How many of you would go back in time

Snowmayne · 09-15-2009, 05:17 PM

to say age 14, knowing what you know now, and do it all over again, at the push of a button?

bongobongo · 09-15-2009, 05:18 PM

well, i wouldnt make stupid mistakes and i would have a lot easier life.

BUT

would it make me a better person then i am now? i highly doubt it

Puffman · 09-15-2009, 05:40 PM

FUCK yes, don't even have to think about it.

my life kind of sucks (although def could be worse)

osirus2020 · 09-15-2009, 06:02 PM

While I loved my younger youth and would be floored to do HS all over again I wouldn't change my past for anything.

Waves · 09-15-2009, 06:12 PM

hindsight is 20/20

mookie · 09-15-2009, 06:27 PM

nope

butterfly effect.

or was it butterfly effect 3 ?

boo hisss

The Rev · 09-15-2009, 07:59 PM

I said yes, but maybe I change my mind. If I went back, I could fix every stupid ass thing I ever did wrong. I would be able to be a happy teenager, I would DEFINITELY get laid more, I would have cleaned up on grades instead of always rebelling, and I would have known how to handle my parents. Also, knowing the future of the next 25 years would be helpful in areas such as investment. I was 14 in 1980-81, and I bet Microsoft stock was pretty cheap back then.

But, if I did all that, and had the kick ass life my depression and bad circumstances cost me, I would have to give up some things I have now, like my kids. I find it hard to imagine being happier with different kids, and their memory would always be there. So, yeah, I pretty much would suck it up and accept my self-inflicted life up to this point.

The Rev

Burner of trees · 09-15-2009, 08:35 PM

shit i don't even want to go back for prolonged periods of time, tho it'd be nice to go back and make different split-second decisions. see: don't fuck her, don't swallow that, and go to school you worthless piece of shit, etc.

higherthanamile · 09-15-2009, 09:32 PM

Originally Posted by Burner of trees

don't swallow that

Ozzy Osbourne ushering in New Years Eve 1995....I was this close to going to an EMT and telling them to take me to the ER. Man, it was great

I voted yes, because I'd like to stand off in the distance that night and watch myself nearly flip out and then convince myself I would be okay. Many, many times.

**Canuck Wisdom** · 09-15-2009, 10:44 PM

I voted no.

It would be nice to have the knowledge and perspective to do it all over again presumably better, with more wisdom. But would I really do it better? If I have that much wisdom, shouldnt I be living my life now with it?

I think it would be incredibly frustrating to have to go back even one day of my life and live it over again trying to 'do it better'. I would feel like I was waiting for a decade before I actually started living again (if I was 14) and finally moving forward instead of just spell-checking my life, so to speak.

verklingen · 09-16-2009, 07:51 AM

i dunno man shit turned out remarkably well all things considered. wouldn't mess with it for anything, too much in front of me to appreciate and too much to look forward to

tedkennedy · 09-16-2009, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Snowmayne

to say age 14, knowing what you know now, and do it all over again, at the push of a button?

who wouldnt?!?

Geeno · 09-16-2009, 08:57 AM

I'd go back to samurai times and chop heads

tedkennedy · 09-16-2009, 09:05 AM

^ ud prolly get your own head chopped first

Geeno · 09-16-2009, 09:08 AM

Clearly you underestimate me.

The Rev · 09-16-2009, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by Canuck Wisdom

I would feel like I was waiting for a decade before I actually started living again (if I was 14) and finally moving forward instead of just spell-checking my life, so to speak.

That's a cool analogy.

The Rev