Rant Thread!

[General Lighting]

@harr!et 414340 wrote:

awwh guys :’) i feel so luuurved.
basically.. i chose to do chem, biology and physics + psychology at college.
annnndd.. recently, i just decided that i can’t do it (cos i really can’t).
i love art and i want to write and paint and draw and take photographs of stuff. sometimes i get up at 3am to paint, i feel like it’s what i’m meant to do. but i’m 1/2 the way through my first year and my dad will go nuts (cos he’s spent a couple of hundred on a SEXY chemistry tutor to help me out) and i can’t just quit and take up what i want to do.. i don’t really know what i can do about it. arrghhhhh. i’m stuck in a big sticky stickiness.

and it’s stupid that they make us make these choices at 15/16. i’ve shut off every option except science now and i regret it so much.

EDIT: ohhh.. and i know i change my mind alot though. hmmm. actually fml.

the exact same thing happened to me when I was the same age as you and young Josh – other than sexy private tutors, in the 1980s female science teachers were rarely that good looking (apart from one, who is now the deputy head of my old high school 22 years later :crazy: )

the problem is that there isn’t any lasting careers in art, even less so than when I was young because the Internet has created this “free content” culture. There are loads of artists round here in Suffolk, its a popular enclave for them, but the ones making a living out of it are mostly older than me, some could easily be my parents.

I ended up just scraping through science A levels and lasted two years in uni after dropping out in a haze of drugs – but this gave me enough of a grounding in how to make computers and electronic stuff work to keep me in work for two decades. Amazingly a lot of people think I have all sorts of degrees and am some sort of professor, when in fact I am just some British Asian wideboy stuck in the 1980s/1990s who refuses to grow up 😉

Everyone I know what has done art courses has either ended up working in a shop or call centre or had to do something else to make a living..

I know a lot of people with science backgrounds who make art as well, as I am an engineer by trade and they actually combine science and art to make stuff what people can use..

[General Lighting]

@harr!et 414340 wrote:

awwh guys :’) i feel so luuurved.
basically.. i chose to do chem, biology and physics + psychology at college.
annnndd.. recently, i just decided that i can’t do it (cos i really can’t).
i love art and i want to write and paint and draw and take photographs of stuff. sometimes i get up at 3am to paint, i feel like it’s what i’m meant to do. but i’m 1/2 the way through my first year and my dad will go nuts (cos he’s spent a couple of hundred on a SEXY chemistry tutor to help me out) and i can’t just quit and take up what i want to do.. i don’t really know what i can do about it. arrghhhhh. i’m stuck in a big sticky stickiness.

and it’s stupid that they make us make these choices at 15/16. i’ve shut off every option except science now and i regret it so much.

EDIT: ohhh.. and i know i change my mind alot though. hmmm. actually fml.

the exact same thing happened to me when I was the same age as you and young Josh – other than sexy private tutors, in the 1980s female science teachers were rarely that good looking (apart from one, who is now the deputy head of my old high school 22 years later :crazy: )

the problem is that there isn’t any lasting careers in art, even less so than when I was young because the Internet has created this “free content” culture. There are loads of artists round here in Suffolk, its a popular enclave for them, but the ones making a living out of it are mostly older than me, some could easily be my parents.

I ended up just scraping through science A levels and lasted two years in uni after dropping out in a haze of drugs – but this gave me enough of a grounding in how to make computers and electronic stuff work to keep me in work for two decades. Amazingly a lot of people think I have all sorts of degrees and am some sort of professor, when in fact I am just some British Asian wideboy stuck in the 1980s/1990s who refuses to grow up 😉

Everyone I know what has done art courses has either ended up working in a shop or call centre or had to do something else to make a living..

I know a lot of people with science backgrounds who make art as well, as I am an engineer by trade and they actually combine science and art to make stuff what people can use..

[1984]

@harr!et 414340 wrote:

awwh guys :’) i feel so luuurved.
basically.. i chose to do chem, biology and physics + psychology at college.
annnndd.. recently, i just decided that i can’t do it (cos i really can’t).
i love art and i want to write and paint and draw and take photographs of stuff. sometimes i get up at 3am to paint, i feel like it’s what i’m meant to do. but i’m 1/2 the way through my first year and my dad will go nuts (cos he’s spent a couple of hundred on a SEXY chemistry tutor to help me out) and i can’t just quit and take up what i want to do.. i don’t really know what i can do about it. arrghhhhh. i’m stuck in a big sticky stickiness.

and it’s stupid that they make us make these choices at 15/16. i’ve shut off every option except science now and i regret it so much.

EDIT: ohhh.. and i know i change my mind alot though. hmmm. actually fml.

can you not drop one subject and change it for an arty one? personally if you can hack it I would keep art as a hobby (and I did art) but thats only because its about as much use as a chocolate tea pot in the real world. But then its fine if combined more academic stuff.

[1984]

@harr!et 414340 wrote:

awwh guys :’) i feel so luuurved.
basically.. i chose to do chem, biology and physics + psychology at college.
annnndd.. recently, i just decided that i can’t do it (cos i really can’t).
i love art and i want to write and paint and draw and take photographs of stuff. sometimes i get up at 3am to paint, i feel like it’s what i’m meant to do. but i’m 1/2 the way through my first year and my dad will go nuts (cos he’s spent a couple of hundred on a SEXY chemistry tutor to help me out) and i can’t just quit and take up what i want to do.. i don’t really know what i can do about it. arrghhhhh. i’m stuck in a big sticky stickiness.

and it’s stupid that they make us make these choices at 15/16. i’ve shut off every option except science now and i regret it so much.

EDIT: ohhh.. and i know i change my mind alot though. hmmm. actually fml.

can you not drop one subject and change it for an arty one? personally if you can hack it I would keep art as a hobby (and I did art) but thats only because its about as much use as a chocolate tea pot in the real world. But then its fine if combined more academic stuff.

[Anonymous]

i guess i just have to try and scrape through with the science then. i do love physics and psychology so that’s okay, and i can put up with biology cos i seem naturally alright at it somehow :S i dont really care much about chemistry so.. meh. i could maybe take up photography at the end of this year. you’re right about how you can’t earn much from art though. i’ve been thinking about that but i don’t know, i’d rather be poor if i could do the things i love though. i’m still going to look into trying to find an art college that might take me.. it’s probably not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

i guess i just have to try and scrape through with the science then. i do love physics and psychology so that’s okay, and i can put up with biology cos i seem naturally alright at it somehow :S i dont really care much about chemistry so.. meh. i could maybe take up photography at the end of this year. you’re right about how you can’t earn much from art though. i’ve been thinking about that but i don’t know, i’d rather be poor if i could do the things i love though. i’m still going to look into trying to find an art college that might take me.. it’s probably not going to happen.

[1984]

@harr!et 414352 wrote:

i guess i just have to try and scrape through with the science then. i do love physics and psychology so that’s okay, and i can put up with biology cos i seem naturally alright at it somehow :S i dont really care much about chemistry so.. meh. i could maybe take up photography at the end of this year. you’re right about how you can’t earn much from art though. i’ve been thinking about that but i don’t know, i’d rather be poor if i could do the things i love though. i’m still going to look into trying to find an art college that might take me.. it’s probably not going to happen.

thing is you do well academically then you can give art a damn good go and if it doesn’t work out, which it probably wont, then you have something more substantial to fall back on.

Bit like if you want to be an actor ffs dont just take drama!

[1984]

@harr!et 414352 wrote:

i guess i just have to try and scrape through with the science then. i do love physics and psychology so that’s okay, and i can put up with biology cos i seem naturally alright at it somehow :S i dont really care much about chemistry so.. meh. i could maybe take up photography at the end of this year. you’re right about how you can’t earn much from art though. i’ve been thinking about that but i don’t know, i’d rather be poor if i could do the things i love though. i’m still going to look into trying to find an art college that might take me.. it’s probably not going to happen.

thing is you do well academically then you can give art a damn good go and if it doesn’t work out, which it probably wont, then you have something more substantial to fall back on.

Bit like if you want to be an actor ffs dont just take drama!

[General Lighting]

@harr!et 414352 wrote:

i guess i just have to try and scrape through with the science then. i do love physics and psychology so that’s okay, and i can put up with biology cos i seem naturally alright at it somehow :S i dont really care much about chemistry so.. meh. i could maybe take up photography at the end of this year. you’re right about how you can’t earn much from art though. i’ve been thinking about that but i don’t know, i’d rather be poor if i could do the things i love though. i’m still going to look into trying to find an art college that might take me.. it’s probably not going to happen.

its not a case of being poor but zero income – I’ve seen so many places selling arty stuff close down in my town. the girls I know doing arty stuff (ok they are a bit older in their 20s and 30s) have day jobs like encouraging sustainable food (which you need biology for) and another is a librarian and both went to uni

most art colleges in Londonistan are fucked due to the funding issues, they seem to be full of nathan barleys and youts wanting to be the next N-Dubz anyway.

[General Lighting]

@harr!et 414352 wrote:

i guess i just have to try and scrape through with the science then. i do love physics and psychology so that’s okay, and i can put up with biology cos i seem naturally alright at it somehow :S i dont really care much about chemistry so.. meh. i could maybe take up photography at the end of this year. you’re right about how you can’t earn much from art though. i’ve been thinking about that but i don’t know, i’d rather be poor if i could do the things i love though. i’m still going to look into trying to find an art college that might take me.. it’s probably not going to happen.

its not a case of being poor but zero income – I’ve seen so many places selling arty stuff close down in my town. the girls I know doing arty stuff (ok they are a bit older in their 20s and 30s) have day jobs like encouraging sustainable food (which you need biology for) and another is a librarian and both went to uni

most art colleges in Londonistan are fucked due to the funding issues, they seem to be full of nathan barleys and youts wanting to be the next N-Dubz anyway.

[1984]

@General Lighting 414360 wrote:

its not a case of being poor but zero income – I’ve seen so many places selling arty stuff close down in my town. the girls I know doing arty stuff (ok they are a bit older in their 20s and 30s) have day jobs like encouraging sustainable food (which you need biology for) and another is a librarian and both went to uni

I know someone who was seriously talented at illustration, well beyond your normal college/uni art work. Shes buggering off to china.

If anyone could have made it it would have been her, all my mates were all arty but she was miles ahead. Not that she wont mind, but even for someone with her talent and confidence (buckets of, and intelligence) it seems to be a massive fight with little chance of winning.

same with my cousin, very good actor, did some Tv work (our friends from the north, couple of adverts) and a film. Did all the big west end shows. Never made any money never went anywhere. Went into building.

Not that you shoudlnt persue it, just make sure you have a damn good backup.

But what do I know, I totally fucked up my academic career.

[1984]

@General Lighting 414360 wrote:

its not a case of being poor but zero income – I’ve seen so many places selling arty stuff close down in my town. the girls I know doing arty stuff (ok they are a bit older in their 20s and 30s) have day jobs like encouraging sustainable food (which you need biology for) and another is a librarian and both went to uni

I know someone who was seriously talented at illustration, well beyond your normal college/uni art work. Shes buggering off to china.

If anyone could have made it it would have been her, all my mates were all arty but she was miles ahead. Not that she wont mind, but even for someone with her talent and confidence (buckets of, and intelligence) it seems to be a massive fight with little chance of winning.

same with my cousin, very good actor, did some Tv work (our friends from the north, couple of adverts) and a film. Did all the big west end shows. Never made any money never went anywhere. Went into building.

Not that you shoudlnt persue it, just make sure you have a damn good backup.

But what do I know, I totally fucked up my academic career.

[Pike Tom Us]

a spliff short of an 8th of cheese and 4 vallies later and IM STILL AWAKE?

[Pike Tom Us]

a spliff short of an 8th of cheese and 4 vallies later and IM STILL AWAKE?

[Gylfi Gudbjornsson]

@Pike Tom Us 414376 wrote:

a spliff short of an 8th of cheese and 4 vallies later and IM STILL AWAKE?

you sir are a tank this is why you are awake lol

[Gylfi Gudbjornsson]

@Pike Tom Us 414376 wrote:

a spliff short of an 8th of cheese and 4 vallies later and IM STILL AWAKE?

you sir are a tank this is why you are awake lol

[Anonymous]

@General Lighting 414360 wrote:

its not a case of being poor but zero income – I’ve seen so many places selling arty stuff close down in my town. the girls I know doing arty stuff (ok they are a bit older in their 20s and 30s) have day jobs like encouraging sustainable food (which you need biology for) and another is a librarian and both went to uni

most art colleges in Londonistan are fucked due to the funding issues, they seem to be full of nathan barleys and youts wanting to be the next N-Dubz anyway.

@1984 414354 wrote:

thing is you do well academically then you can give art a damn good go and if it doesn’t work out, which it probably wont, then you have something more substantial to fall back on.

Bit like if you want to be an actor ffs dont just take drama!

i guess that’s a good point.. i have a few wannabe actor friends who take science with me. i knew that art didn’t earn much but i didn’t realise how little :O
but the other end of the problem is that i really can’t cope with all this science. chemistry is getting me down so much, i’ve pretty much just given it up. i was also looking into journalism because i’ve always been really good at english but i scrape through science, but chose science all the same because i like making things hard for myself. can you get into journalism without an english a-level?

[Anonymous]

@General Lighting 414360 wrote:

its not a case of being poor but zero income – I’ve seen so many places selling arty stuff close down in my town. the girls I know doing arty stuff (ok they are a bit older in their 20s and 30s) have day jobs like encouraging sustainable food (which you need biology for) and another is a librarian and both went to uni

most art colleges in Londonistan are fucked due to the funding issues, they seem to be full of nathan barleys and youts wanting to be the next N-Dubz anyway.

@1984 414354 wrote:

thing is you do well academically then you can give art a damn good go and if it doesn’t work out, which it probably wont, then you have something more substantial to fall back on.

Bit like if you want to be an actor ffs dont just take drama!

i guess that’s a good point.. i have a few wannabe actor friends who take science with me. i knew that art didn’t earn much but i didn’t realise how little :O
but the other end of the problem is that i really can’t cope with all this science. chemistry is getting me down so much, i’ve pretty much just given it up. i was also looking into journalism because i’ve always been really good at english but i scrape through science, but chose science all the same because i like making things hard for myself. can you get into journalism without an english a-level?

[Anonymous]

why isn’t jezza on? >:/ it’s a monday!

and who put the bananas in the fridge?!?
i got teeth freeze, grrrrr.

[Anonymous]

why isn’t jezza on? >:/ it’s a monday!

and who put the bananas in the fridge?!?
i got teeth freeze, grrrrr.

[Pike Tom Us]

@Gazatronium-Ethane 414377 wrote:

you sir are a tank this is why you are awake lol

militant drug use! finally passed out about 3am- not long after i posted

[Pike Tom Us]

@Gazatronium-Ethane 414377 wrote:

you sir are a tank this is why you are awake lol

militant drug use! finally passed out about 3am- not long after i posted

[p0ly]

Need to stay awake, hate waking at 8pm every night. do i sniff MDMA to aid me….. tick tock

[p0ly]

Need to stay awake, hate waking at 8pm every night. do i sniff MDMA to aid me….. tick tock

[1984]

Do not feed doughnuts to your obese children
You will regret it when they’re in their teens
Maccas might shut them up now that they’re seven
But they won’t forgive you when
They’re getting picked last for PE
Don’t you see?

So you telling me that your family
Has a history of obesity
You got a wire loose in your pituitary
It’s just the way that God made me

It’s unlikely, statistically
To be a physical thing
But either way it don’t explain why you
Are in the cue at Burger King

You can blame it on biology
You can blame your physiology
You can point to genealogy
And your social anthropology

You can say you are an ectomorph
That you just can’t get the kilos orf
Well you can be what you wanna be
But stop feeding that boy KFC

He weighs 30 kilos and he’s only three
He looks like a clean-shaven Pavarotti

Switching to Diet Coke is not the way back
Boombalata motherfucker
Your kid’s a fat, have you noticed that?
Your 5 year old princess in her size 14 tutu
Only eats pizza like that because you do
And you, ought to be ashamed
For you have only got yourself to blame

Will be dead of a heart attack
Before your grandchildren are ten
Perhaps you’ll consider
A cut-back on extra fries then

Boombalata kiddie-stuffer
Have you noticed that your kids are fat?
What are you gonna do about that?
What are you gonna do?

So you�re telling me that your family
Has a history of obesity
You got the polycystic ovaries
Your mum had childhood diabetes

But � and in your case
There’s a fucking big butt
Do you think it’s an appropriate treat
The all-you-can-eat at Pizza Hut?

There’s no excuse you silly goose
For a child with a caboose
Like a moose who�s eaten too much mousse
It�s tantamount to child abuse

Kick them off the fucking couch
Unplug the Playstation
Send them down to the park
If they don�t wanna go, make ’em

Tell them they have to jog
Until their jogging shorts fit ’em
If they hesitate, ask firmly
If they still resist, hit ’em

Is this what you want for your girl and your guy?
These chips off the pork chop, for the toffee apples of your eye?
Kit Kats in value packs are not the way back
Boombalata Motherfucker
Your kids are fat, did ya notice that?

And you, you should feel ashamed
For you have only got yourself to blame
Your 6 year old miniature Jabba the Hut
Eating half melted Mars Bars from the folds of his gut
He’ll be looking for a kidney
Before your grandchildren are ten
Perhaps you’ll consider
A cut-back on Taco Bell then
Perhaps you’ll consider
A cut-back on Krispy Kreme doughnuts
And Popcorn in bucket-sized boxes
And microwave pizza or drive through McDonalds
For weeknightly dinners in front of the TV
And notes to the phys-ed instructor saying
Timmy has asthma but he really just gets short of breath
Cos he’s 35 kilos above the ideal weight
Of 35 kilos for a nine year old boy

rarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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