So I learned by reading this that the sole purpose of education, your personal choices, and the meaning of life in general is to convince yourself you're better off than people you knew. This is "winning".
And yet somehow, the more thought and effort you put toward "winning," the more of a loser you are.
I guess it's like The Game.
In that it's retarded.
Learnedhand may be a troll, but I have to commend him for exposing and articulating a mindset and sentiment I think I have encountered in many before, and I think, on some level, we all are vulnerable to.
It gives you something concrete to avoid becoming.
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Everybody holla "we want pre-nup"
because memorizing the rules of the community property system is fucking aggravating
hey LearnedHand what is your job that you have "short hours to while away on the internet" or whatever it was you said
I don't want to say what it is because it's specialised. But I don't work more than five hours a day. Some days, I'm only there a couple hours. Occasionally, I'm out the door 20 minutes after arriving. I get paid for the full day in any event.
As I said, it's an unusual job. But this is something else that schools should be teaching. We all know about nurses, policemen, doctors, whatever. Those are obvious jobs. But there's loads of less obvious jobs out there that are interesting and rewarding and will suit particular people well. But if you don't know about the job, you're not going to do it.
I suppose schools have "career advisors" or whatever, but do people use them? And what do they do anyway? I only saw my school "career advisor" twice. Once was to make a schedule of classes. The other was after I was sent out of class, I was supposed to do some work for him or something. So I went there and he said, "I don't know what your teacher was talking about but there's no work to do here."
So not helpful career advice. He was a nice guy, though.
Forgive my additional school story, but this is all related. There was a girl who was really into me for like two years in the 10th and 11th grade. She was kind of a stoner but hot. So I liked her too but I was an idiot (and never had the benefit of a "how to get a girlfriend" class) so never went for it.
I wondered what she was up to years later. When I was looking on Facebook, I found her.
Turns out that she's among the 80% who hasn't left the area. But the reason surely has something to do with her 13 year old daughter. So that means she had this kid when she was 17 or 18. This was shortly after she finally went off me.
Had I gone for it, she wouldn't have had this baby. Or alternatively, that baby could have been mine and I'd be stuck there in the Chicago area.
It's crazy stuff. And this brings me to another subject that needs to be taught in the schools: sex education. The "how to get a girlfriend" thing can be wedged into this class as well.
So what was my "sex education"? A single day or lessons by some old woman who usually taught us theology. Through a tarp/motorcycle analogy she suggested that condoms don't work and that abstinence is the way to go. She also told a story about aliens who came to earth and were baffled at why us earthings are so fascinated by tits and cocks. She also went into great detail about how the muscles of the anus only go in one direction so if you force it the other direction, it causes serious damage.
Then she handed folded pieces of paper out to everyone and said, "Ok, now get up and shake some people's hands". After we shook some hands, we had to open the paper. On three pieces of paper was "AIDS". So everybody whose hand you shook...well, AIDS was passed around. Naturally, the whole class had AIDS particularly since this one slut went around and shook everyone's hand.
It's an absolute outrage what goes on in these schools. And this was just 15 years ago. I don't think things have improved. I didn't learn a single thing in that "sex education" class. It was also chock full of misinformation due to religious zealotry.
Come on, Squall. Class it up a bit. This is the school thread. Let's talk about school. I try to be on-topic in everything I write. So should everyone. It makes threads so much more productive.
So what was your sex education like? Let's rap, brother that's what I'm here for.
hey LearnedHand what is your job that you have "short hours to while away on the internet" or whatever it was you said
I don't want to say what it is because it's specialised. But I don't work more than five hours a day. Some days, I'm only there a couple hours. Occasionally, I'm out the door 20 minutes after arriving. I get paid for the full day in any event.
Translation: Janitor. Possibly a secretarial position.
Forgive my additional school story, but this is all related. There was a girl who was really into me for like two years in the 10th and 11th grade. She was kind of a stoner but hot. So I liked her too but I was an idiot (and never had the benefit of a "how to get a girlfriend" class) so never went for it.
I wondered what she was up to years later. When I was looking on Facebook, I found her.
Turns out that she's among the 80% who hasn't left the area. But the reason surely has something to do with her 13 year old daughter. So that means she had this kid when she was 17 or 18. This was shortly after she finally went off me.
Had I gone for it, she wouldn't have had this baby. Or alternatively, that baby could have been mine and I'd be stuck there in the Chicago area.
Translation: I was super into this chick but she wanted nothing to do with me. I validate my pathetic post-HS existence by wishing harm on the people who used to push me around.
Then she handed folded pieces of paper out to everyone and said, "Ok, now get up and shake some people's hands". After we shook some hands, we had to open the paper. On three pieces of paper was "AIDS". So everybody whose hand you shook...well, AIDS was passed around. Naturally, the whole class had AIDS particularly since this one slut went around and shook everyone's hand.
It's an absolute outrage what goes on in these schools. And this was just 15 years ago. I don't think things have improved. I didn't learn a single thing in that "sex education" class. It was also chock full of misinformation due to religious zealotry.
Translation: For some reason this was the most profound thing I learned from HS, instead of math, science, humanities, and other things every basically intelligent person should have some competency with.
No, you're completley off base and off topic, SniperLogic.
The "how to get a girlfriend" class can work. I don't suggest a whole 4 month course. But a few lessons, perhaps. Maybe up to a week. General tips on how to talk to girls and what girls are interested in. And I'm not suggesting that you show old PSAs or whatever. I mean real, useful, practical advice should be given.
Obviously, nobody would take that class seriously. And it would be really painful and awkward and uncomfortable.
But it might just come in handy later in life. That cologne tip alone is solid. I always thought guys who wore cologne were trying too hard and possibly gay. But then I had a girlfriend who bought me cologne and I also overheard some women discussing different guys cologne and how important fragrance is to them. It was an eye-opener. This is solid advice that can really reap huge benefits in terms of sex with human females. That's certainly more rewarding than "how to diagram a sentence" nonsense.
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the very idea of being able to teach something like 'this is what girls like to talk about' indicates a base sexism and complete misunderstanding of basic social cues
actually, that's the one thing that will probably drive me out of chicago eventually
the winter fucking sucks, and summer gets way too hot
we compensate by having an awesome street festival like every weekend from may to september though
And now that the Eisenhower is completely torn apart, all the assholes from the West suburbs are unable to crowd them out!
I live in the west suburbs.
now all we need to do is shut down the Metra and you suburbanites will have to start your own weekend festivals!
actually, now that the Eisenhower is torn apart, all of the assholes that live in the city are taking the Kennedy instead and fucking up my commute from near the loop to the northwest suburbs. it shouldn't take 45-60 fucking minutes to get from Division to Montrose at 7am, it should take 15-20. I want my highway back so I can stop driving almost the entire length of Lincoln Ave. every day. :x
This, or some version of this, is now the official story of every goddamn Chicago resident. Some way, some how, travel times are doubled. I am equal parts in Chicago (academic office) and Schaumburg (corporate office) and it hardly matters - both are completely fucked backwards and forwards.
It's fucking ridiculous. I don't really understand why the Kennedy outbound is so bad, since inbound appears to be fine, or even better than it was. There isn't even any construction on the Kennedy, so it doesn't make much sense to me.
I'm hoping it evens out in a month or so when CPS gets out for the summer, since there'll be less people rushing to get their kids to school in the morning, but who knows if that'll actually help or not. I do know that I was making record times the week they were on spring break, but some new construction project will probably end up fucking it up again anyway.
I think a lot of people who would take the Eisenhower to head to my area are taking the Kennedy up to 190/294. At least, I think. Doesn't make a ton of sense to me, but then I tend to enter/exit the city at off-prime times which helps a lot.
In summary: Right around April 1st all those electronic signs informing us about new traffic patterns should just flash "YOU'RE FUCKED" over, and over, and over.
the very idea of being able to teach something like 'this is what girls like to talk about' indicates a base sexism and complete misunderstanding of basic social cues
Or a complete lack of interest in learning such things through trial and error which a class won't fix.
actually, that's the one thing that will probably drive me out of chicago eventually
the winter fucking sucks, and summer gets way too hot
we compensate by having an awesome street festival like every weekend from may to september though
And now that the Eisenhower is completely torn apart, all the assholes from the West suburbs are unable to crowd them out!
I live in the west suburbs.
now all we need to do is shut down the Metra and you suburbanites will have to start your own weekend festivals!
actually, now that the Eisenhower is torn apart, all of the assholes that live in the city are taking the Kennedy instead and fucking up my commute from near the loop to the northwest suburbs. it shouldn't take 45-60 fucking minutes to get from Division to Montrose at 7am, it should take 15-20. I want my highway back so I can stop driving almost the entire length of Lincoln Ave. every day. :x
This, or some version of this, is now the official story of every goddamn Chicago resident. Some way, some how, travel times are doubled. I am equal parts in Chicago (academic office) and Schaumburg (corporate office) and it hardly matters - both are completely fucked backwards and forwards.
It's fucking ridiculous. I don't really understand why the Kennedy outbound is so bad, since inbound appears to be fine, or even better than it was. There isn't even any construction on the Kennedy, so it doesn't make much sense to me.
I'm hoping it evens out in a month or so when CPS gets out for the summer, since there'll be less people rushing to get their kids to school in the morning, but who knows if that'll actually help or not. I do know that I was making record times the week they were on spring break, but some new construction project will probably end up fucking it up again anyway.
I think a lot of people who would take the Eisenhower to head to my area are taking the Kennedy up to 190/294. At least, I think. Doesn't make a ton of sense to me, but then I tend to enter/exit the city at off-prime times which helps a lot.
In summary: Right around April 1st all those electronic signs informing us about new traffic patterns should just flash "YOU'RE FUCKED" over, and over, and over.
that's what I thought too, but the delays are just so massive.
I guess the Stevenson should even out a little once they move on to new stretches of road, because whoever the fuck decided to start by closing even more lanes near the Austin exit deserves some kind of stupidity award. it's down to one or two lanes + one exit only lane there going outbound, making the biggest chokepoint on any area highway even worse than it normally is.
that's what I thought too, but the delays are just so massive.
I guess the Stevenson should even out a little once they move on to new stretches of road, because whoever the fuck decided to start by closing even more lanes near the Austin exit deserves some kind of stupidity award. it's down to one or two lanes + one exit only lane there going outbound, making the biggest chokepoint on any area highway even worse than it normally is.
This is true, but since when is Austin not a chokepoint? Why stop now!? Fuck I used to live in Oak Park and I was ashamed at how much the Austin/Harlem exits completely fuck all traffic going in and out of the city on the Eisenhower (even with no construction).
My new favorite is the fact that the whole (westbound) stretch out to the 88/290 junction is ALSO down to two lanes, and the 88 exit is a packed together little off-shoot, so that those of us about to break free (i.e. jump on 88) have to be slogged behind the masses taking 290 up towards the NW suburbs.
I think I probably picked the hardest one I could have
Wait, why haven't you read The Road? Go read The Road.
I liked the first essay, the second and third were okay.
And then I got some beer which I will consume as soon as I finish this goddamn physics assignment that I am so close to being doneasdlfjasdl;fja;lsdkfj
hey LearnedHand what is your job that you have "short hours to while away on the internet" or whatever it was you said
I don't want to say what it is because it's specialised. But I don't work more than five hours a day. Some days, I'm only there a couple hours. Occasionally, I'm out the door 20 minutes after arriving. I get paid for the full day in any event.
As I said, it's an unusual job. But this is something else that schools should be teaching. We all know about nurses, policemen, doctors, whatever. Those are obvious jobs. But there's loads of less obvious jobs out there that are interesting and rewarding and will suit particular people well. But if you don't know about the job, you're not going to do it.
so you're massively unimportant, lacking basic work ethic and not really doing anything with your life?
that's what I thought too, but the delays are just so massive.
I guess the Stevenson should even out a little once they move on to new stretches of road, because whoever the fuck decided to start by closing even more lanes near the Austin exit deserves some kind of stupidity award. it's down to one or two lanes + one exit only lane there going outbound, making the biggest chokepoint on any area highway even worse than it normally is.
This is true, but since when is Austin not a chokepoint? Why stop now!? Fuck I used to live in Oak Park and I was ashamed at how much the Austin/Harlem exits completely fuck all traffic going in and out of the city on the Eisenhower (even with no construction).
My new favorite is the fact that the whole (westbound) stretch out to the 88/290 junction is ALSO down to two lanes, and the 88 exit is a packed together little off-shoot, so that those of us about to break free (i.e. jump on 88) have to be slogged behind the masses taking 290 up towards the NW suburbs.
I think the most mind boggling thing about the work near the Austin ramp is that they removed a lane and then made one of the existing ones Exit Only again
take that fucking Exit Only sign down from that lane so people can use it. The Austin/Harlem ramps don't get so much traffic that they need 500 feet of lane before the actual exit to allow people to get on, all it's doing is condensing everyone else into even less space. and this is true all the time, not just for construction -- that lane should never be exit only. it's pointless.
between that shit and the 90/94 merge on the kennedy coming inbound it's a wonder anyone is able to get in or out of this city at all.
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Learnedhand may be a troll, but I have to commend him for exposing and articulating a mindset and sentiment I think I have encountered in many before, and I think, on some level, we all are vulnerable to.
It gives you something concrete to avoid becoming.
because memorizing the rules of the community property system is fucking aggravating
I don't want to say what it is because it's specialised. But I don't work more than five hours a day. Some days, I'm only there a couple hours. Occasionally, I'm out the door 20 minutes after arriving. I get paid for the full day in any event.
As I said, it's an unusual job. But this is something else that schools should be teaching. We all know about nurses, policemen, doctors, whatever. Those are obvious jobs. But there's loads of less obvious jobs out there that are interesting and rewarding and will suit particular people well. But if you don't know about the job, you're not going to do it.
I suppose schools have "career advisors" or whatever, but do people use them? And what do they do anyway? I only saw my school "career advisor" twice. Once was to make a schedule of classes. The other was after I was sent out of class, I was supposed to do some work for him or something. So I went there and he said, "I don't know what your teacher was talking about but there's no work to do here."
So not helpful career advice. He was a nice guy, though.
Forgive my additional school story, but this is all related. There was a girl who was really into me for like two years in the 10th and 11th grade. She was kind of a stoner but hot. So I liked her too but I was an idiot (and never had the benefit of a "how to get a girlfriend" class) so never went for it.
I wondered what she was up to years later. When I was looking on Facebook, I found her.
Turns out that she's among the 80% who hasn't left the area. But the reason surely has something to do with her 13 year old daughter. So that means she had this kid when she was 17 or 18. This was shortly after she finally went off me.
Had I gone for it, she wouldn't have had this baby. Or alternatively, that baby could have been mine and I'd be stuck there in the Chicago area.
It's crazy stuff. And this brings me to another subject that needs to be taught in the schools: sex education. The "how to get a girlfriend" thing can be wedged into this class as well.
So what was my "sex education"? A single day or lessons by some old woman who usually taught us theology. Through a tarp/motorcycle analogy she suggested that condoms don't work and that abstinence is the way to go. She also told a story about aliens who came to earth and were baffled at why us earthings are so fascinated by tits and cocks. She also went into great detail about how the muscles of the anus only go in one direction so if you force it the other direction, it causes serious damage.
Then she handed folded pieces of paper out to everyone and said, "Ok, now get up and shake some people's hands". After we shook some hands, we had to open the paper. On three pieces of paper was "AIDS". So everybody whose hand you shook...well, AIDS was passed around. Naturally, the whole class had AIDS particularly since this one slut went around and shook everyone's hand.
It's an absolute outrage what goes on in these schools. And this was just 15 years ago. I don't think things have improved. I didn't learn a single thing in that "sex education" class. It was also chock full of misinformation due to religious zealotry.
So what was your sex education like? Let's rap, brother that's what I'm here for.
that's certainly way too short a timespan to make any sort of change
Translation: Janitor. Possibly a secretarial position.
Translation: I was super into this chick but she wanted nothing to do with me. I validate my pathetic post-HS existence by wishing harm on the people who used to push me around.
Translation: For some reason this was the most profound thing I learned from HS, instead of math, science, humanities, and other things every basically intelligent person should have some competency with.
How am I doing here? Pretty good?
BNet: StandrdError#1826
you're right LH this was informative
he was also a rapist
The "how to get a girlfriend" class can work. I don't suggest a whole 4 month course. But a few lessons, perhaps. Maybe up to a week. General tips on how to talk to girls and what girls are interested in. And I'm not suggesting that you show old PSAs or whatever. I mean real, useful, practical advice should be given.
Obviously, nobody would take that class seriously. And it would be really painful and awkward and uncomfortable.
But it might just come in handy later in life. That cologne tip alone is solid. I always thought guys who wore cologne were trying too hard and possibly gay. But then I had a girlfriend who bought me cologne and I also overheard some women discussing different guys cologne and how important fragrance is to them. It was an eye-opener. This is solid advice that can really reap huge benefits in terms of sex with human females. That's certainly more rewarding than "how to diagram a sentence" nonsense.
man, how am i gonna be a corrupt cocaine using fbi man now
Debate and Discourse is that way.
hey satan...: thinkgeek amazon My post |
I think a lot of people who would take the Eisenhower to head to my area are taking the Kennedy up to 190/294. At least, I think. Doesn't make a ton of sense to me, but then I tend to enter/exit the city at off-prime times which helps a lot.
In summary: Right around April 1st all those electronic signs informing us about new traffic patterns should just flash "YOU'RE FUCKED" over, and over, and over.
BNet: StandrdError#1826
Or a complete lack of interest in learning such things through trial and error which a class won't fix.
hey satan...: thinkgeek amazon My post |
that's what I thought too, but the delays are just so massive.
I guess the Stevenson should even out a little once they move on to new stretches of road, because whoever the fuck decided to start by closing even more lanes near the Austin exit deserves some kind of stupidity award. it's down to one or two lanes + one exit only lane there going outbound, making the biggest chokepoint on any area highway even worse than it normally is.
I'm terrified and excited, but this will help me with solidifying my Russian.
oh and you should show them your rock collection and offer them your favorite
I'm pretty sure it's still in my closet somewhere
Unintentional: I'm sure you liked that essay that we're not supposed to talk about for 48 hours, right?
I read the question and then just got really sad. I think i did okay though!
SOMEONE HELP ME WITH OPTICS
I think I probably picked the hardest one I could have
This is true, but since when is Austin not a chokepoint? Why stop now!? Fuck I used to live in Oak Park and I was ashamed at how much the Austin/Harlem exits completely fuck all traffic going in and out of the city on the Eisenhower (even with no construction).
My new favorite is the fact that the whole (westbound) stretch out to the 88/290 junction is ALSO down to two lanes, and the 88 exit is a packed together little off-shoot, so that those of us about to break free (i.e. jump on 88) have to be slogged behind the masses taking 290 up towards the NW suburbs.
BNet: StandrdError#1826
I liked the first essay, the second and third were okay.
And then I got some beer which I will consume as soon as I finish this goddamn physics assignment that I am so close to being doneasdlfjasdl;fja;lsdkfj
The second was better, the third I knocked out of the park (I think)
E: OH WAIT NEVER TALK ABOUT THE MULTIPLE CHOICE EVER
Guess we gets to spend their summer doing undergraduate research?
Not exactly summer classes, but I figure this'll help me in the long run.
so you're massively unimportant, lacking basic work ethic and not really doing anything with your life?
that's cool
let's not start dissing unimportant lazy good-for-nothings in here
y-you could hurt someone's feelings with that kind of talk is all i'm saying
just remember that you're not learnedhand
What sort of optics question?
I figured it out actually! Thanks though
It was a snell's law, total internal reflection thing
I thought I had to find the critical angle, but it turns out that I just had to say that the refracted angle was 90 degrees.
I think the most mind boggling thing about the work near the Austin ramp is that they removed a lane and then made one of the existing ones Exit Only again
take that fucking Exit Only sign down from that lane so people can use it. The Austin/Harlem ramps don't get so much traffic that they need 500 feet of lane before the actual exit to allow people to get on, all it's doing is condensing everyone else into even less space. and this is true all the time, not just for construction -- that lane should never be exit only. it's pointless.
between that shit and the 90/94 merge on the kennedy coming inbound it's a wonder anyone is able to get in or out of this city at all.
uuuuuughh