/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I was a cool kid.

No, but they thought I looked like a nerd. Wait, in fact, I was a nerd. And I still am. But I don't look like one anymore. Now I look like an angry dude who will kick your ass.

I was a weird kid. I still am a weird guy.

Yes.
Actually they were right about me.

I had long hair for a while. a lot of them thought I was a girl.
Since I didn't talk much I couldn't prove them wrong.

Everybody thought I was a genius just because I got good grades, when in reality it was because I payed attention and always did what I was told. I really don't think I'm that smart.

No one ever acknowledged my existence.

Even being bullied would have been better than being completely ignored.

Probably. I can't speak properly in front of other people, because I'm too shy.

Every day at lunch I would find a place outside and sleep on the grass or sometimes skipping class to do so. My highschool life was boring.

I used to get beat up regularly. One time, I was shoved into a dumpster, they closed the lid and put a pad lock on it. I was stuck in that dumpster from morning until lunch time.

I didn't go back to school for two weeks I was so burnt out. My parents didn't know or care, so I just skipped school during that time.

I'd also get beat up on the bus, they'd grab me and take me to the back of the bus and jump on me and kick me, and the bus driver didn't seem to notice or care.

Now I'm so paranoid to even talk to anyone.

>>3066784
Funny. I wish I was just ignored, instead of being bullied every day.

I wouldn't be surprised if they did think that. Almost every day I was asked why I never talked, and I honestly didn't have an answer.

I kept switching around from being a bully to having friends to being bullied.

>>3066794
I want to hug you, anon. ;_;

>>3066803
> Almost every day I was asked why I never talked

God damn, I always hated that question.

>>3066803
>>3066812
Me too.

"Why don't you talk much?" "Why are you so quiet?"

Because that's the way I fucking am. Use your head.

>>3066763
>Almost every day I was asked why I never talked, and I honestly didn't have an answer.

This still happens to me.

>>3066782
Haha, I had this. One kid in my class was surprised/freakedout as fuck when he found out otherwise.

I was always afraid that people thought I was retarded. No one actually called me retarded, though.

I did take remedial classes and was held back during elementary school, but I was fairly normal from junior high onward. I actually knew some downs syndrome kids, too.

No, no one even knew I was there.

>>3066803

Same here.

People thought I was a pothead because of the one time I tried it, I got caught and suspended and everyone heard about it.

>>3066830
This. ;_;

>>3066763
>When you were still in school,
I still am.
>did other kids think that you were retarded?
No, but most think (more like "know") I'm a pedo.

No, they thought I was fat.

No. Everyone was jealous of me.

>>3066832
People thought I was a pothead because I always have heavy bags under my eyes. It somehow lasted throughout my entire school life.

If you had enough time to fap during your school days, you had enough time to learn how to solve a rubik's cube.
Three hours of learning changed everything.
The first time to solve took me three hours.
Then twenty minutes.
Then five minutes.
In one school night, I got good enough to show off at school.
I was never bullied after that.

Nah, they just made fun of me because I had longer hair than any other boy in the school.

Also, I was probably the only one with acne.
And the school wasn't even that tiny.

I mean, what the fuck.

>>3066847
I was sort of the same. People used to ask me if I was stoned all the time. I was just tired after getting four hours of sleep every night.

>>3066853
I had horrible acne in highschool.

>>3066859
People asked me that, and still ask me that to this day. My eyes are small and I guess I look tired no matter what time of day it is, so everyone assumed I was a pothead.

>>3066859
I thought I was the only one who had this problem. I had been asked this question from late elementary to highschool, but I only tried pot my junior year of highschool.

>>3066863
>>3066853

Acne destroyed me too. Thank god my skin is mostly blemish free these days, but the emotional scars run much deeper.

>>3066763
I don't know that much about the American school system, but here, Middle School/High School takes 6 years.
The first 4 years I was ignored, but I didn't really care since I prefer being alone.
The last 2 years were actually pretty cool. I'm not saying shit like "I made friends for life", but I had some pretty fun times during classes and breaks.
I still preferred skipping school though. And the people I talked to were purely for school, I never even once wanted to see them in my 'private' time to hang out or go to the movie theatre. not that they asked...
Now I'm re-enrolling into college and I'm just hoping to get somewhat accepted.

>>3066859
>>3066869
This. But in my case, they truly believed I was stoned.
I'm pale, underweight, and had blue hair, sleeping throughout the classes. A teacher was even trying to "help" me and wanted to notify my parents. Geez.

Everyone smoked pot in my school. Even some of the teachers were known to smoke pot during their own time.

When I was 14, me and a friend baked a batch of pot rice-crispy squares. We boiled black garbage bag of shake in butter for a few hours and used that to melt the marshmellows. It's a totally different type of stone, full body with mild hallucinations when combined with alcohol, not something you normally experience with weed.

>>3066850
What?

>>3066881
>>Blue hair

It's odd. I was called a pothead in 9th and 10th grade when I only tried it once and was ratted out that time, yet through 11th and 12th grades those same people were smoking daily.

>>3066884
People are easily amused/impressed with Rubik's cube solving.

Everyone asked me if something was wrong because it looked like I didn't get enough sleep and I looked sad.
I got enough sleep and had absolutely no problems.

My weight is what kept me from doing anything special in High School. I eventually dropped out because I was to self-conscious about it.

Everyone smokes pot in British Columbia. It's actually sort of uncomfortable when you don't do it yourself.

I was too busy trying to keep my head down to notice what others thought of me. It's pretty hard to do when you're a full 6-10 inches taller than everyone.

>>3066888
I was also the person that had to act 'funny' to entertain people and get somewhat accepted.

People thought I was an ass because I was honest. Fuck them, am I supposed to act fake to look nice?

>>3066885

>>3066898
Yes, you are.

>>3066894
That's awful. I'm only about 180cm and think it's too tall.

I was pale, had a healthy body, purple hair, and I used to sit in the library instead of attending classes.

>>3066892

>>3066883 here, you guessed it, I went to a highschool in bc.

What's with /jp/ and shitty anime color hair?

>>3066904
Your face however....

>>3066900
I wish i had this hair.

>>3066904
>sit in the library instead of attending classes.
I used to constantly do this. The teachers eventually stopped bothering me because they had other problems and I would do well in tests anyway, it's not like I was out causing trouble or something, I would just rather read than be bored out of my mind in class.

>>3066900
That looks incredibly gay.

I turned 19 this year and I have my last year yet. That's what I get for dropping out and doing nothing for two years.

>>3066914
Hi Kotomi.

>>3066900
Dying your hair damages it, it's not worth it imo. You hair could have been silky smooth, but now it's all scraggly.

>>3066920
I wish. ;_;

I actually used to sit in the library often too. There was a lot of manga in my school library.

Highschool experience thread?

I used to go home half the time to skip since my house was nearby. It was nice.

>>3066916
I looked incredibly gay. That's a fact.
But then again, pic is 4 years old.
kickass bg

No, for being a loser, a nerd, short, fat, gay, a loner and such, but not for being retarded. I was regarded as fairly intelligent.

They were wrong of course.

>>3066922
Yeah, I bleached some of my hair before and it felt dead afterwards. Had to cut most of my hair off.

Yes, quite often I was perceived as retarded, even though I took AP classes and passed them with minimal effort. (Though that could be due to the fact the teachers sucked.) I had to go to the school I did mainly I got kicked out of my previous school for saying a dangerous comment, disregarding the fact that I was bullied by my so-called friends at the school. I often refused to talk to anyone mainly as a defense mecanism and I kept that up for four years, often getting up from the table I was at if anyone that wasn't in theatre so much as spoke with me. Worked wonders! My senior year, I often snuck out of class and drove off campus just like that.

I never attended Senior Awards Night, even though I won many awards. I never attended graduation, and the only reason I passed was because the school would look bad if one of their only good minority students flunked out because of attendance issues and pot.

>>3066859
Ironically, when I started to smoke pot during my senior year, I managed to talk to my fellow student in one class more than I did ever in four years. Sadly, it was about different OS's and the basic how to's of managing your computer, so they just went, "Uhh... Yeah, you're definitely a fucking loser." at that point.

Polite sage.

I used to pretend to leave for the bus in the morning when instead I'd hide underneath my bed or behind the furnace in the furnace room. Then I'd go on the computer all day and when my mom came home at lunch, I'd go and hide under my bed again. It was awesome.

>>3066922
No, my current hair is awesome.

>>3066928
You look super gay.

Like, I'd probably think you were a girl or a fag.

>>3066928
I think you look nice.

>>3066933

Damn, why didn't I think of that...

>>3066937
>>3066941
Whatever, now I'm just your average NEET/hiki. Haven't been out for a really long time.
In during no friends ;_;

>>3066928
Darks ?

>>3066944
What is your current hair like?

For some reason some of the "popular/cool kid" crowd in my school also liked to hang out in the library between classes (it was honestly just a nice place to be, couches and shit, air conditioning when the rest of the school was sweltering) and I'd often end up playing chess with them. That was pretty cool.

>>3066944
I'll be your friend.

>>3066947
wat; is that supposed to be a nickname? If so, no.
>>3066949
Really long and straight. Almost till my butt.

>>3066950
They did it out of irony and made fun of you later.

I used to get picked on because I came from a poor family and only had like 2 shirts and 2 pairs of pants, so I was always wearing the same clothes. My parents couldn't afford to buy me text books, so I often had to wait for 2 or 3 weeks until I could borrow them from the library. And I never had money for extracurricular activities like field trips or track meets. One time, I was going on a three day field trip to the ocean, and my parents said they'd have money for me, I was supposed to have $60 for food for the three days. But when I was on the bus and opened the envelope they gave me, it was only $10. I was hungry the entire trip, but one of the teachers bought me some food once they found out I was broke.

I hate my family to this day and haven't spoken to them in years.

>>3066933
How did you graduate from high school?

I was a gigantic faggot in my school years.

>>3066954
You forgot msn on email field.

>>3066928
You look like a girl, I'm jealous.

>>3066959

Whether this is true or not, reading it made me feel pretty sad. I'm sorry for you, hope things get better

I used to act like a normalfag in school, having friends and talking to girls and all sorts of bullshit I didn't actually care about. I don't think any of them actually knew how much of a loser I was.

>>3066966
You think?
I was trying to be a trap at the time.

Pretty much, one time when the teacher asked the class if they knew any autistic people everyone pointed their gaze at me. Problem is I'm not autistic. (At least I think so.)

Once I was invited by a group of girls to join their table during lunch. I was ecstatic. Then I found out it was because the teacher asked them to. ;_;

I was not bullied physically but I did experience tons of passive-aggressive bullying. Things like your chair disappearing, not giving you paper during exam, being left out of group activities etc. I was almost bullied physically but I wielded a chair and the bully backed down and apologized the next day.

You know those student council type of students that always kisses the teacher's asses, compete in interschool competitions and generally acts dignified in front of others? Those type of student hates me since I almost always gets better marks than them during exam. They riled up everyone against me. I spent my highschool isolated and alone thanks to that. I ended up homeschooling myself.

>>3066962
I'm too afraid you wouldn't like me.

>>3066974
You can pull it off. Lucky you. ;_;

>>3066960
He didn't.

How many of this are made up stories or stolen from VN?

>>3066958
Maybe, I don't care. They never bullied me or bothered me while I was there, so it's fine by me.

Pretty much.

One of them once begged me "please pay attention in the morning classes. I'm tired of hearing the teachers shout at you that early!"

>>3066984
"I was bullied constantly."
"I never spoke to anybody."
"I skipped all my classes."
Who would make that up?

>>3066978
Don't know if you're trolling. In any case, I only have communicating problems irl. It's fine via the internet.

I always had a plan of dressing as a girl for the whole of my secondary school years, and not let anyone know I was male.

But when the day finally came, and I had bought a dress and everything, I chickened out and wore the first male article of clothing I could find and looked like a douche instead of a pretty school girl.

Not really, I was in a bad school where most students were quite dumb.
I was pretty much hailed as the best student the school would ever get.
Managed to land in the top 5% of students in the country in the final national exams, so it actually turned out true.
Anyway, high school was amusing, since I went to a boarding school, I lived with my classmates.
Not the school idol but fairly high tier.
Kept in touch with people from there too, as a matter of fact, I'm going on a vacation with my old classmates in a few weeks.

>>3067014
I'm not trolling. I'm sorry.

I can't talk to people one on one through IM or something. It's only fine on an anonymous board like 4chan.

>>3067022
Uh, alright. Add me on this one (yes, it's a valid address), and I'll add you on my main later.

>>3067014
Omg I have the same problem. I thought I was alone

I don´t talk much. Since I rarely talk for 8 years now people have problems to understand what I try say.

>>3066933
I was pretty much like that too except I ride in my dad's car. He'd drop me off at the gate of the school and I'd wait till he's gone and walk back home. One time my parents found out and was about to be beaten by my dad but my mom hid me.

I didn't finish high school.

>>3066975

>>3066932 here. Ironically, I was diagnosed with Asspies and never told anyone (Because the last thing I wanted was to definitely be ostracised or babied like a retard, as .) , so I can sympathize with you regardless. You should have smacked one of their asses before the school year was over though for kicks regardless, feels good man.

>>3067014
I think that is true for all of us... ;_:

>>3067014
I don't know why but I also have communication problem in the internet. The only reason I can post here is because it's anonymous.

>>3067050
I stutter when I talk now. ;_;

>>3067057
I can barely even carry a conversation online. Hell, I barely even post on /jp/. I only lurk. ;_;

They said I was smart.
I still don't believe them

>>3067038
It might take me a little while. But thank you.

>>3067065
No problem here. Except when fags want to learn more about me or want to see photos.

>>3066958
I was a really quiet person and never took part in any big social activities and never drunk alcohol. I remember this guy once asked with a bit of a laughing voice(but still meant it seriously) if I wanted to drink vodka with him. He didn't seem to care about me, but rather about HIM doing something weird and ironic so I instantly imagined how he would talk to his friends:"I like, got drunk with THAT guy, lolololol"

>>3067079
Some people kept pestering me about wanting to see me drunk.
Why would anyone want to see me drunk, geez.

>>3066968
It's been hit or miss over the years. My parents didn't leave me with any life skills, so I had to figure it all out on my own. After I graduated, they divorced and disappeared, literally leaving me to fend for myself.

For a couple of years I bummed around on the streets after high school, then I had a string of dead end jobs for a few months. Then I realized it was easy to get student loans, so I found a college that was easy to get into and those were some of the best years of my life. I ended up dropping out, I got pretty depressed in my third year, and burnt my bridges and chance of returning, etc. After that I had a shitty job in the construction industry for two years, horrible boss that rode me hard, I don't know why I stuck through with it for as long as I did. He pretty destroyed my self esteem.

Fortunately, I had saved most of the money I had made, so I've been living off that now for over a year and doing odd jobs, like mowing lawns, or sometimes I'll put an ad in the paper to do handy-man work or computer repair. The rest of the time I'm a NEET. I worry about the future in another year when most of my savings will run out.

I'm also in big debt, I ignore the bills I get in the mail for my student loans. Because it's a government loan, they can't take me to court over it, but I also can't get rid of it in a bankruptcy claim either, unless I can prove undue hardship. So I'm kind of screwed. I wish I had at least finished school.

Oh well, at least people don't bother me anymore, I get my apartment all to myself. I guess it's kind of a sad story, but at least I wasn't born in africa or some shithole like that.

>>3067065
>>3067066
I'm with you guys. I'm too scare to even chat online.

>>3067066
Same here. I get a huge knot in my stomach when I use a non-anonymous forum.

>>3067075
You're welcome. I'll be on, since I've got nothing better to do.

>>3067085
Sounds like a shitty life bro.

>>3067085
This could make a good VN or something.

It's all fun and trolls on /jp/ until you guys start talking about your life. Then things get depressing and you all become serious.

Compared to some of you I am a normalfag.

I have a job and my own apartment.
All I do is stay at home and browse the web.

The guys at work can`t understand this. They say it is impossible for me to enjoy my life like this.
I should go out on weekends, get drunk and get myself a girlfriends.
They talk to me about this ALMOST EVERY FUCKING DAY!

Guys, remember this?
http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=965262&x=The+life+of+a+hikikomori+
;_;

>>3067110
Anon is tsundere.

>>3067110
People on /jp/ love talking about their life.
The catharsis involved with doing so is great.

>>3067106
Yeah. Without girls. Or story. Or any good ends.

>>3067085
Dude. Just go sail away. Seriously, one time when I was in that condition I got work on a private yacht sailing into the Caribbean. It was amazing, and I met some truly passionate and great people.

Debt is in your head and on paper. Flee it.

I used to get picked on occasionally.

Then Columbine happened.

The following day everyone thought I was a nut job and harassed me even more. The day after that I immediately get called into the principal's office because someone heard I was going to shoot up the school. After a good 30 minutes I finally convinced him and the campus cop that I wasn't and was finally let go.

On my way to one of my classes a gang of nig... black students confronted me in the hallway and started giving me shit. When I tired to go around them one of them clocked me in the back of the head and they all jumped me while one of the teachers watched and did nothing. Eventually the campus cop arrived, and everyone told him I started it, including the teacher. So my ass gets dragged off in handcuffs and taken to the police station while the assholes that jumped me get hailed as heroes (and only got a 3 day suspension).

Thankfully, there was some good that came from all these events, as they finally convinced my parents to transfer me to another school. I really hated the one I was going to currently, but the only other decent school was a good 20 minute drive away so my parents just told me to suck it up. After I told them what happened, my Dad finally had enough and didn't mind driving me all the way over there.

Apparently the rumor back at my old school was that I got sent to jail and got continually raped like a little bitch. Usually when I meet someone from the old school again, the first thing they say is something like "Oh it's you! Heard ya got raped."

>>3067128
>Debt is in your head and on paper. Flee it.
Haha, best advice on /jp/

>>3067106
Only if there's a cute young girl that comes to save me. But I know that won't happen in real life.

>>3067135
That is so awful. I'm so sorry.

>>3067135
You poor thing... ;_;

>>3067135
>Then Columbine happened so they started bullying me even worse.
Some real geniuses at work here.

>>3067118

This is what I am going through at the moment.
I am only 25 FFS but everyone think I am weird how I am still single and my parent keep asking me why I am staring at the computer whole day and not going out.

I also have to make up a new reason everytime why I cant go out everytime my colleague ask me to join them for drinks and clubbing.

>>3067135
>Copypasta.

>>3067120
This always makes me cry

>>3067118
Thats even more normal normalfags for you.

>>3067135
You should say something bad-ass. Make shit up.

Say, "Raped? Hahah. Oh Christ, if only it'd been rape. But that wasn't what they wanted from me.
I'd show you the scars, only that's not what I was given them for. No. These scars are for the eyes of the Brotherhood only. Who knows? Maybe if you end up in their prison one day, they'll select you too."

>>3067139
I had that happen in real life. Well, she didn't end up saving me. I constantly pushed her away and treated her like shit. She tried and endured for several years before she gave up. I ruin everything I touch.

>>3067128
That actually sounds like a nice idea.

Everyone here seems to have hit bad end.

>>3067118
Because cool kids drink alcohol and cool things are fun.

>>3067085

;_; fuck, man, I'm gonna save this story to be my inspiration when I'm kicking myself over all the trivial things in life, so I can remind myself that there are people out there who have done some more with so much less.

As for me? My parents split up when I was 15. My dad was an alcoholic, my mother endured it for 22 years before deciding that she had enough. I shut myself off from all but a few people in school and kept my head down.

My dad moved away, but he didn't stop drinking until 3 years later when I had a nervous breakdown in a crowded restaurant because I was so depressed. 6 months after this, I started attending university to study medicine, after having played my way through the ridiculous filtering system and scraped decent enough grades. My sense of self-worth is still zero and I still have a lot of anger, but some fortunate stroke of genetics and a great upbringing by a great mother left me with a decent head on my shoulders and I'll be damned if I let that go to waste.

>>3067157
If only life is a VN.
I'd like to start a New Game or load a saved game.

I think you all need some hugs.

I seriously should talk tho a doctor about all my problems.
But I am afraid he will laught at men.

For the same reason I did not go to the dentist no matter how much my teeth hurt.

>>3067167
I can't stand physical contact

After confessing to a girl that I loved her the last day I'd ever see her, she asked me why I hadn't told her earlier. Indeed, I kept it to myself for a year or so. She told me it must've hurt. Still, I wonder how keeping one's feelings to oneself can hurt more than being rejected and having an awkward relationship afterwards. I can't understand people like that.

>>3067177
Are you >>3067148 ?

>>3067173
I avoid places like the dentist/barber because I know they'll ask me about my life. I have no idea how to respond to questions like that.

>>3067179
It's just a massive decaying void. I imagine closure is at least a little bit more peaceful.

>>3067180
Yes. How did you know?

>>3067165
>another copypasta

>>3067185
This. He worded it better than I ever could. ;_;

>>3067165
Yeah, don't give up on school, it's my biggest regret dropping out of college. Sometimes, I wish I didn't have student loan debt so I could take out a fresh student loan and start over.

>>3067187
I can tell. Add me already.

I wonder if I'm the oldest one here at 31 years old. I used to be married, but now I'm just a loser.

>>3067199
You're certainly not.

>>3067187
Maybe because you didn't use a period in both posts?

>>3067205
Everyone seems to be 19-25 here.

>>3067199
>oldest one here at 31 years old
Nope.

>>3067185
The matter was already solved to me, I only told her out of honesty. After all, it would be dishonest to lie to people until the very end. But the closure really wouldn't have been worth it. I was with her for 8 hours a day, I wouldn't stand having something awkward.

It'd be cool if we had an otaku grandpa here.

>>3067199
At least you've had relationship with a girl. Say, does weeaboo stuff still interest you?

>>3067181
I've started to go out a lot more these days.

Make things up. Sometimes I went too far, said I'd done things too extreme, but I think they all bought it ultimately.

Try to think up normal stuff. Write a pretend "what I did today" journal for a while, and bring it up with anyone who asks. Use slice of life for inspiration. Then you'll have the courage to go out and talk to others, and over time you won't need the journal any more.

>>3067222
Well I browse /jp/, so I indulge myself in things like VNs and Touhou. Not really into anime so much anymore, and it's getting rarer to find a video game I enjoy.

But yeah, being single in yours 30s isn't too great.

>>3067199
>I used to be married, but now I'm just a loser.
Wait. So, being single instantly makes you a loser? I don't think so.
Even if you're single for your whole life.
What are relationships? What's society? What's normal?
It's just bullshit. All of it.

>>3067219
>It'd be cool if we had an otaku grandpa here.

BACK IN MY TIME WE HAD TO TRAVEL HALFWAY ACROSS THE GLOBE TO GET A PICTURE OF OUR WAIFUS

KIDS THOSE DAYS DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF RONERY

>>3067140
>>3067142
Well, like I said, it wasn't all that bad. I moved to a school where I actually learned things.

My old school was complete shit. Teachers would often only teach half the class then they would just sit there and do nothing while we were suppose to "work."

Of course, no one did. They usually just copied off my paper or someone else's then just talked the rest of the class. Worst was the math teacher. He'd just give us work at the start then sit there or walk out the class and leave us alone.

One time one of the students asked him, "Yo Mr. White why don't you ever teach us anything?"

" 'cause this stuff is useless."

"But don't you gotta teach us? It's your job!"

"Man, go ask Kevin (me) or something if you wanna learn this stuff. He probably already knows it"

Then he left.

Man, I'm depressed now.

>>3067240
It's not me being single that makes me a loser, it's that I had my shit together when I was married. Right now I'm just bored out of my mind and wasting my days away with nothing in particular of interest.

>>3067252
Me too. ;_;

>>3067199
>I wonder if I'm the oldest one here at 31 years old. I used to be married, but now I'm just a loser.

I think It's still better than being a 21 year old virgin who never kissed a girl.

>>3067261
Let's have a glass together.

>>3067257
I hope you don't turn into... http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/06/gym.shooting.video/index.html

>>3067261
Don't worry bro. I'm 20, so I've got your back on that one.

>>3067251
If your teacher is called James White I was your math teacher.
Sorry for that.

>>3067261
>I think It's still better than being a 21 year old virgin who never kissed a girl.
28 years old virgin here.

>>3067120
When I began to read this the thread didn't ring a bell. Then I found a post written by myself. Feels bad man.

People thought I was extremely quite in highschool. Little do they know, I didn't talk mainly because no one talked about things that interested me, not because I was shy. 90% of the talking in highschool consisted of talking behind others back, cars, how much someone got "wasted/high", the latest reality show, sports, and sex life. Whenever we had free time I almost always read a book or drowned out the world with my MP3 player because everyone around me was just so superficial.

>>3067251
I'm now imagining Battler as a magic teacher to Maria and Ange.

"Onii-chan, why aren't you teaching us anything? "
"It's useless, it's all useless! Magic doesn't exist! "

What are you guys going to do when you're 35 and still a virgin?

>>3067293
Make myself taller.

>>3067289

*quiet

>>3067293
I'm not a virgin. ;_;

>>3067293
Probably the same my uncle did.

>>3067293
I don't think about the future.

>>3067309
Lucky you. ;_;

>>3067309
Were you raped?

>>3067261

I'm the guy with the bad student loans and poor upbringing. I'm 27 now, and I've never been with a girl, but to be honest, I don't really care. It's not something I think about or obsess over, in fact I only ever think about it when someone else brings it up in a thread. The rest of the time, I could give a shit.

Right now, I'm just happy to wake up in the morning and realize I don't have to go to a shitty job with a shitty boss. Sometimes, so happy in fact I'll dance around my apartment while laughing. That construction job was borderline slavery at some points, with the degrading shit I had to put up with.

I do get lonely sometimes, I don't have anyone I can count on other than myself right now... sometimes I just wish I had somewhere to go hang out. But it's not like "oh poor me, I can't find a girlfriend."

>>3067261
When I was twelve, the girl that liked me for over 2 years finally confessed to me.
I was too scared to say no, so I told her 'yes'. Because it was the day before summer break and I wouldn't have to see her for 2 months anyway.
Then she kissed me on my lips, I freaked out and ran away.
On the first school day I broke up with her.
I'm almost 19 and this was the closest to an actual relationship ever.

>>3067318
Not really raped, you could almost call it rape though. She was the dominant in everything, which makes sense since I initiate absolutely nothing. I just want to take it easy.

I always got bullied at school. Even my "friends" started to bully me to be liked by the other kids.
There was no way out and parents and teacher were useless.
"Just ignore them" or "argue back" was all they told me.
First did nothing and second one made things worse. It sure s fun to argue with 15 kids.

Now i have my own job and broke up with society. Life is much more peaceful now.

>>3067334
That is so fucking adorable. I want to call you a faggot but I'm even worse since I did something similar to that when I was a lot older.

>>3067334
That's so moe. ;_;

>>3066783
>Everybody thought I was a genius just because I got good grades, when in reality it was because I payed attention and always did what I was told
This. People always came to me for help, when in reality I was the one getting the most help by asking questions, lurking the fuck more, and if needed seeing the teacher after lessons.

>>3067251
WTF? At least my math teacher tried to keep an appearance that he's teaching.

>>3067261
22 year old virgin here, hell I never even got a single female friend. Everyone also thinks I'm gay. ;_;

Women are easy if you can fake being a normalfag.

Love and romance is a whole different story though.

At least some of you have jobs or money. I've been a drop out/shut-in for two years now and I don't have any plans.

>>3067367

Everyone thinks I'm a faggot aswell. I havn't spoken with a girl in atleast 3 years.

You won`t believe this anyways lol

My parents died in a car accident and in my new school I got bullied because I have no parents.

Yeah I sure did that on purpose ;_;

kids thought a was the most badass motherfucker in the world.

they where right, i was one of the only kids with my own car. a black '88 trans am GTA with a 455 crate v8 and meat smoker in the trunk.

>>3067403
Same here. I've been a dropout/shut-in for about three years.

>>3067435
;_;

>>3067403
Me too, I always wonder how I can make money on the net.

Rentacoder and other freelance sites are ridden with stupid indian spammers spamming everything drowning you out.
Stock trading seems like a really bad idea in this economy.

Maybe I'll be a spammer or something. I heard they pay $1 per install of Zango malware.

>>3067403
I was doing nothing for half a year after graduation, then my mother had it and called somewhere without telling me and ordered to come there for an interview the next day. I was too scared to even call somewhere.

>>3067066
>I can barely even carry a conversation online. Hell, I barely even post on /jp/. I only lurk. ;_;

Same. I re-read all my posts 20 times afraid that I'm going to make some kind of stupid mistake and then make one anyway. Not like it should matter since it's an anonymous board. I guess my anxiety is just a natural habit now. I freak out over simple phone calls. I know that they probably wont remember me and even though I realize its not rational it doesn't stop me from panicking. I probably need some kind of medication but I'm poor and scared to ask my parents to support me even more than they do now.

Hell, I'm not even really an otaku. I don't have any figs/posters because that would require leaving the house/money. I had a job for all of two weeks before I quit because I couldn't take it. My whole day was nothing but panic/anxiety so much that when I got home I'd just throw-up and sleep for 14 hours only to wake up and repeat the day(I did lose some weight though). 23yr, virgin, and once my parents stop supporting me(I figure I got another 3months at best) I'm gonna kill myself, unless I can find some way of getting by through the internet or something.

I got bullied in grade 9 and became a shut in until i started making fun of the people back and in the process shutting them up. Became known as the guy that could use words to kill you inside. At that point i stopped caring about how i looked or how i acted. Every year until i graduated was pretty good, did my work in a mediocre way and pretty much kept to myself.

Im like Kotomi. Except that im not cute, bright or female.

None of you cowardly normalfags deserve to be called true NEETs. You should all be ashamed.

>>3067461
It's the same with me. By the way, I'm the same anon you quoted. I'll read my posts over as well and as soon as I hit the reply button, my heart skips a bit. I'm so paranoid about how I'll make a mistake and that it will be noticed. Like you said, it's an anonymous imageboard but that doesn't make any difference.

I happen to only have one doujin, so I know where you're coming from. I've never had a job myself, but I'm thoroughly convinced that I wouldn't make it through the day without having some sort of nervous breakdown.

>>3067498
so mental problems are normal on /jp/

>>3067498
Your post doesn't make sense.

>>3067498
Oh, it's you. The guy who confuses NEET with hikikomori. Get out or shut up.

>>3067506
Being not quite fluent in english doesn't help also. Sometimes I want to say something, but just can't find the right words fast enough, or at all.

>>3067506
Sometimes if I make a mistake, I'll just highlight someone else's post and pretend the other one wasn't me.

>>3067461
>>3067506
I thought I'm the only one like this. ;_;

It feels good to have threads like these once in a while, it shows that everyone on /jp/ is somewhat alike.
Honestly, you people make me feel home on /jp/.

>>3067540
Heh, I do that too. Even so I'm still paranoid someone will figure it out.
>>3067537
English is my first language and I still have the same problem as you. ;_;

>>3067543
>>3067461
>>3067506
I dropped out of college because of this and I haven't really done anything since. I can't stand full rooms. Anxious as fuck just typing this over the internet.

>>3067543
You're not alone, anon. You're not alone. ;_;

>>3067558
>once in a while
Seconded.
It would be stupid to have this kind of thread daily/hourly.
I will probably report it if derail into shitstorm and tripfaggotry.

>>3067558

We really are all around each other. We just don't know it.

Kotomi never got bullied, did she?

The schools in Key visual novels are so great. The girls are nice and cute; the guys are funny and cool.

>>3067571
I can't stand being in full rooms either. Especially if it's noisy. I can't stand the sound of other people chatting, screaming and things of that nature. I just lock myself inside my little room. ;_; Don't worry, I know how you feel.

>>3067580
She was, in middle or grade school.
That's why she was so afraid of bullies.

Go pull a George Sadini.

That'll make you feel better

You all know, deep down, it's women who have done this to you.

/jp/ is mai waifu.

I used to suffer from anxiety attacks too, felt like I was having a heart attack, my left shoulder would get so tight and pain would shoot through my arm. Turns out it was just panic attacks.

I learned to manage my anxiety after I stopped talking with my parents, I realized after they were a bad influence on me, trying to make me live up to unrealistic standards. A few years of taking it easy without anyone breathing down my back all but cured me of it. But I still don't like large social gatherings or hanging out with people. But I don't feel anxious or have panic attacks anymore either.

>>3067509
>>3067512
>>3067514

Get out of /jp/, you clubbing, slut-loving, pseudo-intellectual douchebags.

If you have a job, social life or education; if you don't hotglue figs, play eroge religiously and piss on the floor, you're not a true NEET and have no place in /jp/.

Go kill yourselves.

I remember in high school some kids were throwing used condoms at me, and one of them was like "that retard probably doesn't even know what these are".

>>3067617

Are you a bully?

>>3067617
NEET
Not in Education, Employment or Training

Nothing about pissing on the floor in there.

>>3067617

I won't ever piss on the floor, but I do piss in bottles. And I haven't spoken to a soul other than cashiers for over a year. All I do is play vidya and VNs and internets. Every day, for 14-16 hours a day. Go fuck yourself.

>>3067619
Wow, that's horrible.

>>3067619
Are you a girl?

>>3067601

This thread makes me feel dere-dere for /jp/. I want to hug you all and make you all a nice dinner. I'm sorry some of you are feeling rotten.

>>3067599
To be honest I'm no longer attracted to 3D anymore. If I see a 2D female anime character(especially moe ones) outside like say in a poster or something I blush like hell while I try to discreetly look at it.

>>3067619
Momoka is that you?

>>3067611
>my left shoulder would get so tight and pain would shoot through my arm. Turns out it was just panic attacks.

So that's what it is? This always happens to my left shoulder when I'm around other people. Also, my neck muscles kind of tighten and it becomes hard to turn my head.

>>3067015
I wanted to do this so bad.
I chickened out too, although I never actually bought a dress. :(

>>3067636
No.

>>3067617
Reported

>>3067632
Source? Is that hentai?

>>3067657
Touka Gettan.

>>3067645
Yeah, I went to the hospital a few times, and the last time the doctor just kind of laughed and said I've got too much anxiety in my life. He prescribed me some anti-anxiety meds, told me to cut back on the caffeine and get some daily exercise. I didn't really notice much effect from the meds, and didn't really follow is advice, but I did try to relax more often and take it easy. Eventually, I got over it.

>>3067057
One of my best friends is an Asspie. He's cool as shit.

ITT: Rich white kids piss and moan about how cruel the world is to them

I tend to start writing posts, and then quitting halfway because I know nobody will care about it.
On the rare occasions I press that submit button, I feel happier when I see someone quoting me.
dsafsdf

I also very often stop writing my posts because I don't know which words I should use (English's not my first language), and what the hell does this have to do with the post anyway whatever my school life was boring, I believe. I was that fat and smart (according to everyone) kid who constantly got bullied and had almost no friends (who happily, didn't bully me or get bullied too). In fact, my whole life is boring. I wish cool things would happen to me, but... I guess it's too late now.

>>3067461
I felt like that a few year ago. My parents forced me to work so I got a night job, but I had to e-mail my boss at the end of my shift with a report of the night. Just the contact with the few other night workers and that e-mail report stressed me so much that I tried to kill myself. Diagnosed with "social anxiety disorder"hey put me on Zoloft, and the pendulum swung so far the other way that I actually camwhored for a few weeks before being so disgusting of myself that I stopped taking Zoloft, by that time having moved from my night-shift job to a day-shift job at target photo. Somehow even now after I stopped seeing the Therapist and quit taking the drugs I'm doing alot better. I work with customers in photo lab, walking them through the steps to send photos on the computers here or at home, alot of them have a hard time using the computers. Sometimes I get surges of inappropriate emotions, but overall I feel much more confident. I feel lucky to have escaped that nightmare of constant anxiety, even though I still feel terrible agony when I remember past mistakes.

>>3067676
The "at least you're not starving to death in Africa" argument doesn't actually make anyone feel better. It's just a method assholes use to belittle the problems of others. Life is subjective.

>>3067679
It's like I'm looking into a mirror. You're adorable, anon.

>>3067135

That's what got me kicked out of my private school. I broke down after the "christ"-fags fucked my lunch up (It happened everyday along with other things they did to get me angry.) I finally broke down crying saying this is how stuff like Columbine happens and ran away. One of the girls told the principal and afterwards, they "suggested" that I leave the school. Most of my family went there so this made them angry. My step-sister was glad to leave, but I was honestly devistated because I was a HURR DURR christfag back then (I even asked God not to pwn me for masturbating when I was.) so a school of Christians (Most of them were just rich kids with behavior issues, few really took the faith seriously.) hating me was the last straw.

I had to go to a crisis center recently because I had a nervous breakdown after the last bunch of friends used my alcohol and claimed I raped one of the minors, so they blackmailed me to keep quiet (And being the /jp/edo I am if word got out that I had lolicon, I would probably get sent to jail because I live smack dab in the middle of Hill Country Texas.) I was honestly prepared to butcher him and his entire family. (I should have killed him in the parking lot, at least /b/ and /co/ would get a kick out of it.) The place was a living hell, though I met some of the greatest people in my life who were inmates, (I honestly wouldn't mind being committed if those types of people were there, makes for a great VN too.) though one of the doctors honestly didn't mind if I gave the correct answers (and I even told them I was.) and she was okay with me living off the grid, hell even going to college to get a degree in Chem. just to make weapons (lol Geneva Chemical Weapons ban.) I was considering choking her there just to get it over with. CONTINUEDLOL

>>3067679
>dsafsdf
you have been quoted, mister.

>>3067679
>I also very often stop writing my posts because I don't know which words I should use (English's not my first language)

I know how that feels. Sometimes I google for random expressions to check if something that I said doesn't sound awkward.

>>3067698
slow down bro. you sound like you should spend some time completely cut off from talking to anyone. you need a break from people. you know, take it easy, mister.

Sometimes I type slightly awkwardly on purpose to make it sound like English is not my first language. I'm not sure why I do this.

>>3067685
I am belittling your problems because in truth, they are a joke. Most of you people dig your own graves by being egocentric, self-indulgent cowards who expect everything (including relationships) to be handed to you; then have the audacity to cry about how unfair the world is when people reciprocate your faggotry. It's disgusting.

And while a couple of you seem to have enough acumen to realize that the cause of your failures is no one other than yourselves, they seem to be content in engaging in self-flagellating deprecation over the internet rather than actually doing something to improve the situation.

In this context, anyone reading this has every justification to laugh at how pathetic you are.

>>3067745
It's because you secretly wish you were japanese.

>>3067745
Yea, it's like maybe they'll judge you on lower criteria so even if you make other mistakes you'll seem really good for an English-as-a-second-language poster.

>>3067763
Sometimes, being able to complain about your situation and relate to others who have similar problems can help people. Discussing one's problems doesn't always equate to BAWWWW I'M SUCH A LOSER I SHOULD GET EVERYTHING I WANT, thought it certainly may seem like it sometimes.

>>3067764
>>3067770
I think you're on to something.

>>3067763
This may be true, but some of the posts in this thread are pretty sad, you have to admit. Some of these people have no one to talk to, and it can be pretty scary if you've never had to rely on no one but yourself before.

>>3067679
Same here...

>>3067135
After Columbine happened here, our English teacher gave an assignment to write an essay explaining what we would do to prevent another school shooting. Almost everybody wrote "Throw all the unpopular kids in jail"

>>3067779
>Sometimes, being able to complain about your situation and relate to others who have similar problems can help people.

It does if you do it in real life, not with other bitter, cynical loners on the internet who're only likely to reinforce your own twisted viewpoints.

If you want a discussion, then you should be doing it with your family, not people on /jp/, lol.

>>3067807
Some of these people don't have family or friends anymore. You're obviously spoiled shit yourself.

Fuck you /jp/. You make me feel so depressed in the morning. ;_;

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I was able to joke around with people because people got the sense that I was pretty laid back and a little bit of a slacker.
I never really got close to anyone, but that was fine too.

Well, this thread is now in auto-sage mode. It was nice talking. I hope all of you manage to figure out your problems in some capacity. And for the one guy who mentioned killing himself, it's better to remove the people from your life who make you feel like that. Disown them, take it easy, get some help, and move on.

>>3067698

I honestly feel I can't do much about the situation either since my father essentially controls all of my actions. While I can move out of the house, he "suggests" that it's a bad idea. while I don't believe in god, he "suggests" I go, I've tried fighting back and even told him I wanted to kill him, and I ended up back at my house in less than four hours because the only person who would keep me "suggested" that I go back. I was honestly hoping to have a shot at life, even if it was ill-advised, so that I can, if not truly succeed, light up and actually play VN's for once.

Oh, and any of you in high school still, don't waste your time with AP or IB unless you're god tier and mean it, I passed all the classes but got okay test grades (Four 3's and one 4 in U.S. History, my favorite class that year.) Most colleges just pay attention to your actual GPA and went "hahaha.jpg" at my resume. I'm honestly glad I didn't go however, and I would rather leave my house and make it by on my own strength with no excuses.

Oh, and any of you in high school still, don't waste your time with AP or IB unless you're god tier and mean it, I passed all the classes but got okay test grades (Four 3's and one 4 in U.S. History, my favorite class that year.) Most colleges just pay attention to your actual GPA and went "hahaha.jpg" at my resume. I'm honestly glad I didn't go however, and I would rather leave my house and make it by on my own strength with no excuses.

Well, I'll elaborate. More than you probably want me to. I've been told I have "white coat syndrome" because I'm scared of pretty much anything medical but I think they just misdiagnosed me being scared of nearly all contact and I feel like it's just getting worse and worse.
Elementary was awkward, but I didn't feel incredibly out of place. Got picked on constantly in middle school, but I doubt it was worse than anyone else when I think about it. I had one or two friends, but they left the school in a year or less every time, and I never casually talk to anyone new. Everyone thought I was a snob in highschool just because I didn't talk much, but it was mostly because I got yanked away to a small town and never had any common interests with them. I'd get randomly depressed a lot.
I somehow managed to have my only girlfriend in freshman year for a few movie dates, but eventually I broke up with her in one of my bad spots for a really retarded reason. She sent a friend to ask me why I wasn't talking to her anymore, and it was because I was scared of talking to anyone for no rational seeming reason. But I couldn't say that to the friend, so I just said we weren't together anymore. Bonus is she moved soon anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered, I just wish I hadn't upset her for no reason before then.
Closest was another in class friend I'd had for years, even if I mostly listened. She actually asked me to prom and I said no because I hadn't planned on going period, and because she had a boyfriend and even as a friend that would have felt awkward since I really did like her a bit. Stupid conscience.
College was just a nightmare. The first year I locked myself in my room and didn't even go to the cafeteria, only to class and the later into the year the more often I'd be late to class from not wanting to see anyone. The second year I wound up with a room mate and it was a total nightmare for me, I eventually just stopped showing up.

So, "post your life" thred.
I wasn't a retard but a lazy fuck. From the 4 years of school I never bothered with studying subjects which I did not like. Still I passed all of them. Once in high school and in sciences branch I beat off some of my laziness and managed to pull out an 7,6 of average. Now I'm entering law career in college now(Shit, why the hell I bothered myself with math and physics. I should have not let my parents decide the branch).
I was pretty much bullied the whole four years of school by a bunch of losers since I was a book addict (at some point later, when I got high speed internet, I threw away my book habit and became a nerd first, a weeabo later and /jp/, /g/ and /k/ browser now after "discovering" 4chan and getting tired of /b/ and /a/) . On the fourth year, one of them did not look behind him for backup before spewing shitty insults at me and I beaten the hell out of him and it felt fuking good. I was beaten unconcious by the rest of them before the teacher came out, though.
Once in high school, that bunch of losers gave up on studying so I had nice high school years and even made a true friend, a book addict like I was before getting internetz and a total ignorant in computers.
I had a girl I liked for 6 years (since the beginning of school) but never ever talked to her, she was cheerful, bright and cute. I may be a huge faggot just for that.
The best part of high school was the farewell speech I volunteered to (Most of the boys were lazy fucks as well after the aggressive ones gave up, so no one was interested in doing it) I wrote three sheets of text, full of cynism and witty, offensive jokes about teachers. I did not have enough guts and skipped most of the offensive stuff when I read it publicly, though. Shit, this is what I'm regretting the most (and the fact that I'm regretting this more than not talking to the girl I liked confirms my faggotry).
Etc,etc,etc....
PD: WTF "Error:Field too long"

>>3067927
The counselor eventually caught on because of an e-mail talk I had with my art teacher, but they honestly didn't help one bit, mostly just told me this was my life and I needed to start leaving my room or getting help. I don't think I even mentioned that to my parents, come to think of it, besides that I was having anxiety issues in a vague way.
I don't really even want to be "fixed," I just want to be me, but I can't really survive this way indefinitely.
Sometimes when someone visits our house I just immediately hide and take some alternate way into my room around them no matter how familiar they are, ever since I was little. Even if it's my half-brother who lives in the guest house, we never get past a hello and moving on.
I don't shy away, I practically panic most of the time. I'm not sure there even is an answer to this, and I'm sure it sounds stupid to a lot of people, but the size of these kinds of problems is never the same for everyone.

>>3067909
>it's better to remove the people from your life who make you feel like that.
You scared me there for a moment. I thought you were going to suggest he kill them.

After looking through this thread, I wonder why we can't all get along better? /jp/ is all many of us have, and we should make it an enjoyable place, not one of frustration and annoyance.

>>3067679
>>3067700

samefag

>>3067949
Uryuu.... we should all be friends and play together. Uryuu...

>>3067763
>how unfair the world is when people reciprocate your faggotry.
Really? because all I ever did was try to leave people alone and be left alone. They surely didn't reciprocate that.. at all. Is that how the world is supposed to work? If I reciprocate whats been done to me I will literally end up in prison.

>>3068025
>all I ever did was try to leave people alone and be left alone
God damn it, this.

>>3067949

In a lighter note, I just made friends with some clerk at a cornerstore and I am working to get a job. Sure, I'm goin baww ITT, but I have little else to turn to and all y'all don't worry, I'll take it easy, the last thing /jp/ needs is "Disgruntled anime fan kills himself, is shock site to blame." in the headlines.

Besides, my grandma still loves me and is making me food. Feels good man.

Huh?

I didn't know I was the only exception.

Since I only like the internet, life has been a game to me since 15. The worst that can happen is that I get hurt - in which case I have all the time in the world to internet and heal it off. What if I get killed? Oh well. LOL.

Highschool, I trolled everyone. I trolled so hard, that people thought it was hilarious. I got to sit high on the throne of the populace, and got to be in every crew available. That nerd squad that discusses WoW? I'd talk with them. The buff guys? I'd make up stories of how I got fifty girls pregnant while breaking beer bottles over nigger heads and bench pressing a walrus.

ITT turn your assburgers into awesomeburgers, you can heal it off.

Up until middle school I had a couple friends and moved around a lot, but I always found one or two cool guys to hang out with and never really got picked on. In middle school I finally formed a small group of friends, but there were these three guys that were always trying to start shit with me. It never really got too bad though, because my friends had my back and always defended me when those assholes came around. I was still a quiet kid though and only talked to my small circle of friends, but I didn't have any classes with them anymore so I was always a loner in the classroom. High school came and all my friends moved away by then, but I lucked out and was ignored by everyone for the most part. The few times people did talk to me (when they weren't asking why I didn't talk) seemed alright. I'm also abnormally tall and at the time I did have muscle and I think that might have driven away any potential bullies. I actually got along really well with a couple black guys that I'd see in the hall sometimes and they'd always call out to me saying "Sup white chocolate!", I'm not sure why they called me that but I'm sure it was a good thing. We'd talk sometimes and they seemed like decent people. Really though, these conversations didn't happen more than once a week and 99% of the time I was alone. I spent all my lunches outside no matter how cold it was, because our school was overcrowded and the few empty seats in the cafeteria were surrounded by people I didn't know, but obviously knew each other. That didn't stop me from sitting next to them my freshman year though, but it was always awkward as shit and when I finally couldn't take it anymore I spent the rest of my high school lunches outside.

I was bullied a bit until I became 11 years old.. Around that time I started to become stronger than most of the kids my age and even older kids..

Then I became the leader of a nerd/crazy country folks gang in school. At least I always shouting orders and leading the attacks againt evil..

we had a few ridiclusly strong farmer-boys who liked dnd hanging out with fat and skinny nerds who were used to bullying before the allies arrived from the countryside...

we had broken a few bones in the former bullies by the time we became 15... those were good years...

>>3068309
Sup mugen.

>>3068352
And then in high school we became famous as the protectors of the school, since we stood in front of the main entrance between classes and barred any member of opposing high schools entry.
>>3068309
suppertime

Yup. They were right, too; I'm almost ten years younger, mentally, than intelligent and together people of my age.

Feels bad man.

I just put in an archive request.

When I was in middle school a bully kept telling me I had great pants and wanted to know where he could get pants like that.
I was poor, and they were second hand slacks.
I thought he was serious.
I learned better after a week of this.

My mom realized that me alternating through three shirts and two pairs of pants might not work and took me out shopping for high school. She made an offhand comment that I needed a black T shirt because all teenagers need a black T shirt.

I started wearing black T shirts whenever I could.

I lived in the sticks, so I didn't want to wear blue jeans because I wasn't in with the cowboy crowd So, when my acid washed second hand jeans died, I just stuck with my black jeans.

And a black T-shirt.

In Senior year life wasn't as much hell for me as it had been when I was K-Soph, but I was voted "Most likely to become a mortician."

It took me almost a decade to figure out why.