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The Bulbagarden Conversational Chat Thread Vol 4

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Goodbye Blue Monday

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It is true that there are a lot of introductory science/math classes that are ridiculously hard just to weed out people who picked pre-med/engineering/whatever to impress their parents or make lots of money, but aren't really that great at it. (Or they think they're good because they were good at math in high school, but college math is different. Etc.)

I should know, my undergrad was Johns Hopkins. Which is most famous for having one of the best medical schools in the country. Let's just say there are a lot more people who come in there pre-med than who come out.
 

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I just wish I didn't have to be somewhere in half an hour, because I feel like this conversation would be vastly improved with alcohol.

I'll be on here, drinking later but I won't be drunk or anything.

Reminds of when a former-moderator called Porygon-Z started posting drunk and got fired because of it. Good times. Better watch out to not end up with the same fate as him :p

pls. I post drunk all the time. I don't think anyone ever notices.

Yeah but some people are completely the same when they're drunk, like that they might just as well be sober. I had one friend like that.
 

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Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj r liek the gr8test musicianz ever. ppl r alwayz sayin they ruined music but it's more better than queen nirvana and teh beetles combined #YOLO
 

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From the way they talk about it, those classes are akin to journeys to Mordor. It's almost like a boastful sort of complaining. I even avoid some people because that's literally all they do in their spare time.


Yeah, well, they're engineering students. I live and study with them, math is a tool, not the art that it really is. I have no plans on studying higher mathematics, but even I can realize the beauty and diversity of mathematics, and having a good understanding of the concepts I'm working with is favorable.

A lot of engineers just want to shove numbers into a formula and get an answer.
 

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Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj r liek the gr8test musicianz ever. ppl r alwayz sayin they ruined music but it's more better than queen nirvana and teh beetles combined #YOLO

Oh, I still love those last three bands when I'm drunk/stoned. It's just that I'm way better at tolerating the stuff in the beginning of your comment.

Yeah but some people are completely the same when they're drunk, like that they might just as well be sober. I had one friend like that.

It's more that the ways in which they're different aren't particularly embarrassing and obvious. I'm definitely hilariously goofy and loud IRL when I'm drunk, but because I still have fairly good spelling and grammar when I'm drunk, people on the Internet don't necessarily notice.
 

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Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj r liek the gr8test musicianz ever. ppl r alwayz sayin they ruined music but it's more better than queen nirvana and teh beetles combined #YOLO

yeh man fuk ppl who play instruments and sing w/o autotune

dats so fuken boring
 

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Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj r liek the gr8test musicianz ever. ppl r alwayz sayin they ruined music but it's more better than queen nirvana and teh beetles combined #YOLO

YOLO SWAG $$$$$$$$ HATERS GONNA HATE
 

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From the way they talk about it, those classes are akin to journeys to Mordor. It's almost like a boastful sort of complaining. I even avoid some people because that's literally all they do in their spare time.


Yeah, well, they're engineering students. I live and study with them, math is a tool, not the art that it really is. I have no plans on studying higher mathematics, but even I can realize the beauty and diversity of mathematics, and having a good understanding of the concepts I'm working with is favorable.

A lot of engineers just want to shove numbers into a formula and get an answer.

That's essentially what happens at the end, but the key to engineering is figuring out which formula to shove the numbers into.

Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj r liek the gr8test musicianz ever. ppl r alwayz sayin they ruined music but it's more better than queen nirvana and teh beetles combined #YOLO

YOLO SWAG $$$$$$$$ HATERS GONNA HATE
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That's essentially what happens at the end, but the key to engineering is figuring out which formula to shove the numbers into.

Which leads us to the "journey to Mordor" bit.

I always laugh when the engineering students I live with complain about the proofs in their assignments though.

Maybe that's just schadenfreude though.
 

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When I get back from my orchestra rehearsal tonight, you guys better all still be here. Because I'm getting drunk with all y'all.
 

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Ooh, I wanna get drunk, too!

"No, Jack, you're just a supporting character."
 

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When I get back from my orchestra rehearsal tonight, you guys better all still be here. Because I'm getting drunk with all y'all.
I'll be here for you, babe :3
Ooh, I wanna get drunk, too!

"No, Jack, you're just a supporting character."
Nah, you're like an early season Sopranos character who becomes a main character later on.
 

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I have no qualms with students who deal in theoretical concepts (obviously I don't understand higher math at any level whatsoever, and I probably couldn't if I tried, so I have respect for them), it's just that engineering students deal mainly in formulas like you mentioned, and then bitch to the heavens about how difficult it is. Maybe it's because of the prestigious department here, but it seems like they set themselves on a pedestal, leading to a lot of engineering student/non-engineering student animosity.
 

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When I get back from my orchestra rehearsal tonight, you guys better all still be here. Because I'm getting drunk with all y'all.

Time?

11 pm or roundabouts, it depends on whether I get a ride or have to take the fucking T.

(GMT-5)

It's a date.

That's essentially what happens at the end, but the key to engineering is figuring out which formula to shove the numbers into.

Which leads us to the "journey to Mordor" bit.

I always laugh when the engineering students I live with complain about the proofs in their assignments though.

Maybe that's just schadenfreude though.

It was always the derivations I thought. Deriving shit is an art that I am not good at. They are extremely satisfying if you actually accomplish one though.
 
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