This stems from another comment I made in response to PSU about moving out. Looking back on it now, half of the adult figures in my life (parents, teachers, people who are supposed to instill wisdom on me) are either complete fucking idiots or are intentionally trying to keep my own personal happiness down because they might have an inferiority complex of some sort. I'm hoping it's the former cause I'm not some deranged conspiracy theorist, but God damn did some of them say the dumbest shit.

"Living on your own is awful and a hard experience!"
Bullshit. Just because you couldn't cope with responsibility of personal choice and always need some authority figure in your personal life doesn't mean my personal freedom and right to my own self interest is a bad thing.

"You NEED to go to college to be happy!"
I'm still going to college but it's still going to fuck over the people who say this because of another bullshit thing they say. Happiness is entirely up to you, and if I'm happy making 15 bucks an hour doing something entry level for the rest of my life? Who are you to say I failed? Once again, another situation on an encroaching overreaching authority figure instilling their subjective views as an objective world view.

"You NEED to go into STEM to be successful!"
This is even more fucking stupid. And is basically saying "You can do whatever you want...so long as you go to college!" and then adding on more and more requirements "But you can do whatever you want....as long as it's X, Y, or Z!" The whole point of higher education is the ability to pursue a career in what YOU want to do. But once again, why have your responsibility of personal choice if some uneducated authority figure can decide for you?

"Always listen to your elders!"
Obviously ignoring the racist old people, how could I ever take advice like this seriously after the last three arguments are made up on a foundation of horse shit.

I have come to learn that half of all role models (the ones spouting this irredeemable garbage) have some sort of phobia against personal freedom of choice and liberty and as such, needs some overreaching parental force to dominate every facet of their life, and because of this everyone must need the same form of baby care. The whole point of growing up is being able to make choices for yourself. If you want to be coddled like a man-child in your thirties because you chose to listen to irrational adults as a child go ahead, but please don't force that view on others.

Yeah, life's easier living with your parents, but you're not doing yourself any favors for your adult experience. I moved out for college, learned a lot about what living arrangement I liked (tried dorms, an apartment, etc), spent my own money, paid my rent, etc. I still call my parents for advice, but the biggest contribution to my personal maturity came from when I cut ties to them and made a life for myself.

Role models are fine, but too often parents are used as safety nets throughout college.

Wouldn't it be more honorable if they admit to their failings rather than instill the same problems on the impressionable next generation?

most role models aren't perfect, it's their flaws and struggles that inspire you

winona is mine

>having a role model

>Not having a personified figure of the idea that you can attain what you want if you set your mind to it

>having a role model

That's not true.

At that point, it ceases to be a model because the figure is no longer a person.

It's good that she does, all my role models however are too damn stuck in their pride to admit their lives were problematic in any form.

Quote from: SecondClass on June 30, 2016, 03:57:32 PM

She does....

all good role models admit when they were wrong, and use those experiences to become better

Ah, makes sense. I don't have any role models who I personally know