Where Should I Start? (life advice)

[Kudistos Megistos]

Unobservant? Towards what?

Their church. Adherents make up 53.2% of the Slidell population, but only 11.3% of Slidellians attend Catholic services. Barely 1/5 of the town's Catholics practice their religion.

[jeffdamann]

That might be fruitless. I once had a beef with Jeff about his boasting and challenged him to show his glorious SAT certificate; instead, he asked obesebear to lock the thread.

And if you want a laugh, look at the stats for Jackson's gap in Alabama:

http://www.city-data.com/city/Jacksons-Gap-Alabama.html

Population in July 2009: 767 (this town is barely bigger than my primary school)

For population 25 years and over in Jacksons' Gap:
High school or higher: 49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%

(that's right; half of adults haven't graduated from high school)

I dont recall getting a topic locked, Id like to see it though, maybe you are right.

I will dig up my old test scores in a bit and take pictures, needless to say I blew the whole state away.

As far as Jacksons Gap stats, you cant look at those, this isnt even a town....
You need to look at Alexander City, AL. Its 5 mins from here and is where I was educated and born.

I will produce my stats for you later this afternoon.

And when I was taking these tests(2005) No one had smartphones or even phones with internet connections. Also, have you ever taken these tests? Imagine NOT using your brain and trying to search for the answers, will probably average you around 5 mins per question, which means you finish maybe half the test.

As far as me going on brain power, most questions were answered before even reading the entire question/multiple choice. I average around 5-10 seconds per question.

Testing is very strict here. And the ACT and SAT is universal. Every state takes the same test...

The smartphone and test arguements are invalid.

As far as the southern baptist thing goes, no I wasnt raised strictly religious. But I know many who were, and they are good people. They dont let their 10 y.o do drugs or even be in a position to know what drugs are or get into that.

I have many faults(drug use) But I have never seen some of the appalling things I saw in cali.
I also met a 14 y.o. crackhead...... Plus Homeless EVERYWHERE! They mustve made good life decisions.
As apposed to Alabama, I have NEVER ONCE seen a homeless in this state, although FEW do exist in Birmingham/Montgomery/ Maybe Mobile.
It seems like 25% of cali's population is homeless.

There are just as many drug users here, but not at such a young age, not even at my age(23). Most heavy users are in their 40's.I only smoke pot.

I dont know how much travelling you guys have done, but I have lived in 6 different states now and some far from the south. The south wins. All other people do is speculate and say inbred, and thats how you will always think of it in your ignorance. Why not gather enough info before you make such a grossly misstated opinion?

[pyrozen]

those are some pretty lofty goals my friend, none if which are impossible, but extremely difficult. The best advice i can give you is the same I recently figured out on my own. Quit trying to do something and just do it. Very Yoda-ish i know, but if you REALLY get it then you should know exactly what you need to do to get where you want to be, and if your not willing to make big sacrifices for it, then you'll never make it.

[Yarow12]

(..) I have NEVER ONCE seen a homeless in this state...

You forgot "person".

[Kudistos Megistos]

I dont recall getting a topic locked, Id like to see it though, maybe you are right.

http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=10130.msg141521#msg141521

I will dig up my old test scores in a bit and take pictures, needless to say I blew the whole state away.

Can't wait to see this.

I love how you say "blew the whole state away"; how hard can it be to be the smartest kid in Alabama?

As far as Jacksons Gap stats, you cant look at those, this isnt even a town....
You need to look at Alexander City, AL. Its 5 mins from here and is where I was educated and born.

I love how Americans use the word "city". That's barely even a small town.

And please accept my most gracious apologies. It seems that you were educated in a town with a population of 15,000, where only 1/3 of the population failed to graduate from high school. Clearly, a cosmopolitan city full of geniuses!

As far as the southern baptist thing goes, no I wasnt raised strictly religious. But I know many who were, and they are good people. They dont let their 10 y.o do drugs or even be in a position to know what drugs are or get into that.

That lovely town where you were educated has a very high crime rate and a lot of murders.

I have many faults(drug use) But I have never seen some of the appalling things I saw in cali.
I also met a 14 y.o. crackhead...... Plus Homeless EVERYWHERE! They mustve made good life decisions.

Pfft, big cities always have more extremes. They have more extremes of prosperity, too.

As apposed to Alabama, I have NEVER ONCE seen a homeless in this state, although FEW do exist in Birmingham/Montgomery/ Maybe Mobile.
It seems like 25% of cali's population is homeless.

I'd love to see some stats on that California figure. You're claiming that there are almost 10million homeless people in California.

And maybe the reason why there are so few homeless people in Alabama is because the houses only cost $10?

I dont know how much travelling you guys have done, but I have lived in 6 different states now and some far from the south. The south wins. All other people do is speculate and say inbred, and thats how you will always think of it in your ignorance. Why not gather enough info before you make such a grossly misstated opinion?

Your experience of those different states seems to be very limited. You're basing your opinion of the whole of California, a state bigger than many countries, on the few months you spend living in a crack house.

True, California has some of the worst poverty spots in the Western world, but it also has some of the best places to live.

[Yarow12]

What's a "Hermoor"? o.O

[Kudistos Megistos]

What's a "Hermoor"? o.O

The most insane troll in history.

I can't adequately describe him to you, because you won't believe me, and I can't show you what he did, because the moderators covered up all the evidence of his misbehaviour (thus making it easier for him to gain sympathy).

He has been banned from multiple forums, spends all day fighting on the internet, is a neo-Nazi who wants to live in the forest having sex with blond Vikings, who thinks he is the next Jesus and can teach everyone the secrets of life (he thinks these secrets have been revealed to him) and who wants to destroy these forums. He has said many times that he wants to kill members of these forums. This isn't a case of jokingly saying "I'll kill you" and not meaning it; he really wants to kill us. I have never seen a human being with such a huge ego, and I have never seen anyone filled with such hate. What I have told you doesn't convey even a tenth of the evil that is Hermoor; you have to see him to believe it.

If you ask the mods, they'll tell you that he is a poor innocent victim of cyber bullying who should be given another chance. Sure, the last ten times he came here he threatened to kill us and spammed the forum with porn and gore, but he might behave himself next time.

[Cupcake]

The most insane troll in history.

I can't adequately describe him to you, because you won't believe me, and I can't show you what he did, because the moderators covered up all the evidence of his misbehaviour (thus making it easier for him to gain sympathy).

He has been banned from multiple forums, spends all day fighting on the internet, is a neo-Nazi who wants to live in the forest having sex with blond Vikings, who thinks he is the next Jesus and can teach everyone the secrets of life (he thinks these secrets have been revealed to him) and who wants to destroy these forums. He has said many times that he wants to kill members of these forums. This isn't a case of jokingly saying "I'll kill you" and not meaning it; he really wants to kill us. I have never seen a human being with such a huge ego, and I have never seen anyone filled with such hate. What I have told you doesn't convey even a tenth of the evil that is Hermoor; you have to see him to believe it.

If you ask the mods, they'll tell you that he is a poor innocent victim of cyber bullying who should be given another chance. Sure, the last ten times he came here he threatened to kill us and spammed the forum with porn and gore, but he might behave himself next time.

And then he -was- given another chance, dicked it up, using Jari (who has also gone off the deep end) as a trump card, and then they both wound up getting banned.

Funny thing is, I have this feeling that if any of us actually saw Hermoor in person... we'd be able to kick his ass without breaking a sweat.

[sl1982]

If you ask the mods, they'll tell you that he is a poor innocent victim of cyber bullying who should be given another chance. Sure, the last ten times he came here he threatened to kill us and spammed the forum with porn and gore, but he might behave himself next time.

Hermoor has used up that chance. He will not be given another.

[DLPB_]

The truth is hermoor would not have been as bad as he was except for the goading and baiting which brought him back again and again.  he was a complete ass the last time he was here but I think all could have been avoided or at least a huge amount of it had we had the mods we do today.

[jeffdamann]

Good Job Kudistos, as I recall I had that thread locked because of talking about marijuana, you guys responded in the typical close-minded fashion, so I decided not to push things further.

Also I dont appreciate you saying I lived in crack houses. Ive never done any drug but marijuana.

As far as there not having extremes here,lmao. I live 15 minutes away from HUNDREDS(ok maybe more like ~80) of multi-million dollar mansions that rival Hollywood mansions.

Proof:
http://lakemartinvoice.com/2009/01/22/richard-scrushys-lake-martin-home-on-cnbc-american-greed/
http://www.lakemartin.com/RealEstate/Default.asp - Search with price range 900,000 to max, hell most land is like 3mil, thats like 2 acres lol.

So your 10$ home argument doesnt fly,its rather completely absurd.

Have not located my test results, but have located my GED results(and before you attempt to make fun of that, let me explain)
I got my GED at 17 because I was getting into a LOT of trouble at school, and one day when in ISS(in-school suspension) I told the teacher my mother would b*tchslap her. They took this as a threat to a board employee and attempted to make me spend my last year and a half of school in alternative school.So I went ahead and got my GED)

Also found were all the documents about me skipping grades, and gifted classes, and a short story I wrote at 4 years old in preschool using 7th grade+ grammar. So I can take a quick snapshot of any of these upon request. Still searching for SAT and ACT.

Also, hermoor sucks!

[-Ric-]

He has been banned from multiple forums, spends all day fighting on the internet, is a neo-Nazi who wants to live in the forest having sex with blond Vikings, who thinks he is the next Jesus and can teach everyone the secrets of life (he thinks these secrets have been revealed to him) and who wants to destroy these forums. He has said many times that he wants to kill members of these forums. This isn't a case of jokingly saying "I'll kill you" and not meaning it; he really wants to kill us. I have never seen a human being with such a huge ego, and I have never seen anyone filled with such hate.

What I have told you doesn't convey even a tenth of the evil that is Hermoor

[Mako]

So I went ahead and got my GED.

Looks like you fit the statistic of peepz not graduating =/ Only one in my entire high school class dropped out.

So your 10$ home argument doesnt fly,its rather completely absurd.

I know he was being sarcastic. Your home value's are a little inflated cause of lake front property.  I look at the whole of Alabama, and to be quite honest, its terrible... Minus the extra large chunks of bank owned foreclosed property. The price for land is super super cheap ($40,000-$60,000) even the "mansions" you linked where not that expensive... $2mil for lakefront 1.2 acre property is sweet! Why are they giving it away for so little? that happens to also be the most expensive one!

You know what 2 mil gets you in NY? A condo =/ on the second floor....2000-4000 square foot

[Kudistos Megistos]

The truth is hermoor would not have been as bad as he was except for the goading and baiting which brought him back again and again.  he was a complete ass the last time he was here but I think all could have been avoided or at least a huge amount of it had we had the mods we do today.

Oh, is that the truth?

Then why has he been banned from other forums? Why is his YouTube channel filled with comments from people angry at some hateful, ignorant ting he has said? Are the people at qhimm behind that, too? Is it our fault that he does nothing but flame everywhere he goes? Did we turn him insane? Did you not consider that this might just be Hermoor's true personality?

At every point, Hermoor escalated the problem. At first, people were trying to discuss things civilly in that FFX thread, but he had to resort to nastiness. When he got a little back, he became worse still. He was always the one who went one step further, always the one who made things nastier than they were before.

The only way in which your statement could be true is if we interpret it to mean that he never would have caused a problem here because the current moderation style would have led to him getting permabanned halfway through the FFX thread.

Jari (who has also gone off the deep end)

Because it's OK to be nasty to some members, but not to others. Especially if they're girls.

Funny thing is, I have this feeling that if any of us actually saw Hermoor in person... we'd be able to kick his ass without breaking a sweat.

That should go without saying. He's obviously a timid bullying victim IRL, and I suspect his household is abusive (if not physically, then psychologically). Hermoor is probably the way he is because he was picked on and was never able to fight back.

He's likely to be in quite poor shape, too. I'm betting that he's short and has a skinnyfat build.

Looks like you fit the statistic of peepz not graduating =/ Only one in my entire high school class dropped out.
I know he was being sarcastic. Your home value's are a little inflated cause of lake front property.  I look at the whole of Alabama, and to be quite honest, its terrible... Minus the extra large chunks of bank owned foreclosed property. The price for land is super super cheap ($40,000-$60,000) even the "mansions" you linked where not that expensive... $2mil for lakefront 1.2 acre property is sweet! Why are they giving it away for so little? that happens to also be the most expensive one!

You know what 2 mil gets you in NY? A condo =/ on the second floor....2000-4000 square foot

In London, that much money would get you a cardboard box.

Those houses are the cheapest I've ever seen. Fuck, you can buy a mansion in Alabama for less than the price of a small house where I live. Looks like no-one wants to live there...

Have not located my test results, but have located my GED results(and before you attempt to make fun of that, let me explain)
I got my GED at 17 because I was getting into a LOT of trouble at school, and one day when in ISS(in-school suspension) I told the teacher my mother would b*tchslap her. They took this as a threat to a board employee and attempted to make me spend my last year and a half of school in alternative school.So I went ahead and got my GED)

Also found were all the documents about me skipping grades, and gifted classes, and a short story I wrote at 4 years old in preschool using 7th grade+ grammar. So I can take a quick snapshot of any of these upon request. Still searching for SAT and ACT.

I have yet to see any evidence of impressive achievements; all you've talked about is being ahead of kids your own age in a sub-par school district. Big whoop. You don't even mention ever going to college.

Nope, you still look like a big fish in a very small pond (more like a puddle) from where I'm standing.

Stop trying to show off; you're not impressing anyone.

[Covarr]

Oh, is that the truth?

Then why has he been banned from other forums? Why is his YouTube channel filled with comments from people angry at some hateful, ignorant ting he has said? Are the people at qhimm behind that, too? Is it our fault that he does nothing but flame everywhere he goes? Did we turn him insane? Did you not consider that this might just be Hermoor's true personality?

At every point, Hermoor escalated the problem. At first, people were trying to discuss things civilly in that FFX thread, but he had to resort to nastiness. When he got a little back, he became worse still. He was always the one who went one step further, always the one who made things nastier than they were before.

The only way in which your statement could be true is if we interpret it to mean that he never would have caused a problem here because the current moderation style would have led to him getting permabanned halfway through the FFX thread.

DLPB isn't claiming that he wouldn't have been a problem, just not as much of one. The fact of the matter is, he was given far too much attention for his antics. With the current management, he probably would have stayed gone after his first or second banning. Jari liked to toy with him, though, and that's a large part of the reason he continued to return, and continued to escalate so many times.

[Kudistos Megistos]

DLPB isn't claiming that he wouldn't have been a problem, just not as much of one. The fact of the matter is, he was given far too much attention for his antics. With the current management, he probably would have stayed gone after his first or second banning. Jari liked to toy with him, though, and that's a large part of the reason he continued to return, and continued to escalate so many times.

He'd already gone way over the edge by the first time he was banned, when Jari was not an admin and had no formal powers. He didn't get much worse after that.

But hey, if you want, continue the historical revisionism in which the targets of Hermoor's mindless hatred are actually the bad guys and Hermoor doesn't have to take responsibility for his own actions.

Listing to the way you people talk makes me think that you believe people were grabbing Hermoor's hands and forcing him to type nonsense. Everything he did was of his own will.

[Yarow12]

Because it's OK to be nasty to some members, but not to others. Especially if they're girls.

Wait, do you believe in chivalry?

[Jari]

And then he -was- given another chance, d*cked it up, using Jari (who has also gone off the deep end) as a trump card, and then they both wound up getting banned.

I... errr... what now?

Oh, sorry. Been kinda busy with so called real life.

Methinks I should read this thread - I did read the opening post over a mobile konneksion, during the midsummer weekend here in Winland, and found it rather... hmm... optimistic, let's put it that way. I somewhat expected lulz later on, but have been too busy to read it. I pwomise to do that.

[Kudistos Megistos]

Wait, do you believe in chivalry?

I believe in sarcasm.

[Mako]

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Jari (who has also gone off the deep end)

Because it's OK to be nasty to some members, but not to others. Especially if they're girls.

Assuming he went off the "deep end" cause of me . God knows what his real life problems were at the time... He could have been under allot of stress. Being an admin isn't what its cracked up to be.

[Covarr]

He'd already gone way over the edge by the first time he was banned, when Jari was not an admin and had no formal powers. He didn't get much worse after that.

But hey, if you want, continue the historical revisionism in which the targets of Hermoor's mindless hatred are actually the bad guys and Hermoor doesn't have to take responsibility for his own actions.

Listing to the way you people talk makes me think that you believe people were grabbing Hermoor's hands and forcing him to type nonsense. Everything he did was of his own will.

He said time and time again that his problem was with Jari. That dumbass lulzipedia was very much a large cause of his returning. Not to mention, he DID leave us alone when Jari lost his position as admin. Mind you, I'm not defending Hermoor's actions, I completely acknowledge that he was a problem that needed dealt with, I'm simply claiming that Jari totally mishandled the situation and was a large part of the reason it lasted so long. Hermoor may have responded of his own will, but Jari very deliberately goaded him and actively encouraged him to return.

But hey, if you want, continue the historical revisionism in which Hermoor was the only person who did anything wrong and the only one who has to take responsibility for his actions.

[Jari]

Oh, I definitely need to read this thread.

[DLPB_]

Jari and hermoor belong with each other.  They both clearly come online to torment people or get kicks by acting like idiots.  They don't change at all.  Covarr is correct though, Jari turned Qhimm's into a complete farce.  It is no surprise that the same people continually try to further this myth that hermoor was the only problem, try to bring me into it every time, and are continually bringing hermoor up or trying to stoke up the trouble they once had free reign here with.

I mean, Jari... as an admin.  You couldn't make it up! LOL

Every single time Hermoor is mentioned, the same people crawl out of the woodwork and attempt to bring Qhimm's down to the sad level it was once at. 

[Jari]

Jari and hermoor belong with each other.  They both clearly come online to torment people or get kicks by acting like idiots.  They don't change at all.  Covarr is correct though, Jari turned Qhimm's into a complete farce.

You seem to have chickened out of our duel. Remember, you were very much threatening to kill me. I offered you the chance. So, shut up, or put up, bitch.

[Kudistos Megistos]

He said time and time again that his problem was with Jari.

That hussy!

He told me that I was the one he hated the most!

That dumbass lulzipedia was very much a large cause of his returning. Not to mention, he DID leave us alone when Jari lost his position as admin. Mind you, I'm not defending Hermoor's actions, I completely acknowledge that he was a problem that needed dealt with, I'm simply claiming that Jari totally mishandled the situation and was a large part of the reason it lasted so long. Hermoor may have responded of his own will, but Jari very deliberately goaded him and actively encouraged him to return.

Pfft, I considered it all to be rather amusing.

And I don't recall you complaining at the time. I wonder why that could be? Could it be that you simply go along with the people who are in power in the forums? Surely not!

And another thing! You should know that the way the nastier troublemakers have been dealt with under the current administration is by giving them what they want if they cause enough trouble, rewarding Hermoorish behaviour.

Perhaps if I want the mods to do something, I shouldn't explain what I want and why I think it would be beneficial to the forums. Perhaps I should should flame everyone and post screenshots from 1 Guy 1 Jar. That seems to be the way to get things done.

But hey, if you want, continue the historical revisionism in which Hermoor was the only person who did anything wrong and the only one who has to take responsibility for his actions.

He was the one who started everything. He was the one who escalated everything. He was the one who kept coming back for more.

And where did anyone imply that anyone else was not responsible? No, no, everyone who isn't Hermoor needs to take responsibility for their own actions. We're agreed on that. The only thing on which we differ is the question of whether Hermoor should take responsibility. I wish to treat him as an independent human being dealing with other independent human beings. You seem not to think this way.

You seem to have chickened out of our duel. Remember, you were very much threatening to kill me. I offered you the chance. So, shut up, or put up, bitch.

Hey, you made him do that!

I mean, Jari... as an admin.  You couldn't make it up! LOL

I don't seem to recall anyone other than you or Hermoor complaining at the time.

I don't seem to recall anyone other than you, Hermoor and some random person I'd never seen before celebrating when he left.

Every single time Hermoor is mentioned, the same people crawl out of the woodwork and attempt to bring Qhimm's down to the sad level it was once at. 

I hope you can see why it's ironic that you should make this complaint.

You too bring up past grievances whenever a certain person's name is mentioned.