Sinfest

[Dogen]

The people in lower level psychology classes are annoying, because they treat it like therapy. I think a lot of people in theory-based majors start out trying to apply the theories they're learning all the time, and it kind of eases as you get through it and the newness wears off. Ever tried to have a conversation with someone after they've taken their first philosophy class? Suddenly it's all "categorical imperative" this and "utilitarianism" that.

Not that people who majored in psychology aren't inherently sesquipedalian, pleonastic douchebags. It's just not limited to us.
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"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

[ShadowCell]

[Dogen]

Tell me about it. It's like when I was in junior high and there was this kid who used to talk all the time, and it really made me feel like he had self-esteem issues, and I could relate because I was always taller than every-- hey, where are you going?
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"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

[Samsally]

For me it just made my normally manageable quirks and anxieties* into Big Problems that took over my life.

Like, a thing I really don't need is a degree in something that makes me more crazy than usual.

*er, sometimes i question how manageable they are but...
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Samsally the Gray

[Dogen]

You got med student syndrome from a couple psych classes, huh? Usually people start diagnosing everyone around them.
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"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

[Samsally]

It's entirely possible my normally manageable quirks are uh. Not normal.

I seem to manage okay, though. Usually.
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Samsally the Gray

[ShadowCell]

i took a psychology class in high school* that started off by explicitly telling us all about med student syndrome and why we should not fall prey to it

*yyyyyyyyyyyyyeah

[Samsally]

Pretty sure the class I took went over that, too! It didn't help. I mean, I didn't start seeing stuff in my friends at least?
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Samsally the Gray

[Dogen]

No one is normal. If you get along in life then you're not disordered, by definition. Everyone has symptoms, though. I have sub-clinical anxiety symptoms. I don't have an anxiety disorder. So recognizing you have symptoms is NBD, because everyone else has something too. OCD-like, anger problems, depressive tendencies... ain't nobody normal.
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"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

[Sam]

[Darqcyde]

[Snorri]

[Samsally]

Are you still talking about psychology students or are we talking about Sinfest now? I can't tell.
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Samsally the Gray

[mouse]

sinfest probably has an abnormal number of people who have studied philosophy. so, you know....pretty much the same thing.
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aka: neverscared!

[Felgraf]