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Undertoad · 09-13-2018, 11:22 AM

When I was 16 years old, I thought about the person I was at age 14; and the 16-year-old me thought, what an idiot I was back then.

16-year-old me knew everything 14-year-old me didn't understand. (But 16-year-old me didn't know what he didn't know. Which was tons.)

This has gone on my whole life. I'm 54 now, and I look back at me at 45 and I think, damn, wow, what a fuckup.

But I know, 45 looks at 35, and says, oh, the things you don't know. Oh, the pain you are due!

35 looks at 25, and says, wow, what made you think you were special? You were mentally ill.

Everybody, or just me?

09-13-2018, 11:22 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What an idiot I was! When I was 16 years old, I thought about the person I was at age 14; and the 16-year-old me thought, what an idiot I was back then. 16-year-old me knew everything 14-year-old me didn't understand. (But 16-year-old me didn't know what he didn't know. Which was tons.) This has gone on my whole life. I'm 54 now, and I look back at me at 45 and I think, damn, wow, what a fuckup. But I know, 45 looks at 35, and says, oh, the things you don't know. Oh, the pain you are due! 35 looks at 25, and says, wow, what made you think you were special? You were mentally ill. Everybody, or just me?