Forum Overview :: Rants :: You sound just like me, it's so cute

[quote name="Senor Barborito"][quote name="mrs. johnson"]I'm in college. Oh yeah, education, entertainment and eloping. Rock on? Well sort of. I live off campus, so the entertainment is restricted. I don't meet any women because <b>a.</b> I'm too lazy and <b>b.</b> I mostly have lecture classes. But that isn't the future. It's the present. I'm ok with it. At least I get the summer to tramp around in. But shit: I don't want to do <i>anything</i>. I mean, I'm getting a degree in Information Systems, but I don't want to program or be a Systems Analyst. I don't want to be anything or any profession. I want to write, but I'm too lazy and not good enough. What the fuck? Am I destined to live out a life of boring jobs? Do I only have three more summers before I'm forced to slave for the capitalist system? FUCKING FUCK: I DON'T LIKE THE FUTURE AT ALL. Ok here's what I'm going to do. As soon as it won't affect anybody I know, I'll commit suicide, I guess. Yeah that's it. First college, then alienation of everyone I know, then suicide. Don't cry for me: I'm already dead. Not sure if he's joking, the mrs.[/quote] Hi young Barbie, here's some advice from the future: a) DO NOT GO INTO IS OR IT OR PROGRAMMING OR ANY 'HI-TECH' (to pronounce it as DeVry Technical College commercials like to) INDUSTRY OF ANY KIND. THEY WILL BE FILLED TO OVERFLOWING WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF WORKFORCE SLAVERING FOR ANY JOB OPPORTUNITY AND ALL OF THEM SMARTER THAN YOU UNTIL THE DAY YOU DIE. Go into engineering - electrical or something. If you imagine your potential future involves managing networks then prepare to starve to death and I do mean that. Here in Seattle there are kids with their BS in CompSci serving coffee at fucking Starbucks. Think about that. b) There is no consequence of not dying worse than the known consequence of dying (complete existential failure). If you have to fuck over EVERYBODY in your life, sell them as slaves, butcher their children with your bare hands, for just five more minutes of breathing time you do it. Committing suicide is the antithesis of logical or rational thought. All that matters is living one second more. c) If you can stomach it, become a trader on the market. There are two kinds of people in America with real honest-to-God rights: those with money and those with a degree in law. I know a 19-year-old who realized this at 14 and is about to break one million in total worth before his 20th birthday. He can already tell you what his worth will be at a given age. Wouldn't you like to have hundreds of millions by your late 30s? It's not too late to start right now. d) If all else fails, jerk off. It will calm you down (and believe me you need to calm down more than you realize) and help you concentrate. --SB There, everything I wish I could have told myself at age 19.[/quote]