/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10504104
Tell me, what is the story of half life? You clearly haven't understood it. The world building and universe of half life is absolutely amazing. The particular story of freeman is simply a side quest of the larger story, which is largely unknown (while yet being believable from it's own perspective, nothing "too unexpected happends"). That's that makes it so good.

I'm an average hard working citizen. Not by working hard, but by being "unusually" (not that much, maybe 1 in 100) gifted and lazy. If i applied myself and put in as much effort as other people at my level did, I'd be much further. But I don't, because why should I? I can obviously get really far by being half drunk/high and only doing the absolute minimum, why try harder?

Now I don't know what the average level of /sci/ really is, but I'm pretty sure most of you actually put in some effort into whatever you're doing. Why? How? Sure, if i did apply myself I'd probably compete with the absolute best in the world, in whatever i decided to approach, but why? There is literally no reason of doing so. I have a roof over my head, money enough to travel whenever i want, whatever food I want to eat whenever i want to eat it, can also get whatever friends I'd like to have. What is the allure of becoming the best?

>"Y-you gotta save the humanity anon..!!"
Why? If I don't, someone else who is slightly better than me, or slightly worse, will do a just good enough job without me. I'm not siginificant.

So, question: Why are you applying yourself? You don't need to.