Without a degree in Physics, how will I understand reality?

[CARDOZZO]

@Husseinisdoingfine You live in the US. 

Be grateful for that bro!  

I live in Brazil. You should see what I see here day in day out. 

Letting go!

[gambler]

17 hours ago, Nemra said:

In those cultures, the fewer friends and connections with relatives you have, the more you can ignore others' opinions and the better you'll feel.

Jeez man. This is not how it goes down in our culture. I was a university drop out. Went back and then never used my degree. Now I work in an industry that is low on the social ladder but no one cares. Their love for me is not dependant on my job or how much I get paid. Their love is unconditional. So they're quick to understand and be supportive, just like white families.

[Lucasxp64]

On 12/09/2024 at 3:38 PM, CARDOZZO said:

@Husseinisdoingfine You live in the US. 

Be grateful for that bro!  

I live in Brazil. You should see what I see here day in day out. 

Letting go!

Brazilian here. My parents couldn't care less about me having a degree or not (it matters is that I do anything at all that pays). They just want me to pay the bills, LMAO. However, obviously, I'm aiming to make internationally reasonable amounts of money, which for bystanders reading this, I can make more than the average doctor in Brazil by doing a couple of web design freelancing jobs online per month or whatever.... Which I don't yet because I'm disconnected from my top values and keep shooting myself in the feet, like the OP.

[Lucasxp64]

On 13/09/2024 at 0:35 AM, gambler said:

 low on the social ladder but no one cares

I personally don't give a shit about it being seen low socially. I care about the pay. If being a garbage collector, did pay me great, I'd do that. But because my mind is essentially split among different interests (even though I didn't nail down into one thing, I do have a life purpose direction...), I'd probably not want to waste my time being a garbage collector due to it leaving me too tired at the end of the day, concern with getting diseases from the trash (cutting myself, etc). Nothing at all about how others would perceive. I don't even think that women give a shit, I bet if I said I was a garbage collector for some kind of special industry (Nuclear industry, going to nuclear sites and doing containment of materials, etc), but it pays extraordinarily well, they wouldn't think that bad of it... Maybe it could have a disgust factor to it at best. But even then, the point is, even the ideal of social prestige is bullshit, people care about the pay (Ergg.. gold digger women at a first instance), they just infer the pay with the profession's name. lol And even the pay, I just matter to ourselves, and even there we can be misguided in how much we really need.

Edited October 13 by Lucasxp64