David Wong's latest cracked article

[ElectroJosh]

Meh, I'm an Engineer. I'm useful and in demand right now. Also i play a wicked guitar solo. So suck it Wong.

No offense; but you kind of prove his point. You contribute to society, have skills and do something interesting. If what you say is true then, according to his article, you are already doing things right.

 

[Smolderin]

Was a good article in my opinion, I didn't necessarily have my feelings hurt since it definitely related to me. Though while it was good it kind of failed at it's task of trying to instill some motivation in me. Author shouldn't feel to bad though, trying to motivate me is like trying to motivate a rock, it will be by some god given miracle that I get up and do anything at all.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

I actually just read that article and a few years ago it probably would have made me feel like shit but not today. I don't have a lot to happy about but I do have a few things going for me and the article made motivated to get my shit together and stop wasting time with things like commenting on the same article twice (exams are done now, I'll start next year)

http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-better-person/

Spoiler: my personal shit

Thing is, I've always tried to do shit. I've always tried to be funnier, smarter, better at film. But looking at it after reading this article, I'm still useless. People say I'm smart, people say I'm funny, but they're wrong. I've never really achieved anything from that that means anything. I did a college course, I'm at uni, but big fucking deal, everything I've ever done is shit.

Gotta admit, I was pretty fucking stupid to even read the article in the first place. Now I just feel like I have nothing to offer and I'll never get good enough at anything to have something to offer. Hell, I've never gotten better at anything before.

You might think this is stupid advice but you should change your major to something harder. It'd be silly to tell you to "do what you really want" because you probably don't know but at least if you're doing something difficult you can proud of the work you've done. At least that's how it works for me

 

[Arif_Sohaib]

http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-better-person/

And how it makes me want to chuck myself off a cliff.

Basically, it boils down to "You are useless unless you can actually do something impressive, so go learn to do that".

It's meant as a sharp kick up the arse to motivate people. The theory goes that loads of people simply wish they could do some things, but they don't really try to do them.

So...in?

Spoiler: my personal shit

Thing is, I've always tried to do shit. I've always tried to be funnier, smarter, better at film. But looking at it after reading this article, I'm still useless. People say I'm smart, people say I'm funny, but they're wrong. I've never really achieved anything from that that means anything. I did a college course, I'm at uni, but big fucking deal, everything I've ever done is shit.

Gotta admit, I was pretty fucking stupid to even read the article in the first place. Now I just feel like I have nothing to offer and I'll never get good enough at anything to have something to offer. Hell, I've never gotten better at anything before.

About SPOILER
If you are in a university, by the time you are out they would have made you good at things if they want to keep their reputation.
I hated my university at first mainly because I had to repeat my main course and didn't get good marks in Physics(which was to be my favorite subject before) and Calculus(again, a subject I used to be good at) I was only saved because of History of Pakistan and English. Luckily for me, the teacher I repeated Introduction To Computing with was much much better as was my Calculus 2 teacher.

 

[Treblaine]

Oh, the hippies were wrong you say? Oh, yeah, because the suits have just been so misunderstood. They have our best interests at heart...

And the hippies were song wrong about the War on Drugs as well:

http://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comics_en/war-on-drugs/

What kind of idiot watches Glengarry Glen Ross and doesn't see it as a cutting criticism of such attitudes, but rather as a standard of douchebaggery to strive for.