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I hate this 10 comments
hunk_o_junk · 3 years ago
At least one difference: Your running partner doesn't say "Parkour me...parkour Me!" while you guys are jumping off handrails and benches and stuff.
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Curiosity and persistence matter 2 comments
hunk_o_junk · 3 years ago
Or another way to look at it: If you try to take the ~135 engineering credit hours in the same four years that L&S majors take 120 credits, you're not going to be able to put 100% into every assignment in every class. So, some will be "good enough" (B-, C+, solid B?) even though you might have been a "curve wrecker" in high school. Maybe the required "breadth of knowledge" classes in public speaking, sociology and global studies will kill your GPA. Even if public speaking helps you give presentations later on, you might compare unfavorably with the pre-law and poli sci students. Maybe the global studies prof prefers his own opinion regurgitated back at him to competent independent thought...but it took you a semester (and bad grade) to discover that.
Same as in your "real" job...some people reward you for good results, but others have an agenda.
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Childhood dreams 1 comments
hunk_o_junk · 3 years ago
Something to think about: If you're famous and everyone knows you're rich, people will come out of the woodwork to "borrow" money, or ask you to invest in their "can't miss" startup or enormous money sink but "it's for a good cause." If you're adored worldwide, everybody will be pestering you for autographs, pictures or a few moments of your time...and those few moments times thousands of people extend into your whole day. Paparazzi follow you perpetually hoping to catch you picking your nose or scratching your butt or saying something to a fan that they can take out of context to make you look mean/selfish/whatever.

But if you're rich and *not* famous or adored worldwide, your time is nearly 100% your own, and you have few restrictions on what you can do thanks to having great resources.
Tweeting on unholy land 4 comments
hunk_o_junk · 3 years ago
One thing that's cool is when people take that message to heart, and create/support a Rescue Mission for the homeless, donate food and money to food banks, work on Habitat for Humanity or the equivalent to build and repair homes, etc.
What I *don't* get is people using Bible quotes to support the compelling of *other* people to support causes that they themselves don't. It's quite easy, and very fulfilling, to demand the confiscation of others' property to support things that seem good but apparently not good enough for those people to spend their own money and time on.
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Llamas are a joy to raise, allegedly 6 comments
hunk_o_junk · 3 years ago
My friend/wingman: Says the above stuff to girl I want to impress
Girl: I am sooo into llamas. Do you know any interesting things about them?
Me: Their....meat....is...delicious.
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