Mercenary Pen's Meticulously Planned Machine of Prose Random Banter #182

[Saithis Bladewing]

At last I have returned into the land of the employed. Hopefully this won't cut into my LPing time too much!

[The Succubus]

Congratulations, scary dragon lady! My ask what your line of work is?

[Saithis Bladewing]

Back into the Software Testing field I go.

[Rawhide]

At last I have returned into the land of the employed. Hopefully this won't cut into my LPing time too much!

[SMEE]

Woot, woot!
Well done, Sai Sai!

[HalfTangible]

That'll probably lower my already tenuous work ethic. Nothing like more free time to make me totally abandon all pretense of studying.

You'd think so. Strange thing is that last for maybe a few weeks with me. Then I got bored, realized my grades were suffering and did school work to try and relieve it.

I'm not a genius. Although that's probably not a good measure anyway... And by the standards of so-called genii, I'd not be having these lows a's and stuff. (Although I don't use that standard, because it is pretty ridiculous if you think about it.)

No, you're not, but constant, consistent As to the degree you worry about getting Bs are the grades of one. Just sayin'

Well, I assume they have A's. I don't ask anymore, people kept glaring at me because they thought I was trying to flaunt my own grades.

they aren't making all As.

I'm emotionally stable.

Really.

So? You're smart, nice, and someone I look up to. Why wouldn't I want to have your school career, assuming that B's really are the highest you can get in college without being my brother.

First? They're not, i was getting Bs and Cs in high school.

Secondly, because my school career is what taught me that everyone is evil, that 'happy birthday' is worth crying like a baby over, and that 'shut up' is both a desirable and a proper greeting.

I don't think I should do what I want in life. It's probably a bad idea.

I'm not even going to dignify that with a response.

[Thufir]

What is the Beeb?

The Beeb Beeb Ceeb! Or BBC if you're being less silly.

I'm just saying that if I cannot get the highest everything I do is worthless. Because I am a useless person, and the only value I have is if I can do something with the meager things I have. I have to get good grades because there is nothing else I can do with my life that will ever be considered worth something by people. I can do nothing except get good grades, and now even that is failing. I am worthless trash, and this is my only, useless, but only, purpose.

No. Given that I can't swear on the forums, just no. What you have is not meagre. You have value, you have worth, you can do many things. Everyone has value and worth. Use is debatable, but without specific context either everyone is useful or no-one is.
You will most likely do just fine in life, and probably better than a considerable number of other people I know, your perspective is just massively skewed on this and I... gah! Fgblah. Other inarticulate noises.

You're uh... You're welcome?
I'm not sure how I feel about being thanked in the same breath as you discuss crotch-grabbage

*Must resist temptation to make inappropriate comment*
*Can't actually think of a decent one anywway*

Eh? BUT I WANT TO GO TO KENYON!

Go to UU! They have big dinners! And magic. But mostly big dinners!

And it's really more that it should be incredibly easy to get into the 98 percentile, because apparently only 22% of the school (or state, I don't remember) passed at all.

Clearly indicating that it was very hard to do well. Everything is relative, and being better than 98% of your school (Let alone your state) is never easy.

For example. Dad told me repeatedly I'd never get into NHS.

I can still never remember what this stands for in Trogland.

[Mercenary Pen]

I can still never remember what this stands for in Trogland.

I vote that if the official American abbreviation isn't forthcoming we substitute the National Health Service in its place...

[Thufir]

I vote that if the official American abbreviation isn't forthcoming we substitute the National Health Service in its place...

I've been doing that for ages...

[Grue Bait]

It stands for National Honor Society. Kind of a pointless thing, but it gets you scholarships. Relevant xkcd.

[Mercenary Pen]

It stands for National Honor Society. Kind of a pointless thing, but it gets you scholarships. Relevant xkcd.

In that case, I vote we officially change it to Neurotic Hockey Stadium in general discussion.

[Teddy]

My opinions on Mensa are similar to those belonging to David Mitchell. And it's really more that it should be incredibly easy to get into the 98 percentile, because apparently only 22% of the school (or state, I don't remember) passed at all. I don't know why I couldn't even do that in my best subject last year.

Quick math: Even if you only count those 22%, the 98 percentile still equals something along the line of the 91 percentile, and I'd say that you have the right to not always be in the top of 10% of those who actually care in every subject.

Other than that, I'm afraid I can't really say much to help. I suppose I'm pretty much akin to your brother (minus violence and refusing lectures), which isn't to say that I haven't got my own problems, but going into them won't help you in any way, will they.

Oh, and I must say that I envy you for a number of things as well. To take the pettiest example, you called a friend a few weeks ago. I haven't called a friend in years! I see my friends talking on Facebook about how they get together and have waffle breakfasts, and I'm not invited. Why? Probably because I've never expressed any interest in doing such things. And why is that so? Well, I'm terribly afraid of coming off as pushy or guilt-tripping them into inviting me when they in reality don't want my presence, so I just try to drop a few subtle hints that no one catches up on, after which I leave in silence, hoping that I didn't offend anyone.

So here I'm sitting, the smartest person many of my friends claim they've ever met, wishing I was one of them so that I could have waffles...

[AtlanteanTroll]

Go to UU! They have big dinners! And magic. But mostly big dinners!

I have no idea what or where UU is, so no. I also have a huge financial benefits if I go to Kenyon. So yeah. It's probably my top choice. Maybe Carleton, but I sort of doubt my ability to get in ... Although allums have said I'd be a good fit.

I can still never remember what this stands for in Trogland.

National Honors Society.

[Thufir]

I have no idea what or where UU is, so no.

READ THESE BOOKS. NOW.

[LaZodiac]

Awe. Don't worry Teddy, you can have waffles with me anytime.

[Mercenary Pen]

I have no idea what or where UU is, so no.

We can clear that up- Discworld, courtesy of Pratchett.

[AtlanteanTroll]

We can clear that up- Discworld, courtesy of Pratchett.

In all honesty not really a fan of Pratchett. *dodges bricks*

[Saithis Bladewing]

In all honesty not really a fan of Pratchett. *dodges bricks*

Right there with ya.

[Cobra_Ikari]

...I think Pratchett has some good books, but not all of his books are very good. >.>

...I suppose what I'm saying is that he's HIGHLY overrated. >.>

[Qwertystop]

In all honesty not really a fan of Pratchett. *dodges bricks*

<Throws bricks retroactively>

[AtlanteanTroll]

Continues to dodge ... retroactively?

[HalfTangible]

Retconjurers ARE real!!!

[Amidus Drexel]

In all honesty not really a fan of Pratchett. *dodges bricks*

The first two Discworld books were hilarious, and the rest (that I've read) are so-so.

[Qwertystop]

Continues to dodge ... retroactively?

No, no, no. You dodged before anybody said that they threw. So I threw retroactively so that you would have something to dodge. No need to continue dodging, the bricks have been thrown.

[Heliomance]

The first two Discworld books were hilarious, and the rest (that I've read) are so-so.

What? The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic are categorically some of his weakest books. He's improved hugely as an author since then, and the Discworld setting has matured enormously.

[Dimonite]

In all honesty not really a fan of Pratchett. *dodges bricks*

hmmm...

I'm gonna need more bricks. And... a brick cannon.

[Mercenary Pen]

Why must I suddenly have a stinking cold? And if I have to have a cold, why must it be one that makes me go through tissues like tissue paper?

Nevertheless, I intend to catch back up with the current series of Doctor Who (stupid work making me work saturday evenings), and carry on writing background material for this year's NaNoWriMo.

[Amidus Drexel]

What? The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic are categorically some of his weakest books. He's improved hugely as an author since then, and the Discworld setting has matured enormously.

Eh, I just found them funnier than most of his later books (of what I've read), although I do agree that he has become a better author.

[Teddy]

Awe. Don't worry Teddy, you can have waffles with me anytime.

Yeah, anytime is probably not going to happen until I get my hands on a flight certificate (which requires time and commitment) and a good long-range propeller plane with decent storage space (which requires a few millions on my bank account).
...
Or until I just decide to go to a holiday to Canada, but even though I have this mental picture of Canada as having awesome nature, I kind of recognise that it's probably not that different to our nature, and I'm not the type of guy who goes abroad to experience different cultures (I panic and get homesick in the first day).

Thanks for the offer anyway, however.

[LaZodiac]

Yeah, anytime is probably not going to happen until I get my hands on a flight certificate (which requires time and commitment) and a good long-range propeller plane with decent storage space (which requires a few millions on my bank account).
...
Or until I just decide to go to a holiday to Canada, but even though I have this mental picture of Canada as having awesome nature, I kind of recognise that it's probably not that different to our nature, and I'm not the type of guy who goes abroad to experience different cultures (I panic and get homesick in the first day).

Thanks for the offer anyway, however.

Yha, it's the thought that counts in this situation