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So the final conclusion is... Everyone can now write their own short, small and little conclusion in the form of a quote by themselves. Smile

Mine is:

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(10-23-2012 06:31 AM)LiptomaticMate Wrote:  People, let's try keeping the replies small and simple. It's really frustrating reading gigantic posts and never finishing them.

#firstworldproblems

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(10-23-2012 06:37 AM)Reptorian Wrote:  
(10-23-2012 06:31 AM)LiptomaticMate Wrote:  People, let's try keeping the replies small and simple. It's really frustrating reading gigantic posts and never finishing them.

#firstworldproblems

Sigh...

Sorry Lipto... I couldn't help but laugh... xD

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Our wall of text our very important in our lives because they make our amazing post even more meaningful than they already are. There is never any wall of text you shouldn't read because maybe you missed something very important. Make sure that your text is always in a wall before you do any of your post to make sure you sound intelligent when you really have no idea about what you're talking about like what I just typed. You can forget all the other sentences because you would be too lazy to read all the other sentences anyway. It seems you made to the second part of your life which involves the second decade you live. See how I suddenly made it seem like this post was going somewhere. It feels good making post here because you're always here, I just did it again. You know the post is going no where, but yet you still read it. Complain about post when you learn how to read the important parts if there are any,life skill there.

Congratulations humanity,because you refuse to let go of the old and evolve you actually make people believe in 2012. Not only that, but you're the only species on Earth that were able to make it possible, now we get to sit until we die because we couldn't get to Mars. We have failed as a society and don't deserve our gifts to survive for this long. Maybe this is why dinosaurs are extinct, we sure aren't any better than the dirt you say we're created from. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...DvwSOFto#! Noo

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I wished for pro-schoolers and they came...

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Sup BMP
Sup Alucard

Long time no see. This place is pretty sad isn't it? Luna's forums are better.

Quote:I wished for pro-schoolers and they came...

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Nothing new brawh. Had plenty of Pro-Schoolers up in here before.


Also soul, You're quote tag button in post edit is broken.
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(10-23-2012 06:37 AM)Reptorian Wrote:  #firstworldproblems
#arestillproblems

I think I have a new catchphrase.

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Yeah, first world problems are "technically" still problems but Lipomatic's problem is downright laziness.

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Luna aint touching these forums, these forums are suppose to be depressing so they can keep us on track of anti-school.

Congratulations humanity,because you refuse to let go of the old and evolve you actually make people believe in 2012. Not only that, but you're the only species on Earth that were able to make it possible, now we get to sit until we die because we couldn't get to Mars. We have failed as a society and don't deserve our gifts to survive for this long. Maybe this is why dinosaurs are extinct, we sure aren't any better than the dirt you say we're created from. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...DvwSOFto#! Noo

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(10-23-2012 05:03 AM)SoulRiser Wrote:  So you only care what certain kinds of people think of you... the examples you mentioned probably don't really care as much as how much money you have, but rather how you would make more of it for them.

Because as we all know, when you get a job, you don't get paid, and when you start a business, you don't get to keep any of your revenue. Makes you wonder why people complain about unemployment so much in the first place.
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people Noo ... now you're all just acting like smartasses. unnecessary...
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PS: This site is not depressing, it's motivating - without it school would have made me crazy.
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(10-23-2012 01:25 PM)LiptomaticMate Wrote:  people Noo ... now you're all just acting like smartasses. unnecessary...

well, we aren't allowed to post a massive wall of replies to quotes, and double-posting is frowned upon on the internet. /smartassitude (it's a word because it came out of my mouth)

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Sorry for saying "keep replies short and easy". I take it back. I take also "smart ass stuff" back.
I apologize :(
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(10-23-2012 02:41 PM)LiptomaticMate Wrote:  Sorry for saying "keep replies short and easy". I take it back. I take also "smart ass stuff" back.
I apologize :(

Fuck them don't apologize, long nitpicky posts are stupid and boring to read. The suck to write too. I know.
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(10-22-2012 05:41 PM)gore goroth Wrote:  Oh, look who's back. It's Mr. Columbine himself. I hope you enjoy paying off your college debt.

This thread right here pulled me back in(too funny to miss).
I can't wait til he amasses all that debt and his parents tell him how much of a loser he is because he can't get a good enough job to pay it off because its obvious he still gives a damn about what everybody thinks of him.

his has to be the dumbest thing I've even seen Bobman post.
People like me, Sharpie, Aya, Soulriser, Saint and the drop out success list prove him wrong.
Sounds like he is going into rich fag elitest mode like I always knew he would which explains why everybody in real life besides the circle of friends he had hates him.

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(10-23-2012 08:25 AM)Thought Criminal Wrote:  Sup BMP
Sup Alucard

Long time no see. This place is pretty sad isn't it? Luna's forums are better.

Quote:I wished for pro-schoolers and they came...

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Nothing new brawh. Had plenty of Pro-Schoolers up in here before.


Also soul, You're quote tag button in post edit is broken.

Well uhh... dead too.

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thought criminal? Are you like world famous on this forum?
Which dept? which parents - loser? ??? ???
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(10-24-2012 01:24 AM)HeartofShadows Wrote:  People like me, Sharpie, Aya, Soulriser, Saint and the drop out success list prove him wrong.

Yes, SoulRiser, who is making (according to her post) around $17k/year (just a few thousand above the poverty line). Stunning example of success right there. I'll be making more than three times that amount by the time I graduate (the average starting salary for those who have a job by graduation - which is more than half - is over $60k).

Everything works both ways, though, so here's a short list of the successful people who did go to college. And there's too many links to post here, but if you look up any college on Wikipedia, you'll find a list of successful alumni from that college. The combined lists are far longer than SS's list of successful dropouts.
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(10-24-2012 02:06 AM)యూజర్ పేరు Wrote:  Yes, SoulRiser, who is making (according to her post) around $17k/year (just a few thousand above the poverty line). Stunning example of success right there. I'll be making more than three times that amount by the time I graduate (the average starting salary for those who have a job by graduation - which is more than half - is over $60k).

the thing is, you only asked what she made it on SS alone, and that is the information she gave you.

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(10-24-2012 02:06 AM)యూజర్ పేరు Wrote:  
(10-24-2012 01:24 AM)HeartofShadows Wrote:  People like me, Sharpie, Aya, Soulriser, Saint and the drop out success list prove him wrong.

Yes, SoulRiser, who is making (according to her post) around $17k/year (just a few thousand above the poverty line). Stunning example of success right there. I'll be making more than three times that amount by the time I graduate (the average starting salary for those who have a job by graduation - which is more than half - is over $60k).

Everything works both ways, though, so here's a short list of the successful people who did go to college. And there's too many links to post here, but if you look up any college on Wikipedia, you'll find a list of successful alumni from that college. The combined lists are far longer than SS's list of successful dropouts.

1. Success is relative to each individual. Each people have different ideas on what is success.

2.That is still not evidence of a guarantee. So, you have to keep into the possibility that you just might as well make as much as these people and there are people who have already graduated from a big college making little amount of money and even less than they do. I can't see myself earning more than 20K at best after graduating from a biotechnology school. You've played the correlation=causation fallacy.

Take a look at this- http://chronicle.com/article/Many-Young-...rty/65826/ and look at the current economical situation going worse.

ZZZ...
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(10-23-2012 08:25 AM)Thought Criminal Wrote:  
Quote:I wished for pro-schoolers and they came...

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Nothing new brawh. Had plenty of Pro-Schoolers up in here before.

Do you go around telling little kids that Santa isn't real? NO.
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(10-24-2012 02:46 AM)Heil_Kaiba8921 Wrote:  
(10-24-2012 02:06 AM)యూజర్ పేరు Wrote:  Yes, SoulRiser, who is making (according to her post) around $17k/year (just a few thousand above the poverty line). Stunning example of success right there. I'll be making more than three times that amount by the time I graduate (the average starting salary for those who have a job by graduation - which is more than half - is over $60k).

the thing is, you only asked what she made it on SS alone, and that is the information she gave you.
Also, I live in South Africa, where everything is a lot cheaper than the US. Most people make 1/10 of what I do (all my sites included, and that's AFTER I removed some of the ads from SS. Before that it was more like 1/30).

So, great, you'll make 3 times that. But you'll have to work for it every day. Evil

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(10-23-2012 02:41 PM)LiptomaticMate Wrote:  thought criminal? Are you like world famous on this forum?
Laugh I'm an older member and a pretty big post whore but it's not like I'm SS's Richard Branson or anything. There are plenty of people on this forum who deserve more respect than me.
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To the original poster: TROLL! Why the hell are you telling us this?
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OMG OLD PEOPLE! Oldfafs, oldfafs everywhere! There's only one thing we can do...make a bunch of pointless comments like this one I just made right now! Make I should use my new pointless wall to make non readers think I'm smart tactic.

Congratulations humanity,because you refuse to let go of the old and evolve you actually make people believe in 2012. Not only that, but you're the only species on Earth that were able to make it possible, now we get to sit until we die because we couldn't get to Mars. We have failed as a society and don't deserve our gifts to survive for this long. Maybe this is why dinosaurs are extinct, we sure aren't any better than the dirt you say we're created from. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...DvwSOFto#! Noo

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(10-24-2012 08:45 AM)SomeRandomHuman Wrote:  To the original poster: TROLL! Why the hell are you telling us this?

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To the OP: I cannot tell if trolling, or just stupid. /facepalm

Anywho, this completely turned into a presidential debate. Of course, I'm all for the anti-schoolers. I'll be back here in a bit to prove why the pro-schoolers are showing complete incompetence thinking that this slavery-structured system can help kids.
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It's called unschooling.

For those without that option, it is called reforming the current model of schooling to better fit the human child.

The first 13 years are largely unnecessary. Get a GED, go to a County College for two years, then you will be able to easily transfer to damn near any college you want.

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