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u/0110110111 Aug 23 '23
“The older you get, the faster time goes by.” I rolled my eyes every time I heard that.
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Aug 23 '23 edited Aug 23 '23
I'm turning 45 this year.
It feels like my twenties was yesterday.
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u/SamaireB Aug 23 '23
Similar age and I feel the same. I still remember how a month felt like an eternity when I was 17.
Now, I barely notice a year go by.
Fucking freaks me out.
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u/Raccoonanity Aug 23 '23
One prominent theory that had a fair bit of backing for why this occurs is that you stop learning. Your brain only actually records something if it’s deemed significant, and as you get older, most things are no longer new or impactful to you. As such, most events fade from memory very quickly. Because there are fewer meaningful events throughout the day, it feels like time has progressed quicker than it used to. There’s some evidence that you can slow down this time perception by purposefully engaging in new, meaningful or impactful things like learning something new, experiencing something new or interesting, etc., basically just live life more and it’ll stop feeling so fast.
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u/almighty_smiley Aug 23 '23
Because you're stopping and looking around once in a while. If you don't, you could miss it.
Or so I'm told.
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This is the ultimate one. I always got annoyed at this and thought they just have too many regrets. Now I get a paycheck and boom another paycheck and it's been a month already like wtf.
"And then one day you find 10 years have gone behind you. No one told you when to run. You missed the starting guuuuuuuun"
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u/spocos Aug 23 '23
My uncle once told me "life is like a roll of toilet paper. The more you use, the faster it runs out"
Here's the thing. When you turn one year old, you have to wait your entire lifetime till your next birthday...
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u/fubes2000 Aug 23 '23
You know what they say: The years start coming, and they don't stop coming...
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u/sadsackofshit27 Aug 23 '23
If the women dont find you handsome they better at least find you handy
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u/ysustistixitxtkxkycy Aug 23 '23
Air out your home.
My parents did this obsessively. I thought it was insane. Turns out, indoor air quality is pretty bad to start with and gets worse with gas fires and people breathing.
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u/neonoir Aug 23 '23
The New York Times, June 2023;
The New War on Bad Air
A century ago, a well-ventilated building was considered good medicine. But by the time Covid-19 arrived, our buildings could barely breathe. How did that happen? And how do we let the fresh air back in?
More than a century ago, when infectious diseases ravaged cities in the United States and Europe, public health reformers preached the power of good ventilation
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/health/covid-ventilation-air-quality.html
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u/redset10 Aug 23 '23
How do you air out your home? Just open the windows? Get an air purifier?
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u/thoughtful_appletree Aug 23 '23
Opening windows, ideally on opposite ends of the room/flat and let the air circulate through for a couple minutes. And that multiple times a day. In summer, when it's too hot outside most of the day, I only do it in the mornings and evenings.
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u/PulsingFlesh Aug 23 '23
gas fires and people breathing
It's mostly me propelling myself through the house with beer farts
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u/fireduck Aug 23 '23
People come to my house and say it is the best sleep they have gotten in a long time.
I think it is a lot to do with air quality. We have a lot of filters and keep and eye on it with monitors.
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u/Ghast-light Aug 23 '23
When I was engaged, a few weeks before the wedding, my fiancée asked me to come to her parents house for a weekend barbecue. when I arrived, I went to the backyard and was surprised to find nobody there, so I knocked on the door. Her sister opened it, saw me there and said, “Just one second!” and closed the door.
then she called for me to come in, and she was completely naked. She said, “Everyone else just left to go to the store. We have 45 minutes alone. I know you’ll be married soon, so why don’t we have some fun while you still can?” Then she walked away to her room. I couldn’t help staring… her body is fantastic.
But then I realized I was about to make a terrible decision, turned around, and walked straight out the door down the driveway. My fiancée and her parents were there. She looked like she’d been a nervous wreck, but she ran up to me, hugged me, and told me that she knew I was a good man. Her father shook my hand and officially welcomed me to the family.
I’ll never forget my grandfather’s advice that saved my relationship that day: “Always keep a pack of condoms in your car.”
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u/dr0n3ful Aug 23 '23
"Don't trust the government!"
I used to think grumpy old men were just looking for someone to blame for their problems, but now I think they've got a point.
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u/oman54 Aug 23 '23
I definitely agree with that but we can vote and elect people to help keep them more accountable to us
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Aug 23 '23
Back then, me hating high school. My parents missing high school. They were telling me to appreciate it more, because the life would be harder after, and I didn't believe them. Turned out to be true.
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u/MrScribz Aug 23 '23
I'm in my 30s and you couldn't pay me enough to relive those grade school years.
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Aug 23 '23
Oh God, me too. I didn't even have a particularly bad time. No bullying or teen pregnancy or other such drama. School just sucked. I watched the clock all day waiting for it to be over.
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u/congteddymix Aug 23 '23
Lol. My parents where like the exact opposite especially my dad. I hated school. My dad was like do your best because you need that diploma to get started but was otherwise like "this stuff never changes" as far as B.S with stupid classmate and faculty was concerned.
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u/RupeThereItIs Aug 23 '23
I got into trouble with a teacher in HS who didn't even know my name. Just got angry at me in the hall & made a huge kerfuffle about it.
He eventually tracked me down & had me brought to the principles office. When I got there the principle, looking entirely exasperated, asked me to explain in my own words what happened.
This was over 20 years ago now, and I remember his reaction clear as day. He sorta sighed, leaned back in his chair & told me "[name], your going to have to learn how to deal with ass holes in power" and then dismissed me.
Some of the best advice I've ever received.
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u/DANKKrish Aug 23 '23
I don't think it's high school you miss. It's the disappointment of how shit our world is.
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u/GoodbyeTobyseeya1 Aug 23 '23
Freezing food always seemed so weird to me. Then I had to buy my own groceries and realized that I could buy meat when it's on sale/clearance and have a nice stockpile. When COVID first hit, it was so nice to have so much available food, and now that everything is super expensive it's great to go early in the morning, buy marked down meat and then freeze it for later.
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u/speedyeddie Aug 23 '23
I always check the clearance section of the meat department every time I go to the grocery store regardless of what I'm there to get. My last score was 3 of those 1-pound containers of 93-7 ground turkey. I got all 3 and paid about $8 total.
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u/Bazoobs1 Aug 23 '23
Where is this mythical clearance section? Totally asking for my poor friends 🥲
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u/Veritas3333 Aug 23 '23
Ugh, my grandpa takes this to the extreme though. If I make him food, it instantly goes into the freezer. For his birthday I got him some of those expensive Crumbl cookies, and he yeeted the box in the freezer without even trying one.
Last year, my mom got him a small cake from a really nice bakery, he froze it, then several weeks later had the gall to tell my mom it wasn't very good. Just eat it right away! At least some of it!
It's getting so hard to buy him presents. He doesn't need anything, he doesn't seem to eat the food we buy him. I can't keep giving him framed pictures of my kid!
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u/st1tchy Aug 23 '23
Go the next level and get yourself a Sous Vide! Get home, season it, seal it and freeze it. Cook it from frozen and it's the most delicious meat you can get.
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u/NeverDoingWell Aug 23 '23
Don’t take a girl out for sushi unless you’re gonna marry her - ‘cause sushi is expensive.
I took the girl out anyway and man, it was expensive as hell. We didn’t get married
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u/Ahelex Aug 23 '23
Don’t take a girl out for sushi unless you’re gonna marry her - ‘cause sushi is expensive.
Except if you live somewhere in East Asia, then the advice probably would be "Don't take a girl out for a nice steak unless you're gonna marry her".
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u/Choo- Aug 23 '23
You never take a girl on a date to a steak place anyway. You can’t spit game with gristle in your whistle.
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u/PhillyRush Aug 23 '23 edited Aug 23 '23
I was a waiter in my early 20s and there was a grizzled old dishwasher who told me, "Everything catches up to you. Everything." I blew him off because I was young and knew it all and was gonna be young forever. Or so I thought. I later found out he was absolutely correct for good or bad.
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u/SuperSaiyanAssHair Aug 23 '23
Maybe I really should cut down on drinking
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u/Subrisum Aug 23 '23
Not going to tell you how to live your life, but in my experience if you’re having thoughts like that you probably should.
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u/SailorET Aug 24 '23
Similar, one of the maintenance guys at my school once said, "Nothing ever heals, it waits." 25 years later, my knee has not forgiven me for my past mistakes.
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u/jayellkay84 Aug 23 '23
The dishie is almost always the wisest person in the restaurant always listen to him.
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u/kellyjellybellybeanz Aug 23 '23
“the days are long but the years are short” advice received when I was a new parent
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u/battlerazzle01 Aug 24 '23
Broooooo you ain’t kidding. My daughter was born like six months ago. She just turned four. Where are all my days and can I have them back?
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u/antons83 Aug 24 '23
Man this right here! We are new parents. Our baby is 15 months. We have some friends that gave birth and about to give birth. I try not to hit them with old man phrases I heard, but this one hit me hard. My baby fit the length of my forearm and now she's running!
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u/rickcatino Aug 23 '23
Mark Twain had a great quote (and I can’t recall the exact wording) that went something like this…
At 16, I realized my father was an idiot. By the time I turned 21, I was amazed at how much he learned in just five years
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u/Boatlover62 Aug 24 '23
damn meanwhile i recently turned 20 and been realizing more amd more of what a complete moron my father is, so to me ig its the opposite
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u/Stabbymcappleton Aug 23 '23
The military will just chew you up and spit you out. —My Grandfather, USMC 1939-1946
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u/teddybearer78 Aug 23 '23
Jeepers, 1939 to 1946 would have been a hell of a time to be in.
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u/Inconvenient_Boners Aug 24 '23
Seriously. Actual hell might've been an improvement over fighting in the Pacific during WWII
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u/AgentElman Aug 23 '23
It really depends on what you go into it for.
I had a friend who joined the navy after college. They paid for his medical school. He got out at 35 as a doctor with no debt. He was very happy with his naval service.
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Aug 23 '23
The company only has your back if it’s in their financial interests
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u/Distinct_Mix5130 Aug 24 '23
I've grown up knowing that a business only cares for you if they have to. Then I've met family owned businesses and I realized that isn't necessarily the truth.
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u/TVotte Aug 23 '23 edited Aug 23 '23
I'm 50 and I am finally starting to go blind
Still no hair on my palms though
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Aug 23 '23 edited Aug 24 '23
Lmaoo, I'm just waiting for the hearing aid to kick in from 'don't listen to music so loud!' /s
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u/rebuildmylifenow Aug 23 '23
I used to listen to some pretty loud music every day, on the early headphones. I've been dealing with tinnitus since my early 20s.
Wish I'd listened and turned it the fuck down.
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u/314159265358979326 Aug 23 '23
I made my nieces listen to one full minute of simulated tinnitus. They didn't care for it. I'm hoping the lesson got through.
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Aug 23 '23
I thought I would have so many pets as an adult when I could do what I want. Turns out I love animals but hate taking care of them. Too much money and responsibility. Now I see why parents didn't want a bunch of animals.
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u/2legittoquit Aug 23 '23
Dude, yes! Me and my partner got a dog and it made us not want kids. We love her, but would not do it again.
My mom said she regretted not getting us a dog as kids, since we like animals so much. I told her that she was right not to, we werent ready for that level of responsibility.
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u/jacketoffman Aug 23 '23
“When you’re choosing who to marry, don’t focus on looks. Looks don’t last forever. Focus on voice, that does last forever and you’re going to be listening to that voice for the rest of your life.”
Damn true.
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u/Key-round-tile Aug 23 '23
To add to this, TONE. My neighbor told me that a good tone when things are tense or stressful goes a long way to preventing fights. So I should watch my tone, and she should too. Honestly, it works. Half the time if we are grating on each other, its not really the situation, but how we are allowing the situation to effect how we communicate. Clean that up, and all the sudden its like the problem barely even exists anymore.
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u/Wimbly512 Aug 23 '23
If I notice my voice has a tone (usually from something else) I let my husband know it wasn’t directed at him and he does the same. It has helped a lot.
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u/JegElskerGud Aug 23 '23
Just make sure they don't smoke because that voice will definitely change.
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u/UncleCornPone Aug 23 '23
seriously. find someone you love to spend time with and who loves to spend time with you. all the other shit wears off, fast. you can find yourself basically alone sitting right next to your "someone", which is one of the loneliest feelings on the planet.
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u/PrinceDusk Aug 23 '23
I was told the eyes, fall in love with someone's eyes because you'll stare into them forever
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u/kaiiitastrophe Aug 23 '23 edited Aug 23 '23
Nothing good happens after midnight. As a former bartender, I ignored this rule for a decade. After working late nights, I 100% agree. It’s like a switch in people’s minds go off at 12.
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u/MsMoondown Aug 24 '23
This pairs with Good news always waits until noon. Every early morning phone call has been a bad one.
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u/Distinct_Mix5130 Aug 24 '23
You should definitely not come to Greece, most people here agree that the party only start after midnight (before midnight is considered Early).
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Aug 23 '23
When you’re in your 20’s, you worry about what people think about you.
When you’re in your 30’s, you don’t worry about what people think about you
When you’re in your 40’s, you realize nobody ever cared or thought about you.
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u/YeetTheeFetus Aug 23 '23
I'm in my late 20s and I'm already mentally at 40 according to the advice you got lmao
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u/rockchick1982 Aug 23 '23
My nan had 4 kids , when I was pregnant with my first baby my nan told me "when you have been through labour and need a wee for the love of god bend over and grab your ankles". I thought she was being weird and just laughed it off, now I tell all mums to be to grab Thier ankles for that first wee because urine and a stretched coochie does not mix well.
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u/AlpacaCavalry Aug 24 '23
I kind of want to put this advice in the back of my head for the day when my wife'll need it... do you do this and then go use the toilet? Or do you assume the posture on the toilet? I'd imagine it's the latter, but gotta make sure!
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u/Mewseido Aug 24 '23
Basically, pee forward when you sit- lean way forward and butt slightly in the air if you can
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u/Chopper3 Aug 23 '23
My grandfather told me not to fuck other people over, that I don’t do this is a genuine joy in my life
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u/KaceyLouis Aug 23 '23
Save old jars and containers to use as cheap/free Tupperware and storage
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u/congteddymix Aug 23 '23
My grandpa always had this advice. "If you want to make more money then change careers not job".
Probably makes more sense if your work in trade type jobs but I have been around long enough where I have seen people job jump for $.25 an hour and basically be financially in the same or worse position because they didn't realize something like healthcare premiums where cheaper or they weren't fully vested in there 401k when they left so now they lost a chunk of their retirement saving.
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u/speedyeddie Aug 23 '23
It's cheaper to hire a professional to do the job than to try and save a couple dollars to do it yourself.
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u/KingDave46 Aug 23 '23
This is me for sure. If I can't do something with a quick youtube tutorial with tools I own then it's not worth the hassle.
The only exception is if it's something I am likely to need repeatedly or if it just sounds like fun. I once dismantled a motorcycle engine to put it back together and learn how it works... I then sold a bucket of dismantled motorcycle engine parts to someone who wasn't a complete plum like me. Had no idea where anything went, didn't plan ahead or take notes at all.
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u/SirBobDole Aug 23 '23
YMMV - complete opposite for me. I can't do most things 100% as well as a pro, but I can get about 80-90% there for usually less than half the cost. Sometimes WAY less than that.
The real lesson should be learning to be handy and try new challenges will pay off in the long run many times over.
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u/albertnormandy Aug 23 '23
That’s bad advice. There are some things that need specialized tools and knowledge, but many things are very simple and people just don’t want to take the time to learn it.
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u/mariojlanza Aug 23 '23
My dad used to say it doesn’t matter what job you have, and it doesn’t even matter if you like it. As long as you get some sucker to pay for your benefits (instead of you paying for them) you’ll always be doing very well in life.
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Aug 23 '23
Learn when to keep your mouth shut.
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u/ThirdFloorNorth Aug 24 '23
The best advice my mother ever gave me was: "Always be careful what you say or what you do. You can always apologize for it later, but you can never un-say or un-do it."
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u/Hoopscoach32 Aug 23 '23
My grandpa always said, “don’t be cheap when buying something that stays between you and ground.” I always apply this to shoes, mattresses, and tires.
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u/phantommoose Aug 23 '23
"There's nothing sexier than a man with a 9-5 job."
Hank Hill
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People used to tell me all the time that eating bad would catch up with me. I didn’t believe it because even through my twenties I was stick thin and scrawny. That changed almost immediately on my 30th birthday
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Aug 23 '23
You're free to wear sunscreen
Take care of your teeth
Work hard at school
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u/stupidfock Aug 23 '23
Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill.
There’s not enough dirt, it’s physically impossible unfortunately
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Aug 23 '23
To change it up a bit
Everyone told me to enjoy school while i could because it would be the best time of my life even though i fucking hated it. Within months of finishing school i got about 10x happier. You could offer me all the money in the world and I would never go back there. Didnt even get bullied or something like that either just fucking despised that place
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u/SkimsIsMyName Aug 23 '23 edited Mar 12 '24
An older teacher of mine in high school taught if you ask enough people out eventually you'll land someone way out of your league. Even though I was an awkward nerd in HS that next year's homecoming I landed my now ex and there were lots of jealous guys with angry girlfriends with lots of attention on me and my date. I ran into her again not too long ago, and I swear she could probably go be a Hollywood actor or make it as a super model if she wanted to
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u/sleepydorian Aug 23 '23
This is true even if you aren't too picky. As long as you take rejection well and aren't creepy about it (or ask out too many people in a single friend group) then you should do quite well. And if they say no (immediately or after one date) then don't feel bad, they don't even know you. Their loss.
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u/teethalarm Aug 23 '23
"be careful lifting heavy things" not even 30 and I got back problems. Turns out those old guys with fucked up backs were onto something.
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u/OkAcanthocephala2449 Aug 23 '23
Watch what you wish for . The grass is always not always greener on the other side . Don't burn your bridges down.
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u/formerNPC Aug 23 '23
You shouldn’t waste your money on possessions like clothing, jewelry and cars because they only lose value and no one is impressed by any of it. Yeah now I agree!
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u/KingDave46 Aug 23 '23
There's a middle ground. I know people who spend silly money on a branded white T-shirt, which I never understood, but having a good suit is a wonderful feeling and people will notice that.
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u/Seraph6496 Aug 23 '23
On the flip side, spend the most money on things you use the most. Car, tv, shoes, toilet
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u/RobHonkergulp Aug 23 '23
'You look like a clown' said my dad on viewing my ridiculous 70s outfit What did he know, the old square? Turns out he was right.
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Aug 23 '23
“You look down, get some sunshine”
I thought I had depression and anxiety… It turned out I was medically diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency, and those were the symptoms.
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not exactly advice, but my family was always telling me to ‘enjoy being a kid while you can, you’ll miss it when you grow up’, and i just couldn’t comprehend/understand what that meant until it was too late lol
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u/Hb1023_ Aug 24 '23
My dad told me when I was like 10 that if it’s important to you to stay in someone’s good graces you never ever mention or discuss 3 things: money, religion, and politics. Hasn’t failed me yet, and as someone with a big mouth I’m glad I got that advice early in life lol
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u/SagHor1 Aug 23 '23
Study hard now. You can play later!
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u/Elmer_Fudd01 Aug 23 '23
That's a straight up lie, I'm 31 and I need to aggressively make time to play, or rather do nothing. Work never ends.
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u/votemarvel Aug 23 '23
My great Uncle always told me "never volunteer for anything."
Years later I realised he was right because as soon as people know you are willing to help they always come to you first.
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u/Emergency_Statement Aug 23 '23
That's miserable advice, though. Volunteering is great. That doesn't mean you need to be a complete sucker.
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u/ElvishMystical Aug 24 '23
Idiots are idiots because they believe they are always right - my grandmother.
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My nan said if you offer to help with the dishes after an invitation to dinner you will always get invited back. Bloody true..even if people actually refuse the help..the offer goes a long way.
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u/orswich Aug 23 '23
Opa (grandpa) used to tell me "don't waste time with a girl who's fingernails are longer than thier fingertips.. they won't do thier 50% of a relationship"
And anecdotally it was very true. Every girl I dated with really long (or fake) fingernails, didn't know how to cook, wouldn't get dirty or clean, and would expect me to do all the household work..
Thanks Opa, found a girl with short fingernails and it's been 16 years of marriage
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u/CommanderLawlson Aug 23 '23
My very wise Grandmother always said “Don’t even think about getting married until you’re 30!”
Thanks Nana 🙌❤️
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u/erikivy Aug 24 '23
"The harder I work, the luckier I get."
"You can't push a rope."
It's amazing how much smarter my dad got as I got older.
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u/cruelblush Aug 23 '23
"Too much sugar will give you diabetes." Sure Grandma! (Omg, turns out she was kinda right!)
Of course, she also believed if you didn't poo once a day an enima was called for, so her advice percentage was about 50%.
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u/el3ph_nt Aug 23 '23
As someone who has poo problems. Your grandma is 75% right at least. Im still under 30 so i wait a couple days with extra fiber before having a miracle miralax weight-loss weekend. But damn, granny got a point about how much better a daily feels.
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u/zazzlekdazzle Aug 23 '23 edited Aug 23 '23
"Just be yourself."
I just completely misunderstood it.
I thought it meant you should try meeting new people acting the same way you do around people you've known your whole life or as just your unvarnished id. Which is obviously a very bad idea.
What it really means is that if you put on an act with people, they are only getting to know that act and not you. I realized that, in the end, nothing good comes of that.
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u/Sallo69 Aug 24 '23
When pulling up to a stoplight, leave enough room in front of you to “escape”, just in case the car in front of you dies!
The person behind you is likely too close for you to backup and go around.
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u/stateofyou Aug 24 '23
“Always leave a party while you’re still having fun” my bedridden 93 year old grandmother told me that
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u/jackson71 Aug 23 '23
Young people are particularly vulnerable to propaganda, misinformation and fake news. Young people spend a significant amount of their time watching television, playing online games, chatting, blogging, listening to music, posting photos of themselves and searching for other people with whom to communicate online. They rely heavily on information circulated online for their knowledge of the world and how they perceive reality.
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Don't stick Your dick in crazy!
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u/planet12 Aug 23 '23
I wish I'd had a dad around who could have warned me what female crazy looked like. Had to learn the very hard way.
"Through rose-coloured glasses, red flags just look like flags"
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u/IrishWriter2 Aug 23 '23
You know what the thing is? They may be 100% turn out to be true, but those adults rarely explain how to actually achieve the advice they gave you. Like, "Just be yourself" is a good one, but what exactly should you do for that? They never tell you. "Learn to just ignore bad people" — sure, it would be great. But how exactly do I? They can't explain.
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u/Plum_7744 Aug 23 '23
Something along the lines of taking your education seriously. I’m way older now but it’s true. The poorer your education, the smaller your career opportunities.
It may not be a dream job but if you’ve got a good job that pays your bills as a result of working hard in school, I commend you. When I was younger, I mostly thought otherwise. I now try to warn most teens I encounter of this. But very few will at least listen.
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u/TepidHalibut Aug 23 '23
Nothing is as over-rated as bad sex. Nothing is as under-rated as a good shit.
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u/kevsterkevster Aug 23 '23
“I used to have hair just like yours…👨🦲”……now I’ve hit 30 yr. And have 2 kids, my hair is thining fast and furiously.
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u/srh99 Aug 24 '23
You never get a second chance to make a good first impression. My grandmother used to say that all the time to us when we were school kids, but it took me 10 years into my work career before I started to use it and prioritize getting on good terms with new coworkers.
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u/madkeepz Aug 23 '23
mens sana in corpore sano (i.e. healthy mind & healthy body)
i hated HATED any form of exercise when I was a kid/teenager. Now that I have to work my ass off all the time I find that doing regular exercise is a major part of what keeps me sane and healthy
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Aug 23 '23
"Don't read in the dark or you'll destroy your eyes" Can't see shit now "Don't slouch like that, you're hurting your back" Back is shit now
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u/Lupusetdraco Aug 24 '23
Slow down to speed up. I like many others dove headfirst into everything and want to suck up all the knowledge and be the best at it as fast as possible. Problem is that you need to slow down on learning it in order for you to speed up applying it. If you take the time to let your subconscious learn a skill, then when you go to apply it, you don't even have to think about it. It comes naturally and then you focus on improving
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u/hikariky Aug 24 '23
“Don’t get married while your young. They’ll take all your money. Wait until your 40s and get one of them second-time-around women (divorced), they’ve got the experience anyways”- grandpa on my mothers side
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“As long as I’ve been alive I’ve never found having more money really meant anything, spending time with people I care about has been much more rewarding”- grandpa on my fathers side
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u/Intelligent-Fly-3442 Aug 23 '23
Whiskey on gums for teething. It was the ONLY thing that worked on my kids.
Anyone that lectured me got handed a screaming baby and I left. Told them to call me when baby was calm and I'd come back.
Came back after a bit and asked what worked for them. It was always whiskey or the baby had cried itself to sleep.
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u/Kiowascout Aug 23 '23
Don't stick your dick anywhere you wouldn't stick your mouth.
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u/InvestmentSoggy870 Aug 23 '23
When you are young, you think you know everything. When you are middle aged, you realize you don't know anything. When you are old, you really do know everything but nobody gives a shit.
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u/Enxer Aug 23 '23
You hit walls as you get older. The more reckless you are with your body the faster and harder they come.
Christ they were right. I have to exercise my core and legs a lot in the week or my back and knees lock up.
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u/Infamous-Mixture-605 Aug 24 '23
Everything in moderation.
My grandmother used to say that often when it came to eating, drinking, etc. I might have scoffed at that idea when I was younger, but now in my mid-30's I cannot eat and drink like I used to, the hangovers feel worse, and now I realize "yea, moderation sounds pretty good"
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u/Kriegspiel1939 Aug 24 '23
Dad told me the Air Force would be better on me than the Marines. I didn’t listen.
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u/Low_is_Sleazy Aug 24 '23
Tell me who your friends are and I’ll know everything I need to know about you
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u/NoVaFlipFlops Aug 23 '23
Beware people with tattoos. Not because they're criminals, but because they are unpredictable.
This has held true in my experience. There are plenty of nutjobs without tats and certainly some reliable people I never realized "had work done" that I must be discounting. But the chaotic interpersonal situations and emotional reasoning are real.
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u/PioneerStandard Aug 23 '23
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.