I dunno , I made my main character look like me and my second character look like my gf . she thinks it ' s kind of weird . <| sep |> That ' s weird , man . <| sep |> Obviously . That ' s part of why I ' m still struggling with my feelings . <| sep |> Outside of FoxNews and a . m . talk radio where is the conservative media ? <| sep |> You forgot the most important step . I mean , you didn ' t forget to do it , just didn ' t list it . Step 0 Don ' t read the article . You ' re making a lot of assumptions based solely on the headline . <| sep |> I think people do this because it makes them feel less bad about how they ' re doing less stellar than they thought they would . Like , at least I ' m not as bad as that guy ! It ' s extremely rude to try and be guessing who failed an exam . Whenever someone fails a term or an exam and I hear about it , I usually think Oh no , it could happen to any one of us ! I hope they ' re doing okay personally . Because we all have external stressors that affect our performance . Or sometimes you just shit the bed for no good reason . When you act like the way those people were acting , you completely undermine the supportive aspect of your class . I ' m sorry you were the subject of that . But honestly , people have no clue . Even when they think they do . The only people I ' m iffy on future referrals to at this point are arrogant asshats like the guy throwing out names guessing who failed an exam . Keep up your studying , your knowledge will shine through as people get to know you better . Plus , there are classmates I know who don ' t always know the answers but they do other things wellwith little effort . Such as taking a great history , having good rapport with instructors and patients , etc . I think the more you get to know people , the more you realize what a small piece of the puzzle the grade is at this stage of the game . Keep that fire lit under your butt !