• CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
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    I’d say probably. But would be very sad in how little we ride bike now (used to be all the time, year round, rain, snow, or sunshine). But we’re not yelled at every single day! Got a good job that even teenager me would think is cool.

  • AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works
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    20 hours ago

    honestly if I met my 14 year old self I’d give that kid a hug. they wouldn’t accept it, but wow did they need it. turns out shit does, in fact, get better.

  • MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social
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    I just want to hug him and tell him and anyone his age that “teenage/school years are the best years of your life” is a bold-faced LIE.

    It gets better.

    It gets WAY better.

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      Leaving a small town, with small people, with small minds was a revelation

      I was finally able to start becoming who I am, rather than what was needed to survive

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      21 hours ago

      “teenage/school years are the best years of your life”

      I think it’s a point in your life when you are old enough to do things you’ve never done before but young enough to still have plenty of room to take risks, fuck up, and come out better for it.

      Not the apex of your career or the peak of your romance life or anything. But the moment when anything is possible and you shouldn’t feel hedged in by obligations or fear of failure.

  • Anna@lemmy.ml
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    Yeah my response will be almost same just replace impress with depress they even rhyme.

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    I’m an incredibly lucky man

    I’ve led a life that even I sometimes have to remind myself isn’t a dream

    I have loved deeply, been married, divorced, engaged again to the person who is my best friend

    I have travelled, seen amazing things, lived in a few countries and experienced things I couldn’t have imagined

    I have studied at university, as well as getting a trade and progressing a very long with that

    I have been wealthy, I own some stuff that the younger me would think is pretty cool, but I have few material possessions now because “stuff” doesn’t really matter to me

    I have lived in some of the biggest cities in the world, and now I enjoy peace and quiet in one of the most beautiful places in the world

    The porn I create has tens of millions of views, I’ve done things that are wild, creative and on occasion, sexy

    I’m the luckiest bastard on Earth

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      The porn I create has tens of millions of views, I’ve done things that are wild, creative and on occasion, sexy

      Username checks out

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        It’s not something I recommend

        I’ll support people with it, but I don’t advocate for it. It’s something that can change your life for better or worse in an instant, and I have experienced both

        I was lucky enough to thrive when I was close to being destroyed by somebody’s malice. Few are so lucky.

        Mine is performance art more than porn, but for those who enjoy it, they really like it and that’s lovely for them

        I just think it’s funny

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    I’m playing video games all day every day. He would be amazed. It’s adult me knows it’s bad

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    I would just encourage 14 year old me to knock my dad out until he figured out I wasn’t his beast of burden to yell and scream at. The last time he laid hands on me was 14. At the time I didn’t realize I physically intimidated him.