What advice would you give your 10 year old self?
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The way I was at 10 years old? No advice would do the trick, so what's the point.
Besides, even if I did change some few things I did back then, they probably wouldn't have any meaningful impact on the now anyway. It's kinda like when people regret something they did, and wish they could take it back so it could all be different... it doesn't work like that. Pretty much no breakup, no job, no nothing is based on one single wrong choice. Instead, they're a string of choices, subconscious ones even, usually tens, hundreds, maybe even thousands. When you break up with a girl because you said something bad, it wasn't because of that one thing. It was because of a thousand different things, and the breakup was bound to happen sooner or later anyway. Because if it had actually worked, then one word or fight would never have had a chance to break it all up anyway.
There is nothing I could tell my 10 year old self. I went against my own better judgement at every turn in my life knowing I was making the wrong choice.
>Besides, even if I did change some few things I did back then, they probably wouldn't have any meaningful impact on the now anyway.
Are you kidding? At 10 years old the smallest changes would make huge differences.
>I went against my own better judgement at every turn in my life knowing I was making the wrong choice.
At 10 years old?
Why 10? What's your story?
I would tell my 10 year old self to keep those arrowheads I found instead of putting them back. Although it was the right thing to do, and I probably would have lost them anyway. Desu
>Why 10? What's your story?
It's an arbitrary point really, seemed like a nice round figure and I think I was still in primary school then.
Bumping this. Nothing better to do anyway.
None. I did my best but still here.
I believe that 28, and for some 27, is the year when you finally start freaking out about getting old.
I'm not freaking out about getting old, I'm freaking out that I've never actually lived life and now I'm getting old.
>implying my 10 year old ass would have listened to shit
Take all those hurts, even if you know that you could easily avoid them and that the rewards for taking them are mostly not worth the trouble.
The fact that afterward you KNOW that you can endure them and the thicker skin you develop by it are what makes it worthwhile.
Say no to school and stay in drugs
I get it, same for me. Everyone likes to talk about "wasting their youth" but I think only robots truly get what that means. It's less about having irresponsible experiences, and more about having no fucking experiences at all.
never smoke weed, fuck being cool
Hey pot is how I survived high shcool. Instead of being known as an autist I was known as that kid that was always high(I was actually sober most of the time, it's when I was high that people thought I was sober oddly enough)
its a mixed blessing, it kept me from freaking out but i let the fuck-its take over
1. Get off this site
2. Get off this site
Don't be too open to other people. They might use everything you showed them about yourself against you.
>get off Jow Forums
On the flipside, attend board meetups, there were actually decent people to meet on Jow Forums at one point.
Please give me a wife already. I'm 30 and finally want to start a family.
>about having no fucking experiences at all.
Make conversation with people real fucking hard since you have no baseline for most things.
I hate myself. I messed up so many times. I could have had a social life now. I don't even care about gf, I just want some people that want me around them that I can go out and drink with and watch the world cup. I mean fuck the world cup I don't even care about that, I just wanna drink with some friends and feel like I belong somewhere that isn't Jow Forums.
Bump the bump
I like how you bump the bump. I will also bump the bump while you're bumping the bump
>I like how you bump the bump. I will also bump the bump while you're bumping the bump
Bumping this.
I don't think there's any way you can waste the post 2008 period of time.
Stop eating ice cream and drinking soda. You're going to get bitch tits young man.
Bumperino deano. It's very ori
do something productive online instead of watching esports
Be the very best, like no one ever was. Survive. Enjoy life.
>instead of watching esports
I never thought something as dumb as esports would flourish. I wanted to watch it when it still in it's infancy but I knew the very few friends I had would think it was pathetic.
Probably nothing. Maybe some basic stuff about learning more to not drop from uni and start doing some kind of excercise, but otherwise i'm content with how things are. Or maybe i'm just good at telling so myself. Either way, convincing my past self to go full normie might backfire with way worse shit than virginity and loneliness.
stop trying to seek validation in social interactions, you're obviously not build for it.
focus on your self.
Stop fucking around in minecraft and start playing peewee football
>do something productive online instead of watching esports
I take pleasure in making some genuinely positive contributions to history-related articles on Wikipedia. I am currently especially interested in the Bronze Age Near East. I feel as if I am learning while reading and editing. Does that count as doing something productive online? Also watching esports bores me to tears, I do not know how people do it.
Who here still has anime figurines, anime girl wallposters, anime girl wallpapers, etc?
>pic related
>never going to get an anime gf
what do you mean "still"?
I'm still buying new ones.
I don't have anything like that because I still live with parents. But I think at most I'd just have some posters. Figurines tend to be very expensive for what they are.
I never had girly shit like that because my cousins would always come over to my place and nitpick about every single little thing that I had or did not have, and every single little thing that I would say. Everything was just fake and gay to them. They would always break or lose my shit too and then shrug it off like it was no big deal.
I have all that and daki. Been thinking about dollfie too, the only thing holding me back for now is how hard i would get raped at customs.
I honestly don't know why you would have them as an older user. Reminders of what you will never have and cosplayers add that extra string.
It's not like people stop having hobby when they get older.
Maybe but our hobbies in particular seem like constant reminders of missing out.
Kill yourself to stop the pain
That's the plan once I reach 30. Only a year and a bit left.
Run away.
Become a trap.
Study computers.
Becoming a trap would just make you kill yourself earlier
But youre clearly mentally ill already if thats on your list
For the love of holy god do NOT get into porn. Just stay away from it.
Nobody on this board likes you.
I have about 30 anime figurines and nendos. My wall space is mainly shelves and paintings though. I do have a couple of calligraphy posters.
Would you ever consider throwing them away?
I've spent a couple thousand on them. I would sell them before throwing them away but I doubt I ever will. Figurines make me happy and no one in my house is telling me to get rid of them so why would I? Once a month I get a box of figurines and it's like the Christmas time of the month. Next month I'm getting summer yukatas and accessories for my nendos.
>What advice would you give your 10 year old self?
Stop trying to make friends. Just stop. Do not even bother. Nobody likes you. Nobody will ever like you. Just accept that and move on. Do not try to be funny. Do not try to be an asshole. Just sit perfectly still, do not make any noise, and focus on your studies. Do not try being the pet of the teacher. Nobody actually cares if you do well or not do well in school. Nobody will care when you are failing most of your classes and you end up dropping out of high school. The adults only tell you things that they think they should be telling you because they are adults. But two decades into the future and they will have forgotten about you. Nobody actually cares about you. You are nothing more but an overgrown fetus that should have been aborted. Try to get your parents to put their trust in a psychiatrist to see you. Do not let the psychiatrist prescribe to you just any bullshit drug. Try to have him prescribe to you a stimulant like Adderall or Ritalin or whatever else they were prescribing back then. Stop hanging out with your cousins. They are stupid as fuck. In fact, most of your family is stupid as fuck. Do not trust your older brother. Just interact with your parents and try not to be so hard on them. Also stay the hell away from smokers. Just about all of the adults in the family smokes cigarettes so it will be difficult to stay away from them, but you will be better off away from them. Or else you will develop asthma. Once you finish high school go straight to college and study engineering.
For the reasons I listed above but I'm assuming your figurine collection is a little more classy that the usual weeb's collection
I have a small retro videogame collection and every now and again I feel like setting it on fire. Just constant reminder I missed out on geekdom cos I was trying to fit in as a normie. I came really close once.
I was a normie once. I wasn't happy. Then I had a bout of schizophrenia and now that I'm medicated after years of trying different medications that didn't work I'm on the right stuff and pretty content with my life. My figures range from cute to classy to slightly lewd. I won't get a girlfriend because of the schizophrenia not the figures. It took a while to get used to that but I didn't want kids anyways so there's no real need to get worked up about it. When life gives you lemons you make lemonade.
Oh I figured (heh) i'd show them off 1/2.
2/2 These are mostly nendoroids.
Hey user, I'm you from the future. Listen champ, things aren't so easy for you in the future. Turns out, you'll grow up to be a 27 kissless virgin still living with mom and dad. You have no friends, work a dead end job, dropped out college. You are most like depressed and hate yourself.
Things can change though!
But you're out there in a few years. When you enter high school, don't be worried that you've never kissed a girl or been in a relationship, it's normal!
Don't listen to mom, she's a crazy overprotective cunt. Rebel man! Go out with your friends and be young. Live you're life!
Because of you listen to her, you'll end up finding an escape in anime and video games. You'll end up watching enough porn to destroy your mind and make you fall into a spiral so deep, you won't have the energy to even climb out.
Work out when you turn 16. Take care of you're body and mind. Find an aspiration, do good in High School and try to dorm in college through scholarships. Commuting to college sucks and will make you more depressed.
Try to fuck Veronica and Amanda, I think they might like you. Either way, don't leave High School a virgin, you'll end up finding a website that will destroy you're life completely. Don't let you're insecurities consume you.
>Your religion is a lie
>Don't turn down all those girls because you're "not supposed" to date yet
>Have sex whenever the opportunity arises
>Get through school as cheap as possible
Fuck Mormonism.
even if these threads seem like they're not getting any traction, they are. please don't stop posting them.
t. 27 year old burnout
advice i would give to my 17 y/o self.
>never trust women and always wear a condom
>treat college as an investment and get a real job and skill
>travel internationally while you're still young
>possibly never go to college at all
>TFW I'm 27 kissless virgin and still live with family and drop out of college.
To see a doctor about anxiety in my teenage years, instead of letting it fester for years and years, so that I end up getting panic attacks regularly and can't stop focusing on manual breathing and swallowing
I am so mad right now that I could punch a horse.
Cool, I guess.
Lewd by 2006 standards. 2018 normies occasionally have one or two of them.
Several of them have naked options but I would feel uncomfortable displaying them with nudity involved. I like to keep my displays and my porn separate.
Bitcoin isn't a meme
>you'll end up finding an escape in anime and video games
That's not really a bad thing if you can find other people through it.
Anybody here ever spoken to an attorney about anything? I needed to speak to an attorney in regards to general legal, tax, and/or medical malpractice advice and managed to find the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles which is low-cost, but then they had me fill out this paperwork which was not sufficient for me to explain my issues. So I had to try explaining it to them through the window in the waiting room in front of everybody there and when I asked to be let inside to speak to an actual attorney, they would not let me. So I managed to find an attorney through Legal Zoom who deals with medical malpractice cases, and when I called him, he kept rushing me to get to the point, and ultimately told me that he could not help me unless I showed up to his office with $900. So I went to his office building and asked to be let inside, but they would not let me inside without permission from an attorney. So I ended up calling that same attorney again. I told him that I needed some legal help with some issues, and I told him that it was a very long story. He told me that he did not have time for long stories and to summarize my issues in four or five sentences. He then had me repeat the same sentence four or five times loud enough for everyone in the parking lot to hear, he told me that he could not help me, and then hung up on me. I mean, wtf, I was right there at his office building ready to pay him $900 for his time. Are all attorneys like that?
>27 khv
>dont really care cause deathly afraid of kids and responsibility
"We are this fast-paced society that likes to beat ourselves down, but not build ourselves back up."
Damn, this hit me hard.
Enjoy your dad. He loves you too much and convices him to buy the house you are living now. Its going to be way cheaper than building a new one on the land your mother owns. Tell him that your elder cousin tried to rape you last year and you cant stand to be around him. This is more than enough to convice your dad. Dont move out! This is very important. NEVER move out! If you do, you will also have to drop the college later ... thats because you dad is going to die. I'm sorry. He will became very sick and the constant fights with our relatives are going to contribute to his death.
Things are going to be extremely difficult after that. Never trust your cousins and your half sister. They are going to ruin you and your mom. They are snakes. They all deserve a bullet in the head. Keep away from them. Let them sink in our misery and NEVER try to help them in any way.
Another thing; In 10 years, a funny digital coin going to pop up. Its called Bitcoin. At first its going to cost you like cents. Buy as many as you can and store it in an external HD, its going to make you very rich.
* Do not date Elizabeth from your school * Fuck and dump her, but dont make her your girlfriend.
Give dad a hug for me.
welp...another night at ups tonight...
FUCK
You won't stop wanting to kill yourself
was it bad? i just missed an interview for the same position
it's pretty bad they work you like a dog and it's hot as fuck. there's no climate control or ventilation. it's very strenuous sometimes i felt like i couldn't breathe. i was only there for 10 minutes and they were already screaming at me like i was supposed to know what i was doing. also everyone who works there is a huge asshole. the company culture is based on "seniority" so if you have been there longer it's a license to act like a prick to newer people.
>pursue art career
>all women are bitches
>don't bother with politics
>don't bother trying to fit in
(You) must be new then. Or everyone is.
You must also be new if you don't know that being male is hard mode. Any male got to by ten on HRT would pass.
>buy a shit ton of bitcoin on launch
>sell in early December 2017
>profit
also pay more attention in school, it will help later on in college
meh they say you can work your way up but really the guys in their top positions are never gonna leave. also they want to keep their slave labor if you're good at it.
yeah you can maybe become a driver if you stay here for like 15 years, all for the privilege of working 12 hour days destroying your body
it's pretty bleak
>go to fuckin' driving license course you dumb nigger shit!
>get a cuckjob now
10 years is ot enough in my case, desu. I'm 29 now and back in a day when I was 19 I was already fucked up enough to screw up my further life. 15 years is more suitable for me. I would definitely go to some kind of tech-focused school. At least I would learn something useful, because:
>can't design any useful tool/gear
>can't operate electric tools beyond very basic level
>can't weld and solder
>don't know shit about elecrticity
>can't parget
>can't mill metal
The person people call my father didn't teach me anything useful for a man, so I would learn such things in school. I chose HS instead...
>tfw finally got a gf after being a kissless virgin for 28 years
>cant tell any of my wizard friends because they would never talk to me or think of me the same way again
the only thing high school is good for is being in the same room as stacy for several hours a day, and most of us were too autistic to capitalize on that
>seniority
I hate that shit. Literally people who have sucked dick and been there longer than you. Not actually more qualified.
>wizard friends
You have such a thing?
That's curse, actually.
Fuck you, Jow Forums.
After having been on this shitty fucking web site for over thirteen goddamn years I have finally come to realize that you broke me. After having spent thousands of dollars on psychotropic medication and therapy these past five years, I have seen that no amount of psychotropic medication and therapy has been able to help me. All my therapist does is deliver empty, meaningless praise to me which, deep down, I know is all bullshit because I am basically paying her just to say such things.
I sit here now as I broken 29-year-old man.
Fuck you, Jow Forums.
Fuck you, Jow Forums.
Time you finish university get a job and marry to pretty girl without university studies, marry pretty girls don't be bad.
Just kill yourself now.
Seriously: Throw that computer away, don't start watching porn, never skip school and for fucks sake start talking to people.
>13 years
>I have finally come to realize that you broke me.
Take some responsibility, I know Jow Forums had board meetups before it turned to shit, you should have went to those.
I was always too afraid to meet with anyone from Jow Forums because you were all always so mean to me.
Don't touch willy.
I think you're wrong about individual decisions not being able to change anything. The only thing I have to tell my younger self is to never quit wrestling no matter what happens or what he thinks. If my dumb ass listens to me then I know some fucking things would be different hell I probably would of led a totally different life I fucking know it I wasted so much by quitting. Who knows maybe I would of got that state champ I wanted so much at the very least maybe I wouldn't be a drug addict/alcoholic and life would be a little better. But its all just what ifs, not healthy to think about all the time but its nice knowing that in some parallel universe I did exactly what I wish I did.
I was on other forums actually (and SA, I wish went to a goonmeet), I thought too highly of myself back then to go to a meetup.
ignore what everyone thinks, persue music.
Also, buy bitcoins.
Its all downhill after age 12, invest in apple and bitcoin.
Shower and brush your teeth daily.
Dont bother with friends
No internet and no porn
Videogames is meaningless
Dont fucking give up trying
Somebody do me a McFucking favor and just McFucking kill me already.
Why is therapy so unsatisfying?