Just turned 25 myself. Great article. When you're 19 you think you'll have a chance to be a hero any day now. Life is a marathon not a sprint. Make friends, learn skills, and try to have an ok time. Being le based doesn't mean never meeting anyone or going out.
Don’t befriend a funko pop nigga befriend a model kit (NO GUNDAM OR ANIME FIGURES just tanks and planes and shit), lego or model train nigga. The distinguishing aspect between these groups is creativity. Collecting funko pops generally involves just letting it rot in a package on a shelf.
Just turned 26 less than a month ago. First couple years out of high school I had absolutely no clue what I wanted to do with my life, wish I had found something like this then, but I’m doing good for what it’s worth. As long as I can protect and raise my family I know I’m doing something right
I was born in 2000 and had just started college when COVID hit. That basically permanently impaired the social aspect of college and I only started to reach Fall 2019 levels of social college activity in spring of my senior year. That being said, I still recommend young men go to college if there is something they can actually do with it. Law school, medical school, engineering, something that allows you to get some kind of professional job that not just any shlub can get.
If you’re going to fuck off for four years and go into debt just so you can get a finance degree with a 2.0 GPA, maybe it’s not for you and you should try plumbing or HVAC or something—nothing wrong with that, some people are meant for the trades and can really succeed that way.
I just see this twin problem of really bright, promising chuddies who think college is a scam so they resign themselves to work they’re overqualified for and never reach their full potential, and people who are better suited to trade work wasting time, money, and energy on something they hate and won’t take seriously to get a job they won’t like that can’t pay for the loans. Seriously evaluate if college is right for you and what you want to get out of it. It will be worth it.
Network: befriend the friends of your friends and so on. This is how I've made most of my more recent friends over the years. You don't have to become close instaneously, or ever, but make acquaintences, develop rapport, and find shared interests. Sooner or later you will end up at more social events and be introduced to more acquaintences and somewhere along the grapevine you'll meet people you really click with and who will become lifelong friends. It's easy
One thing I would add to this, as a man in his thirties, and is something no young men ever think about: every single day wear some sunscreen and moisturiser. You will age half as fast.
My father is in his sixties and looks forty-five because of the above. I am in my thirties and have had young men fresh out of university assume I was a similar age to them. It sounds vain and idiotic but I think it is a useful, easy lifehack.
19 and ancient. Working with 12-13yo kids who you knew when they were 8 or 9 really makes you feel old, and all my coworkers (soon to be subordinates 😭) are 16 and 17. Big fan of being a weirdo tho, greatest profession out there.
Your military bits were spot on with the benefits that pile up and never end. It’s a sweet deal and if you stay in for the full ride you can ideally retire at 38-39 assuming we haven’t exploded all Jews by then and stop working careers to live as sustenance farmers in Hobbit style homes. Socially the military is a very safe place for autists and weirdos, no matter what or where you are you will always have a group of friends that are just “better” than anything you had elsewhere.
I feel like lots of people, lots of young men at least, all go through a phase where they get sucked into online political content and it drives them a little crazy. I remember having that phase myself around the time Blumpft started his term in 2017 although thankfully I never really went off the deep end with it. But I do remember getting into stupid fights with people over it, letting the news upset me, etc. I think most people grow out of it with age but it would still be good if there was more general awareness that this is a risk for young people now. Of course normalfags don't want to mention it because then they'd have to acknowledge that political narratives other than globohomo exist and are compelling.
The thing in here I really wish I understood when I was younger was that the people you know in college are extremely temporary and odds are none of them will stick around. I wasted energy trying to really invest in a social circle of people who would mostly all be gone from my life in only a few years.
I turned 27 in January and only this year did I realize what I wanted to be. A writer, it's just a hobby now, I have a job but hopefully it becomes something.
Are you actually in high school ? You fucking fetus !
ohio ahh boomer 💀💀
No WAY are you seventeen dude. That's earthshattering information
Just turned 25 myself. Great article. When you're 19 you think you'll have a chance to be a hero any day now. Life is a marathon not a sprint. Make friends, learn skills, and try to have an ok time. Being le based doesn't mean never meeting anyone or going out.
I’m 22. Should I just start picking out my casket now??? Might as well start walking with a cane….
Don’t befriend a funko pop nigga befriend a model kit (NO GUNDAM OR ANIME FIGURES just tanks and planes and shit), lego or model train nigga. The distinguishing aspect between these groups is creativity. Collecting funko pops generally involves just letting it rot in a package on a shelf.
Just turned 26 less than a month ago. First couple years out of high school I had absolutely no clue what I wanted to do with my life, wish I had found something like this then, but I’m doing good for what it’s worth. As long as I can protect and raise my family I know I’m doing something right
Halo 2 came out in 2004...
Why live anymore
Yeah nigga that's how time works
I was born in 2000 and had just started college when COVID hit. That basically permanently impaired the social aspect of college and I only started to reach Fall 2019 levels of social college activity in spring of my senior year. That being said, I still recommend young men go to college if there is something they can actually do with it. Law school, medical school, engineering, something that allows you to get some kind of professional job that not just any shlub can get.
If you’re going to fuck off for four years and go into debt just so you can get a finance degree with a 2.0 GPA, maybe it’s not for you and you should try plumbing or HVAC or something—nothing wrong with that, some people are meant for the trades and can really succeed that way.
I just see this twin problem of really bright, promising chuddies who think college is a scam so they resign themselves to work they’re overqualified for and never reach their full potential, and people who are better suited to trade work wasting time, money, and energy on something they hate and won’t take seriously to get a job they won’t like that can’t pay for the loans. Seriously evaluate if college is right for you and what you want to get out of it. It will be worth it.
Great articlel. Unfortunately, I hate everything and want nothing more than to convert my matter and essence into a world ending explosion
Do most ifunniers/chudsphere ppl not have local friends that they grew up with and are still friends with?
Network: befriend the friends of your friends and so on. This is how I've made most of my more recent friends over the years. You don't have to become close instaneously, or ever, but make acquaintences, develop rapport, and find shared interests. Sooner or later you will end up at more social events and be introduced to more acquaintences and somewhere along the grapevine you'll meet people you really click with and who will become lifelong friends. It's easy
My family moved around a lot when I was a kid and then I moved out of my hometown for college and never went back. That's how it be.
One thing I would add to this, as a man in his thirties, and is something no young men ever think about: every single day wear some sunscreen and moisturiser. You will age half as fast.
My father is in his sixties and looks forty-five because of the above. I am in my thirties and have had young men fresh out of university assume I was a similar age to them. It sounds vain and idiotic but I think it is a useful, easy lifehack.
What moisturizer and sunscreen do you recommend?
19 and ancient. Working with 12-13yo kids who you knew when they were 8 or 9 really makes you feel old, and all my coworkers (soon to be subordinates 😭) are 16 and 17. Big fan of being a weirdo tho, greatest profession out there.
considering i will be 18 forever; should i quit my job?
Your military bits were spot on with the benefits that pile up and never end. It’s a sweet deal and if you stay in for the full ride you can ideally retire at 38-39 assuming we haven’t exploded all Jews by then and stop working careers to live as sustenance farmers in Hobbit style homes. Socially the military is a very safe place for autists and weirdos, no matter what or where you are you will always have a group of friends that are just “better” than anything you had elsewhere.
I feel like lots of people, lots of young men at least, all go through a phase where they get sucked into online political content and it drives them a little crazy. I remember having that phase myself around the time Blumpft started his term in 2017 although thankfully I never really went off the deep end with it. But I do remember getting into stupid fights with people over it, letting the news upset me, etc. I think most people grow out of it with age but it would still be good if there was more general awareness that this is a risk for young people now. Of course normalfags don't want to mention it because then they'd have to acknowledge that political narratives other than globohomo exist and are compelling.
The thing in here I really wish I understood when I was younger was that the people you know in college are extremely temporary and odds are none of them will stick around. I wasted energy trying to really invest in a social circle of people who would mostly all be gone from my life in only a few years.
I'm 62, and you've got some wisdom here for any age.
Thank you Mr Bissell!
I turned 27 in January and only this year did I realize what I wanted to be. A writer, it's just a hobby now, I have a job but hopefully it becomes something.
Good luck! I hope you can make writing work.
Thanks!