Meditations

[Oleander]

If he is trying for attention, reacting strongly might actually encourage the behavior since he believes it is a good way to make you pay attention to him. I'm glad to see that you're starting to move towards figuring this out!

Talking to people about things that are stressing me out has always helped a little bit, at least in my experience. It might be different for other people but I think acknowledging issues by telling other people about them kind of lets a load off. And other times (like in this case) it might help you realize something you wouldn't have noticed alone!

[Redafro]

Did I kill this topic?

[Anteroinen]

Hah, apparently. Seriously though, it seems we're out of meditations for now.

[The Abacus]

I happened to read through these interesting articles this week:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21887443
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21163117
They might arouse an interesting discussion.

[Vurn]

Any thoughts on transhumanism?

[WorldisQuiet5256]

I happened to read through these interesting articles this week:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21887443
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21163117
They might arouse an interesting discussion.

It ended before we even progress.

[zombyrus]

I didn't read those articles but I looked at them for a moment. I really figure that we will never be able to consistently and accurately predict anything in the future (unless we come up with some sort of time travel). No matter how much you think about something, the actual truth is pretty often just something that would never even occur to you (unless this is all just me).

Now I'm all for Occam's Razor (the rule that the simplest answer is usually the best), but it doesn't really define what "simplest" is. When I try to figure out why someone did something, I can come up with a dozen simple reasons and then I'll find out that the truth is just another simple reason I didn't consider.

Changing the subject, I've started to notice that my temper gets set off by really odd, specific things. I am a tremendously level-headed guy, but certain things infuriate me to no end. For example (I feel like I've mentioned this once before but I don't really remember), we read Crime and Punishment in my English class and almost everyone in the class just read SparkNotes and stuff like that instead of reading the book. I actually read the thing (and liked it), and I have to restrain myself from just freaking out on the rest of the class. There isn't an excuse for not reading the book. People will say the names are hard because they're so Russian, but seriously, all you need to do is fucking look at the letters in the name and just fucking read it!

Someone who used to be one of my close friends told me about how she started to read it and just didn't like it, so she didn't read the rest. That isn't the sole reason we aren't friends anymore, but it encapsulates it. She is really smart, but she just decided some time that she's better than everyone and doesn't need to work anymore. She just sits around and whines all day and yet she still manages to think she's better than everyone somehow. I don't know how she can be such a piece of shit and think everyone around her is worse.

Changing subject again (I figure a long post might be better for revitalizing this thread), I've been noticing more and more lately that nobody really has any idea what's going on in my head. I actually experience mood swings from one extreme to another, but because I have the self-control not to freak out, nobody even notices. Sometimes I think I might go insane, but more recently I've realized that I'll probably never go insane, just because I'm too level-headed to ever snap. As I get more stressed I just get more and more miserable and there isn't any resolution to it.

[Vurn]

Changing the subject, I've started to notice that my temper gets set off by really odd, specific things. I am a tremendously level-headed guy, but certain things infuriate me to no end. For example (I feel like I've mentioned this once before but I don't really remember), we read Crime and Punishment in my English class and almost everyone in the class just read SparkNotes and stuff like that instead of reading the book. I actually read the thing (and liked it), and I have to restrain myself from just freaking out on the rest of the class. There isn't an excuse for not reading the book. People will say the names are hard because they're so Russian, but seriously, all you need to do is fucking look at the letters in the name and just fucking read it!

Hah. Here, most of the class just doesn't read the assigned books. Just no. They think it's boring or they have other things to do and stuff. But on the other hand, some of the books we have to read were written - *checks* - at the beginning of the 18th century, so the language is pretty hard to understand. Still, it's not like it's super incomprehensible.

[zombyrus]

I guess I wouldn't expect people to actually read the books, but it's advanced placement English class. The only people who are supposed to be in there are the people who actually care enough to read a couple hundred pages they don't immediately love. The class is actually screwed over because in years past, people at the top of the class were allowed to skip an earlier English class so they could get to AP, but for my year we had to actually test out of the class instead of just skipping it. The whole thing was disastrously organized because the administration in my school system is the purest shit, so only 6 or so people ended up actually testing out. That wouldn't be enough to make a class, so they pretty much pulled a u-turn and let anyone who wanted to get into the class. There are some dumb people in there, and that's the kind of class that doesn't work when there are dumb people in there.

[Rooster5man]

I don't understand why they let them test out then if it meant not allowing the people who are SUPPOSED to be in AP to be in AP. If they're letting anyone in, why call it AP?

I'm sorry you got put in such a stupid system...