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bogomipz · 2017-03 · Criticism

>"Have the "right kind" of founders, Ivy League, brash and exciting and magnets for press." I found their "right kind" to be cringe worthy: [VIDEO]

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bane · 2014-10 · Reference

Thanks for responding. I can't provide insight into the dislike for everybody, but I can speak for people like myself. University for me was an educational privilege and I honestly really went there just to learn. Social activities were a very distant third in terms of what I wanted out of school. Along the way I made many friends in the classes I took, people who were also there for similar reasons. We self-organized into study groups and helped each other with course selection etc. If we just wanted to hang out, we did that also. Quite a few of those people have stayed life-long friends. So the social-network aspects of fraternities always seemed kind of unimportant to me as I left college with a pretty robust social network. It's simply not an appealing pitch to join. I know there's stories of people who went to the same fraternity recognizing each other's 20 year old rings in an interview and getting a job or some similar scenario, but that too seems like a scenario I'd rather not be involved in. I'd like to be hired and I hire based purely on job qualification, not having a shared hazing history. Again, not an appealing pitch. > I got what I wanted out of it (my wife). As it turns out, quite a few of my friends (including myself) also found their spouses in college, outside of the greek system. As it turns out people find ways to socialize without the need for a structured system. I'm glad it worked out for you, but it's not really appealing to people like me. > You have

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jonknee · 2014-05 · Criticism

He has said a lot of disgusting things, but is still young and can do whatever he wants going forward (he's got enough shares to live many lives). Of ways to have your life ruined, this sounds like a great way to go. It appears that the whole team needs to grow up. They come off as something right out of HBO's Silicon Valley. [VIDEO]

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