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# 001 Liberal Arts Major
(Translation: Who's posting an article? xp's posting an article? How can this be!?)
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Liberal Arts Major
In all seriousness.. I applaud you for submitting an article of that context. Even if it wasn't as angsty as promised.
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"When I found Captain Hero crying in my closet and NOT masturbating, I knew there was a problem." - Xandir Drawn Together
Liberal Arts Major
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Liberal Arts Major
Anyway, it wasn't a complete waste of my minute and a half. That's why you got points. Sweet, sweet useless points. >_>
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"When I found Captain Hero crying in my closet and NOT masturbating, I knew there was a problem." - Xandir Drawn Together
Editor
Social problems with people at your school? Same problem for me. Who cares, after school I'll never see them again anyway. I can have conversations with adults, I can handle a decent job, which is all anyone really needs to be successful, and if I can do it, you can.
However, I find that the whole "I want a relationship" problem occurs more often when you read and/or write romance stories, and especially after they're over/you stop. Sounds stupid, yes, but I speak from experience - my most angst filled time in recent memory was after reading RE-TAKE 0-3 and then waiting months and months for 4. Either stay away from romantic stuff altogether or be near it constantly. >_>
Basically, my point is, shut up, you're not special. <_<
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"If I don't live diligently, I can't die. So I will fight. Even if... I have no chance of winning." ~Shinji Ikari, RE-TAKE
Liberal Arts Major
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"When I found Captain Hero crying in my closet and NOT masturbating, I knew there was a problem." - Xandir Drawn Together
Liberal Arts Major
I'll agree to that if we consider Shinji normal. I swear I am just like Shinji.
For the record, while I think Shinji is very, very realistic, he isn't exactly the indication of normal.
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Liberal Arts Major
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Liberal Arts Major
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"When I found Captain Hero crying in my closet and NOT masturbating, I knew there was a problem." - Xandir Drawn Together
Editor
Shinji IS normal. The things that happen to him aren't. Unless you're piloting a giant biomech, stfu. <_<
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"If I don't live diligently, I can't die. So I will fight. Even if... I have no chance of winning." ~Shinji Ikari, RE-TAKE
Liberal Arts Major
I am. I totally am.
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Juggernaut, bitch.
Oh sweet Jesus take your own advice sometime.
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Burgess [Z?] http://blog.myspace.com/burgess51
I smell like smoke because I have walked through fire.
Editor
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"If I don't live diligently, I can't die. So I will fight. Even if... I have no chance of winning." ~Shinji Ikari, RE-TAKE
Liberal Arts Major
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Editor
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"If I don't live diligently, I can't die. So I will fight. Even if... I have no chance of winning." ~Shinji Ikari, RE-TAKE
Liberal Arts Major
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Liberal Arts Major
The Luepedia or whatever has the ASCII, I believe.
Now, here's an actual response to you problem:
(a) Social anxiety disorder? Talk about a fancy name for what is basically agoraphobia. Anyway, this shouldn't be a large factor; if it's been diagnosed, you should be able to treat it, though I personally don't recommend psychiatrics unless nobody else wants to pull out that prescription pad. My mother was severely depressed immediately after relocating from Romania to the United States, and the pills apparently did wonders for her. Though it's not the same thing, it's close enough.
(b) I am unfamiliar with social stratification, and I tend to doubt it's a binding problem. Schools tend to provide catalysts for social unification - sports, music, speech, etc. Joining one and not totally sucking will generally guarantee hospitable membership in a subgroup.
(c) The drive for friends is way over-rated. I personally have never had more than three friends (and by "friends" I tend to mean "people with whom I compete in academia"), and it's never been a problem. You'll get over this once you realize people suck.
(d) You don't want a relationship. I know, you sit around thinking, "Wouldn't it be awesome if I could share all my angst with someone then go roll around in some hay?" But it's never like that. At our age, and in our social class, there are a few problems: (1) it's hard to find a girl who has real things in common with us - and I don't mean "people who play videogames", or "people who think that one caterer from the Golden Girls is a homo"; and (2) girls our age are, on average, selfish. You're more likely to be able to meaningfully discuss more intimate feelings with people you've never before over the Internet than with any girl.
I hope that helps you.
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Liberal Arts Major
(a) Social anxiety disorder? Talk about a fancy name for what is basically agoraphobia.
Yeah, my dad had agoraphobia.
Anyway, this shouldn't be a large factor; if it's been diagnosed, you should be able to treat it, though I personally don't recommend psychiatrics unless nobody else wants to pull out that prescription pad. My mother was severely depressed immediately after relocating from Romania to the United States, and the pills apparently did wonders for her. Though it's not the same thing, it's close enough.
Yeah, but the problem seems to be finding the right ones.
(b) I am unfamiliar with social stratification, and I tend to doubt it's a binding problem. Schools tend to provide catalysts for social unification - sports, music, speech, etc. Joining one and not totally sucking will generally guarantee hospitable membership in a subgroup.
Oh, it probably isn't, I'm just so out of the loop I just don't see the door yet.
(c) The drive for friends is way over-rated. I personally have never had more than three friends (and by "friends" I tend to mean "people with whom I compete in academia"), and it's never been a problem. You'll get over this once you realize people suck.
Yeah, I think this should have been phrased as "Try not to lose the friends I still currently have."
(d) You don't want a relationship. I know, you sit around thinking, "Wouldn't it be awesome if I could share all my angst with someone then go roll around in some hay?" But it's never like that. At our age, and in our social class, there are a few problems: (1) it's hard to find a girl who has real things in common with us - and I don't mean "people who play videogames", or "people who think that one caterer from the Golden Girls is a homo"; and (2) girls our age are, on average, selfish. You're more likely to be able to meaningfully discuss more intimate feelings with people you've never before over the Internet than with any girl.
Objection.
I do, however, I'm fully conscious of the fact that I'm being entirely unrealistic about it, and that reality is completely different.
My terms for it, plus some more accurate additions, being: "I'm a hopelessly, idealistic, romantic idiot."
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Liberal Arts Major
I'm not surprised.
Yeah, but the problem seems to be finding the right ones.
*points to drug dealer*
You can't have social anxiety if you're high!
Oh, it probably isn't, I'm just so out of the loop I just don't see the door yet.
Then try joining some school organization. Preferably an organization that isn't filled with reeking scum.
Yeah, I think this should have been phrased as "Try not to lose the friends I still currently have."
Not necessarily. Most likely, time will demonstrate those friends are pretty useless, too. Or it'll reveal they're lying, two-faced, backstabbing jackasses. Either way, my point stands.
Objection.
No animation = PHALE
>_>
I do, however, I'm fully conscious of the fact that I'm being entirely unrealistic about it, and that reality is completely different.
My terms for it, plus some more accurate additions, being: "I'm a hopelessly, idealistic, romantic idiot."
Yes, and you'll feel a lot better once you realize girls suck as much as everyone else. Except I mean they suck in a bad way. Yeah.
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Liberal Arts Major
lol i c wut u did thar.
Except I mean they suck in a bad way. Yeah.
Joke killer. =(
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xp1337: Your former local puppet admin.
"This is the light of my soul, a sacred territory upon which no one may intrude." - Kaworu, NGE.
Liberal Arts Major
More like "Dealer of a heavy dose of reality".
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde
Editor
I agree with Ogor here. Hit your doctor up for some Prozac, and considering how late you tend to stay up, try to get some Remeron too. It's like a little pill of concentrated happiness.
(b) I am unfamiliar with social stratification, and I tend to doubt it's a binding problem. Schools tend to provide catalysts for social unification - sports, music, speech, etc. Joining one and not totally sucking will generally guarantee hospitable membership in a subgroup.
I disagree with Ogor here. School clubs, at least in my experience, are completely horrible, and the people who join them are generally idiots who will make you more depressed. My suggestion is to try to get a job. One with grown ups, not teenagers. You good at manual labor? <_<
(c) The drive for friends is way over-rated. I personally have never had more than three friends (and by "friends" I tend to mean "people with whom I compete in academia"), and it's never been a problem. You'll get over this once you realize people suck.
I agree with Ogor again, although I've, at times, had more than 3 friends.
(d) You don't want a relationship. I know, you sit around thinking, "Wouldn't it be awesome if I could share all my angst with someone then go roll around in some hay?" But it's never like that. At our age, and in our social class, there are a few problems: (1) it's hard to find a girl who has real things in common with us - and I don't mean "people who play videogames", or "people who think that one caterer from the Golden Girls is a homo"; and (2) girls our age are, on average, selfish. You're more likely to be able to meaningfully discuss more intimate feelings with people you've never before over the Internet than with any girl.
I agree again. I had this same problem, and my "solution" was basically, "Okay, even if I go out on a date with a girl, I'll end up hating her, unless she's already my friend, in which case it'll ruin our friendship. So I'm not even going to try until I'm older." I recommend you tell yourself the same thing. And Ogor is especially right about that last sentence, just don't interpret it as meaning "Hey xp, go fall for katie15fCAxoxoxo". Because that's a very easy way to fuck yourself over. >_>
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"If I don't live diligently, I can't die. So I will fight. Even if... I have no chance of winning." ~Shinji Ikari, RE-TAKE
Liberal Arts Major
I didn't suggest a job because my experience doesn't include ever working. This is because I'm a lazy jackass parasite.
Anyway, my use of the term "club" was rather... poor. I meant namely speech classes, orchestra, band, sports, etc. Debate and speech are quite possibly the best way to "break the ice", so to speak, because those teams tend to become quite close-knit, a phenomenon I've observed both in Boise and through my friend in Michigan.
And Ogor is especially right about that last sentence, just don't interpret it as meaning "Hey xp, go fall for katie15fCAxoxoxo". Because that's a very easy way to fuck yourself over. >_>
Oh, I forgot that unfortunate possibility. Listen to Kenri.
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~ Ogordemir ~
Buddha promised me Nirvana and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.
"Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people." ~ Oscar Wilde