bro my dad almost got in a fistfight with my brother because he was so disappointed my brother was 'only' going to ucsd
#Brown University (2023-2024)
crisp pagoda
mystic meteor
💀
crisp pagoda
i was like, 9 when this happened so yeah that's a core memory now <3
hidden heart
bro my dad almost got in a fistfight with my brother because he was so disappoin...
respect to both your dad and brother for willing to fight
mystic meteor
gg....
hidden heart
💀
mystic meteor
🫂
hidden heart
i was like, 9 when this happened so yeah that's a core memory now <3
and i'm so sorry you had to witness it
it won't happen to you
hidden heart
(so did your brother end up transferring to harvard)
crisp pagoda
(so did your brother end up transferring to harvard)
(no he graduated from ucsd)
hidden heart
my parents really have chilled out a ton
i think that tends to happen with the younger kids since a lot of parents place very high expectations on their eldest
funnily enough my parents seem to never give a fuck what i do but they try to manage my sister's every step and turn
mystic meteor
i got the "your older siblings r not doctor. u must be doctor."
crisp pagoda
i think that tends to happen with the younger kids since a lot of parents place ...
yeah i think that's what happened. esp because the age gap is so big (9yrs)
hidden heart
yeah i have a similar age gap with my younger sis and she's getting the brunt of it
mystic meteor
gg....
crisp pagoda
still a doctor!
mystic meteor
fr
rich mist
younger sibling privilege 
mystic meteor
they forgot to specify what kind, the absolute noobs...;
hidden heart
we negotiated it to be doctorate in mathematics
"so if a man collapses on plane what do you do, huh? doctor? doctor in mathematics? are you gonna be able to save them? HUH??"
mystic meteor
"so if a man collapses on plane what do you do, huh? doctor? doctor in mathemati...
recite proofs like ppl recite scripture
probably works about as well
crisp pagoda
"so if a man collapses on plane what do you do, huh? doctor? doctor in mathemati...
starts screaming theorems at them /j
mystic meteor
💀
hidden heart
younger sibling privilege <:innocenteyes:832291722650189885>
i've always wondered what it would be like to have an older sibling
crisp pagoda
SAME BRAINCELL
mystic meteor
mom said it's MY turn on the braincell
crisp pagoda
NO I NEED IT
mystic meteor
😠
rich mist
all those proofs would put me to sleep ngl
mystic meteor
idk
hidden heart
*starts screaming theorems at them* /j
WELL ACCORDING TO LAGRANGE EXTRAPOLATION THIS MAN DESERVES TO DIE DUE TO THE PURE-ETHIC-DESERVINGNESS-METER
mystic meteor
they do too for me sometimes
i can't focus on things easily unless they hook me in
most textbooks just fucking fail
hidden heart
i think i'm losing it
hidden heart
i'm chatting on a2c while reading bible:genesis
rich mist
i tried to get through spivak and i got like 4 chapters in lol
vestal lava
go to sleep @hidden heart
crisp pagoda
i'm chatting on a2c while reading bible:genesis
help?????
rich mist
spivak is fun
it's cool but i'm lazy
mystic meteor
same
i took a course that uses it tho so
i wish calculus were presented as it is in spivak
instead of the ap calc sort of way
crisp pagoda
i am simply fighting for my life in ap calc bc
mystic meteor
actually i wish math were just taught axiomatically like
maybe that's a bad idea but
rich mist
i've always wondered what it would be like to have an older sibling
it's cool, you only get half the trauma they did!
crisp pagoda
i am sorry what does axiomatically mean :,)
hidden heart
it's cool, you only get half the trauma they did!
i mean i'm pretty traumatized but it's more so due to lack of love and care
i don't think my parents are nearly as controlling as most asian parents
rich mist
i am sorry what does axiomatically mean :,)
working logically from assumptions to prove things
mystic meteor
axiomatic thinking is like thinking through sets of rules and concepts
ermmm like it works well bc u establish things to be true and then use them to prove more things
i think
hidden heart
i am sorry what does axiomatically mean :,)
based upon mathematical axioms so logic proofs
mystic meteor
so it's like everything that you use is proven
crisp pagoda
i am getting learnt today
hidden heart
i will learn you
mystic meteor
"slap that shit on."
crisp pagoda
also that is how my school operates
mystic meteor
i'll learn u a thing or two.......... 
crisp pagoda
and it does really help
hidden heart
well structural thinking should always be the way to go but schools are just shit nowadays
mystic meteor
ye
rich mist
"here's the formula"
i think some more intuition would be nice, but full honors calc style would prob be too much lol
crisp pagoda
we have to prove everything before we're allowed to use it
hidden heart
structural thinking literally makes you an intellectual and good at every subject
mystic meteor
it's genuinely so fucking uncomfortable to just not have a clue why things r working
mystic meteor
i think some more intuition would be nice, but full honors calc style would prob...
oh yeah
hidden heart
and it's stupid that they don't teach it
rich mist
structural thinking literally makes you an intellectual and good at every subjec...
sylvia do you mayhaps have aspirations in the field of education out of curiosity
crisp pagoda
it's so useful actually when i forget a formula it's like, welp. i can just derive it on the spot
it is pretty confusing though at times
hidden heart
sylvia do you mayhaps have aspirations in the field of education out of curiosit...
absolutely, i want to revolutionize (metaphorically) how public education works in massachusetts
crisp pagoda
like when you are learning formulae for the first time
and you don't know where you are going
hidden heart
and hopefully the whole US if that can ever happen but doubtful
mystic meteor
i think some of the most impressive but unfortunate proofs r the ones that use tricks
like the mean value theorem
hidden heart
and maybe just create a good enough system for the world to realize in the next 500 years assuming that we'd still be around and earth isn't dead
mystic meteor
it's like it's kind of cool asf but at the same time there's nothing more to it
you just produce it and it's gg
rich mist
absolutely, i want to revolutionize (metaphorically) how public education works ...
wait that's literally what i want to do except not massachussetts 😭
crisp pagoda
absolutely, i want to revolutionize (metaphorically) how public education works ...
i truly wihs you the bestest of luck with that goal because that would be incredible
mystic meteor
i hate education as it is so
crisp pagoda
message at dusk and sylvia
hidden heart
like when you are learning formulae for the first time
luckily for me our math teacher showed the principle of how everything worked before demonstrating its application, so for example for derivatives we went through the entire f(x+h) - f(x)
mystic meteor
please win
hidden heart
over h^2
mystic meteor
for the billions of children damned to rote and mindless learning
hidden heart
wait that's literally what i want to do except not massachussetts 😭
oooh which state?
mystic meteor
crisp pagoda
for the billions of children damned to rote and mindless learning
YES YES YES
hidden heart
i truly wihs you the bestest of luck with that goal because that would be incred...
it seems impossible and probably is impossible but it's worth trying
hidden heart
YES YES YES
to be fair that was intentional from the status quo of rich and powerful people
crisp pagoda
i'm sorry but memory classes are so boring. like do i do well? yes. do i really not want to do them. also yes
hidden heart
the current US education system is made to undermine the underprivileged
thank you ronald reagan
crisp pagoda
to be fair that was intentional from the status quo of rich and powerful people
well can they stop then my brain is melting from boredom t-t
mystic meteor
there's something extremely grotesque about the current factory-made education
rich mist
oooh which state?
i live in ohio, so maybe focusing on like inner city columbus could be cool
rich mist
the current US education system is made to undermine the underprivileged
bye i literally wrote an essay about how public education is used to oppress students of color like a week ago
hidden heart
i live in ohio, so maybe focusing on like inner city columbus could be cool
that's a good goal! i'm not sure about the politics of ohio but anything less than progressive is hard to change nowadays
hidden heart
bye i literally wrote an essay about how public education is used to oppress stu...
AWESOME
WOULD LOVE TO READ SOMEDAY
mystic meteor
wasnt the sat like
mystic meteor
literally made to 'prove' that black and eastern europeans r uneducatable and thus unworthy of resources
gg.
hidden heart
the IQ test was originally made in france to identify students who needed more assistance and help in learning so they can get more attention and be at the same level
so it was made for helping students
mystic meteor
epic how we fucked it
rich mist
good ol american dream
mystic meteor
americanizing BEAM
hidden heart
and it's even funnier that these fuckers took the IQ test to prove white people as smarter than asians
but LOST HAHAHAHAHAHAH
so that's why IQ test fell out of favor after 1950s
mystic meteor
crisp pagoda
TAKE THE L
mystic meteor
gg.........
crisp pagoda
that's kinda hilariohs
mystic meteor
dude i hate the college board so much
hidden heart
it absolutely is hilarious
mystic meteor
crisp pagoda
like "yes time to prove superiority! oh crap we lost! um. don't look at that!"
hidden heart
collegeboard is exactly everything wrong with america
mystic meteor
everything about it is so wrong
crisp pagoda
OML COLLEGEBOARD
rich mist
everything about it is so wrong
what about it?
crisp pagoda
in my household we call it the acorn mafia (household meaning literally just me)
hidden heart
- capitalism
- corporate
- profit in education
- standardized education to undermine the unique individuals
mystic meteor
flow of money, curricula, etc
hidden heart
the list is a lot longer but these are the main ones
crisp pagoda
i just BAH
hidden heart
in my household we call it the acorn mafia (household meaning literally just me)
(real)
mystic meteor
the college board has a death grip on anybody who learns differently from the way they like to present information
rich mist
flow of money, curricula, etc
i don't think their profit margins are as large as they seem when taken into context
i don't mean to imply they're perfect, but i think they do pretty well for their role
hidden heart
profitting in public education is the worst thing one can possibly do and i hope they end up in hell
mystic meteor
and even then the information presented is often incomplete and just shit
crisp pagoda
i just feel like having a monopoly on testaking it crazy????? like first of all standardized tests feel so weird to me. but also to then wring students out for profit?
idk
hidden heart
AP system is also just extremely outdated
it's literally memorization curriculum
you don't actually learn
mystic meteor
i think also that standardized exams are
entirely incapable of assessing understanding
rich mist
i just feel like having a monopoly on testaking it crazy????? like first of all ...
their testing fees seem reasonable tbh
mystic meteor
75 bucks? 💀
hidden heart
their testing fees seem reasonable tbh
fees are reasonable but their curriculum is shit
hidden heart
i think they should have more competition at least
well, there used to be
rich mist
75 bucks? 💀
yes, it's hella expensive to make exams
crisp pagoda
tbf i do not understand what the profit margins look like
rich mist
tbf i do not understand what the profit margins look like
they take about 8% of exam fees to use as a cushion i believe
rich mist
so $7 per exam ish which isn't bad
mystic meteor
dont they also like charge extra for cnacellations
rich mist
they could eliminate that cushion, but then you risk running a loss
mystic meteor
i tried to cancel like 8 months before the exam 💀
rich mist
fees are reasonable but their curriculum is shit
ya, tho i attribute that more to general trends in education than them as a company
hidden heart
general trends in *US education
crisp pagoda
they also charge extra for sending scores and rush ordering them which confuses me a bit. because aren't they just sending a number? idk maybe i just really don't understand what collegeboard does admittedly
rich mist
but yes they could be doing better
hidden heart
the IB system exists and despite its flaws it is a million times better than AP
mystic meteor
ib sounds kind of fire ngl
rich mist
IB definitely does a much better job at cultivating studentship
crisp pagoda
i hear about ib all the time but what is it??????
hidden heart
it actually attempts to teach critical thinking and structural thought
crisp pagoda
is it like, an ap alternative?
mystic meteor
idk but all u have to know is they have a mandatory class called Theory of Knowledge :YEP:
hidden heart
if a school does pyp (pre-5) and myp (g6-10) then ibdp (11-12) the students become actualized global citizens who are knowledgeable
hidden heart
idk but all u have to know is they have a mandatory class called Theory of Knowl...
tok is shit
hidden heart
could be done a lot better
rich mist
i hear about ib all the time but what is it??????
international baccalaureate, similar to AP but more focused on independent student inquiry and personal projects/papers
hidden heart
hopefully i get to redesign that coure someday
mystic meteor
i read a post where a science teacher had to teeach ToK
they don't have enough resources
crisp pagoda
international baccalaureate, similar to AP but more focused on independent stude...
that seems a lot better actually compared to the tests
mystic meteor
joever
hidden heart
is it like, an ap alternative?
far better than AP
usually when people talk about ib it's just g11-12 which is ibdp
but for the ib system to really do its work it should be k-12
rich mist
though some of IB is a mess
i think AP does physics a lot better than IB for example
hidden heart
if the US can ever implement that then i consider it a win
hidden heart
though some of IB is a mess
i think AP does physics a lot better than IB for exa...
absolutely agreed
IB physics is poorly designed
i did hl physics
rich mist
the curriculum is kinda absurd
hidden heart
AP phys C is better I think
it touches on far too much unnecessary content and does not specialize in anything
and then the HL exam is fucking ridiculous
compared to HL math i'd say it's harder to do well due to its poor curriculum, but i think they updated it this year so it's better a bit
crisp pagoda
if the US can ever implement that then i consider it a win
the us's differences between a lot of international standards is kinda funny to me. like us is in it's teenage rebellion against the metric system or smth.
hidden heart
it's some sort of absurd national pride
rich mist
nationalism = ruining public education :D
hidden heart
hey, i've seen this one before!
hidden heart
(i grew up in china)
mystic meteor
i am dumber for it!
crisp pagoda
it's some sort of absurd national pride
is it?????? i feel like everyone i know hates it sm sob
hidden heart
right and what percentage of them are asian and use meter
because of background
also farenheit is stupid
and feet
5280
wtf
crisp pagoda
tbf my circle is like, primarily upper class with parents usually with at least college degrees
hidden heart
LMAO there you go
crisp pagoda
so
rich mist
(i grew up in china)
ok one thing i am grateful for is not growing up with southeast asian public education 👍
crisp pagoda
they're all acquianted with the idiocy
hidden heart
the day US abolishes imperial is the day when US can be saved
hidden heart
ok one thing i am grateful for is not growing up with southeast asian public edu...
singapore is good
dunno about other places
crisp pagoda
also farenheit is stupid
i genuinely don't understand celsius though it's so pathetic
hidden heart
i genuinely don't understand celsius though it's so pathetic
just think about it in this way
farenheit is how a human feels where 0 is freeze and 100 is hot
crisp pagoda
all i understand is 40 degrees is hot
hidden heart
celsius is how water feels where 0 is freeze and 100 is boil
crisp pagoda
and 20-30 is ok
hidden heart
and humans, by coincidence, find 37 celsius to be stable
rich mist
singapore is good
yeah singapore seems great, but competitive exams in china + india + korea seem hellish
hidden heart
37 is homeostasis, our body temperature when tested should be between 35.8 and 37.3, anything outside of that something is wrong
hidden heart
yeah singapore seems great, but competitive exams in china + india + korea seem ...
china korea india japan are all bad due to competition simply because of the population and lack of resources and therefore are systems designed to eliminate
mystic meteor
gg..... i maintained like 37.4-5 for a while
hidden heart
that's a fever!
hidden heart
...mononucleosis?
crisp pagoda
huh???
mystic meteor
i had this terrible fever when i was in like
8th grade winter??
it legit hit 106.7
parents did not take me to the hospital 🙂
crisp pagoda
oml
hidden heart
did you drink from someone else's water bottle
mystic meteor
and for a while after that my body temp just trolled
hidden heart
it legit hit 106.7
what the fuck how are you not dead
mystic meteor
idfk
crisp pagoda
are you ok wtf
mystic meteor
i lived, bastard sickness
rich mist
it legit hit 106.7
??
mystic meteor
they didn't nkow who they were fucking with
i lived through that just so i could go ahead and play league of legends
🤦
hidden heart
41.5 celsius that's not life threatening
mystic meteor
rich mist
isn't like 104+ emergency room level
hidden heart
but it's very bad
hidden heart
isn't like 104+ emergency room level
yeah think so
according to my parents i hit 42.5 once
so 109
hidden heart
that was when i was 2 weeks old
yeah lmfao
but babies have higher tolerance too so
crisp pagoda
106.7 is like bad bad
mystic meteor
i think i had a really shit sickness when i was super young too
hidden heart
💀 the genuine any% life speedrun
any non stillborn is a failure
mystic meteor
TRUE
mystic meteor
my parents looking upon me with disgust knowing that i am the dregs of their failed speedrun creation
hidden heart
sylvia soup
does not taste good
hidden heart
my parents looking upon me with disgust knowing that i am the dregs of their fai...
hey at least you weren't an accident
mystic meteor
💀
hidden heart
...right?
crisp pagoda
....you think.... /lh
crisp pagoda
ig that's a win????
mystic meteor
they also had a stillbirth in between my brother and me
so
🫡 they got the speedrun AND me
hidden heart
oh shit sorry to hear that
mystic meteor
yeah it's uh
crisp pagoda
oh damn i'm sorry
mystic meteor
i guess i wouldn't have lived if that baby lived..... weird to think about
don't know how to think about it
💀
mystic meteor
i mean
hidden heart
happened
hidden heart
yeah i think that's quite successful
mystic meteor
possible win
🤨
i wonder what they would've been like now, actually
now that i think about it
crisp pagoda
i guess i wouldn't have lived if that baby lived..... weird to think about
i've actually never thought about that. i think my mom had two stillbirths between me and my brtoehr (weird autoimmune thing). that's...yeah idk what to think abotu that either
mystic meteor
ye
i don't think about it often but when i do it's kind of strange to think about
🐸
crisp pagoda
like how different would my family dynamic be with a different person
hidden heart
bro is literally you
hidden heart
bestow value upon yourself and be what bro could've been
rich mist
man i wonder what nonexistence is like
mystic meteor
i am afraid bro would have been at least 2x more brilliant than i am
but he also could've been a finance bro.
balances
hidden heart
man i wonder what nonexistence is like
"you are nothing" - sartre
i do wonder about that too
in fact i wish for nonexistence–
mystic meteor
i'll find out in just a bit i guess
rich mist
in fact i wish for nonexistence–
sounds chill
hidden heart
ikr
mystic meteor
yeah
hidden heart
no but seriously
mystic meteor
honestly the ultimate chill
mystic meteor
hmmmmmmm
hidden heart
true peace
rich mist
don't you wish that there's no afterlife
have you seen the good place
mystic meteor
i wish there were an afterlife i could opt out of at any time when im ready
after i've learned all that i want to and met everybody that i want to
rich mist
i wish there were an afterlife i could opt out of at any time when im ready
this is essentially the good place afterlife
mystic meteor
i can just be at peace and log out fr
hidden heart
have you seen the good place
nope! is it a movie
hidden heart
...moral absolutism?
rich mist
nope! is it a movie
it's a show! it's comedy/fantasy, but it integrates a lot of philosophical elements which is interesting
written by one of the head writers on the office
hidden heart
hmm not a comedy person generally but might check it out during winter break
thank you for the recommendatin
hidden heart
life is way too short but way too fucking long
relativity!
*depends on whether or not you're sitting next to a pretty girl
according to albert
rich mist
camus would def be a frat bro
mystic meteor
💀
hidden heart
he is a frat bro
💀
a somewhat philosophical one is all
you know who else is a frat bro
plato
last idol
TOMORROW
mystic meteor
TOMORROW!
mystic meteor
?
last idol
Dumbass applied RD to the best school oat
mystic meteor
💀
last idol
🤣
mystic meteor
;LM,AO
hidden heart
aristotle seems like the fratty one ngl
not actually
the name "plato" basically meant this dude had wide shoulders
plato was an athlete actually and participated in the olympics and he was a strong ass dude
and sometimes he'd just randomly flex
💀
mystic meteor
LMAO
hidden heart
so guess why this man (though he never was the major figure in his works) rarely lost an argument
mystic meteor
gets up from the table to just ripple his organic fibers
hidden heart
if he didn't beat you intellectually you know his fist is coming
i learned all this from my greek best friend lmfao
mystic meteor
kind of based tbh
hidden heart
valid
mystic meteor
not winning the debate? no problem
hidden heart
"no one alive can beat me in philosophy"
crisp pagoda
*depends on whether or not you're sitting next to a pretty girl
REAL!
mystic meteor
crisp pagoda
if he didn't beat you intellectually you know his fist is coming
YES I LOVE THIS STORY
mystic meteor
💀
crisp pagoda
i just imagine you pulling out a good argument and plato starts rolling up his sleeves....
mystic meteor
ur favorite bedtime story was about how plato beat his opponents' asses
mystic meteor
actually i should research this and if i ever have a child
hidden heart
classics teachers probably know quite a bit about this
mystic meteor
I'm just going to say that they WILL be entertained before bed.
hidden heart
actually i should research this and if i ever have a child
your child will become the greatest philosopher of the 21st century from hearing about philosopher bedtime stories
mystic meteor
something like that
crisp pagoda
it's like, plato and diogenes i think are silly
hidden heart
hmm what are my favorite philosopher stories
mystic meteor
i would be impressed if someone who's good at humanities came out of my genes
massive pride 💀
crisp pagoda
the stoics scare the shit out of me like, idk reading martial rn, and every stoic poem is just like "OH WOAH OH GOD"
mystic meteor
hidden heart
- plato flexing
- confucius being a dude who's like 6'9 so guess why he was never assaulted with his students
- diogenes telling alexander the great to fuck off
this is for ancient world
crisp pagoda
- plato flexing
- confucius being a dude who's like 6'9 so guess why he was nev...
confusius was 6'9"???? what???
hidden heart
he was tall as hell
mystic meteor
bro...................
crisp pagoda
this changes things
mystic meteor
damn
crisp pagoda
significantly
little snow
😞 Philosophy chat
little snow
i miss the cs bros
mystic meteor
i wouldnt fuck with that
hidden heart
😞 Philosophy chat
WELCOME TO BROWN
crisp pagoda
i always imagined he was liek, 5'6"
hidden heart
he was TALL
mystic meteor
buff as fuck philosophers go crazy
crisp pagoda
WELCOME TO BROWN
STOP I NEED TO STOP LIKING BROWN BEFORE I GET REJECTED
hidden heart
STOP I NEED TO STOP LIKING BROWN BEFORE I GET REJECTED
YOULL GET IN
crisp pagoda
buff as fuck philosophers go crazy
fr
hidden heart
buff as fuck philosophers go crazy
especially prevalent in the old world
mystic meteor
i have recently heard the gospel of duke dining so when i get rejected i can at least cope with the idea of insane food at other schools
💀
crisp pagoda
YOULL GET IN
yes yes yes i will i must have faith!
little snow
STOP I NEED TO STOP LIKING BROWN BEFORE I GET REJECTED
just block @hidden heart and then unblock her after ur decision 😂
mystic meteor
especially prevalent in the old world
were humans lowkey just built diff back then or what
hidden heart
since you kinda had to show people strength in order to be believed
mystic meteor
oh
hidden heart
just block <@498033831283261441> and then unblock her after ur decision 😂
HEY THATS MEAN
crisp pagoda
just block <@498033831283261441> and then unblock her after ur decision 😂
AHAHHAHAHA
sylvia begone /j
rugged karmaBOT
mystic meteor
ok now im interested
little snow
😡
mystic meteor
LMFAOOO
crisp pagoda
NOT CARL
hidden heart
LMFAOO
crisp pagoda
and what they want is jacked philosophers
fiery night
Woah
fiery night
I’ve never gone to private
mystic meteor
he just bodies these mfs i think
little snow
shame on u ruby
fiery night
was it ruby?
What did I do
vestal lava
Why are mods in here too now
little snow
What did I do
be mean
hidden heart
ruby they're bullying me
fiery night
shame on u ruby
Sorry Bertha 😔
fiery night
Why are mods in here too now
Why are you here
fiery night
ruby they're bullying me
Who
fiery night
Bertha 😡
little snow
Why are you here
gotta find out how to quarantine luck to the harvard thread
hidden heart
and what they want is jacked philosophers
if only brown frat bros can be philosophical
crisp pagoda
if only brown frat bros can be philosophical
the real dream
fiery night
gotta find out how to quarantine luck to the harvard thread
LOL
I think luck secretly wants to go to brown
hidden heart
STOP I NEED TO STOP LIKING BROWN BEFORE I GET REJECTED
anyway i hope i made y'all like brown a bit more
crisp pagoda
because this chat is fun
'cause we're the coolest ppl in the server 😎
fiery night
Only explanation
hidden heart
and y'all are cool and deserve to be in here
hidden heart
I think luck secretly wants to go to brown
he already wanted to pay me to write his essays to transfer
mystic meteor
it's going to hurt a bit if i don't get in 
hidden heart
meaningful conversations like this are worth more than being at a specific school
crisp pagoda
i just don't want to get deferred atp
mystic meteor
it's whatever i just need to like... BALL
crisp pagoda
because i'm applying brdd
hidden heart
and tbh these conversations don't happen between students often at brown
crisp pagoda
if i get in, risd app. if i don't, rd apps. if i get deferred, all of the above.
hidden heart
since it's still usually just hang out and small talk and gossip... because sheep
mystic meteor
risd app :LETSFUCKINGGO:
hidden heart
it's whatever i just need to like... BALL
Ball state?
mystic meteor
idk
crisp pagoda
ball state 💪
hidden heart
fuck it we ball energy is the exact energy you need in order to get in tbh
mystic meteor
i thnk that's prob the prerequisite energy for surviving this planet
bad shit keeps happening
hidden heart
i mean you can be very careful and care too much about things and hurt yourself over and over again
crisp pagoda
i think applying at all was already the fiwb energy kicking in
fiery night
he already wanted to pay me to write his essays to transfer
Damn
@vestal lava this true? 😱
fiery night
ruby are you ed brown?
I wish ☹️
hidden heart
this message
vestal lava
<@476616480507691035> this true? 😱
yeah but i think im just gonna write them myself
mystic meteor
hidden heart
Regrets that I didn’t ed
where did you ea/ed
fiery night
yeah but i think im just gonna write them myself
Are you fr going to transfer
mystic meteor
yeah but i think im just gonna write them myself
if you got in would you go to brown
fiery night
where did you ea/ed
Stanford bc my parents wanted me to be close to home
mystic meteor
🤨
fiery night
i don't think he's serious rarely anyone ever transfers from harvard
Ruth bader Ginsburg did
hidden heart
Ruth bader Ginsburg did
that's because she wasn't getting the respect she deserved there
fiery night
that's because she wasn't getting the respect she deserved there
True
fiery night
Yale looks so nice
hidden heart
it's a one way import
vestal lava
Are you fr going to transfer
Nah probably not
The only thing i have going for me is harvard buff
hidden heart
Yale looks so nice
same thing as uchicago, wonderful campus horrible surroundings
vestal lava
I can’t lose it
vestal lava
I never applied
fiery night
I never applied
Why not
fiery night
same thing as uchicago, wonderful campus horrible surroundings
Real asf
mystic meteor
The only thing i have going for me is harvard buff
ur one real bastard for saying that ngl
vestal lava
I was lazy
fiery night
I visited and New Haven is interesting but I love the student culture
hidden heart
do they just think they're better or what
reason people transfer to yale is because humanities, and yale is the only school with better humanities than brown
fiery night
I was lazy
Real asf
mystic meteor
oh
fiery night
I’m going to work on my brown essays next week 😎
mystic meteor
bro i recently learned the most wild shit
hidden heart
I visited and New Haven is interesting but I love the student culture
i agree that yale student culture is probably better tbh but also more pretentious
fiery night
I lowkey don’t want to do the video though but I feel like I have to
little snow
I’m going to work on my brown essays next week 😎
worked on mine. i need to do harv 😞
hidden heart
i think brown, despite being more idealistic, is more down to earth
fiery night
i agree that yale student culture is probably better tbh but also more pretentio...
Perhaps but I honestly don’t care I’ve been around snobby people since day 1 😭
little snow
Perhaps but I honestly don’t care I’ve been around snobby people since day 1 😭
real lmao
mystic meteor
💀
crisp pagoda
i feel like my big college problem is like, i just judge them based on who goes there 💀
mystic meteor
i mean
crisp pagoda
like alums from my school
mystic meteor
the people who go there are a l-
hidden heart
yale and brown are both good so it really just depends on where you get into
mystic meteor
oh
fiery night
worked on mine. i need to do harv 😞
w I honestly don’t even want to apply to Harvard but my mom was like 😡 when I told her I wanted to cut it
mystic meteor
yale and brown are both good so it really just depends on where you get into
let's just say i wouldn't be mad if i got into either
fiery night
CUT HER???
TYPO
mystic meteor
🙂
fiery night
SORRY
mystic meteor
freudian slip.
hidden heart
woah
crisp pagoda
RUBY
fiery night
yale and brown are both good so it really just depends on where you get into
I feel like I’d like both ton but I haven’t researched brown so yale seems a lot nicer
GUYS
IT WASNT A FREUDIAN SLIP
hidden heart
I feel like I’d like both ton but I haven’t researched brown so yale seems a lot...
...yale probably is nicer
BUT
brown undergrad >>>>>
little snow
I feel like I’d like both ton but I haven’t researched brown so yale seems a lot...
writing my yale supps i fell in love. so i had to bring myself back to reality and distance myself
fiery night
I STARTED THINKING A DIFFERENT THOUGHT
fiery night
brown undergrad >>>>>
Valid
hidden heart
IT WASNT A FREUDIAN SLIP
SURE
fiery night
writing my yale supps i fell in love. so i had to bring myself back to reality a...
ME BERTHA
crisp pagoda
yale art website turned me off. did i say it was a reason i wanted to apply? yes. do i actually hate it? yes
crisp pagoda
hidden heart
okay but yale art is actually good
crisp pagoda
look at her
mystic meteor
my friend and i were laughing at it so hard
fiery night
I wrote my Yale essays and I was like holy cow I don’t mind if get rejected by Stanford
mystic meteor
ye lmfao
crisp pagoda
and observe
vestal lava
That thing is artrogicois
little snow
jfc
vestal lava
Idk who they hired to make that shit
little snow
it gave me eye strain
fiery night
https://www.art.yale.edu/
Ew…
hidden heart
it's old probably
crisp pagoda
Idk who they hired to make that shit
it's like, an experiment in collaborative web design or smth so anyone at yale can edit
fiery night
That’s so ironic ngl
mystic meteor
That’s so ironic ngl
fr
little snow
"When I come to yale I will rework the art website..."
fiery night
Art school website yet it looks like that
vestal lava
it's like, an experiment in collaborative web design or smth so anyone at yale c...
Whoever thought of that is a dumbass
crisp pagoda
Art school website yet it looks like that
EXACTLY
hidden heart
i just checked out the yale essays
crisp pagoda
THIS IS A BAD FIRST IMPRESSION
hidden heart
they're basically a replica of last year
fiery night
they're basically a replica of last year
Really
crisp pagoda
in my yale essay i was like "yes collaborative and experimental culture generating out of the box website" but irl i'm just "what were you guys thinking"
hidden heart
yale was my rea and my first heartbreak 💔
vestal lava
I don’t know if I should help people on a2c or not
fiery night
yale was my rea and my first heartbreak 💔
Aww
mystic meteor
wtff.
hidden heart
💀
little snow
yale was my rea and my first heartbreak 💔
i reject this energy
crisp pagoda
they advertise it like that
welp
fiery night
I don’t know if I should help people on a2c or not
Up to you
fiery night
they advertise it like that
Really
mystic meteor
deadass i will not survive without helping and being helped by others
fiery night
😭
crisp pagoda
(i'm ngl i don't want to go to yale i don't think i'm the personality if that makes sense)
hidden heart
yeah it's not as collaborative as they make it out to be
little snow
I don’t know if I should help people on a2c or not
would you be able to handle turning off the snark 🤣
hidden heart
same with uchicago
crisp pagoda
just based on alums from my highschool
mystic meteor
i actually dk anybody who went to yale
hidden heart
just based on alums from my highschool
hah are they pretentious old white men
i love the yale alums i know but they also went to yale like 50 years ago
little snow
hah are they pretentious old white men
do u ever get Dms asking 4 stats ?
hidden heart
and are old white men
hidden heart
do u ever get Dms asking 4 stats ?
never
no one has ever asked me for stats
which is peculiar
but also i only ever chill in this channel
crisp pagoda
i think the only striking memory i have of a yale student is this guy who was like "why do you hate me?!?!?!?" when we were both in highschool and i have just, always been perplexed by that. i did not hate him????? goofed
vestal lava
would you be able to handle turning off the snark 🤣
Yeah probably
hidden heart
i think the only striking memory i have of a yale student is this guy who was li...
LMFAO
crisp pagoda
overall chill guy excpet this one thing
vestal lava
I’m starting to not care about anything anymore
hidden heart
man is going nihilist
crisp pagoda
i think he was just too used to everyone getting along with him so when i was just like, neutral, it was the end of the world t-t
hidden heart
i think he was just too used to everyone getting along with him so when i was ju...
thought that was more of a harvard thing
actually no
hmm
little snow
I’m starting to not care about anything anymore
the cycle consumes u
EXISTENTIALISM 4EVER
crisp pagoda
his mom likeed me though. shoutout to his mom. she helped me a lot with summer stuff
rich mist
I’m starting to not care about anything anymore
Join the club
hidden heart
his mom likeed me though. shoutout to his mom. she helped me a lot with summer s...
awww that's nice
vestal lava
Join the club
I founded it
hidden heart
EXISTENTIALISM 4EVER
that ain't existentialism that's nihilism
little snow
that ain't existentialism that's nihilism
No me
little snow
existentialism is a response to nihilism though
yas queen
hidden heart
attempted positive response
crisp pagoda
i only know what absurdism is kaboom
little snow
well is existentialism always positive ?
hidden heart
nope but sartre tried to make it somewhat positive so people would buy into it
mystic meteor
advertisement scheme
crisp pagoda
existentialism is like, it's all your fault i think
hidden heart
existentialism is like, it's all your fault i think
pretty much
mystic meteor
is it not all my fault 💀
crisp pagoda
absurdism is like, nothing matters, isn't that funny!
little snow
existentialism is like, it's all your fault i think
i thought it was more like choose passionate experiences and discover ur essence
little snow
absurdism is like, nothing matters, isn't that funny!
irrational universe will kill us all
mystic meteor
gotta run my own ass to the W
crisp pagoda
nihilism is just the nothing matters part
hidden heart
beyond "facticity" which is basically the surrounding facts given as well as the past, all that you do is your responsibility, as you have the free will to make any decisions in the present
mystic meteor
is that wrong
crisp pagoda
i thought it was more like choose passionate experiences and discover ur essence
yeah. ig personal responsibility for everything you do? if you have that responsibility ideally you should figure out what you love doing and do that because you have the freedom to choose to do it
little snow
1984
mystic meteor
@somber oasis watch this magic trick
hidden heart
and sartre basically said that by telling yourself that you have no control and that it is all fate, you are in a state of "bad faith" and are trying to deceive yourself in order to escape from your responsibility
but you're also exercising your free will to believe that you don't have free will
crisp pagoda
i haven't talked about this since euro in sophomore year this is working my brain
little snow
and sartre basically said that by telling yourself that you have no control and ...
rebellion is power !
hidden heart
is it power or just bad morality though
hidden heart
what do ppl who believe this believe
they're just doomers
mystic meteor
like what are the consequent ideas and courses of actions to take
crisp pagoda
what do ppl who believe this believe
idk? i think this is just the depresso origin of the other things
somber oasis
Nothing
mystic meteor
LOL
hidden heart
no philosophers have ever advocated for active nihilism
though schopenhauer was pretty bad with it
little snow
is it power or just bad morality though
understanding the irrationality of the universe and rebelling and choosing your own experiences >>>
rich mist
like what are the consequent ideas and courses of actions to take
Sit around and then die
hidden heart
time to use it as a free reason to be a lazy bastard
that's like 95% of this generation you're not special
crisp pagoda
time to use it as a free reason to be a lazy bastard
lazy but make it sound deep
mystic meteor
lazy but make it sound deep
gotta put the sparkles on it
hidden heart
understanding the irrationality of the universe and rebelling and choosing your ...
exactly, that's existentialist thought
and >>> absurdism
crisp pagoda
gotta put the sparkles on it
glitter makes everything better! even meaninglessness <3
hidden heart
AND >>>>>>>>>>> kierkegaardian leap of faith
even though that leap is necessary in certain cases
crisp pagoda
and >>> absurdism
i think i like absurdism but i'm lowkey not entirely sure i understand what it is
mystic meteor
glitter makes everything better! even meaninglessness <3
✨ nothing is worth it ✨
hidden heart
i think i like absurdism but i'm lowkey not entirely sure i understand what it i...
it's good until you experience the potency of life in its entirety imo
crisp pagoda
✨ nothing is worth it ✨
yassified crisis fr
mystic meteor
little snow
Existentialism >> absurdism >> nihlism (even though they r all intertwined LMAO)
crisp pagoda
watch me have my midlife crisis covered in sequins. might as well look fabulous while i sob <3
hidden heart
god did anyone ever preach nihilism except for 14 year olds
little snow
1984!
hidden heart
who think nietzsche was a nihilist
rich mist
Bored of the continentalism someone break out a logic table
hidden heart
Bored of the continentalism someone break out a logic table
hell no
little snow
it didn't preach nihilism though
oh no i wasnt responding to u
i was just saying 1984 lmao
crisp pagoda
sometimes the 1984 just takes over
somber oasis
Haha
hidden heart
can you believe the year 1984 is closer to when orwell wrote it than to us
(orwell wrote it in 1948)
idk i think i'm still stuck in 2012
somber oasis
Wtf literally 1984
rich mist
It would explain a lot
Specifically why everything after 2012 feels like a fever dream
somber oasis
That’s like matrix
hidden heart
have you ever thought that
all of our thoughts and existences are just a suspended infinitesimal before the destruction of the universe
rich mist
we are all dreaming
You’re all figments of my imagination solipsism is the true existentialist philosophy
crisp pagoda
i have to do my calc homework 😭 gn peeps!
mystic meteor
gn gl 🙏
hidden heart
goodnight! don't stress about apps YOU GOT THIS
mystic meteor
dream of infinite summation fr.
or nightmare
depending on if you like it or not
little snow
have a final essay to finetune. bye lovelies
mystic meteor
glhf
hidden heart
You’re all figments of my imagination solipsism is the true existentialist philo...
if that's the value you bestow upon yourself then true
mystic meteor
hf(?)
hidden heart
have a final essay to finetune. bye lovelies
good luck you got this!
mystic meteor
i think it's time for me to stop being an idiot and go read the textbook
good night
and good luck in whatever is about to happen in the next few hours i guess idk 🤨
hidden heart
goodnight everyone i need to get off definitely lmfao
too much time spent here but i will disappear after tomorrow decisions
rich mist
Man if everyone goes then I’ll actually have to sleep ☹️
vestal lava
yeah get a life sylvia
hidden heart
you're telling me to get a life while you're not doing work
💀
at least i'm only in the brown channel and making meaningful philosophy discussions
but yeah i need to get back to my life
byebye
vestal lava
you're telling me to get a life while you're not doing work
yeah im fucked bruh
vestal lava
philosophy mfs
hidden heart
i mean i have a lot of work
i just manage to do them well in a short period of time
hidden heart
why not switch to humanities
vestal lava
but then I remember I don’t know how to read or write
vestal lava
why not switch to humanities
I need money
hidden heart
you can also make money with humanities if you're good at it
even more than stem
stem gives you stability
vestal lava
how
hidden heart
well
once you understand how to abuse the systematic flaws of capitalism through studying the philosophy of capitalism as well as marxist critique of it
hidden heart
it's very possible
hidden heart
and yeah exactly
humanities also teaches you to structure creative thoughts so it's veeery good for entrepreneurship if you know how toi
hidden heart
stem is 80% class and 20 outside of class, humanities is probably 20% class and 80% what you do outside of class
hidden heart
I need money
just exploit then
vestal lava
yeah true bruh
rich mist
I NEED money
Are you sure
hidden heart
no no you are mistaken i mean
exploit asian parents who are willing to overpay for college apps guidance
it's the easiest income ever
especially if you go to harvard
vestal lava
Hmm
hidden heart
Are you sure
deontology of making money
rich mist
exploit asian parents who are willing to overpay for college apps guidance
Bay Area asian parents wages 😋
vestal lava
Are you sure
Yeah
hidden heart
Bay Area asian parents wages 😋
exactly
they make about 300-500k on average i think
sooooooooooo
if you know what i mean
vestal lava
I meant what if I just become the parent making 300-500k per year
hidden heart
oh don't waste it on college application for your kids
vestal lava
well yeah
vestal lava
hm true
hidden heart
yeah
i'd say helping your kids with apps is a pretty good bonding time and storytime
like when you talk about what you did back then
it's funny how kids very rarely know how their parents were like in high school
vestal lava
yeah
that’s why I said I should rob a bank
I won’t get to that level with humanities
or even stem probably
unless i get lucky
hidden heart
I won’t get to that level with humanities
well
if you study history of authoritarian states...
vestal lava
ok cool let me know if she drops any loot boxes so we can split
hidden heart
let's hope it's not cheap lootboxes
vestal lava
nah she only carries epics
vestal lava
not yet
planning to run some practice trials on some other brown students though
you need to lure her in with this picture @hidden heart
this exact picture
hidden heart
LMFAO
vestal lava
and then show time
vestal lava
yes
she knows the story
this one is a backup but they can be used interchangeably
good luck
vestal lava
Nope
fiery night
this one is a backup but they can be used interchangeably
Aww
vestal lava
See, it works
fiery night
There is nothing we can do
Fake
hidden heart
💀
hidden heart
he's cute
vestal lava
Nah
fiery night
(Bro was projecting)
Ong
vestal lava
You sent a wack pic last time
fiery night
You sent a wack pic last time
He was wearing sunglasses
fiery night
fiery night
That’s the same dog in your pfp
Yeah
fiery night
Good
hidden heart
ruby happy
vestal lava
i am mfs
hidden heart
i am mf
hidden heart
go tf to sleep
vestal lava
ok
small parrot
Just skimmed through all ur conversations in the past three hours. It's really amazing to see the anxiety of decision release being soothed by nice chats...
hidden heart
that's what i'm trying to do!
all the applicants here have something nice and i wish them the best
vestal lava
I do the opposite so they can feel really good when they prove me wrong and can rub it in my face