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Pick posted:in real life, that's why I post here, to have somewhere to vent my shittiness that doesn't affect my career prospects who ARE you???
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Pick posted:Oh I sure as hell do, but I don't want other people to sense that. same. except i tell people i garden weed, then we smoke some of the weed and they are my friends
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Apr 15, 2017 20:11
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Pick posted:in real life, that's why I post here, to have somewhere to vent my shittiness that doesn't affect my career prospects that's another thing. nerds seem to ignore the fact that the internet is a great vent for caustic attitudes, they never learn how even properly utilize vents like that, so it seeps both into their internet posting and their real life interactions with people. if they were actually smart, they'd get all their torrential pretentious condescending feelings out on the internet, leaving only positive social interaction to be had in real life.
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Apr 15, 2017 20:12
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SpaceClown posted:that's another thing. hell it worked for me ps kill yourself
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Apr 15, 2017 20:14
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:hell it worked for me hahaha
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Apr 15, 2017 20:15
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wizard of goats, you are so much fun, if you ever come to portland, i'll bite you 
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Apr 15, 2017 20:18
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jolly good bad posts all around! 
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Apr 15, 2017 20:21
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oh pick is psyopmonkey it makes sense now
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Apr 15, 2017 20:20
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:hell it worked for me I hope your next anal prolapse is the fatal one!
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Apr 15, 2017 20:23
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im pretty and dumb, or as my mom likes 2 say, 'pretty dumb'
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Apr 15, 2017 20:23
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SpaceClown posted:that's another thing. Personally, I don't think the 'venting' theory really works out. All being a jerk on the internet does is get you in the habit of being a jerk IRL. You can even see it here on SA sometimes, where the unbearable pedantic jerk posters often have awful personal lives complete with hilarious E/N stories of how people seem to "randomly" hate them and even attack them in the real world, too. There's been some crappy psych studies which sort of support this, which isn't exactly great evidence, but it seems to match with my observations of people IRL.
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Apr 15, 2017 20:24
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ya i think pick wins worst gbs poster. sry spaceclown ur "i'm an emotional trainwreck" strat ain't quite a match for pick's "i'm an emotional genius". next time though!
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Apr 15, 2017 20:25
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SpaceClown posted:People really underestimate how far a nice face and an ability to hold up a conversation will take you. I think it's a fundamental (hilarious) misunderstanding amongst the idiot nerds of the 21st century that society is a meritocracy of technical skill. It's not called the "social ladder" for nothing. I'm all for the nerd backlash, but "ha ha, you're stuck in a well-paid white collar job programming factory robots!" is the weakest burn possible it's not like jobs that emphasize social skills are a meritocracy either. I don't care how charismatic a starbucks barista is, she's not getting Howard Schultz's job any time soon.
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Apr 15, 2017 20:25
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:Personally, I don't think the 'venting' theory really works out. All being a jerk on the internet does is get you in the habit of being a jerk IRL. You can even see it here on SA sometimes, where the unbearable pedantic jerk posters often have awful personal lives complete with hilarious E/N stories of how people seem to "randomly" hate them and even attack them in the real world, too.  they were right to want to ban mortal kombat
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Apr 15, 2017 20:27
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Pick posted:Pretty much everyone in this thread "identifies" with these kind of protagonists, but the reality is you were really only good at one or two computer-applicable things at a time when everyone promised that computer skills meant you'd become a company-owning technocrat. It was just our generation's version of ghetto kids dreaming of becoming basketball stars, except there's actually more people in professional basketballs than there are Silicon Valley billionaires. Your skills were never that special or important, and there are loads of people smarter than you. Ive always known I'd be a worthless piece of poo poo failure.
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:Personally, I don't think the 'venting' theory really works out. All being a jerk on the internet does is get you in the habit of being a jerk IRL. You can even see it here on SA sometimes, where the unbearable pedantic jerk posters often have awful personal lives complete with hilarious E/N stories of how people seem to "randomly" hate them and even attack them in the real world, too. it works for me. Despite being extremely hostile and mean on these forums and others, I'm sweet as sugar cane to people's faces. I only have so much mean energy in my body! fbsw posted:ya i think pick wins worst gbs poster. sry spaceclown ur "i'm an emotional trainwreck" strat ain't quite a match for pick's "i'm an emotional genius". next time though! now im really going to kill myself
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Apr 15, 2017 20:28
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Klyith posted:I'm all for the nerd backlash, but "ha ha, you're stuck in a well-paid white collar job programming factory robots!" is the weakest burn possible Engineering jobs have limited advancement, lack power or autonomy in the workplace, and relatively short careers. Not eventually going into management is a mistake.
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Apr 15, 2017 20:28
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SpaceClown posted:it works for me. Despite being extremely hostile and mean on these forums and others, I'm sweet as sugar cane to people's faces. I only have so much mean energy in my body! So would you say you have a happy and successful social life?
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Apr 15, 2017 20:29
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:So would you say you have a happy and successful social life? I do.
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Apr 15, 2017 20:31
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Klyith posted:I'm all for the nerd backlash, but "ha ha, you're stuck in a well-paid white collar job programming factory robots!" is the weakest burn possible maybe it's because I was raised in an upper middle class household, but $50k a year isn't well paid to me. Also you seem to mistake a career and a job. Jobs have no mobility, careers do. Making your deadlines no matter how realistic, having a good relationship with your superiors, being well liked by your coworkers are all actually more important to a certain degree than straight quality of work. Obviously there are limits, but I didn't go from helpdesk jockey to a sysadmin in a year because I was an IT wizard. I'm competant, a little more so maybe than average, but nothing truly special.
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Pick posted:wizard of goats, you are so much fun, if you ever come to portland, i'll bite you thanks but I don't think I'd know how to interact with people I know from the internet face-to-face the first and last time I met a goon in person he referred to me by my internet handle out loud in a crowded room and banished me forever to Tir na Nog A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Apr 15, 2017 |
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Apr 15, 2017 20:33
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SpaceClown posted:maybe it's because I was raised in an upper middle class household, but $150k a year isn't well paid to me. fixed that one for u buddy!
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Apr 15, 2017 20:35
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Klyith posted:it's not like jobs that emphasize social skills are a meritocracy either. I don't care how charismatic a starbucks barista is, she's not getting Howard Schultz's job any time soon. a truly charismatic person would not try to become successful by working their way up from barista
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Apr 15, 2017 20:35
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Pick posted:I do. Wait, if it's so good then why do you complain about it all the time here?
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Apr 15, 2017 20:35
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FaradayCage posted:The modern "op" is a a retard with social deficits.
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Apr 15, 2017 20:40
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:Wait, if it's so good then why do you complain about it all the time here? because I don't want to complain to them to their faces, and I don't gossip to other people irl
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:So would you say you have a happy and successful social life? Yeah, without a doubt! I'm really good at hiding the fact that I'm a suicidally depressed, extremely unstable, ex-druggie fuckup. I think it helps that I think I'm on the psychopathy scale and have a knack for manipulating people, and can also completely detach myself from myself and play a character. On the downside, I deeply resent every single person around me and I want them all to die horrible deaths and also it's probably not doing me good to constantly repress urges to kill myself but whatever. I have a roof over my head and food in my stomach and I'm right back at the lower-upper echelons of society. And that's just been my entire life, so I really doubt I'm at risk of actually committing suicide or murdering someone, so I can just kinda put it in sixth gear and cruise the ocean highway of life until I die because I dunno, until I unfuck my prospects I think this is as good as life is going to get. inb4 get therapy
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SpaceClown posted:maybe it's because I was raised in an upper middle class household, but $50k a year isn't well paid to me. This is unquestionably the cringiest thing I've read in the month of April
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Apr 15, 2017 20:47
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SpaceClown posted:Yeah, without a doubt! I'm really good at hiding the fact that I'm a suicidally depressed, extremely unstable, ex-druggie fuckup. I think it helps that I think I'm on the psychopathy scale and have a knack for manipulating people, and can also completely detach myself from myself and play a character. Now this is
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it's cringier to me that someone would settle for a job playing mechanic for factory robots
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SpaceClown posted:Yeah, without a doubt! I'm really good at hiding the fact that I'm a suicidally depressed, extremely unstable, ex-druggie fuckup. I think it helps that I think I'm on the psychopathy scale and have a knack for manipulating people, and can also completely detach myself from myself and play a character. yeah this is what people here mean when they talk about standard-issue IT guys imagining they're unique and different
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SpaceClown posted:Yeah, without a doubt! I'm really good at hiding the fact that I'm a suicidally depressed, extremely unstable, ex-druggie fuckup. I think it helps that I think I'm on the psychopathy scale and have a knack for manipulating people, and can also completely detach myself from myself and play a character. 
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Apr 15, 2017 20:50
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:yeah this is what people here mean when they talk about standard-issue IT guys imagining they're unique and different i only went into it because it was the best, easiest option i had at the time also because computer art isn't a viable career option and besides computers, my only skills are I can kinda draw and kinda produce music and kinda write and none of those are even close to viable to pursue as career paths in this day and age
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Apr 15, 2017 20:52
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SpaceClown posted:i only went into it because it was the best, easiest option i had at the time spaceclown coming back with the final round knockout. get wrecked pick
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Apr 15, 2017 20:55
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'no but see i have hobbies and just fell backwards into the easy money, unlike all my colleagues who were born to configure firewalls'
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Apr 15, 2017 20:56
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SpaceClown posted:Yeah, without a doubt! I'm really good at hiding the fact that I'm a suicidally depressed, extremely unstable, ex-druggie fuckup. I think it helps that I think I'm on the psychopathy scale and have a knack for manipulating people, and can also completely detach myself from myself and play a character. Lol gently caress your fiancee is a lucky guy
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:'no but see i have hobbies and just fell backwards into the easy money, unlike all my colleagues who were born to configure firewalls' I really was a prodigy artist but instead I found I can work less and make way more in sales because I smile and have boobs lol. Oh and in between there was being an exceptional biologist, but who cares? You cap at like $40K if you even find a job. Sales is baller
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I was pursuing something else in university before I hosed it up, but I don't remember what it was. Some field of neuroscience I know for sure. I don't really remember anything about it, I only spent 2 years at college.
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SpaceClown posted:maybe it's because I was raised in an upper middle class household, but $50k a year isn't well paid to me. quote:Obviously there are limits, but I didn't go from helpdesk jockey to a sysadmin in a year because I was an IT wizard. I'm competant, a little more so maybe than average, but nothing truly special. I think one of the best ways that a good personality helps is dealing with mistakes and problems. Everybody fucks up, and every job has times where nobody is really at fault but people are in the poo poo regardless. Being likable and having good people skills is really key then. When people like you they don't blame you, when disliked the opposite happens. In all those movies and TV shows, the socially repulsive genius is always proven correct, and everyone else has to admit they were right all along and suck their dick over it. In the real world that rarely happens. The very first job I ever had, I was in that situation where I was wrong and the other guy was right, but he was such an rear end in a top hat about it that I didn't have any repercussions. Other than my boss having a talk with me about how to handle that situation in the future.
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