Why is everyone so serious? D:

[Shivarage]

Like, actually... I'm finshed with education and everybody is so dam touchy...

No, I don't have a degree in whatever but still, people I know who do have degrees now look down on me and call me stupid for believing I could actually make a modest living doing something I enjoy. (writing for various mediums)

Why has life become such a dam drag to the point we don't enjoy it anymore?

 

[Alon Shechter]

You can adopt my approach to things.
It goes like this:
"The world is a beautiful place, but it's filled with crappy people.
Yeah? well FUCK YOU crappy people, I'll live however the hell I want!"
There's actually quite a lot of non-assholes out there, as I've been noticing in the past months.

 

[Drakenian]

It's hard to be happy when the mods ban everyone.

... :3

I dunno. Sounds pretty interesting. Let me know how that works out for ya, I might take some classes relating to that in college.

 

[vivalahelvig]

Real life = srz bznz

OT: Honestly, if your friends look down on you, they shouldnt be your friends.

That or you can kneecap them, the latter is more fun.

 

[Simple Bluff]

I'm going to college and I'm as thick as a plank. And I know a lot of people who would say the same - those guys you know are just dicks.

 

[Hagi]

OT: Problem is that mortgages have to be paid, groceries bought and money saved for the future (retirement, education for your kids etc.). In short, life's expensive.

There's many, many people out there who're trying to make a living on writing, just look at the amount of self-published authors. Many of them however don't make it and if you don't have any back-up, something else you can earn money with, then you'll basically be stuck working at McDonalds or something equally horrible.

Getting a degree gives you safety. You can still give doing what you love a shot and see if you have what it takes to succeed, but if you don't then you can still get a good job doing something that while not great fun at least doesn't suck horribly.

If you're capable of getting a degree and you can either take decent student loans or otherwise finance it then, in my opinion, it's seriously stupid if you don't do it.

 

[Hagi]

At the same time, a degree isn't what it used to be, say 20 years ago. Back in the day it was almost a guarantee, now it's almost what a high-school diploma used to be.

A degree is still a whole lot better then not having a degree. Because a high-school diploma also isn't what it used to be.

The way I see it:
Degree: very good chance at not working at McDonalds or equivalent job.
No degree: basically guaranteed to work at McDonalds or an equivalent job.

Frankly, no matter what happens I don't want to work at McDonalds the rest of my life so I'm going to go ahead and get my degree.

 

[Toriver]

*sigh...* In today's economy, degrees aren't even worth the paper they're printed on for jobs anymore. In fact, if all you have is a degree, you are worse off than someone fresh out of high school: you lack the experience required for the jobs that used to require degrees, and you're seen as over-qualified for the McDonald's-type jobs. NOBODY wants someone with a degree without specialized experience to go with it. There is no longer any such thing as the entry-level job for n00bs to the working world. I know: my current job is basically seen by employers as an extended vacation from "real life", rendering it worthless, and past that, I just have a degree to back me up, and I can find absolutely nothing I am qualified for. I can't stay in this job forever: the position is not designed to be a long-term deal. I am getting the urge to actually start building a career. But I seem to be caught in that age-old experience-employment catch-22, and I have too many student loan debts to do an unpaid internship or volunteer work. I have no freaking idea what to do if I ever want to move back home aside from declaring bankruptcy and becoming a hobo. I'm essentially trapped in Japan by my debt. All because I don't have other employment credentials.

 

[s0denone]

Excuse me, but welcome to being an adult.

LOL.

No need to add anything but that. Seriously.
"Welcome to real life".

 

[4173]

Excuse me, but welcome to being an adult.

LOL.

No need to add anything but that. Seriously.
"Welcome to real life".

Well, that's a ringing endorsement for suicide. Adult life cannot be enjoyed, what does that leave, just continuation of species?

 

[Azure-Supernova]

OP, I applaud you. People do take life very seriously and often in cases when they shouldn't. Going to University doesn't make you better than someone, in some cases it just makes you a colossal idiot. But there's knowing when to slow down and take it easy and when to kick into gear.

*sigh...* In today's economy, degrees aren't even worth the paper they're printed on for jobs anymore.

Near enough this is all I have to say on the matter. You come fresh out of secondary school, go to Sixth Form/College to get your qualifications, then on to University and you come out with a piece of paper that shows 'your ability to learn'. Unless you're taking a vocational study that degree is worthless for the job it's 'supposed' to get you, because employers don't want to take risks on fesh faces.

On the other hand I did an Apprenticeship and it wasn't enough to get me a high paid job, but it's too much for anyone to want to take me on as a trainee. Whilst I have the practical knowledge and experience as well as a smaller qualification, I'm struggling for work still.

 

[AngloDoom]

Like, actually... I'm finshed with education and everybody is so dam touchy...

No, I don't have a degree in whatever but still, people I know who do have degrees now look down on me and call me stupid for believing I could actually make a modest living doing something I enjoy. (writing for various mediums)

Why has life become such a dam drag to the point we don't enjoy it anymore?

Because everyone, including myself, are scared shitless that all those days of work we've put into filling our brains with information, all those sleepless nights of thinking the soundest plans, and all those moments sat on a stiff chair staring out the window wondering where we are - we're scared shitless all of that is for nothing.

People like yourself who dare to dream of what they want to do are looked down upon because we're afraid you're actually going to do it and we've wasted our lives.

 

[Ham_authority95]

Like, actually... I'm finshed with education and everybody is so dam touchy...

No, I don't have a degree in whatever but still, people I know who do have degrees now look down on me and call me stupid for believing I could actually make a modest living doing something I enjoy. (writing for various mediums)

Why has life become such a dam drag to the point we don't enjoy it anymore?

People get under the impression, either from our parents or peers, that adulthood is boring.

Fuck people who say that, adulthood is as good as you make it, and people who don't make it good for themselves are just jealous of people like you who want to dream and enjoy life.

In fact, you don't even need to consider yourself an adult. Find yourself before you find yourself following what other people want you to do.

 

[s0denone]

Excuse me, but welcome to being an adult.

LOL.

No need to add anything but that. Seriously.
"Welcome to real life".

Well, that's a ringing endorsement for suicide. Adult life cannot be enjoyed, what does that leave, just continuation of species?

WHAT!?

I am responding to the question of the OP "Why is life so serious?" phrased in example

[...]but still, people I know who do have degrees now look down on me and call me stupid for believing I could actually make a modest living doing something I enjoy. (writing for various mediums)

And then his own opinion that "life is a drag".

Obviously, if the OP is doing something he enjoys, his life is not, and will not be, a "drag".
The oddity of this misunderstanding(you thinking I am saying adult life contains little to no happiness) is that the OP is unsure what his topic is meant to be about:
1. Is adult life not fun?? wat da fack ehehehe D:
or
2. Why are people such assholes? Looking down on me cause I have a shorter education? What the hell?

I am responding to 2.

 

[4173]

Excuse me, but welcome to being an adult.

LOL.

No need to add anything but that. Seriously.
"Welcome to real life".

Well, that's a ringing endorsement for suicide. Adult life cannot be enjoyed, what does that leave, just continuation of species?

WHAT!?

I am responding to the question of the OP "Why is life so serious?" phrased in example

[...]but still, people I know who do have degrees now look down on me and call me stupid for believing I could actually make a modest living doing something I enjoy. (writing for various mediums)

And then his own opinion that "life is a drag".

Obviously, if the OP is doing something he enjoys, his life is not, and will not be, a "drag".
The oddity of this misunderstanding(you thinking I am saying adult life contains little to no happiness) is that the OP is unsure what his topic is meant to be about:
1. Is adult life not fun?? wat da fack ehehehe D:
or
2. Why are people such assholes? Looking down on me cause I have a shorter education? What the hell?

I am responding to 2.

Fair enough.


To add onto your point. If the other people don't share the same preferences, they are naturally going to focus on the risk/reward and effort/reward aspects of the job. It's hard to compare enjoyment between people.

 

[Shivarage]

Fair enough.


To add onto your point. If the other people don't share the same preferences, they are naturally going to focus on the risk/reward and effort/reward aspects of the job. It's hard to compare enjoyment between people.

If you are only in your job for money... something isn't right with your life
(of course, unless you have others who depend on you like family, I don't wish for a family so I CAN choose my life)