The Poojer Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 I'd hate to have my accomplishments taken away by a Publix cake icer.... http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2018/05/summa_cum_laude_graduation_cake.html
teef Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) is it me, or does the whole 4.89 grade point average make people want to punch walls? i get it, but god it's dumb. Edited May 23, 2018 by teef
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 The kid was 'absolutely humiliated'? I think life will have a few more stones to throw in his direction. 1 1
DC Tom Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 1 hour ago, The Poojer said: I'd hate to have my accomplishments taken away by a Publix cake icer.... http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2018/05/summa_cum_laude_graduation_cake.html Not that I expect a Publix cake icer to be fluent in frickin' Latin.
Gray Beard Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 39 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: The kid was 'absolutely humiliated'? I think life will have a few more stones to throw in his direction. His mother said he was humiliated, then later in the article it said he laughed it off. Sounds like the mother was being overly dramatic. I bet most people would think it was funny. I wonder if they thought Laude was supposed to be Loudly. 2
/dev/null Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Gray Beard said: His mother said he was humiliated, then later in the article it said he laughed it off. Sounds like a spunky kid 1
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, /dev/null said: Sounds like a spunky kid Now, that's disgusting. How hard would it be to rub it out and write you own cum in there. Such a non-story... Drama Queens. Edited May 22, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois 2
Fadingpain Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 This is just a simple case of computers being a lot dumber than people, and no human catching that fact.
Saxum Posted May 22, 2018 Posted May 22, 2018 2 hours ago, DC Tom said: Not that I expect a Publix cake icer to be fluent in frickin' Latin. It was the Publix's website algorithm writer's fault and he obviously did not graduate Summa Cum Laude.
RaoulDuke79 Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 4 hours ago, teef said: is it me, or does the whole 4.89 grade point average make people want to punch walls. i get it, but god it's dumb. I refuse to recognize anything over 4.0.
WhoTom Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 4 hours ago, teef said: 4.89 grade point average A long time ago on MNF, Madden was talking about a player who graduated with a GPA of 4.4 out of 4.0. He did say that it was because the kid took graduate level classes as an undergrad, so that accounted for the extra points. I kept thinking, "Cmon, John ... say it: He gave 110%!" But alas, Madden couldn't do the math.
Augie Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, WhoTom said: Summa cum laude. Summa cum quietle. That’s when the family is around....it’s an art. 1
KD in CA Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 4 hours ago, Fadingpain said: This is just a simple case of computers being a lot dumber than people, and no human catching that fact. But the people are too dumb to know when to ingore/override the computer. So really, it's a race to the bottom between man and machine. I'm betting heavily on man.
MakeBuffaloGreatAgain Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 2 hours ago, WhoTom said: Summa cum laude. Summa cum quietle. HA!!! Great! I’m gonna give you a trophy approval also!
Paulus Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 The lady's reaction seems worse than the mistake, IMHO. 1
Keukasmallies Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 I'm fascinated by the cake icing algorithm that Publix uses. Think of what happens when the Roma tomatoes are stocked with the heirlooms; do guys in hazmat suits appear with sterile tongs? Imagine the damage achieving magna cum laude would bring down on Publix?
BuffaloBill Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 14 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: The kid was 'absolutely humiliated'? I think life will have a few more stones to throw in his direction. Jacob was "absolutely humiliated," Cara Koscinski told the Post. "It was unbelievable.” Then later in the same article: Her son, who mostly laughed off the incident, will attend Wingate University in the fall on a full academic scholarship. The worst part of this is that the entire article was hardly newsworthy. The whole story is a failure. 1 2
Best Player Available Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 15 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: The kid was 'absolutely humiliated'? I think life will have a few more stones to throw in his direction. Is he a Sabres fan too?
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 23, 2018 Posted May 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Best Player Available said: Is he a Sabres fan too? That wouldn't help the situation, but I'd be more humiliated if my mother was 'flapping her gums' over how humiliated I supposedly was over a censored cake message. Should have had a Carvel 'Cookie Puss' or whale cake. ?
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