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SeaBassTian
08/04/09

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While it is tempting to hate on the young McDonnel, Twelve was an amazing achievement for such a young lad. Would you prefer Nick use his connections to run around town like a jackass fauxcialite? I'm sure the majority of his ilk can barely read a book, much less string sentences together.
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volvoist
08/04/09

@SeaBassTian: I don't know, man. it says quite a lot about him that he sold his first book to his godfather. If "Twelve" was really worthy of publication when he was shopping it around (though: did he even bother shopping it?), then surely he could have managed to sell it to someone that wasn't present at his baptism. That he didn't makes me feel like it was heavily, heavily edited.
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SeaBassTian
08/04/09

@volvoist: Honestly, I was so clueless @ 17 that I could barely coordinate an illegal beer run much less negotiate a major book deal. I am not saying that ND did not coast on his family connections, but the finished product is damn good. The film may be another story!
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
08/04/09

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Meanwhile, crack addict and hooker, Sonya Godwiin sent off her son's first novel Life in a Small Town to Penguin Publishing.

The response? "We can't read the scribbles. Is this even English? And here is your pipe back."
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Edited by Iwillnotauditionforastar at 08/04/09 12:28 AM

RollsRoyceRevenge
05/07/09

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How is this person's anguish remotely funny or necessarily his fault?
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
05/07/09

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He's not saying he deserves a good job or life because he has a Harvard degree, he is saying the fact that he has a Harvard degree and can't live up to the expectations is making him more depressed.
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Mad Due to No More Bonnets
05/07/09

@Grim Reaper of the Forest: I was hoping someone would make this distinction.
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pufflehuff
05/07/09

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He seriously, seriously needs to find out where he lives, then go outside and get some help. If he gets lost, a nice policeman could take him home.
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Rumpelstilskin
05/06/09

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I can't believe everyone is buying this letter -- it's from the Hipster Grifter, for chrissake.
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boricuaintexas
05/06/09

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The Harvard dude is an entitled douchebag, but the dispenser of advice is an even bigger tool. I almost threw up when I read Cary Tennis' response. It's not as witty and funny as he thinks it is.
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Hydroceph
05/06/09

@boricuaintexas: Yes, Cary Tennis is a tool. But his answer? This was one of his better ones.
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hatey
05/06/09

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I would kill to live in my mom's basement. Sit around. Work at a makeup counter-- or not! Basically, just do downers and get my nails done, and catch up on my motherfucking reading.

You know what, Harvard Grad? I'll trade you lives, you little shit.
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metoometoo
05/06/09

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I was always sort of effortlessly good at school, but terrible at jobs and other aspects of real life, including knowing my way around my own hometown. I spent the first several months after graduation languishing in my parents' house, waiting for someone to say, "Hey, you're smart and talented! Here's a fun and challenging job!" When that didn't happen, I did run away to California, where my parents couldn't take care of me anymore. And it actually worked out really well.
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LardBeuys
05/06/09

@metoometoo:

I've always been effortlessly terrible at school and at jobs, but I keep plugging away at both because it's better than any alternative I've come up with.

In the domestic sphere, however, I am a superstar.

Had I not been born an enormous, hairy, gay man, I could have been the ideal housewife -- making festive meals for my family from the recipes I clip from LHJ and sewing all my adorable Aryan children matching outfits from an old set of drapes...
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pufflehuff
05/07/09

@LardBeuys: My mental image of the day. No one's stopping you from being a perfect housewife... except finding the perfect apron!
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Robert Synnott
05/06/09

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Actually, now I think of it... why is everyone assuming that the parents are wealthy? Is there anything which suggests that? Lots of people end up living with their not-very-well-off parents?
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Hydroceph
05/06/09

@Robert Synnott: It's probably the "I went to Harvard, where's life on a silver platter" thing. Poor kids who went to Harvard on scholarship generally have a little more hustle than this letter displays, desperately mentally ill or not.
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miss_msry
05/06/09

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First, there are pharmaceuticals to help with the depression. Get to a doctor stat.

Second, ask your folks when the trust fund kicks in.
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allyzay
05/06/09

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wait, he studied FILM at HARVARD?
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iplaudius
05/06/09

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Harvard is a great place to go to college. There are assholes everywhere, in and out of university. This person is probably mentally ill.
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Clare
05/06/09

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I'm not going to go into it in depth, but I felt for this kid. I have life skills that he seems not to (I can cook, do laundry, have a sense of direction, hold down a job, etc.) but the feeling of life passing you by, that I can relate to.
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Hydroceph
05/06/09

@Clare: We can all relate to life passing by far too fast, but what grates on my nerves is the LW's notion that because he went to Harvard he is owed a better life. This is> his life, and it's what he makes of it. Right now, and for more reasons than his depression, he's making very little of it.
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ChickyOnly
05/06/09

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I saw this last night and had a distinct feeling that it was going to end up here today. Color me surprised, though, that for once it was the question and not Cary's answer getting Pareene's attention.
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