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You meet your 18 year old self: What three words do you say?

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August 04, 2020, 05:29 PM
Prefontaine
You meet your 18 year old self: What three words do you say?
Don't get married.


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August 04, 2020, 05:30 PM
erj_pilot
Start flying NOW!


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August 04, 2020, 05:32 PM
bobtheelf
quote:
Originally posted by Aeteocles:
quote:
Originally posted by bobtheelf:
Buy bitcoin early.


yeah, but, would you have ever thought bitcoin would go to $20k each? Or, would you have sold your bitcoin when they hit $10 each?


True.

Revised: Bitcoin. Pennies. Thousands.
August 04, 2020, 05:32 PM
selogic
Save your money .
August 04, 2020, 05:35 PM
VictimNoMore
Leave alcohol alone.
August 04, 2020, 05:40 PM
Phantom229
Don’t date Jenn.


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August 04, 2020, 06:19 PM
bossman
Date other girls.
August 04, 2020, 06:21 PM
18DAI
STAY IN NAVY!


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August 04, 2020, 06:31 PM
1s1k
Stay off motorcycles.
August 04, 2020, 06:31 PM
bendable
Dad's aren't forever




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Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first
August 04, 2020, 06:39 PM
cjevans
Well ...

most likely - trust but verify.

then again - People process technology.

but most of all - confidentiality and integrity


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August 04, 2020, 06:43 PM
YellowJacket
quote:
Originally posted by Aeteocles:
quote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket:
hookers, blow, ferrari


But, how would that be helpful to your 18 year old self? like, he should invest in it? Avoid it? Focus his life on getting it?

Don't. Overthink. It.


I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log.
August 04, 2020, 07:00 PM
cas
"Buy Apple stocks"

18 year old me would say the same thing 51 year old me would, "With what?" Big Grin


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August 04, 2020, 07:14 PM
snwghst
Go to Tibet


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August 04, 2020, 07:36 PM
Sigfan Roy
Have kids sooner.
August 04, 2020, 07:50 PM
apprentice
Think for yourself.
August 04, 2020, 07:54 PM
flashguy
Assuming that this would have been accomplished by me traveling in time back to 1955 or 1956, stock market recommendations would not be reasonable (most stocks mentioned by others didn't even exist then). So, my advice would be:

Hunt with dad

(My father was a bird hunter, later deer hunter, but I didn't want to hunt. He also loved baseball and I was a flop at it. I have regretted my whole midlife onward that I did not make the effort to "bond" with my father in at least one of the activities that he loved.)

flashguy



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August 04, 2020, 08:00 PM
Warhorse
Quit getting drunk!


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August 04, 2020, 08:03 PM
wreckdiver
Stay in school---

I was smart enough, could have kicked ass I think. But I chose my life as a plumber, hard on my body, but good to me overall. No regrets


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August 04, 2020, 08:06 PM
280nosler
Seeing as how most 18 year old don't have money to buy stock, all that sounds stupid.

I'd say that three-way in college turns south quick, trust your gut, grandpa dies on April 18th 2008 - leave the next day to get up there, Roger has cancer - tell him to see a Dr ASAP, and don't buy that shitty townhouse.