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Old 12-19-2007, 02:51 PM   #61
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what if god was one of us?

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 02:55 PM   #62
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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.
yes, i would imagine that having a bsee would communicate more than the fact that you know a lot about electronics.

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 02:57 PM   #63
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what if god was one of us?
i'd find him and punch him in the mouth

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:07 PM   #64
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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?

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:23 PM   #65
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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?
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

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:26 PM   #66
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how often do you play with your machete?

how many beasts have died from it?

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:36 PM   #67
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how often do you play with your machete?

how many beasts have died from it?
i don't have it anymore. when my parents moved they packed it up with the rest of their stuff and it's in storage somewhere. i think buffalo. i miss it though, and if i ever live in a bad neighborhood i'll definitely keep one by my bed.

i didn't slay any beasts with it though. i kept it mainly for agricultural and intimidation reasons

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:39 PM   #68
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what would you do for a klondike bar?

impress me.

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:42 PM   #69
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what would you do for a klondike bar?

impress me.
you've answered your own question, my friend.

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:43 PM   #70
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what would you do for a klondike bar?

impress me.
you can't answer the question for him before he even has a chance!

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:43 PM   #71
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mxzombie, will you give me a high five right now?

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:44 PM   #72
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:08 PM   #73
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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

...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.

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:22 PM   #74
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...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.
that is the [tentative] plan. i'm thinking wherever i end up getting a job, which hopefully will be far away from miami, i'll ship whatever i can't fit in my car and loll over there during the course of a month or two and camp along the way.

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:27 PM   #75
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I think sloths are awesome when they're swimming and moving all slow and stuff.

Your thoughts?

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:35 PM   #76
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I think sloths are awesome when they're swimming and moving all slow and stuff.

Your thoughts?
sloths are pretty cool. i just read that book "the world without us" in which the author talks about prehistoric giant ground sloths that were (if i remember correctly) larger than elephants and roamed the american continent eating leaves. pretty wild. they were apparently killed off by early man since they were large and slow.


 
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:40 PM   #77
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Who do you think would win a fight to the death between a pig and a sheep, both male.

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:46 PM   #78
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Who do you think would win a fight to the death between a pig and a sheep, both male.
the sheep. he's got horns and a height advantage as well as increased mobility.

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:48 PM   #79
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what are some of the more significant changes in your life in the last 3-5 years

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:52 PM   #80
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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.
It's true. A friend of mine was approached at a party a few weeks ago and asked if she wanted to "audition" for a new game show. And at the audition she was actually competing with professional actors to get through the screening process.

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

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:54 PM   #81
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what are some of the more significant changes in your life in the last 3-5 years
-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)

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 04:56 PM   #82
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mxzombie, have you or a close friend ever had a paranormal experience?
i have never had one and remain fiercely skeptical of the possibility of it happening to me or anyone else. a friend of mine once told me "i don't believe in ghosts, i know in ghosts," claiming to have had an encounter with one in the middle of the night, but i have a hard time giving any credence to his account given the lack of physical evidence

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 05:33 PM   #83
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Are you more likely to die from consuming peanut butter or diet soda?

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 05:36 PM   #84
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Are you more likely to die from consuming peanut butter or diet soda?
i think that's a question better posed to a physiologist or dietician, or perhaps some combination of both

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 05:40 PM   #85
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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)

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 05:45 PM   #86
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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)
i'm not sure i understand, but okay.

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 05:56 PM   #87
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-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)

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

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 05:58 PM   #88
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would you care to reflect a little on each, so we could understand the significance/impact it's had on you?
hey guy

 
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Old 12-19-2007, 05:58 PM   #89
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sup man, how's the trip going so far?

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

 
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