Thedogdrinkscoffee

I went to school with quite a few mature students. They were all great classmates.

Lots of seniors go because they want edification. Never a stupid idea.

Now if you are asking financially, that depends on the time and cost of the program and the anticipated market for that kind of work. Do the math. Cost of school (tuition, books, materials and living expenses x number of years of the program) - opportunity cost of opportunity cost of not working your current gig during those years, + the estimated differential of what you reasonably think you could make for the remainder of your new career before retirement.

Every program, job market and tuition support is different. Do the math with your own local info.

I call it Captain Kirk's Shirt.

I think they mean this.

And probably big tiddies and schlongs.

Consensual fun. Go nutz!

I don't.

"Oh I hope my children grow up in an authoritarian dumpster fire. Rights are scary and I can't be trusted with them."

• you, probably.

You seem to struggle with the simple concept. So badly in fact, that I suspect this is all disingenuous bullshit from a bad faith ideologue.

In the slight chance this is just a high level of ignorance, naievety or low IQ, here is my polite response.

Oppressed people won't tell anyone anything that can be used against them, western or not. Pew Research isn't going to protect them. The Ash institute won't un-disapear anyone. The people speaking to western, even academic sources still have to live under oppression when the survey is done.

Speaking to foreign journalist is a great way to get your family threatened.

https://rsf.org/en/chinese-regime-s-fierce-repression-journalists-hidden-behind-day-celebration

Edit: Never mind. For bad faith arguments I hereby award you a personal block.

Because they jail/disappear anyone who complains? Lol.

Edit: Without entrenched freedom of speech, surveys mean nothing but what respondants think their opressors want to hear.

And what about mathematologists like me?

Edit: What do you have against Mathematology?

A very reasonable take, in unreasonable times.

The state could also ban the AFD and probably should.

I guarentee they will regret not having done so sooner.

I would normally agree with you, but the paradox of tolerence comes to mind.