cv-boardgamer t1_j9z4akt wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:07 PM

Reply to comment by misfire_heals in Air New Zealand conducts first flight in te reo Māori by donkeychaser1

A few years ago, I was visiting Charlotte for the first time, with my gf (she grew up nearby). Looking for something to do, I checked to see if the Hornets were playing. Sure enough, game time in one hour, two tram stops away. Let's go! My first NBA game.

After the game, we're making our way to the exit, when I see a group of small kids posing for a picture. The photographer had official Hornets gear on. The kids are holding a banner that says "Our First NBA Game!" So I walk up to the photographer and say "hey, it's my first NBA game too!" And the photographer says "well get in the picture!"

So on the Hornets IG feed, there is a picture of a bunch of 7 year olds and one 40-something slacker looking dude, with big smiles on their faces, at their first NBA game...

cv-boardgamer t1_j2e7iu9 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:37 PM

Reply to TIL Among the 50 million employed college graduates ages 25 to 64 in 2019, 37% reported a bachelor’s degree in science or engineering but only 14% worked in a STEM occupation by Fit_Pangolin_8271

The bartender at my local watering hole has a masters in some type of biology (forget which one) from a UC school. She said she was in the PhD program a while and bartending on weekends to make a little more scratch. She realized she enjoyed bartending more than academia, and earned more money, so she dropped out of the program and has been bartending full-time for over 5 years now. Whatever floats your boat I guess...