Oh wow, that is so me. That had better be under... yep, ADHD... yeah, that's in the right place.

It's worse when this triggers life-long anxiety about missing future appointments.

Worse still is when you show up a week early by accident, because you had it wrong in the other direction.

I went through this last year and was pretty gutted by the process... at first.

When the final bill came in for all the renovations and prep for sale, we just added it to the list price. Our realtor's thinking was that we could entice buyers with something that is turn-key, rather than just doing the bare minimum. It was boring looking, but you wouldn't have to change anything because it was perfectly inoffensive, if not without flair. And the buyer gets to finance un-doing our to-taste changes along with the house. Win-win.

The key here was that our realtor had the float to finance the renovations, a crew that could do the work for a steal, and felt our home was a sure bet. YMMV.

Now, my new place... yeah. Still saving up to un-fuckulate what the last guy did.

Every time.

I have left this as an exercise for the reader.

Fixed:

IMO, some people think that being educated means achieving mountains of rote memorization, and little else. Some of those people also become teachers.

This may also be why there's a big row every time someone changes what algorithms are taught in basic maths (in the US, anyway).

They’re selling billionaires a bridge to nowhere; and it’s working.

Look, I'm not saying it's a good thing. In fact, it would be an insanely wasteful use of resources, labor, energy, etc.

That said, folks are all about "eat the rich" and this may very well be the closest thing to that.

PhD level intelligence

Which PhD's, exactly?

Yes, that matters quite a lot, actually.

It helps to live in a place where most people do work like this. It's more culturally acceptable to simply not ask in the first place.

I'd go as far as to say that it's so ingrained in some folks, that it's a dead giveaway what they're up to based on whether or not they ask you what you do for a living.

There was so much to campus life that just felt natural and just ridiculously, offensively, convenient.

• Practically everyone is roughly the same age as you, and that group is thousands strong (depends on where you go).
• Just drop in on dorm rooms and say 'hi' to friends, whenever.
• Dining is usually very close by.
• Lots of entertainment options, most days of the week.
• Included access to showers and fitness facilities (varies).
• Free bus travel with student ID (varies).
• Student ID discounts at some retail (varies).

The fact that we refuse to build communities outside of school with these features, just boggles the mind.

I'll add that this is practically impossible to replicate in adult life until you get into a "retirement community". And like college, those are ridiculously expensive too. If you're an undergrad and barely old enough to drink: I urge you to please live these days to the fullest. It's tragic but you really won't get another moment like this again.

This didn't go down well.

IT consulting pro-tip: Customers would rather pay for your time and expertise, than be made to feel stupid that they didn't think of something so simple themselves.