Sierpiński Triangle? In My Bitwise and?

When I was a teenager at high school I used to compare everyone else to myself a lot (I think everyone does since it’s part of building your identity)

I remember thinking “ok there’s a future doctor, and there’s a great manager of some sort”

But I never really grokked that everyone from those classes is now in society somewhere. Remember that idiot sitting there chewing the wood on his desk? He probably has a job now - what on earth is he doing?!

disambiguation•4h ago

"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."

Vonnegut

safetybox•4h ago

I managed to spend one night in custody in a prison instead of the police department.

The furniture had an uncanny resemblance to the furniture in the run-down public school I went to.

And the drawing on the walls unmistakably resembled the writing on the public school toilets, too.

And it occurred to me. It's the same people. And their hand writing and stick men had not improved.

bags43•4h ago

"If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear" - Ivo Andric

OutOfHere•29m ago

It's worse because when someone tries to show what it is to act like an adult among their peer group, like say at work, they get booed and put down. The best thing to do then as individuals is to just be quiet and build their wealth, while others get trapped by their mediocrity.

Simulacra•1h ago

Reminds me of China trying to pass off Top Gun movie footage as real.