Is this how most people are?

I went to Community College too, Darkness...wasn't good enough for my Ivy League parents, but I am good with me.......

Ivy League universities are a scam anyways. They are overpriced and overrated. Why anybody would take in hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loan debt JUST so they can brag about how much better they are than everyone else because they went to somewhere like Harvard is beyond my comprehension. Yes, I do realize that you can meet contacts at an Ivy League university and some jobs become more accessible to you. There are many other ways to become successful and wealthy without even going to a university though. Entrepreneurship comes to mind, which you don't even need college for.


I think that's another problem with high schools in particular. They make students think that they won't amount to anything if they don't get into a top university. As a result, many high school students are being overworked with school, desperately trying to keep their grades up and taking a bunch of AP classes just so they can get into an Ivy League university.

The whole system is a big scam. The best way to avoid being scammed is to not play the scammers game. That's why I am doing things my own way. I refuse to conform to a society that encourages me to do things that make me unhappy just to fit in. After all, you wouldn't play a game against a cheater, would you?

I think it depends on what you will be pursuing. Some industries are all reputation and no real skill.

But I think these schools are simply "secret handshakes" of the elites. The elites recruit there for two reasons:

(1) if you are rich and powerful, you are likely to send your kids to these schools. These kids are the key to rich and powerful people. I went to a top school, eventually I found out all my friends were sons of congressmen, federal judges or captains of industry. Not only was hiring these kids a quid pro quo to the powerful parent, ( I had much better grades than them) but, the kids themselves probably didn't need too much pay because they were rich.

(2) If you are just a regular smoe like me... they might hire you... after all they need someone to do to the work, but they need to have a way to control you. How do they do that? Have you graduate with student loans that are massive and crushing and could only be paid off by working for them and doing exactly what they tell you to.

I went to a regular state school for college and had a terrible time getting work or pay afterward. I realized I got what I paid for. I went back to an elite school and though I didn't get the jobs I thought I would... It still opens up opportunities for me. I was frugal though I made sure I rang up as little debt as possible. So it was worth the 50K I paid for it. 250K? Nope.

BTW I learned NOTHING at the elite school. But clearly that is not what they are about.

Which pretty much makes them a scam.

I won't play the wealthy elite's game. I despise the rich with a passion. I am a self proclaimed robin hood that would screw over the rich to help somebody in need if given the chance. I do things my own way, outside of the system.


The system hasn't done anything for me except steal 2/3rds of my childhood because of doctors that wanted to milk money off me and a mother that wanted to garner sympathy by lying about my mental health issues. Guess who controls the mental health system? The wealthy elite or "Illuminati" as they're called by some.

As long as there are people struggling with not even being able to buy a loaf of bread or get basic medical care because of being poor, I will hold the rich in utter contempt. Nothing can change that.

Nobody can control me. I would sooner die on my feet than live on my knees.

I think it’s normal to feel better about having genuine respect for some women. We all put on our game face in some situations, but I think you will be happier spending more time w people you really like.

We share this. One real problem I have where I work is that for some reason the culture is the the elites are "GODS" and we should treat them that way. That is so offensive to me. I feel like people get respect when they earn it.. and they don't earn it by a title.

This of course makes it so I will never get anyplace.

This is my second career and my goal when I started was to protect the underdog but, the way to protect the underdog is by gaining power and the only way to gain power is to suck up and put your ethics and individuality aside.

Agreed.


That's why I am not in any way interested in climbing the corporate ladder. I am going to be entirely self employed doing my own thing my whole life. If for whatever reason I need a regular job, I will work in technical/developer positions only as long as I need the money.


Heck, the way to "climb" as a web or software developer is to work for a company for no longer than 12-18 months and then move on. Startups in particular expect to lose their developers within a year. Doing things that way ends up getting you better paying jobs if you are interested in working for companies as a developer because companies typically won't shell out the money to promote people when they expect their developers to leave.

I will spend my life treating companies exactly how they would treat me, use them and then abandon them when they outlive their usefulness.

I also agree with the fact that respect is earned and not given.

It's funny how people think that because they are older or have more money that they are somehow entitled to respect.

I couldn't care less about how much money you have or how old you are. Just because you're older or richer than me doesn't mean I will bend to your will.

Me being that way really pisses people off, especially the part about age lol.

Heres an interesting article.

I promised to post some sith ways and I will

Emotional Intelligence Can Be Dangerous. Avoid These Traps | Time

Thats exactly how many commoners think and act yes.

Never bending to anyone's will is the key to many things, especially to making others bend toyour will

Think about any leader in politics. Can you imagine any of them openly bending to anyone's will? Lol of course not, that fate is deserved for some commoners. Of the lowest grade too lol.

Some women, especially with children tend to think that them using their reproductive organs makes them "better". You know all that "women and children first" ********.

Oh man, I actually got into a heated debate about this very subject not too long ago.

This lady overheard a conversation between me and my friend where we were talking about our messed up pasts (we both had parents that royally failed at being parents lol). She came up to us and told me how I should respect my mother because she gave birth to me. I told her I don't owe my cum dumpster of mother a damn thing because she was a selfish abusive ***** that screwed up my childhood.


She was ranting and raving about how my mother probably just made mistakes and how I should respect her because she gave me life and how I wouldn't exist in the world without her and other nonsense. I flat out told her that having the ability to pump out a kid doesn't make you special because there are over 4 billion other women in the world that can do the same damn thing.


Needless to say this person stays clear of me now LOL

4 million and all female animals But seriously, parents seem to think this. That children must be grateful for the effort parents put to have raised them. The argument is simple: I didn't ask to come to this life, and had no choice in it. Since parents decided to bring us here, they are OBLIGED to take care of us. It's an instinct that parents, especially mothers in all the animal kingdom, to take care of their offspring until they become strong and independent. Unlike other animals, though, humans keep this lingering relationship with parents, and parents think they own their children, and their children must be grateful to them. I am sure loving parents would receive their children's love and respect without demanding it, but if parents are not loving and abusive, even if they provide food and money, they don't have any right to demand their children's love and respect or even presence around them. Every one can be a biological parent, but not every one must be one. Yes, humans' lives is not easy, and taking care of children isn't easy, but again, no one forces any one to have children, I assume.

This is seriously one of the best quotes I've read on here in awhile. Truer words have never been spoken in this land of crazies we call psych central

On a more serious note, I never understood why so many people decide to have children like it's some kind of law. I see people in their late teens/early 20s ruining their lives by having 2-4 children when they have no business having kids and all I can think is "why"? It almost seems like to me many people are guided mostly by their primal instincts and lack the intellectual capacity to question why they "need" children.

I'm going on 28, yet I don't have any children and I don't want children. For one, I don't want to mess up a child like my mother messed me up. More importantly, I am too interested in my hobbies and passions and being forced to take care of a child would take time away from doing things that I want to do, which is a compromise I am unwilling to make. People that discover how against having children I am usually think I've gone psycho or something lol

I know I'm unfit to be a parent so I don't plan on having children. I don't see how hard it can be for other people to think the same way.

On an off note, I seriously think this thread needs to be stickied and renamed "The official intelligent people thread".

I've had more enlightened conversation in this one thread on here than I have had in my entire previous 3 years as a member on here combined. That's saying something.

The bolded text are very good points, and they are related. There is a philosophy called anti-natalism. Unlike the second reason you mentioned, where you don't want to have children because you need your time and freedom to pursue your goals (reasons that concern you), this philosophy is more related to your first reason, where your concern is the child and not you. However, it goes beyond it to say that all humans have the obligation to stop procreating altogether and go extinct by choice, because no matter what life you have, it's full of suffering. In other words Better to Never Have Been. However, I think for most humans the instinct of life and procreating are stronger than the desire to end suffering. In a sense, we are imprisoned in life; I think we procreate to ease our own suffering, but in the process, we create new lives to go through the same suffering and process again. There is no escape from its suffering but by extinction by an external force, like an asteroid.

I think at this point, unless you have a gene or trait that is valuable to humanity (such as an Einstein level IQ) or are from a successful family that does a lot of good for humanity, than I think having children in this day and age is completely selfish.

Not only do we have an abundance of people alive in the world, but humans are living exponentially longer and healthier lives. Infant mortality rates are lower than they've ever been (having high infant morality rates would be the only valid reason to have more than 2-3 children). Most diseases are treatable or curable. The world is considered to be safer now than it was even 50 years ago. Heck, we might even have the means for indefinite life extension in my lifetime since we already achieved radically slowing down the aging process in rats.

My point being with how long humans live now and how long they are projected to live decades and even centuries from now, there is no real need for the majority of humans to procreate.

That lady you are mentioning is ignorant as she knows nothing. Those things you have mentioned about your mother a few weeks ago are quite telling.

The thing that unites most commoners is their black and white thinking in many areas. Which isnt only one of the biggest signs of stupidity but also one big limitation for one's development. I mean if everything is either good or bad then you put boundaries on your psyche and get stuck in the vegetation phase instead of flowering and producing juicy amazing buds. I mean your brain and your growth of course.

In this particular example this commoner you are referring to is using a retarded argument which old people use quite often. Most (but luckily not all) old people are giant walking sponges, which are very very dry and miss attention like the desert misses the sun lol. Most of them feel entitled to attention from everyone around them including their children; grandchildren and way more. This sense of entitlement is easily explained by the commoner towards him or herself: I have given them life so they owe me. its that feeling of entitlement which they project on others; hence the "you owe your mother your life so she is beyond criticism or disrespect".

Also as you know: most people have a mostly positive feeling towards their mother; even I do; although mine made quite a few mistakes while raising me. But its fine.



yes I had a discussion once at work (I used to be employed in the 2000's lol) and there was a woman who had a child. So she was so proud of her infant daughter so I asked her (now this woman was useless lol, and I was impossible to fire and very difficult to replace) "why is it that most people feel pride after creating life? Isnt it something that nearly anyone can do, from some Bushmen which still think that the Moon is an eye of god to people like lets say Einsten? I mean: is having a functional reproductive organ a reason to feel pride?" then to smoother it a bit I said "its when your daughter graduates from university, its then when you can feel that you have brought the project to a good conclusion".

(yes I know that getting a uni degree doesnt mean anything but saying anything beyond this had a risk of it not being understood by this commoner which kept poking pics of her baby to my face).

And yes I know very well that nobody can be like that all the time. But sometimes, with useless commoners... well why not

Your post explains why you're alone. Just listening to how you Express yourself is a major turnoff. I'm not a professional however " NORMAL " people don't hurt people just for the sake of it. So you decide whether you're normal or not. Personally I don't care either way if being honest. My post will likey be deleted due to speaking the truth, oh well whateva.

Why do you use the word 'commoner' when referring to people? *just curious*

People might give Inaccurate crap for being the way he is or call him a narcissist or whatever, his viewpoints are strikingly similar to a girl that I met awhile back that helped me expand my thinking and motivated me to improve myself.

She called most people "subhumans" or the "subspecies" because most people aren't intelligent or enlightened enough to want to improve themselves, instead trying to fit in and being a bunch of fakes, which is what most people basically do.

Yet, looking back, I am grateful to have met this woman. I had bad social skills, was a chronic liar without realizing it, and used people subconsciously. I only barely had enough self awareness to realize that I was different and she was drawn to that. Nobody else was smart enough to notice my flaws but her. She helped me grow out of such weakness and helped me improve me life with a bit of tough love. Even though we were technically "friends" (all be it she wanted to have sex with me), I fell in love with her.


She later gave me a reality check after I got into a heated argument with her regarding something else by harshly pointing out all my flaws and telling me I need to stop being a fake before she would want anything to do with me. At first, I was deeply hurt and angered by her, but her words prompted me to get help and improve my situation. Deep down, I knew she was right. If I didn't take the hint, I would likely be dead or in jail now because that housing grant that helped me get my life in order became available at the very moment I needed it the most (which wouldn't be possible had I delayed getting help any longer).

Inaccurate reminds me so much of her that I almost wonder if he's really her putting me through a test or something lol

self improvement is usually a painful, unwelcome and even tearful and depressive experience for most people so obviously most prefer not to think about it or may not realize just how much they need it.

what do you think about this movie? Im just curious

Burn After Reading (2008) - IMDb

good!

Fire made it good! or better I mean...

interesting that slight paranoia is what you and me appear to have in common as well.

Im not that girl, in fact Im a guy and I live in BeNeLux. So relax

PS. imagine what my online girl is like, the fake personality I show for catfishing lulz.
PPS. you and my girl would have truly amazing conversations I think. No Im even quite certain. Its too bad that I cant catfish you for mutual intellectual benefits and stimulus.

I haven't watched it yet but the description looks very interesting so I'll watch it soon and let you know

Also, I might add your Steam girl lol. I am going to be on Steam a lot especially tonight because that remake for Resident Evil 2 launches tonight and I have my Steam preorder ready to go.

that movie is truly amazing, its about those who are different, in every possible way. Its a maze of nothing and everything.

Malkovich is brilliant specifically.

In that case, I will have to free up a time slot to watch it this weekend.

I'm going to see if it's on Prime Video.

it begins with the Malkovitch's character getting bad news and from there on it keeps on growing
no spoilers.

I thought the ending was spectacular while most commoners didnt even get it. There is a gazillion 1 out of 10 rating reviews out there.

enjoy it if you ever idd decide to watch it.