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almost certainly he failed his classes normally and is making the whole thing up
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canyoneer posted:There are a lot of funny bits in there, but I thought the best part was that he thinks by being a college dropout, he's destined to be the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. 
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May 22, 2017 03:41
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Assuming he's a traditional student, he would unfortunately be in the highest risk age range for the onset of severe mental illness. Yep. I wasn't being sarcastic there.
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May 22, 2017 03:43
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canyoneer posted:There are a lot of funny bits in there, but I thought the best part was that he thinks by being a college dropout, he's destined to be the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. Let's also not forget that "Harvard Dropout" is in and of itself far more prestigious than "University of Maryland dropout"
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May 22, 2017 03:43
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GWM; spotted today, outside the coffee shop I was in: A junkie raiding the bucket ashtray things on the outside tables, in order to nick the butts and presumably scavenge the tobacco left on them.
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May 22, 2017 03:43
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I didn't know it was actually possible for your jaw to literally drop involuntarily.
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May 22, 2017 03:45
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quote:Why are most people unable to become successful entrepreneurs? quote:Is it insanely difficult to become an entrepreneur from scratch? Someone introduce MLMs to this kid, he's a BWM hall of famer in the making.
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May 22, 2017 04:34
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canyoneer posted:There are a lot of funny bits in there, but I thought the best part was that he thinks by being a college dropout, he's destined to be the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. But Paul Allen never went to Harvard? (He went to WSU and dropped out).
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May 22, 2017 04:49
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"I have learned that there are only two real emotions in life: love and anger." Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a quote directly from Donnie loving Darko of all things?
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May 22, 2017 04:50
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Breetai posted:"I have learned that there are only two real emotions in life: love and anger." I can 100% guarantee that this dude loves Donnie Darko.
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May 22, 2017 04:52
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Jack2142 posted:But Paul Allen never went to Harvard? (He went to WSU and dropped out). Yeah you're right. Paul went to a fancy private school with Bill
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May 22, 2017 05:33
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Motronic posted:Yep. I wasn't being sarcastic there. Didn't Chris McCandless of "Into the Wild" fame do the same thing? I think he dropped out, sold everything, and went on his road trip to "find himself."
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May 22, 2017 05:38
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:BW(Parents')Money: Working with the admins to see if I can get the thread title field lengthened for this
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May 22, 2017 05:43
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pig slut lisa posted:Working with the admins to see if I can get the thread title field lengthened for this Make it the mouseover text for the BFC subforum
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May 22, 2017 05:52
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:BW(Parents')Money: the_first_manic_episode.txt
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May 22, 2017 06:04
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Best part of that screed is that he ended it with the titles of three recent rap albums (structured as a series of single sentence paragraphs) and he clearly thought it was some sort of profound statement.
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May 22, 2017 06:13
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monster on a stick posted:Didn't Chris McCandless of "Into the Wild" fame do the same thing? I think he dropped out, sold everything, and went on his road trip to "find himself." He certainly found the Grim Reaper.
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May 22, 2017 06:15
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He compares himself to Cortes. Maybe that would be a valid comparison if he had an army and was facing natives armed with sharpened mangoes to plunder their silver and gold. Of course it is just a long winded self justification for failing every single paper.
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May 22, 2017 06:15
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Devian666 posted:He compares himself to Cortes. Maybe that would be a valid comparison if he had an army and was facing natives armed with sharpened mangoes to plunder their silver and gold. Of course it is just a long winded self justification for failing every single paper. Perhaps he inadvertently unleashed a plague on his fellow students?
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May 22, 2017 06:19
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Some people on reddit are saying the university (UMD) does not have valedictorian status. https://www.reddit.com/r/UMD/comments/6cj20e/valedictorian_gio_is_a_fraud_there_are_no/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UMD/comments/6cis39/the_valedictorian_who_dropped_out_2_weeks_before/ https://imgur.com/EihJUBv one guy on reddit: quote:This kid is all bullshit, trying to turn his excuse as to why he failed out of school into a publicity stunt. I had several classes with him and believe me, he did not pass because he was smart or taught everything to himself. This guy sums it up nicely: quote:... this is one of the biggest pieces of self aggrandizing schlock written by someone who was drunk and reading too many self help and inspirational poster websites. Whether it's real or fake, it's one big hype for sure.
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May 22, 2017 06:30
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The big reason it's fake is because UMD has something called a Medalist, who got a higher GPA with a triple major: https://www.commencement.umd.edu/university-medalist.html So this kid is a complete loser.
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May 22, 2017 06:38
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monster on a stick posted:The big reason it's fake is because UMD has something called a Medalist, who got a higher GPA with a triple major: https://www.commencement.umd.edu/university-medalist.html bwm: quote:Ridgway’s ... ambition to become a theoretical physicist. But kidding aside, good for him and I hope he goes a lot further than the "valedictorian" idiot.
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May 22, 2017 06:44
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I know a theoretical physicist who clears over half a million a year in royalties from his textbooks. Clearly everyone should publish physics 101 textbooks. Very GWM.
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canyoneer posted:Make it the mouseover text for the BFC subforum Haha that's a good idea. I'll see if I can.
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ohgodwhat posted:I know a theoretical physicist who clears over half a million a year in royalties from his textbooks. Clearly everyone should publish physics 101 textbooks. Very GWM. That theoretical physicist's name? Albert Einstein.
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May 22, 2017 07:25
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pig slut lisa posted:That theoretical physicist's name? Albert Einstein. I hope Einstein got more money than a half mil a year for the whole, you know, relativity thing but I actually don't know
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May 22, 2017 07:58
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Why is it every American child's dream to "be a CEO" these days? Why is every manchild working out of Starbucks or their friend's bedroom a "chief something or other"? I would have thought a more concrete dream like "own my own _____ company" or "create the world's best ______" would be the sort of thing people aim for, instead of a meaningless title. Do people dream of being middle managers as well?
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Weatherman posted:Why is it every American child's dream to "be a CEO" these days? Why is every manchild working out of Starbucks or their friend's bedroom a "chief something or other"? Getting a position in which my inferiors do all the work, and I get a massive golden parachute (on the stockholder's dime) if I get fired for my admitted complete lack of ability or interest sounds pretty sweet to me. It's kind of like being a feudal overlord, except I can't think of a CEO who got lynched by angry serfs. Sic Semper Goon fucked around with this message at 09:39 on May 22, 2017 |
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May 22, 2017 09:37
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I read an email like that once from a hippie-like emotionally unstable coworker who had worked maybe two years straight of crunch time and had real drug addiction problems and eventually up and left one day to go live in some commune. So, uh, good luck kid. Hope you find a doctor sooner than later.
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May 22, 2017 10:05
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Weatherman posted:Why is it every American child's dream to "be a CEO" these days? Why is every manchild working out of Starbucks or their friend's bedroom a "chief something or other"? Maybe a lot of kids that got raised by Boomers that only did office work and never got exposed to how blue collar folks go about life? Even then I guess the kids would want to 'own their own machine shop'. My apprentice is like that. He barely knows how to run a manual lathe and mill and can't program the machine I'm training him on yet, but he wants to own his own shop. I'm content to let someone else deal with all that business bullshit and I just keep my head down and plug away. The idea of having someone else do all the work and you get all the profit is pretty nice, but in the end, being the boss has a lot of responsibility. Keeping your employees fed seems like a lot of weight to bear on one's shoulders as a small business owner. I guess some people don't see it that way.
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May 22, 2017 13:57
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Giving kids participation trophies has been shown in studies not to do anything for self-esteem, however it has taught kids that the only winner is first place and everyone else is a loser. Couple this with america's love of the just world fallacy and a heapin' helpin' of white privilege and there ya go.
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May 22, 2017 14:13
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Weatherman posted:Why is it every American child's dream to "be a CEO" these days? Why is every manchild working out of Starbucks or their friend's bedroom a "chief something or other"? One of my coworkers is a CEO and it just means he spends a lot of time dealing with accounting and biz dev instead of billable work.
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Cocoa Crispies posted:One of my coworkers is a CEO and it just means he spends a lot of time dealing with accounting and biz dev instead of billable work. Sounds like your company is scumming titles to sound important more than anything. At my last job I was a ~systems analyst~ because we needed to sound cool and great to a client. Then I pointed out that generally systems analysts make 4-5 times what I was making and magically I wasn't one anymore  e: Does your company happen to be a bank, because I know banks do that all the time. A bunch of our clients were banks and I had to wrangle databases full of employee information fairly often and it seems like every drat bank had 500 "Vice President"s because if your account is being handled by the ~vice president~ you must be super important!!! e2: Also vice presidents seemed to be the ones that CC'd us on completely not-our-business-at-all email chains containing customers' full SSN's and entire account information the most often, that was always fun 
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May 22, 2017 14:22
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Weatherman posted:Why is it every American child's dream to "be a CEO" these days? Why is every manchild working out of Starbucks or their friend's bedroom a "chief something or other"? Because it's basically a way to say "I want to be rich, and even if things go tits up, end up with millions more dollars." None of them actually give a poo poo about doing the job.
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No Butt Stuff posted:Because it's basically a way to say "I want to be rich, and even if things go tits up, end up with millions more dollars." I can't find it now but there's this old pictures for sad children comic where a guy is asked about what he wants in life and it's "I'm surrounded by people, each one comes up to me and congratulates me on the awesome thing I did, but I can't remember what it is"
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I don't need a safety net. I really need a place to stay before my start ups get funded. I don't even have money for food right now. I’m literally almost always broke.
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Nail Rat posted:I don't need a safety net. Half of me wants to give this kid the biggest wedgie of his life for being such a dumbass and the other half of me is just real sad that he's clearly got mental problems and sounds like he's not going to get treatment for them and will probably wind up on the street begging 
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May 22, 2017 15:16
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I am on the cusp of taking Silicon Valley by storm. If you have any doubts, read this letter I sent my mommy and daddy.
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May 22, 2017 15:20
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He can like still go back to school and take that final semester after his untreated mental illness gets treated, right? I've known so many people who can't stand being anything but their own boss and they are almost all failures. A friend of mine lost his home and business and almost destroyed his family trying to be his own boss. Now that he's just another cog in the corporate wheel everyone is much happier, although ignoring his daughters for 10 years has had the expected effect on their behavior. I love being a faceless entity. Corporate America, cover me with your darkness.
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I'm finally caught up on this thread and I know this was a few pages ago but here's a service animal memo out of Barnard University: It is not appropriate to ask what a service animal is. E: the email and phone number weren't student's, it's the "peer support" office. But redacted nonetheless. Switchback fucked around with this message at 23:54 on May 22, 2017 |
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