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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Polpolion on September 04, 2006, 08:43:35 pm
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Man I hate them (not just because I'm not one of them, too).
Where I live, the average "popular" kid maintains about a 2.8 to 3.3 GPA me " hey look! some obsidian!" them: "why are you going around talkin about plants [obsidian is not a plant] or something?" . It seems like every time I go out to mow the lawn, there they are, swarming all over the place bugging the hell out of you: "who'd you get for homeroom?" "whats up?" "what'cha doing? Why are you doing that?" "what are you wearing tommarow?" .
Just because they can't do it well, they morphed playing a musical insturment that isn't purcussion into something bad.
Also, just because except for AOL, they aren't computer literate "hey I was trying to install a game, and that thing [autoplay] didn't pop up when I put the CD in. How do I install it?" Me (out of no where) "View the CD in Powerdesk or windows explorer and run setup.exe" "Hey, where not all computer geniuses, so don't excpect us to know how to do that" ] , so they morphed playing any games or anything on the computer into a bad thing.
I can think up a dozen more things to throw at them, but I'll wait until one of 'ems actually around to hear.
:nervous:
EDIT: notice to all: I am in between eigth grade and high school; I am still in (late) summer brake. It's just that I just noticed this when someone at teh place where I got my schedual was being made fun of. {cough cough cough ray cross cough cough coguh} {hack} {cough up plegmh}
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LoLs.
Really, who gives a crap dude.
There are some people I just don't associate with unless absolutely necessary.
The best thing in the world is self confidence, have enough of that, and you can make any body doubt themselves. It's awsome. :D
(sometimes known as arrogance... but anyway)
As for them asking questions, you could just take the ultra geeky approach and snort and laugh how one's technological knowledge far exceeds what their puny miniscual brain could possibly understand. Or just give a friendly, brief, non-techy answer. Like "I believe you just click on 'My Computer -> CD-Drive -> and try and find a Setup.exe' mate." Then if they make a smart ass comment you stand immediately, slam your fist on the table and go "Well don't bloody well ask for answers you don't want moron." And briskly walk away and never speak to them again. :)
LoLs.
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You laugh because I'm different.
I laugh because you're all the same. :p
That said, I've never exactly fit in anywhere. It's always been "What are you doing here? You're sane." "What are you doing here? You're normal."
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I echo Grug.
There are some people I just don't associate with unless absolutely necessary.
I've never exactly fit in anywhere.
Ditto for me. Just find a niche and fill it, is my solution.
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Sounds pretty normal and not at all bad. When they get really personal and whatnot...thats bad.
Tolerate their ignorance, laugh with them if you have to, most of them are nice people trying to do their best to fit into the social norm thats layed out infront of them. A few are folks you should avoid but most of them are the typical people you run into every day for the rest of your life.
But it gets better. Particularly around the time you go off to university. Things open up alot more.
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I actually just dont talk to people who are like that towards me. It makes them wonder what my deal is.
I like a little mystery surrounding me.
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I got lucky in my school, at least here the jerks are smarter than the average jerk, and airheads are (almost) nonexistant. My solution: I just act normal, and if anyone has a problem with it, I ignore 'em. Trust me, ignoring them works far better than any reaction you can give them.
Don't know what to tell you about them talking to you when you mow the lawn, because
A) it's really hot and dry here so no one bothers to keep a lawn.
B) No other students (of any age) live within ten blocks. I'm all alone out here....
Also, high school is much much better than middle school. People improve by leaps and bounds. I've known perhaps three mid-school boys who weren't complete idiots (no offense intended to any mid-schoolers on these forums), but by contrast, there are only about three high school kids I can think of that are complete idiots.
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I don't talk to people.
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But it gets better. Particularly around the time you go off to university. Things open up alot more.
Yeah. At University, I discovered that I can fit in to almost any group of people, from the airheads to the pot-smokers to the Uni sysadmins.
Which is really strange, because I see myself as an arrogant antisocial bastard. Seems I'm wrong.
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As for them asking questions, you could just take the ultra geeky approach and snort and laugh how one's technological knowledge far exceeds what their puny miniscual brain could possibly understand. Or just give a friendly, brief, non-techy answer. Like "I believe you just click on 'My Computer -> CD-Drive -> and try and find a Setup.exe' mate." Then if they make a smart ass comment you stand immediately, slam your fist on the table and go "Well don't bloody well ask for answers you don't want moron." And briskly walk away and never speak to them again.
Today the school's internet went down (our program shares a building with a middle school) and I had several of the foreign teachers ask me "Can you fix the internet?" I always tell them that is the school's problem, not ours. It is not in my jurisdiction.
One of them (who lives in an apartment way off campus) asked me "If the internet isn't working here, can I use it at home?"
Dealing with people who have absolutly no ****ing clue how technology works is part of my new job description.
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I just ignore people I don't like. I act the way I want and if people don't mind it, then that's just about fine with me. :)
Basically, the way I act here on HLP and the internet is the way I am in real life.
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Ay, just be yourself man. If they don't like it then that's their problem, not yours! Be cool :cool:
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Arrogance is only arrogant if you use the Self-Belief for evil, On that note, BAck in my sixth form days, Amidst all the a-hols i m it course ( i was a sport freak too dont get me wrong, but i didnt fork out £120 for Nikes cos i thought they were crap, I was just out to get fit, not fit a stereotype) The A-holes were there for the almighty belief that they would get rich, My venerable B-List group would help em out until they tried to plug a keyboard into a power socket at wich point we'd leave em to sink.
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My venerable B-List group would help em out until they tried to plug a keyboard into a power socket at wich point we'd leave em to sink.
:jaw: I hope you're kidding...I really hope you're kidding...Oh God, please let him be kidding...
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Son,
you need guns.
Love,
Father
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Just several questions, from which grade to which grade is middle school? I'm currently in 9th grade. And what is considered a good GPA?
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6th-8th grade would be middle school.
As for GPA's... heh, I know mine's good, but I don't know the cut-off between good and fail.
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Just several questions, from which grade to which grade is middle school? I'm currently in 9th grade. And what is considered a good GPA?
It depends what scale your school use. My high school used a 3.0/6.0 scale (the 6.0 scale was for students who took lots of Advanced Placement classes). 2.0 is a C average; 3.0 is a B average; 4.0 is a A average. I was never quite sure what was going on with the 6.0 scale.
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Hmm. All the people I know are nice! lol. There's a couple asshats here and there, but for the most part, i'm friendly with everybody.
And as far as gpa goes, if it goes on a 4.0, well..... 4.0 is good. *looks at my gpa* :D
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:confused: :shaking:
My school just uses either percentage or give a score out of 20.
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I don't really give a **** in school, if you care about your social position, chances are it's pretty low. Instead you should concentrate on your individual freindships and such; the rest sort'a falls into place.
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As for them asking questions, you could just take the ultra geeky approach and snort and laugh how one's technological knowledge far exceeds what their puny miniscual brain could possibly understand. Or just give a friendly, brief, non-techy answer. Like "I believe you just click on 'My Computer -> CD-Drive -> and try and find a Setup.exe' mate." Then if they make a smart ass comment you stand immediately, slam your fist on the table and go "Well don't bloody well ask for answers you don't want moron." And briskly walk away and never speak to them again.
Today the school's internet went down (our program shares a building with a middle school) and I had several of the foreign teachers ask me "Can you fix the internet?" I always tell them that is the school's problem, not ours. It is not in my jurisdiction.
One of them (who lives in an apartment way off campus) asked me "If the internet isn't working here, can I use it at home?"
Dealing with people who have absolutly no ****ing clue how technology works is part of my new job description.
If you can believe it...thats what I do every day at my job. And I put on a polite face and smile and cheerfully tell them how to fix it :)
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It's a shame that the people who are deemed "popular" today, are usually idiots. I talk to people, it's just that whenever one of the "popular" crowd is around, my "cool points" decrease by 20 or so.
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State of my school at time of close
(i left in 98)
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_04.pl?Mode=Z&Code=&School=2094274&Type=&back=&No=209
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Same here (in French class) "Dans le classe de Francais, nous parlons en Francais. Tout le temps!"
"Psst... are you trying out for the football team?"
"Psst... are you trying out for the football team?"
"Psst... are you trying out for the football team?"
"Psst... are you trying out for the football team?"
"Psst... are you trying out for the football team?"
"Psst... are you trying out for the football team?"
Yeah.... Ignoring people when they don't speak french doesn't seem to work...
And I try to do the tech fixing thing to, though one of my friends has skills at hacking the school comps. He changed his password. :eek2: :nervous: :shaking:
I also remember this funny scale... A is sports heroes, cheerleaders, etc. B is the followers of the above, C is the Wannabe popular people, D is the unrepentant geeks, and E is the people with a mild case of Downe's syndrome.
So... We call everyone who makes fun of us a class E, and they go like :wtf:. ;)
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It's a shame that the people who are deemed "popular" today, are usually idiots. I talk to people, it's just that whenever one of the "popular" crowd is around, my "cool points" decrease by 20 or so.
Its not just today...its always been like that. They are making it up because alot of them turn out pretty mediocre in the end. If you do things right, work hard, do your best to fit in...in your own way...eventually your blood sweat and tears counts towards something. Hopefully a good education and maybe a well paying job down the road.
All those folks I remember in middle school...the same types your talking about...some of them I've seen recently and they are doing alright and others are not. Some of them work full time in the local pizza place because thats all they can hold down. Some are on their fourth kid by now living on welfare. One guy...he surprised me...working as a roofer and getting paid a decent wage. Pulled himself right up.
The folks such as yourself on the other hand...ended up university or college educated...solid jobs or jobs with decent future prospects...taking life in a more considered way. Its not a walk in the park...but its the direction you choose thats important.
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As for them asking questions, you could just take the ultra geeky approach and snort and laugh how one's technological knowledge far exceeds what their puny miniscual brain could possibly understand. Or just give a friendly, brief, non-techy answer. Like "I believe you just click on 'My Computer -> CD-Drive -> and try and find a Setup.exe' mate." Then if they make a smart ass comment you stand immediately, slam your fist on the table and go "Well don't bloody well ask for answers you don't want moron." And briskly walk away and never speak to them again.
Today the school's internet went down (our program shares a building with a middle school) and I had several of the foreign teachers ask me "Can you fix the internet?" I always tell them that is the school's problem, not ours. It is not in my jurisdiction.
One of them (who lives in an apartment way off campus) asked me "If the internet isn't working here, can I use it at home?"
Dealing with people who have absolutly no ****ing clue how technology works is part of my new job description.
If you can believe it...thats what I do every day at my job. And I put on a polite face and smile and cheerfully tell them how to fix it :)
Indeed.
It would be the same deal if someone well versed in technology asked a lawyer a stupid question about a law. You can't be a specialist in everything, and neither can everyone else. Don't ask the farmer how to build a rocket ship, ask him how to build a barn. ;)
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The Dilbert Principle: 'Everyone is an idiot to someone else'