Idiots in the news Part II: We're better than that guy that did that thing. Get off my lawn, Jaybar.

[Ksandra]

I get what people are coming from, but I'm not surprised at all, and I doubt anything would happen to the guy.

1. Admins are not educators, and more often than not (sadly), have little clue about what educators do.

2. Admins are often fucking busy as shit, and in that regards, I could see why he may have no time to write his own speech (which he probably has to do one every year), and just took another.


[edit] To clarify, I'm not siding with the guy so much as pointing out that this is the life of an admin. 90% of them are suck, so doubtful he'd get fired.

[Coren]

If he had said at the outset, "I found these words meaningful and wanted to share them with you", he'd be in the clear. It's not an assignment, who cares?

[dasva]

Quoting someone even a whole speech is fine attributing it to yourself is not

[kuronosan]

You guys Melania was just busy af

[Eurell]

The first lady copying off the previous first lady is different from a HS principal copying off of Ashton fucking kutcher lol. One of them is supposed to be speaking their own thoughts to the entire country, the other one is supposed to give students a generic speach about working hard and telling them gl. Every HS speech is basically the same thing.

[kuronosan]

Plagiarism is a spectrum now. K.

[Greatguardian]

Tons of commencement speeches are copy-pasted. Unlike academic papers or literature, there is a very low to nonexistent expectation of originality.

[Eurell]

Plagiarism is a spectrum now. K.

Yes. Some things matter, some things don't. Context is a thing. He could have given no speech and it also wouldn't have mattered. Apologize to Ashton and move on lol.

[Mertron]

boring

let’s go back to laughing at the small dick billionaire guy who died trying to make his dick big and people getting in their feels defending his small dick

[6souls]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48935401

A popular lake for Siberian influencers to take selfies at is revealed to be the dumping grounds for the toxins produced from a local coal power plant.

[zoobernut]

Not really an idiot in the news but a funny news story that I didn't think really fit anywhere else. Mom orders a Moana cake for her daughters birthday but gets a Marijuana cake instead. (luckily the daughter is 25 so no big deal)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/11/us/mo...rnd/index.html

[DrClout]

Some mistakes are great lol

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[Outlaw]

Not a individual person but this just proves that the young people these days are just stupid.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...ncers-n1029551

[Mythe_Seraph]

I don’t think it proves that they’re stupid I think it shows that these kids are ambitious and many of them share an entrepreneurial spirit. It just needs to be fostered in a correct manner.

Man if I had a nickel for every kid in my class who wanted to start their own YouTube channel... but when they were allowed to make videos for presentations and assignments in class? I’ll be damned if I didn’t see some of the most impressive shit ever.

[Karbuncle]

Idk who wouldn’t want to be a YouTuber or twitch steamer. You can make a lot of money essentially doing what you love(your mileage may vary). These guys are the celebrities of the internet generation, them wanting to be “influencers” is no different than us wanting to be tv or movie stars. Celebrities are celebrities.

To me, I’d chose to spend a day with anyone at Achievement hunter over a single tv or movie star. I just like them more lol.

[NynJa]

Being an “influencer” is literally the equivalent of 5 minutes of fame.

Wasnt there an insta model who had her shit closed down and made a huge post how she needs her insta acct back and all her followers because she legit has no idea how to be a competent human being?

Found it
https://www.indy100.com/article/jess...eleted-8863851

[tyven]

Being an “influencer” is literally the equivalent of 5 minutes of fame.

Wasnt there an insta model who had her shit closed down and made a huge post how she needs her insta acct back and all her followers because she legit has no idea how to be a competent human being?

Found it
https://www.indy100.com/article/jess...eleted-8863851

Works pretty well for pewdiepie tho

[Karbuncle]

Being an “influencer” is literally the equivalent of 5 minutes of fame.

I mean, I'd of taken my 5 minutes that comes with enough money to let me literally retire comfortably by 25 with some even average smart investing. They're some shittier "Influencers" but some of them really do make bank.

[Fiye]

Plus once you break out enough you can translate your success to another platform and get your sibling some of that boost. (Jake/Logan Paul)

Shit is like wanting to be a reality TV star a decade ago.

[NynJa]

I mean, I'd of taken my 5 minutes that comes with enough money to let me literally retire comfortably by 25 with some even average smart investing. They're some shittier "Influencers" but some of them really do make bank.

Implying these people have any fucking clue how to invest their money. There may be the oddball who knows how to not piss all their money away though.