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>>17149268
>Also I don't want to be some old fart sitting amidst high school kids.

Dude, in college, I see people in their 30's to 50's. 27 isn't bad. Worry about yourself and your education. At least your trying to improve yourself. Uni is a big step .

>>17149268

I mean, CS is by far one of the few high paying/secure professions where you don't even need a degree.

I mean with coursera, udacity, lynda, and edx. you could literally teach yourself most of the shit you would learn in a college.

Lynda is literally $15 a month with some high quality shit, and it gives certificates. Its not a degree, but its pretty damn cheap.

Why not just teach yourself whatever subset of CS/Software Dev you want to get into using these high quality resources and just build a portfolio?

Literally sit down and identify EXACTLY what kind of cs job you want to land. Do you want to be a web developer? front end? back end? Do you want to work for a startup or a company like google? Go to your ideal job and look at the description. What skills/platforms do they want you to be familiar with?

A degree isn't necessarily the best option if you have legitimate experience under your belt. Tons of game development jobs say "Degree in CS required OR equivalent experience".

If you can point to a portfolio of projects you've worked on, you can display a pretty good skillset.

Now if you live in a country where tuition is dirt cheap, you might consider going for the degree, but if its like the US where you're out $50-200k depending on what school you go to, its not really worth it.

So here's what I recommend you do:

1. Identify what job in CS you want
2. Look at what requirements they want
3. Learn that shit


Now this all is predicated on the notion that you are self motivated. if you aren't, meh, you might want to go for the degree, since it'll give you that extra push to do something.

But there's a lot of bullshit in degeres. General education classes, electives, etc. A lot of it is a waste of time.

>>17149280
>Why not just teach yourself whatever subset of CS/Software Dev you want to get into using these high quality resources and just build a portfolio?


Not OP, but nobody gives a fuck about self-taught people. MOOCs are great in tandem with a classical degree but utterly worthless on their own.

haha

you sound like you don't really like honesty, honestly

>>17149191
You sound familiar. What's your name?

By doing something useful and building some real self-esteem inside your empty narcissistic shell and growing a thick skin. All it takes is practice.

>>17149163
I think the average is 5.5 so 6 inches is good. How wide is it?

>>17149163
Oh, how sweet! Just like a real penis, only smaller!

>>17149163
Neither. It just is.

>>17149121
That sounds nice anon. Are you still living at home? Have you thought about getting a second job so you can move out and see the world?

>>17149138
I live with my dad, since I dropped out of my shitty college. I want to become an artist, but I'm just losing my passion in it.

I don't want to be one of those guys who has to work 70-90 hours a week just to barely pay the bills. Also got over 17K in student loans right now, that's a bitch. Want to look into forgiveness.

I don't think I can handle more than 40, honestly.

>>17149121
What did you get a degree in?

>>17149119
When I was a teen I occasionally used marijuana, it helped desu.

>>17149125
i don't think i can get a hold of any right now, unfortunately. i'm canadian so i'm holding out for the legal weed we were promised.

weed would be worth a shot though. cause i know antidepressants are kind of a long term commitment. you have to take them for like a month before you feel anything, and then you pretty much can't stop, and you're stuck with whatever the side effects are for the rest of your life.

My friend has recommended St John's Wort as one of those alternative medicines. Has anyone tried it? Does it work?

Not doing it would be the male equivalent of fat girl angles

Yes

But make sure you are awesome and confident

Don't make it a big deal just a fact of life like : I have green eyes. I have black hair. I am short. K!

Why short people should be on online dating sites?
It's like a cow going to a butcher on her own.

Drug dealing

Just do your best. Evolution is a very slow, natural process. If you want to advance the human race, try to be inspired and to inspire others. Live your life with passion. If you can succeed in passing on your genetic code, you will have "advanced" the human race. If you fail, your seed wasn't good enough and nothing of value will have been lost. This also serves to advance the human race. If you can manage to contribute in some way to the betterment of mankind before you die, then please do so. However, most humans create far more waste and strain on the planet than they could ever justify in their lifetimes, so good luck making up for that.
So to answer your question, plant as many large, oxygen-producing trees as you can, never eat meat or drive a car, and don't buy anything made of plastic.

>>17149072
Farming.

Without them no one else can do shit cuz we'll starve.

>>17149008
also he plays The drums and he is very very very bad at it!!!! But he keeps saying music is all my life and starts telling me about how when you press this it makes this sound and when you hit this is makes that sound. He talks about it for 3 hours poke every day. I'm like why do I care!!!!!!! Do I tell you about 1.25 pound plates ??? No because it's only interesting to the person who does the thing!!!!!!! I play piano for 12 fucking years (he just for 1 year) do I talk about it ???? Noooii

And no one who was an actual musician in my band never talked about it as much as he did

So I told him bye and he was sad and boa bla but it's not enough for me I want to kill this motherfucker because if he has kids it will be just so sad for he world!

And he told me he wants like 5 kids so that's a big threat!

Anyway how do I kill a fat idiot? I know! I will make him a rat poison pizza

>>17149008
Sounds like you two are a match made in heaven. Man, I astound myself, that line has so many layers to it.

Y'all crazy

It means she's not over her ex and doesn't want to date you? Can you not read or something?

>>17149004
Solutions would help. And could you just turn that sass down to a 4 for me?

>>17149000
Just breathe. Your anxiety can only make things worse. Maybe she will want you, but it sounds like she probably won't, so don't hold your breath. Remove desire and guilt from your mind. Breathe. You are not alone.

>>17148922
If you have strict physical standards for dating, and someone doesn't meet them, then obviously you should not date that person.

that poor dog

how does a dog even get that fat?

>>17148783

lol, please be a troll

>>17148785
Please don't come here to troll. Looking for serious replies.
I don't judge people for being prostitutes, or wanting to only date people who they find to be "attractive"

I'm allowed to target rich women, if people are allowed to target attractive people.

Find a girl, and show her a picture of your penis. Girls like that.

>>17148703
You realize only cucks spend unreasonable amounts of time thinking about the guys their girlfriend has fucked before them, right?

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>>17148703

>How do I get over the fact that my gf was the first person I had sex with, but I was not hers?

She's not with those other guys, she's with you.

If you want an untouched virgin who waits in an ivory tower for you to come bless her with the gift of your dick move to an amish village or bum-fuck middle east.

If relocating to either of those areas is a problem for you then you're just going to have to suck it up. Let me give you a little heads up, son. The older you get, the more men the women you're interested in have had sex with.

Shit, when you get to my age you can't find a woman who wasn't married at some point or doesn't have any kids. This is something you'll just have to acclimate to. I know you're young right now and being her "super special one and only 4ever" is really important to you right now but the reality is people get together, they fuck, they break up and they repeat.

She's with you. She is choosing to be with you. You're the dick she wants right now. Stop being a whiny bitch and enjoy it.

>>17148747
I'm making a huge effort to not be a whiny bitch, but this advice did really help.

Shit sux, you'll move on, almost everyone goes through this man. Sorry,

>>17148685
Look man if she can do that to a guy then you dont want that in your life

Hurts like hell doesn't it? Dont worry it will go away
You deserve a better girl
God speed anon

Destroy her dont blame the guy this is your womans fault for being a whore make sure she knows what kind of a woman she is

It's just gonna get harder by the minute unless you become a high status man, you can thank the current downfall of the west for it.

>>17148587
Don't just try, fail and repeat, that's not going to get you anywhere. Analyze how you act and what mistakes you're making. If you're getting rejected everything you're obviously doing something wrong.
That being said, clubs are a very superficial environment and is not at all the best way to meet women unless you're really charming and/or attractive. Try some other arenas and you might have better luck.

>>17148594

so should i keep going at it?

> become a high status man
thats what im trying to do

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>>17148577
I do them very occasionally like make twice a week sometimes. Peaking being about 3 times a day, low being not at all for weeks.

The low cost and heavy nicotine buzz is what keeps me coming back. They also motivate me

Plus smoking after sex/in the shower is great

Got a friend who got hooked on after 23 years of not smoking

Says its addictive and that's it really
Other reasoning mostly covers adiction up

>>17148577
I was a heavy heavy smoker for 10++ years (ten years plus some relapses). It started with some pleasure (not the nicotine high in particular, because that's gone within a few weeks of regular daily smoking), some camaraderie, some breaks in my day.

Was all about the addiction for the next decade.

Most of the positive sensations serious smokers past the nicotine-rush stage say they associate with smoking (relaxation, feeling of satisfaction, etc) are just describing relief from nicotine withdrawal symptoms (distraction, tension, irritability, lack of focus, etc. I also had headaches. But I was mostly just an asshole.)

If you can do it casually, enjoy it, and not get hooked, congratulations. (Also fuck you.)