[keep poppin pimples]

i drank a few olde style pilsners a couple weeks ago, not my thing but i need something to make me feel connected to the masses, it did not work

 

[knox]

god. how shit is today?
discuss.

i'd like to have those beers with you mr. pimples
i might need to go to the supermarket for the second time in one day

[the ikara cult]

Originally Posted by knox

do you blame her?

I laughed heartily, a Japanese girl looking you in the eye and saying "DICK!" is quite a fun experience

[Keeping It Gimple]

i dropped out of school as soon as it was possible. i have at times regretted it, but then the life i lived since then was so spectacularly adventurous/disasterous that it turned me into the freak i am today and for that i am grateful. no sensible route of uni and a non criminal/mentally ill social circle could have done that. many of the sane people i have met range from somewhat repellant to transcendentally disgusting, and i imagine their presence would have brought out the worst in me.

later this year i will start doing exams to qualify to work for the company i am training with now. so for me uni was unnecessary.

[knox]

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

I laughed heartily, a Japanese girl looking you in the eye and saying "DICK!" is quite a fun experience

I don't think I would find it amusing. But then again, I'm a moody bitch.

[knox]

Originally Posted by Keeping It Gimple

i dropped out of school as soon as it was possible. i have at times regretted it, but then the life i lived since then was so spectacularly adventurous/disasterous that it turned me into the freak i am today and for that i am grateful. no sensible route of uni and a non criminal/mentally ill social circle could have done that. many of the sane people i have met range from somewhat repellant to transcendentally disgusting, and i imagine their presence would have brought out the worst in me.

later this year i will start doing exams to qualify to work for the company i am training with now. so for me uni was unnecessary.

Right now, I would say to anyone thinking that going to university is the way to go to get a career and get a well paid job that they're getting themselves in debt for no reason with unrealistic expectations. If money is what they're after, they better invest in starting a business and stop dumbing down classes. Most of my friends who never finished university make the same or more than I do. Usually more, with no debt to pay off. Anyway, if you want to learn something or have some sort of specific career it's unavoidable. It is a lot of fun tho.

I don't know. I went to university with a boy who spent the entire time sniffing glue out of a sock and now he has a high paid job.

[Gulasch Noir]

Sometimes it feels like I only go to the supermarket to buy beer/return empty bottles. Neighbours must be talking behind my back, I'm sure.

[the ikara cult]

and you dont have a dick

[knox]

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

and you dont have a dick

Do you have a problem with that????

What's this returning bottle business anyway? I'm glad I don't have to do it.

[Gulasch Noir]

Half a year ago I aplied for a position as research associate at the institute for for Constitutional Law. They didn't take me. You get € 1700 take-home pay for 30 hours per week. That's OK.

[knox]

That sounds alright, yeah. But where I am that's what you get for selling shoes in a shop. Oh, the free market.

Anyway, I could never find it in me to give a shit about money. As long as booze is affordable... sad.

Why do you have to return your bottles?

[Gulasch Noir]

I do it, and it's actually not that stressful. I don't like beer out of a can.

[Gulasch Noir]

you get a few cents for every returned bottle. The Environment!

[knox]

No. Beer in glass bottles. It has to be. It makes all the difference. But all I have to do is put them in the "recycle" bin.???

yes, that reminds me of kramer.

[Gulasch Noir]

I see.

€ 1700 for selling shoes. Here you'd get € 1000 - at most. But maybe life's cheaper where I live.

[knox]

It certainly is.

[Keeping It Gimple]

to knox -

you're right. it's often simply not affordable. you are going to end up indebting yourself for no real reward. i have read a few articles talking about uni as the next financial bubble to burst.

i will quite possibly end up earning more money than most of the uni people i know. and i, like your friend, spent my late adolescence in a heavy drug fugue.

of course i got here because of connections and absolutely would not have otherwise.

a lot of people don't realize how utterly nepotistic things are. it really is all about connections for nearly all well paying jobs.

many of my former friends are in a bad state but few of them are able to think beyond the impulsive hedonism of the present. the ones that will do well are mostly ones who naturally can handle social life without it getting in the way of hardcore studying.

[knox]

Originally Posted by Keeping It Gimple

to knox -

you're right. it's often simply not affordable. you are going to end up indebting yourself for no real reward. i have read a few articles talking about uni as the next financial bubble to burst.

i will quite possibly end up earning more money than most of the uni people i know. and i, like your friend, spent my late adolescence in a heavy drug fugue.

of course i got here because of connections and absolutely would not have otherwise.

a lot of people don't realize how utterly nepotistic things are. it really is all about connections for nearly all well paying jobs.

many of my former friends are in a bad state but few of them are able to think beyond the impulsive hedonism of the present. the ones that will do well are mostly ones who naturally can handle social life without it getting in the way of hardcore studying.

everything is about connections.
they have a nicer term for it now: networking.
but that's all it is.
people are not understanding that the future has no jobs. it's all about providing services or opening a small business that provides services to another small business in an endless orgy.
so get it hard.

also, i just found some money in the drawer. ordering food.

[Gulasch Noir]

Facing your statements about networking, I realize it's not that of a big issue where I live. It has it's relevance, but not to the described extent. My luck, because, I'm not a great networker. On the other side, I know it is beneficial, so maybe I should start becoming one.

[knox]

Well, there's 20 million people in this city alone trying to make a living. So, yeah, it's kind of tough.