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916051 No.916051 [Reply] [Original]

/lit/, I'm having an existential crisis and I'm coming to you because you're the nicest board here. I'm going to be a college freshman come August twenty-third and my major is physics. It's just that I don't think I'm as smart as I've tricked myself and everyone else to be. Should I switch my major to a soft science or philosophy or something?

>> No.916059

i believe in you op

>> No.916067

also, the point of college is to challenge and improve yourself. don't cop out from cold feet, what you're feeling is normal.

>> No.916068

Hey! I'm in the same situation! Literally! Only I believe in myself!

Also I'm not going to finish as i'll leave with my wife to go wherever she is stationed.

Go into Creative Writing.....it's fun.

>> No.916072

I've went through that. Believe in yourself, OP. If you think you are smart, you will be, and don't let anyone else let you think differently. And you know, it's not about whether or not you are smart in a certain subject; I think if you genuinely enjoy said physics or philosophy, etc., you should do it. But don't let that existential way of thinking affect you, because it will only wear you down and make you think less of yourself.

>> No.916074

>>916051
Quit being such a whining maggot. If that's your idea of an existential crisis, I shudder to think how you'll handle things in the real world.

>> No.916082

>>916072
But I've realized that I didn't really learn anything in high school and that I'm probably going to crash and burn after a semester. ;_;

>> No.916086

>>916082
with that attitude you will

>> No.916090

>>916051
I'll give you a little tip, one you likely won't embrace or realize is the truth until you are older and have already lived through it:
This shit doesn't matter. It doesn't. You are young and can afford to make mistakes, and even if you were old life goes on.
Maybe you are retarded, then drop out. Maybe you're an academic genius and excel. If you live with the right mindset this petty stuff does not matter.
Geared more specifically for college, your major early on LITERALLY, does not matter.
Next time go to /r9k/ or something, being sad doesn't give you a pass to break the rules.

>> No.916092

>>916082

Take up tutoring or something; get help or do research yourself. Shudda paid attention in high school, man! Or maybe that's just your way of thinking getting in the way; you probably know more than you realize.

>> No.916095

>>916082
Boo hoo.

>> No.916116

>>916090
I used to go to /r9k/ before /lit/ and /sci/ were made for the occasional intellectual discussion present there but I stopped because all the whining really started to make me depressed. I wasn't trying to break the rules but /r9k/ is too jaded.

>>916092
I thought I was paying attention but maybe I wasn't. I don't know at this point.

>> No.916124

>>916116
You did pretty good for a guy who wasn't even trying.

>> No.916118
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916118

>existential crisis

>> No.916131

>>916116

I think you just need a vacation and some time to relax; go read a book or something. Seriously, don't get too worked up about it because it might come back to bite you in the ass. Negative thinking puts you down and makes you feel like shit.

>> No.916134

>>916124
How do you know he wasn't trying?

>> No.916138

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>> No.916142

>>916118
LOL

>> No.916147

>>916116
>>916134
>I wasn't trying to break the rules but /r9k/ is too jaded.

>> No.916157

>I'm having an existential crisis
>I don't think I'm as smart as I've tricked myself and everyone else to be

sage for not knowing what an existential crisis is

>> No.916159

>>916047

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>> No.916169

>>916124
I meant it wasn't my intentions to break the rules. I just wanted to get some advice with less of the dicks.

>> No.916171

>>916050
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>>916049

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>> No.916232

>>916047
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