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If you could tell 12-year-old you just one thing.... (1 Viewer)

Doctor Detroit said:
I asked the question because I'm not all that sure what my answer is. I've really had a great opportunity to experience more than almost anyone, maybe I didn't enjoy it enough? I don't know how you tell a 12-year-old to enjoy life, but that's what I'd say. I have but looking back I missed a ton of great spots, no pun intended.
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No you asked this question because you saw it on reddit and wanted to sound original.

 
Make it a HUGE priority in your life to find the right mate. Give it as much attention as you do your pursuit of a good career, because it is likely to have just as much of an impact on your overall happiness.

 
I think I'd tell myself to go into law enforcement and join the FBI, and give myself the necessary details about Sept 11, 2001 to be able to prevent it.

 
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Greg Russell said:
I think I'd tell myself to go into law enforcement and join the FBI, and give myself the necessary details about Sept 11, 2001 to be able to prevent it.
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Nice. Actually a little surprised that this didn't come up until Page 3.
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i was thinking the same thing but my plan was to have my past self armed with a Smirnoff Ice ready to go that one sunday a few years ago. Payback's a #####!
 
Quit being a pain in your mom's ### and spend some time with her. She'll be gone way sooner than you think.

 
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Greg Russell said:
I think I'd tell myself to go into law enforcement and join the FBI, and give myself the necessary details about Sept 11, 2001 to be able to prevent it.
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You don't want to be in law enforcement. Thankless job and your damned if you do and damned if you don't. If your thinking of the Sept 11th angle, you could tell yourself to be a fireman and help people.

 
JHuber77 said:
Greg Russell said:
I think I'd tell myself to go into law enforcement and join the FBI, and give myself the necessary details about Sept 11, 2001 to be able to prevent it.
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You don't want to be in law enforcement. Thankless job and your damned if you do and damned if you don't. If your thinking of the Sept 11th angle, you could tell yourself to be a fireman and help people.
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I don't think a fireman could actually prevent it though.

This thread had me thinking about this quite a bit before I posted. I have probably by most standards a pretty good life, comfortable living, job doesn't totally suck. I had to think whether I would really be willing to give that life up. I'm sure I wouldn't enjoy a life in law enforcement as much.

Then I found myself asking... will the world be a better place if I do? 9/11 motivated the nation to deal with a threat, maybe not to the degree as Pearl Harbor... but might something worse have happened if 9/11 didn't happen and we didn't focus ourselves on the terrorist threat?

And finally I had to ask myself, if I am willing to totally change my life's direction to save 3000 people, then should I instead try to focus my life on a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean region that might literally save hundreds of thousands in 2004? And what's the likelihood of succeeding if I do?

I still waffle on the answers to all of those questions, but I think in the end I decided if I was given the chance, I'd probably do it, and I could probably impact 9/11 more easily.

 
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Greg Russell said:
JHuber77 said:
Greg Russell said:
I think I'd tell myself to go into law enforcement and join the FBI, and give myself the necessary details about Sept 11, 2001 to be able to prevent it.
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You don't want to be in law enforcement. Thankless job and your damned if you do and damned if you don't. If your thinking of the Sept 11th angle, you could tell yourself to be a fireman and help people.
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I don't think a fireman could actually prevent it though.

This thread had me thinking about this quite a bit before I posted. I have probably by most standards a pretty good life, comfortable living, job doesn't totally suck. I had to think whether I would really be willing to give that life up. I'm sure I wouldn't enjoy a life in law enforcement as much.

Then I found myself asking... will the world be a better place if I do? 9/11 motivated the nation to deal with a threat, maybe not to the degree as Pearl Harbor... but might something worse have happened because we didn't focus ourselves on the terrorist threat?

And finally I had to ask myself, if I am willing to totally change my life's direction to save 3000 people, then should I instead try to focus my life on a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean region that might literally save hundreds of thousands in 2004? And what's the likelihood of succeeding if I do?

I still waffle on the answers to all of those questions, but I think in the end I decided if I was given the chance, I'd probably do it, and I could probably impact 9/11 more easily.
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Great response. Very noble

 
Greg Russell said:
JHuber77 said:
Greg Russell said:
I think I'd tell myself to go into law enforcement and join the FBI, and give myself the necessary details about Sept 11, 2001 to be able to prevent it.
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You don't want to be in law enforcement. Thankless job and your damned if you do and damned if you don't. If your thinking of the Sept 11th angle, you could tell yourself to be a fireman and help people.
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I don't think a fireman could actually prevent it though.

This thread had me thinking about this quite a bit before I posted. I have probably by most standards a pretty good life, comfortable living, job doesn't totally suck. I had to think whether I would really be willing to give that life up. I'm sure I wouldn't enjoy a life in law enforcement as much.

Then I found myself asking... will the world be a better place if I do? 9/11 motivated the nation to deal with a threat, maybe not to the degree as Pearl Harbor... but might something worse have happened if 9/11 didn't happen and we didn't focus ourselves on the terrorist threat?

And finally I had to ask myself, if I am willing to totally change my life's direction to save 3000 people, then should I instead try to focus my life on a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean region that might literally save hundreds of thousands in 2004? And what's the likelihood of succeeding if I do?

I still waffle on the answers to all of those questions, but I think in the end I decided if I was given the chance, I'd probably do it, and I could probably impact 9/11 more easily.
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The thing about time travel is that preventing 9/11 could easily have resulted in another 9/11, just at a later date. And maybe worse. If you prevented it, nobody would know what was supposed to happen that day. So, they'd chalk it up to a near miss and go about their regular lives just like they did with every terrorist attack before 9/11. The fact that a horrific event happened is what made people more vigilant. We're pretty good at ignoring near misses.

 
bentley said:
Greg Russell said:
JHuber77 said:
Greg Russell said:
I think I'd tell myself to go into law enforcement and join the FBI, and give myself the necessary details about Sept 11, 2001 to be able to prevent it.
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You don't want to be in law enforcement. Thankless job and your damned if you do and damned if you don't. If your thinking of the Sept 11th angle, you could tell yourself to be a fireman and help people.
Click to expand...
I don't think a fireman could actually prevent it though.

This thread had me thinking about this quite a bit before I posted. I have probably by most standards a pretty good life, comfortable living, job doesn't totally suck. I had to think whether I would really be willing to give that life up. I'm sure I wouldn't enjoy a life in law enforcement as much.

Then I found myself asking... will the world be a better place if I do? 9/11 motivated the nation to deal with a threat, maybe not to the degree as Pearl Harbor... but might something worse have happened if 9/11 didn't happen and we didn't focus ourselves on the terrorist threat?

And finally I had to ask myself, if I am willing to totally change my life's direction to save 3000 people, then should I instead try to focus my life on a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean region that might literally save hundreds of thousands in 2004? And what's the likelihood of succeeding if I do?

I still waffle on the answers to all of those questions, but I think in the end I decided if I was given the chance, I'd probably do it, and I could probably impact 9/11 more easily.
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The thing about time travel is that preventing 9/11 could easily have resulted in another 9/11, just at a later date. And maybe worse. If you prevented it, nobody would know what was supposed to happen that day. So, they'd chalk it up to a near miss and go about their regular lives just like they did with every terrorist attack before 9/11. The fact that a horrific event happened is what made people more vigilant. We're pretty good at ignoring near misses.
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not to be pessimistic, but yes. A terrorist attack was going to happen. the question is when and where. We were not prepared and frankly it could have been worse.

This thread reminds me of the Butterfly Effect. Weird movie but thought provoking.

 
Read Think and Grow Rich and then seek out and absorb other similar books. Even though they will sound like hokey mumbo jumbo to you right now, they hold the key to you escaping the crappy situation you got born into.

 
If you're fingering a girl and you can easily get 4 fingers in there, not a big deal. Entire forearm though....might want to tread lightly.

 
In 1999 you're going to buy a 75 year old house with the mentality that you'll be able to learn all of that fix it up mumbo jumbo Bob Villa types have been talking about on TV all of these years. You're so ####### wrong and will be lucky that you didn't lose a finger or six, let alone your life, along the way.

 
Start mustering the courage now, because I'm convinced in 2 years your mom's friend will be into it... if only you'd give her a positive sign.

Watch The Graduate over and over. Godspeed.

 
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Don't be scared to talk to chicks and/or ask them out. For example, next year in 7th grade when Lori asks you to the 'girls ask the guys' dance, after you say yes then ask her out. She wasn't a sloot by any means, but it would have changed the course of junior high and high school for the better.

 
Lots of interesting things on here. Anyone afraid that the advice would actually mess up your life? I mean, I'm sure there are lots of guys with happy, healthy, well-adjusted kids and wives they love. I'm not saying you've had perfect lives, just observing that most of us probably wouldn't want to start the whole butterfly effect.

 
I haven't read through the previous answers (good for me, haha).

Honestly:

You CAN do whatever you want to do. Ignore the lack of encouragement from your parents (they love you, but they are sadly stupid). Keep learning; this is your only shot on this planet, so make the very most of it!

(Sidenote: I've tried to pass this same advice on to my 19-year-old brother with all of my heart, but it's been mostly ignored. Fun fact; teenage boys are not super smart!)

 
I know it frustrates the heck out of you, but one day you'll look back at those wavy, semi-scrambled, black and white images with the moaning sounds with great fondness and longing.

 
the money ones are too easy.....

learn about and pay more attention to the ########.....

edit: wow, didn't think that would be censored......female magic button

 
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flysack said:
I know it frustrates the heck out of you, but one day you'll look back at those wavy, semi-scrambled, black and white images with the moaning sounds with great fondness and longing.
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Lol.

Remember when 3 seconds of actual boobies was a gold mine? These punks today are spoiled!

 
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