Getting up after drinking way too much last night . <| sep |> Nah it ' s real . Ever since my mother , her husband and my brother found out I was a liberal I ' ve been told to shut my mouth and stay away . They both cut ties with me forever . <| sep |> Also , if you are worried whether emacs can do everything vi does <| sep |> Well if that ' s really what you want , take my adviceIf your reputation is crap , don ' t even bother . It ' ll make it worse . One guy in highschool , that guy was really weird , awkward . Just looking at him made me feel better . He was really ugly , fat , and racist . No need to say that people didn ' t ignore him , but they plain dislike , even hate him . And then , the other day , he post a picture of him with a really hot girl next to him . And what ' s the outcome of it ? Do you really think people started to like him ? No it was even more awkward than it was , people said that ' s probably some escort photoshop whatever whatever , no one said man he ' s so cool now , let ' s make him our friend Turns out it was his cousin . Now , it may happen differently in the US , I ' m a frenchman and our social culture and ways may differ . If your reputation is unknown , like people don ' t know who you are , I ' d say it ' s worth a shot . But I don ' t know if people would go to you because you have friends . That unfortunately is beyond my range of expertise . If you really really want to make friends tho , I would suggest you to start over . Go abroad , people like foreigners that speak their language , probably just me but I always picture students that study abroad as rich and popular kid always partying , maybe that ' s what you want . Or just wait until college , tbh I ' ve never really seen someone that goes from that weird kid to that cool and handsome guy in a matter of months , except maybe for new students that weren ' t here before . Now if it doesn ' t work , seriously just let it go , it ' s gonna slow you down , friends are gonna slow you down , why spend 4 hours getting drunk with a slight chance of getting killed on the road when you can spend 4 hours studying ? In highschool I overthought about getting popular and it has only slowed me down . The sooner you move on , the better . Good luck friend !