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Title: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Samus Aran on May 31, 2017, 10:01:07 PM
1 being not at all. 10 being a lot and you might as well end it all

i'd say normally 7 for me but lately it feels more like 8

tfw i almost died in a car wreck only to come back to working a shitty dead-end job and my near-death experience has only given me a small dose of ambition toward my writing and stuff
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: TooB on May 31, 2017, 10:02:36 PM
6


No,  7......


Sevneight
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on May 31, 2017, 10:03:31 PM
lmao this question hurts

i have wasted my life away to the tune of what feels like around 8.5 or 9
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 10:04:03 PM
to answer this question accurately you'll have to give a time window.

right now? the past week? past 6 months? past year? past 3 years? past 5 years?

it makes a huge difference.

obviously every day that i wake up and get nothing done ive wasted the day. thats just objective fact.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Hiro on May 31, 2017, 10:06:10 PM
probs 7
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: TooB on May 31, 2017, 10:06:32 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:06:10 PM
probs 7
outta 7?
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Samus Aran on May 31, 2017, 10:09:12 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:03:31 PM
lmao this question hurts

i have wasted my life away to the tune of what feels like around 8.5 or 9


at least you're pursuing a degree you can actually use
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on May 31, 2017, 10:10:10 PM
AHHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 10:11:40 PM
since kaz is taking too long to answer. lately and im gonna jinx myself but id say 6 because it seems like all the investing into my job process is coming together. maybe. maybe if i get something, i just suck at it and then back to the drawing board.

but there are days that are full 10s.

in general for the past year, it's been a solid 7. maybe like a 7.2.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: 6M69I69B9 on May 31, 2017, 10:12:36 PM
8.5 for the past half year. 

I've been just trying to better the quality of my life and so far it's been torture because I've just been so paralyzed barely accomplished much- been working on my anxiety and other stuff. 

Quote from: Nico Yazawa on May 31, 2017, 10:09:12 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:03:31 PM
lmao this question hurts

i have wasted my life away to the tune of what feels like around 8.5 or 9


at least you're pursuing a degree you can actually use
whats his major
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Samus Aran on May 31, 2017, 10:17:36 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 10:04:03 PM
to answer this question accurately you'll have to give a time window.

right now? the past week? past 6 months? past year? past 3 years? past 5 years?

it makes a huge difference.


just "lately." a specific time frame would be thinking about this too hard.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 10:25:54 PM
i dont think anyone on the planet has consistently maintained below like a 4.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Hiro on May 31, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
i'd say below 4 means you're a busy/successful person
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on May 31, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
i'd say below 4 means you're a busy/successful person


and there are millions of such people

probably a minimum of 2/5 people are below 4
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 10:31:59 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
i'd say below 4 means you're a busy/successful person


and there are millions of such people

probably a minimum of 2/5 people are below 4
no way

everyone hates their life and feels like they are throwing it/have thrown it away.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 10:33:33 PM
you can be sub-4 for like a year or two, but everyone feels bummy in general
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: strongbad on May 31, 2017, 10:36:24 PM
i guess it depends how you are quantifying it. in terms of my professional life or career i'd probably say 6. in terms of my personal life and personal development probably like a 3? there are a lot of aspects that i would like to change or improve on but overall i am pretty happy with my relationships hobbies and accomplishments thus far.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Hiro on May 31, 2017, 10:36:30 PM
I'd say it's more like 20% of people in developed nations are a 3 or lower, 65% are 4-6, 14% are 7-9, and only 1% are a 10
or something along those lines
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on May 31, 2017, 10:38:48 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 10:31:59 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
i'd say below 4 means you're a busy/successful person


and there are millions of such people

probably a minimum of 2/5 people are below 4
no way

everyone hates their life and feels like they are throwing it/have thrown it away.


sure but many of the successful ones probably suffer from this:

Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effectthe corollary to the Dunning–Kruger effect indicates that persons of high-ability tend to underestimate their relative competence, and erroneously presume that tasks that are easy for them to perform also are easy for other people to perform.[1]


but they're still at 4 or below
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Hiro on May 31, 2017, 10:46:18 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:38:48 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 10:31:59 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
i'd say below 4 means you're a busy/successful person


and there are millions of such people

probably a minimum of 2/5 people are below 4
no way

everyone hates their life and feels like they are throwing it/have thrown it away.


sure but many of the successful ones probably suffer from this:

Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effectthe corollary to the Dunningâ€"Kruger effect indicates that persons of high-ability tend to underestimate their relative competence, and erroneously presume that tasks that are easy for them to perform also are easy for other people to perform.[1]


but they're still at 4 or below
i kinda of attribute that quote to rdx in general at the moment, not to discredit how he's feeling about himself
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on May 31, 2017, 10:47:12 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:46:18 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:38:48 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 10:31:59 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
i'd say below 4 means you're a busy/successful person


and there are millions of such people

probably a minimum of 2/5 people are below 4
no way

everyone hates their life and feels like they are throwing it/have thrown it away.


sure but many of the successful ones probably suffer from this:

Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effectthe corollary to the Dunningâ€"Kruger effect indicates that persons of high-ability tend to underestimate their relative competence, and erroneously presume that tasks that are easy for them to perform also are easy for other people to perform.[1]


but they're still at 4 or below
i kinda of attribute that quote to rdx in general at the moment, not to discredit how he's feeling about himself


same, in general

i mean, he makes some pretty wacky claims sometimes

but he's obviously v. smart
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 10:58:03 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:36:30 PM
I'd say it's more like 20% of people in developed nations are a 3 or lower, 65% are 4-6, 14% are 7-9, and only 1% are a 10
or something along those lines
one in every 5 people are in love with life? i dont think so

if anything, 20 percent are a 10 and 1 percent are below a 3.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 10:58:34 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:38:48 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 10:31:59 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
i'd say below 4 means you're a busy/successful person


and there are millions of such people

probably a minimum of 2/5 people are below 4
no way

everyone hates their life and feels like they are throwing it/have thrown it away.


sure but many of the successful ones probably suffer from this:

Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effectthe corollary to the Dunningâ€"Kruger effect indicates that persons of high-ability tend to underestimate their relative competence, and erroneously presume that tasks that are easy for them to perform also are easy for other people to perform.[1]


but they're still at 4 or below
in your opinion of them
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 11:00:07 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:46:18 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:38:48 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 10:31:59 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
i'd say below 4 means you're a busy/successful person


and there are millions of such people

probably a minimum of 2/5 people are below 4
no way

everyone hates their life and feels like they are throwing it/have thrown it away.


sure but many of the successful ones probably suffer from this:

Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effectthe corollary to the Dunningâ€"Kruger effect indicates that persons of high-ability tend to underestimate their relative competence, and erroneously presume that tasks that are easy for them to perform also are easy for other people to perform.[1]


but they're still at 4 or below
i kinda of attribute that quote to rdx in general at the moment, not to discredit how he's feeling about himself
my success is attributed to silicon valley and the absolute glut of money in tech. its a wild west of free money out here basically if you have the discipline + luck to develop a skill that can make a tech company money.

im interviewing for high paying jobs, but not getting them. clearly im doing something horribly wrong.

but thanks for the compliment.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on May 31, 2017, 11:02:55 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 10:58:34 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:38:48 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 10:31:59 PM
Quote from: Majorana's Mask on May 31, 2017, 10:30:24 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:28:45 PM
i'd say below 4 means you're a busy/successful person


and there are millions of such people

probably a minimum of 2/5 people are below 4
no way

everyone hates their life and feels like they are throwing it/have thrown it away.


sure but many of the successful ones probably suffer from this:

Quote from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effectthe corollary to the Dunningâ€"Kruger effect indicates that persons of high-ability tend to underestimate their relative competence, and erroneously presume that tasks that are easy for them to perform also are easy for other people to perform.[1]


but they're still at 4 or below
in your opinion of them


but you literally can't objectively assess yourself either lol
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 11:07:20 PM
you can judge yourself better than anyone else can. you know the full story.

in public irl i keep up a really clean, successful image of myself because i have low self esteem or w/e and need the validation. but at the end of the day i know im a fuckup and the people who were present to observe my fuckup know im a fuckup. this is facts. its true for everybody, they know to what extent theyre a fuckup more than anyone else bc theyve been present for all of the fucking up.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Hiro on May 31, 2017, 11:09:08 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 10:58:03 PM
Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 10:36:30 PM
I'd say it's more like 20% of people in developed nations are a 3 or lower, 65% are 4-6, 14% are 7-9, and only 1% are a 10
or something along those lines
one in every 5 people are in love with life? i dont think so

if anything, 20 percent are a 10 and 1 percent are below a 3.
I don't think we're talking about the same thing here, I didn't say they're in love with life, but those people don't feel that they're wasting their lives away
this isn't a scale of how happy or successful you feel, it's a scale of how aimless and unfulfilled you feel
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 11:10:46 PM
but isnt the opposite of aimlessness being fulfilled?

unless it's just, "i feel aimless" to "i dont feel aimless" scale
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on May 31, 2017, 11:10:51 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 11:07:20 PM
but at the end of the day i know im a fuckup and the people who were present to observe my fuckup know im a fuckup. this is facts. its true for everybody, they know to what extent theyre a fuckup more than anyone else bc theyve been present for all of the fucking up.


and what makes you a fuck;up

and what makes you so sure you're a fuck;up

Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 11:07:20 PM
in public irl i keep up a really clean, successful image of myself because i have low self esteem or w/e and need the validation.


i dress like a hobo 5thgrade;
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Samus Aran on May 31, 2017, 11:13:37 PM
i make $12/hr working at a grocery store and can't get myself to truly, ambitiously pursue the only career i've ever wanted (writing fiction)
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Hiro on May 31, 2017, 11:15:30 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 11:10:46 PM
unless it's just, "i feel aimless" to "i dont feel aimless" scale
that's how I was taking it
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 11:17:50 PM
kaz i really think, through my silcion valley POV, i really think you should pursue VR storytelling rather than pen and paper fiction. it's the same thing but you'll generate literally way more attention and interest if you attach your passion to something that's gonna grow over time rather than an already stagnant medium.

food for thought. i posted this before, but shakespeare literally built the globe theatre with his friends with his hands. he created his medium for a captive audience. thats why we all know him, had he just written books or became a playwright at the local theatre nobody would remember him.

Quote from: ƕɾο on May 31, 2017, 11:15:30 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 11:10:46 PM
unless it's just, "i feel aimless" to "i dont feel aimless" scale
that's how I was taking it
o idk
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: ?????? on May 31, 2017, 11:27:38 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 11:07:20 PM
you can judge yourself better than anyone else can. you know the full story.

in public irl i keep up a really clean, successful image of myself because i have low self esteem or w/e and need the validation. but at the end of the day i know im a fuckup and the people who were present to observe my fuckup know im a fuckup. this is facts. its true for everybody, they know to what extent theyre a fuckup more than anyone else bc theyve been present for all of the fucking up.
i target men like this irl
I rate myself a three
it's so nice I've developed imposter syndrome and feel guilty when my other friends lives are so much more harder
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 11:30:56 PM
so you target everyone?

i mean the path to success is lined with terrible self esteem. i guess its possible to love yourself and not ahve much, which might be better.
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Samus Aran on May 31, 2017, 11:32:56 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 11:17:50 PM
kaz i really think, through my silcion valley POV, i really think you should pursue VR storytelling rather than pen and paper fiction. it's the same thing but you'll generate literally way more attention and interest if you attach your passion to something that's gonna grow over time rather than an already stagnant medium.

food for thought. i posted this before, but shakespeare literally built the globe theatre with his friends with his hands. he created his medium for a captive audience. thats why we all know him, had he just written books or became a playwright at the local theatre nobody would remember him.


that's a good point, but tbh i don't think i have any particular desires of how far i want my "career" to go. all i really want is to be able to publish books and make an ok living. i don't care about much tbh
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on May 31, 2017, 11:34:31 PM
Quote from: Nico Yazawa on May 31, 2017, 11:32:56 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 11:17:50 PM
kaz i really think, through my silcion valley POV, i really think you should pursue VR storytelling rather than pen and paper fiction. it's the same thing but you'll generate literally way more attention and interest if you attach your passion to something that's gonna grow over time rather than an already stagnant medium.

food for thought. i posted this before, but shakespeare literally built the globe theatre with his friends with his hands. he created his medium for a captive audience. thats why we all know him, had he just written books or became a playwright at the local theatre nobody would remember him.


that's a good point, but tbh i don't think i have any particular desires of how far i want my "career" to go. all i really want is to be able to publish books and make an ok living. i don't care about much tbh


he has a point, though

you'd have a much larger, cheaper to access audience in digital format

but that's not to say you can't simply use both mediums to your advantage
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: rdl on May 31, 2017, 11:38:39 PM
it feels good to have that kind of recognition though, that some amount of people remember what you did
Title: Re: on a scale of 1-10 how badly do you think you're wasting your life away?
Post by: ?????? on May 31, 2017, 11:40:26 PM
Quote from: ADX on May 31, 2017, 11:30:56 PM
so you target everyone?

i mean the path to success is lined with terrible self esteem. i guess its possible to love yourself and not ahve much, which might be better.
only the overly ambitious patrick batemany types into law or finance that are still closeted