LurkerSix
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But on the flipside, if you passed that Japanese course and it lead you to something successful, you'd be saying something else right now.
Killer Mike Advice To Kids "You Owe It To Your Parents To Dream Practical Not Big"
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Oh I mean I’m not really advocating for killer Mike’s stance but really giving an example of him being right I guess
But word you’re right
Oh you definitely have people who think, especially if you go to college, that anything non STEM related is a waste of time and money. And nobody said wanting certain things for your kids is wrong, but you can only steer them so much. Try as some might, all the programming and tech classes won't create a want to make that a career if the person truly has no interest in it.
AZTG
OG
Word.
Hence its what I would want for my kids and would want told my kids as they reach adulthood, but not force my kids to do.
We on the same page.
Parents are often too ignorant of the socio-economic realities and what it takes to actually be an American to even give their children advice beyond shit like...
"Try your best."
"Don't go into debt."
"Don't settle down to early."
The best thing the average American parent to can do for their child is say
"I don't got it."
Just eliminate any expectation that their parent can steer their life after a certain age. Like after 14, most parents lose the plot and can't wait for their kid to take out loans and go to college.
Dreams aren't real. Success is a iterative, systematic, and process oriented.
Childhood is supposed to be a systemic, iterative process to adulthood. During childhood, injections of wealth and educational resources are supposed to facilitate the intellectual growth of the child so as an adult, they can guide themselves through an uncertain world.
We are going back to the times of a generational aristocracy, where the wealthy and well-connected understands what it takes to have an American lifestyle and everyone else is flapping in the wind, lost and confused why their life didn't turn out the way it is supposed to despite doing the common sense, common knowledge shit that 95 percent of the population knows.
"Try your best."
"Don't go into debt."
"Don't settle down to early."
The best thing the average American parent to can do for their child is say
"I don't got it."
Just eliminate any expectation that their parent can steer their life after a certain age. Like after 14, most parents lose the plot and can't wait for their kid to take out loans and go to college.
Dreams aren't real. Success is a iterative, systematic, and process oriented.
Childhood is supposed to be a systemic, iterative process to adulthood. During childhood, injections of wealth and educational resources are supposed to facilitate the intellectual growth of the child so as an adult, they can guide themselves through an uncertain world.
We are going back to the times of a generational aristocracy, where the wealthy and well-connected understands what it takes to have an American lifestyle and everyone else is flapping in the wind, lost and confused why their life didn't turn out the way it is supposed to despite doing the common sense, common knowledge shit that 95 percent of the population knows.
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Loneshot
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You can't be a hard working tradesman or laborer with grand aspirations that may seem far fetch? Truthfully, my biggest regret is that I listened to my elders too often when I was a kid. I didn't take enough risk and I always did what I was told. In hindsight, if I had stayed focused on my youthful aspirations, I really believe I would be in a different place creatively and financially. It turns out you can be a success playing video games all day, talking shit on the internet, doing random goofy things, fighting, being self absorbed...all these things our parents said you can't be successful in life doing are now things anyone will pay you to do. You just have to know how to play the field/market you're in.
I tell my daughter that she can go after any life she wants, she just has to be willing to prove she wants it. I also tell her that she has to become self reliant asap in case her mom and I drop dead. She just turned 14. Dream big, but also be willing to work so that you can support your own dreams. I don't know what the future looks like exactly, but one constant is that if you are willing to put in the work, make sacrifices, and dream big...it seems Iike it usually works out even if you don't end up where you originally thought you wanted to.
I tell my daughter that she can go after any life she wants, she just has to be willing to prove she wants it. I also tell her that she has to become self reliant asap in case her mom and I drop dead. She just turned 14. Dream big, but also be willing to work so that you can support your own dreams. I don't know what the future looks like exactly, but one constant is that if you are willing to put in the work, make sacrifices, and dream big...it seems Iike it usually works out even if you don't end up where you originally thought you wanted to.
Loneshot
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I believe this particularly because no person asked to be born.
Marc123
You got it dude!
I’m annoyed because I never watched the clip
I actually watched that show too
Mad I wasted the time now lol
Edit: ehhh the question could still be asked so it’s not bad
mike030270
Memes
I mean he can be president of Canada right? Lol
ajackson17
Active Member
Prime Minister
mike030270
Memes
Clearly I don't know shit about Canada
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
People lack communication skills in large because people communicate via text messages. Remove that barrier and the populace will be forrced to talk to one another face to face and all of that changes. There's a reason why my generation has retained our ability to communicate face to face where millenials and genz have terrible communication skills, but mostly GenZ.
My middle daughter often complained that my text messages were too long to sit there and read all the way through and mocked the fact that I actually use punctuation.
"You text like an old person"
"No, I make sure I'm understood."
That would lean more towards people being worse at communicating in person. People in general are bad at communicating because most listen to respond not to actually comprehend. Being able to communicate ideas, especially complex ones succinctly, is actually a sign of intelligence and a better ability to communicate to different audiences. Using more words doesn't mean somebody is better at communicating. Just means they use more words.
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
Because they no longer have a need to "listen".
Think about it: How many people prefer to text instead of talk on the phone.
How many people now prefer using chatbots instead of calling a company to actually speak with someone when there's a problem.
Forcing people to actually talk to one another instead of texting is, in some cases, like pulling teeth.
Social media plays into this as well as the folks on twitter and elsewhere love to believe they have all the knowledge and are, therefore, always right no matter what you say. Even when you have iron clad, valid counterpoints they have no desire to read what you wrote or check the references you quote, preferring to continue their own line of thought. This is what's spilling over into real life where, as you said, people listen to respond but not comprehend.
It's all interconnected.
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
As for this: The problem here is that complex ideas are simply NOT being communicated effectively through text using fewer words. That's why there's so many misunderstandings when folks communicate largely via text, especially when one forgoes things like punctuation. It's not just the words that have meaning, so does punctuation and when it's missing, things can easily be misunderstood.