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14. Oh my, I do it all the time

Fri Jun 18, 2021, 12:01 PM

Jun 2021

You would think or at least hope that the memories would fade as you get older, but so many of my mishaps just get more vivid over time. In my mind I try to go back and redo certain instances. Some even aren't all that bad and its likely that other people have either forgotten or never even noticed in the first place. I began to realize that maybe when some people develop memory loss later in life, it could be a bittersweet blessing.

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Self, meet old self. [View all] marble falls Jun 2021 OP

As long as we keep learning about ourselves, we can evolve. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #1

And the times I kept quiet. I regret those most. marble falls Jun 2021 #32

Yeah, sigh. Chin up, look forward, be better again tomorrow. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #39

of course that makes one really curious Kali Jun 2021 #2

Of course. It's in PDF, or I'd send a page to you PM so as to not chance a hide. marble falls Jun 2021 #4

I think everyone did or said things PatSeg Jun 2021 #3

This is what Dave and I e'd yesterday ... marble falls Jun 2021 #7

Makes you wonder PatSeg Jun 2021 #9

It had to be pretty bad. I sure knew racists when I saw them and marked them for it, too. marble falls Jun 2021 #10

When I first replied PatSeg Jun 2021 #12

Dave describes it as being antisystematic Racism, while ignoring passinve personal racism ... marble falls Jun 2021 #13

That actually describes it perfectly PatSeg Jun 2021 #16

I know that to be true EYESORE 9001 Jun 2021 #8

Oh my, I do it all the time PatSeg Jun 2021 #14

Every word of that rings true for me EYESORE 9001 Jun 2021 #17

You are cracking me up PatSeg Jun 2021 #21

I don't recall reading about this phenomenon anywhere EYESORE 9001 Jun 2021 #22

Oh, absolutely PatSeg Jun 2021 #27

+++ agree. And we look back sand see that we've grown - that's a very good thing. n/t iluvtennis Jun 2021 #34

Yes, very healthy PatSeg Jun 2021 #36

I still cringe at my younger self Random Boomer Jun 2021 #52

At least we are still learning PatSeg Jun 2021 #54

The eternal question, as posed by the Scarecrow gratuitous Jun 2021 #5

It happens genxlib Jun 2021 #6

It takes work. Continual work. I felt in '68 I was "enlightened" about race. I was merely polite. marble falls Jun 2021 #11

If I knew then what I know now.... TheRickles Jun 2021 #15

I think most of us can relate to that. llmart Jun 2021 #19

Lovely quote. True. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #31

I find myself in these last six months accepting that I never ever knew as much as I thought ... marble falls Jun 2021 #33

Funny you should say that last line... llmart Jun 2021 #50

There's been a lot written lately on the phenomenon of the less people know on any given ... marble falls Jun 2021 #51

Just be glad there was no social media in those days Ron Obvious Jun 2021 #18

That you recognize it and tell us about it says a lot Harker Jun 2021 #20

If you didn't feel bad about some of the things back then, it would mean you hadn't grown Maeve Jun 2021 #23

I grew up in the south, the invisible lies lurk within us hidden PurgedVoter Jun 2021 #24

I used to tell a joke when I was a teen that would make me throw up now to tell it Ferrets are Cool Jun 2021 #25

Hell, I've written plenty of embarrassing shit here on DU... hunter Jun 2021 #26

Me, too. I had to go back and remove about six comments for extreme mansplaining to ... marble falls Jun 2021 #29

Just remind yourself this anti-Jewish dialog lurks with power among conservative Christians who ShazamIam Jun 2021 #28

Real people grow and evolve - Deplorable/Neanderthal/Republicans don't. NoMoreRepugs Jun 2021 #30

Thanks for a thoughtful post. Sometimes, like Roland in Stephan King's Gunslinger series, PatrickforB Jun 2021 #35

I wish for but know I will not be alive for a trully "post racial" America. My grandchildren might . marble falls Jun 2021 #37

Kinda off topic, I graduated from Kenmore in 77. we can do it Jun 2021 #38

Not at all. My cousins graduated from there in '68, '70 and '71. My grandmother's house was ... marble falls Jun 2021 #40

Miracle Mart! we can do it Jun 2021 #41

The biggest one in the chain. I forget the name of the burger joint on the east side of the street . marble falls Jun 2021 #42

Kenmore Blvd and Wilbeth Rd. we can do it Jun 2021 #43

Eat and Run we can do it Jun 2021 #44

Eat and Run, that's it. There was another on Manchester RD - the Blue Flame. marble falls Jun 2021 #45

There was a drivethru further west on Wilbeth. we can do it Jun 2021 #46

ID's, draft cards were so easy to fake. They just had to be good enough to provide 'plausible ... marble falls Jun 2021 #47

In 1962, I got in big trouble at my high school. MineralMan Jun 2021 #48

People have an aversion to the uncomfortable truth. In my case it wasn't an objection ... marble falls Jun 2021 #49

This is why we should be more understanding when offensive writings, photos or utterances from Vinca Jun 2021 #53

It definately gives me pause when a 50 yr person gets gigged over blackface photo from 35 yrs ... marble falls Jun 2021 #55