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Tom:

--- Quote from: Anyways on 30 May 2008, 16:33 ---(Sixteen? Really? I honestly thought you were much older.)

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Really?

a pack of wolves:

--- Quote from: n0t_r0bert_b0yle!! on 30 May 2008, 16:18 ---Someone please tell me it'll be okay.

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Yes and no. Lots of people don't like anyone at their high school, don't concern yourself. It is after all a random group of people placed together based on geographical location and age, neither of which you get to choose. There's no reason you should find anyone whose company you really like. As for the potential thing, you're really young. You might feel like you should know exactly what to do with your life by the time you leave high school but that's not true, you've got decades and decades ahead of you to work that out.

It's also worth considering the possible awesomeness of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi future. Seriously, it could be brilliant. Just imagine, a clean slate to start again but with mutant biker gangs and clothes made out of car tires. However, you're utterly wrong about not being able to do anything about environmental damage. All it takes is for people to be bothered to do something and you clearly are bothered, so that's great. You'll probably feel less powerless as you get older and find more opportunities to actually take action. Admittedly maybe not a lot less powerless but it really is possible.

So basically, you're right to worry about the future and that the world is pretty fucked but it doesn't have to be. And this thread really should be made into the blog thread.

ledhendrix:
I wouldn't worry about it, millions of people have gone through the same feelings that you are going through right now. At worst your going to end up someone in a job that they don't like, depressed and suicidal with not much reason to live.

Slick:

--- Quote from: Slick on 30 May 2008, 16:28 ---Nothing you can do will ever be worthwhile.
Words to live by.
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--- Quote from: tommydski on 30 May 2008, 16:50 ---I would like to submit this as Evidence Item A as scientific proof of what is commonly called 'Bullshit'.

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See, when I say that, I guess I ought to clarify. I remember those words as something to fight against. Like how my high school english teacher would always encourage us to imagine her, reading over our shoulders as we write, saying 'so what?'. The point there was to make sure we were damned certain we knew what we were saying, had explained our point, and had it backed up. My intent is that you ought to be able to say, no, I am doing shit that matters. Look at this, it matters.

I realize that this is ridiculous to read into the words I said, but they are a mantra of mine that I forget that the rest of the world interprets differently.

Tom:
If I used that mantra, I'd be too scared to write half the stuff I do because my English teacher is a middle-aged eastern-suburbs mother (she's also the HOD).

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