Horatio

MATLAB was my first real experience with any kind of programming. The course at my school that teaches MATLAB only has precalc as a prerequisite, so I didn't have to worry about any conceptual math-y things while taking the course (I'm aware that it's used in many fields and is a powerful tool), and honestly, I loved it. I'm more of a visual person, so the first few classes when we were just doing Hello Worlds or whatever we did were really boring and easy to me, but at about halfway through the semester, we had learned everything we needed to know and we started doing projects. We had to write up reports on them, which sucked most of the fun out of it and the professor LITERALLY wanted every line commented (x = 3;? %Set the variable x equal to 3. No, I'm not joking.), but other than that, I actually really enjoyed learning code for the first time. The final project was pretty tough and I needed outside assistance, but once I got it to work, the results made me so happy that all the effort put into it was totally worth it. Tl;dr: You're wrong

Yesterday I was having a conversation with a friend. For whatever reason, things got really deep really fast. Anyway, I wanted to pass one of the ideas we covered by you guys and see what you think about it. What if we leave our bodies on this earth to continue to feel sensation, but achieved true Marxist utopia by progressing our consciousness and conglomeration of ideas in compartmentalized internet space?

Hybrid Theory turns 14 today.

Well I'm superior to you because I'v You realize that anything beyond high school level stats requires clac, right? http://www.cengage.com/resource_uploads/downloads/1439049254_242719.pdf Other than the one calc class I'll have to eventually take, the only other math I'll need is a couple of stats classes (which are technically psych classes themselves) that I'm quite certain don't involve us using calculus. They're still supposed to be quite difficult though. Well I'm superior to you because I've taken several entry-level calculus courses. What I meant to say is that upper-level stats courses are heavily-influenced by calc. I've never taken a statistics class and I'll probably never take more than one in my life, so you know what I'm saying is true.

Last night I went to a social event hosted by one of the clubs at my school with my friend. We were expecting to meet people there, but nobody showed up (We only invited one other person, but he had work. We were expecting other people to happen to show up. It had happened before.), so we joined one of the pre-existing groups and socialized with them. Oh yeah, the event was bowling, by the way. There is a punchline to this story, I swear. Anyway, the group that we socialized with had some cool people and some maaaaaaad awkward people. Like, more awkward than me, and I'm mega awkward. So after bowling, we decided to go to a diner and... Yeah, this is a lot of build up for a not so great punchline, so I'll just jump straight to that (The punchline). There was a kind in the group who wore a fedora and ordered Mountain Dew at the diner. I thought it was hilarious.

You realize that anything beyond high school level stats requires clac, right? http://www.cengage.com/resource_uploads/downloads/1439049254_242719.pdf

I find in math that when I'm stuck on something, I ask myself what specifically I'm stuck on. Is your algebra/trig rusty, or are you having trouble with the new concepts? If it's the former, work on that instead of trying to wrap your head around why u-substitutions work. If you're stuck conceptually on the new material and you have your prerequisites down, THEN watch the kahn academy videos on whatever you're stuck on. They're called prerequisites for a reason. If you don't know how to interpret graphs, don't bother trying to understand the definition of the derivative yet. I'm not trying to put you down. You either placed out of pre-calc/trig or passed it. Myself and almost everyone I've talked to this about agrees that pre-calc is harder than calc 1. If you could do that, you can definitely do this. Oh, also, you're probably going to have to take calc 2 at some point if you have to take calc 1, and what I said about prerequisites goes doubly for that. Know what you're supposed to know and don't trick yourself into thinking you know more than you do.

The joke doesn't work until you've had it on a second occasion. I had another one just now. I guess you could say I have it twice in a blue moon.

I had a Blue Moon (the beer) today for the first time. I guess you could say I have it once in a blue moon.

Nicotine withdrawal. I haven't smoked a cigarette in 18 days and I can't breathe, I'm gaining weight, and I feel really bad overall.

I went to school anyway even though I didn't have class today from about noon to 7 and even though I didn't get much homework done, I had a good time. I talked to some of my classmates and stuff. I did get a little bit of homework done, so that's good. I probably wouldn't have gotten any done if I stayed home, so I think going to school today was the right decision. Oh yeah, I got an email from my one lab professor saying that he's cancelling class on Thursday because we're in the middle of a two week lab that everybody finished in one. He's not going to be there, but in the email he said he'd tell the professor in the room before us to leave the door open and let us do our thing unsupervised. He just requested that we lock the door on our way out. I can't tell if this is because he's an extremely socially awkward savant (He's really, well, socially awkward and terrible at teaching (Literally just re-writes problems from the instructor edition of the book on the board), but I'm convinced he's really smart even though he constantly makes really dumb mistakes because he has a PhD from MIT.) or because he's a total bro. Or maybe it's because he also has a good job other than adjunct professor and doesn't really care if he gets fired. I really doubt anyone from the class will complain about it. It just seems really weird.

I think I'm just going to go to school anyway even though I don't have class because I'm starting to fall behind on my homework and I know that if I stay home, I'll get nothing done.

If you happen to live in the US, I don't suppose it was cancelled for Columbus day? :P I do live in the US, but for whatever reason, we don't have off for Columbus day. The professor has been sick for a while. I just hope that I don't have to re-take the class due to the professor not being there. That would suck for multiple reasons.

My only class today was cancelled (for like the fourth or fifth time this semester), so I'm going to spend the day doing nothing productive, probably.

As someone who is paid mad cash money to man a register, I can tell you that you'll have much better luck asking for things to be bagged a certain way in person than complaining about it online.

I appreciate you guys trying to help, but to be honest some of the stuff you're posting is making me feel worse. I'll schedule an appointment with the new therapist tomorrow and hopefully he'll be able to help. I also have some advice. Just because something worked for you doesn't mean it will work for everyone else. Also, different people live different lives. This is intentionally ambiguous.

Every person wants everything bagged the exact same way. Also, we're trained to bag certain things separately.

Yeah, you're right! It's my fault I have an asymmetrical face with ridiculous proportions. It was a terrible idea to choose to be born into a family that regularly tells me they hate me, but hindsight is 20/20. I should have allocated more points to intelligence when I was creating me, but oops, my bad. My biggest regret, however, is choosing to have chemical imbalances in my brain and an under-active thyroid. That was such a stupid idea.

You forgot to include your anecdote about snow.

This is part of why I don't like asking for help online. The vast majority of people have no clue what it's like to be depressed. I could go on about this, but I feel like I'd be derailing the thread even more (I do appreciate you trying to help, though, Tim). If I don't like myself, I can't get a girlfriend, right? I don't like myself because I'm not good at anything. I'm not good at anything because of reasons I can't control (genetics, lack of chemical waste to give me superpowers, but mostly genetics). Should I just give up, or should I pray for a meteor with martian bacteria to crash into my room and give me superpowers? I'm going to see the new therapist, but there's no way he can change the fact that I'm below-average in everything.

Why do you think I'm a bad person? I don't disagree with you, but how can you have any opinion of me at this point other than "pathetic whiny loser"? Anyway, my old therapist has been replaced and I'll probably start seeing the therapist he was replaced with within a month. As for needing to have desirable qualities in order to get a girlfriend, well, what kind of qualities are you talking about?

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I wouldn't worry about that. This is why this thread is here. We often focus on 1 individual at a time. Okay Do you like yourself? Give me 5 things you like about yourself? Sorry if this reply seems harsh/stupid, but it sounds to me like you might have some psychological problems and that you need to learn to love yourself first. I don't like myself. N/A Why do you need to love yourself before someone else can love you? Why? I'd recommend this to every beginner out there: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOv1T6i-23oFUYtYCUhpyUtqZd2tv9iKb It does wonders for your mindset and self-esteem. That guy is attractive. I'm not. I feel like trying to apply whatever advice is in those videos would be like telling a black person to improve how strangers treat them by going to more country clubs. Don't look to someone to solve your issues (self worth and need to feel loved). Find a way to solve those then find someone enjoy your happiness with. How can you solve these? Look to your relationships with people who love you like your family - express gratitude for how they've helped you along in life and make an effort to get closer to them, get closer to your existing friends - invite them to events with you or tell them a secret, look to therapists if you have additional issues (they are professionals who are there to help you, theres no shame in going to them!), etc. Don't go to a girl and have her fix your baggage. So because I'm not happy, I should keep to myself and somehow magically get happy. Only then do I have the honor of talking to people? My family openly tells me they hate me. Thanks for assuming that they love me, though. That made me feel really good. I had a therapist, but he moved and there are no other therapists that meet my criteria near me. I honestly don't even know what you mean by "having a girl fix your baggage".

I feel like I'm hijacking this thread. Would any of you mind talking to me over PM (or anywhere else)?

I participated in a workshop for staff and faculty at my school today. I'm neither staff nor faculty at my school.