# A laughable post **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 20, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404 "2021-04-20T21:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/1 "2021-04-20T21:38:12Z")
It’s generally frowned upon to laugh at posters in the other forums, right? So I’ll do it here instead: > [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/928188/97): > > A good rule of thumb to go by is that if someone can afford the kind of internet access that allows them to join a forum such as this, they can afford to send their kid to college. Everyone in both my family and my husband’s family has a college degree, even if it’s from a not-so-great college. So the odds of our son not going to college are laughable. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/2 "2021-04-20T21:42:20Z")
There are several head shaking comments made by the OP in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/3 "2021-04-20T21:44:07Z")
Umm, for the past few years my sister in law let me use her ID and password to access a nearby Xfinity wi fi hotspot. That hotspot finally disappeared a few months ago. I now pay Xfinity on the Internet Essentials plan. I got a free router. I got a free service call when the cable access doodad in my apartment turned out not to be in working order. I got the first two months free. I now pay $10 a month for interet access. Oh, and my current laptop was mostly paid for by friends. I think I ended up paying $100 or so out of the roughly $500 price. Short version- I join in your laughter. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/4 "2021-04-20T21:54:10Z")
I currently qualify for free unlimited Internet on my phone due to COVID. And, even without that, my “Obamaphone” would let me get a few GBs per month. And, honestly, the downloads are faster than the DSL I currently use (and have been grandfathered into). ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/5 "2021-04-20T22:13:09Z")
> [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/928188/97): > > the kind of internet access that allows them to join a forum such as this Am I not using an expensive enough internet service to qualify to join the SDMB? Hopefully the bouncers don’t find out. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/6 "2021-04-20T22:36:56Z")
Our internet service costs about $1200/year. That’s what, a week of college? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/7 "2021-04-20T22:43:54Z")
We make ok money, but we’re cheap (well, okay, one of us is…), so we got a deal. We spend less on internet than on Lucky Charms…\* But seriously, folks, read that thread. “Internet = Can Go To College” is less weird, and certainly less chilling, than “I have my pre-schooler’s future mapped out to the minute, and he WILL get into an Ivy League school whether he likes it or not.” . \*eta: Yeah, okay, I _might_ be eating too many Lucky Charms… ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/8 "2021-04-20T22:57:34Z")
Especially since the internet = will go to college post was made in response to one that specifically highlighted the possibility that the kid might _choose_ not to go! It was a total non-sequitur, in addition to being wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/9 "2021-04-20T23:27:03Z")
I didn’t follow that whole thread but it was absurd on its face. Sounds like a treasure trove. Don’t get me started on intensive parenting. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/10 "2021-04-21T08:56:49Z")
This sounds like one of those “If you can afford Starbucks coffee, you can afford a house” arguments. There’s a fundamental ignorance of scale involved. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/11 "2021-04-21T11:23:47Z")
And all of a sudden the thread attracts not one but _two_ first time posters one right after the other, both with “botty” handles? Seems worth keeping an eye on at least. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/12 "2021-04-21T13:53:20Z")
Can’t find the thread. Was it cornfielded? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/13 "2021-04-21T15:36:41Z")
Presumably. My guess is that one or both of the recent posters to it were more at home between shoes and feet. All that remains is for us to hope that the OP was trolling from the start, so that no actual children are harmed by the apparently dysfunctional situation outlined. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/14 "2021-04-21T16:22:20Z")
It’s a shame. Now we’ll never know whether the kid made it to Harvard. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/15 "2021-04-21T16:25:00Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Now we’ll never know whether the kid made it to Harvard. Or if he gets an interview, but his parents’ morality is called into question. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/16 "2021-04-21T16:29:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Or if he gets an interview, but his parents’ morality is called into question. The father’s anyway. OP’s moral high ground is unassailable. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/17 "2021-04-22T11:16:00Z")
At least we will always have this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/18 "2021-04-26T05:04:34Z")
Aw man, I missed it. Did the socks stick up for OP? Was there one who was enrolled early and another who was held back and won all the things but can’t sleep at night? ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/19 "2021-04-26T05:19:24Z")
I saw the same post on another message board. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cincinnatus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cincinnatus/32/7990_2.png) [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404/20 "2021-04-27T04:08:44Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Was it cornfielded? What’s cornfielding, please? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laughable-post/940404.md?page=2)