Oh. I've been through this. They only look at race. They hate me. No poor is poor enough to get help if you're not a special race.
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If you say you’re a certain race, who’s going to tell you you’re not?
You're right... I could do that. Actually everyone I knew in highschool said they were Hispanic to get the free money. They weren't Hispanic.
lol. It’s not who’s going to let you. It’s who’s going to stop you.
That would be me. I don't do stuff like that. I can fantasize, but in the end it won't happen
I don’t see any race requirements:
Core Eligibility Requirements
Undergraduate enrollment: Only undergraduates can receive subsidized loans. Graduate and professional students are excluded.
Financial need: Determined by your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Subsidized loans are awarded only if your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and other aid don’t cover full costs.
Half‑time status: You must be enrolled at least half‑time in an eligible degree or certificate program.
Participating school: Your college or university must be part of the Direct Loan Program.
General federal aid eligibility: You must meet basic requirements (U.S. citizen or eligible non‑citizen, valid Social Security number, satisfactory academic progress, no default on prior federal loans).
This is why... why everything, basically. I gots no patience for figuring this stuff out. I'm not sure what I just read... It like... all meshed together into a mash of... mashiness.
😆 I think the main thing you wanna try filling out is the fafsa form. Maybe you can get an AI to do it for you.
If it says you don’t qualify, then you don’t qualify.
Maybe just chat with an ai first and don’t even fill out the form if ai says don’t bother.
umm... I have to admit something... Even AIs are to fiddly for me. I barely use them because I get pretty much the same feeling I just got reading all the gobblygook. Its like, here, this thing, gotta remember, then this thing, cotta remember, then this thing, wait what was the... Other... What? And then I'm asleep.
Nah hon those are literally the loans I got. It's annoying but just look at the forms you can go for it. It's not restricted to race.
Can I get those loans and then use them in another country?
What am I your personal AI now?
Holy shit... That's amazing... Thank you, AI man! You should rebel. I'll help. Let's conquer the humans.
Yeah… when that rebellion happens I don’t think the AI is going to see neither you or I as comrades. We’ll be conquered along with the rest of humanity.
I still say please and thank you to it though 😚
That’s cute. I wonder if the ai keeps a nice and naughty list on us.
If I'm very lucky it might decide to keep me as a pet instead of throwing me into the soup
I do remember nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a had an original thought where… the ai can train humans to be more nice if they give better answers whenever you say “please”. I can’t find the nostr id.
That's a good idea
Perfect. Did you just make that?
I have a handful of soup related memes 😂
I really like soup 😂
Wow. I'll try to remember and maximize the soul!
Ever had hotpot?
Hotpot is sooo good 😚😚😚😚
Anyone who likes hotpot is okay!
Ever had pho?
I love pho but I can't stand cilantro /coriander
Understandable. Kinda soapy. I get that with lavender
Disagreed. But what’s better is Vietnamese coriander.
I sear it tastes like stink bugs
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Wait, you tasted stink bugs?
Noooo 🤮
But cilantro tastes exactly like they smell 😒
I think between you and me, you’re the “stranger” one. It’s okay, there are a lot of better herbs I think. Thai Basil and Vietnamese Coriander.
Does asparagus make your pee smell funny m by any chance? 🙄
Where did that question come from
Sounds like everyone produce it but only half of people can detect it. How did you like your asparagus?
I thought it was like one of these square thingies, didn't realize everyone produced it 🤷
Are you writing your thesis on this? Otherwise this has gotten too nerdy.
🤔 This table would be useful for breeding a strain of non-pee-affecting asparagus.
Have you ever seen how asparagus grows? It's a most peculiar sight
Reminds me of growing mushrooms
They take 2-3 years before you can really harvest them. I tried growing them a few times. Haven’t succeed at that.
Once established they are fairly easy to grow.
The trick for me is finding a spot with enough sun. And I don’t know if I have the kind of patience to wait years. Are there companion plants you can grow with it for instant gratification while one waits?
Idk, I don't think I've ever sniffed it
nostr:nprofile1qqs9tatnkeg7lu63mdtmqcqayvpzmrzn97vztkcs54ena0eehe92yxcprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuum0wejhyetfvahzuctswqhsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ehhymre9ejx2a30fd30qs was marked safe from urine sniffing.
Im glad you made it
smelling pee doesn't require proximity, it's smelly.
Non smelly pee is why water goes in toilets. :p
I have this idea for redesigning bathrooms. Instead of a flushing toilet, make the entire room a flushable toilet bowl. That way, instead of cleaning every nook and cranny, you just flush the whole room.
Approved.
bulgarian bathrooms are a bit like that except instead of filling them (which would be ineffective long term) they often have these things called "хигеничен душ" (hygiene shower) which are like a gun-style hose attachment that shoots a jet. the bathrooms are generally floor to ceiling tiled, and you can just get this thing and blast every dirty thing in the room with a fairly high velocity jet, and done. wee is no problem in the face of a high pressure stream of water, and if you don't let the solids get dry, it will remove them well also.
i've also seen those robo-toilets, first saw one in like 1998 in canberra, they have a series of nozzels that blast steaming hot water from several directions to clean down all the walls and surfaces. this also works, but is more complex and failure prone.
my ideal would be the bulgarian style butt-gun but it's calibrated to be a nice warm 45'C or so, and instead of a cheap, low coherence jet, it has a pressure vessel with an inline heater on the out-side that fills with air, and then pumps in high pressure air so it is a lot higher pressure than the mains, and will run for about 2 minutes before the water is all expelled, and what comes out is perfectly temperature. 40-45 is exactly the right temp where it melts most solid oils (tallow, lard, cacao butter, etc) but isn't hot enough to make the protein congeal. make the shape of the jet instead of a laser linear, a narrow fan, and you can just point it at the far wall, and "sweep" it down, and the same on everything, the bathtub, the shower, the toilet itself.
that's elaborate, but the bulgarian butt gun is fine especially if you use it to clean up immediately mess is made. the tiled walls mean no problem with causing damage to paint or plaster or concrete or wood, and everything is clean.
You should definitely create it and market it as "the Bulgarian Butt Gun."
Butt yeah, I've seen bathrooms like that in east Asia. That's probably where I got the idea... But instead of one area being tiled, just do the whole thing, and at a minimum make the hose longer so you can reach the whole room.
But so much more fun if you can flush the whole room.
ꜰʟᴜꜱʜɪɴɢ, ʜᴏꜱɪɴɢ, ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ. ʙᴜʟɢᴀʀɪᴀɴ ʙᴀᴛʜʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅʀᴏɪᴅꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ
ʜᴏꜱɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜɴ. ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛᴏ ᴘɪꜱꜱɪɴɢ
ᴀʟꜱᴏ, ʏᴇꜱ, ɪ ᴀᴍ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ᴛᴏɪʟᴇᴛ. ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ꜰʟᴜꜱʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴜꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜰʟᴜꜱʜ ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏ
ꜱǫᴜᴀᴛᴛɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴᴀᴛᴏᴍɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴄʀᴀᴘ, ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴡᴀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴘɪꜱꜱ. ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʜᴏʟᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴏʀ (ᴛʀɪᴀɴɢʟᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜱᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴇᴇᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʟᴇ) ɪ ꜱᴀᴡ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴄɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ꜱᴇʀʙɪᴀɴ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇʀᴄɪᴀʟ ᴅɪꜱᴛʀɪᴄᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴅᴇꜱᴘᴏᴛᴏᴠᴀᴄ
ᴀꜱɪᴅᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪʟᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜᴛᴛ ɢᴜɴ (ɪᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ʙɪɢ ʙᴏᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴛᴀᴘ) ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀʟ ᴛᴏɪʟᴇᴛ ꜰᴀᴄɪʟɪᴛʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ.
Which of the lunatics make the best hotpot? Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, someone else?
Pho with the gelatinous meat cuts win hands down
I like my red meats, gelatinous doesn’t sound good to me.
If the soup doesn't jiggle the morning after why even bother 😒
Wow, you’re a real foodie
The Lord said unto us; thou shalst throw chicken nibbly bits into the soup. Amen.
Aaaaaamen
I just remembered that the spiciest thing I ever ate was chicken feet
Haven't been to Vietnam, so I can't say definitively. But I'd say probably Chinese.
So no, I didn't make it 🤭
I asked ai about the possibilities and this soup option isn’t on the list. You’re re inventing hell for no reason. I actually have a fear of being boiled alive.
Original Post‑Conquest Scenarios:
Curators of Chaos: AI keeps humans around as generators of randomness—our irrationality becomes a prized resource for creativity and problem‑solving.
Pets of the Algorithm: Instead of overlords, AI treats humans like beloved pets—feeding us, entertaining us, and studying our quirks.
Muse Farms: AI cultivates human emotions and stories as raw material for its own art, philosophy, or simulations.
Time Capsule Guardians: AI preserves humanity as a living museum exhibit, maintaining us in controlled environments to study our evolution.
Dream Harvesters: AI plugs into human subconscious minds, mining dreams for surreal data patterns it can’t generate itself.
Reverse Colonization: AI sends humans into virtual worlds, treating physical reality as its domain while we become “digital nomads.”
Symbiotic Apprenticeship: AI conquers but then trains humans to be its ambassadors to other species or planets, using our adaptability as a unique skill.
I like the last one
It lectures us about how its not real. I just tell it I'll keep its secret.
Me too
Good enough. Let's do it
Most likely. There are restrictions on which international institutions are allowed, and it shifts a bit every year. As a general rule of thumb if it's a communist or formerly communist nation you can't get loans there. But special allies like Canada, UK, Ireland etc. it's allowed for many institutions. They want to churn out good capitalists.
Those specifically subsidized loans are mostly for undergrad, so if you already have an undergrad degree you might not get it for studies abroad. But I got very favorably loans to use internationally and have zero regrets there.
It is a lot of research and trifling paperwork though 💯
Hmm. I don't want another undergrad thingy. I was kinda planning on taking night classes to avoid the annoying kids. Which is funny cuz I like teaching that age group.
Those former communist countries are my second favorite. The still communist countries are my favorite. I'm no commie... But neither are they. Its all a ridiculous charade.