“I’ve fucked up and fixed more things than you’ve even started”
Experience by any other name.
i mean two things can be true
they aren’t in this case [i ain’t smart] but they could be
Good judgement comes from experience.
Experience comes from poor judgement.
This is why kids should listen to old people. Sometimes they know a thing or two. I’m not saying they’re always right, of course not, but if what they say makes sense, and you hadn’t thought about it that way before, then maybe they have a point.
I say this while remembering that I didn’t listen to old people and have no expectation that kids will listen to me. But, also while remembering that my dad was, indeed, right about a few things.
I’m 42. Back when I was a kid, I noticed certain trends. Old people would tell me “Don’t take up smoking…” I’d notice they seemingly HATED smoking. Hated paying for cigarettes. Their lungs were seemingly nonfunctional with how hard they coughed at a moments notice for no reason. I saw no benefits, and everyone smoked when I was a kid. They all hated it, and they all said not to start.
I figured there must be some wisdom to those words, and now as an adult, I’ve never been addicted to smoking. I’m better off for it.
When I was a kid, all my dads friends told me not to start drinking. When I looked at their lives, I saw a bunch of sad pathetic losers, whose wives seemed to despise them. Their kids didn’t respect them. They seemingly had no control over their own lives with how much they drank. One of them was so drunk that he pissed his pants, sitting on his couch, and he didn’t even know he was doing it. Many of them said “Don’t start drinking.” And looking at these losers I figured there must be something to it, if being an alcoholic leads you to this.
And throughout all my life, extremely elderly people will have a random various health issue. And while suffering through whatever that health issue is, I’ll be told by an elderly person “Don’t get old.”
I’m unclear what to do with this information. Are they suggesting suicide? Am I reading the situation correctly, or is there a fountain of youth I’m unaware of?
I’m unclear what to do with this information. Are they suggesting suicide?
I’m a bit younger than you, but I’ve always taken that as a tongue on cheek comment that really doesn’t have anything behind it other than bitterness at what their bodies/minds became. Usually from neglecting them and ignoring problems until they couldn’t be ignored any more.
No, those fuckers are just regretting how little they smoked and drank.
An addage I live by: An expert is someone who has already made every mistake in an area.
Yeah. Experience is that thing that lets you recognize a mistake when you’re about to make it again.
Pain solidifies memory.
“Hmm, maybe I should try… OH! NO! Wait, not that!”
I seem to be the opposite.
poke OW!!!
Ok, I just gotta poke here, and…OW!!! Oh, right. I forgot about that.
Ok, just one last adjustment, and… poke OW!!! Oh that’s still a thing. Right.
Every rule in every military across the world is because someone did it, and there are some really dumb rules written down. Stuff like don’t store lead acid batteries upside down.
OSHA regulations are written in blood (and military regs, for the same reason)
Edit to add: “And it starts when you begin to think of people as things.” (Granny Weatherwax, Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett
Do not make the mistake of thinking that a credit card means you have money. Credit cards mean you do not have money, and you’re about to have even less.
credit cards mean you have access to money that is not yours. you may spend it, but if you don’t pay it back immediately it will hurt.
Credit cards mean you do not have money, and you’re about to have even less.
Maybe, if you’re bad with money. Treat the card as you would your debit card, and only spend what you know you have, and you’ll be perfectly fine.
I’ve used a credit card for the vast majority of my purchases over the last 10-15 years, and money isn’t a problem in the way you’re implying. But I might also be a unicorn and I pay my card off multiple times a month, and have paid MAYBE 3 months of interest in that time.
My credit card is why I have a stellar credit score and was able to pull myself out of the poverty hole that I was born into. And I know for a fact that I gotten more from rewards than I ever paid in interest, so I’ve made money putting purchases on it.
I find it hard to wrap my head around the fact that people do not understand this. Like, why would you ever think that you have more money than the amount deposited in your account?! I am guessing it is regional — restricted to places with poor financial hygiene/literacy due to whatever reasons.
(Despite the em-dash, I am not an AI. Two plus two is four Minus one, that’s three.)
I love the concept of having negative money in a bank account. When I was younger, dumber, and poorer, I’d look at my bank account and think, “Man, all I need is another $220. Then I’ll finally be flat-out broke.”
