pwnix_rising

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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
No, I expect that, and I'll have had girlfriends before her. That's normal. Hookups and one-nighters, on the other hand, are sleazy, unnecessary, and detrimental.
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
Correct, especially if he wants academia. It's not as bad as it is for MBA, law, or (at the extreme) humanities PhD programs. In those fields, it's not even worth going if you can't get into a top program. Nonetheless, the ranking of the Ph
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
Maybe it's best to accept hook-up culture for what it is I can't do this. I haven't met her yet, but I value my future wife enough not to have sleazy hookups while I'm young. It's not fair to her. Similarly, I'm not going to go out damagi
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
College is a great time to take the next, probably awkward step with the opposite sex. If you don't, you're stuck learning those skills while you're in "the real world", a setting which is generally less amenable to meeting lots of people
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
You can't pick out the good ones if you haven't been with a few bad ones. I don't think this is true. I know some people who luck out on the first try. Also, I know a lot of people who seem never to have dated bad people. They've dated
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
I find it hard to believe that anyone would accept a multiple liquidation preference. I'd seriously consider it better to shut down than to stay in the game for the benefit of investors I'd end up hating. I can't even imagine MLP benefiting
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
If he wants to go to graduate school, grades matter as a necessary but not sufficient condition. However, if he's a promising student, he'll have no problem getting the requisite grades (3.5+ in-major) while working on independent projects
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
I'm 34 now. Nobody has cared what happened to me in my early 20's since I was about 25. I think college is less relevant, in a constantly changing social and technological environment, than it once was. It used to make sense to front-load
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
Agreed, although it's easier to reinvent oneself shortly after college (in my experience) than in college. Socially, college is very similar to high school. Real life is radically different. In some ways, it's worse. In others, it's better.
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
I think chasing women is a terrible use of one's college years. The women are mostly immature and have terrible tastes in men. Better for him to recognize that he probably won't meet a marriage-worthy woman until his mid-20s, suck it up and
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by pwnix_rising 17y ago
This is the advice I would have given myself at 18: Don't fret girls and relationships. I'm serious. Focus on making friends (male and female), working on interesting projects, and learning everything you can (academic and otherwise) during