now, you can't like anything or find pleasure in anything unless it's ironic, you're only a casual fan, or you're laughing at how stupid it is.

Unfortunately, when being a nerd started becoming popular, we ended up getting a bunch of posers as well.

go your own way, like what you want to like, tell society go fuck off

yep.

"Yeah I'm a nerd, I like, uh... Fortnite."

i really liked Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, Magic the Gathering, Linkin Park, Disturbed, etc. when I was a kid

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but then i started trying to fit in, so i left all of those behind

but as i started to mature and realize everything is fucked, i got back into all of it and more

but now its cool and trendy to be a "weeb" because its funny and dank meme.

Hey @[chase dreams] How i can post in the music hangout?

***Fortnite....more like fortshite***

Lemme check

I was goth cuz I was trying to get the closest thing to cyberpunk I could afford. I went to a majority black school so I literally never fit in as a white goth kid

dont feel like you have to fit in. if you dont know all the anime references other people do, who cares. if you dont follow sports, who cares. just figure out whats right for you and meaningful, then once you figure it out, act. dont give a fuck about other people

White goth kid ? Tfw

Never heard of that term lmao

I hope you're trolling lol

@felldie1496 you can now post in the music room

@[chase dreams] Thank you so much dude.

growing up, my mom (single parent, no father) and teachers all said i had "potential" and i was wasting it. i just stopped giving a shit about a lot of things and started to really reflect on what truly has value and what is shit that everyone else just attributes value to.

@felldie1496 no problem

you have "potential." potential to what, be just like everyone else and do what everyone else does? it's a meaningless thing to say

Potential doesn't mean shit. Skill and talent does.

Funny how every parent and teacher says to every kid "You have potential"...what kind of potential exactly ? 😂

It's meant to encourage you to keep excelling in whatever you did or are doing that they are praising.

Jesus

to go to college, get a shit degree, wear a button down shirt just like everyone else, and make self-depicrating jokes with your wife just like everyone else.

And don't let any other failures tell you that talent is given to you by god or you're born with it or some horseshit.

Talent and skill come with trying and practice.

Wrong

Well isn't the definition of talent being born with that ability ?

Skill is basically hard work.

Some people are obviously gifted or talented compared to others

a lot of "talent and skill" comes indirectly. things like stress control, how you were raised for the first 3-5 years of your life, etc.

also genetics and variation

The first 0-7 years of the kid and genetics pretty much define what you will be good at in the future because ***biology***

I don't think so. Hard work betrays none, but dreams betray many.

Hard work helps you chase your dreams. Lol 😉

talent comes from the understanding of something that comes naturally to you due to your way of thinking
skill is built by learning the rules that make something stand

Working hard alone doesn't assure you that you'll achieve your dreams. Actually there are cases where you don't. But working hard and achievieng something is some consolation at least.

@[chase dreams] that's like saying the name of the movie in the movie