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On August 08 2013 07:18 SilentByte wrote:Show nested quote +On August 08 2013 07:07 docvoc wrote:On August 08 2013 06:44 SilentByte wrote:On August 08 2013 06:26 QuanticHawk wrote:
Because you thought dropping out was better than sticking it out and getting a big scholarship if you wanted to go to college.
Because you decided to not go to colllege, which is fine, but rather than look at trades or anything that can be a real career, you've been working minimum wage jobs and think $11/hr amounts to anything meaningful.
Because you neglected to get a giant ass lump on your neck checked out in a prompt fashion????
go talk to one of your family members and hopefully they'll set you straight. You need to either be in college, or figuring out a trade or some kind of career-orientated job, not managing cashier schedules and chasing silly pipe dreams I would have never landed a big scholarship. Looked into it and no way would I have ever received one. Going from a worthless person so ASM in 2 years is huge. Weather you think it is or not it is a big step. from < 20 hours a week for $7. To full 40 hours at $11 is big. I fail to see how it isn't. I never neglected anything. I have been to the doctor fo it and they said it was nothing. It isn't like I went a year and went herp derp. My family support me. No one has a perfect family and with what my family has been through this is support. I understand how you think all familys "talk sense into people" but not a lot do. Think what you want. I always fail to see how people come into blogs and talk like this. Hawk is always really hard on people who want to go pro in gaming, but, in a majority of the cases, he has valid criticisms. The fact that you didn't get that lump on your neck checked out as soon as it happened was stupid, not getting a second opinion was also dumb; even if the doctor said it was nothing, you should have seen another to make doubly sure, that is standard procedure. 40 hours at $11 is miniscule; that rate can't support a family, that rate can't support you if you want to move up in the world. Don't get me wrong, being happy with your lot is great, that is the essence of happiness, but soon you will become unhappy with your lot at $11 for 40 hours. Not going to college is ok for some people, but not going to any kind of trade school or college will make you unemployable later in life and you will become stuck in the fact that you have to support yourself and will have little time for education; not everyone needs college, but everyone needs some kind of a post-primary education now-a-days, it's so standard it's considered as necessary as highschool by many. On the grounds of your family, if they are letting you go after this dream while you recover, good. If they are letting you do this while you twiddle your thumbs attempting to get back to what normal life is, good. If you're doing this because you think you'll make more than $11 a day as a pro-gamer and this will be how you support yourself in life, I don't think this is gonna work. Playing video games as a hobby is great, and my comments, Hawk's comments, nobody's comments will take the wind out of your sails, but if you want this goal, you need to give yourself a time limit. You need to do what Stephano did - he's still going to medical school, note that - and put a limit on how long you're going to live the dream; if you never make it there during the time limit, then it's time to pack it up and go to real school. Regardless if he has valid points or not. No one should go into someones blog and put them down and make then feel like shit. That is never necessary to anyone. The lump meant nothing because I have one on my collar bone. Which is nothing. That's instantly what went to with this one. And I don't have a doctor where I live because we recently moved here. It isn't like we have been here years and everything is perfect. It isn't bad when it's all you can do in a small town. People my age would love to be making that much in the economy like that. No shit it isn't good down the road but for my age with my history it's damn near perfect and I don't see why people need to make me feel worse about it. I wish to be making money as a pro but I already know the odds of me going pro are slim and none. Still don't see the point in telling someone what they want is useless. I've spent the past 3 weeks thinking about this and what I want to do. And congrats to Stephano? I am not him and do not have the same interest as him in that regards. School is not for everyone. I have done college classes and schooling has never been for me and never will be and is a huge waste of time for me. And College doesn't land you a abetter job a lot of times. College just makes you in debt. Where I live, Just about every place will hire someone for experience rather then a degree. I really dislike that people think everything is about school. Having my family go through school, oh yeah one is now bankrupt and the other is barely paying off their debt from school. So no I shall never be going back to school to make myself feel worse.
He just said you wouldn't be studying theoretical physics, which he is right about. I highly doubt he was trying to make you feel like shit by saying that, even if he did. Also, you put your blog on a public forum, you have to be able to take criticisms without getting all defensive like this.
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On August 08 2013 11:14 knOxStarcraft wrote:Show nested quote +On August 08 2013 07:18 SilentByte wrote:On August 08 2013 07:07 docvoc wrote:On August 08 2013 06:44 SilentByte wrote:On August 08 2013 06:26 QuanticHawk wrote:
Because you thought dropping out was better than sticking it out and getting a big scholarship if you wanted to go to college.
Because you decided to not go to colllege, which is fine, but rather than look at trades or anything that can be a real career, you've been working minimum wage jobs and think $11/hr amounts to anything meaningful.
Because you neglected to get a giant ass lump on your neck checked out in a prompt fashion????
go talk to one of your family members and hopefully they'll set you straight. You need to either be in college, or figuring out a trade or some kind of career-orientated job, not managing cashier schedules and chasing silly pipe dreams I would have never landed a big scholarship. Looked into it and no way would I have ever received one. Going from a worthless person so ASM in 2 years is huge. Weather you think it is or not it is a big step. from < 20 hours a week for $7. To full 40 hours at $11 is big. I fail to see how it isn't. I never neglected anything. I have been to the doctor fo it and they said it was nothing. It isn't like I went a year and went herp derp. My family support me. No one has a perfect family and with what my family has been through this is support. I understand how you think all familys "talk sense into people" but not a lot do. Think what you want. I always fail to see how people come into blogs and talk like this. Hawk is always really hard on people who want to go pro in gaming, but, in a majority of the cases, he has valid criticisms. The fact that you didn't get that lump on your neck checked out as soon as it happened was stupid, not getting a second opinion was also dumb; even if the doctor said it was nothing, you should have seen another to make doubly sure, that is standard procedure. 40 hours at $11 is miniscule; that rate can't support a family, that rate can't support you if you want to move up in the world. Don't get me wrong, being happy with your lot is great, that is the essence of happiness, but soon you will become unhappy with your lot at $11 for 40 hours. Not going to college is ok for some people, but not going to any kind of trade school or college will make you unemployable later in life and you will become stuck in the fact that you have to support yourself and will have little time for education; not everyone needs college, but everyone needs some kind of a post-primary education now-a-days, it's so standard it's considered as necessary as highschool by many. On the grounds of your family, if they are letting you go after this dream while you recover, good. If they are letting you do this while you twiddle your thumbs attempting to get back to what normal life is, good. If you're doing this because you think you'll make more than $11 a day as a pro-gamer and this will be how you support yourself in life, I don't think this is gonna work. Playing video games as a hobby is great, and my comments, Hawk's comments, nobody's comments will take the wind out of your sails, but if you want this goal, you need to give yourself a time limit. You need to do what Stephano did - he's still going to medical school, note that - and put a limit on how long you're going to live the dream; if you never make it there during the time limit, then it's time to pack it up and go to real school. Regardless if he has valid points or not. No one should go into someones blog and put them down and make then feel like shit. That is never necessary to anyone. The lump meant nothing because I have one on my collar bone. Which is nothing. That's instantly what went to with this one. And I don't have a doctor where I live because we recently moved here. It isn't like we have been here years and everything is perfect. It isn't bad when it's all you can do in a small town. People my age would love to be making that much in the economy like that. No shit it isn't good down the road but for my age with my history it's damn near perfect and I don't see why people need to make me feel worse about it. I wish to be making money as a pro but I already know the odds of me going pro are slim and none. Still don't see the point in telling someone what they want is useless. I've spent the past 3 weeks thinking about this and what I want to do. And congrats to Stephano? I am not him and do not have the same interest as him in that regards. School is not for everyone. I have done college classes and schooling has never been for me and never will be and is a huge waste of time for me. And College doesn't land you a abetter job a lot of times. College just makes you in debt. Where I live, Just about every place will hire someone for experience rather then a degree. I really dislike that people think everything is about school. Having my family go through school, oh yeah one is now bankrupt and the other is barely paying off their debt from school. So no I shall never be going back to school to make myself feel worse. He just said you wouldn't be studying theoretical physics, which he is right about. I highly doubt he was trying to make you feel like shit by saying that, even if he did. Also, you put your blog on a public forum, you have to be able to take criticisms without getting all defensive like this.
There is a difference from criticism and what he was saying.
On August 08 2013 11:12 hp.Shell wrote:
You can always tell the girls you got in a knife fight back in your bike riding days... or something. "And then this guy I wasn't even fighting came out of nowhere and tried to take my head off with this Crocodile Dundee knife!" lol
Assistant Manager is awesome, yeah, but how far can you go up this ladder? Would you be happy as a manager making $13 for the next 7-8 years? That's not to say it won't be cool for the next 2-3 years.
Manager at my job makes 15+ starting. And if you stay manager for a year or two you move up higher in company. They all do. I love how everyone thinks it bad. Anything less then ASM makes less then what I'll be making unless you get a good degree. But if you have a degree, you in debt and most likely your degree has no jobs available for it, so you did nothing but waste 4+ years.
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Ouch, having a tumor at such a young age must be terrifying.You have alot of spunk for believing in yourself and channelling a negative event in your life into a positive work ethic  . I wish you the best of luck in your LoL adventures~
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So defensive about your wonderful job. Makes me think your already in the know about it not being optimal, how you should be in college and all the rest of it yet your finding excuses to defend oneself
good luck though
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Some bloggers do need actuall criticism, trust me on that. I don't know how expensive it is to live in your area but in washington state the min wage is 9.20 and as a recent highschool graduate all of my jobs make at least 15$ an hour. Good people skills FTW. I hope you succeed in following your dream, as i seem to be on the verge of starting mine and i definitely feel nervous.
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People shitting on the wage thing. Geeeeeze. Chill. If the guy lives somewhere where $11 is better than average for his age group, it's better than average for his age group.
As far as checking out the lump...
It's hard to tell, but it looks like you have a mole above the lump. Mole + lump = teh cancerz.
If your lymph nodes are swollen, it's for a reason.
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On August 08 2013 11:38 SilentByte wrote:Show nested quote +On August 08 2013 11:14 knOxStarcraft wrote:On August 08 2013 07:18 SilentByte wrote:On August 08 2013 07:07 docvoc wrote:On August 08 2013 06:44 SilentByte wrote:On August 08 2013 06:26 QuanticHawk wrote:
Because you thought dropping out was better than sticking it out and getting a big scholarship if you wanted to go to college.
Because you decided to not go to colllege, which is fine, but rather than look at trades or anything that can be a real career, you've been working minimum wage jobs and think $11/hr amounts to anything meaningful.
Because you neglected to get a giant ass lump on your neck checked out in a prompt fashion????
go talk to one of your family members and hopefully they'll set you straight. You need to either be in college, or figuring out a trade or some kind of career-orientated job, not managing cashier schedules and chasing silly pipe dreams I would have never landed a big scholarship. Looked into it and no way would I have ever received one. Going from a worthless person so ASM in 2 years is huge. Weather you think it is or not it is a big step. from < 20 hours a week for $7. To full 40 hours at $11 is big. I fail to see how it isn't. I never neglected anything. I have been to the doctor fo it and they said it was nothing. It isn't like I went a year and went herp derp. My family support me. No one has a perfect family and with what my family has been through this is support. I understand how you think all familys "talk sense into people" but not a lot do. Think what you want. I always fail to see how people come into blogs and talk like this. Hawk is always really hard on people who want to go pro in gaming, but, in a majority of the cases, he has valid criticisms. The fact that you didn't get that lump on your neck checked out as soon as it happened was stupid, not getting a second opinion was also dumb; even if the doctor said it was nothing, you should have seen another to make doubly sure, that is standard procedure. 40 hours at $11 is miniscule; that rate can't support a family, that rate can't support you if you want to move up in the world. Don't get me wrong, being happy with your lot is great, that is the essence of happiness, but soon you will become unhappy with your lot at $11 for 40 hours. Not going to college is ok for some people, but not going to any kind of trade school or college will make you unemployable later in life and you will become stuck in the fact that you have to support yourself and will have little time for education; not everyone needs college, but everyone needs some kind of a post-primary education now-a-days, it's so standard it's considered as necessary as highschool by many. On the grounds of your family, if they are letting you go after this dream while you recover, good. If they are letting you do this while you twiddle your thumbs attempting to get back to what normal life is, good. If you're doing this because you think you'll make more than $11 a day as a pro-gamer and this will be how you support yourself in life, I don't think this is gonna work. Playing video games as a hobby is great, and my comments, Hawk's comments, nobody's comments will take the wind out of your sails, but if you want this goal, you need to give yourself a time limit. You need to do what Stephano did - he's still going to medical school, note that - and put a limit on how long you're going to live the dream; if you never make it there during the time limit, then it's time to pack it up and go to real school. Regardless if he has valid points or not. No one should go into someones blog and put them down and make then feel like shit. That is never necessary to anyone. The lump meant nothing because I have one on my collar bone. Which is nothing. That's instantly what went to with this one. And I don't have a doctor where I live because we recently moved here. It isn't like we have been here years and everything is perfect. It isn't bad when it's all you can do in a small town. People my age would love to be making that much in the economy like that. No shit it isn't good down the road but for my age with my history it's damn near perfect and I don't see why people need to make me feel worse about it. I wish to be making money as a pro but I already know the odds of me going pro are slim and none. Still don't see the point in telling someone what they want is useless. I've spent the past 3 weeks thinking about this and what I want to do. And congrats to Stephano? I am not him and do not have the same interest as him in that regards. School is not for everyone. I have done college classes and schooling has never been for me and never will be and is a huge waste of time for me. And College doesn't land you a abetter job a lot of times. College just makes you in debt. Where I live, Just about every place will hire someone for experience rather then a degree. I really dislike that people think everything is about school. Having my family go through school, oh yeah one is now bankrupt and the other is barely paying off their debt from school. So no I shall never be going back to school to make myself feel worse. He just said you wouldn't be studying theoretical physics, which he is right about. I highly doubt he was trying to make you feel like shit by saying that, even if he did. Also, you put your blog on a public forum, you have to be able to take criticisms without getting all defensive like this. There is a difference from criticism and what he was saying. Show nested quote +On August 08 2013 11:12 hp.Shell wrote:
You can always tell the girls you got in a knife fight back in your bike riding days... or something. "And then this guy I wasn't even fighting came out of nowhere and tried to take my head off with this Crocodile Dundee knife!" lol
Assistant Manager is awesome, yeah, but how far can you go up this ladder? Would you be happy as a manager making $13 for the next 7-8 years? That's not to say it won't be cool for the next 2-3 years. Manager at my job makes 15+ starting. And if you stay manager for a year or two you move up higher in company. They all do. I love how everyone thinks it bad. Anything less then ASM makes less then what I'll be making unless you get a good degree. But if you have a degree, you in debt and most likely your degree has no jobs available for it, so you did nothing but waste 4+ years.
As a student currently attending a university I can tell you, I have no debt. I didn't have my parents pay for my school either, I applied for Fasfa and then got a part time job. Lots of people in my school do it, lots of them don't have any debt when they graduate.
On the topic of your cancer though, I'm glad to see you're ok. Cancer's a scary thing and can be pretty hard to deal with. Keep your head up man.
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