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re: When you look back at your younger self do you feel like you knew nothing?
Posted on 6/28/25 at 8:56 pm to OysterPoBoy
Posted on 6/28/25 at 8:56 pm to OysterPoBoy
I had it all planned out, and pretty much nothing ended up like I planned 
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Posted on 6/28/25 at 9:06 pm to OysterPoBoy
I'm 80, and still feel like I know nothing.
Posted on 6/28/25 at 9:10 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Is it just me or is that a normal thing?
I think so. I know it is my experience as well.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:48 am to OysterPoBoy
46 years ago I walked on to the LSU campus. All 5-9”, 165lbs of me with a solid 22 on the ACT and a couple of patches on my letterman’s jacket. I was the sh’t. Less than a week later reality set in and I have been a much humbler and better human being since.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:53 am to OysterPoBoy
quote:i was crippling-ly shy around the opposite sex in high school and even into college.
When you look back at your younger self do you feel like you knew nothing?
i remember right after starting college at LC (before i transferred to LSU) i was sitting on the little lounge couch with my buddy watching MTV for hours which is ...you know..about the only thing there was to do in Pineville..
this super cute girl that was in one of my classes that i had talked briefly to was walking in and spotted me right as i was putting my arms over my head to stretch..she thought i was wanting a hug and came RUNNING UP and grabbed me in a bear hug from behind the couch.
i was like WHAT JUST HAPPENED
Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:54 am to mttiger
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65lbs of me with a solid 22 on the ACT
bitch, i had a 23!Posted on 6/30/25 at 9:58 am to CAD703X
My sons beat me by 10 points. I tell them the test was harder in 79.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:04 am to OysterPoBoy
If it wasn’t for my wife, I still wouldn’t know anything
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:11 am to OysterPoBoy
Just by providence and collective blessings, I have come this far.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:54 am to OysterPoBoy
Yep, still feel like I don't know everything. But I'm smart enough to know that I'm very happy camera phones didn't exist when I was younger. I'm also smart enough to know that if I'm still breathing, there's a good chance it'll work out.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:57 am to OysterPoBoy
Yes, I do. To the point that in some retrospective moments I’ve had to remind myself going through the pretty smart and ambitious decisions I made back then, because it’s easy to overlook now for some reason.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 10:59 am to OysterPoBoy
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:01 pm to OysterPoBoy
I knew I was going to succeed. I “knew” a lot of other things, some of which turned out to be wrong. I call it “failing forward” when things don’t turn out like I planned, but they turn out very well. You can be wrong about most other things but if you get the effort and the audacity right things will almost always turn out well in spite of all the stupid mistakes.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:22 pm to OysterPoBoy
I was a freaking fool
Cared more about running around with my old high school friends cutting up than anything, scared I was missing the fun stuff.
Screwed up several good relationships with nice girls
If only we could go back to 25 with 45 sense
Cared more about running around with my old high school friends cutting up than anything, scared I was missing the fun stuff.
Screwed up several good relationships with nice girls
If only we could go back to 25 with 45 sense
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:22 pm to OysterPoBoy
But I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now
I'm younger than that now
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:26 pm to OysterPoBoy
I didn’t have the world of info in my hand all the time like the current generation has
I had to be creative and try to BS people
I had to be creative and try to BS people
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:29 pm to OysterPoBoy
Pros and cons. The reverse is being older and so jaded in life you forget how to enjoy things. Decisions are more calculated and boring and eventually you start questioning your purpose.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:31 pm to fr33manator
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I still don't know shite
Me either but there are plenty out there that think they do.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:34 pm to OysterPoBoy
I was an arrogant meathead. Actually kinda cringey if I’m being honest.
Posted on 6/30/25 at 12:36 pm to tigerinthebueche
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I knew a lot. The problem was, most of it was wrong
I would do the exact opposite if I could go back in time.
This post was edited on 6/30/25 at 12:37 pm
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