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Honesty does not make you popular:

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jread

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So I'm in the first day of my statistics class last week and we had to do the stupid, "each person around the room tell the class your name, major, etc." I ****** hate that ****** and every professor makes you do it. I don't give a damn about everyone's life story and I don't want to share mine. Usually I try to say something quickly and nicely, then hope that they hurry up and move to the next person. The bad thing today? It just happened to be that I was sitting in the place where I'd be the very last person to go (he alternated directions down the rows of seats).

Well, everyone starts talking and I ****** you not, they were ALL these do-gooder people and majoring in things like Social Work, Counselling, Healthcare Administration, Human Services, Education, etc. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. Their longterm goals ALL involved helping other people, especially the disadvantaged. A sickeningly-sweet display for sure.

Then it's my turn....

"Hi.. my name is Jeremy Read. I'm a Public Administration major and will graduate soon. My longterm goals are not set in stone at the moment, but I do know one thing..... the years of studying Public Administration have shown me that I want absolutely NOTHING to do with the public. I don't like people and I really don't like politics. I'm hoping to end up somewhere in the computer world where I can work alone as much as possible. Computers make sense to me but people do not."

.... the class room goes silent and everyone turns around and looks at me like I am there to eat their children.....

The professor finally chimes in after a moment and thanks me for sharing, then we quickly move into the first lecture.

I think it's good that there are all these people out there willing to better society, but I have to question whether or not they REALLY want to, or if it's just something that "looks good" to others. Many people I know with social work, counselling, etc. degrees never did anything related to the major. Most of them married into money or went into a higher paying industry.

I was just being completely honest. At least I have that going for me. The professor seemed amused by my remarks, lol.
 
Well it must suck for you because unless you want to be unemployed (or outsourced) you are going to have to learn to deal with people one way or another. This is coming from a CS Major.

Regards

ng
 
lol at what you said, ive said similar thing and gotten more or less the same responce, basicially after freshmen year i started just totally making sh!t up
 
Honesty is not the right word here. What you mean to say is that being an arrogant misanthrope does not make you popular.
 
Thats only stuff you say to friends. For other poeple, I just skip it all together and make sh1t up.

Anyone else that knows me better then that know I hate other people with a passion. Everyone, I hate you.
 
If I hear someone say something like "I'm hoping to end up somewhere in the computer world where I can work alone as much as possible. Computers make sense to me but people do not", my first impression is: NERD!
 
Originally posted by: torpid
Honesty is not the right word here. What you mean to say is that being an arrogant misanthrope does not make you popular.
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Nothing arrogant about it. I didn't take a "tone" when I said it, I was just honest.

I realize that I have to work with people... I've been working with people for years at work. I just don't want to put myself in a position where I'm going to have to deal with many people (the public) on a regular basis.
 
LOL, it reminds me of when i was a kid, and they had us tell the class what we wanted to be....football player, doctor, blah blah. one kid stands up and says i want to be a soldier and shoot people hahah
 
Ha....

Does any one else get the image of an overweight, bad-skinned, poor-smelling loner when reading the OP's post?
 
Originally posted by: torpid
Honesty is not the right word here. What you mean to say is that being an arrogant misanthrope does not make you popular.
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Can't wait to read all the YAGTs that come from this class! Oh wait.... nevermind.

Just a tip. You can be honest/dishonest and personable/misanthropic. Feel free to combine those in whichever way works best for you.
 
Should have said something like:
"Hi.. my name is Jeremy Read. I'm a Public Administration major and will graduate soon. My longterm goals are not set in stone at the moment, but I do know one thing..... the years of studying Public Administration have shown me that I want absolutely NOTHING to do with the public. The people in World of Warcraft are so much better than in real life. I don't like people and I really don't like politics, but I really love a good raid against Onyxia. That never gets old. I'm hoping to end up somewhere in the computer world where I can build up my PvP skills and level up. Computers make sense to me but people do not. Level 60 or BUST!"

Probably would have gotten a better reaction. 😛
 
You stand in a room full of people and tell them you don't like people. What'd you think was going to happen? Maybe you expected them to respect your right to be "different". Well that's not how people work. You hide behind the idea that you were simply being honest, but you had to have some clue of what their response would be.
 
Originally posted by: skace
There's something wrong if your classmates wanting to help other people makes you aggravated.
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There is nothing wrong with them wanting to help other people. I think that's great. What's wrong is that I think most of them are full of sh*t and aren't going to do anything to change the world when they graduate. It just looks good on paper.

Also, to the person who said I'm probably a fat, zit-faced nerd... you are very wrong, lol. And just because you are going to say, "Oh yeah, where's your pic?"... here I am in Muay Thai training: http://www.vasquezacademy.com/photogallery/galleries/Class%20Photos/class5.jpg
 
office space anyone?


lol.


you're going to snap one day while sitting in your cubicle and started shooting everyone in the office.
 
why not just excuse yourself from it instead of going off? now youeveryone got a horrible impression of you and possibly thinkg you're going to snap one day.
 
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