BF2S Forums Things that I know now, that I wish I knew when I was younger

Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:

usmarine2005 wrote:

I wish I had the internet so I could be lazy with my homework like you emo's.

Why do you use the word "emo" as a bad word?

because emo is like a disease, a virus - everywhere it goes people get sick, and make the other people sick too with anti-emoness.

1. When in doubt, use the smell test.

2. Texture and viscosity are good measures of what something may taste like.

3. Buttsecks is fun until she shits on your penis and gets mad at you like it was your fault she couldn't hold her bowels.

4. Always do your research on potential wives' past boyfriends.  You may find that they dated fat redneck potheads that are into barcode and woody woodpecker tattoos.

5. Social lives are entirely overrated.

6. If you are in high school, smoke lots of pot, get a few girls pregnant and try to contract a disease.  My family will need people to change our oil and deliver our pizzas later on in life.

It's pretty common, but it really is just a simple: Just do it!

Apparently you don't regret the times when you made a fool of yourself, you regret the times you never even tried.

Fucked>Sober
Money>No money
Sex>All

- Avoid knocks to the head. It's not just an old wives' tale, they really DO knock holes in your memory.
- Grow your hair long while you can, you start going bald when you hit middle age.
- Never follow through on ANYTHING blindly. There are often things coming the other way fast.
- Never be afraid to do research or reconnisance on what you're getting in on.
- Keep in shape, and do it properly, not that 'working out' crap. You'll see why when you have to do heavy lifting or need stamina.
- If you hear a helicopter overhead, look up and seek cover. It might be you they're looking for.
- Border guards have no sense of humour, don't like being talked back to, and can't take a joke.
- Don't pack beyond what you can walk a mile with.

All you have to do is whatever it takes.

Also, and people may disagree with me on this one, high school is a joke. When you're in it it seems like the most serious thing in the world, but in hindsight, you laugh at the absurdity of it. That's not to say you should slack off, but just try to put things in perspective. It's school, not life.

Listen to your intuition, but don't rely on it. It may give you important clues, but it is also susceptible to panic and fear.

Actively hating someone is like poisoning yourself and expecting the other person to die.

The most important one, I wish I could have known this earlier: Not only do your feelings dictate your thoughts and actions, it works the other way around too. You ARE in control of your feelings. You CAN control how you feel. Your well-being is NOT a helpless victim of the outside world. YOU determine how outside events affect you. You never just "feel that way" for no reason, nor should you have the illusion that your feelings are unchangeable truths. Your feelings are not the truth, because you made yourself feel that way. Your feelings should not control your actions, but you should control your feelings.

Last edited by LaidBackNinja (2007-12-16 13:28:51)

usmarine2005 wrote:

Lieutenant_Jensen wrote:

usmarine2005 wrote:

I wish I had the internet so I could be lazy with my homework like you emo's.

Why do you use the word "emo" as a bad word?

Would you prefer Chavs?

I'm not sure which of the two is a bigger insult.

Everyone in your high school is just as insecure as you feel you are... even the people you think are cool...
Don't take anyone too seriously...
Girls are more worried about what you think of them than you are worried of what they think of you...
Everyone should be a bartender for at least once for a few months... expecially if your shy...(you will thank me for this later)
Do the right thing... we all now whats right and wrong...
Every few years... evaluate where you are and what you have done... and what you want to accomplish in the future and do it...
Their will be ups and downs in life... but god(your higher power) never gives you more than you can handle...
and its a really short trip as ATG said... Don't die wondering... ask her out... go for something you want and believe in yourself...

+1 to all the good posts. I suggest anybody in HS looking for advice should read this. Thanks for all the posts guys and I welcome any thoughts.

When you have friends who aren't nice and don't respect who you are ditch them immediately and seek new ones.

Turquoise wrote:

Also, make sure you hook up with an internship before leaving college -- it will make finding work much easier than it otherwise will be...

If you are doing well in school, approach various companies before college (or duing the first year) and see if they will give you a scholarship/sponsorship. You might be surprised with what you get.

1. What stocks are now, so I'dve known what to invest in.
2. Purchases that are later regretted.
3. Technical know-how, to be further increased by acquisition by past self followed by further studies to present self, to be further increased by acquisition by past self until brain evolves into pure energy or explodes.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-12-17 03:50:16)

1. Great grades in high school = admission to great college. Great grades in college = admission to great Grad school. Great grades in grad school = meaty starting salary and opportunity for advancement. This clearly all starts with doing what needs to be done in high school. Being cool and popular is great, but at some point you're going to have to say "fuck it, I am staying home to study tonight, the rest of my life quite literally hinges on this fucking exam."

2. SAVE and INVEST. - Here's a little interesting tidbit for you:

Guy A and Guy B are the same age.
Assume a 10% rate of growth.
Guy A starts putting $2,000 a year into an IRA when he's 25 and stops when he's 35.
Guy B starts putting $2,000 a year into an IRA when he's 35 and doesn't stop until he's 65.

When they're both 65 Guy A still has more money in his IRA though he only invested for 10 years and put in $20,000 in principal and Guy B invested for 30 years putting in $60,000 in principal. Compound interest is a wonderful thing.

Start early, put it in mutual funds, don't touch it.

3. There's no such thing as "the only girl for me". They will come and go, much as you would prefer they not.

4. NOTHING that happens to you, a breakup, a car wreck, a robbery, the death of a loved one, etc., is "the end of the world" as long as you can wake up the next morning. THE ONLY thing that is the end of the world is just that, a terminal disease. Everything else is a bump in the road.

5. DO NOT fuck up and get someone pregnant before you get through college. DO NOT DO IT. It makes life harder, limits your options, cripples you financially, adds stress, and takes away some of the better part of your youth. I've seen dozens of friends do it, and it always sucks. The few minutes of fun aren't worth the lifetime of trouble. Have a kid when you're emotionally and financially ready, on your time and on your terms, not when it's thrust upon you. Stick it in her ass or jack off and even if she's taking the pill wear a condom.

6. GET IT IN WRITING. People will just plain lie to you and fuck you around so if you are going into any kind of deal with anybody, get the shit in writing. IF they won't put it in writing they're looking for a chance to fuck you.

7. Get out and do shit while you're young. Take two weeks to backpack across the country during the summer when you're in college. When you're 35 and employed you aren't gonna have the energy, the time off from work, the money or the ability to disappear from your house for 2 weeks. Go do some shit even if you aren't sure you're that geeked up about it because the day will come that you'll wish you had.

8. NEVER EVER EVER EVER flirt with, fuck, date, kiss, hang out with, talk on the phone to, or otherwise be involved in ANY WAY with a friend's girlfriend or ex-girlfriend. Once one of your boys has dated a chick, she is off limits no matter how hot she is, how much she wants it, or how hot you are for her. It's a violation of the Manly Code of Ethics and it's just plain wrong.

9. Do not cheat on your girlfriend or spouse. Why? Because if you can't be honest with the person you're living with then you are just a fucking liar and you'll have to look at yourself in the mirror everyday and realize that you are a shitbag who can't be trusted. Someone trusts you with all her heart and would be CRUSHED if she found out that you were lying, and you're doing it. Just plain lame. If you want to fuck someone else, get divorced, breakup, whatever, but be honest about it. You don't want to have to look at yourself in the mirror and realize you're a lying dirtbag who can't be trusted.

10. Spend some time with your grandparents. They aren't going to be around forever and there's plenty of cool shit they can tell you about and teach you, and one day they're going to be dead and all that amazing information is going to die with them if you don't let them pass it on to you. Call one of them today.

The usefulness and quality of advice are things that are determined solely by the recipient. The best piece of advice in the world, unheeded, is worthless. So my last piece of advice to you is to condense this thread to a few sentences that will carry serious meaning to you, and (no shit) put one copy in your wallet, frame one and put it on your desk, and remind yourself who you want to be and what you have to do to get there by looking at it in writing. You're more likely to follow your own plan if you see it, have to face it daily, and allow it to reinforce itself through repetition.