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    Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis

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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    05/07/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    How is this person's anguish remotely funny or necessarily his fault?
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    Image of Grim Reaper of the Forest Grim Reaper of the Forest
    05/07/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of Mad Due to No More Bonnets 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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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    05/07/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    I can't believe everyone is buying this letter -- it's from the Hipster Grifter, for chrissake.
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    Image of boricuaintexas boricuaintexas
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of Hydroceph 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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    Image of hatey hatey
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of metoometoo metoometoo
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of LardBeuys 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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    Image of pufflehuff 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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    Image of Robert Synnott Robert Synnott
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of Hydroceph 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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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    wait, he studied FILM at HARVARD?
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of Clare Clare
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of Hydroceph 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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    Image of ChickyOnly ChickyOnly
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    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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    Image of WindowSeat WindowSeat
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    I'd love to meet this poor guy's parents.
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    Image of valet_of_the_dolls valet_of_the_dolls
    05/06/09

    @WindowSeat: I've already seen "Grey Gardens", thanks.
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    Image of WitchfinderGeneral WitchfinderGeneral
    05/06/09

    In reply to Sad Young Literary Man Seeks Advice From Cary Tennis
    Some folks won't believe you're depressed until you actually kill yourself. Bipolar spectrum- and depression-deniers do walk among us. Some of these same people scoff at Creationists and global warming deniers.


    Jean-Claude Van Damme is bipolar. He is also Timecop. That means he can take care of depression-deniers wherever and whenever they are, and in the most efficient way: a boot to the throat.

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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    05/06/09

    @WitchfinderGeneral: Yes, yes! I'm tired of depression-deniers. It's like refusing to admit diabetes exists, just because you are fortunate enough to not have it. A boot to the throat! A boot to the throat!
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    05/06/09

    @forwardmotion: I've never run into depression deniers, which is probably the best for all concerned.
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