EPTBut dude seriously if you want to improve your intelligence:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/brevity is the soul of wit
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/brevity
It will also help you understand yourself better!
I'm the a Teenager - Page 2
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TrainSamurai
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But dude seriously if you want to improve your intelligence: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/brevity is the soul of wit http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/brevity It will also help you understand yourself better! | ||
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Azera
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TrainSamurai
339 Posts
On April 18 2012 23:50 Azera wrote: Ah, I just read about brevity in "The Elements of Style" Try to use it more often... for the sake of everyone who interacts with you. A good way to practice is with maths. | ||
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Chef
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You're not the epitome of a teenager, you are just a regular teenager. Basically you're self-obsessed and trying to find a stable identity, whether by your reflection against others, or the comments you hear on the internet and from friends. You will grow mature when you actually know yourself, which has nothing to do with deciding a superficial identity, but with understanding what you like, what you're good at, etc. The more naturally you allow yourself to discover those things, the quicker you will mature  If you like drawing and draw often, one day you will say 'I am a drawer' and stuff socks in your pockets. | ||
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Azera
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ImDrizzt
Norway427 Posts
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Azera
3800 Posts
On April 19 2012 00:13 ImDrizzt wrote: Get friends who are a little smarter than you, but not with a lot. Like you couldn't hang with me, since that'd be too much for you, but like, if you're Silver irl, try to get some Gold friends, maybe one Platinum, I'm sure that'd help a lot. Huh? | ||
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Th1rdEye
United States1074 Posts
You sound like you aren't happy with who you are inside, and your outer world will reflect that I feel like you might be thinking the outer world reflects the inner, instead of the other way around You must understand your journey, you must understand your path. If you had nothing to learn why are you really here? I feel like I was once you in a way, like a lot of posters here on TL feel. Day by day, you are molding your perspective on life, your view on the world. I am sure you can honestly say that today you know something you didn't know yesterday, and that is part of the wonder of life. You in some sense, do have a gift that your peers do not share at this point, which is the ability to question, the ability to ask questions most people your age will not ask until something terrible happens, and they question "God", or why they are here. But I think that every soul, in this lifetime or not, will ask the same questions you ask. However, I for one do not have everything figured out yet either.. and I am years ahead of you. There are many men who were decades of years ahead of me who had not figured it all out as well. But I can give a small piece of advice that I and many others have learned so far: Life is love, life is sadness. Life is the ups, and life is the downs. And in the end, the only thing is guaranteed is death, so you must do your best to live everyday as your last. You must find a reason to live. Your own reason. Not necessarily your neighbors. I am sure you've heard this 1,000 times: Carpe Diem. The truth is that we all take things for granted, we all have our good days, we all have our bad. We will all rise, and we will all fall. | ||
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Azera
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + I'm sure that anyone that has been on the bnet forums agree with me. I haven't read your first blog (and from what I understand, I don't think I will. ), but it seems like you have problems understanding the people around you, which makes you dislike them. The solution then isn't to read up on psychology, but it is perfectly enough if you just realise and accept that you don't understand them. People do things that you find stupid/wrong/strange/we. Then rather than disliking them, realise that their way of thinking is different than yours, and that their actions make sense from their perspective. This should trigger a curiosity from you, to understand them better. Aka, to get to know people. | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
I judge a lot of drivers on the highway to be damn right terrible drivers with absolutely horrible reflexes and decision making, and I wish their drivers licenses were revoked for the safety of others, then I get to my parking spot and I think about whether my own driving was good. Probably better than a lot of those bad drivers, but then it's not like my driving is flawless - I make mistakes sometimes too. Then all the thoughts vanish as I enter home and realize there is no rice in the cooker (dammit -_-). My example was comparatively trivial, okay. I don't even know what point I was trying to make with that. Anyway, it's okay to be thinking deeply about, just about anything, just 'stuff'. Sure, world is full of problems, but you are part of the problem and sometimes you are the problem. Embrace yourself as part of the whole - along with every person as each a unique piece that fits in to the whole scene - and enjoy life, really. Teenage years go by so quickly and there are so much to do! *Edit: more on the matter: stop seeking absolute "answers" to shit around you and simply enjoy the process of learning / understanding new ideas and viewpoints. If you are a completely answer-driven (end-result-driven) person and don't appreciate the entire process, you will discover year by year that your options (to pretty much everything) will be severely limited... | ||
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Azera
3800 Posts
Yeah, I'll try to acquire a more friendly and hospitable deposition. I don't know why I judge. Maybe so I can feel better about myself? | ||
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Th1rdEye
United States1074 Posts
On April 19 2012 00:36 Cascade wrote: If you realise that you are ignorant, but the task to get yourself informed is too large, then it is often good enough to just be aware that you are ignorant. It is not plausible that everyone should know everything, but it is reasonable to demand that people should be aware at what point their knowledge ends, and their ignorance begins. + Show Spoiler + I'm sure that anyone that has been on the bnet forums agree with me. I haven't read your first blog (and from what I understand, I don't think I will. ), but it seems like you have problems understanding the people around you, which makes you dislike them. The solution then isn't to read up on psychology, but it is perfectly enough if you just realise and accept that you don't understand them. People do things that you find stupid/wrong/strange/we. Then rather than disliking them, realise that their way of thinking is different than yours, and that their actions make sense from their perspective. This should trigger a curiosity from you, to understand them better. Aka, to get to know people.Quality post man :D | ||
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DKR
United Kingdom622 Posts
I have to admit one of the things which has led to the relative backlash or criticism against you, especially in your last blog, is your writing style. It comes across as smug, as if you're looking down on everyone else in the human race. The perfect example of this would be: On April 18 2012 20:49 Azera wrote: Not how I prefer to do things, chilling "the fuck out". I mean, don't get me wrong, you're quoting him and it's grammatically correct. But you aren't putting the " around it for that reason, you're doing it because you look down on his word choice. At least that's the way it comes across. You're intelligent, we get it, don't hit us in the face with it. Stop putting yourself under the microscope, stop putting everyone else under the microscope (whilst magnifying to a much greater degree than you did with the former) and interact with people in a way which isn't some giant experiment. EDIT: put in the wrong quote ^^ | ||
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Azera
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ZeromuS
Canada13402 Posts
On April 19 2012 00:00 Chef wrote: wll u kno u gotta sk8 bro. You're not the epitome of a teenager, you are just a regular teenager. Basically you're self-obsessed and trying to find a stable identity, whether by your reflection against others, or the comments you hear on the internet and from friends. You will grow mature when you actually know yourself, which has nothing to do with deciding a superficial identity, but with understanding what you like, what you're good at, etc. The more naturally you allow yourself to discover those things, the quicker you will mature If you like drawing and draw often, one day you will say 'I am a drawer' and stuff socks in your pockets.This is the best advice. Your teenage years are about learning who you are. You need to understand yourself, before you can begin to understand others. | ||
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Kurumi
Poland6130 Posts
Don't let anger get You. You'll lose everything that's defining us as people. Also, I hate You. Actually, I just don't care. And it sucks. And it doesn't. That's why it sucks. Learn how to like people, how to love them, how to care about them, for no reason. You don't need to tell them that. Just wish them best of luck in Your head from time to time. A lovely couple? Wish them a long, happy relationship. Be nice to people and lie to Yourself that You don't need it back. We all do things for a reason. Only truth can set us free from the false description of "good". I am 17 and I am a stupid, selfish, heartless, cold, cruel, feeling superior a lot of times guy. You've realized that hate slowly consumes You. People pointed that out. Get rid of it before it gets You. tl;dr I tried to be good but got depressed and everything I am left with is emptiness and hate, don't let hate overtake You, be a good person for the sake of it, learn that You have a lot to learn. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On April 18 2012 20:49 Azera wrote: Not how I prefer to do things, chilling "the fuck out". Oh, but this is a very important skill to cultivate.' edit: The reason being, if you don't, you WILL go insane. Please believe me on this one. | ||
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thrawn2112
United States6918 Posts
also getting high | ||
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Wampaibist
United States478 Posts
just follow your heart dogidy dog. dont force it | ||
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