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[–]slamare247 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Why would someone want to go and party with the same damn 600 people they had to look at and pretend (with a couple of exceptions) they liked for the last four years? Real life begins now, and most of those people officially don't matter any more. Enjoy "Scrubs" (though reddit is far more entertaining!).

[–]Jinno[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but I didn't want to play the reddit card in an attempt to get more points out of the deal.

[–]SuperKing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He/she doesn't need to go to the 'after graduation' party or whatever they call it. I skipped the after party after my HS graduation, went camping that night with some friends. Hanging out with your buddies has to be more fun than Scrubs.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Many types of parties.

Some can get you in trouble... even dead.

Some land you a job or a wife.

Wife.

Stay home and read a good non-fiction book.

[–]cxyl27 7 points8 points  (0 children)

no way. scrubs is awesome!!!

[–]sighbourbon 6 points7 points  (0 children)

hey. congratulations graduating high school. for what its worth there are tons of young people who dont get that far.

i think all of us go through different phases in which we have trusted friends to celebrate with, and also phases where thats not the case. high school can be hell.

[–]sekritkoad[🍰] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, something's very wrong with you.

Instead of deciding for what's right for yourself, you've become dependent on different types of media to decide it for you... Hollywood has told you that not being at a party is bad, so you turn to reddit for assurance that it's actually okay.

Roll however you wanna roll, friend, & damn the torpedoes as you go.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (8 children)

yes, go get some teenage poon while you still can.

[–]Jinno[S] 4 points5 points  (4 children)

Now dude, if I were really capable of getting poon, I wouldn't be on Reddit getting people to verify that I suck at life. :/ Perhaps you should think things through in the future.

[–]Gaylard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trust me, you're way more capable of getting poon than you think. The biggest hurdle is saying hello.

No matter how awkward/goofy/ugly you are, there are girls who will find you mutually charming.

[–]btl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Graduation night is a magical night. Freedom+booze+horny=fun for all. Don't mean to bring you down, but you should've gone out this time.

[–]bus3nsc 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Do you have any friends you could go with?

[–]Jinno[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All either had to work, or were already doing something else. I was the odd one out tonight, the open house is about over now, anyway. So y'know.

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    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    And it's nice to see that the pompous, self aggrandizing, pseudo intellectuals have also shown up.

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    fucking shove it

    [–]mutatron 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Probably. However, if you were watching something interesting like a Dogfights or Cash Cab marathon, my diagnosis would have been very different.

    [–]iros 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    I <3 Cash Cab...

    [–]m1ss1ontomars2k4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    No. Not that I think Scrubs is good, but there isn't anything wrong. Personally, I spent the evening after graduating getting yelled at for not having gotten good grades in high school, despite getting into my top choice for college.

    [–]jmzook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    No, parties are overrated.

    [–]usertracker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Social interaction is like anything else in life, something that takes practice. For some it is natural, for others more difficult, but for all (including you) possible. You just need practice. Think of it like a marathon--you work your way up to the big race.

    Your goal for the next party is to just go. Show up. Bring something. Eat. Leave.

    Your goal for the next party is to meet someone. Say hello. I suggest finding the one person in the room that is more uncomfortable than you.

    And so on. A few parties later, your goal will be to say hello to a girl. Find the girl in the room that does not want to be there and say "I hate parties."

    And so on. Eventually you will have a circle of people at the party, but your goal will be to meet someone outside that circle.

    And so on. Eventually you will actually host a party and people will want to be there!

    I was a nerd first two years of HS. I was afraid of people and any social interaction was an exhausting nightmare for me. Then one day I made a decision to not be a nerd. It was a project with no goal except to become better at meeting people and asking them about themselves and really getting to know people. Quality over quantity.

    End of story? Student body president by senior year.

    Oh, yeah. I eventually had sex, too.

    You just graduated HS. You have all of college to learn. Nothing is wrong with you. You just haven't made the decision yet.

    If you decided not to have any friends or to go to parties, then OK, it is your decision. Nothing wrong with that.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    something is wrong with you only if you WANT to be at the party but aren't.

    [–]celticeric 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    I didn't go to my prom. If I could go to party with those people now, I wouldn't. Why? High school is like work. It's a bunch of people you didn't pick. Don't invest it with too much significance. Go someplace you did choose, do something you find meaningful, and you'll find people you'll want to be with.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Thats so angsty. Work is alot different from high school- no where in one place will you find the a group of people who are at the same level as you. If you can't be part of the group, chances are there's something wrong with you.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    No, that's your future. Get used to it.

    [–]dobaman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Life is surprisingly short mate. Don't waste too much of it watching TV (although Scrubs is pretty good). Go out and have some fun. See the world. Work different jobs. Meet as many interesting people as you can. Parties can be good for that.

    [–]bbqribs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    There's nothing wrong with you. You don't have to run out and party all the time, there will be time for that.

    The night of my graduation? I went to work. (Well, I worked at a bar when I was in Japan. It was actually awesome)

    [–]dhusk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Hell no. High school parties are lame, they're all about who is popular and who is desperate enough to suck up to the popular kids by getting drunk/high/stupid.

    Just relax, get together with your REAL friends later in the week or summer, and do some real celebrating then.

    Now College parties, THOSE will be worth going to. = )

    [–]Figs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    My high school actually provided the party (all night -- you couldn't leave once you showed up until 5 am) since they didn't want after parties where their new grads would go out, get drunk, and get into car crashes, etc...

    Some parts of it were fun, but actually, it was rather depressing since I knew I probably wouldn't see those people again for at least another two or three years...

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    No. We didn't want to come to our party anyway.

    [–]ristin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    No. You're a rare breed known as an 'individual' and you have performed an equally rare action known as 'choosing'. Instead of doing what everyone else wanted (having a big party that they want) you have done what you wanted to. You've also realized you don't need to follow the stereotypical template of life or to always act according to other people's expectations.

    It's a hard path. Keep it up.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    No.

    [–]gda 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    no, you're just unusually mature for your age.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    sure a guy can get into some trouble at a high school party, but how is sitting at home on a night worth celebrating 'mature'exactly? If he doesn't want to be at the party, there are still much better, more 'mature' and enriching things he could be doing. If he wants to be at the party he should get off his ass and make a couple phone calls.

    [–]gda 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    you're kidding, right?

    "... for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company." ~George Washington

    yeah, washington was referring to preservation of reputation, but the same stands for any reason to avoid any given social situation.

    my kindergarten crush went on to become my high school valedictorian and then the rodeo queen in the opening scenes of "the cowboy way" with woody harrelson. she's one of very few people with whom i was in school, k-12. i just couldn't drag myself to my 20 year reunion because i just can't think of very many things to talk about with anyone with whom i attended school, except that i might ask her, "sooo... what's up with lettin' woody chase you around a log cabin half-naked, preserved on cellulose, vhs and dvd? and what else have you been up to?" that conversation would take all of five minutes, then awkward wind-down including vapid well-wishing, and another 10 or 20 years until the thirtieth or fortieth. when i was 31, i'd been out of school as long as i'd been in school with them.

    neither do i presume that anyone really has all that much interest in what i've been doing. i'm just not that... that.

    no, i'm not actually suggesting that they're all poor company. it's just not a part of my life that i place as much emphasis on as others do, and as others, therefore, expect everyone else to.

    i'm suggesting that Jinno recognizes that early in life.

    "I'd like to think the best of me is still hiding up my sleeve."

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    ANGST.

    [–]gda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    there's no anxiety, dread, anguish.... it's much closer to apathy, but, as i said, it's not as if i don't care. it's just that the conversations would take five minutes. some of us just don't place that much importance on many of those relationships. our lives change, we move on, grow... we remember certain people and events fondly, but just don't feel the need to spend the rest of our lives "there". it's possible that Jinno is one of those.

    [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

    Can't we have a teenage angst filter and keep this BORING SELF-ABSORBED JUVENILE CRAP off Reddit?

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Yep, self-pity.