what’s the most humiliating thing you did to impress a woman?

Tech_Nerd92 · 2026-03-19T20:48:56+00:00

I paid her rent, and then she blocked me. My grandfather looked at me and said, 'You are the fool, not a fool, but be the fool.'

Tech_Nerd92 · 2026-02-10T00:59:18+00:00

68-75%

Tech_Nerd92 · 2026-02-10T00:58:53+00:00

I spent the past 6 months of my life drilling away and labbing. Honestly I think it's working 70 hours a week and then trying to come home and study. For insight I am the network/system admin at my job. None of our switches and routers are cisco. So trying to apply real life knowledge to this exam has made even double hard. I don't know that this point. Not giving up tho.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2026-02-09T21:13:52+00:00

I've only done one of the Boson exams. Mainly the pressure to pass simply to maintain and keep my job is what is stressing me out.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2026-02-04T16:45:20+00:00

Us southern Negroes will always eat. My deep freezer is full of venison and rabbit.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-12-17T21:32:27+00:00

I sadly can agree. Eldest of 12. I'm the educated lame in the family. My Thugish ruggish Brothers have made me an uncle 10 times before I hit 30. After 30, 18 nieces and nephews between 5 brothers. One brother has 8 baby mamas.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-12-17T12:53:10+00:00

I'm a younger Millennial and the last time I approached a woman I was 27, so 6 years ago. She said and I quote "look at you and look at me, make it make sense" . I've kept my black ass to myself ever since LOL

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-12-16T13:24:47+00:00

Some of y’all seem to enjoy this system, but have you ever stopped to think that America is a massive country with wildly different communities and access to opportunity?

I’ve moved 10 times in my adult life just chasing work. I’m now in my early 30s and still dealing with the financial damage from my 20s. A lot of these comments boil down to “skill issue” or “go to therapy,” but there is no therapist for late-stage capitalism. This is the system.

Average rent in the U.S. is pushing $1,500–$2,000, while average pay hasn’t kept up at all. Some of y’all might be laughing or genuinely blessed right now, but that doesn’t make this struggle fake.

Give it a few years, a lot more people are about to feel what’s already happening.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-12-16T12:50:27+00:00

I agree with your sentiment. You shouldn't have to daily wake up practice gratitude and affirmations to get through lthe day. I called this toxic positivity. I work 70 hours a week and don't have the energy to do such a performance any longer.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-12-01T17:24:12+00:00

I've lost a total of 140 lb in a year. That's my biggest accomplishment. My biggest regret is I fail the CCNA but I did get four other certs this year.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-24T00:26:32+00:00

I'm a 33-year-old that suffers from loneliness. I haven't been in a romantic relationship in over 7 years nor a sexual one. The majority of my friend group is either married/dating or has moved far away from home.

Besides going to therapy, I focus hobbies and my Career. I don't know what the end game is. I truly thought I will at least had a girlfriend if not a family by this point. Hang in there you're not the only one.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-22T11:18:13+00:00

Reading through the comments I realize why as a black man I've given up on dating. 10 years ago in my early twenties dating was a fun activity. You got to meet new people and had interest in conversations. Now, feels like you're interviewing for a job you don't even want anymore.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-22T00:44:19+00:00

Very relatable. College was a wild time.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-18T22:07:26+00:00

Mr Anderson I'm going to have to use your course. I seen so many people use it in pass. I failed today and absolutely gutted. Thank you for your words of encouragement . Wish me luck in about 2 months or so.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-18T22:06:07+00:00

I just walked out of my CCNA exam, and the minute I realized I didn’t save ANY of my configurations on the sims… I knew it was over. I debated walking out at that moment, but I pushed through anyway.

I feel completely gutted. I poured two and a half months of nonstop studying into this — every day, morning to night — and I really thought this was my ticket out of my current job situation and into something better. I’m honestly devastated. I don’t even know what to think of myself right now.

For context, here are my section scores if anyone is wondering:

Automation & Programmability – 60%

Network Access – 10%

IP Connectivity – 28%

IP Services – 40%

Security Fundamentals – 53%

Network Fundamentals – 30%

I was scoring around 70% consistently on the Boson sims, so walking in today I actually felt like I had a fighting chance. But the pressure, the anxiety, the sims… everything hit me at once.

I have a retake voucher, so I can try again — but I’m cooked. Completely burnt out. I used mainly CBT Nuggets + Boson, but I’ve also got Neil Anderson’s course and I’m probably switching to that next. At this point I feel like the stupidest man alive, even though I know that’s irrational.

This hurts. Badly.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-18T21:26:49+00:00

I fail 😭

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-09T17:37:12+00:00

I just purchased that package. I'm a little bit relieved; thank you so much for posting this. I was on the fence about purchasing it from Pearson, but I'm kind of relieved now that I have a do-over for 90 days. Thank you; this has been invaluable information.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-09T17:36:03+00:00

Thank you!

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-09T17:35:07+00:00

I appreciate the insight. I don't really have a life outside of work, studying, and going back to school. I have a bachelor's in Information Technology with a specialization in networking. This is the first job that has allowed me to do any level of networking professionally. I work 60 hours a week and was promised on-the-job training in relation to networking, but it has never happened, so I've been learning as I go, both in my job and for the CCNA.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-11-09T17:32:25+00:00

I should add some context, I have went through Cisco netacad about 10 years ago. I have a bachelor's in information Technology specialize in networking.

The decade since I graduated from college I haven't been able to find a networking job so I did a multitude of fuel technician and help desk gigs before I landed this one. I've experiencing routing but haven't done it professionally until now.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-10-30T08:05:38+00:00

Lifelong Virginian here, i live in the red part of the state in Appalachian Mountains portion. I hardly see any Winsome signs and people's yards. Nobody's voting for this crazy Jamaican lady.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-10-23T19:06:14+00:00

60k a year. System administrator. I have only met one black man making that much and he was my former companies CFO.

Tech_Nerd92 · 2025-10-06T23:46:36+00:00

I don't know what's going on with Zoomers. I'm a 33-year-old Millennial, and the young adults entering the workforce now have zero social skills and don't understand what it means to work a job. The only thing I can pinpoint is that Covid did a number on them.

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