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so.. i was robbed last night

#121
fingerbun said:
I'm intrigued at what I see as your harshness.



He had the skills one acquires in getting a college education...time management, communication, etc. He had the body of an athlete, and presumably a big one given that he did his college degree on a basketball scholarship. He has the look of someone who has succeeded. What does "deliberately hid his education" mean beyond that he didn't tell people. How typical are his experiences?



Unemployment is not as bad in the US as it was a year ago, but it's still running at 8 or 9%.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for people getting in and having a go and I don't think I am a bleeding heart. But it can be really easy for someone who has always led a comfortable middle class existence to not understand what it's like to struggle and not have the education / social capital it takes to get ahead.
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I grew up dirt poor (by American standards anyway). Poaching to have enough food, the same meal made of whatever was cheapest over and over, living in trailers and on and on. I worked my way out, and I had none of the mythical advantages that so many people presume are the only way to get ahead. OP is an arrogant entitled douche. You're presumptuous in the extreme.
 
#122
sonic assassin said:
im a real sweet guy if you're good enough to be my friend. if you can't accept that i don't like most people, then you dont apply.
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There's a difference between not liking most people and being an entitled arrogant waste of your daddy's spunk - I don't like most people either, doesn't stop me from being civilized with them at the very least. Catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

Yet, you post a thread lamenting the fact you got robbed, people offer what seems to be to be all sorts of advice, which you proceed to ignore, put down, and belittle because "oh I have a superiority complex and I'm so freaking straight edge".

Fun phrase there too... "white advice", excuse me if I'm wrong but according to your statements, you're as white as they come. It's okay though, I guess all of us here don't know jack diddly about squat, and you have all the answers to your situation, life, the universe, and everything else under the sun.

What amazes me is that you actually seem to believe the crap you are spouting. No wonder you live in a hole in the wall in a bad neighbourhood and seem to be more concerned with your precious "oh I'm so bloody poor and disadvantaged" lifestyle than you are with actually getting off your posterior and actually *doing* something about your situation.

Seriously though, with your charming personality, you're going to go places, for real! Don't let us old fogeys keep you down, after all, what do us old farts know about life...

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#124
If the type of job which you are looking for is just not avaliable in your area, and you cannot move at the moment, then perhaps you need to think about setting up on your own and becoming self-employed. It is not easy, I know, and it can take a while to reach a level where you are making a profit, but it might be the best way forward for you.
I set up on my own as a translator after being in a similar situation to yourself - I couldn't find a job which I enjoyed locally, and I don't want to leave this area as I look after an elderly relative who lives nearby, so I used my skills and my hobby (learning languages) and launched out as a freelance translator.
I'm sure that you will have some marketable skills and some specialised knowledge, if you analyse the situation carefully. Have a think about it and see if there is anything which might fit the bill.
Good luck! :)

Sorry to hear about the break-in, too.
 
#126
Balog said:
I grew up dirt poor (by American standards anyway). Poaching to have enough food, the same meal made of whatever was cheapest over and over, living in trailers and on and on. I worked my way out, and I had none of the mythical advantages that so many people presume are the only way to get ahead. OP is an arrogant entitled douche. You're presumptuous in the extreme.
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Fair challenge sir. I didn't assume that you personally had never known struggle, though my wording didn't make that clear. That was sloppy and I apologise. I also express my respect for you working your way out.

I know that getting in and having a go is good, and self-pity is useless. But I think my original points do still stand. I don't agree that Adam Shepard's book proves all that much because he DID have what you call the "mythical" advantages. And when structural unemployment is up more people are going to suffer.

I just felt it was important to put the counterpoint. You are welcome to assume I'm a bleeding heart :)
 
#127
No offense, and I make no assumptions about your politics. There's a world of difference between trying and failing due to X reason which may or may not be beyond your control, and not trying because you're too busy whining about how impossible it is.
 
#129
IAmACrocodile said:
I'm sure that you will have some marketable skills and some specialised knowledge, if you analyse the situation carefully. Have a think about it and see if there is anything which might fit the bill.
Good luck! :)

Sorry to hear about the break-in, too.
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im one step ahead of you there. i run a small mobile recording studio in my free time/on my off days. lots of 6 day work weeks or 12 hour days when ive actually got work.

buuuuuut the clients are spotty. mostly just bands i already know. in my current position, with my current equipment, i cant branch out too far yet and be taken seriously. most people wont take me seriously because i dont have my own live room. either way, its supplemental income, and i enjoy the work.

but... the thieves stole one of my monitors and i cant mix right now.
 
#133
i_got_a_mohawk said:
If you are as bright as you are making out, why are you limiting yourself to a job you got when you were 14?

You complain about other peoples suggestions:

"its everyone's typical white advice of "just move" "get a better job" "buy new stuff" and my saying that my particular situation doesnt allow that is letting you people twist my words into me complaining."

Why can't you move on? You have a college degree, you were an honour student, surely you can get a job that is better than stacking shelves?

All peolpe are trying to do here is give you the positive boot in the arse to try and help you get yourself out of this rut, as you said, you're miserable with where you are, maybe it's a boot you are needing, and one that you missed out on growing up?
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I'm with you in this one, everyone here is trying to open your eyes man, if you have a college degree at 22, you can get a masters at let's say 25, and then after really 3 "hard" (harder?) years, you'll be in a better place than now,

just think about it... just THINK!
my .02
 
#134
lowfreq33 said:
Actually you can. Mix in mono, then do your panning last.
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not quite. all time based effects are a mess in mono. frequencies stacking up that normally wouldnt. it can be done, but it would sound very good. maybe if you were good enough and determined, im not, and its not worth the trouble.

turns out samson discontinued my monitors. so i either get mine back, buy used ones, or drop a ton of money i dont have on NEW ones and relearn how to mix. guhhh.
 
#135
RBetoGT said:
I'm with you in this one, everyone here is trying to open your eyes man, if you have a college degree at 22, you can get a masters at let's say 25, and then after really 3 "hard" (harder?) years, you'll be in a better place than now,

just think about it... just THINK!
my .02
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thanks, but im done with school. i was about to be done with school when i graduated high school, but my mother insisted i go to college and insisted she would pay for it. graduated, and then she stuck me with the bill. no more debt. no more student loans. no more sitting in class rooms. theres nothing left in the world i care to learn about anyway.
 
#139
MatticusMania said:
Well, that makes sense. I would think though, that since you learned it once with your old speakers, it'd probably come to you quicker than it did the first time.
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absolutely. but theres a sort of breaking in period where my mixes will sound a little wonky. true of most setups unless you are just THAT good. mostly the bass and the high mids. every monitor represents LF differently and the crossover point always makes a weird spot in the 1-3khz range.

just want my friggin monitor back :bawl:
 
#140
sonic assassin, I'm glad that you and your cat were not hurt in this robbery. If you haven't gotten your Invalid Link Removed yet then you really need to make that a priority. The website that I use is linked above for your convenience. Unfortunately the personal loss of treasured items can never be replaced so I hope that your stuff will be found at some point.
 

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