/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.19617429]

The main reason I studied humanities is because I was bad at math. How do I cope with this?

[Anonymous No.19617431]

>>19617429
By studying math now.

[Anonymous No.19617446]

>>19617431
I doubt it'd make much of a difference. Some people are smart and others just aren't cut out for it.

[Anonymous No.19617449]

By getting really good at the humanities

[Anonymous No.19617463]

>>19617446
If it doesn't make a difference, why cope? Just live with it.

[Anonymous No.19617473]

>>19617463
It makes me feel like my life choices were entirely limited and a result of my lack of intelligence. I'm constantly living out of a consolation prize. This realization is destroying my confidence and my ability to live in a fulfilling way.

[Anonymous No.19617484]

>>19617429
The main reason I studied music is because I was bad at math and humanities. Hope this helps you cope.

[Anonymous No.19617492]

>>19617429
Correct the grammar of anyone who corrects your math.

[Anonymous No.19617494]

>>19617473
>It makes me feel like my life choices were entirely limited and a result of my lack of intelligence.
That would be you being unable to deal with either desu. Trust me, I know.

[Anonymous No.19617508]

>Everyone needs to study STEM so they can get money so they can consume more products
I do agree

[Anonymous No.19617531]

>>19617508
>the most brilliant authors and philosophers were good both at math and literature
>your only options are to be a dumb dumb who reads a lot or a insect-like STEMfag
>the only people capable of doing both were geniuses conditioned by genetics
NGMI

[Anonymous No.19617541]

>>19617473
For you, the best way to cope would be to read a bunch of obscure, obtuse philosophy and insult others about their ignorance and intellectual inferiority.

[Anonymous No.19617545]

>>19617541
That's mean, I don't want to push other people around, especially when they could just read the same stuff and get on my level. Unlike with math, anyone can read and understand philosophy if they try.

[Anonymous No.19617573]

>>19617446
this is what i told myself when was placed in remedial math through grade school, and when i failed calculus I and then only got a C- when re-taking it. After I decided to stop being a faggot and apply myself instead of assuming I was never meant to be good at math, I ended up completing a mechanical engineering degree with an average of B+. Just stop being a faggot, that's literally all there is to it

[Anonymous No.19617596]

>shit would just fly over my head in high school math
>take a programming course in college, pretty much give up in the second half and spend most of class/lab fucking around on my laptop
Thank God I had a job lined up after graduation because getting an English degree was a terrible choice. Math sucks.

[Anonymous No.19617615]

>>19617573
I don't think it'd make much of a difference now, that ship has long sailed. I'm doing a humanities degree and I dread thinking about all the retraining I'd have to undertake in order to have a flimsy shot.

[Anonymous No.19617643]

>>19617531
Any examples? I’m mainly a STEMfag but i fear it takes away from my artistic capacities by conditioning myself to think autistically

[Anonymous No.19617665]

>>19617615
Try drinking. It is the universal cope.

[Anonymous No.19617705]

>>19617429
Should i pick up mathematics as a hobby? It seems fun enough.
On the positive, any tips and books? I'm quite interested in probability.

[Anonymous No.19617715]

>>19617705
Basic Math by Lang.

[Anonymous No.19617727]

>>19617615
>im too oldddd :((((
I assume youre probably, like, 19. I didn't start my degree until i was 25. Again, like i said, just stop being a faggot and finding reasons why you supposedly can't do something

[Anonymous No.19617729]

>>19617715
Any "roadmap" from that and on?

[Anonymous No.19617738]

never, EVER feel inferiority to STEMlords

[Anonymous No.19617744]

>>19617727
23, actually. I guess you're right, I just wanted to see how other /lit/ users handled it.

[Anonymous No.19617753]

>>19617738
This is just a cope. STEMfags can read philosophy too and walk away as virtuous men. Dumbasses like me can't figure out how to find x no matter how "illuminated" we try to make ourselves out to be.

[Anonymous No.19617763]

>>19617753
Philosophy is at the end of it just applied math

[Anonymous No.19617780]

I remember my first day at college how during the presentations the newcomers get every year -nothing fancy, just the alumni in a classroom- among all the information they gave us about tutoring, schedules and all that buzz, they asked us about our motivation. Of course, the presenter joked that we were just there "because we sucked at math". There were a few nervous laughs, but I and I suspect everyone else knew that he had hit the nail right on the head.

[Anonymous No.19617784]

>>19617780
I'm glad I got into math because I suck at writing essays

[Anonymous No.19617796]

>>19617784
And yet you are on /lit/. Clearly you are capable of enjoying literature, whereas a humanitiesfag can't into math even outside of class.

[Anonymous No.19617798]

>>19617531
>the only people capable of doing both were geniuses conditioned by genetics
There are still a couple of cultured STEMfags, but they're increasingly rare. I'm in a speech and debate team, so everyone is more or less cultured and politically aware, and there are a grand total of 2 STEMfags there - the rest are intimidated by math and don't even know what Pascal's Triangle is.
However, you can only find those STEMfags in places that attract humanities people. I've never seen a humanitiesfag do anything STEM.

[Anonymous No.19617809]

>>19617784
Honestly, essays are just wordy proofs. If you can do proofs, you can do essays. After that, it's just practice.

t. Mathfag