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[osby]

My mother: "I have realistic expectations of you, no need to feel pressured."

Also my mother: "By the way, I'm not saying you should enter a double major program but you should totally enter a double major program."

 

[Iridium]

I apologize for being late to the party, but I had schoolwork that kept me from responding to this.

Anyways, this is quite a nihilistic portrayal of life. I'd like to dissect and refute it as someone who has similar existential dread every now and again (and now I get to do it as a part of my education as a Philosophy minor).

Are you saying that we have no way to control our image of ourselves? I'm assuming this is in relation to other people, in which case I have to disagree. A view like this pushes most initiative one would have in life extrinsically, when I would say it should be concentrated most intrinsically.

1. For one, there is the "self-image," being how we perceive ourselves. While this does change over time, sometimes in drastic and sudden ways in response to life events, the "self-image" is derived from the "self," and as such is able to be controlled by oneself.
2. Continuing from the previous point, this "self-image," derived internally, projects externally unto other people. You can't really alter how people see you, at least not instantly. It takes time for people's perceptions to shift, including those of you. For example, a person can dislike you and then grow to like you based on who you are and how you act around them. Surely that is "making an image of ourself." While it may be difficult, it is possible.
3. If you're discussing "an image" as in "notability," then the above point remains. It's difficult, but possible. That being said, it depends largely on what your definition of "notable" is (is it having a lot of Twitter/Instagram followers or Youtube Subscribers, making lots of money, having power and authority, having your name etched in textbooks, etc.). Regardless, the amount of effort required to do so is indeed notable (heh) but again, it's not impossible, and far from "near hopeless."

I'll be real with you, I don't really understand this. I'm going to assume this in relation to Point 3, and that's what you were referring to in your last sentence.
I'll infer the meaning of this sentence to be something along the lines "our perception of reality is shaped by our belief in our ability to reach the upper echelons, yet weakness prevents that." Next time please don't write so elegantly. It may look nice, but it's difficult to understand.

To take a more personal stance, I would say this is correct, but still refute the sentiment. We try to believe nothing but the best in ourselves, yet we tend to fall short. When facing rejection or failure, it's quite easy to fall into a negative feedback loop of negativity, or, as you say, "weakness (feeding) on itself to grow." It's difficult to pick yourself up again, especially after multiple falls, but it's imperative you do so. Sure, you can lay defeated on the ground, but you can't do much there but wallow and mope. You have to pick yourself back up and try again because eventually you will succeed. It may take a long time, but it'll happen.

To give an example I got passed up for a major scholarship program. I made it to interviews, and instead of being rejected, I got put on the wait list. That hurt. But, I got up, and thanks to some reflection I used that loss to get into another major scholarship program. Granted, this was an extremely fast turnaround, and it may take longer for you or someone else, but it still stands to show that things will change for the better, so long as you keep getting up.

Furthermore, any weakness can be worked on. I used to have speech issues (I couldn't pronounce sh, ch, or r), but through years of speech therapy I speak completely normal now (minus the occasional lisp in my r's - they sound like w's). I used to be out of shape, but by establishing a consistent gym routine that's begun to change. I'm not totally fit yet, but I'm the healthiest I've ever been in my life. I have a bunch of other stories like these, of weaknesses that should have held me back but didn't because I worked on them. And if I, a veritable catalog of problems, can work on my weaknesses and problems, you can too.

Again, I'm not with you on this one chief. Exactly why is this? Wouldn't one want to be distinguishable, as it is making an image of oneself? Are you discussing the repercussions of fame and popularity? This point really needs more elaboration.

After all this I have to ask: are you okay? My inbox is always open if you need someone to talk to. The same goes to anyone else here. I very much prefer my friends happy and healthy, and if I can help in any way I'd like to do so.

Breathing is an incredibly effective way to lessen stress.

I recommend a routine of:

• Breathe in for 4 seconds
• Hold breath for 4 seconds
• Breathe out for 4 seconds
• Repeat x4

It's called Square Breathing, and it works pretty well.

You took this more seriously than I did.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

My mother: "I have realistic expectations of you, no need to feel pressured."

Also my mother: "By the way, I'm not saying you should enter a double major program but you should totally enter a double major program."

My mother kind of does the same when she's in the hospital and needs something
"Can you bring me my meds honey? It doesn't have to be now and it can wait"
Ok sure
"Ok. I'm dying because I don't have them now"

 

[Ultomato]

I think we all know the true Smashboards tier list:

SS tier: Noipoi Pyra
S tier: Most other users
They exist tier: Me, I guess
They also exist, I guess tier: @faygoshill

Oooohh it's way too tempting to start making this too...

SS tier (Awesome posts): Noipoi Zinith Pyra Opossum Just a penguin
S tier (Great posts): Cutie Gwen Ramen Tengoku staindgrey Guh-Huzzah! @faygoshill
A tier (Good posts): Cyn Diem Pakky ClaTheBae Gentlepanda @JDCabrera @Thesaurus30 Moydow
B tier (Nice people who I keep forgetting when making lists like these for some reason): @Taylor F osby
Furry tier: @GothFluttershy
Asking for attention tier: Ultomato

 

[Deleted member]

Oooohh it's way too tempting to start making this too...

SS tier (Awesome posts): Noipoi Zinith Pyra Opossum Just a penguin
S tier (Great posts): Cutie Gwen Ramen Tengoku staindgrey Guh-Huzzah! @faygoshill
A tier (Good posts): Cyn Diem Pakky ClaTheBae Gentlepanda @JDCabrera @Thesaurus30 Moydow
B tier (Nice people who I keep forgetting when making lists like these for some reason): @Taylor F osby
Furry tier: @GothFluttershy
Asking for attention tier: Ultomato

ClaTheBae i ****ing told you i was a top tier, y'all sleep

 

[Cracke]

mornin fellas

 

[Zinith]

Oooohh it's way too tempting to start making this too...

SS tier (Awesome posts): Noipoi Zinith Pyra Opossum Just a penguin
S tier (Great posts): Cutie Gwen Ramen Tengoku staindgrey Guh-Huzzah! @faygoshill
A tier (Good posts): Cyn Diem Pakky ClaTheBae Gentlepanda @JDCabrera @Thesaurus30 Moydow
B tier (Nice people who I keep forgetting when making lists like these for some reason): @Taylor F osby
Furry tier: @GothFluttershy
Asking for attention tier: Ultomato

Finally, someone who understands true artistry

Also Furry Tier applies to me as well...

 

[Cutie Gwen]

My tierlist is as follows

God tier: Me
Ok tier: Everyone else
Garbage tier: Me
Unworthy scum tier: Everyone on my blocklist

 

[KMDP]

Nah, he was counting in Frieza Minutes.

Which is an arbitrary measure of time derived from normal time because Frieza's number system is better.

KarneraMythos , had a Shower Thought.

"Frieza Time" is a unit of time based in Duodecimal Units, a Frieza Minute is 144 seconds (100 in Duodecimal), meaning that 5 Frieza Minutes is 12 Standard Minutes.

You have now been educated in the superior "Space Time" measurement.

 

[Deleted member]

Top tier: all y'all who do art like Noipoi or Masked Marshmallow or basically write essays here like DaybreakHorizon or Diem etc etc

High tier: daddy staindgrey

Mid tier: everyone else

Low tier: that one guy who spammed porn here

Bottom tier: ClaTheBae

 

[osby]

Garbage tier: Me

Same.

Unworthy scum tier: Everyone on my blocklist

I miss when I could block people.

 

[Deleted member]

I miss when I could block people

haha you can't block me now


poopyhead

 

[osby]

haha you can't block me now


poopyhead

Oops, I have to make do with a ban.

 

[Zinith]

Top tier: all y'all who do art like Noipoi or Masked Marshmallow or basically write essays here like DaybreakHorizon or Diem etc etc

High tier: daddy staindgrey

Mid tier: everyone else

Low tier: that one guy who spammed porn here

Bottom tier: ClaTheBae

Does this count as """""art"""""?

 

[Cutie Gwen]

In all seriousness the idea of tierlists of members here is elitist as **** and WILL have people feel insecure about themselves regardless of who's on a list or not

 

[KMDP]

Does this count as """""art"""""?

Yes, that counts as art.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

so I rewatched Der Fuehrer's Face yesterday and the absolute irony that people on youtube found an Anti-Nazi Propaganda short to be offensive

 

[KMDP]

In all seriousness the idea of tierlists of members here is elitist as **** and WILL have people feel insecure about themselves regardless of who's on a list or not

Agreed.

It's why I haven't made one.

so I rewatched Der Fuehrer's Face yesterday and the absolute irony that people on youtube found an Anti-Nazi Propaganda short to be offensive

Because people aren't willing to actually research anything before lambasting it for having "Problematic Content", even if it's actively decrying said content.

It's why the Comics Code Authority died; because, among other things, they wouldn't allow drug-use to be portrayed in Comics, even in an Anti-Drug story, Marvel and DC decided they could publish their comics without the permission of a group of busybodies and lo and behold, nothing came of disobeying the CCA.

 

[TheMightyP]

TFW nobody cares about you enough to be put on a tier list

Can we also, like, not do this?

 

[Cracke]

Oops, I have to make do with a ban.

Why want the power of a king when you can have the power of a God?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I miss when I could block people.

blocking people is great, gets rid of the nonsensical trash

 

[Zinith]

All tier lists I make has to have my boi on top

 

[Gyrom8]

TFW nobody cares about you enough to be put on a tier list
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Can we also, like, not do this?

Join the club

 

[KMDP]

All tier lists I make has to have my boi on top

Yoshi is the best User on Smashboards.

I just checked, and @Yoshi is actually a member on Smashboards, but I'm not going to tag them unnecessarily.

 

[Ultomato]

Can we also, like, not do this?

Yeah I'm Just a sucker for listmaking.
Not the healthiest thing to do and still I forgot a bunch o' people.
G GeneralHamlock , for instance

 

[Deleted member]

In all seriousness the idea of tierlists of members here is elitist as **** and WILL have people feel insecure about themselves regardless of who's on a list or not

I watched a whole video on how that's a fascist ideology, how Sky High perpetuates it and how cereal was imvented to stop people from jerking off so I'd know you're right

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Because people aren't willing to actually research anything before lambasting it for having "Problematic Content", even if it's actively decrying said content.

It's why the Comics Code Authority died; because, among other things, they wouldn't allow drug-use to be portrayed in Comics, even in an Anti-Drug story, Marvel and DC decided they could publish their comics without the permission of a group of busybodies and lo and behold, nothing came of disobeying the CCA.

pretty much most of those people that said it was offensive probably didnt watch to the end when Donald woke up pf.

 

[Zinith]

Yoshi is the best User on Smashboards.

I just checked, and @Yoshi is actually a member on Smashboards, but I'm not going to tag them unnecessarily.

Part of the reason I chose "God Emperor Yoshi" as my name. If I could use just plain "Yoshi," I would

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Quality.

If you want to be popular here, you either need to provide quality work, quality ****posts, quality discussion, and/or quality speculation.

I personally like to dally in the latter three, but some users find more success in one over the others.

well I got the **** posts but nothing I do screams quality it seems. Pocket Camp does get many cares then some art
You sure ass kissing isnt involved?

 

[KMDP]

Yeah I'm Just a sucker for listmaking.

I also like lists.

how cereal was invented to stop people from jerking off

Yes, Kellogg's Corn Flakes was created with the intention of... somehow stopping people from masturbating.

I have no idea what Mr. Kellogg's thought process behind it was and I'm not going to bother looking it up.

pretty much most of those people that said it was offensive probably didnt watch to the end when Donald woke up pf.

"It shows Donald working for the Nazis. It must be pro-Nazi propaganda!"

Context is key, people.

 

[Deleted member]

In all seriousness the idea of tierlists of members here is elitist as **** and WILL have people feel insecure about themselves regardless of who's on a list or not

if cla feels insecure about being bottom tier then GOOD
yeah but you're lowkey right

Oops, I have to make do with a ban.

osby when he realises he has a ban button

 

[Deleted member]

SS tier (Awesome posts): Noipoi Noipoi Zinith Zinith Pyra Pyra Opossum Opossum Just a penguin Just a penguin
S tier (Great posts): Cutie Gwen Cutie Gwen Ramen Tengoku Ramen Tengoku staindgrey staindgrey Guh-Huzzah! Guh-Huzzah! [IMG]https://smashboards.com/data/avatars/s/408/408694.jpg?1551391838[/IMG] faygoshill
A tier (Good posts): Cyn Cyn Diem Diem Pakky Pakky ClaTheBae ClaTheBae Gentlepanda Gentlepanda [IMG]https://smashboards.com/data/avatars/s/407/407989.jpg?1551887603[/IMG] JDCabrera [IMG]https://smashboards.com/data/avatars/s/417/417393.jpg?1552212350[/IMG] Thesaurus30 Moydow Moydow

Ah excellent, I needed some ego inflation.

 

[Zinith]

Ah excellent, I needed some ego inflation.

Careful with that "i-word." Kind of a touchy thing to some users

 

[Deleted member]

Oooohh it's way too tempting to start making this too...

SS tier (Awesome posts): Noipoi Zinith Pyra Opossum Just a penguin
S tier (Great posts): Cutie Gwen Ramen Tengoku staindgrey Guh-Huzzah! @faygoshill
A tier (Good posts): Cyn Diem Pakky ClaTheBae Gentlepanda @JDCabrera @Thesaurus30 Moydow
B tier (Nice people who I keep forgetting when making lists like these for some reason): @Taylor F osby
Furry tier: @GothFluttershy
Asking for attention tier: Ultomato

Didn't expect me to be A-tier.

You just made my day better.

 

[osby]

Careful with that "i-word." Kind of a touchy thing to some users

"Are you sure you want to close this thread?"

osby when he realises he has a ban button
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So what if I want a reality where I have realistic chances of finishing higher education and find employment? Hahahahaha...

 

[Deleted member]

SS Tier: Everyone online right now and other good users.
Bottom tier: scum who posts porn or just wants drama to happen.

 

[Dyllybirdy]

Hi. How are things?

Oooohh it's way too tempting to start making this too...

SS tier (Awesome posts): Noipoi Zinith Pyra Opossum Just a penguin
S tier (Great posts): Cutie Gwen Ramen Tengoku staindgrey Guh-Huzzah! @faygoshill
A tier (Good posts): Cyn Diem Pakky ClaTheBae Gentlepanda @JDCabrera @Thesaurus30 Moydow
B tier (Nice people who I keep forgetting when making lists like these for some reason): @Taylor F osby
Furry tier: @GothFluttershy
Asking for attention tier: Ultomato

Wow, I didn't even make it on to any of these tierlists? I did better than I thought I would!

 

[osby]

Wow, I didn't even make it on to any of these tierlists? I did better than I thought I would!

Don't take that list seriously, I'm only B tier, it's obviously inaccurate.

That, and you shouldn't measure your value by how many random people on the internet remembers you in their random lists.

 

[Deleted member]

Careful with that "i-word." Kind of a touchy thing to some users

Why’s it offensive? Was there something I missed?

 

[Ultomato]

Don't take that list seriously, I'm only B tier, it's obviously inaccurate.

That, and you shouldn't measure your value by how many random people on the internet remembers you in their random lists.

I already said I shouldn't have made that list but I believe I should actually still apologise