A Dumb Teenager's Inane Rambling Of The Week

"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
09/19/2016 at 17:27 • Filed to: None

So I went and watched The Nightmare Before Christmas this morning for the first time in years (I know I should be doing school stuff, hear me out), and I kinda feel that despite all the cheesy voice acting, Jack Skellington is a rather relatable character. Hear me out. He starts out with a pretty good position in life, but he becomes increasingly obsessed with something more and different than what he has. He then formulates a “grand plan” to help him achieve his “goals” through a series of increasingly ridiculous/stupid moves that ultimately get him literally shot down from a great height. Then there’s the whole reconciliation and the “happy ending.” In a way it sort-of reminds me of the transition into adulthood, that whole “wanting to be more” aspect of things, just with more “my liver will handle what my heart can’t.” Like, I really don’t want to utterly and completely fail spectacularly, but I have a feeling it’s a high possibility, and if it happens, I’d never reconcile with life itself. Or maybe I need to see a shrink. IDK.

DISCUSSION (6)

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
09/19/2016 at 17:41

I don’t like the movie cause the emo kids ruined it for me and nobody is really a failure. You really have to be at the bottom of the barrel to be considered a failure. Hitting rock bottom isn’t really being poor, uneducated, and lost. Go see a shrink if you want to, but you’re not failing at life. Life just blows and hits you in the face time to time.

Berang > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
09/19/2016 at 18:01

First thing to get out of your head is any ideas about people being “successful” by the time they’re 20 or 25 years old. We get fed these stories of prodigies or extremely lucky people who’ve gotten their career and life set up by the time they’re 25, but that’s just not how it works in the real world for real people. Most people are “failures” until they’re about 30, in fact you’ll find most very successful people hadn’t really got anywhere until they were already in their 30s. So there’s no point feeling crushed about not being “there” when you’re not even out of college yet.

And this is not just about careers and achievements, even with relationships and other goals, most people aren’t going to really get into it until past their mid 20s.

Sam > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
09/19/2016 at 18:08

In Liberia, the people are so poor that they eat their dead. During the war, the displaced villagers dug up graveyards so they would have a place to sleep at night. You’re far from being poor, or a failure.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Sam
09/19/2016 at 18:33

I’m not poor in the grand scheme of things, and I am really fucking grateful that I haven’t failed yet. I am just so scared because I literally cannot afford to fail in the near future. If I fail a course in college, I have no reserves or Plan B.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
09/19/2016 at 18:35

Seriously, why does everyone think I’m poor? I’m educated, and I have a sense of direction, I’m just saying that I don’t have a plan B.

Tristan > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
09/19/2016 at 19:47

Failing isn’t such a terrible thing... it teaches you a lot. And, with your youth, a good brain and a solid work ethic, failure tends to be rather impermanent. You can fail pretty damn hard in your early 20s but still be extremely successful just a few short years on.