• NKBTN@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      1 个月前

      Yeah, this is me. I used to be pretty quick witted and funny, but mostly in a ‘bad taste’ or random kinda way that only really works around teenages and young 20-somethings. I’d probably lose an eyebrow through cringing if I heard my younger self talking like that, even if the rest of the group laughed

    • untorquer@quokk.auEnglish
      1·
      1 个月前

      I’m in constant fear of making the same mistakes now that I’ve made such an effort to be who I am now.

  • [object Object]@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    1 个月前

    Persistence of self is an illusion. A person is a process rather than an entity.

    P.S. Btw, this makes me doubt the feasibility of teleportation, because not just the molecules, but electrical and chemical activity at a particular moment would need to be recreated.

  • CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish
    14·
    1 个月前

    I served a mission for the LDS Church and had some success – my mission didn’t have a lot of baptisms, but I managed a few. I left the religion about a year after I got back, and I’m not particularly proud of who I was when I was a member. I think a lot about the people who converted because of the things that I said to them, and whether they’d be better or happier people had I chosen not to go.

  • QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    1 个月前

    saw a friend from my highschool DND club who I haven’t seen in a year in a half walk past while cashiering at work. I said hi and waved and she didn’t even acknowledge me. Fair enough, I’ve changed a lot lol

  • Sordid_Seraphim@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    1 个月前

    I try to not think about it, I have bad takes nowadays but I absolutely loath and feel disgust with the person I used to be.

  • fracture@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    10·
    1 个月前

    omg lmao i think about this sometimes, most ppl from college haven’t seen me after graduation, and i haven’t seen any of them in ages, and now i am a pretty cheery queer dude, when i used to be a withdrawn and kind of emo/weird chick 💀

    thankfully everyone i actively associate with is aware, but if i think about anyone i haven’t kept in touch with… 💀💀💀

    and don’t even get me started on high school

    • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 个月前

      I don’t think anyone from college would bat an eye, but it’s the people in high school who really get to me. I don’t know if they’d be genuinely shocked, and I kinda fear that they wouldn’t be surprised.

  • fireweed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 个月前

    Quite the opposite; I’m terrified of running into someone from my past who remembers the me with “potential” before everything in my life went to shit.

  • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 个月前

    I had a lot of security flaws that were patched over time. I can’t understand why people are still running such old versions of me - it’s grossly negligent.

      • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 个月前

        I’m not entirely sure if I’m fully compatible, but hey, I’ve even got some new features now, even though some of the popular old ones have been partially superseded – so maybe there are still some legitimate use cases for “Legacy Me” after all :)