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[–] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is always a good thing because it means you have grown. Be very wary of people who liked their past selves better.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, especially the ones who "peaked in high school". Those are usually bullies, dullards and combinations of both.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t worry about the bullies. You‘ll barely ever meet them. Except if you ever make it to the board of directors which is unlikely. (Not you personally, just statistics)

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or if you move into a neighborhood with an HOA.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks. The funny part is that this is like the 5th variation that I tried because all the others were already taken months ago on multiple instances, hence the extra underscore.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting! I assume it would be possible to change the u‘s for v‘s or the e for a 3, the s for a 5 but I suppose thats not important. :)

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you find it interesting, then it's already important:

Fvck_v_5p3z

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Looks kinda funny. Thanks :)

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Wanna bet I can throw this football over them mountains?

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

“When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I'm basically the same. The temperament is not that different.”

― Donald Trump

[–] GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Im older than that and it doesn't change you just have more sympathy for the younger versions of yourself.

True the cringe kind of goes away. Or at least it's not like full body cringe attacks like they used to be

[–] Mspxj@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not Another Teen Movie, if anybody is wondering where it's from.

[–] Geriatrickid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I worked at a movie theater when this came out, probably watched ten times or so, such a funny movie.

[–] burrito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried watching it again recently and couldn't bring myself to finish it.

[–] shadearg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That make me kind of sad in pants.

[–] zyratoxx@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Better than: "Woah, was I smart back then" ^^

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbf I could actually remember the formulas I needed. So in a way I was smarter back then.

Nah but for real I was an idiot. I still am, but I used to be one too.

[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

INT vs WIS kind of thing maybe?

[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you end up Captain America down the line, does how you were really matter?

[–] Hotdogman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes. Hitler could have became captain America had we given it enough time. He still would have done major atrocities. In fact, for some degenerates he is captain America.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Some of us refer to him as Homelander, and yes, he's a cunt.

[–] DarienGS@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Constitution says you have to be born in the USA to be Captain America.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

👏 WHERE 👏 IS 👏 CAPTAIN 👏 AMERICA'S 👏 BIRTH 👏 CERTIFICATE? 👏

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

your brain is like a muscle. if you stop using it then it will get weaker. some people never stop learning and stay curious. most not so much.

People who think that way have such little respect for their past selves. You all were doing the best you could with the knowledge and resources you had. If you weren't, then you grew from it. Growing is what humans are supposed to be doing.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Man the cycle is never ending

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is why I'll never get a tattoo. I was a dumbass 15 years ago, and I'm confident that in 15 years I'll look back on today and realize all the ways I'm a dumbass now.

I don't want that idiot picking a tattoo.

[–] RockBottomBasement@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Me looking at myself in the mirror

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why I don't get a tattoo.

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

Funnily enough, I regret almost every decision that younger me made except my tattoos.

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Every day some of our cells die and a bunch of new ones replace them. A person takes about 7 years to replace all of their cells and be a completely different individual.
This meme is scientifically accurate.

[–] applebusch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That's not actually correct. Some of our cells have high turnover, but many of our cells surprisingly don't. The obvious example is nerve cells, which stop replicating at some point in our development and we have the same set for the rest of our lives (probably with caveats as always). A more surprising example is skeletal muscle cells, which except for specific circumstances, don't divide. We pretty much have the same number of muscle cells our whole lives, they just grow and shrink in response to training or lack thereof, again with caveats. Another example is fat cells. Most people also don't get new fat cells, but some people can make new fat cells, so it's even complicated for that one example. So to tie things up, you don't actually replace all of your cells every 7 years, and in fact the cells that are some of the most important to your survival generally never get replaced.

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Body of Theseus.

[–] squilox@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

No, I don't think I will

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

This is how I know I'll never experience time travel. Because I would have remembered some cringy shit I did and gone back to kick my own ass.

[–] CarbonScored@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Relevant XKCD

"Every age: "I'm glad I'm not the clueless person I was five years ago, but now I don't want to get any older.""