RE: military overcompensation - Page 6

Title Fight Productions · 12-24-2006, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Lubaolong

I already have. After my grandmother died and I started freaking out I talked with some professionals, got some medication.. and I'm doing better now. I'm still very stressed and worried about my future.

These things are easy for you to say because you aren't living here in my life. The closest people in my life (my grandparents) are gone. I'm not that close with my parents. I feel like I have no one except my wife. I don't want to disappoint them and I want my family to have everything I can give to them. After my grandparents died, we spent a week or so staying at my sisters house. Going from her lifestyle back to mine is horrible. My sister just moved, built a $1 million dollar office building, and a $800k house. And in her area, that's a HUGE house. It's almost 10k sq ft. She has her own practice, thousands of patients, her and her fiance work a normal 9-5 job, sometimes she works a little later.. and they make a shit load of money. They blow more money a year on useless crap that I can make. I'm busting my tail doing jobs I hate with all my being, working 60+ hours a week sometimes, trying to make $200k. Spending a week living with her, doing the things they do, shopping like they shop.. then coming back to my lifestyle.. it's really hard. I don't have any money to blow. I'm finished working for right now and I'm trying my best to save to buy a semi decent house that's not falling apart when we move and not go into debt while we take 3 years off to go to school. I don't know if we'll ever get where I want to be. Maybe I'm destined for mediocracy.

Where do you live?

RaposaBJJ · 12-24-2006, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Lubaolong

I already have. After my grandmother died and I started freaking out I talked with some professionals, got some medication.. and I'm doing better now. I'm still very stressed and worried about my future.

These things are easy for you to say because you aren't living here in my life. The closest people in my life (my grandparents) are gone. I'm not that close with my parents. I feel like I have no one except my wife. I don't want to disappoint them and I want my family to have everything I can give to them. After my grandparents died, we spent a week or so staying at my sisters house. Going from her lifestyle back to mine is horrible. My sister just moved, built a $1 million dollar office building, and a $800k house. And in her area, that's a HUGE house. It's almost 10k sq ft. She has her own practice, thousands of patients, her and her fiance work a normal 9-5 job, sometimes she works a little later.. and they make a shit load of money. They blow more money a year on useless crap that I can make. I'm busting my tail doing jobs I hate with all my being, working 60+ hours a week sometimes, trying to make $200k. Spending a week living with her, doing the things they do, shopping like they shop.. then coming back to my lifestyle.. it's really hard. I don't have any money to blow. I'm finished working for right now and I'm trying my best to save to buy a semi decent house that's not falling apart when we move and not go into debt while we take 3 years off to go to school. I don't know if we'll ever get where I want to be. Maybe I'm destined for mediocracy.

lol Don't ever post here again.

**Lubaolong** · 12-24-2006, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Gregster

Well, I'm feeling free: you're an utter imbecile.

I enlisted in the Marines and served 4 years as a tanker; I have a Masters' Degree.

My father enlisted in he Army, served 31 years, got out as a Lieutenant Colonel. He has two Masters' Dgerees and runs his own business.

M brother is a career Marine, graduated from the US Naval Academy, a school you probably couldn't get into much less graduate from.

My cousin Pete joined the Army Reserves. Later went to West Point. He's a career soldier, standing by to get his silver oakleafs, and just got his PhD.

You, on the other hand, are a retard whose smug, asshat-ish attitude about the military being some refuse heap for stupid people who "can't cut it" either in college or in the "real world," combined with your stupidly naive comments about people being able to choose any MOS they want to avoid combat when anyone who's served knows you can ask for all the jobs you want, you will get sent to the job you a) are qualified for and/or b) are most needed by the service leads me to believe you never spent a day in uniform and are bullshitting abot your military cred to justify your bullshitting about what a great get-rich-quick scheme the military is.

You are quite the exception, and congrats to you, but the fact remains, this isn't the norm.

In 1999 (the most recent year for which reliable survey data are available), only 12 percent of enlisted have associate's degrees, 8 percent with bachelor's degrees, and 1 percent of those have advanced degrees. That tells you that 92% of the military enlisted (yes that includes senior NCOs) do not have any desire to finish a 4 year degree, eventhough it is free and easily obtainable to them.

Stats come from the Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5108&sequence=1

Edit: I'm not saying anything about it being a get rich quick scheme or military people are stupid or anything else. Don't take offense to my comments. I am just saying it pays very well for the qualifications, and most people that join do so out of necessity.

**Lubaolong** · 12-24-2006, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by titlefight

Where do you live?

I'm in Kentucky right now. I flew back here several months ago when we found out my grandmother had cancer. Life sucks. The wife and I are just going to do a program at the University of Kentucky (they have a semi highly ranked program) and then getting the hell out of here.

**Lubaolong** · 12-24-2006, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by RaposaBJJ

lol Don't ever post here again.

Whatever, dude. I don't have a lot of people to confide in anymore and I'm just being honest here. I don't care for whatever negative shit you have to say. I'm stressing over a lifestlye I'm sure you would die to have. Fuck off.

RaposaBJJ · 12-24-2006, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Lubaolong

Whatever, dude. I don't have a lot of people to confide in anymore and I'm just being honest here. I don't care for whatever negative shit you have to say. I'm stressing over a lifestlye I'm sure you would die to have. Fuck off.

lol. Sure having money is great. But I'm not gonna go crazy cause next year I won't be making $400,000. Sound slike with all ya extra schooling, by the time you start work again AND come close to making even half what ya sis makes it'll be after 2010. If you even pick teh right job and the right degree, and the right grades, right neigborhood. lol. You'll be in a mental ward by then.

**Lubaolong** · 12-24-2006, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by RaposaBJJ

lol. Sure having money is great. But I'm not gonna go crazy cause next year I won't be making $400,000. Sound slike with all ya extra schooling, by the time you start work again AND come close to making even half what ya sis makes it'll be after 2010. If you even pick teh right job and the right degree, and the right grades, right neigborhood. lol. You'll be in a mental ward by then.

I very well could be, if not dead. This didn't bother me so much before, but with recent events and things my family has said, it is eating me up. I see only one option for me right now, finish this degree, get to Taiwan, start the translation work up I've been doing, and a virtual gold farming operation in China I was doing last year. If I can get to Taiwan with a steady, good paying job, I think I can do something. If not, I might just jump off a bridge or something.

I'm not looking for attention. I'm just really stressed and frustrated. Sorry to bring you all my troubles if you don't give a shit. I'll probably read over this in the morning and regret typing all this.

Sohei · 12-24-2006, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Lubaolong

If not, I might just jump off a bridge or something.

Please do so.

**Lubaolong** · 12-24-2006, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sohei

Please do so.

Then there would be no one to mock and ridicule you. Well, I'm sure I would be quickly replaced by someone else, nonetheless I have a goal at hand. I'll try my best to accomplish it. If I fail horribly, I may reconsider your offer.

AmericaOverAll · 12-24-2006, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Lubaolong

Yes, a perfect example. A military officer with a useless degree in basket weaving (that might only earn him $30,000/year on the outside) will retire making $150k a year in the military.

He's actually a demolition man.(bomb stuff) He teaches peeps how to disarm bombs and shit. He has a big cock, and has done a lot for this country.