustaining: it does not receive any taxpayer dollars, general fund support from Purdue University, or student fees. [...]

source:

Purdue Athletics Announces Cost-Saving Measures, Head Coaches’ Donation - Purdue Boilermakers

Jeff Brohm, Matt Painter, Sharon Versyp and Mike Bobinski have each voluntarily taken a 20% reduction in salary.

purduesports.com

I don't know about the 2022-2023 AY, and the rest of that paragraph is worth reading, but It's not like the Purdue sports page is behind a paywall. (right?)

To not make themselves too much of an outlier, Purdue certainly wastes plenty of other money, like an $80M library with vaulted ceilings:

Construction of WALC done in poor taste

The doors of Purdue’s Wilmeth Active Learning Center opened last August after two years of construction, and the building quickly became the jewel of the University’s red brick-and-mortar crown.

www.purdueexponent.org

 

[nonobaddog]

It isn't just that. For ages I've thought the huge amounts of money Ohio State wastes on football, football facilities as well as football players and football employees could be better spent on scholarships and a return to scholar-athletes. They wouldn't win as many games but would likely move up in academic rankings

Somehow it is always suggested that alumni would give less money to the university if they didn't lose the big game every year. I counter that alumni would have more money to give if the value of a degree was increased

I don't understand this - Ohio State makes many $Millions off their football team.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I don't understand this - Ohio State makes many $Millions off their football team.

My information is kind of old so things might have changed but I read one time that it is the football programs (for most schools and men’s basketball programs at others) that fund all the other non-revenue sports…like women’s-anything.

 

[BugI02]

I don't understand this - Ohio State makes many $Millions off their football team.

I'm not sure your source is deducting all the expenses associated with the program when they calculate that bottom line

 

[nonobaddog]

I'm not sure your source is deducting all the expenses associated with the program when they calculate that bottom line

They have to report all their football finances and this is not a secret - search and ye shall find.

From the University...

Ohio State Athletics notches record revenue, spends less than last year

The Ohio State University Department of Athletics increased revenue by 11% last fiscal year and spent less even as it and the university began fighting the major impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The department brought in $233,871,740 in fiscal year 2020, which measures July 1, 2019, to June 30...

news.osu.edu

From Wall Street Journal...

How Much Is Your College Football Team Worth?

Three football programs—Ohio State, Texas and Oklahoma—are valued at over a billion dollars.

www.wsj.com

 

[actaeon277]

Demolition man/ 1984

 

[KLB]

Limited Run Games canceled an employee to appease the woke mob - it's not going well for them

twitchy.com

 

[actaeon277]

Limited Run Games canceled an employee to appease the woke mob - it's not going well for them

twitchy.com

I guess now they can figure out if the money works out for them, or not.

 

[BugI02]

They have to report all their football finances and this is not a secret - search and ye shall find.

From the University...

Ohio State Athletics notches record revenue, spends less than last year

The Ohio State University Department of Athletics increased revenue by 11% last fiscal year and spent less even as it and the university began fighting the major impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The department brought in $233,871,740 in fiscal year 2020, which measures July 1, 2019, to June 30...

news.osu.edu

From Wall Street Journal...

How Much Is Your College Football Team Worth?

Three football programs—Ohio State, Texas and Oklahoma—are valued at over a billion dollars.

www.wsj.com

There is a huge amount of infrastructure - purpose built buildings that do nothing but house training facilities - that were not built with, nor are maintained with, athletic department money. Their maintenance comes out of the general budget for the university physical plant. The only exception might be the stadium, but I'm not even sure of that.

Even if things, such as the modernization of the scoreboard a few years ago, are paid for via alumni donations my point is the return on investment if that money was spent on human capital would arguably be higher. If students were scholars first, and then could try out for athletics after meeting acceptance criteria, the university could save on teaching courses geared only to those majoring in 'football' (like underwater basket weaving) which are also not paid for by the athletics department. I'm not aware of selective schools following the scholar-athlete model hurting for an endowment, either. Possibly millionaire businessmen donate more to their alma mater than millionaire NFL players

 

[spencer rifle]

As an Ohio State alumnus, I periodically used to get calls for $. Every time I would respond with "You fired a winning coach (Earle Bruce) soon after I graduated, but were still paying him according to his contract. It is painfully obvious that you don't need ANY of my money." They haven't called for a few years now. There are plenty of deep pocket dorks that will make up any shortfall. That leaves me with more to spend on ammo.