Real Life Hate Comments

25 May 2025

Here are the most memorable hate comments I've received in real life.

You will get how to program once you get a job. Most of the stuff you are learning in the university is useless anyway.

Why are you even dating? You know you will break up, right?

You think you are smarter than everyone else.

Once you get (married)/(a child), everything will change.

This music is just a phase. You will outgrow it.

You are only helping in order to inflate your ego.

Once you get a job outside the university, you will not have time to work on your PhD and personal projects.

Linux is just for nerds. It's useless knowledge.

They will not be able to do it, they are too weak. Why are you even helping them?

Why are you learning to do it properly? The only thing that matters is that it works!

It's well known that people hurt the ones they love the most so it's common to hear words of discouragement even from people closest to you. I guess the root cause is fear of the unknown. On the other hand, when such comments come from people that do not care so much about you, I'd say that the root cause is envy. Be mindful of the root cause when dealing with such comments.

Finally, I find it encouraging that, in my 29 years on this planet, all of these turned out to be false.