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He's your friend right? Just be straight with him. He'll be pissed but if he truly values your friendship, he'll come around.

>>18063905
maybe he has mental problems? Just because someone has money doesn't automatically mean they're happy dumbass

>>18063884
Why not just write on your application "Born trailer trash - will die trailer trash"?

>>18063893
But I've never been in a trailer in my life.

>>18063893
KEK
True enough.

>>18063689
What's happened between you both, give us some context?

>>18063689

From the limited info to go off I would say to slowly distance yourself until it comes to a natural end, just don't initiate any contact and if the other person does contact you just be nice but dull and boring in your responses. If they want to hang out in person just tell them you will be busy in the next few weeks but can let them know later when you have more time (but then never do).

If they have done nothing wrong and you simply want them out of your life then this is probably your best bet, most people will give up pretty quickly and get the picture, it also leaves you with room to contact them eventually if you do decide you want to see them again without having ended on bad terms.

>>18063701

It's just come to my attention recently that this guy is a cunt. Went to a party with him last night and he just crossed the line, picking fights with people (including my girlfriend) and generally being a shithead. We always thought he was generally quite a harsh and wreckless person for humour but he kept genuinely saying homophobic things and honestly I've had enough.

>>18063702

I guess that's the best bet but it's hard since I have a very tight social group, and he's in a few of my classes at college. I suppose I'm just asking for a miracle here but thanks anyway.

umm.. there really is no need for a vpn. all that does is attract extra special attention from the nsa boys. if they were not to do that then they'd be stupid. they are not.

>>18063653
ah, thanks lad!

>>18063654
don't listen to him, the nsa has nothing to do with piracy. You want a vpn because the way torrents work is everyone torrenting it can see their peers/seeds which means the company you're stealing with can subpeona your internet provider to threaten you.

privateinternetaccess is a pretty ok vpn, very cheap like $40 per year. from what I understand they don't keep any logs either.

>>18063540
Whoa
5 publications are fucking unreal for my field (mathematics)
5 papers accepted by any journal (from pure to applied) as an undergrad is unseen before in history. I'm talking even the prodigies like Grothendieck, Von Neumann or Terry Tao don't have that many publications when they were undergrads.
I think that is a very good advantage.
Which school, which country do you want to study at? I am applying for graduate school in the US. It is as much fun as it sounds. So far it involves an incredible amount of bureaucracy, writing and browsing, but the situation has been good so far. I got the Fulbright scholarship, which means that there is somebody doing most of the bureaucracy for me (applying to six universities on my behalf, five of which I would have happily applied to myself). There are also the usual standardized tests like GRE, or its equivalence in your field. You would always have a chance if you spread your choices between different universities, also if you can get good recommendation from a professor and good test score they would help with the GPA. There are many variables here, how influential is the professor you are working with, does he have any good friends in big universities, etc.

>>18063643
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, truth is it was luck. I got into research/development projects at my uni and we ended up publishing 2 there. My thesis was also separated into 2 papers (1 methodological and the other was the clinical protocol). I really don't think I'm comparable to a prodigy, I'm not smart really. I'm just really into research. It's actually hard to get an scholarship with a 7/10 and I need it to be a fully funded PhD (I just don't have money)... so that's why I'm quite scared of it all.
Your application must have been rough but congrats! At least I do have good recommendations.
Countries of interest: Canada, England, USA, also northern european countries like Norway or Finland, Japan also. As far as the school: any biomedical-oriented PhD would make me happy.

>>18063711
I'd say go for it. Your research record matters a lot more than GPA for PhD admissions.

>>18063420
>how the fuck do I know if I'm mentally ill or not?

Go to a doctor. Even if you don't trust them, they are the ones with the knowledge. Maybe try getting a couple of opinions before letting someone medicate you, but please don't believe internet quacks. Go to a professional.

>>18063420
Dude - you are fucking depressed. Get over your mistrust of doctors or feel this way forever. Your choice, dumbass.

As for "Jew pills", never heard it put that way. You have quite an issue there. Again, they can help comma you anti-Semitic idiot. Or you can be miserable like you are now.

I have one of these and it ain't too bad

Is this like the millennial word for a "good friend"

Are your brains just fucked?

>feel embarrassed or ashamed, even if there is absolutely no reason for it
Bollocks. You get embarrassed because your understanding or tool set wasn't compatible with the world, and the way to solve it is to face it and extract the lesson. Mindful meditation aims to examine the spontaneous thoughts while stripping away their emotional punch. I don't formally practice it, but being aware of the concept made me focus inward and calm myself when I get those verbal ticks. I wonder if those are the same circuitry that makes people curse from pain or Tourette syndrome.

>>18063251

Thanks for replying, I'm not sure I follow the first part, I'm all for facing things though, I'm with you there, smooth seas never made a great sailor, but I don't understand what it is you mean?

I will look into mindful meditation, as for mental ticks, it's possible allright

>>18063642
>5 months ago
>getting electronics by mail
>look up procedure online, tells to push clerk to open the package before signing off
>post office is packed
>guy next window invokes the same procedure I've learned, it's turning into a scene
>my turn, I ain't getting no broke ass electronics
>ask to open the package, get told it needs document describing contents
>demand further, get pushed back, grab the package unopened, scuttle away past a long-ass line
>at home learn the contents are in perfect shape, the clerk was totally in the right about the document
I've omitted some awkward minutiae. Before dumb shit like this would haunt me for years, but through some moral effort I've put it to rest, it doesn't bother me one bit to recall this.
>I haven't done enough research
>have spoken from position knowledge, where I should have inquired
>couldn't weave the context of a scene beside me into my interaction
>held up the line
>assumed sloppiness/malice on the part of the clerk
We have this 'good enough' simplified model of the world, and when it stops working, you don't know where the hell are you and what's gonna happen to you in the future. The brain pesters you to review the spooky confusing events, and update your model.

I don't remember the first time I've been exposed to these concepts, but there's a great recent 'Personality' course on youtube by Jordan Peterson that explores this in great detail.

Just go with where feel right for the vudeo. Try thid one for practice
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ruTlquuzxuY

Wow What is wrong with that person way of speaking xD. How much do you want to bet that that person English is their second language

What did he do to warrant this "punishment", first of all?

>>18104715
Rape allegation

>>18104715
what did he do?

>>18104723
only works if you're female.

Grab her by the pussy

Go to the park for a walk. Go to a bookstore and browse. Go window shopping on a less busy street downtown somewhere. Anything where you can engage one another without having to be totally one on one.

>>18104544
Eat, drink, have fun, have normal conversations.

Yeah, dont get on that wild ride.

>>18102876

Don't get involved.

>>18102876
Dodge that bullet bro!

Waiting for stuff to happen.

>>18102477
What stuffs?

>>18102478
Everything.

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Dump her, find ways to keep yourself distracted so you don't kill yourself,repeat and recycle till the sweet release of death

>she's been lying to you
>you don't trust her
>she may have cheated on you
>"doesn't enjoy being around you anymore"

so im thinking of a seven letter word that begins with "b" and ends in "reakup"

>>18101464
It's already over.

>>18104121

im a bit of a pedophile (dont act on it) and was a prostitute. not sure which im more ashamed of.

i imagine the prostitution as i at least dont mind being a pedophile even if i hide it.

some close friends know im a pedo bu ti havent shared that i used to hook.

I made up serious lies about my health and family years ago, Very serious shit that probably would have gotten me in some serious trouble but I was lucky it didn't. I sought out help in my early 20's and have been improving my life every year since then so much but damn do I regret it. Fucking loathe my past attention seeking, It ain't fucking cute. God damn.

I almost made your mistake. I was raped by a woman. I wanted to tell my parents about it, but we ended up just getting into a discussion about female rapists and my parents both said they didn't believe it's really rape when a woman does it.

Decided to take it to my grave. My own parents would tell me I'm just bullshitting and being hurt and traumatized by something stupid that doesn't count or matter. Can't really expect anyone else to feel any different if my own parents wouldn't back me.