Textbook hilarity

I’m taking a probability course that is using Kenneth Ross’s “A First Course in Probability.” Reading about Independent Events from the book last night I came across this example:

If we let E denote the event that the next president is a Republican and F the event that there will be a major earthquake within the next year, then most people would probably be willing to assume that E and F are independent. However, there would probably be some controversy over whether it is reasonable to assume that E is independent of G, where G is the event that there will be a major war within two years after the election.

Hahaha!

Avoidant Personality Disorder

My complete and utter lack of game may stem from the fact that I might have an “Avoidant Personality Disorder.”

Here are the symptoms:

Hypersensitivity to criticism or rejection

Self-imposed social isolation

Extreme shyness in social situations, though feels a strong desire for close relationships^[6]

Avoids physical contact because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus

Avoids interpersonal relationships

Feelings of inadequacy

Severe low self-esteem

Self loathing

Mistrust of others

Extreme shyness/timidity

Emotional distancing related to intimacy

Highly self-conscious

Self-critical about their problems relating to others

Loss of self-identity

Problems in occupational functioning

Lonely self-perception

Feeling inferior to others

Chronic substance abuse/dependence^[7]

Investment in fixed fantasies

Among those, these either don’t apply to me or only partly apply:

Self-imposed social isolation (my social isolation stems mostly from lack of opportunity rather than it being self-imposed…though I do find myself avoiding social situations sometimes.)

Avoids physical contact because it has been associated with an unpleasant or painful stimulus (No. Just no.)

Loss of self-identity (Either it doesn’t apply to me or I don’t understand the symptom.)

Chronic substance abuse/dependence (Absolutely not.)

Investment in fixed fantasies (Nah.)

But I can say “yes” to all the other symptoms. Is it a chicken and egg situation? Do these conditions of mine stem from my lack of success with chicks or do these conditions cause that lack of success? The latter seems more probable. Maybe I’m just genetically incapable of successful game…

I once actually tried to game this girl

My total interactions with her never lasted more than 45 seconds,  and she was quite cold and I was dejected for about a week. But I didn’t know she was a model.