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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Shut Up Gen X Weenie
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Jeez. I can't beleive some of the griping and bitching I hear on a
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day to day basis. "I don't like my job, I don't like my school, I don't
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know what I'm going to do with my life after college etc..." I've noticed
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that many many people spend more time complaining about how bad life is
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than trying to change the things (normally little things) that A.)Annoy them
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or B.)Make them think life is sooooo bleak and horrible.
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Not that I'm perfect mind you. I do bitch and moan from time to time,
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but I realize that it isn't the grim "No Future" world that the Gen-Xers and
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their ilk paint in emotional shades of grey.
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I'd also like to say that this isn't all aimed at Generation X aged
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people (Hell, I'm one off them I think), but is instead aimed at people in
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general. My age group gets a lot of negative (?) press. We have no drive,
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or ambition. Our parents made a difference with their sit ins and marches
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etc etc ad nauseum... We watch TV rather than read books and our idea of
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knowledge of world affairs can be turned into the CNN soundbites we see on
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our 234525 inch TV (we're materialistic too!@#) screens rather than the
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in-depth coverage a paper provides. Blah. With all that press, why should
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I have to dog us too? An intrinsicly lazy person such as myself need not
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waste the effort. Heh.
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Anyhow, as I sit here with a beer in hand and an attitude in head I
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can't help but be annoyed at all these negative things that I read from
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people. Ann Landers, columns, news and <gasp> even TV shows. My God,
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even fictional characters sit about and whine on and on about the lot life
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has dealt them. What the FUCK? What the hell do you have to put up with
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that is so evil? There are millions of people all over the world who would
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kill (and they do) to live the life I live every day. I went out to the
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main PX (Sorry kids, I'm in the army) yesterday and purchased a TV, a holy
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trinity machine (coffee, espresso, cappuccino maker) and some Earthworm
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Jim(tm) videos to watch as I sat and the world moved on. My package of
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coffee cost more than the Mexican minimum wage for a weeks work. What do
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I have to complain about? Let's look, shall we?
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Jobs. No one likes their job. Hell, I hate mine and I can't call in
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sick like most people can. I got out of High School and joined the Army for
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a period of three years. I went from being an intellectual person who could
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discourse on world events, history and other subjects with ease to an E-1
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(private). I was the lowest scum on the face of the planet. I had to
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bow and scrape to people who think that Bach is another word for reverse.
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I'm a tanker, so I have to go out and do some of the stupidest things on the
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planet to make sure that my M1A1 will move, shoot and communicate like it is
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supposed to do. This is not hard work, but since I have a fairly good mind
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and it comes easily to me I have to put up with more shit since my gunner
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wants me to supervise my idiot loader. On a daily basis I have to monitor
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this man who is the same rank as me and 3 years older, and on a daily basis
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I get yelled at because he fails to meet the standards. Come on, how hard
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is it to spit shine a boot and press a uniform? Not hard. Trust me. You
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think you have a bad job? I can't quit, call in sick, not show up or any of
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the things that civilian workers take for granted plus all the military shit
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365 days a year. But even with all this, I can't complain. The army pays
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me twice a month, gives me a place to live and shipped me over to Germany
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for two years.
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So what else bothers you? People in general? Fine. I've already
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spoken to you about my loader. Now, take someone that stupid and multiply
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him about 200 times. That is what I put up with. I get ordered around all
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day by people whose GT score is almost always lower than mine. I can't
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even get away from them after work because I live with them. Consider how
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you'd feel if your boss lived two doors from you and came over every night
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to make sure you were doing what you were supposed to be doing. Or perhaps
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you could never call one of your best friends by name at work. Or what if
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you lived 9000 miles from home in a country where many people were openly
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hostile to you because you've occupied their land for 50 years. Hell, I
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had to sneak around with a girlfriend of mine because her parents didn't like
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Americans at all. All that not to mention the other countries around here
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that aren't exactly lovey about Americans.
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You don't make enough money? Please. I make slightly over 40 cents an
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hour. Roughly 12,000 a year (less actually) and I'm on duty 24 hours a day
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not to mention the field time which is a month straight twice a year for
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gunnery, another two months for Manuever training (ever tried to live off a
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tank for 15 days at a time? This is not comfort) plus all the little
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side field problems that I keep getting "volunteered" for. Despite the fact
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that I damn near qualify for food stamps I've learned that if you use common
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sense and make out a budget you shouuld have no money problems. Save, spend
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wisely and use your head. I know guys here who are bumming cash etc two days
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after payday with nothing to show for the money they spend. I find that
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money problems are self induced because people always need that shiny new
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toy or whatnot. People won't save a hundred dollars because they need to
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have things in their room with a name that other people will recognize.
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Pure silliness.
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How bout, you don't like where you live? Once again, give me the
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proverbial break. I share a room with one other guy. Not an apartment, but
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a ROOM. My half is 10X10 feet maybe. The building is part of a Pre WW2
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hospital complex. I can walk out my door and see old bunkers from the time
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when the Nazis stayed here. I share a shower with the whole floor. One room
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with 5 nozzles sticking out of the wall. My living quarters can be inspected
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at any time during the work day if my First SGT gets a wild hair and I have
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to keep them at a certain level of GI neatness. Blah on that. Plus there
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is always having to clean the common areas. Hall, shower room, kitchen etc.
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I will never complain about an apartment being too small. Not only that,
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I currently have friends in Bosnia who've spent the last several months in
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tents. Don't complain kiddos.
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Finally, we have my favorite. "I just have no future. The last
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generation just fucked my world up" Please. This is America (well, sort
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of for me). No matter what people say, it is and probably always will be
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the land of opportunity. Our idea of a poverty level is any third world
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nations idea of wonderful. I'd bet any family out there can afford to
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go out to McDonalds Once in a while (not that this is a good thing, but that
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is another file). With a minimum of drive you can make a good life for
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yourself. I hate to sound like some conservative Republican windbag, but
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quite frankly jobs abound. The main problem is that lots of people will not
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"lower" themselves to what is out there. Look in the paper sometime...
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There is always a McJob to be had. Working at Pizza Hut may not be on par
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with slaying dragons, but it will put a roof over your head and a meal on
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your table. Education is fairly cheap here. If your job won't pay for
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college I will bet that you can get a grant or a loan or a scholarship if
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you stuck out high school or not. Jeezus. I know of one institution that
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will not only (maybe) train you in a real world skill, but will pay for
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college too! Yes, the Army! Be all you can be! Just don't pick a combat
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arms branch. Get air traffic controller or commo or something. I'm a damn
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good tanker, but that is useless out there in TV land..
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I guess what I am trying to say is... Shut the Fuck UP. You really
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don't have a problem. Get a job. Stick with it. Save some dough. Invest
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in a short term high risk mutual fund. Go out and enjoy the fact that you
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live in a weird country, but one of the greatest around. And if you can't
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see that, join the army for three years. I promise you that you will love
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the world after you ETS.
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-fastjack
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18 months short
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PS - This is also my rebuttal to F.U.C.K. File #59 which I wrote when I was
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still in school and going through the whole "No Future" kick. Looking back,
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I should have been smacked. Anyone with a mind has a whole world to conquer.
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Trust me. Knowledge is power, but without some kind of drive to make use
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of that power it isn't shit.
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= Questions, Comments, Bitches, Ideas, Rants, Death Threats, etc etc... =
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= Internet : jericho@dimensional.com (Mail is welcomed) =
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