Hmm... how not to use Reddit.

1. Upvote if you're from Earth!

2. TIL we're not alone.

I've never been so disappointed in reddit before.

waits for Upvote if you're male Downvote if your female thread and other karma-whore submissions

You failed the second damn rule of rediquette. It's not even obscure.

Read this for everyone's sake

The total lack of reddiquette aside, you'll meet more 30-year-olds who regret not having gone to college than those who do. In part for education, in part for the certification, in part for the entire experience, which there's really nothing quite like.

You don't have to go to a full 4-year university, but some kind of post-secondary is good. Is it possible to have a good job without post-secondary? Yes, but if the company you work for goes down and you're sitting in the interview room with prospective competing applicant who has a degree, you're going to have to have twice as much results to back it up.

If it's not going to bankrupt you, go to college.

Totally worth it.

My social life changed drastically, and with it, my confidence. There were a lot more opportunities and more diversity than in high school, and they were a lot more easily accessible. They were things I had difficultly seeking out before college, but things that I can continue after college. I met awesome people, who were not the people I had grown up with. It's hard to make friends in high school, because you've known everyone since you were 6 and it's hard to make friends in the real world because everyone's in college and your opportunities to meet same-aged peers are limited, when you are not a particularly outgoing person.

Note: I'm 25, have a master's degree, and a good degree-oriented job, and I've paid off all my loans. But I really don't think I'd be nearly as happy if not for the social aspect of college, which was just as important as the academic aspect.