I am so F****** sick of med students!!!

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So granted I am one. But I think I'm an anomaly.

Is it just me or does communicating with fellow medical students leave you frustrated and annoyed?? Why is it that science people tend to criticize and overanalyze everything you do or say?? Or passive aggressively make statements that are supposed to irk you into a debate??

Ok, GUNNER I don't want to debate/argue/make a point for you. I don't want to talk to you and have you look at me as if you were looking through a magnifying glass.

Ugh and yet I have to see these people every day with their righteous, I'm better than GOD attitudes.

Does everyone in this profession have such an inflated ego??? I swear, I have not found one normal, uncritical person - everyone has that stupid "science" mentality and God forbid you misuse a verb.

Also, why do people act like they are high school freshmen? I mean, honestly - keg stands for God's sake?! rumors?! calling people odd if they don't attend these stupid parties where a ping pong ball gets tossed around into gross cups of stale cheap beer, or if they don't sleep with every other person in the class?? what is this?? how is this an f****** profession? and yet they feel that they have a right to judge you. ew. what am I doing here? why did I expect something else? I can't believe the route to becoming such an important figure in people's lives is paved with so much unnecessary bull****.
 
annoyedMD said:
So granted I am one. But I think I'm an anomaly.

Is it just me or does communicating with fellow medical students leave you frustrated and annoyed?? Why is it that science people tend to criticize and overanalyze everything you do or say?? Or passive aggressively make statements that are supposed to irk you into a debate??

Ok, GUNNER I don't want to debate/argue/make a point for you. I don't want to talk to you and have you look at me as if you were looking through a magnifying glass.

Ugh and yet I have to see these people every day with their righteous, I'm better than GOD attitudes.

Does everyone in this profession have such an inflated ego??? I swear, I have not found one normal, uncritical person - everyone has that stupid "science" mentality and God forbid you misuse a verb.

Also, why do people act like they are high school freshmen? I mean, honestly - keg stands for God's sake?! rumors?! calling people odd if they don't attend these stupid parties where a ping pong ball gets tossed around into gross cups of stale cheap beer, or if they don't sleep with every other person in the class?? what is this?? how is this an f****** profession? and yet they feel that they have a right to judge you. ew. what am I doing here? why did I expect something else? I can't believe the route to becoming such an important figure in people's lives is paved with so much unnecessary bull****.
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Who knows? All you can really do is your own thing and hope that you run into a like-minded individual along the way. As good as it feels to vent, your best bet is to not let this junk get to you in the first place. I know, easier said than done, but the reality is that it's basically on you to pull yourself through this "experience" that is medical school. You can stew on the bad and let it distract you from what you have to do, or you can recognize that the cross-section of your (in fact, every) class is not the consummate representation of professionalism and altruistic humanity that they made themselves out to be during the admissions process and go from there.

It's amazing the burden that can be lifted off your shoulders when you let go of the crap you can't control and devote your attention to improving what you can control. The catch is that it requires you to be honest with yourself, which, as you've seen, people in general have a hard time doing.
 
annoyedMD said:
So granted I am one. But I think I'm an anomaly.

Is it just me or does communicating with fellow medical students leave you frustrated and annoyed?? Why is it that science people tend to criticize and overanalyze everything you do or say?? Or passive aggressively make statements that are supposed to irk you into a debate??

Ok, GUNNER I don't want to debate/argue/make a point for you. I don't want to talk to you and have you look at me as if you were looking through a magnifying glass.

Ugh and yet I have to see these people every day with their righteous, I'm better than GOD attitudes.

Does everyone in this profession have such an inflated ego??? I swear, I have not found one normal, uncritical person - everyone has that stupid "science" mentality and God forbid you misuse a verb.

Also, why do people act like they are high school freshmen? I mean, honestly - keg stands for God's sake?! rumors?! calling people odd if they don't attend these stupid parties where a ping pong ball gets tossed around into gross cups of stale cheap beer, or if they don't sleep with every other person in the class?? what is this?? how is this an f****** profession? and yet they feel that they have a right to judge you. ew. what am I doing here? why did I expect something else? I can't believe the route to becoming such an important figure in people's lives is paved with so much unnecessary bull****.
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This made me laugh because I have been corrected for improper verb tense.
 
annoyedMD said:
So granted I am one. But I think I'm an anomaly.

Is it just me or does communicating with fellow medical students leave you frustrated and annoyed?? Why is it that science people tend to criticize and overanalyze everything you do or say?? Or passive aggressively make statements that are supposed to irk you into a debate??

Ok, GUNNER I don't want to debate/argue/make a point for you. I don't want to talk to you and have you look at me as if you were looking through a magnifying glass.

Ugh and yet I have to see these people every day with their righteous, I'm better than GOD attitudes.

Does everyone in this profession have such an inflated ego??? I swear, I have not found one normal, uncritical person - everyone has that stupid "science" mentality and God forbid you misuse a verb.

Also, why do people act like they are high school freshmen? I mean, honestly - keg stands for God's sake?! rumors?! calling people odd if they don't attend these stupid parties where a ping pong ball gets tossed around into gross cups of stale cheap beer, or if they don't sleep with every other person in the class?? what is this?? how is this an f****** profession? and yet they feel that they have a right to judge you. ew. what am I doing here? why did I expect something else? I can't believe the route to becoming such an important figure in people's lives is paved with so much unnecessary bull****.
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I don't think every school is like that!
 
mmmcdowe said:
This made me laugh because I have been corrected for improper verb tense.
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I'm one of those dorks who is inclined to correct grammar. I try to keep it to myself, but, occasionally, I slip up.
 
Stay as far away from your classmates as you can. Find friends outside of school.
 
This is why I make sure I keep in touch with "normal" people who stayed far away from medical schools.
 
annoyedMD said:
calling people odd if they don't attend these stupid parties where a ping pong ball gets tossed around into gross cups of stale cheap beer, or if they don't sleep with every other person in the class?? what is this?? how is this an f****** profession? .
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btw, you used (an) before a consonant 😀😀😀
 
Hey now, what's wrong with keg stands? Seriously, though, it sounds like you could use some unwinding. Some of that stuff sounds insufferable, but if you're actively looking down on people who're going out and having a good time and burning off some stress, perhaps they aren't the only ones with a problem. If your attitude comes out in conversation - and chances are it probably does, whether you know it or not - that would be fuel enough for the issues you appear to be having. Live and let live, ya know?
 
MilkmanAl said:
Hey now, what's wrong with keg stands? Seriously, though, it sounds like you could use some unwinding. Some of that stuff sounds insufferable, but if you're actively looking down on people who're going out and having a good time and burning off some stress, perhaps they aren't the only ones with a problem. If your attitude comes out in conversation - and chances are it probably does, whether you know it or not - that would be fuel enough for the issues you appear to be having. Live and let live, ya know?
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Yeah, I mean, there are probably lots of tools in any med school class, but can't you just let it be with those people you don't like and find a small cohort of people who are cool?
 
For someone who is thoroughly disgusted by your classmates' behavior, you care an awful lot about what they think. I agree that there's a lot of regression to undergrad in med school, but to get so worked up about it is equally juvenile, IMHO.
 
Talk about perfect timing, OP.

I just had two bouts of high-school-level drama with fellow classmates in the last month alone. It's ridiculous how much childish drama is suddenly popping up this late in our lives, but I guess it's supposed to make sense if you consider how being socially impaired comes with being a "successful student." (eg. my last roommate said he buried himself in books at the age of four. mentally, he STILL IS, and it's no surprise to see why.)
 
MilkmanAl said:
Hey now, what's wrong with keg stands? Seriously, though, it sounds like you could use some unwinding. Some of that stuff sounds insufferable, but if you're actively looking down on people who're going out and having a good time and burning off some stress, perhaps they aren't the only ones with a problem. If your attitude comes out in conversation - and chances are it probably does, whether you know it or not - that would be fuel enough for the issues you appear to be having. Live and let live, ya know?
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👍 Sounds like you've made yourself an outsider, and are mad that people are treating you as an outsider. Can't have it both ways champ.
 
annoyedMD said:
So granted I am one. But I think I'm an anomaly.

Is it just me or does communicating with fellow medical students leave you frustrated and annoyed?? Why is it that science people tend to criticize and overanalyze everything you do or say?? Or passive aggressively make statements that are supposed to irk you into a debate??

Ok, GUNNER I don't want to debate/argue/make a point for you. I don't want to talk to you and have you look at me as if you were looking through a magnifying glass.

Ugh and yet I have to see these people every day with their righteous, I'm better than GOD attitudes.

Does everyone in this profession have such an inflated ego??? I swear, I have not found one normal, uncritical person - everyone has that stupid "science" mentality and God forbid you misuse a verb.

Also, why do people act like they are high school freshmen? I mean, honestly - keg stands for God's sake?! rumors?! calling people odd if they don't attend these stupid parties where a ping pong ball gets tossed around into gross cups of stale cheap beer, or if they don't sleep with every other person in the class?? what is this?? how is this an f****** profession? and yet they feel that they have a right to judge you. ew. what am I doing here? why did I expect something else? I can't believe the route to becoming such an important figure in people's lives is paved with so much unnecessary bull****.
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I'm a bit older than a lot of my class, and had similar feelings.

When I stopped going into school unless I absolutely HAD to, my outlook on med school became much more positive. They're your classmates, they don't need to be your friends. I didn't come to medical school to make friends.

There has to be at least a few people you'd get along with. Find the group of slightly older people hanging out in the back. We may seem like slackers compared to the ubergunners, but we get our **** done and have fun while doing it.
 
GoodmanBrown said:
Yeah, I mean, there are probably lots of tools in any med school class, but can't you just let it be with those people you don't like and find a small cohort of people who are cool?
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Because that puts the onus for happiness on oneself, and that just sounds too much like work.
 
newsflash - for every person you find insufferable there are probably an equal number who find you insufferable.

furthermore i'm sick of hearing med students talk about how insane med students are and how everyone outside the medical school is normal. This is bull****, you'll find an equal fraction of inane bungholes in any group, from med school to law school to plumber school.
 
WellWornLad said:
For someone who is thoroughly disgusted by your classmates' behavior, you care an awful lot about what they think. I agree that there's a lot of regression to undergrad in med school, but to get so worked up about it is equally juvenile, IMHO.
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sheesh, OP, get a grip. I do commiserate, I'm a (kind of) older student who has never been to a frat party in my life, never played beer pong, don't even drink beer (can't stand the stuff - I'm a wine and cheese or martini bar person myself, which doesn't usually gel with the 23 year olds I'm around), and guess what, I don't go to the parties either. (Oh, and I wasn't a science major). Sure, there's tons of drama and inflated egos in med school, and I don't even have a larger university campus to turn to, but I'm secure enough in myself to find my own ways to have fun. And I have met a few other students who are not into the typical med school drama and we do our own thing. If I can find people that are like me in a class of 55 people, I guarantee you can as well.

Your reaction to med school was my reaction to high school 8 years ago. Grow up and move on.

Oh, and here's an easy solution if you can't stand your classmates that much: don't go to class. Your 10th grade teacher isn't keeping track of your attendance to give you a certificate at the end of the semester.
 
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Tachyon is right about orthopods.

Question: how do you hide a $100 bill from an orthopedic surgeon?
Answer: put it in a textbook.
 
skip classes, find a life outside of school, and show up for tests and 3rd/4th year
 
annoyedMD said:
Also, why do people act like they are high school freshmen? I mean, honestly - keg stands for God's sake?! rumors?! calling people odd if they don't attend these stupid parties where a ping pong ball gets tossed around into gross cups of stale cheap beer, or if they don't sleep with every other person in the class?? what is this?? how is this an f****** profession? and yet they feel that they have a right to judge you. ew. what am I doing here? why did I expect something else? I can't believe the route to becoming such an important figure in people's lives is paved with so much unnecessary bull****.
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What...it's wrong to have a party or get laid after exams? Most first years are 23 dude...you work hard and you play hard...what would your idea of an appropriate activity be? Because apparently drinking and sex is totally unethical to you.

So what some of your class mates are pricks. Ignore them. You shouldn't give a **** what other people are doing. By being on here and complaining about them you just showed us that you care about what other people think/do. Focus on yourself bro

Relax Op...you may end up like this otherwise:
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greatnt249 said:
Who knows? All you can really do is your own thing and hope that you run into a like-minded individual along the way. As good as it feels to vent, your best bet is to not let this junk get to you in the first place. I know, easier said than done, but the reality is that it's basically on you to pull yourself through this "experience" that is medical school. You can stew on the bad and let it distract you from what you have to do, or you can recognize that the cross-section of your (in fact, every) class is not the consummate representation of professionalism and altruistic humanity that they made themselves out to be during the admissions process and go from there.

It's amazing the burden that can be lifted off your shoulders when you let go of the crap you can't control and devote your attention to improving what you can control. The catch is that it requires you to be honest with yourself, which, as you've seen, people in general have a hard time doing.
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+1

To the OP, I used to think the same way you did. However, once you start to change your attitude, you will begin to feel better. Whenever a negative thought about someone pops into your mind, rather than dwelling on it, move on to something else. You will find that you have more time to think about other things. Just my two cents.
 
Yo doc. You're assessments are ok but you're script is off.

Keg stands is kid stuff. Like a bunch office people dancing to KC and the Sunshine band at the Christmas parry.

What we need is full-immersion man. We need to head up river, into the Heart of Darkness. And drag all these uptight weasel with us. Fiekd trip for real bro. Going naked into the desert. Kissing the sky. Talking with Jimmy and Coltrane. I mean if haven't seen your best road dog go down gonzo-style with the white rabbit. Have you really lived. In all seriousness. I ask you?
 
Nasrudin said:
What we need is full-immersion man. We need to head up river, into the Heart of Darkness. And drag all these uptight weasel with us. Fiekd trip for real bro. Going naked into the desert. Kissing the sky. Talking with Jimmy and Coltrane. I mean if haven't seen your best road dog go down gonzo-style with the white rabbit. Have you really lived. In all seriousness. I ask you?
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"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold..."
 
Do you really expect 22 year old medical students to all of a sudden become 60 year olds?
 
annoyedMD said:
So granted I am one. But I think I'm an anomaly.

Is it just me or does communicating with fellow medical students leave you frustrated and annoyed?? Why is it that science people tend to criticize and overanalyze everything you do or say?? Or passive aggressively make statements that are supposed to irk you into a debate??

Ok, GUNNER I don't want to debate/argue/make a point for you. I don't want to talk to you and have you look at me as if you were looking through a magnifying glass.

Ugh and yet I have to see these people every day with their righteous, I'm better than GOD attitudes.

Does everyone in this profession have such an inflated ego??? I swear, I have not found one normal, uncritical person - everyone has that stupid "science" mentality and God forbid you misuse a verb.

Also, why do people act like they are high school freshmen? I mean, honestly - keg stands for God's sake?! rumors?! calling people odd if they don't attend these stupid parties where a ping pong ball gets tossed around into gross cups of stale cheap beer, or if they don't sleep with every other person in the class?? what is this?? how is this an f****** profession? and yet they feel that they have a right to judge you. ew. what am I doing here? why did I expect something else? I can't believe the route to becoming such an important figure in people's lives is paved with so much unnecessary bull****.
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who cares. people in general say/do stupid sh** all the time
 
Jorski said:
I contemplated going to plumber school, but it turned out to be a pipe dream.

/endthread
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:laugh:

I don't agree or disagree with the OP.

What I think people in this thread aren't addressing (maybe because it was never really brought up) is what if you came into medical school as the college party clown who was never sober (i.e. me) who suddenly finds in medical school that he has NOTHING in common with the social/goes out/party crew in medical school? IMHO, that sucks even more.
 
MilkmanAl said:
That's probably a big reason why you didn't. 😉
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I guess I did come off a little harsh. I have made a few friends, and a couple that I can see lasting for a long time. I knew a few people in my class before we started and I know a few people in each of the classes above me, so I was in a unique situation. However I wasn't necessarily excited to make a bunch of new friends and meet my new classmates.
 
Perhaps I was not clear enough in my rant.

I don't mind letting off steam with a drink, in a classy adult like fashion where we can all converse properly. What I don't understand is how there is a need to feel like the "cool kid" by doing keg stands at parties and engaging in one night stands, then propagating rumors. It's like all the people who were nerds once, now feel the need to pretend they are cool by getting excited over funneling beer down their throats and trying to "get laid" as so 'eloquently' stated by UAFF. Aren't we supposed to not promote this kind of animal behavior that is leading to the decline of healthcare in general?? It's such a double standard.

I'm not straight from undergrad, which is probably why I feel this way. After spending time in a completely unrelated profession, I have to say that I am absolutely BAFFLED by the behavior and attitude of medical students. I can say with conviction that ironically, medical students are a lot less "classy" and mature than in many other professions with less education requirements. It just strikes me as very ironic. It was not at all what I expected.
 
annoyedMD said:
Perhaps I was not clear enough in my rant.

I don't mind letting off steam with a drink, in a classy adult like fashion where we can all converse properly. What I don't understand is how there is a need to feel like the "cool kid" by doing keg stands at parties and engaging in one night stands, then propagating rumors. It's like all the people who were nerds once, now feel the need to pretend they are cool by getting excited over funneling beer down their throats and trying to "get laid" as so 'eloquently' stated by UAFF. Aren't we supposed to not promote this kind of animal behavior that is leading to the decline of healthcare in general?? It's such a double standard.

I'm not straight from undergrad, which is probably why I feel this way. After spending time in a completely unrelated profession, I have to say that I am absolutely BAFFLED by the behavior and attitude of medical students. I can say with conviction that ironically, medical students are a lot less "classy" and mature than in many other professions with less education requirements. It just strikes me as very ironic. It was not at all what I expected.
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look at it this way - most if not all the people doing beer kegs and sleeping around right now are going to be married, having a house they can't sell, and maybe having screaming children in 5, maybe 10 years. I don't know about you, but I'll be sitting on the sidelines laughing while I'm enjoying my martinis and my freedom. Let them enjoy their early 20s, cuz their life is gonna hit a wall at some point.

That being said, most of my close friends in med schools (not necessarily my own, but in general) are married, and obviously with that comes some semblance of maturity, so at the very least look for some people in your class who are married or in a serious relationship.
 
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cmdio said:
I'm a bit older than a lot of my class, and had similar feelings.

Find the group of slightly older people hanging out in the back. We may seem like slackers compared to the ubergunners, but we get our **** done and have fun while doing it.
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👍

And I thought I was the only one...
 
annoyedMD said:
Perhaps I was not clear enough in my rant.

I don't mind letting off steam with a drink, in a classy adult like fashion where we can all converse properly. What I don't understand is how there is a need to feel like the "cool kid" by doing keg stands at parties and engaging in one night stands, then propagating rumors. It's like all the people who were nerds once, now feel the need to pretend they are cool by getting excited over funneling beer down their throats and trying to "get laid" as so 'eloquently' stated by UAFF. Aren't we supposed to not promote this kind of animal behavior that is leading to the decline of healthcare in general?? It's such a double standard.

I'm not straight from undergrad, which is probably why I feel this way. After spending time in a completely unrelated profession, I have to say that I am absolutely BAFFLED by the behavior and attitude of medical students. I can say with conviction that ironically, medical students are a lot less "classy" and mature than in many other professions with less education requirements. It just strikes me as very ironic. It was not at all what I expected.
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🙄 No medical students are not less classy than any other profession. There are plenty of medstudents who tutor elementary school students and work at homeless shelters. We are just in class this isn't what people do in clinics we unwind because you confide in your classmates since we are studying so damn much.

You seem to think that people who get into medschool can't unwind or act as if they are young.

Also getting laid is awesome I wish I had more time for it🙁

Well back to anatomy studying.
 
some of you people really need to lighten up. if you don't like what other people are doing, do your own thing and ignore them.
 
annoyedMD said:
Perhaps I was not clear enough in my rant.

I don't mind letting off steam with a drink, in a classy adult like fashion where we can all converse properly. What I don't understand is how there is a need to feel like the "cool kid" by doing keg stands at parties and engaging in one night stands, then propagating rumors. It's like all the people who were nerds once, now feel the need to pretend they are cool by getting excited over funneling beer down their throats and trying to "get laid" as so 'eloquently' stated by UAFF. Aren't we supposed to not promote this kind of animal behavior that is leading to the decline of healthcare in general?? It's such a double standard.

I'm not straight from undergrad, which is probably why I feel this way. After spending time in a completely unrelated profession, I have to say that I am absolutely BAFFLED by the behavior and attitude of medical students. I can say with conviction that ironically, medical students are a lot less "classy" and mature than in many other professions with less education requirements. It just strikes me as very ironic. It was not at all what I expected.
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I've worked closely with trainees in two other professions, military student pilots and law students. Both generally well-respected professions (yes even the lawyers), both worked just as hard and played just as hard as med students.
 
annoyedMD said:
Perhaps I was not clear enough in my rant.

I don't mind letting off steam with a drink, in a classy adult like fashion where we can all converse properly. What I don't understand is how there is a need to feel like the "cool kid" by doing keg stands at parties and engaging in one night stands, then propagating rumors. It's like all the people who were nerds once, now feel the need to pretend they are cool by getting excited over funneling beer down their throats and trying to "get laid" as so 'eloquently' stated by UAFF. Aren't we supposed to not promote this kind of animal behavior that is leading to the decline of healthcare in general?? It's such a double standard.

I'm not straight from undergrad, which is probably why I feel this way. After spending time in a completely unrelated profession, I have to say that I am absolutely BAFFLED by the behavior and attitude of medical students. I can say with conviction that ironically, medical students are a lot less "classy" and mature than in many other professions with less education requirements. It just strikes me as very ironic. It was not at all what I expected.
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There are people on the other side of the spectrum that don't understand you "classy and mature" people. Don't spend your weekends with us and we won't spend our weekends with you. Simple.
 
Why the hell do you care what others are doing
 
kwang10 said:
Why the hell do you care what others are doing
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Well, one reason is that it's all fine and dandy to ignore these ass clowns in first and second year, and even distance yourself from them third and fourth year, but these people are becoming doctors, and they are going to be your colleagues down the line. You're not going to be able to get rid of them.

The party attitude is nothing compared to the down right hostility that so many in medicine show those who work with and for them. That's the kind of d-baggery that one should really be concerned about, as they don't outgrow that. People in medicine can be absolutely insufferable, and while you may hear horror stories about them, you don't fully understand until you experience it on a daily basis.

Makes me seriously second guess this career, and to think it's for a reason completely unrelated to the study and practice of medicine itself ticks me off.
 
What you are complaining about is more a Symptom of a larger problem with our generation and this country in general.

It's frustrating. I truly empathize with you but the fact that you are at a level of consciousness to where don't reflexively drink from the punch bowl spiked with meconium as the rest of the sheeple in it is reason for at least some self-congratulation.

Most of our peers are victim to the same petty bourgeoisie infantilization for the sake of mindless consumerism as everyone else in the irrationally rational society.
 
IandIatrogenic said:
What you are complaining about is more a Symptom of a larger problem with our generation and this country in general.

It's frustrating. I truly empathize with you but the fact that you are at a level of consciousness to where don't reflexively drink from the punch bowl spiked with meconium as the rest of the sheeple in it is reason for at least some self-congratulation.

Most of our peers are victim to the same petty bourgeoisie infantilization for the sake of mindless consumerism as everyone else in the irrationally rational society.
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pro·lix

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Definition of PROLIX

1
: unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long

2
: marked by or using an excess of words


For future reference, you don't sound smarter for using big words in an incomprehensible way.
 
Gotta say Nt, you are a funny dude. Never would have thought you were this hilarious...
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greatnt249 said:
pro·lix

adj \prō-ˈliks, ˈprō-(&#716😉\
Definition of PROLIX

1
: unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long

2
: marked by or using an excess of words


For future reference, you don't sound smarter for using big words in an incomprehensible way.
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ChimpanzeeMinky said:
The party attitude is nothing compared to the down right hostility that so many in medicine show those who work with and for them. That's the kind of d-baggery that one should really be concerned about, as they don't outgrow that. People in medicine can be absolutely insufferable, and while you may hear horror stories about them, you don't fully understand until you experience it on a daily basis.

Makes me seriously second guess this career, and to think it's for a reason completely unrelated to the study and practice of medicine itself ticks me off.
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Agree entirely. Have met some great people in or through medical school -- but have also had the displeasure of meeting people I don't want to be anywhere near. The idea of working with a few of them is pretty troubling.

IandIatrogenic said:
What you are complaining about is more a Symptom of a larger problem with our generation and this country in general.

It's frustrating. I truly empathize with you but the fact that you are at a level of consciousness to where don't reflexively drink from the punch bowl spiked with meconium as the rest of the sheeple in it is reason for at least some self-congratulation.

Most of our peers are victim to the same petty bourgeoisie infantilization for the sake of mindless consumerism as everyone else in the irrationally rational society.
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In order of paragraphs: 👍 then 😳 then 🙄.
 
annoyedMD said:
So granted I am one. But I think I'm an anomaly.

Is it just me or does communicating with fellow medical students leave you frustrated and annoyed?? Why is it that science people tend to criticize and overanalyze everything you do or say?? Or passive aggressively make statements that are supposed to irk you into a debate??

Ok, GUNNER I don't want to debate/argue/make a point for you. I don't want to talk to you and have you look at me as if you were looking through a magnifying glass.

Ugh and yet I have to see these people every day with their righteous, I'm better than GOD attitudes.

Does everyone in this profession have such an inflated ego??? I swear, I have not found one normal, uncritical person - everyone has that stupid "science" mentality and God forbid you misuse a verb.

Also, why do people act like they are high school freshmen? I mean, honestly - keg stands for God's sake?! rumors?! calling people odd if they don't attend these stupid parties where a ping pong ball gets tossed around into gross cups of stale cheap beer, or if they don't sleep with every other person in the class?? what is this?? how is this an f****** profession? and yet they feel that they have a right to judge you. ew. what am I doing here? why did I expect something else? I can't believe the route to becoming such an important figure in people's lives is paved with so much unnecessary bull****.
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f*&k those people. that is not what real life is like.
 
ChimpanzeeMinky said:
Well, one reason is that it's all fine and dandy to ignore these ass clowns in first and second year, and even distance yourself from them third and fourth year, but these people are becoming doctors, and they are going to be your colleagues down the line. You're not going to be able to get rid of them.

The party attitude is nothing compared to the down right hostility that so many in medicine show those who work with and for them. That's the kind of d-baggery that one should really be concerned about, as they don't outgrow that. People in medicine can be absolutely insufferable, and while you may hear horror stories about them, you don't fully understand until you experience it on a daily basis.

Makes me seriously second guess this career, and to think it's for a reason completely unrelated to the study and practice of medicine itself ticks me off.
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Sounds like these would be the people who like to judge people who want to have fun while theyre young and enjoy life.
 
firewall62 said:
Stay as far away from your classmates as you can. Find friends outside of school.
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In my senior year of undergrad, i realized i'm never giving my number out again to another student, unless they are seriously a badass person.

Getting texts asking about deadlines, advice, homework help, constantly is a nightmare.
 
Nasrudin said:
Yo doc. You're assessments are ok but you're script is off.

Keg stands is kid stuff. Like a bunch office people dancing to KC and the Sunshine band at the Christmas parry.

What we need is full-immersion man. We need to head up river, into the Heart of Darkness. And drag all these uptight weasel with us. Fiekd trip for real bro. Going naked into the desert. Kissing the sky. Talking with Jimmy and Coltrane. I mean if haven't seen your best road dog go down gonzo-style with the white rabbit. Have you really lived. In all seriousness. I ask you?
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Hahahhahahhaha


and the guy talking about mindless consumerism has a point despite his/her writing style..
 
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