<p>yo. i thought the princeton board was so cute for posting a good luck, so i'll do the same. good luck, and i hope to see all of you next year at the game!!</p>
<p>nobody cares if you offer them good luck. you are anything but sincere, and I find that this thread reeks of superficiality. This is a worthless thread.</p>
<p>Someone's very grumpy indeed!</p>
<p>Thanks, whenicomearound. I needed it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the good luck.</p>
<p>....Hmmm, someone woke up on the cynical side of the bed this morning <em>cough</em> ranger29.</p>
<p>Lighten up dude! ;) :D</p>
<p>I think it is a great idea to say goodluck to everyone. it is good karma to say the least.</p>
<p>And it's morally/spiritually fulfilling to say the most ;)</p>
<p>I for one appreciate it when someone recognizes that I've worked hard and whishes me the best. I also feel really good inside to do the same for someone else. ...My two cents :)</p>
<p>if you need some anonymous person that doesn't know you and won't care if you get rejected or not to 'feel good inside' (APdoolittle) or to get self-confidence, you deserve to get rejected.</p>
<p>Wow, the animosity on this blog is shameful! Calm down people. One more day!</p>
<p>WOW, we got wished good luck from a TRAITOR!!!!!! ha jk whenicomearound.</p>
<p>since when has this been a blog?</p>
<p>Hmmm... it's ok. Well, actually, ranger29, I was referring to actual every day situations of kindness (focusing primarily on nice things you do for people you see every day). Applying that kindness to CC is only an extension of a good person's kind disposition. I like to think that I'm nice both in person and online. And I also like to think that I deserve kindness (or at least respect), not only in person, but online as well. And that includes respect from you buddy. It's ok though, I forgive ya. Whoever you are, good luck to you (and I really do mean that)! Good luck to everyone else! I know most of you worked very hard to get to where you are now and many of you deserve the best. And wherever you go, many of you will thrive and drive others to success!!</p>
<p>-Jon :)</p>
<p>ranger29 is just a bitter and disgruntled applicant.</p>
<p>how could I be bitter? decisions haven't even come out yet. I just find it very annoying when people trying to be friendly just for the sake of being friendly (just to appear that they are friendly), instead of out of true compassion.</p>
<p>Jon-</p>
<p>I'm sure that some people appreciate your kindness, but most people find it naive and insincere. How can you feel for someone who you do not know anything about? How can you feel for someone who you will show absolutely no emotions for either way if they are rejected or accepted, beyond some extremely superficial internet veneer? Many are probably thinking, heck, if Jon gets rejected, that's one more spot that I could take.</p>
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<p>I'm sure that some people appreciate your kindness, but most people find it naive and insincere. How can you feel for someone who you do not know anything about? How can you feel for someone who you will show absolutely no emotions for either way if they are rejected or accepted, beyond some extremely superficial internet veneer? Many are probably thinking, heck, if Jon gets rejected, that's one more spot that I could take.
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<p>Uhh dude you're really bitter, and seriously, he just has a kind disposition. That's all it is. It's not "fake." It's that kind of horrid antisocial tendency to blast people for kindness that's going to get you rejected... not na</p>
<p>Well you know what? Then that just clearly defines the line between people like you and me. On one hand, you seem to be more cynical and overly critical of other people's motives (good or bad). On the other hand, that just isn't who I am.</p>
<p>Quote: "how could I be bitter? decisions haven't even come out yet. I just find it very annoying when people trying to be friendly just for the sake of being friendly (just to appear that they are friendly), instead of out of true compassion."</p>
<p>Key words: True compassion.</p>
<p>Whether or not you believe that my friendliness is true compassion, the fact that I do is all that really matters to me. What do I care what people think. It's the people that really appreciate it (even if it's just for one split second that it makes them smile) that make my friendliness even worth it. Not to mention how happy I GENUINELY feel inside to please God in caring for my fellow human being (whether I know him/her or not)!</p>
<p>Ok, so maybe you might be one of the scavenging types who would sneer at discovering a college rejection on my part. Maybe you're not. Other people might be. I'm sorry. I'm not cynical. I only look for the good in people. I try to look past the bad. And honestly, I've been a lot stronger for it morally, spiritually, and mentally. Kindness doesn't hurt. Really, ranger29, I recommend it (no joke)!! ;)</p>
<p>sorry, not blog, thread. I amstarting to lose my mind!</p>
<p>Haha, no worries geniusgen. It's pretty hectic for a lot of us who applied to Ivies!! We'll find out tomorrow though!!</p>
<p>And thanks for coming to my defense rico06. I'm glad to see that somebody knows where I'm coming from! :)</p>
<p>Haha. Look at this. People like rico find the need to criticize me. Who's real insecure one? </p>
<p>APDoolittle- Don't get me wrong here. On a day to day basis, around real people, I am very compassionate. I just hate insincerity, and I think that the OP was very insincere. Look at it this way: say you are asking some friends how good some cookies you baked were. Would you want them to be all happy and say that you made great cookies when really they were awful, or would you just rather have people be direct and tell the truth?</p>