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thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
After the 25th, no one wants a Christmas Cake. HINT HINT
Professor Beef
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Me. I want to write.
thetrin
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Why didn't you become an English Major like me, then?
ShockingAlberto
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Oh damn.
I don't date women under 25!
The last girl I dated was 20 and DO NOT DATE COLLEGE STUDENTS. All of them, regardless of gender, are crazy people.
I don't date women under 25!
The last girl I dated was 20 and DO NOT DATE COLLEGE STUDENTS. All of them, regardless of gender, are crazy people.
D: That sounds a bit horrifying!
Hey my degree is in linguistics.Are there particular cultures or language families you're interested in most?
:O Well, I'm definitely interested in the Japanese language group since that was one of my original majors and I've already studied classical Japanese. But it's also fascinating as an isolate. But, and I admit this is kind of boring, I do love the rich history of Indo-European languages (particularly Germanic languages.)
Nothing too unusual, really. Not nearly as fancy as all the various languages I've seen in my textbooks. It's really amazing all the varieties of languages that are out there!
PigSpeakers
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A trimmer will change your life. My parents got me one for christmas, and it's seriously one of the most awesome things ever. Before I got it, I'd been trimming using a tiny pair of scissors. Everything was uneven and awful, especially on the cheeks. Now it's all roughly the same length, or at least looks way more uniform. And the cheeks are finally growing in more.
H.Protagonist
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Yup, yup. When I asked why they felt the need to be married they would say, "well, men won't want you after that."
At 30 if I went back now they'd say I was doomed.Well I don't think the UN would really be a draw for linguistics students (probably need to major in a specific language if you're talking about interpreters), I just personally wouldn't want to limit myself only to an academic career since it's extremely competitive and requires a significant investment in money/time. It certainly suits some people though. And I don't fall into either category.
Cause linguistics is way more interesting to me than traditional language arts classes!
Plus all my employment thus far (more or less) has been in IT and I was really fascinated by computational linguistics.
Nex Superne
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One of my ex-gf's got plenty of Christmas Cake comments when she turned 25.Haha. Believe me I got plenty of "Christmas Cake" comments while I was there (age 22-26).
I said that was mean. Then I made fun of her (lack of) height.
thetrin
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Your quote makes it look like I was laughing at linguistic majors!
Etymology is fine, but it's not where my true interests lay. That's one reason I'm not going out of my way to get myself into debt for a masters. I simply can't afford it.
thetrin
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Fair enough. Wasn't questioning your choices. I was merely curious.
lol I just noticed I messed up that formatting. Oh well, it's public record now!
lol that's crazy talk.Yup, yup. When I asked why they felt the need to be married they would say, "well, men won't want you after that."
ShockingAlberto
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I'm a dual-major
Journalism and African-American History
My business cards are fucking badass.
Journalism and African-American History
My business cards are fucking badass.
H.Protagonist
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Ooooo... You know, I did hear a bit back that Google would hire people with linguistics degrees to help improve/study their search tools. I'll bet computational linguistics is still a hot field right now.
Haha. Niiiice.
thetrin
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I would be way more horrified if I didn't understand where they were coming from. I totally get it. My mom looks amazing for her age, and I look very very old for 28. No wrinkles, but a lot of my hair is grey, and I've been bald since I was 19.
Professor Beef
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Are you talking about college students, people under 25, or both? Because I dated a girl 4 years ago who was 19 (I was 23 at the time), and...well, things didn't turn out well due to a lack of communication.
She also told me that she had issues. I didn't exactly try to comfort her at that point, since she had gone a year without talking to me.
Classical Japanese is pretty remarkable. There's plenty to do in research on Proto-Indo-European if you'd enjoy an academic pursuit in historical linguistics.
My favorite linguistic isolate is Basque. Despite being spoken entirely in Western Europe it isn't even Indo-European. It has more in common with extinct native Iberian languages than any language in a neighboring country, let alone the Romance branch. Pretty weird stuff.
Absolutely correct, and that technically I guess would be my dream job. Can't imagine landing it.
Google's algorithms are unbelievable. Ever notice how when Google asks "Did you mean..." it is always right? That's pure computational linguistics, and it's amazing.
I spent two years working on my Masters...
Lie! Sorry had to indulge my inner prescriptivist
Anyway, agreed about the master's. I just got my bachelor's and have been out of school for a year and already miss it greatly. But the costs are so prohibitive to me at the moment. I'd love to get into a program at U-Maryland or U Penn for computational linguistics.thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Lie! Sorry had to indulge my inner prescriptivist
I love you SolKane, but I find something inherently wrong with you posting here without using a pic of yourself. It inherently defies the pledge we've made in this thread.
ShockingAlberto
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I'm saying that all my experience in dating college students, being a college student, and dating college student while being a college student is that they often do not have the perspective needed to know what they want out of life or a relationship. Most of us get that "lost" feeling in college but it permeates almost all aspects of college relationships.
H.Protagonist
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I can only hope, though even my American friends crack a lot of crazy cat lady jokes at me now that I've hit the big 3-0. ;_;
I love Japan, but it's so shallow sometimes that I want to scream at them. The younger generation has no ambitions outside of being a public servant, and the girls only seem to care about getting married and popping out a kid or two. Drives me nuts. >_<
Yeah definitely. I just recently graduated so I don't have class at night any more so I don't do anything during the week now and it's really easy to come home and sit on the computer all night. It makes me feel like shit when I don't accomplish anything.
Definitely. Went out to a few bars on Friday night and went to see a movie on Saturday, going to another bar afterwards. Then got to play soccer today for about 1.5 hours with around 20 people today which is amazing because no one ever shows up when we go to play. Scored 3 goals and it feels good. Went to a cool little coffee shop I've never been before afterwards. It was also cool because I don't know very many bars around here and I went to 4 new ones this weekend. I was easily more productive this weekend than I have been in a long time!
thetrin
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I didn't work out at all this week after Monday. I had a terrible backache that prevented it. I haven't felt worse in a while. I felt horrible, despite all the other shit I have to deal with right now.
That's a weird feeling.
ShockingAlberto
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My brother's students would think it's super weird that I was spending a few years traveling, so they would ask me about my actual career path if they saw me around.
I would say things like "Do what makes you happy" because my Japanese was bad and that was simple english they would understand but also because I believed that's what kids need to hear so they have that option one day.
Apparently the parents would always misinterpret this as "Don't study for your entrance exams" and talked to my brother about the wild advice I was giving their kids.
freenudemacusers
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tell me more about yourself.
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
Personally, if I don't leave Saudi Arabia in the next 5 years to further pursue a career in music, then I'd probably hate myself for the rest of my life. Growing up in Virginia only to be dumped in Saudi Arabia in 2001 post-9/11, I've seen my fair share of ridicule and ignorance. I'm really fed up with living here. Saudi is no place for someone like me. At work alone I have to deal with racism between two Muslim sects that will never get along and I'm always in the middle since I don't subscribe to either beliefs. Don't tell anyone though.
I sent my albums to the head of a video game studio I can't reveal the name of right now and got a reply that sort of gives me hope that I may be able to land this gig. If I get the job, at least I'll have a resumè and I can start from there. Fingers crossed.
I sent my albums to the head of a video game studio I can't reveal the name of right now and got a reply that sort of gives me hope that I may be able to land this gig. If I get the job, at least I'll have a resumè and I can start from there. Fingers crossed.
H.Protagonist
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That sounds like an amazing weekend. And 3 goals? Sweeeet! I really need to track down a soccer league out here and get my ass out of the house and back on the field. Don't suppose you guys are in CA and play in the South bay area?
Have you ever felt like going after your GED since then (or have you)? My brother in-law was the same, and he had a hell of a time getting a decent job.
Yup, yup. When I asked why they felt the need to be married they would say, "well, men won't want you after that."
Women have a problem finding a male in Japan full stop. It has become a problem in Japan.
30 isn't that old really.
Yeah I've never been able to stick to a workout plan. If I can just get out and play soccer 2 or 3 times a week I will feel good. I haven't played in a while and started getting back in the groove over the last 3 weeks and I feel a lot better (plus I started a new diet so I have a lot more energy). It feels good to be getting better at something and competing with other people especially since I haven't played on a team since I was about 6 and only started playing for fun about 6 years ago and everyone else I play played in high school or even college.
ShockingAlberto
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I got my GED, actually.
Depressing reason why that you shouldn't actually read:
Depressing reason why that you shouldn't actually read:
A friend of mine killed herself senior year because she got pregnant. She reached out to me for help hours before she did it and I dismissed her and said we'd talk later. I was so wracked with guilt that I just couldn't go back to school.
Proto-Japanese would be interesting as well, it's just unfortunate that so much of the work is (predictably) in Japan. Not sure I would even consider a Japanese university, as much as I love living in Japan.
Lie! Sorry had to indulge my inner prescriptivist
Ahhhh, prescriptivist invading the message board! Give us poor mortals a break. ;.;
I'm considering studying at a university in Europe. It would be considerably cheaper and well, I'll most likely be living there in the future for other reasons. As long as I can find a program that interests me.
CrudeDiatribe
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When you find something you like, keep doing it? I worked with a guy who has built ships, drums; managed hotels, restaurants; and has done IT, amongst other things. He's 40-ish and happy.
Hahaha, that's not
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If it's comfortable, keep it up. Lots of those lawyers are actually jealous. I wear jeans to work every day. Until they give me business cards, I'm not dressing up (unlikely I write software for internal use, I don't have to meet anyone).
Nex Superne
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To be fair, that was low-lying fruit. She's 4' 11.5" sans a pair of thick socks
-COOLIO-
The Everyman
That sounds like an amazing weekend. And 3 goals? Sweeeet! I really need to track down a soccer league out here and get my ass out of the house and back on the field. Don't suppose you guys are in CA and play in the South bay area?
I wish! It'd probably be much easier to get a game. I have about 3 friends that play and we can never seem to find a group to play with consistently, but there's a group of about 40 people who play every weekend so I hope to stay up with that. The best was scoring through my friend's legs who was playing on the other team. It was the winning goal as well.
ShockingAlberto
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H.Protagonist
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Other shit? I thought things were pretty good since you started your company. Just stressful sorting it out?
Haha. They need a little wild advice.
I think my Japanese got my "do what makes you happy" more accurately across, but these kids weren't raised to indulge in or encouraged to use their imagination. They didn't know what would make them happy much less have the guts to pursue it. I wonder if Japan isn't going to start feeling that lack of innovation in the next decade or so.How cool. ^_^ I hope it works out for you, and definitely get out of there. You could always move back to the states and keep pursuing your career here, right?
Professor Beef
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Laughed the first time I saw this as a response, and I'm laughing now.
And when they find one, they'd rather sew than screw.
Are there any thirty-somethings in here? I need your perspectives on turning thirty... I'm turning 28 in two weeks and it's starting to freak me out
Pffff....38 here, my early-mid 30s were more fun than my 20s. Don't sweat it.
Oh no, that's so sad :<
I didn't graduate from an "official" high school either, actually. I finished up at an adult high school when I was 16. I think the main reason was that high school bored me, and I wanted something challenge. I'd had much more success studying on my own than in school.
Then I went on to get two BAs and a nice little certificate.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Things are great when it comes to my personal life. It's all exciting. Unfortunately, no man is an island. Other things always interfere. Things are still largely going well, but there are always other elements interfering.
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