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captain queeg

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32. Just be yourself. Don't worry about what other people think.

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Mon Mar 15, 2021, 10:42 PM

Mar 2021

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If you could go back in time to meet your 20yr old self, [View all] speak easy Mar 2021 OP

Be careful with who you date. CentralMass Mar 2021 #1

+1000 lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #103

Where to start... Blue Owl Mar 2021 #2

Loosen up! Sanity Claws Mar 2021 #3

That is also what I would tell my 20 year old self, mostly. Blue_true Mar 2021 #37

Buy lots of stock in amazon Calculating Mar 2021 #4

and Apple. nt spooky3 Mar 2021 #33

Cisco Captain Zero Mar 2021 #47

Stop smoking Pantagruel Mar 2021 #5

This. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2021 #57

Put it in a jar 'till you're 50. -n/t Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2021 #6

Exercise more, eat right, buy Microsoft stock pfitz59 Mar 2021 #7

A lot, but I bet he wouldn't listen to an old fart. DavidDvorkin Mar 2021 #8

Well, you could start by saying speak easy Mar 2021 #10

That would be a good way to start. DavidDvorkin Mar 2021 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Mar 2021 #20

Don't trust your little sister on anything csziggy Mar 2021 #9

Heads up. Shit's about to get weird. dchill Mar 2021 #11

Item one: Put every dollar into Amazon stock, as someone else suggested. Dagstead Bumwood Mar 2021 #13

here are the lottery numbers for the next several decades Blues Heron Mar 2021 #14

:-) spooky3 Mar 2021 #34

Don't hesitate to cut toxic people out of your life, even when they are family or friends' friends. RockRaven Mar 2021 #15

Yes! Wonderful advice and I've been there, done that. :) ARPad95 Mar 2021 #44

Amen to this. What relief after unloading appalachiablue Mar 2021 #69

It is perfectly ok treestar Mar 2021 #16

Take back that book of sports scores and records. keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #17

Don't tell yourself that Ronald Reagan will be Prez. keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #22

Try talking about a black man called Barack Hussein Obama :) speak easy Mar 2021 #25

Don't be who they say you are... Be who you are. LakeArenal Mar 2021 #18

Don't try cocaine. SoonerPride Mar 2021 #19

Robin Williams: Cocaine is God's way of telling you you have too much money . . . Journeyman Mar 2021 #27

Great minds and all that happybird Mar 2021 #28

Don't ever touch hard drugs. happybird Mar 2021 #21

I'd tell myself to enjoy the shit out of that decade Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #76

Oh, the decade of decadence was quite enjoyable happybird Mar 2021 #90

Buy those lots on St. George Island, FL Lochloosa Mar 2021 #23

Not get and ride a scooter. Ka-Dinh Oy Mar 2021 #24

It all turns out ok. Joinfortmill Mar 2021 #26

that would be mine, too NJCher Mar 2021 #40

Try to buy in Santa Monica...just about any property West of 26th Street. Tikki Mar 2021 #29

There will be this thing called Twitter and Trump will use it to run ... torius Mar 2021 #30

Buy stock in AOL, E-Bay, Dell. East-A-Squared Mar 2021 #31

I took my measly MuseRider Mar 2021 #102

Just be yourself. Don't worry about what other people think. captain queeg Mar 2021 #32

Major in something else and don't marry that guy. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #35

That, too! Hekate Mar 2021 #72

Pay more attention to your health. haele Mar 2021 #36

Leave the student union and go to the library tavernier Mar 2021 #38

Play more tennis and do less high impact aerobics. spooky3 Mar 2021 #39

I would tell myself to talk to my mother. To spend as much time with her as I possibly could. MrsCoffee Mar 2021 #41

Don't go to the expensive private college. Haggard Celine Mar 2021 #42

Don't quit things too soon when they get boring or difficult-- Wingus Dingus Mar 2021 #43

Buy Microsoft stock. jalan48 Mar 2021 #45

I would love to get that do-over ecstatic Mar 2021 #46

Without the risk of altering the timeline and losing out on so much good? Blaukraut Mar 2021 #48

I'd be willing to risk changing the timeline speak easy Mar 2021 #49

Finish your degree. nt Laffy Kat Mar 2021 #50

Don't go to Vietnam. The Wizard Mar 2021 #51

That's the age I made my career choice GusBob Mar 2021 #52

Don't wait. It doesn't get any better. Quit now. Life's too short, buddy. Iggo Mar 2021 #53

wait demtenjeep Mar 2021 #54

Take more math and statistics classes nt drmeow Mar 2021 #55

Get out of your comfort zone. Get rid of your social anxiety. It gets easier and more natural. Freethinker65 Mar 2021 #56

Same thing told myself when I was 20: Raine1967 Mar 2021 #58

Don't break up with the love of your life. hedda_foil Mar 2021 #59

I'd smack that little twerp in the head and tell him to straighten up his act. n/t. NNadir Mar 2021 #60

Move to Vancouver, B.C. rickyhall Mar 2021 #61

Don't waste time and money on grad school unless it's something you're genuinely passionate about. meadowlander Mar 2021 #62

I was not ugly but a pretty girl who was insecure because I didn't look like those white girls kimbutgar Mar 2021 #63

Been there, done that. hunter Mar 2021 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author Silent3 Mar 2021 #66

'Make like a tree and get out of here' - Biff speak easy Mar 2021 #67

I think it's "Make like a tree and leaf" isn't it? Hekate Mar 2021 #74

Not in Back to the Future (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #77

... speak easy Mar 2021 #80

:) speak easy Mar 2021 #81

Hmmm. I guess 'the older woman who is kind of your boss, that you really like GulfCoast66 Mar 2021 #65

Adjust your opinion of the intelligence and rationality... Silent3 Mar 2021 #68

Wait to get married Tree Lady Mar 2021 #70

Run. Your Mom broke you last year and this black depression isn't done with you yet... Hekate Mar 2021 #71

Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #73

When you start your fucking punk band, play live... GReedDiamond Mar 2021 #75

You actually WILL care what your skin looks like in your 50's ... Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #78

B-I-T-C-O-I-N ansible Mar 2021 #79

6c in 2010 :( speak easy Mar 2021 #84

Two things: DFW Mar 2021 #82

I took trips into West Berlin. speak easy Mar 2021 #86

Berlin has changed, but not necessarily for the worse DFW Mar 2021 #89

Let the people you love KNOW you love and appreciate them Raine Mar 2021 #83

Don't get married. nt SunSeeker Mar 2021 #85

Appreciate who and what you've got right now because you won't always have it Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #87

Don't do it! phylny Mar 2021 #88

Learn how to do minor repairs on your car. Bucky Mar 2021 #91

Stick with college. BlueStater Mar 2021 #92

Nothing. I wouldn't want to risk not being where and who I am now. Kaleva Mar 2021 #93

Don't get married, don't have kids. n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2021 #94

Listen to the other lab tech who was going off to Harvard Business School for an MBA Klaralven Mar 2021 #95

Oh, so much. So much. Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #96

Stay away from Kim superpatriotman Mar 2021 #97

Don't diet. Ever. Bettie Mar 2021 #98

That guy you think is funny and cute? Tracer Mar 2021 #99

Grow your hair out rownesheck Mar 2021 #100

"Keep doing what you're doing." MineralMan Mar 2021 #101

If I could go back to when I was 20,... BluesRunTheGame Mar 2021 #104

Since you're in Istanbul already, keep going to India! bif Mar 2021 #105

Wouldn't matter, that goofball would not listen. 634-5789 Mar 2021 #106