Population density of Japan: 337.6/km2
Population density of Australia: 2.833/km2

Theres a reason that 1gbps connections are available in Japan, but not Australia. For how isolated we are as a country here, its remarkable that we have the internet as good as we do.

Mod Parent Up. I myself am a uni student who has found myself in pretty much the same situation. Its taken me until being about 21 to actually learn how to work, despite years of schooling. Why? Because school was easy enough that I never learned how to work in the first place, and when I encountered something I couldn't immediately figure out, I'd pretend it didn't exist. Its only since I recently started learning a language for personal interest that I've realized what work is, and learned how to do it. I think that if kids (not just smart kids) were extended to a decent level throughout school, and never learned to just coast through it, they'd be a lot better off in the long run.

Perhaps, the fact that you consider them dumb a-holes and are rather unapologetic about it may contribute. Arrogance usually isn't all that attractive.

No its not. Its a game where you need to try and get the right answer.

To get the right answer, you need to assume :

• most people don't want to go with the majority
• a lot of people like answering truthfully
• most people do like being ironic
• some people are idiots

Thus, the only remaining option is "The least popular answer".

I find this true as well, especially when I'm working on things that require a bit of creativity.

I spend a lot of time making up mnemonics for memorizing Japanese characters - the only way I've found to really remember them is making up little stories for each. But, if I decide to just sit down and try to make stories for hours, it doesn't usually work. I can be stuck on a character for 10 minutes, then get up to go to the toilet, and figure out a story straight away when I wasn't even trying.

I've found the same thing with coding as well. Sometimes I'll be trying to solve that stupid bug, and spend an hour or so on it. Get up to have a drink, stop concentrating on it, and then it just all makes sense.

While daydreaming constantly obviously wouldn't be productive, I think its fairly certain that spacing your work out and giving your mind a chance to go off on a tangent is probably very good for getting things done that require problem solving and creativity.

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