If you’re not middle aged, pick a younger age, IDK

  • Elaine@lemm.ee
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    10 days ago

    I can make it on my own?? I can’t believe you have your life so well put together. I like cats better than dogs now?

  • raldone01@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Hiking is fun, really?

    Still loving programming - makes sense.

    Still no significant other yet - alright I guess, too bad though.

    • naught101@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 days ago

      Damn, I really should have thought about these responses before I posted this question. My inbox is flooded with comments that are kinda anxiety inducing, until I remember the context 😂

  • Notorious_handholder@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Younger me was really depressed, like clinically and so caught up in himself that I think he’d hear me, but not actually listen to what I’d have to say. And I don’t totally blame him, he was very confused and hadn’t really figured himself out yet.

    I think he’d be surprised but also unhappy with the direction of my life… But he’d be unhappy no matter what since he still hadn’t figured out how to beat his depression and make his own happiness.

    Plus he’s not only stubborn but also secretly a bit arrogant and needs to fall on his face a lot to learn lessons. His failures will be his greatest teachers. The fact that he even can fail will be very hard to accept but very needed as well.

    So overall, I don’t expect his reaction would be great. But I also can’t see myself wanting to give him any advice nor do I really care what he would think… Actually I would tell him to lift with his knees and not his back more, properly show him how to do it too.

    • naught101@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 days ago

      Ooh yeah… I as lucky enough to have a parent with back pain, so paid attention early on how to avoid it. Still got a sore back though 🥲

  • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    “Sounds shitty, have you considered suicide?”

    Younger me was depressed, pessimistic, arrogant, and very much so an asshole with selective hearing. He would only hear the parts of what’s happened that fit what he expects to happen.

    And despite quite a few negatives over the last decade or so, I’ve managed to do pretty well for myself.

    He’d probably also tell me to lift with my knees. I had to do some heavy lifting at work yesterday and now my back’s sore.

  • nomad@infosec.pub
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    10 days ago

    Young me would be proud how much i know about tech and what in capable of. Young me would not understand I’m not and internationally wanted slick underground hacker with a few million dollars stashed away. Young me would see my company and not understand why I am not a millionaire yet, he did not have a concept of things taking time. He would also ask howiI. Haven’t kicked the wife out after constant problems with sex for 10 years plus and taken all three kids. “You love her?! You weak piece of shit. The kids need a mother? Yeah maybe, but you haven’t gotten any for over a year for the fourth time in a decade dude, you are a looser.”

  • wirelesswire@lemmy.zip
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    9 days ago

    You figured out what to do in life and landed a nice career? Nice!

    You’re still single? That really sucks.

    Our family blew up? Dad’s gone? Oh…

    At 19, it was right before a rough few years. My parents went through a messy and drawn-out divorce that I was dragged through the middle of, and ended with my dad dying. Those events helped me figure out who I was and ultimately led me to where I am today, which is in a pretty good spot, but it was a terrible price to pay.

  • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    He’d be disappointed that he doesn’t end up doing anything epic and world-changing, but then he’d immediately be relieved that he’s mostly got shit figured out. Wife, home, job, driving, cooking, all the basic stuff.

    Then he’d realize he only thought he needed to do something epic because he couldn’t picture himself having those basic things figured out. This would take him a few minutes to process, so he wouldn’t say anything.