MakemineVanilla Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Dont see how anyone can say school was worse then being a grown up. No responsibilities, loads of holidays, home by 4pm everyday, lots of laughs with mates. Being a grown up sucks. Give me school over work any day. Unless you have a job you enjoy (not many do) and earn lots of money (even few do) then their is no way being a grown up with responsibility is better then being at school. That is why the demand to 'grow up!' is so depressing because it is really saying, 'Do your duty, pay your taxes, think of others; think of me!'. The whole mid-life crisis accusation is an attempt to persuade you not to spend your money on yourself. What is not to like about a Harley and a younger girlfriend? What we want are demands to be more childish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 11, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2013 Dont see how anyone can say school was worse then being a grown up. No responsibilities, loads of holidays, home by 4pm everyday, lots of laughs with mates. Being a grown up sucks. Give me school over work any day. Unless you have a job you enjoy (not many do) and earn lots of money (even few do) then their is no way being a grown up with responsibility is better then being at school. That is why the demand to 'grow up!' is so depressing because it is really saying, 'Do your duty, pay your taxes, think of others; think of me!'. The whole mid-life crisis accusation is an attempt to persuade you not to spend your money on yourself. What is not to like about a Harley and a younger girlfriend? What we want are demands to be more childish! I still get a buzz from being a grown up - silly things like being able to stay up late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) Dont see how anyone can say school was worse then being a grown up. No responsibilities, loads of holidays, home by 4pm everyday, lots of laughs with mates. Being a grown up sucks. Give me school over work any day. Unless you have a job you enjoy (not many do) and earn lots of money (even few do) then their is no way being a grown up with responsibility is better then being at school. That is why the demand to 'grow up!' is so depressing because it is really saying, 'Do your duty, pay your taxes, think of others; think of me!'. The whole mid-life crisis accusation is an attempt to persuade you not to spend your money on yourself. What is not to like about a Harley and a younger girlfriend? What we want are demands to be more childish! I still get a buzz from being a grown up - silly things like being able to stay up late! Grown-ups can be a bit grumpy sometimes. Inspired by Napoleon XIV's love of his little red tricycle, I once fixed a bicycle bell to the wall of the lunch room at work, which people felt the urge to ring. A harmless pleasure, I thought. Sad to say it only lasted two days and when retrieved from some waste ground, was shown to have suffered some blunt trauma from possibly a large hammer. Edited December 11, 2013 by MakemineVanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ginko Posted December 11, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2013 I think school is better in hindsight. Certainly the case for me. Definitely. When I look back I always think "why did I ever let XYZ bother me?". Man, you must have sucked in school if you struggled with the alphabet. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 she actually grabbed my hand and sang (or mimed) into my face Didn't you have concerns about her playing style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 How the hell are you supposed to eat a pie down the game without it spilling all over your mush, hands, clothes and that and potentially melting them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Duck face. Do people think it makes them look attractive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted December 11, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2013 Duck face. This one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 No, you silly man, I meant this 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 If I had gone to a different school, how would my life have ended up. I wouldn't say school played any part on the me of today or even the past years I taught myself programming whilst at college which got me into IT where i soon released I wasn't geeky enough to be a programmer but found an aptitude for repairing PC's ... Which after a while got me into management at some point and which sorta carried me through My school days were about sport , testing my teachers patience to the extreme and having a laugh with friends ( many of whom I'm still having a laugh with nearly 30 years after leaving school ) If I built a time machine and could go back my school days would be very much left as they were ... Though maybe Miss Holmes the art teacher would have her drink spiked in a time machine related accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 yeah, I think if I had a time machine I'd go back to schooltime me and say 'don't fret, ok you're leaving school with art and english, but you are going to meet a wonderful woman that will inspire you' In fact, schooltime me, you've got time to go to college for 2 years as a holding exercise rather than get a proper job or go into sixth form. You won't learn much more, yet, but it'll be a bloody good laugh. It'll all come once you decide it's time. Oh, and buy shares in apple apple and microsoft, and when they are worth 10p, buy a tenner worth of bitcoin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 12, 2013 I loved school, especially 6th form. If I could re-live those 2 years of my life I would do it in a second. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Swot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) I would have liked school if 90% of the people in my year weren't arseholes and mostly still are judging by facebook. Edited December 12, 2013 by Paddywhack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Shut it nerd, or I'll flush your head down the bog again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Is the indifference and detachment I feel when general thread talk turns to cars, how most people feel when it turns to wrestling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 12, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 12, 2013 If I had gone to a different school, how would my life have ended up. I wouldn't say school played any part on the me of today or even the past years I taught myself programming whilst at college which got me into IT where i soon released I wasn't geeky enough to be a programmer but found an aptitude for repairing PC's ... Which after a while got me into management at some point and which sorta carried me through My school days were about sport , testing my teachers patience to the extreme and having a laugh with friends ( many of whom I'm still having a laugh with nearly 30 years after leaving school ) If I built a time machine and could go back my school days would be very much left as they were ... Though maybe Miss Holmes the art teacher would have her drink spiked in a time machine related accident Interesting. My first reaction was total disagreement - because for me, school was a massive influence in making me what I am, probably THE biggest single influence, to this day. And yet my experience of it was much like yours, and if I could go back I also wouldn't change it. Then I realised you were talking about careers. I have never considered that my career has any relevance whatsoever to who or what I am. Is the indifference and detachment I feel when general thread talk turns to cars, how most people feel when it turns to wrestling? Same in both cases for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Is the indifference and detachment I feel when general thread talk turns to cars, how most people feel when it turns to wrestling? Er, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Is the indifference and detachment I feel when general thread talk turns to cars, how most people feel when it turns to wrestling? I'd say it's more revulsion and pity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Is the indifference and detachment I feel when general thread talk turns to cars, how most people feel when it turns to wrestling? I'd say it's more revulsion and pity. That's your next thread earmarked for a hostile wrestling takeover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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