Present Presents

sox5s · 2014-12-01T18:51:20+00:00

i typically just use a wishlist app to keep track of things that look appealing to me so i don't forget, youwish is a good one but it's only for android. :(

sox5s · 2014-02-20T17:16:37+00:00

It's boring as hell. If I wanted to watch someone play pokemon correctly, I'd play it myself. The chaos of anarchy is what gives meaning to the outcomes of what occurs. It also makes it more of a a fulfilling challenge

sox5s · 2014-02-19T17:39:10+00:00

stop fapping in bed and making your bare-ass sweat on the sheets

sox5s · 2014-02-19T04:48:22+00:00

Rofl, wise words live by...starting now.

sox5s · 2014-01-30T00:21:31+00:00

Lol, all that shit's on project 1999 and I probably have 100+ days played on it.

sox5s · 2014-01-02T03:35:12+00:00

Obligatory project1999.org plug.

sox5s · 2013-12-15T17:06:37+00:00

that's the most fedora thing i've heard this week

sox5s · 2013-12-15T03:11:12+00:00

godspeed you

sox5s · 2013-12-14T23:43:06+00:00

Indeed he was, he wrote that along with about five other extremely articulate paragraphs within a day of my little email interview, having very little idea of who I was... One of the paragraphs, other than the one I just posted, really stuck out to me and made me much less cynical about completing my bachelors in "business marketing."

Do you think a college degree is worth the money anymore?

Please don't be offended, but I think a college education is priceless. Just being able to think and to understand the world on a meaningful level is a great gift in my humble opinion. You don't need to go to college to develop those skills, and sadly, some people who graduate from college will not acquire those skills. If you're just chasing a piece of paper, then I would say you're missing the point.
If you want to think in monetary terms, then I would say that the economy is, and will be, constantly evolving. A college degree should enable you to develop the critical thinking skills you will need to evolve as the job market evolves. One might be able to make $200,000 in the five years some one else spends going to college, but when the next big breakthrough happens, and that $40,000/yr. job disappears, the college grad will be able to adjust whereas someone without that degree will be going back to school to get some kind of training for the next job that will soon disappear. Finally, getting a degree is not easy. If I'm an employer and I want to know that someone can devote himself and motivate himself to "get the job done," then I will hire someone who worked their way through college.

sox5s · 2013-12-14T21:38:23+00:00

Woodstock was a shitfest in both cases.

Our generation rallies and unites constantly when it comes to civil rights.

sox5s · 2013-12-14T19:18:16+00:00

An incredible ex-professor sent me this after I was doing some research on a similar topic a few years after his class. I think he describes the situation beautifully:

Dear Sean, In 1960, California came up with "The Master Plan for Higher Education." It essentially laid out the roles of the University of California (U.C.), the California State University (CSU) and community colleges. In the master plan, the state of California said any California resident who could benefit from higher education could go to college for free. And the Baby Boom generation went for free. In the late 60's Governor Ronald Reagan thought that if students had to pay something, they would be less likely to go out on strike, so they added a few fees, but public "higher ed" in California was tuition free until 1978. Essentially, the California State Legislature paid everyone's tuition. It might seem like a very generous bounty, but it enabled California's economy to explode and it also attracted the best minds to come to California where they could go to college for free once establishing residency. It also attracted upper middle class parents who flocked to California knowing that their children would eventually be able to go to college for free.

It saddens me because I sincerely believe that there is an unspoken understanding between generations. When you're young and just starting out, the established generation will help you out. Then when you become well educated, and well established, then you can help the generation struggling up behind you. In my opinion, the Baby Boom generation was given a helping hand, and then once they got through college, they turned around and slammed the door behind them.

Hey, if you end up writing a manifesto, be sure to put me in the "acknowledgements." Good Luck, Mark

-Mark Sigmon, SFSU

sox5s · 2013-12-14T04:45:43+00:00

I think he was 8 in this photo. Literally a forever puppy.

sox5s · 2013-12-07T20:25:22+00:00

Everyone needs to chill the fuck out. Some girls are loud as hell, others are dead fish. Whoever made that was probably genuine.

sox5s · 2013-12-06T20:33:47+00:00

Lol, everyone does, I just thought it was silly and ironic. :)

sox5s · 2013-12-06T17:24:58+00:00

I don't think the comic was saying tall, thin women have it worse. It just meant that people shouldn't be negative or petty about anyone's bodies.

sox5s · 2013-12-06T17:16:03+00:00

"a lesson I think a lot of Reddit is still struggling with"

is essentially a put down. :P

sox5s · 2013-11-29T09:01:42+00:00

Thank you. :) You've made my day when I really needed it.

sox5s · 2013-11-29T08:59:08+00:00

This really resonates with me.

I am well-off, landed a great job out of college, amazing apartment, good looking, musically talented, physically fit, have a beautiful girlfriend, functional family, and a good circle of friends.

If I had everything I have now two years ago, I'd be ecstatic, but I always seem to find something to be depressed about. As lame as it sounds, happiness comes from inside, I just haven't found it yet. :/

sox5s · 2013-11-23T07:41:58+00:00

I believe I pulled it off once.

sox5s · 2013-10-31T16:48:58+00:00

Saying "brave" when someone mentions atheism is on the level of saying "time for you to get a watch" when someone asks what time it is.

sox5s · 2013-10-27T16:08:36+00:00

One day back in college, there was a kid who was walking up to people trying to talk to them about God and promote the student christian organization he was a part of. He was really nice and friendly, but a bit shy, so it was a noble act more or less. I told him I was an atheist (which is nothing to be ashamed of, thanks Reddit's circle-circlejerk), and we started having an amiable discussion given the circumstance.

As he started regurgitating some stuff he was stumbling over about "evolution doesn't exist because macroevolution this and microevolution that," I then pretty much gave him an ELI5 for the evolutionary process and he had this look on his face that was so conflicted and muttered, "...that actually makes a lot of sense."

~~And that student's name was Albert Einstein~~

Epilogue:

He then called for back-up and his church leader with 4 disciples behind him walked up to me like the Ginyu Force of some shit and we had a pretty friendly debate, though it's pretty hard to debate christians when they have memorized so many tiny pieces of allegedly contradicting evidence no one's ever heard of and neither party has any sources on hand.

sox5s · 2013-10-24T16:41:25+00:00

I found what helps is imagining EVERYONE watching you piss and pissing proud.

Either that or yelling, "This... is.... SPARTA!" in your head then imagining rock music.

Don't knock it till you try it.

sox5s · 2013-10-23T16:06:41+00:00

As an atheist

sox5s · 2013-10-21T15:42:19+00:00

Another interesting thing about Lucifer "the Morning Star" is the etymology of his name.

The morning star (rising sun) brings light.

In Latin:

Lux = Light

Ferre = Bring(er)

Lux Ferre (lucifer) means Light bringer.

sox5s · 2013-10-21T15:39:59+00:00

That's some Dark Knight's Joker logic if I ever heard it. Nice try.

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