Ask Soleiyu some shit

[Soleiyu]

Being okay at lots of things is at times much better than being a specialist.  I learn what I do by doing not going to school.  I wanted to be a biologist but I do the work that paid my way though school instead.  I do specialize in what I do but I am not held to it and to specialize with the work I do you need a working knowledge of lots of different things  

If I could overcome my personality disorders I would be suited as military officer because of my psychological and structural skills and generally versatile knowledge. But there's no chance of me ever getting into anything military. Being versatile and having psychological judgement is what separates a good officer from the rest.

Military officer and journalist are the only two professions I can think of where you need to be a "jack of all trades".

I would be a perfect journalist but I don't find it fun. My dad is one.

My romantic dream is still to be a super specialist and bad at everything else.

It helps a lot in construction too especially when you have to do everything or are coordinating things

I wanted to be an architect and work leader before but no one believed in me so I stopped believing in myself. Weak I know but it doesn't help that I have AS.

[Phlexor]

Being okay at lots of things is at times much better than being a specialist.  I learn what I do by doing not going to school.  I wanted to be a biologist but I do the work that paid my way though school instead.  I do specialize in what I do but I am not held to it and to specialize with the work I do you need a working knowledge of lots of different things  

If I could overcome my personality disorders I would be suited as military officer because of my psychological and structural skills and generally versatile knowledge. But there's no chance of me ever getting into anything military. Being versatile and having psychological judgement is what separates a good officer from the rest.

Military officer and journalist are the only two professions I can think of where you need to be a "jack of all trades".

I would be a perfect journalist but I don't find it fun. My dad is one.

My romantic dream is still to be a super specialist and bad at everything else.

It helps a lot in construction too especially when you have to do everything or are coordinating things

I wanted to be an architect and work leader before but no one believed in me so I stopped believing in myself. Weak I know but it doesn't help that I have AS.

Been there, done that. I used to be really into computer programming, but my mother would always refer to it as me wasting my time. Years later after I'd lost interest from being discouraged, my mother bragged to someone how good with computers I was. Grrrr.

[Soleiyu]

Being okay at lots of things is at times much better than being a specialist.  I learn what I do by doing not going to school.  I wanted to be a biologist but I do the work that paid my way though school instead.  I do specialize in what I do but I am not held to it and to specialize with the work I do you need a working knowledge of lots of different things  

If I could overcome my personality disorders I would be suited as military officer because of my psychological and structural skills and generally versatile knowledge. But there's no chance of me ever getting into anything military. Being versatile and having psychological judgement is what separates a good officer from the rest.

Military officer and journalist are the only two professions I can think of where you need to be a "jack of all trades".

I would be a perfect journalist but I don't find it fun. My dad is one.

My romantic dream is still to be a super specialist and bad at everything else.

It helps a lot in construction too especially when you have to do everything or are coordinating things

I wanted to be an architect and work leader before but no one believed in me so I stopped believing in myself. Weak I know but it doesn't help that I have AS.

Been there, done that. I used to be really into computer programming, but my mother would always refer to it as me wasting my time. Years later after I'd lost interest from being discouraged, my mother bragged to someone how good with computers I was. Grrrr.

Relatives and friends who wants to crush dreams are just bad. In my case those who always said I was worthless and had no chance of ever becoming anything was people around me, and sometimes my brother. I hate that.

Some people respect me anyway and see me as intelligent and skilled, even authoritative in some respects.

[Christopher McCandless]

Seriously, the way to equality is not to keep others from looking good.

Of course it is, its the poor and the disabled who are less able to get this kind of plastic surgery. Hence you instantly mark someone out past a certain age as lower class.

I'm disabled but I managed to get it, since I lived at home and used diasbility to pay for it. In an equal society the state should PAY for all surgery needs instead of keeping people from getting it.

Every civilized state should at least pay for public eye surgery, hair transplants and the removal of aesthethic but none medical problems like blemishes or birth marks. Women who gave birth should also get state sponsored surgery to remove additional skin and fix saggy breasts.

If I was the ruler I would force balding/thinning guys to undergo state paid hair transplants and I would strongly encourage everyone to have laser treatment. I would also have diet rules in order to help everyone become more beautiful.

There should also be optional fashion councelors which would require license and 4 years academic education who people could visit to get a nice style and understanding of fashion. This would not be aimed at making people look like clowns but rather at informing people about things like quality, sizes, body types, materials, history of clothing and helping them develop a basic wardrobe and also acting like personal shoppers in some cases.

Every working person would be rewarded with a visit to a luxurious SPA resort every three months and healthy products would all be completely tax free.

The most obvious solution is to get rid of fashion and all the social diktats which go with it. Nor is that amount of plastic surgery sustainable, 1 billion people in this world do not get even food and clean water. Plastic surgery is a ridculous waste of resource, along with most fashions.

[Soleiyu]

Seriously, the way to equality is not to keep others from looking good.

Of course it is, its the poor and the disabled who are less able to get this kind of plastic surgery. Hence you instantly mark someone out past a certain age as lower class.

I'm disabled but I managed to get it, since I lived at home and used diasbility to pay for it. In an equal society the state should PAY for all surgery needs instead of keeping people from getting it.

Every civilized state should at least pay for public eye surgery, hair transplants and the removal of aesthethic but none medical problems like blemishes or birth marks. Women who gave birth should also get state sponsored surgery to remove additional skin and fix saggy breasts.

If I was the ruler I would force balding/thinning guys to undergo state paid hair transplants and I would strongly encourage everyone to have laser treatment. I would also have diet rules in order to help everyone become more beautiful.

There should also be optional fashion councelors which would require license and 4 years academic education who people could visit to get a nice style and understanding of fashion. This would not be aimed at making people look like clowns but rather at informing people about things like quality, sizes, body types, materials, history of clothing and helping them develop a basic wardrobe and also acting like personal shoppers in some cases.

Every working person would be rewarded with a visit to a luxurious SPA resort every three months and healthy products would all be completely tax free.

The most obvious solution is to get rid of fashion and all the social diktats which go with it. Nor is that amount of plastic surgery sustainable, 1 billion people in this world do not get even food and clean water. Plastic surgery is a ridculous waste of resource, along with most fashions.

There will always be fashion, wether it's cave man fashion or industrial country high end fashion.

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Being okay at lots of things is at times much better than being a specialist.  I learn what I do by doing not going to school.  I wanted to be a biologist but I do the work that paid my way though school instead.  I do specialize in what I do but I am not held to it and to specialize with the work I do you need a working knowledge of lots of different things  

If I could overcome my personality disorders I would be suited as military officer because of my psychological and structural skills and generally versatile knowledge. But there's no chance of me ever getting into anything military. Being versatile and having psychological judgement is what separates a good officer from the rest.

Military officer and journalist are the only two professions I can think of where you need to be a "jack of all trades".

I would be a perfect journalist but I don't find it fun. My dad is one.

My romantic dream is still to be a super specialist and bad at everything else.

It helps a lot in construction too especially when you have to do everything or are coordinating things

I wanted to be an architect and work leader before but no one believed in me so I stopped believing in myself. Weak I know but it doesn't help that I have AS.

Been there, done that. I used to be really into computer programming, but my mother would always refer to it as me wasting my time. Years later after I'd lost interest from being discouraged, my mother bragged to someone how good with computers I was. Grrrr.

Relatives and friends who wants to crush dreams are just bad. In my case those who always said I was worthless and had no chance of ever becoming anything was people around me, and sometimes my brother. I hate that.

Some people respect me anyway and see me as intelligent and skilled, even authoritative in some respects.

My relatives are not much better always telling to do what you you think you are good at then telling you your shit at it
An architect would be good if you are really interested you should see about what you need to do it.  Some of the architects I deal with are real nut jobs but good at what they do it's a rather excepting field where broad knowledge is a big plus

[Soleiyu]

Being okay at lots of things is at times much better than being a specialist.  I learn what I do by doing not going to school.  I wanted to be a biologist but I do the work that paid my way though school instead.  I do specialize in what I do but I am not held to it and to specialize with the work I do you need a working knowledge of lots of different things  

If I could overcome my personality disorders I would be suited as military officer because of my psychological and structural skills and generally versatile knowledge. But there's no chance of me ever getting into anything military. Being versatile and having psychological judgement is what separates a good officer from the rest.

Military officer and journalist are the only two professions I can think of where you need to be a "jack of all trades".

I would be a perfect journalist but I don't find it fun. My dad is one.

My romantic dream is still to be a super specialist and bad at everything else.

It helps a lot in construction too especially when you have to do everything or are coordinating things

I wanted to be an architect and work leader before but no one believed in me so I stopped believing in myself. Weak I know but it doesn't help that I have AS.

Been there, done that. I used to be really into computer programming, but my mother would always refer to it as me wasting my time. Years later after I'd lost interest from being discouraged, my mother bragged to someone how good with computers I was. Grrrr.

Relatives and friends who wants to crush dreams are just bad. In my case those who always said I was worthless and had no chance of ever becoming anything was people around me, and sometimes my brother. I hate that.

Some people respect me anyway and see me as intelligent and skilled, even authoritative in some respects.

My relatives are not much better always telling to do what you you think you are good at then telling you your shit at it
An architect would be good if you are really interested you should see about what you need to do it.  Some of the architects I deal with are real nut jobs but good at what they do it's a rather excepting field where broad knowledge is a big plus

One of the things I like with architect is that it's so much about personality and personal preferences. You can afford to be a bit of a nutjob when creating your vision. It also gives artists an excuse for a "real" profession.

[Christopher McCandless]

Seriously, the way to equality is not to keep others from looking good.

Of course it is, its the poor and the disabled who are less able to get this kind of plastic surgery. Hence you instantly mark someone out past a certain age as lower class.

I'm disabled but I managed to get it, since I lived at home and used diasbility to pay for it. In an equal society the state should PAY for all surgery needs instead of keeping people from getting it.

Every civilized state should at least pay for public eye surgery, hair transplants and the removal of aesthethic but none medical problems like blemishes or birth marks. Women who gave birth should also get state sponsored surgery to remove additional skin and fix saggy breasts.

If I was the ruler I would force balding/thinning guys to undergo state paid hair transplants and I would strongly encourage everyone to have laser treatment. I would also have diet rules in order to help everyone become more beautiful.

There should also be optional fashion councelors which would require license and 4 years academic education who people could visit to get a nice style and understanding of fashion. This would not be aimed at making people look like clowns but rather at informing people about things like quality, sizes, body types, materials, history of clothing and helping them develop a basic wardrobe and also acting like personal shoppers in some cases.

Every working person would be rewarded with a visit to a luxurious SPA resort every three months and healthy products would all be completely tax free.

The most obvious solution is to get rid of fashion and all the social diktats which go with it. Nor is that amount of plastic surgery sustainable, 1 billion people in this world do not get even food and clean water. Plastic surgery is a ridculous waste of resource, along with most fashions.

There will always be fashion, wether it's cave man fashion or industrial country high end fashion.

Cave man fashion is a lot easier to maintain = less social dictats imposed on everyone.

[Phlexor]

Fashion in the form of self expression will never go away and nor should.

[Peter]

There's a short story about a society where everyone is forced by law to wear weighted vests and helmets that play loud, distracting noises, individually weighted and calibrated so that everyone conforms to the same low standard, with nobody having a physical or mental advantage over anyone else.  I don't remember who wrote it or what it was called, but there was a crappy made-for-TV film adaptation, and I read a similar story where everyone was made equally crippled through surgery and genetic modification.

If people want to spend their money on eye surgery or nose jobs or whatever, that should be up to them.  If you want greater equality, vote for increased taxes on people in higher income brackets and more tax credits or social programs for the poor, but don't try to enforce equality by restricting what people can do the money they're left with.

[Callaway]

Here is a similar story about schools trying to make everyone the same called Animal School:

Many years ago, the animals in the Great Forest decided that they wanted to start a school
for all their children. Until that time, it had been the responsibility of parents to teach
their children the skills they needed to know, but the animals in the Great Forest wanted
their children to learn from professional teachers. So they organized a school and hired
staff. The teachers met and decided to provide a standardized educational curriculum to their
animal students. So they adopted an activity curriculum consisting of swimming, running,
flying, and climbing. All the animals took all the subjects – because it was very important
to them that no child be left behind. To ensure that students were progressing
satisfactorily, standardized achievement tests were administered to all students.

Here's what happened. The ducks were excellent in swimming. In fact, the ducks were
better than their teacher. But some of the ducks made only passing grades in flying and
all of them were very poor in running. Since they were slow in running, they had to stay
after school for remedial running practice, and they had to drop swimming in order to
practice running during their swimming class time. This was kept up until all the ducks'
webbed feet were very sore. And the ducks were so tired, that soon they were only
average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school, so nobody worried about
that – except the ducks.

In running, the rabbits started at the top of the class, but they did very poorly in
swimming. Also, the rabbits insisted on hopping around, and the teachers were concerned
about their hyperactivity – so they made the rabbits walk everywhere instead of allowing
them to run or hop. And the rabbits had to come in early every day for special swimming
class. Many of the younger rabbits developed severe fur problems because they were
having to spend so much time in the swimming pool.

The squirrels were excellent in climbing and running. In fact, the squirrels were the best
students at climbing the standardized tree. But they wanted to fly by first climbing the
tree, then spreading their paws, and gliding to the ground. (That's the way squirrels fly.)
But in flying class their teacher made them start on the ground instead of at the treetop,
and the squirrels were not mastering the course material.

So every day, the squirrels had therapy – a flying therapist took the squirrels into the gym and made them do front-paw
exercises to strengthen their muscles so they could learn to fly the right way. The
squirrels' paws hurt so much from this overexertion that some of them only got a C in
climbing. Some of the squirrels failed climbing altogether.

The eagles were definitely problem children – in climbing class, the eagles beat all the
others to the top of the tree, but they insisted on using their own way to get there and
were quite stubborn about it. The eagles said that clearly it was the goal that mattered,
and that it was quite right for eagles to get to the treetop by flying. The school
psychologist diagnosed them as having oppositional-defiant disorder. (That's a real
diagnosis that some children are given in school.) A strict behavior modification plan was
developed for the eagles. We can end this story in two ways.

Sad to say, in some schools, we still make squirrel
children try to learn to fly by flapping their paws, and punish eagles for being defiant
about their right to be themselves.

But happy to say, in some schools we enjoy all children for themselves. Each squirrel is a
perfectly wonderful squirrel. Each rabbit a lovely rabbit whether or not they choose to
hop, or skip, or roll, or walk. Each eagle is allowed to be an eagle; and we encourage
each to swim and swim and swim and not worry about learning to run.

And the moral of the story is: When we try to make everybody the same, nobody is happy. People can get hurt and
their very best gifts can go to waste.

[TheoK]

Sounds like Sweden. Though I like getting disability. 

[odeon]

I'd love to have my eyesight corrected but I'd probably still need some kind of reading glasses. Oh the joys of being middle-aged.

Do you use different glasses for different viewing distances?  I have an astigmatism in both eyes; things appear blurry to me regardless of how far away they are, and I have a single pair of glasses that are equally effective for viewing things close up and in the distance.

Yes, I have a pair of reading glasses (I use them now) and ones for everything else. I've found it increasingly difficult to read without the  reading glasses.

[odeon]

Seriously, the way to equality is not to keep others from looking good.

Of course it is, its the poor and the disabled who are less able to get this kind of plastic surgery. Hence you instantly mark someone out past a certain age as lower class.

I thought they were less equal to begin with.

[odeon]

Every working person would be rewarded with a visit to a luxurious SPA resort every three months and healthy products would all be completely tax free.

Thanks but no thanks. I already pay enough taxes.