Ăɍȼẗîȼ Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Rule No. 1: Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teen-ager uses the phrase "It's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents' date=' who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized Rule No. 1. Rule No. 2: The real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as much as your school does. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock. Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain that it's not fair. (See Rule No. 1) Rule No. 3: Sorry, you won't make $40,000 a year right out of high school. And you won't be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a Gap label. Rule No. 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, he's not going to ask you how you feel about it. Rule No. 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it opportunity. They weren't embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Kurt Cobain all weekend. Rule No. 6: It's not your parents' fault. If you screw up, you are responsible. This is the flip side of "It's my life," and "You're not the boss of me," and other eloquent proclamations of your generation. When you turn 18, it's on your dime. Don't whine about it, or you'll sound like a baby boomer. Rule No. 7: Before you were born your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, cleaning up your room and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are. And by the way, before you save the rain forest from the blood-sucking parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your bedroom. Rule No. 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life hasn't. In some schools, they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. Failing grades have been abolished and class valedictorians scrapped, lest anyone's feelings be hurt. Effort is as important as results. This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life. (See Rule No. 1, Rule No. 2 and Rule No. 4.) Rule No. 9: Life is not divided into semesters, and you don't get summers off. Not even Easter break. They expect you to show up every day. For eight hours. And you don't get a new life every 10 weeks. It just goes on and on. While we're at it, very few jobs are interested in fostering your self-expression or helping you find yourself. Fewer still lead to self-realization. (See Rule No. 1 and Rule No. 2.) Rule No. 10: Television is not real life. Your life is not a sitcom. Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes, minus time for commercials. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs. Your friends will not be as perky or pliable as Jennifer Aniston. Rule No. 11: Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could. Rule No. 12: Smoking does not make you look cool. It makes you look moronic. Next time you're out cruising, watch an 11-year-old with a butt in his mouth. That's what you look like to anyone over 20. Ditto for "expressing yourself" with purple hair and/or pierced body parts. Rule No. 13: You are not immortal. (See Rule No. 12.) If you are under the impression that living fast, dying young and leaving a beautiful corpse is romantic, you obviously haven't seen one of your peers at room temperature lately. Rule No. 14: Enjoy this while you can. Sure parents are a pain, school's a bother, and life is depressing. But someday you'll realize how wonderful it was to be a kid. Maybe you should start now. You're welcome.[/quote'] Discuss this lecture from Bill Gates, America's greatest entrepreneur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeDeFiA Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I like this guy. His rules aren't as boring as alot of other ones are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Win rules are win. These rules tell all those people who complain about life, and decide to do whatever they decide to do, just out of spite of their parents, exactly what they're in for. It stings at me when one of my peers says to me that their life sucks, when they go to a very nice school, have a cellphone, have a house, and never even have to worry about paying for any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could. By far the best rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Lovegood Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Rule 14 is soo true, I didn't realise how great elementary was until i moved to high school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ăɍȼẗîȼ Posted November 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I'm still a kid yay! But then again, I think I've suffered through quite a bit, but in reality it isn't a lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow. Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 11, 14 The best rules....... Well Nerds aren't being bullied at my school thank the lord... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ăɍȼẗîȼ Posted November 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I thought 4 was pretty good, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-Razor Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 My god why is this guy out making whiny little rules... He is 1 of the richest people in the world if not the richest... He should be out enjoying it while he can like would you be giving lectures e.t.c if you had his money i think not... You would be on a beach, surrounded by friends and/or hot chicks having a great time, or doing something along these lines that made you really happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 My god why is this guy out making whiny little rules... He is 1 of the richest people in the world if not the richest... He should be out enjoying it while he can like would you be giving lectures e.t.c if you had his money i think not... You would be on a beach' date=' surrounded by friends and/or hot chicks having a great time, or doing something along these lines that made you really happy[/quote'] That's what you think. :/ Bill Gates rawks. PC > MAC FOREVER, MAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Omega Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could. By far the best rule. @Hell-Razor: Some people actually have a life and they don't waste their time on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Corps Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Meh, all these "rules of life" operate under the idea that there's free will, good and evil, success and failure, things that are certain, and stuff that matters. As such they are inherently flawed from the beginning. Not to mention that most of this is just a rich guy making snide comments about succeeding because the fact that he got filthy rich means that you are entirely responsible for everything you do and cannot blame things on anyone else even though his first rule says that life isn't fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willieh Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Rule No. 12: Smoking does not make you look cool. It makes you look moronic. Who smokes to look cool? Otherwise, rules are meh. The world isn't as easy as these rules make it seem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 My god why is this guy out making whiny little rules... He is 1 of the richest people in the world if not the richest... He should be out enjoying it while he can like would you be giving lectures e.t.c if you had his money i think not... You would be on a beach' date=' surrounded by friends and/or hot chicks having a great time, or doing something along these lines that made you really happy[/quote'] He's not whining. He took time out of WHAT HE COULD BE doing, such as being on a beach, to teach the youth to be a better age. What he did was a good deed, wether it was successful or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan919 Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I love Rule No. 11. POWER TO THE NERDS! We WILL rule the world, so all you non-nerds better start bowing. And I think they SHOULD teach this stuff at school, it seems, well, horribly important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Corps Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I love Rule No. 11. POWER TO THE NERDS! We WILL rule the world' date=' so all you non-nerds better start bowing. And I think they SHOULD teach this stuff at school, it seems, well, horribly important.[/quote'] Enjoy a desk job whilst the "mindless go nowhere jocks" that beat you up get paid ridiculous amounts of money to play sports. Obviously not all of them will, but not every nerd is going to wind up as a big time CEO of a company either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-Razor Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 My god why is this guy out making whiny little rules... He is 1 of the richest people in the world if not the richest... He should be out enjoying it while he can like would you be giving lectures e.t.c if you had his money i think not... You would be on a beach' date=' surrounded by friends and/or hot chicks having a great time, or doing something along these lines that made you really happy[/quote'] That's what you think. :/ Bill Gates rawks. PC > MAC FOREVER, MAN! Take your tongue out of bill gates ass Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could. By far the best rule. @Hell-Razor: Some people actually have a life and they don't waste their time on it. What? You made no sense there what so ever My god why is this guy out making whiny little rules... He is 1 of the richest people in the world if not the richest... He should be out enjoying it while he can like would you be giving lectures e.t.c if you had his money i think not... You would be on a beach' date=' surrounded by friends and/or hot chicks having a great time, or doing something along these lines that made you really happy[/quote'] He's not whining. He took time out of WHAT HE COULD BE doing, such as being on a beach, to teach the youth to be a better age. What he did was a good deed, wether it was successful or not. Good deed, shut up he is being whiny... Yea why would you take time out of having fun and stuff to tell a mostly f***ed up generation to follow these rules, come on like get over yourself in the "Real World" are there really that many people that honestly give a f*** about anyone but them selfs no there are not, it ain't such a good deed is it the fact gates gets payed to do these lectures he is just a preachy whiny pr*** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 @Hell-Razor: Sure, he gets paid, but with the amount he has, he doesn't need anymore money, it's like it doesn't even exist because he has so much. Plus, exactly HOW can you tell he is like that? Have you met him? Have you seen him be a jerk to anyone? More importantly, wether the effects of the good deed were fruitfull or fruitless, it was still a good deed. Also, have you SEEN every person in the world? Have you BEEN everywhere in the world? Do you KNOW everybody in the world? Then tell me, how can you say that the world is mostly made up of bad people? Or have you only seen the stereotypical "Everybody sucks. Everybody's bad." There are alot of bad people, but also plenty of good people. He was sharing his knowledge with the people of our generation, and with a man that is that intelligent (Which you must admit, he is.), then you should be thankful, and AT LEAST consider his words. P.S., I can see the what you said to Deja Cru, and if you act like that again I will report you for flaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-Razor Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Report me so ya big pussy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Report me so ya big pussy Are you done? What about our debate? Are you going to state a rebuttal? Or are you going to insult me, which does nothing but prove you have nothing more to say, and you cannot respond to me. More importantly, you need to learn a little thing called respect. You obviously don't have respect for other's opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-Razor Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Report me so ya big pussy Are you done? What about our debate? Are you going to state a rebuttal? Or are you going to insult me' date=' which does nothing but prove you have nothing more to say, and you cannot respond to me. More importantly, you need to learn a little thing called respect. You obviously don't have respect for other's opinions.[/quote'] I stated what i wanted to state, as far as i was concerned it wasn't a debate i said my side you said yours, and then you got all whiny and jabroniy... hey look why don't you add another one of them neg reps to me bet that will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside won't it.. Grow up you big f***ing child Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Rule No. 3: Sorry, you won't make $40,000 a year right out of high school. And you won't be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a Gap label. He forgot to mention university and the Masters degree. I mean, come on. >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willieh Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 My god why is this guy out making whiny little rules... He is 1 of the richest people in the world if not the richest... He should be out enjoying it while he can like would you be giving lectures e.t.c if you had his money i think not... You would be on a beach' date=' surrounded by friends and/or hot chicks having a great time, or doing something along these lines that made you really happy[/quote'] That's what you think. :/ Bill Gates rawks. PC > MAC FOREVER, MAN! Take your tongue out of bill gates ass Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could. By far the best rule. @Hell-Razor: Some people actually have a life and they don't waste their time on it. What? You made no sense there what so ever My god why is this guy out making whiny little rules... He is 1 of the richest people in the world if not the richest... He should be out enjoying it while he can like would you be giving lectures e.t.c if you had his money i think not... You would be on a beach' date=' surrounded by friends and/or hot chicks having a great time, or doing something along these lines that made you really happy[/quote'] He's not whining. He took time out of WHAT HE COULD BE doing, such as being on a beach, to teach the youth to be a better age. What he did was a good deed, wether it was successful or not. Good deed, shut up he is being whiny... Yea why would you take time out of having fun and stuff to tell a mostly f***ed up generation to follow these rules, come on like get over yourself in the "Real World" are there really that many people that honestly give a f*** about anyone but them selfs no there are not, it ain't such a good deed is it the fact gates gets payed to do these lectures he is just a preachy whiny pr*** Actually, Bill Gates is a pretty nice guy. He does a lot of good sheet, he has the same wife from when he wasn't rich (which is pretty commendable) and he doesn't act like an arrogant prick, unlike what you've suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 @Hell-Razor: Ironic isn't it? How I'm not the one insulting someone, judging people by how much money they have, and simply attempting to insult me with blatant things you know nothing about. Yes, I am DEFINITELY the child here. And yes, we were debating, because we were defending our side of the story. Then, when I defended my side, you decide to insult me, because you clearly had nothing more to say to my rebuttal. When you insult someone in an intelligent, view-point related discussion, that is EXACTLY what you tell the other person when you insult them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlucardTheOld Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Yeah, be nice to me. You WILL be working for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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