High School...the best 4 years? WRONG (1695 hits)
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Submitted by moxie (View user info) at 2003-11-25 22:57:07 EST
All those millions of people quoting "High School is the best four years of your life" must be on peyote...
because I'm not seeing it.
I walk into the bathroom, 7:35 am, I didn't have enough time to even piss at home before I had to catch the bus. The bus driven by the shady guy who checks out 7th graders and looks like he hasnt shaved or slept in the past week. I immediatly head to the second stall, assured by the thought that I know this one flushes. The farmiliar etching of "JEN MERRIL IS A SLUT" on the back of the door stares back at me. When I go to wash my hands there's no soap, yet again. There hasn't been for a week and a half now. Am I the only one who cares about this? At least there are paper towels today, but what's the comfort of a paper towel without soap.
Twenty minutes is a long period of time to kill before classes start. I usually have homework to do, but I haven't lately. All I do is sit and read my english book. The first person since I've gotten there comes in, Abby. She's clad in her brand new clothes from Abercrombie and American Eagle, sporting her brand new Nikes. Abby's mom was the first woman to win the gold medal in the Olympics for running. Abby calls me a nerd and her friends laugh.
The first couple times it's easy to pretend you don't hear it. But when they build up inside your head, cacaphony throughout the day. How can you ignore something so loud?
I sleep through my first class Latin, I have not learned a thing in it all year. The teacher is horrible but no one cares. It's an easy A for them, why should they care? I want to learn Latin. They want an easy grade. I guess it's understandable.
In Western Civ. no one knows what's going on in the world. They talk of J. Lo and Ben Affleck's relationship. Finally the teacher steers the class towards the topic of war. They all shout "PEACE!". Peace. I'm fine with peace...if you can support it intelligently. But they can't. These people blabbing on about how we're treating minorities unfairly and how war is bad, I love to watch these people after class. These same people who don't think twice about calling the Vietnamese girl "Rice Lover", these same people who call the German girl a Nazi. These same people who cause people to fight private wars against themselves.
Am I the only one that sees this? How can these people be so blind.
Lunch. Alone. With other people. How can you be alone with other people? I sit with them, though I don't know them. And they don't know me. I could be in a crowd of people, but I'm still alone. I wasn't this alone last year. Last year when Rhiannon and Casey were here. Last year wasn't as bad. I might take that bad though if I had to relive that year. But no, Rhiannon's moved away and is slitting her wrists while Casey's moved to the city, debating whether to drink bleach.
You think my polo shirts, my sweaters, my Birkinstock, mean that everything's okay.
You judge too much on appearance.
The second half of my day is hell. I love Algebra 2. The teacher has noticed my hard work in the class and has been rewarding me through my grade. I still hate the class though. Filled with those same hypocritical people. Endlessly giggling, not paying attention, asking stupid questions, putting their fault on the teacher. I'm wondering, why are they in an Honors class if they don't care. But, I realize I'm wrong. They don't care about the class, they care about their transcript. They want to look good.
Again it's down to looks.
My science class is full of the drug-users. I sit down in my seat across from that creepy kid Dennis who keeps saying he loves all the girls and two seats behind Amy, who's an ass magnet. These kids are the "cool" kids. They do drugs, they get drunk, they get laid, they don't care.
It's all about how their reputation looks.
Bus ride home. I shrink away from that shady man, hoping he might not see me. But I have to stand up before my stop so he'll remember it. Too many times he's forgotten and I've had to walk more than a mile home.
As soon as I'm home it's to my laptop. I talk to friends I don't have and look at webpages I don't care about.
and this cycles for four years. Around and around through the fakeness, the cliques, the appearance. And I still haven't figured out how these are the best four years of our lives.
User Reviews
Submitted by Fiore at 2003-12-20 00:34:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Well, I'm not a nerd (quite the opposite in fact), but I've seen it all and I know exactly how you feel. It gets old. The only thing keeping me going is the knowledge that I'm done this year.
Submitted by DirtyBird (user info) at 2003-12-20 00:12:38 EST (#)
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Wrong, high school kicks ass. I'm a male sophomore, 15 years old. I've got AP History, French 2, Algebra 3, and American Experience AC. I honestly don't know what you're rambling about because you pretty much contradicted it all in one of your later replies. Just listen to my friend Jack Daniels and you'll be alright.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2003-12-20 00:00:18 EST (#)
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i liekd it and agree with some sentiments.
cheers
Submitted by Sunny (user info) at 2003-12-19 23:58:57 EST (#)
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I read this, and I had an "oh shit" moment.
There was a Jen Merrill at my high school too. Not sure she was a slut, though she did have that look about her. Never going to forget that day in AP Bio when she spent the entire period trying to convince this chick Carmen to wear a bra. Good times.
For a minute I thought perhaps Moxie & I were kindred spirits, then I decided nah, just a coincidence.
High school sucks, because teenagers are hormonal bags of pus. Feeling alienated is part and parcel with the gig, even if you have umpteen billion friends.
I went a magnet school, where everyone was an uptight overachiever. After Columbine, we had FBI agents trolling the halls, evaluating the atmosphere. They decided that we were "high risk", because someone was going to blow up the school after getting a rejection letter from Harvard. Again, good times.
No worries, it gets better. Usually.
Submitted by Tastycat (user info) at 2003-12-19 23:41:18 EST (#)
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I used to be in your situation when i was younger, in Grade 9 and 10. Which really isn't that long ago, as I'm only in Grade 12 now.
So what I say is this:
You ever want to go do something but you're too shy or too scared of rejection? Fuck it. Go and fucking do it.
I'm not saying go and ask the head cheerleader on a date or anything, thats just foolish. But go ask that cute girl with the glasses who's reading Walden in the library during luch what she thinks about transcendentalism; she'll appreciate that you noticed, and even if you don't get anything out of it, you may make a friend, or you may just end up having one person think you're not a crazy fucked up nerd.
Ever read that story about the nerd who was carrying all his books home but he dropped them and someone stopped to help and that made him change him mind about killing himself? Don't wait for something like that to happen, people won't stop to help you with your books, no one cares that much. Go out, and make a friend, cause a smile, slap an ass.
That's what high school is really for: learning how to be social and outgoing. If you miss that you're just going to be bitter and anal when you're older anyways.
[And a few shots of [good Canadian] whiskey every now and then probably couldn't hurt.]
Submitted by ALAG at 2003-12-19 23:12:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
you asses read into this kind of shit too much...although im not saying what you wrote is shit. i think it's fuckin great. so exaggerated that's it's funny.
guys...chill out. it's supposed to be funny. not something deep that you're supposed to believe and live by.
MOXIE RULES! hahaha
-me-
Submitted by PizzaEagle (user info) at 2003-12-09 21:23:51 EST (#)
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High school ain't bad. You just need some friends.
Submitted by Scott_James (user info) at 2003-12-09 20:49:41 EST (#)
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Moxie, perhaps you need to lighten-up a bit. You're right - high school sucks.
It's supposed to. Puberty and shit will do that to you.
You'll get over it. College is where all the real fun is at. If past experience is anything to go by, the so-called "popular" cliques are most likely to fuck up their lives in future. Don't hold them in contempt; it's not worth it.
By all means take pride in your studies, but rememember to take time out to have some fun too.
Submitted by ExplodingGopher (user info) at 2003-12-09 20:48:36 EST (#)
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What's the point? Everyone has dogshit high school experiences. But everyone has great times too. I'm just barely older than moxie, judging from her post in her replies to things people have said. Yeah, high school sucks some days. Other days put me on top of the world. Right now? I have a history project tomorrow and my asshole teacher is going to fail me and force me to die poor and lonely if I don't finish it now. But...you certainly will have good times, and bitching about the bad times is just pointless.
"If you think growing up is tough, then you're just not grown up enough"~Steven Page
Submitted by FrivolousD <DanJF4030.at.MSN.com> at 2003-12-09 20:34:33 EST (#)
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Ugh... Seems we have exactly everything in common. I'm a freshmen in HS and I'm just starting to realize how horrible it is. Drop me a line on the email adress above I'd love to talk to you sometime.
Submitted by Franger (user info) at 2003-11-26 23:56:03 EST (#)
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I skipped half the responses and so this may be an old argument but popular people are generally more successfuly, thats a fact. They are more charismatic and generally get into universities and such easier and also are generally more well likes so in an interview they will get the job and then in a job they will be promoted faster. Being smart helps but being popular is better.
Submitted by moxie (user info) at 2003-11-26 23:49:13 EST (#)
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in response to acarnis's comment:
"Abby's mom was the first woman to win the gold medal in the Olympics for running. "
WTF?? Say what?? Female olympics has been around for at least over 60 years! Running is one of the main events! First woman to win a gold medal?? Do you understand that the events are split between men and women? WOW, your friend's mom is FREAKING OLD. Otherwise, you may have meant "first AMERICAN woman"....but I googled that, and that's over 50 years ago. I just hope you know that I became stupider after reading that.
Abby's mom won the Boston marathon and was the first one to win the woman's 42km195 marathon race. I wasn't aware that it was this particular event until now because, everyone in my town (freeport) says shes the first woman to win the Olympic marathon. I apologize for this misinformation.
http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=30344
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2003-11-26 23:19:29 EST (#)
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Heh. Wait til you have to make it in the real world.
Submitted by volklcess (user info) at 2003-11-26 17:44:23 EST (#)
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Wait till you graduate. Then you'll understand.
Phoenix
Submitted by moxie (user info) at 2003-11-26 17:39:20 EST (#)
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okay, to clear up stuff:
1. i applaud you acarnis- i AM a 15 year old caucasian girl in the 10th grade
2. i DO do hobbies, i am not a horribly depressed person who thinks life sucks.
3. this post was not meant to be a "pity me" post. i simply just wanted to start out trying to write about something that i had a lot to say about, and high school came to mind. obviously i exagerrated on some things, i was trying to set a mood of how high school isn't all it's cracked up to be.
4. i have friends
5. im not gay.
6. please don't tell me drugs and alcohols gonna make everything better. last year i was such a stoner it was insane, i smoked cigarettes, and don't even get me started on drinking. These things OBVIOUSLY didn't help me much since I've quit
thanks for the constructive, mature comments people have given me. to the homophobic comments- either you're very christian or you need to get better insults.
Submitted by Lowspeed (user info) at 2003-11-26 14:59:09 EST (#)
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lol ok smokymtcsw,
Again you are desperately clinging to false stereotypes. I drink so my life is awful and I want to get away from it? bwhahaha. Try: I want to go out and have fun with my friends, you know what friends are, right? Damn thats right, you only have that one.
Yup, my one and only original posting to this site was short - it came from being appauled at what was hailed as a "deep movie"
But don't worry about it - I have many boredom filled days in my office ahead of me, and lots more postings to submit.
Chase
Submitted by smokymtcsw (user info) at 2003-11-26 14:58:05 EST (#)
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Oh I forgot, it does not necessarily get worse, stay in school for a while, go to grad school, major in something you are good in, become a professor, get married and get an accountant or a maid. If you are intelligent than A. college and grad school are easier than high school (you can schedule 2 days a week of class etc.) and B. you can earn enough money to get others to do the things you do not like doing now (cleaning your place, doing your laundry,etc.). Initially I thought paying bills and other adult responsibilities were daunting, then I put a few hours of effort into it, signed up for online bill pay and quit whining about being a grown up. Now if only I had not chosen a profession that works 70 hours a week...
Submitted by smokymtcsw (user info) at 2003-11-26 14:52:11 EST (#)
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I did assume you were a guy, sorry. I assumed that because I was picturing the frat guy birks with the croakies and oakleys and dirty hat. I also assumed that because of the graffiti in the bathroom. From my male perspective I do notice grafitti, because sometimes it is funny if you know the girl is a slut. If you know she is not however it is sad and I guess if I were a girl I would feel bad to see someone from my gender degraded, unless of course she actually was a slut in which case I guess I would feel like she deserved and probably take glee in it.
I am sorry also about the shallow content of my frat guy treasurer comment, but the treasurer is usually a nerdy guy and not the cool partier (what school did that poster go to) and I was saying that by senior year people are attracted to what seems like indicators of future success. I suppose my comment could have been attacked because I was being shallow in mentioning a successful job and just as men are shallow in wanting "hot" girls, females are shallow in wanting "rich" guys.
Another thing to think about is that people who mock are often insecure which results in their own criticism. Calling someone a nerd makes you feel like something other than a nerd, so realize that those people are very insecure and that is sad. Also if they are consistently getting smashed or high as many posters encouraged, they are seeking an escape from the reality they are in which indicates it probably sucks. Many of the popular kids who are "getting laid" will care alot when they get older and they have to deal with their baggage. That is why I personally was particularly turned off by the "hot" girls who seemed to have more baggage than a 747 with their drug use history and many sexual partners and tatoos on their lower backs...yikes...
This is for free, get a good job and buy Anne Taylor clothes. Conservative and so attractive. Also do not think you need a lot of friends. You really only need one.
Chase I should not have called you an idiot, I should have said your comments were idiotic, that would have been more helpful. I would say something about your advice, but you have only one post and it is so truly awful I did not comment on it, lest someone see it on most recently reviewed and have to suffer by seeing it as well. I guess I am sometimes bitter, but not because of H.S. (I loved it), mainly because average people seem so very stupid sometimes and as proof Barbara Streisand and Oprah are very popular. I am ancient as a 23 year old.
Submitted by Lowspeed (user info) at 2003-11-26 14:48:53 EST (#)
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Give me a hug. I know that sounded sarcastic, but seriously - I want a hug damnit.
Chase
Submitted by punkchic at 2003-11-26 14:44:53 EST (#)
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K, seriously all punches aside now. I am absolutely not trying to offend anyone. I just know how all my friends were in Highschool making people who weren't as pretty as them feel less important and calling them names and stuff. And I was picked on in Grade 9 for the entire year until I changed schools were I became popular and I just know from both ends of the spectrum, and I really am not trying to offend anyone. I just don't like when people hate being young so much. Because you guys are right, you think its bad now, just wait a few years, it gets WAY worse. But I don't want her to feel like no one appreciates her. And as for the I couldn't poosibly know all the popular people, youre right, I don't, but I do know alot of them from the school I went to . And I still talk to them regularly or when I fly back home, and trust me, they are not where anyone wants to be. Okay. Lets just clear this up, because I don't need people thinking I'm stupid or unintelligent or whatever. So I'm sorry if I offended you, and I think its just great that you succeeded and that you never treated people like shit. Good on ya. Seriously.
Submitted by Lowspeed (user info) at 2003-11-26 14:27:45 EST (#)
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Oh hell yes I'm going to reply punkchic.
Apparently I'm being harsh so I'll tone it down.
A.) I never bullied anyone in highschool.
B.) No one is talking about bullies, why do you keep bringing that up.
C.) I havn't grown out of anything - I was mature in highschool, but ran with a popular crowd and drank a lot of alcohol.
D.) You couldn't possible know where all the beautiful/popular people (as you coined them) ended up after highschool.
There. That wasn't aggresive at all.
Chase
Submitted by Charlie Gurl at 2003-11-26 14:19:03 EST (#)
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I think that this is an excellent post. Also I think that Arcanos* is very intelligent and that Moxie should listen to what you say. Also Lowspeed, you are being way harsh to punkchic. I don't think she means anything offensive by her comments. But you guys all in here made me think alot today at my desk. Awesome.
Submitted by PunkChic at 2003-11-26 14:15:46 EST (#)
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Dude, did you not just see me give you gredit for being one of those exceptional cases. You are seriously damaged guy.Just because you are one of a thousand assholes that made it pass the immature stages of bullying and being rude (in highschool) and have moved on to bigger and better things, doesn't make what I think a lie. You can't tell me that in my experience that the people I know that relate to this particular piece, aren't what I say they are. I'm telling you right now, that all the popular and beautiful and partying people that I went to school with are a bunch of LOSERS!!!!! Did I once state that everyone in this world who had friends and parties and boyfriends or girlfriends is now a waste to society. No I didn't. As a matter of fact I commended you. But once again you show exactly my point. Thanks don't bother replying.
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2003-11-26 13:37:09 EST (#)
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Here's some stuff to learn, Moxie..
(1) Identify your race in a post. Do not assume other people's gender in a post. (2) Not everything people say here is true. Not everything you disagree with is false. (3) Don't take attacks personally...I'm about to do a little butchering to your little post. Rather, learn from them.
Most guys do not care about whether the toilet flushes, graphiti inside a stall, or soap in the dispenser. Why? You see, most guys enter the restroom, piss in a urinal not in a stall, and leave without washing their hands. I personally do NOT do this, but hey...I'm mostly answering your question of "Am I the only one who cares about this? " AND why you should say your gender in a post without being called a homosexual.
"Twenty minutes is a long period of time to kill before classes start. "
Not really. Live with it.
"All I do is sit and read my english book. "
I, myself, let the grammar rules loose on Uber many times. I also do not proofread as much I should. So I won't say anything about grammar mistakes, except this one. English is always capitalized.
"Abby's mom was the first woman to win the gold medal in the Olympics for running. "
WTF?? Say what?? Female olympics has been around for at least over 60 years! Running is one of the main events! First woman to win a gold medal?? Do you understand that the events are split between men and women? WOW, your friend's mom is FREAKING OLD. Otherwise, you may have meant "first AMERICAN woman"....but I googled that, and that's over 50 years ago. I just hope you know that I became stupider after reading that.
"Abby calls me a nerd and her friends laugh. "
Learn to deal with it. I was called racial slurs.
"I have not learned a thing in it all year. "
You can still learn something...come on... People take Latin classes from software...
"Am I the only one that sees this? How can these people be so blind. "
Ok, you are right, here. Some people baffle me.
"You think my polo shirts, my sweaters, my Birkinstock, mean that everything's okay.
You judge too much on appearance. "
OR...you value too much on appearance. If you're treated like this anyways, why don't you just wear Walmart clothes? I wore Walmart clothes for the first 3 years of high school. Yeah, I was a slb. Good stuff. Well ok, this point isn't much of a point...because it looks like I'm trying to tell you become a goth or punk. I just wanted to plug Walmart clothes. Good stuff.
Stay AWAY from the creepy kid. At the same time, what's wrong with giving the shady bus driver some eye candy. Just don't dress slutty though.
Lastly, maybe you need some hobbies. Video games at the least.
Submitted by Lowspeed (user info) at 2003-11-26 13:17:03 EST (#)
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Acarnis you're supposed to agree with me fully, partial credit isn't awarded here. :)
In all honesty, your response was intelligent and thought provoking - I wish more uberusers would follow in your footsteps.
Chase
Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2003-11-26 13:15:05 EST (#)
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"Lunch. Alone. With other people. How can you be alone with other people? I sit with them, though I don't know them. And they don't know me. I could be in a crowd of people, but I'm still alone."
*yyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn*
Ahhhh, teen angst.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
Teenagers and Ubersite do not mix.
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2003-11-26 13:13:20 EST (#)
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I like this thread. I could say so much more...
Lowspeed, you DID assume gender because you said this person needs a girlfriend.
Punkchic sux.
Submitted by Lowspeed (user info) at 2003-11-26 13:12:46 EST (#)
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Punkchic, glad you like my delicate choice of words. I can see the real issue here - now hopefully you can look beyond your own false sense of intelligence and see my real issue. I'll be straight forward so you can understand it.
Telling someone a lie to make them feel better is wrong.
Who is talking about bullies and jocks? The poster mentioned popularity and drug/alcohol abuse. I abuse alcohol on an infrequent basis with my friends - and I am on the right track. I presumably fit into your version of a person who will be delivering you and mox mail, but thats not going to happen.
And if you want to see how big my nose is, click here http://veepers01.budlight.com/service/RetrieveCard?id=3A199DE0-202F-11D8-BD13-E6D459074EC2
(kudos to phinch and whoever else posted the budlight service)
Chase
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2003-11-26 13:07:02 EST (#)
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And by "browser," I mean website.... I make mistakes, but so did ALMOST EVERYONE on this thread. WEll anyways...
Lowspeed is not fully incorrect. I partially agree with him. The problem is you just can't group stereotypes and such. Many successful people are popular drunkards. Many failures are nerdy dorks. Same goes vice-versa. As for which is more, I don't think anyone knows for sure. (but I would lean to the nerds being successful)
Thus, I agree partially with smokymtc. Sadly, however, not only do his examples only support Lowspeed, but his advice is purely for males. Usually, the treasurer of the fraternity is just another popular drunkard. The fact that you value "hottest girls" so much, only proves that you want the looks. You're pretty shallow, smoky. The hottest girls do not share the same mindset of the rest of your paragraph. The /worse/ thing about it is that you're talking to an assumably unattractive female. With what you're saying, she won't be able to marry the rich treasurer but be stuck with the popular drug-users. (ON his behalf, however...no matter what gender you are, you should try to be both smart and fit. I agree with this on other note.)
Lisa... all during this rant, this reminded me of Lisa. It's quite sad to see Lisa respond the way she did. This reasoning looks almost parallell to Lisa's thinking. Apparently, she doesn't think a guy should think like that. (But of course...by "not getting laid 7 years"...she may also be talking about girls...after all, I think she's a virgin)
For the rest of you... I'd lower my head in shame as most of assumed gender...but since I made the browser mistake and maybe a few typos... I won't say anything else.
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2003-11-26 12:41:40 EST (#)
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Alright... the Random Joe response beneath the Michael Jackson one is me... the browser intially didn't accept my entire post, so I cut it off. Then, even after registering, it displayed me was Random Joe (I'm on a different comp). Furthermore, I tried to post this earlier then moxie's declaration of being a female... in fact the rest of the post was..
Alright, to tell you the truth... my greatest reason why I'd think this is a female is because dumb females posting on Uber in first person have this /terrible/ knack of not identifying their gender. Normally, I'd give a negative rating just for that...but you're only in high school....and that leads me to showing you people how to really use assumptions, stereotypes, and idioms to form a plausible prediction on something: Algebra 2 Honors (usually taken in 10th grade), Birkinstock (caucasians care about name brands the most)....and for the assumption of an assumption: 10th grade (usually taken at around age 15 or 16).
I conclude that this is an around 15-16 year old caucasian female in 10th grade.
I'm actually going to critique your post and answer your questions...because Uber is a good place to learn. I, myself, have learned many things from here. I will do that later, however, because I want you to answer this question...
Moxie, what gender are you?
Your options are: (F)emale or (H)omosexual.
But hey...you can call BS on me....but I knew this was a girl....
Submitted by Michael Jackson at 2003-11-26 12:35:33 EST (#)
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I'll pretend that you are a guy.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2003-11-26 12:29:29 EST (#)
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Yeah...sterotypes, assumptions, idioms, and such are hard to understand.
"It's because you're a closet homosexual." -bargled
"grow some pubes and get a vasectomy" -awakenest
"dude its even fucking worse when you leave school" -jodmyster
"You need a girlfriend." -Lowspeed
"jocks get the girls still...but hottest girls...marry...treasurer of...fraternity" -smokymtcsw
These quotes are accompanied by several other responses that lean toward an understanding of a male author.
Oh, isn't just interesting how everyone made this assumption while the author never actually identified his/her gender? The text actually tends to point that this is a female. Why would a male go into a stall and sit down to piss? Usually, trash talk graphiti in bathrooms tend to stay "in gender" so the victim can read it. The author identifies two best friends in the text. One of them is female, and the other has a more-feminine name. Losers tend to have friends, if any, in the same gender. A male wouldn't care if the bus driver saw him, further hinting that this is a female. Lastly, (though I could probably pull out a couple more) a loser guy would at least play video games on his laptop.
Submitted by punkchic at 2003-11-26 12:27:38 EST (#)
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Bahahahaha, good one. Peon, classic buddy. I am telling you that the petty, couthless, misserable bullies, who do succeed, only do so because they may have had some sort of pifany regarding life and realizing that being a degenerate and ignorant piece of human, doesn't get you anywhere. So is it true that all "popular" people turn out to be losers, No, alot of them go on to be successful but not without breaking. I'm very successful and I worked hard to get where I am, As you did I'm sure, however, I never made fun of ANYONE in highschool, ever. I'm just trying to give Moxie some encouragement and to let HER know that Highschool isn't everything and no one expects her to consider it the best 4 years of her life. So look past your nose and see the real issue.
Thank you
Submitted by Lowspeed (user info) at 2003-11-26 11:54:47 EST (#)
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I didn't assume you were a guy, although punkchic thought I was a girl.
Also punkchic is another peon who finds solace in an untruth.
Chase
Submitted by moxie (user info) at 2003-11-26 11:46:17 EST (#)
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why is everyone thinking im a guy? cause, uh, im not...
Submitted by punkchic at 2003-11-26 11:45:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I think that you captured the pure evilness of Highschool, And you know what, That person that said that people who party in school are successful as well, I'd like to know where she's from, because all my friends in highschool, aside from maybe 1 or 2, are the biggest rejects I know, they still live in a party world and highschool is everything mentality. We are all around 23-24 years old and they STILL talk about grad like it was the biggest thing on earth, the best thing ever. Well BOO to them. I didn't even go to grad, and I didn't go to my College grad either. And I know someone will probably slam me and tell me it was because I was a loser or prove Moxies point somehow, but I want to tell you, I wasn't a loser, and I was the partier in school, and my favorite class was SKIP, but I'am telling you that its hell for alot of people
I say, keep doing what you're doing already and I guarentee you that these dumb bastards will one day be kissing your ass when they're bringing you your mail. (which will most likely contain a HUGE cheque). Beauty lasts a while, but knowledge can last you your whole life. I'm not that poetic, but I'm sure you got the gist. Take Care Buddy
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2003-11-26 11:44:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
You have a Monday- Friday Day Shift commitment, with more vacation and holidays than anyone with a job (Except Congress).
Unless you get beat up or molested at school, you don't know how good you have it.
-2 for whining
Submitted by Lisa (user info) at 2003-11-26 11:43:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I'm cutting you slack because I pity you. Don't expect to have sexual intercourse with a female for at least seven more years.
Submitted by moxie (user info) at 2003-11-26 11:02:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
thanks smokymtcsw
Submitted by Lowspeed (user info) at 2003-11-26 10:38:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Yo smokymtcsw, I wish you could have read my advice when you were still in Highschool - before you became a bitter old man. Way to go perpetuating the stereotypes you'd have to be a loser to believe.
Chase
Submitted by El_Guapo (user info) at 2003-11-26 10:31:29 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
the really funny thing is that you don't even know what it's like to work and support yourself and possibly others.
trust me, you'll be lamenting about highschool soon
Submitted by smokymtcsw (user info) at 2003-11-26 10:29:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Chase is an idiot. I am mainly giving this plus two because so many people have given this negative 2's because they are bitter and flame every post they read. Anyway this post was pretty well written. Chase is wrong and smart people do better than popular people. It is almost guaranteed that none of the athletes in your school are good enough to play professionally so they will look back on h.s. as the best 4 years of their life. Hopefully you will have a great life and you can think maybe 35-45 were the best years when you had a great family and a job that enabled you to provide well for them. Whatever, the bottom line is that high school is a bizarre social situation in which poor kids lord their homogenous mass produced crap (the aforementioned abercrombie) over poorer kids who buy clothes from Walmart. Do not use drugs and keep studying hard and you will have a great life while other people will indeed grow up and always think they started downhill at 18. Also if your life is going to be miserable and nerdy, get braces and start working out some. By the time you get to college you will be glad. The jocks get the girls still freshman year, but by senior year the hottest girls always marry the treasurer of the fraternity who is going to work for Ernst and Young.
Submitted by potatomanjack (user info) at 2003-11-26 10:22:15 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
You should listen to the bathroom stalls.
Jen Merril IS a slut.
Submitted by Lowspeed (user info) at 2003-11-26 10:09:29 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
You need a girlfriend.
Also, everyone who uses the "...popular kids will be serving me mcdonalds while I conquer wallstreet" theory is pathetic... People who are popular, drug/alcohol using kids in highschool don't flop. They get into college, they continue onwards - often times successfully. That justification that your miserable ass isn't having fun so you can have a future life of prestige is BULLSHIT.
Why don't you stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and start living your own damn life, things might start working out better. Look out for number 1.
Chase
Submitted by moxie (user info) at 2003-11-26 09:54:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
sorry, i didn't know it had been written about before :\
Submitted by Jericho (user info) at 2003-11-26 08:31:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
This is like the hundredth post about high school and its getting real old. Most people here dont go to high school anymore.
All I can say is once you leave school, you'll realise that you were fussing about nothing.
As for all those shallow people, read this -
http://maddox.xmission.com/dumbassjocks.html
Submitted by jodmyster (user info) at 2003-11-26 08:12:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
dude its even fucking worse when you leave school
Submitted by Caitlin <outof_line.at.hotmail.com> at 2003-11-26 06:05:05 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Stop complaining, do drugs, get drunk, thats the whole piont of highschool anyway.
Submitted by Morpheus (user info) at 2003-11-26 06:02:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Some here are saying the same thing.
You have to like yourself to like the world.
Submitted by cindy (user info) at 2003-11-26 05:39:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
nice, a pleasant change to the usual tone in here
a little bit too obvious and overstated though, i thought. you don't need to keep repeating 'its all about appearances' the reader can figure out that's your view.
don't sweat on this problem. In a few years you will be rich and successful, zipping around the globe to high-profile academic conferences, and the trendy drug crowd will be bumbling around near the bottom of the heap, hating their jobs, getting a vicarious life via uber, worrying about money, etc.
Submitted by cindy (user info) at 2003-11-26 02:07:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Hi Skwel? Best seven years of your life, fucknut.
I had you at "Ni Hau mah".
Asian PoWn3D.
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2003-11-26 01:28:37 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I didn't read it. But -2 for high school, and, based on the replies, stop being a fucking pussy.
Submitted by GrizzlyHunter62 (user info) at 2003-11-26 00:49:55 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
What do you know? You're a teenager. Turn 21, move out of your parents' house, support yourself, and then tell me that high school wasn't the best time of your life.
Well, actually, the only part of school I miss is playing football. But that's beside the point. I wish i was 4 years old again — not a worry in the world, and no preschool even. Oh the days...
-2 because you don't realize that you don't need to get high to have friends. Just stop being a loser
Submitted by Dem0n <fecalmilkshake.at.buttfister.com> at 2003-11-26 00:36:25 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Moxie, you silly thing you. Life is a bitch and then you die. High School sucks or sucked to everyone who was or is in it. Everyone wants out till they are out. A few years later your wondering while you smoke a joint, I wonder what would have happened if I had done this, or I wonder what kind of kick ass job I would have gotten if I didn't blow off studying, or I wonder what he/her would have done if I grabed his/her ass and said "nice shoes, wanna fuck?" Very few people are happy in the situtation they are in. Humans are a fickle species. We want what we can not have. You want everything to be conforitory to your "ideal" world, guess what, so do I and so does Saddam Husein, and even the guy who feterlized the green onion field with human shit wants things his way. The point is, fuck it, why do you care what others do or say, that bimbo who calls you a nerd, is going to be pregant in her second year of college, her boyfriend (if she even knows who the father is) will leave her. Then where will she be, she will be fucked, her young life spoiled. (I dont want to hear any parental crap about how great kids are, from ANYONE)
Submitted by awakenest <garrity_2k.at.hotmail.com> at 2003-11-26 00:30:47 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
grow some pubes and get a vasectomy
Submitted by Hadooken (user info) at 2003-11-26 00:15:32 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
cry me a fucking river you damn baby. if you are not happy now, wait until you get out into the real world, you will really be miserable then. Hopefully you get depressed and kill yourself.
minus fucking two.
Submitted by Franger (user info) at 2003-11-26 00:11:17 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
If you weren't such a loser life wouldn't suck for you as much, go kill yourself now and save yourself the heartache.
Your life is shit and so is this post.
Submitted by Choppa (user info) at 2003-11-26 00:11:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
cheer up and follow these instructions:
smoke weed and cigarettes, drink heaps of alcohol, swear every chance you get, and go get laid!
but try and keep your grades up while you're at it. good luck.
Submitted by Syphon_Virus (user info) at 2003-11-26 00:05:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I must comment on this, as I was a dork all through high school, and I still am. I have come to terms with my dorkiness. I know i am a dork and don't pretend otherwise. I believe if you come to terms with being a nerd, or whatever it is you are, then you will have a lot more fun. You want to make people say you were that wierd kid in class who ate the erasers off of pencils. They will remember you for a lifetime. I was the only white kid in my entire school, so I had fun with it.
You have to find your own weakness and exploit it yourself. If anyone else finds this weakness, they will use it against you.
Having fun is the MOST important thing you must do. No matter if it seems outta whack for you, do it. Make people smiling and laughing is the best way to make friends and to let everyone know you have a good head on your shoulders. I have the most fun when I am at work. WHY? The time flies by when you have fun, and everyone else will appreciate it as well.
Rules of Life according to me:
1. Don't be a dick
2. Have fun
3. Repeat as necessary
Follow this and you will be having fun and making friends in no time.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2003-11-25 23:59:24 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
ohhh, my life sucks so much
fuck you
my dog died, I have mono, and ear infection in both ears, and nothing in my house works....expept my computer so I can read you stupid post. Even with all this I don't complain as much as you.
No wonder no one at your school talks to you, I wouldn't.
fuck you
Submitted by EvilZurr (user info) at 2003-11-25 23:56:10 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
it gets worse. kill yourself now
Submitted by Zeccs (user info) at 2003-11-25 23:46:32 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
High school was that best.
You didn't have to support yourself, you didn't have to do jack shit but show up to 5 and a half hours of the easist work ever.
Anyone that doesn't respect the ease of life durring high school is a whiny little bitch.
Submitted by IronChef (user info) at 2003-11-25 23:36:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Its just the time of your life when you are in high school that is the most fun, not high school. If the best parts about high school are "getting drunk, high, etc..." then its not really high school that is fun. And since you don't really learn anything important in high school, it ends up just being a day care where you can meet some people. Just try to enjoy yourself. Im tired.
Submitted by Party03 (user info) at 2003-11-25 23:22:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I agree 100% with what Panther said. You seem like you're applying yourself too much. So your best friends moved away, big deal. There's plenty of other people out there to hang out with. Find some way of exposing yourself to others that have same interests as you that don't include studying. Don't worry about grades so much. If you're on your own God given quest for knowledge then more power to you, but for your own sake take time to smell the roses.
You're cutting yourself off from the world too much. Once you hit senior year, you will come to realize that high school either was the time of your life, or it could have been the time of your life.
For God's sake don't be so anti-social. People ain't so bad.
Submitted by moxie (user info) at 2003-11-25 23:16:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
you just beautifully proved my point
Submitted by Panther (user info) at 2003-11-25 23:13:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Your problem is that you spend too much time on the academic side of high school. High school is only good if you're doing something fun, and class doesn't qualify. Go have some fun over Thanksgiving, get drunk, high, etc., and repeat as necessary. Your views of high school will change quite quickly.
Submitted by JackTR (user info) at 2003-11-25 23:11:54 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
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Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2003-11-25 23:04:15 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
It's because you're a closet homosexual.
Just come out of the closet and everything will be a whole lot more fun.