unrelated to class, but still perhaps slightly philosophical and intriguing

First, a transcription:
Guy #1: You should be more careful what you write. You never know when a future employer might read it.
Guy #2: When did we forget our dreams?
Guy #1: What?
Guy #2: The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops. Reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out ahead of us. We see the same things each day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We all act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us. And no, I don't have all the answers. I don't know how to jolt myself into seeing what each moment could be come. But I do know one thing: the solution doesn't involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of someday easing my fit into a mold. It doesn't involve tempering my life to better fit someone's expectations. It doesn't involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up. This is very important, so I want to say it as clearly as I can: FUCK. THAT. SHIT.


Now, my take/opinion on this:
xkcd is an amazing webcomic because of strips like this. Hopelessness is a chronic ailment these days, it seems. In the college environment, life is supposed to be an adventure. New things at every turn. Instead, we find ourselves in the same daily grind. We're often told that the 9-5 life after college is going to kill our minds, our creativity. To be completely honest, I'm looking forward to my life after graduation in a month. Because it's this, it's college, that has been killing my mind, killing my creativity, for the past four years. Instead of cultivating my mind and shaping me into a productive member of society, it has rendered me nearly creatively useless. After graduation, when I get into a 9-5 routine, my dreams can come true. I have more repercussions here for "shaking things up" than I would have in the "real" world. So I agree with Randall, the maker of xkcd, because the world deserves to be shaken up. To hell with the consequences.