i read an article on soft america (kids in school) and hard america (people in the real world and in the military...it was half a war article) and I decided to start a list of truths that everyone is going to have to face when they get into 'hard' america (real world, not military per se)
- you aren't necessarily anything special
- you won't necessarily like your job
- you won't necessarily get paid a lot
first three i thought of, now i'd like to give other people a chance.
- What you know is probably worthless.
- You will not be catered to (unless you pay for it).
- You'll be trampled many a time before you learn the game.
- void main is wrong
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- void main is wrong
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-People won't necessarily care about you even when you are having a hard time
I would like to add one that is at least semi optimistic just to make this thread more fair
-Despite the fact that a lot of things suck, you can stand it when things suck (it wont' actually kill you) and you get out of life what you put in
-Generally the public is a $$$$$y, winey, annoying mass.
-The public eye is untrustworthy.
Oh, and about the transition from high school:
-Gangsters are lamers. (But then again, they will be flipping my hamburgers for me! Oh wait... there was just Mad Cow disease in Alberta... fine then, they deep fry my fries)
-Popularity doesn't last.
-University and College cost alot more than you thought!
Most of all:
-The truth hurts.
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Jeez, I think someone didn't have a great time in high school and is a bit vindicative.Originally posted by Xei
Oh, and about the transition from high school:
-Gangsters are lamers. (But then again, they will be flipping my hamburgers for me! Oh wait... there was just Mad Cow disease in Alberta... fine then, they deep fry my fries)
-Popularity doesn't last.
Not necessarily. The name of this thread is truths afterall
- you're just another nobody clawing your way out of the mud
- your education means nothing - all it does is get you a good job... sometimes
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