Originally Posted by mxzombie

yeah, any engineering degree can get you into most fields (with some experience in that field through internships or something). the administration at my school likes to say that an engineering degree is a degree in problem solving, and i know to some extent that's marketing bs, but it's also true in a lot of cases. engineering school conditions you to think in a certain way that allows you to analyze and solve problems and consider all sorts of factors. electrical engineering in itself is pretty broad and could involve anything from low-level hardware and software design (i was told that UM audio engineering alums wrote pro-tools) to testing, diagnosing, and repairing equipment. i mean, my dad got a bsee and now he's selling medical equipment and managing sales for his company over all of latin america.

Originally Posted by Irridescent Fairysex

what if god was one of us?

Originally Posted by Mariner

the best way to answer this is probably with the absolute first thing that you consider (even if it barely flashes through) in the first few seconds after reading the question. too much thinking on it will probably lead to a less genuine answer (no offense). i want the real honest almost not consciously-thought-about answer:


if instead of going to college you'd said "fuck it, i'm going to go do this awesome, scary, risky thing with my life instead" what would that have been?

Originally Posted by Irridescent Fairysex

how often do you play with your machete?

how many beasts have died from it?

Originally Posted by myosis

what would you do for a klondike bar?

impress me.

Originally Posted by myosis

what would you do for a klondike bar?

impress me.

Originally Posted by mxzombie

first answer: probably something along the lines of your road trip. i've been dying to do something like that for a few years. obviously i would have to come up with some way to finance that, either by selling my stuff or hooking up with a friend who would travel with me.

another thing maybe would have been to try to get a job on a boat as a mate and lived on that.

it's difficult to imagine because going to college has always sort of been a given for me, having done well in school all my life and being financially able to go wherever. i've never really spent a lot of time daydreaming about those things or figuring out what it would take for me to do them

Originally Posted by Mariner

...which means at some point soon you're due. you're only young once and all that. take the summer after college off from serious life and do something like you mentioned.

Originally Posted by ravenguy2000

I think sloths are awesome when they're swimming and moving all slow and stuff.

Your thoughts?

Originally Posted by BumbleBeeMouth

Who do you think would win a fight to the death between a pig and a sheep, both male.

Originally Posted by mxzombie

for example, on game shows like deal or no deal, people are led to believe that the contestants are everyday, regular people and that they represent a broad slice of the population, but if you step back and think about how ridiculously exaggerated all of their actions and personality traits are and realize that these people have been selected by producers to create an exciting, dramatic atmosphere, it's easy to see that "reality tv" doesn't represent reality at all.

Originally Posted by wHATcOLOR

what are some of the more significant changes in your life in the last 3-5 years

Originally Posted by drowningspider

mxzombie, have you or a close friend ever had a paranormal experience?

Originally Posted by redchandelier

Are you more likely to die from consuming peanut butter or diet soda?

Originally Posted by redchandelier

^ it's diet soda, but the point of the question has to do more with how people make decisions rather than the actual answer (i.e. availability heuristic)

Originally Posted by mxzombie

-my parents moving out of the country and leaving me in miami for school
-moving in with my girlfriend and subsequently living in miami full-time as opposed to staying in my parents' old house an hour north during school breaks until they sold it
-smoking weed (didn't smoke until freshman year of college and now i generally smoke every night)

Originally Posted by wHATcOLOR

would you care to reflect a little on each, so we could understand the significance/impact it's had on you?

Originally Posted by wHATcOLOR

sup man, how's the trip going so far?