Dillards 65: Standard Cringe, New Atrocious Signage

[Fjrocks]

     Here is a snippet directly from the University of Arkansas School of Law Academic policy.

Student Employment

A law student may not be employed more than 20 hours per week in any semester in which the student is enrolled in more than 12 class hours. It is a student’s responsibility to adhere to this requirement. In addition, it is strongly recommended that no student have outside employment during the first year of law school. The Career Services Office has adopted a policy informing employers who use School of Law students of this policy.

   His school tells him not to have any job in black and white, they further REQUIRE him to NOT WORK long days.  So you are equating school with employment and while school is HARD it does not provide for a family.

  So either you're are  misrepresenting things  or your husband is outside the academic policy of his school.

  Which is it Jill?!

[VineHeart137]

I guess Jill hanging out with Dwreck at school is a thing. (Granted this COULD be the same day as the last photo but he isn't wearing the same shirt). They stumbled upon Bill Clinton's former office.

 

[Gillyweed]

I get people attending others' classes, especially if it's a big lecture. But wouldn't it get boring for Jill? I know I'm bored enough in classes where I actually do understand the material, let alone in ones I don't/don't need to. 

[Rachel333]

I think she probably means that Derick's "work" is law school. You do often hear the advice to treat school like a 9 to 5 job, but it is kind of odd phrasing. To be fair to her, though, traditional jobs are pretty rare in her family. 

[SapphireSlytherin]

Eh. Most schools have that "workload" policy. My college also "highly recommended" that nobody work more than 20 hours/week if carrying <15 hours. I generally carried 18-20 hours and worked two jobs (more than 40 hours/week) and I made it just fine. But then, I don't need much sleep and I test well. lol

Edit: 

1. No, I don't believe Derick has a real job.
2. You gotta do what ya gotta do, to survive - if that means working AND going to school.

[bella8050]

How far do they live from his school? I think she grew up in such an odd bubble that the fact that many people have long commutes to actual paying jobs, or sometimes have multiple jobs is not something she knows of. 

I think she just wanted to try out some new hastags. 

Just checking Twitter and scratching my head on this one, but I'm not in law school so I guess I'm not cool enough to get the joke.

 

 

[PennySycamore]

@bella8050,  I don't get that tweet either!

[SapphireSlytherin]

WTF are you trying to say, Dwreck?

[QuiverFullofBooks]

There are “elements” that make up various legal situations. Like, property ownership requires possession and some other stuff. Derick is making a bad joke about the elements of a date.

[Peaches-n-Beans]

going back to Izzy being worried Jill won't wake up.

When I was 7 and my sister was 4 we used to love it when we'd wake up before my mom, now at that point my mom was fairly comfortable letting us get up and turn on the TV and given she was a light sleeper she probably was already awake in the bedroom. But my sister and I much preferred dressing the cat up in 18" doll clothes (American Girl was in it's hay day at that point). One of our favorite things to do when we woke up was whisper to each other "Mom's asleep lets play with the cat"

That said, we were 7 and 4, and 7 - hell even 4- is way different then 3. I can't imagine a situation where a 3 year old would be so concerned with a parent not waking up unless it's 1) happened in the past and for some reason the child hasn't been able to wake the parent or 2) the parent has said something along the lines of "well what if I didn't wake up" to make the kid feel bad/scared.

[AtlanticTug]

3 minutes ago, QuiverFullofBooks said:

There are “elements” that make up various legal situations. Like, property ownership requires possession and some other stuff. Derick is making a bad joke about the elements of a date.

He also gets a big fat F for drafting effort. Even the biggest idiot lawyer knows you need an "and" after the last semicolon. That's the entire point of constructing the elements in such a way. 

[Mama Mia]

3 hours ago, Fjrocks said:

     Here is a snippet directly from the University of Arkansas School of Law Academic policy.

Student Employment

A law student may not be employed more than 20 hours per week in any semester in which the student is enrolled in more than 12 class hours. It is a student’s responsibility to adhere to this requirement. In addition, it is strongly recommended that no student have outside employment during the first year of law school. The Career Services Office has adopted a policy informing employers who use School of Law students of this policy.

   His school tells him not to have any job in black and white, they further REQUIRE him to NOT WORK long days.  So you are equating school with employment and while school is HARD it does not provide for a family.

  So either you're are  misrepresenting things  or your husband is outside the academic policy of his school.

  Which is it Jill?!

IMO, her phrasing likely just means he ‘s working hard at school all day - classes and studying, reading, doing assignments etc in between. If your audience knows the person you are talking about is a student - I don’t see why you’d need to clarify ? 

[PennySycamore]

@Peaches-n-Beans, my girls used to love to dress our cats in doll clothes.  There was one cat in particular that they liked to put in this one blue dress they took off a rag doll.  Sylvester looked just like Tabitha Twitchet in the Beatrix Potter books. Syl didn't mind the dress and would fall asleep wearing it. 

[HideousGreenShirt]

Poor Jill, another instagram live video where she desperately tries to convince the world she's content with her life. 

For those without IG, she's sitting on the floor of her kitchen (in SHORTS) playing with little toy cars with Izzy and Sam. I assume we're meant to coo about how cute they are but it just depresses me. Please Jill, dump your kids at TTH and go get a part time job or enroll in some college classes, join a cooking class. You need interaction and socialisation with other 20 somethings who are not your family members or hateful husband. 

[Peaches-n-Beans]

@PennySycamore XD That's adorable! 

Unfortunately our cat did not feel the same way. Many a morning my mom would wake up and my sister and I would be covered in scratches, prompting the "Were you playing with the cat?" Question, I'm sure she knew we were lying when we said "no" but as long as we didn't come crying to her over the scratches she figured we'd get it through our heads to stop playing with the cat. 

[Markie]

I’m actually pleasantly surprised both Jill and Derick are smiling by the Bill Clinton office. I imagine there are some snarky posts on the Instagram. 

[bella8050]

@QuiverFullofBooks I kinda get that but I don't understand bringing Jill into it, like he is trying to say she told him that date night needs these elements? And does that then cancel out their at home steak dinner date nights? So many questions!

I'm feeling extra stalkery today and watched Jill's IG live stream. I have no snarks to give on that. Maybe she's learning to let the kids be the stars and just let them be.  Or not. Probably not. 

[SapphireSlytherin]

My only comment on the Instagram live video is:  Jill - honey - fix your fucking stove drawer before you film shit you're sharing with thousands (millions?) of your leghumpers. 

Seriously  -- am I the only person who checks my background before I upload pics/videos to social media?

[HerNameIsBuffy]

2 hours ago, SapphireSlytherin said:

My only comment on the Instagram live video is:  Jill - honey - fix your fucking stove drawer before you film shit you're sharing with thousands (millions?) of your leghumpers. 

Seriously  -- am I the only person who checks my background before I upload pics/videos to social media?

Does it matter?  Would you think less of a friend or family member you love if you happened to see a pic of their kitchen with a drawer open?  I wouldn't.

If she orchestrated ever background she'd get shit for trying to look more perfect, if she let's people see imperfection she gets shit for that.

I think she should give zero fucks about what strangers think about her kitchen drawers.

[LacyMay]

27 minutes ago, HerNameIsBuffy said:

2 hours ago, SapphireSlytherin said:

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Does it matter?  Would you think less of a friend or family member you love if you happened to see a pic of their kitchen with a drawer open?  I wouldn't.

This might be a good litmus test going forward. 

Would this (poorly worded comment on Instagram, bad photo background, gross looking good photo) bother me as much if someone I didn't care about or even like posted it? 

 

Yes: let the snark times roll 

No: there's an abundance of good snark material with the dullards. Find something better.

[SapphireSlytherin]

6 hours ago, HerNameIsBuffy said:

Does it matter?  Would you think less of a friend or family member you love if you happened to see a pic of their kitchen with a drawer open?  I wouldn't.

If she orchestrated ever background she'd get shit for trying to look more perfect, if she let's people see imperfection she gets shit for that.

I think she should give zero fucks about what strangers think about her kitchen drawers.

Yeah, to me - it does matter. She's trying to create a "perfect" social media presence, yet her house is not neatened (at least there aren't a zillion dirty diapers piled around, though, a la Jessa), and she doesn't understand the ramifications of what she does post. She's clueless about social cues. If she paid one bit of attention to the general reactions to her social media posts, she'd clean up her act - literally and figuratively - before she posted anything.at.all.

I also think she should give ALL the fucks about what strangers think about her - whether it's about her gaping maw, her awkward videos "starring" her kids/husband, and especially her nasty beliefs along with her #besthubbyever's social media reflecting on her. 

She's trying to create a brand. There are thousands of mommybloggers who do it better, and on a daily basis. You don't show the shit, unless you're doing a #keepingitreal type post.

[HarleyQuinn]

It's funny how much dWRECK likes posting about the times when he's kid free. Nope, definitely not in college again to skirt parental responsibilities.

 

[Daisy0322]

13 hours ago, SapphireSlytherin said:

Eh. Most schools have that "workload" policy. My college also "highly recommended" that nobody work more than 20 hours/week if carrying <15 hours. I generally carried 18-20 hours and worked two jobs (more than 40 hours/week) and I made it just fine. But then, I don't need much sleep and I test well. lol

Edit: 

1. No, I don't believe Derick has a real job.
2. You gotta do what ya gotta do, to survive - if that means working AND going to school.

Absolutely... in my medical program they said no jobs first year and part time there on after and almost everyone worked more than that especially once we had internships.  I was in the hospital 5-6 days a week all together, you just do it or fail out until you have someone to float you until you can make it on your own. That said... I'm sure they have JB cash even if it's hush money.  

 

Unrelated note: these comments in Jill's insta are cracking me up! People are loads harder on her though and I'd like to see her,jessa, and jinger all post something pretty identical and see the difference in comments. 

 

[Carm_88]

Um yeah the vast majority of men and dare, I say it women, do that every single working day. Derick isn't special because he gets up and goes to school and then comes home to have energy. That's what the average person who has a job, a mortgage, a wife/husband/partner, and kids do. They work, come home, be a good significant other, be a good parent, rinse and repeat! Derick isn't special.

[HerNameIsBuffy]

2 hours ago, SapphireSlytherin said:

Yeah, to me - it does matter. She's trying to create a "perfect" social media presence, yet her house is not neatened (at least there aren't a zillion dirty diapers piled around, though, a la Jessa), and she doesn't understand the ramifications of what she does post.

Isn't it a good thing she'd doing it badly then?  I would hope everyone here would understand how dangerous her belief system is regardless of how perfectly she packaged it so if it turns off some would be followers or whatever IMO that's a good thing.

My comment was about FJ...beyond the BEC thing.  I've been away for a while and knew nothing of what these people have been up to so in some ways kind of have the perspective of someone new to them stumbling on the thread (not exactly new - sadly far too much old Duggar trivia clogging my brain forever more.)

But in catching up if all I saw was people bitching about how she doesn't police her social media pics perfectly, or her looks, or other trivial stuff it's easy to think if that's what people are bitching about then how bad can it be?

 

4 minutes ago, Carm_88 said:

They work, come home, be a good significant other, be a good parent, rinse and repeat! Derick isn't special.

Exactly!  It's illustrative of her her upbringing was so lacking in normal that she finds actual life so remarkable. 

And it's not even actual life unless he's supporting them.  Most of us don't have the luxury of being able to take years off to go to school while having a stay at home spouse...most of us need to figure out how to feed and shelter our kids once we have them.