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To everyone who joined these forums at some point, and got discouraged by the negativity and left after a while (or even got literally scared off): I'm sorry.
I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.
I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.
I can handle quite a lot of negativity and even abuse now, but that isn't the point. I want to help people. I want to help the people who need it the most, and I want to help people like the 1996 version of me.
I'm still figuring out the best way to do that, but as it is now, these forums are doing more harm than good, and I can't keep running them.
Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.
Everyone else: If after everything I've said so far, you still don't understand my motivations, I think it's unlikely that you will. We're just too different. Maybe someday in the future it might make sense, but until then, there's no point in arguing about it. I don't have the time or the energy for arguing anymore. I will focus my time and energy on people who support me, and those who need help.
-SoulRiser
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SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
Again a "what if" question from me. If you were to suddenly earn 1 billion dollars, because of something you would have done, would you somehow contribute to this webnsite, buy a house for every single active user on this forum, food and water. And everything else they need?
Weird question, but I kinda think that we can help each other that way
RE: SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
Hmm...shove some in savings, invest others... and once it's matured, start writing strongly worded letters to any government agency that thinks school is compulsory.
If I seem rude to you, please call me on it gently.
One thing (among many others) school couldn't teach you.
SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
Nah, I probably wouldn't buy the people here anything, I don't really know them. I mean, if they want some dino nuggets or something they can hit me up, but a house?
"The more you know, the more you know you don't know." ~Socrates
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"free speech under the constitution only guarantees the government won't stop him saying it and does not guarantee his right to say things and have no consequences at all as a result. also i completely doubt that he is motivated solely by "i'm saying it because i can" and is probably motivated by a more shitheady motive like "i think it's funny to annoy people and Rustle Le Jimmies and is just hiding behind the first amendment to try to deflect any consequences or make you realize that being allowed to annoy people is a superior moral right. you can still disdain someone for doing things for dumbarse wankery purposes and you have evne more right to ban and insult them for it" ~Trar's friend about Potato.
Thanks for the diploma… can I have my childhood back?
I’d love to have a battle of wits with you… but I hate to fight the unarmed.
RE: SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
Savings account because fuck yeah. But A few different savings accounts. Because banks only insure your money up too $100,000.
Buy a really really good computer. Buy a place to live in northern California. Buy weed. Lots of weed. I like weed. Lots to be done with a billion dollars. Especially after accumulating interest. Which is fast with that kind of money.
SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
I'd have to make sure it goes in some account that's set up in such a way that no government can steal nearly half of it for "tax" purposes first.
Then... I dunno. Build a huge base of operations somewhere and hire minions to do my dirty work. Make it profitable, feed the hungry, set up computers and internet for poor people all over the world... take care of homeless animals... stuff like that.
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Support School Survival on Patreon or Donate Bitcoin Here: 1Q5WCcxWjayniaL92b8GfXBiGdfjmnUNa2 "Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." - André Paul Guillaume Gide "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." - Albert Einstein "I'm pretty sure there's a lot of beauty that can only be found in the mind of a lunatic." - TheCancer EIPD - Emotionally Incompetent Parent Disorder
SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
I would make an organisation that everyone from this site could come to the house and have a free creative life, with everything they need. Life free really.
SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
I would buy up real estate on the moon and start a space colony.
The purpose of life is a life with a purpose
So I’d rather die for a cause than live a life that is worthless
I don’t need the circus or the day of national observance
I need you to think for you and stop being a servant
-Immortal Technique, The Martyr, The Martyr
SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
No? Whatever that is... I would give people which struggles with school and hive people a place where they can be without having to worry about all the bullshit this society serves them. Like a place help. You think that's a bad idea?
RE: SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
Pie.
All of it in the world - mine. There would no longer be any Betty Crocker, No Pillsbury, No nothing..just me. I would own it all, and the people of this hungry world would be forced to buy it at whatever price I decided. Longing, almost lustfully for their fix of blueberry or begging for that last slice of banana cream.
This little blue marble of ours would be in my hands, and after I controlled this most savory and desirable delicacy of baked goods then, only then would I truly be the new master of this world.
Soul, you speak of minions to do your dirty work. Pff, I think you're thinking too small. World Domination is the true goal, and only if you do it right.
" I never knew until that moment how bad it could hurt to lose something you never really had. " ~From the television show The Wonder Years
RE: SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
I would put away 1-2 million dollars away. That'll be my Personal Fund, what I would use to live a comfy life. No other funding will go directly to me, and what's left over from when I die will go to charity.
Then I'll use the rest as I wish. Give a couple youtubers a "thank you" check. Fund a band so they can get off the ground. Give random homeless people stacks of cash. Donate large amounts of money to charity. Maybe start some companies, and then sever myself from them when they become self-sufficient.
Then there's some recreational stuff. Travel the world, go on that Zero-G thing, maybe study accents in other English speaking countries. Heck, I would like to fly over and meet a few of you in person.
Oh, and I would make a library/bookstore solely based on world religions. You know, with a Christian Wing, an Atheist/Agnostic Wing, an Pagan Wing, etc. And it would have beautiful architecture. When you go in and get a library card, you have to state your religion. Then, you can't get any books from that wing until you get one book from every other wing. You know, to increase understanding.
Sorry for that tangent there.
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RE: SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
(08-14-2013 02:34 PM)SubCulture Wrote: I would put away 1-2 million dollars away. That'll be my Personal Fund, what I would use to live a comfy life. No other funding will go directly to me, and what's left over from when I die will go to charity.
Then I'll use the rest as I wish. Give a couple youtubers a "thank you" check. Fund a band so they can get off the ground. Give random homeless people stacks of cash. Donate large amounts of money to charity. Maybe start some companies, and then sever myself from them when they become self-sufficient.
Then there's some recreational stuff. Travel the world, go on that Zero-G thing, maybe study accents in other English speaking countries. Heck, I would like to fly over and meet a few of you in person.
Oh, and I would make a library/bookstore solely based on world religions. You know, with a Christian Wing, an Atheist/Agnostic Wing, an Pagan Wing, etc. And it would have beautiful architecture. When you go in and get a library card, you have to state your religion. Then, you can't get any books from that wing until you get one book from every other wing. You know, to increase understanding.
Support School Survival on Patreon or Donate Bitcoin Here: 1Q5WCcxWjayniaL92b8GfXBiGdfjmnUNa2 "Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it." - André Paul Guillaume Gide "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." - Albert Einstein "I'm pretty sure there's a lot of beauty that can only be found in the mind of a lunatic." - TheCancer EIPD - Emotionally Incompetent Parent Disorder
RE: SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
I loved that scene in the latest Breaking Bad episode where
SPOILERS:
Hidden stuff:
after Walt brings Jessie's money back he ends up giving that homeless man a fat stack of hundreds and then he just drives around throwing cash out of his car.
I'd love to be able to do that.
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RE: SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
(08-14-2013 11:12 AM)Pieman Wrote: Pie.
All of it in the world - mine. There would no longer be any Betty Crocker, No Pillsbury, No nothing..just me. I would own it all, and the people of this hungry world would be forced to buy it at whatever price I decided. Longing, almost lustfully for their fix of blueberry or begging for that last slice of banana cream.
This little blue marble of ours would be in my hands, and after I controlled this most savory and desirable delicacy of baked goods then, only then would I truly be the new master of this world.
Soul, you speak of minions to do your dirty work. Pff, I think you're thinking too small. World Domination is the true goal, and only if you do it right.
You sound like Doofenshmirtz...
There is a certain person in this world who I owe my sanity to.
RE: SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
(08-15-2013 07:39 AM)Oceans Melody Wrote:
(08-14-2013 11:12 AM)Pieman Wrote: Pie.
All of it in the world - mine. There would no longer be any Betty Crocker, No Pillsbury, No nothing..just me. I would own it all, and the people of this hungry world would be forced to buy it at whatever price I decided. Longing, almost lustfully for their fix of blueberry or begging for that last slice of banana cream.
This little blue marble of ours would be in my hands, and after I controlled this most savory and desirable delicacy of baked goods then, only then would I truly be the new master of this world.
Soul, you speak of minions to do your dirty work. Pff, I think you're thinking too small. World Domination is the true goal, and only if you do it right.
You sound like Doofenshmirtz...
No, you sound like Kenneth Kennethson. This is too large-scale for Doof to handle.
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RE: SoulRiser, anybody else. If you earned a billion dollars. Suddenly.
Honestly if I did remember this sight (and DnE) I would give the runners of those sites 10,000 each. Problem is they might slip my mind.
I would definitely hire an accountant because I'd have no idea how to handle that money smartly. Take a portion and spread it among friends and family. Spend some on myself obviously. Donate to worthy charities after much research. I'd invest to keep my money growing. Likely in Sudbury schools I'd open across the country.
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(This post was last modified: 08-15-2013 02:38 PM by UnschoolShqiponjë.)