So you've played UT plus a ton of other games, you're a few years down the road and then, wham, you begin to think that some of what they were brought up to believe was utter bull****.
For example, "work hard and you will get somewhere in life". What utter crap! You can work until your health gives way and noone would give a toss. People should say something along the lines of, "dress up like you're a star, give the impression of working hard and make friends with influential people (and get into other people's pants if you have to)". If you have kids and want to do them a favour, teach them people skills because that's how you really get somewhere in life.
Same goes for studying. We're brought up to believe that a diploma is made of gold. In fact, it's just a glorified piece of toilet paper to say you're slightly "better" than other people are. And all it really gains you is that an employer is only slightly less reluctant to take you in and can tell his counterparts that he has a couple of Bachelors and Masters working for him (prestige points++). Whoop-dee-fing-do. How satisfied people must feel to attain such a result after basically spending 3-5+ years of their life stuffing their mind with lots of information of which only 15% will probably end up being useful.
Then there's this "get a girlfriend, get married, have kids, get a house, blah blah blah (and die off at an early age so you don't cost the government too much)" nonsense. Whoever came up with this recipe? If there's one thing that's guaranteed to make the years zip by in the blink of an eye it's this routine. Notice how most people who are locked/completely absorbed in this way of life probably couldn't tell you what colour the ceiling of the train station is even though they transit through it each day. They probably don't know anything about the world around them either except what they hear/see on the News. Oh, and let's no forget the all important holidays to say you've been somewhere else from which you'll probably come back more tired than when you went. Notice how along the way you're expected to pay for these expensive things like weddings, funerals, insurance, taxes, inheritance and whatnot or buy a copy of the Sims (or World of Warcraft) to make believe if you can't afford it.
Factoid #365431: One of the most common regrets of people on their death beds is that they worked too hard and didn't take care enough of their family/friends.
Really, it's like these are all carefully organized consumerist expectations from the 50s/60s and that these same expectations simply can't be upheld anymore after the US megabanks decided in 2008 to say f* this and rip everyone off. Like cows for the milking.
Down with the establishment. Maybe each of us should invent their own rules and concentrate on what makes us happy.
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For example, "work hard and you will get somewhere in life". What utter crap! You can work until your health gives way and noone would give a toss. People should say something along the lines of, "dress up like you're a star, give the impression of working hard and make friends with influential people (and get into other people's pants if you have to)". If you have kids and want to do them a favour, teach them people skills because that's how you really get somewhere in life.
Same goes for studying. We're brought up to believe that a diploma is made of gold. In fact, it's just a glorified piece of toilet paper to say you're slightly "better" than other people are. And all it really gains you is that an employer is only slightly less reluctant to take you in and can tell his counterparts that he has a couple of Bachelors and Masters working for him (prestige points++). Whoop-dee-fing-do. How satisfied people must feel to attain such a result after basically spending 3-5+ years of their life stuffing their mind with lots of information of which only 15% will probably end up being useful.
Then there's this "get a girlfriend, get married, have kids, get a house, blah blah blah (and die off at an early age so you don't cost the government too much)" nonsense. Whoever came up with this recipe? If there's one thing that's guaranteed to make the years zip by in the blink of an eye it's this routine. Notice how most people who are locked/completely absorbed in this way of life probably couldn't tell you what colour the ceiling of the train station is even though they transit through it each day. They probably don't know anything about the world around them either except what they hear/see on the News. Oh, and let's no forget the all important holidays to say you've been somewhere else from which you'll probably come back more tired than when you went. Notice how along the way you're expected to pay for these expensive things like weddings, funerals, insurance, taxes, inheritance and whatnot or buy a copy of the Sims (or World of Warcraft) to make believe if you can't afford it.
Factoid #365431: One of the most common regrets of people on their death beds is that they worked too hard and didn't take care enough of their family/friends.
Really, it's like these are all carefully organized consumerist expectations from the 50s/60s and that these same expectations simply can't be upheld anymore after the US megabanks decided in 2008 to say f* this and rip everyone off. Like cows for the milking.
Down with the establishment. Maybe each of us should invent their own rules and concentrate on what makes us happy.
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I'm confused. 
