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Eh, different people see me differently. I have tendency to speak my mind, which isn't actually very good. I've been called a "sociopathic, manipulative son of a bitch" (something I disagree with) but I've also been called "smart" and "pretty cool". Eh.

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Albatross wrote:

Joey wrote:I'm 23 and therefore don't care.
I cared when I was like 16, though.

Ooh, look at the big tough man! You are so mature, Joey.


The fact is, most people who want to get on in life do care about how they're viewed by other people, even if only for sexual purposes. I would have thought you'd have realised that, having reached the ripe old age of 23...

It helps with career advancement too.

I get by, and got by in high school, on being deliberately unusual. I've yet to meet anyone who expects "Dr." to be in front of my name based on appearance alone.

dogma wrote:

It helps with career advancement too.

I get by, and got by in high school, on being deliberately unusual. I've yet to meet anyone who expects "Dr." to be in front of my name based on appearance alone.

See, this is strange because I dont have a PHD, but people often think I am a doctor by appearance alone, I don't know why though.

Maybe because I have a moustache.. a little over weight, and balding?


......

Truly, you put the "master" in "master sergeant".

Or, you would, if the RM had that rank.

So, you got your doctorate, eh dogma? You kept THAT quiet.

Well done, mate! Big thumbs up!

Albatross wrote:So, you got your doctorate, eh dogma? You kept THAT quiet.

Well done, mate! Big thumbs up!

Thanks.

My defense was last week, got the thumbs up shortly thereafter, and I'll have the cat's skin at the end of May.

Oh, and the requisite business cards reading "Dr. Dogma IV" have been ordered.

Now, just to get knighted...

dogma wrote:

Albatross wrote:So, you got your doctorate, eh dogma? You kept THAT quiet.

Well done, mate! Big thumbs up!

Thanks.

My defense was last week, got the thumbs up shortly thereafter, and I'll have the cat's skin at the end of May.

Woo-hoo! Good for you, man.

I've managed to get my post-grad fees waived in return for doing some (awesome ) work on campus over the next year or two. Which is nice. So... good times all round!


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dogma wrote:

Now, just to get knighted...

Say no more, I'll put the word in.

I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

DarkCorsair wrote:I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

What the hell is wrong with you.

Act your age.

DarkCorsair wrote:I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

What age are you again?

What if you're nineteen and you act as if you are in nursery?

Nom


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Also on topic how many of you get yelled at for being about as subtle as a train?

All shall love me and despair!







I'm guessing people see me as just another corporate wage slave.

We're all just corporate wage slaves :/ I was pretty disappointed when I finally realized that Darth Vader wasn't going to come and take me away when I was like 7. Still hoping Earth is just cut off by a warp storm though. Maybe the Imperium will come get us!

I think people view me with hatred, disgust and apathy.

hellspawn22 wrote:We're all just corporate wage slaves :/ I was pretty disappointed when I finally realized that Darth Vader wasn't going to come and take me away when I was like 7. Still hoping Earth is just cut off by a warp storm though. Maybe the Imperium will come get us!

We should become agents of the apocalypse. Come on people this world wont end itself.

Nom


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Surtur wrote:I think people view me with hatred, disgust and apathy.

It's okay man. i love you.

Nom

Hopefully as an donkey-cave.

Avatar 720 wrote:

DarkCorsair wrote:I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

What the hell is wrong with you.

Act your age.

nomsheep wrote:

DarkCorsair wrote:I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

What age are you again?

What if you're nineteen and you act as if you are in nursery?

Nom

Considering that has nothing to do with what I was referencing, not sure if joking or serious...

*disappears from thread*

An arrogant jackass who laughs at his own pain. That's how I like it!

*snip*

Considering that has nothing to do with what I was referencing, not sure if joking or serious...

*disappears from thread*

Bad joke and I'll depart this thread by saying blink 182 suck.


Nom out.

nomsheep wrote:

*snip*

Considering that has nothing to do with what I was referencing, not sure if joking or serious...

*disappears from thread*

Bad joke and I'll depart this thread by saying blink 182 suck.


Nom out.

I'll depart this thread by saying I respectfully disagree in a gentlemanly fashion, i.e. a gun duel to the death. With rubber chickens.

Back on topic: I care what people think about me and take criticism, but only up to a certain extent.

When I was in high school (I must qualify my answer by stating this was 1981-1984) I sat with a bunch of fellow outcasts. We got our pick of tables, because there was a lifelong martial arts student, a knife expert, a burgeoning Khorne Berserker (Me, back then, I've mellowed considerably since...) and two openly practicing satanists. (I didn't start until much later). We only got picked on by the stupidest of the stupid, and even they wised up after a while. We were the most angst-free bunch in the whole school.

warpcrafter wrote:When I was in high school (I must qualify my answer by stating this was 1981-1984) I sat with a bunch of fellow outcasts. We got our pick of tables, because there was a lifelong martial arts student, a knife expert, a burgeoning Khorne Berserker (Me, back then, I've mellowed considerably since...) and two openly practicing satanists. (I didn't start until much later). We only got picked on by the stupidest of the stupid, and even they wised up after a while. We were the most angst-free bunch in the whole school.

LaVeyan satanism?

Practicing atheo-satanist here too

What is this other people phenomenon that you refer to?

I jest, I was home schooled up until recently. My friends see me as the shy, quiet guy that doesn't speak unless he has something to say, except for one that is. She is the only reason I have friends because she literally grabbed my chair and drug me over to the group because I looked so pathetic. I don't know how strangers see me, possibly they see a scared, scrawny guy who looks like he is lost, or lost in thought.

Skycrawler wrote:What is this other people phenomenon that you refer to?

I jest, I was home schooled up until recently. My friends see me as the shy, quiet guy that doesn't speak unless he has something to say, except for one that is. She is the only reason I have friends because she literally grabbed my chair and drug dragged me over to the group because I looked so pathetic. I don't know how strangers see me, possibly they see a scared, scrawny guy who looks like he is lost, or lost in thought.

Sorry, it was annoying me

I don't care which sub-standard dictionaries allow this, Oxford, American Heritage and New World lexicographers do not recognise 'drug' in this context.

Probably as "that kid who wears camouflage all the time"
or "that dude who always walks really fast"

Samus_aran115 wrote:Probably as "that kid who wears camouflage all the time"
or "that dude who always walks really fast"

I once knew a guy like that, he was a bit of an donkey-cave.

I don't really know.
It's been 20 years since I was last at school, and we didn't have cliques as such.

Now?
As far as I can tell, At work I'm viewed as a reliable, competent tech, who can be left to get on with whatever job needs doing.
At play, A good outdoorsman and decent gamer.
At home, Apparently I'm a fantastic Husband, but my Wife may be slightly biased...

dogma wrote:Truly, you put the "master" in "master sergeant".

Or, you would, if the RM had that rank.

Oh yeah gratz on your doctorate Dogma, educational achievments are always something to be celebrated by people that are intelligent but didnt go to University. I sometimes wish I had spent more time on full time education and less time firing a big machine gun at people..

Anyway, good fething effort!

Have a beer on me.

mattyrm wrote:
Oh yeah gratz on your doctorate Dogma, educational achievments are always something to be celebrated by people that are intelligent but didnt go to University. I sometimes wish I had spent more time on full time education and less time firing a big machine gun at people..

I'm one of many people who often wishes he spent less time in dark research labs pining for the approval of the people at the top of the Ivory Tower.

The grass is always greener.

mattyrm wrote:
Anyway, good fething effort!

Have a beer on me.

Thanks man, I'll actually have to track that stuff down. I can open it with my F-S.