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doesn't necessarily equal high emotional intelligence. We've all known that person who is off-the-charts brilliant with books and numbers and charts and stuff who couldn't figure out how to interact with actual human beings if their life depended on it. Just because you know that you have grand thoughts doesn't mean you know enough not to go around spouting that information. Intelligence does not equal self-awareness does not equal a sense of humor.
That said, the amount of venom spewed at 20-somethings/grad students here frightens me. You want to know why we're so fucked up? It's because for 18-22 years, we've had a clear path or direction. Then, suddenly, no one is there telling us what to do anymore, and it freaks us out. So some people shit, some get off the pot, and some go to grad school. Don't you remember that feeling? A little empathy, please.
LW, I don't know if you're obnoxious or not, because I've only read one two-page document out of your life. Dude, just go out and spread the love...I mean the love for your fellow man, not romantic love. I have to agree with the people who've told you to be on your own for awhile. Now, if only I could take that advice myself...
