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Mon Sep-26-05 04:01 PM
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Poll question: If you met your 21 year old self today, what would you think of yourself? |
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Edited on Mon Sep-26-05 04:03 PM by Heaven and Earth
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:02 PM
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1. Heh -- that dumbass actually thinks he can change the world. |
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:04 PM
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:06 PM
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:06 PM
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4. It was just like yesterday... |
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:09 PM
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:09 PM
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6. " I didn't even recognize myself" |
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I was so much hotter when I was 21..... note the word "much"! :evilgrin:
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:17 PM
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7. We all know you're still a total hottie |
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:20 PM
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8. I was still an idiot at 21. Thinner and better looking, but an idiot. |
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Mon Sep-26-05 04:55 PM
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9. Older but not a lot different |
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My outlook and way of living has not changed too drastically since then. I drink less and weigh more, I've got a bit of gray in my hair but I was a pretty responsible, hardworking 21 (I had 2 kids when I was 21) and I'm a pretty responsible hardworking 44. I was very socially conscious then and I have most of the same opinions now.
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:03 PM
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10. I like myself much better now than I did then |
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Edited on Mon Sep-26-05 05:03 PM by tigereye
so that's good.
I would tell myself to relax, all will be well. ( and go to Europe now, cuz it might be a while!) ;)
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:04 PM
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11. "Wow...she's too young to be a single mom. She's got a lot on her plate." |
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Mon Sep-26-05 06:15 PM
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25. Dude...take the plane to Havana, Cuba instead of San Francisco |
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You'll know what I mean when the time comes....
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:09 PM
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:10 PM
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14. BikeWriter, you sweet young thing! |
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Can't resist a man in uniform. :shrug:
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:19 PM
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18. LOL! Thank you. That was taken many moons ago. :-) |
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:10 PM
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13. Just how many hours a day DO you work out? |
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:11 PM
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I much prefer my 35-year-old self, except for one thing - can I please have my old ability to drink in large quantities and not be hung over back?
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:12 PM
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16. Hey man, there's something about yourself that... |
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you really need to know."
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:14 PM
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17. Kid, you were an idiot. Lucky for you, you survived |
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and grew out of it. A little bit. ;-)
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:20 PM
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:22 PM
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20. I voted other. What would I think of myself? "You are great!" |
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:23 PM
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Get ready, sweetie, it's going to be a bumpy ride......
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:27 PM
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22. Ahh, going way back to 2002 |
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:30 PM
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Mon Sep-26-05 05:31 PM
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24. Why aren't you making me some money, slacker? |
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How about a summer job? What about those pints of blood you never sold? The lotto tickets you never bought? Those wet t-shirt contests you walked past?
You knew that Bush was screwing the country over! Why didn't you start stockpiling duct tape and stuffing your mattress with money, when you could.
;)
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Mon Sep-26-05 06:16 PM
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26. Man, you're hot - stop eating NOW, and start saving money! |
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Was much thinner with no work at all back then!
Also, two words: Compounding interest.
Okay, three more: Buy some goddamned real estate!!!! And don't buy dot.coms!!!!
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Mon Sep-26-05 06:16 PM
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27. I'd tell that idiot not to do drugs and don't make bad |
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choices in men. I'd also have to tell myself to quit dressing like a wh*re.
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Mon Sep-26-05 06:19 PM
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28. Total dumbass time waster |
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:49 PM
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Evil human construct.
If I knew in 1999, what I know today, I'd still be a pessimist. But a pessimist that actually paid attention and gave a damn a few years earlier.
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Mon Sep-26-05 06:29 PM
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29. 1973. I would tell myself to keep the stars in my eyes |
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and don't give up my Idealism :-).
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Mon Sep-26-05 09:29 PM
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Edited on Mon Sep-26-05 09:33 PM by Gregorian
A smart Democrat kid. I got punched in the nose by society. I'm just about 50, and almost coming back to my senses.
Edit- Actually, I didn't give up my idealism. Just today I was talking with my mom about how I refuse to lower my expectations. I feel that we can all live together. I am now beginning to realize that it's not true. I'm just beginning to lose my idealism. I spent many years hoping and expecting. Ah. Too much for one post. I'll leave it at that.
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Tue Sep-27-05 09:05 AM
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I'm glad this thread was started because I feel myself slipping and I don't want to become that person (age 53).
We need to do that which we can do and remember the words of MLK and Gandhi, JFK, RFK and others.
I like the phrase "Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me."
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Mon Sep-26-05 06:29 PM
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30. I was much better then |
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I was full of hope and enthusiasm. I had a strong body and didn't worry so much what it looked like because I was strong and was so much more than my body anyway. I was happy most of the time and didn't worry so much. I was such an optimist because I was so naive. I was enjoying life at college, being intellectually challenged, praised by a number of people for a number of things regularly, and being surrounded by many friends. I saw my future as bright. Now, six years later, I have severe anxiety and have developed an eating disorder. I have few friends. I have a job that I dislike because any idiot could do it and my work is not appreciated. I feel that I have done nothing worthwhile and am nothing worthwhile. My husband has also gone downhill on attitude since becoming unemployed over a year ago. I don't have much hope or enthusiasm. I see my future as bleak. If I were myself then, I might be able to get myself out of this because I was so much stronger then, physically and mentally.
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Mon Sep-26-05 06:31 PM
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but no idea what he's in for and he's gotta find a clue about what he wants to accomplish with his life.
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Mon Sep-26-05 06:43 PM
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32. I was a drunken idiot |
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But I had a pretty good sex life:)...........
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Mon Sep-26-05 06:48 PM
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33. i'd drag his ass to the nearest bar . . . I was a number crunching nerd |
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:23 PM
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34. "Mutherfucka! Get yourself a degree in accounting or something |
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marketable! I'm having a fuck of a time trying to find a job!"
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:53 PM
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39. lol! i would say that to me too |
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:27 PM
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35. My 21st year was only 3 years ago |
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I guess I would have told myself to be more focused on my ambition and to stay at university for longer
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:50 PM
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37. train to go to business school dearest |
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you cant change the world anyway
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:50 PM
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38. train to go to business school dearest |
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you cant change the world anyway
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:55 PM
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40. I'd think I plucked my eyebrows waaaaay to thin! |
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among other things too numerous to list.:eyes:
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Mon Sep-26-05 08:56 PM
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41. Other - I wasn't an idiot but I was very naive |
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I'd let myself keep that innocence for awhile because it doesn't last long.
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Mon Sep-26-05 09:13 PM
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42. give me those f***ing knees NOW! |
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and that waistline, hand it over. (mutters) stupid kid.
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Mon Sep-26-05 09:14 PM
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43. I would say...Go to Washington DC...take the job with the |
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Navy...take it...it is your opportunity to run away!!!!!
although all worked out...I did eventually meet Mr. B ...
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Mon Sep-26-05 09:16 PM
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44. I'd punch myself in the face. |
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Then I'd throw myself in a car trunk, blindfolded, and drop myself in the middle of Connecticut. I'd kick myself in the ass, and shout "follow your dreams" as I drive off, laughing.
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Mon Sep-26-05 09:38 PM
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46. "Kid you were an idiot.." |
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also what a washed out druggie!!
I've grown so much since then. Quit all drugs right after I turned 22, I had to. It was time to face reality and grow up!!
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Mon Sep-26-05 09:45 PM
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47. IS THIS A TIME TRAVEL QUESTION? |
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OR A QUESTION OF AN AMBIGUITY OF EXISTENCE AND TIME
Would we be thinking of "yourself" in that time or in this time?
I think we would probably destroy each other or combined to form the greater self.
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Mon Sep-26-05 09:48 PM
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48. I'd take my younger self aside and tell her how to avoid some of |
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the mistakes I've made. But she probably wouldn't listen.
On the whole, I'd consider my 21-year-old self to be naive and sheltered but itching to break loose.
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Tue Sep-27-05 09:07 AM
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50. The word "dork" comes to mind. |
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Oh yeah, and I would wonder why I was about to vote for Ross Perot next year (1992).
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Tue Sep-27-05 09:14 AM
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51. Done with my BA and on to grad school |
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at least that's the plan. But I'm already thinking about changing majors my first semester. lol
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Tue Sep-27-05 09:15 AM
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52. You! Are on EXACTLY the right path. But |
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when C. propositions you: RUN. Biggest mistake of your life. Fucks said life up but good in some permanent ways. He's evil in vernacular disguise. RUN. LIKE THE WIND. FAR AWAY. Don't look back.
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