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Would your high school self be proud of who you are today?

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Onyx histrionic lay feces
  10/22/15
close call but no. have done better personally/socially sin...
cyan senate scourge upon the earth
  10/22/15
Are you happy/fulfilled though?
Onyx histrionic lay feces
  10/22/15
not really
cyan senate scourge upon the earth
  10/22/15
What do you do professionally that you're bummed about?
Transparent whorehouse
  10/22/15
Similar, but a good part of this is due to my naive HS view ...
Self-absorbed Pearly Theater Stage
  10/22/15
Fundamentally, my issue is that I viewed success, happiness,...
Onyx histrionic lay feces
  10/22/15
I don't know. I think so, I've done better in law than I wo...
sick claret messiness
  10/22/15
My HS self would view my job harshly and think of me as a se...
Deranged hell
  10/22/15
My high school self would be impressed with my wife, and wou...
sick claret messiness
  10/22/15
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Deranged hell
  10/22/15
My high school self would also be impressed with the amount ...
Thriller lodge
  10/22/15
this
White pea-brained pervert
  10/22/15
HS self would not understand - if you explained it a thousan...
sick claret messiness
  10/22/15
My high school self would be disgusted to learn that msrp fo...
Thriller lodge
  10/22/15
no. he would 100% killself if he didn't believe I would be 1...
aromatic sticky stage codepig
  10/22/15
LOL NO even my UG self would be totally ashamed of myself
Very Tactful Useless Brakes
  10/22/15
Yes. I was lucky to start out with low expectations.
Angry orange heaven cuck
  10/22/15
"how's the camp?" 'camp?' "you went to ...
Electric bawdyhouse blood rage
  10/22/15
I think he would be initially non-plussed but if we sat down...
zombie-like slimy kitchen half-breed
  10/22/15
in some ways, but overall no.
Mind-boggling Hominid Field
  10/22/15
I'll answer my own question. HS self would be proud to know...
Onyx histrionic lay feces
  10/22/15
My HS self would have had a hard time, looking at the sacrif...
sick claret messiness
  10/22/15
CR
Onyx histrionic lay feces
  10/22/15
No
Concupiscible Deep Locus Jap
  10/22/15
Please elaborate.
Onyx histrionic lay feces
  10/22/15
Pick any reasonably normal measure of success (money, sex, l...
Concupiscible Deep Locus Jap
  10/23/15
he'd probably say "eh, well, OK."
Spectacular Grizzly Site
  10/22/15
Be all like "YNY OFS!"
curious psychic
  10/22/15
No, which is funny because I'm not particularly ashamed of w...
Jade Medicated Immigrant
  10/22/15
my high school self thought one of my teachers making $70k w...
Cracking Nudist Location
  10/22/15
As my like 15/16 year old high school self I would be disgus...
Transparent whorehouse
  10/22/15
myself as a 9th grader didn't think much beyond just going t...
Bonkers multi-colored property
  10/22/15
I think he'd be OK with it. If I got 60 seconds to explain ...
Thriller lodge
  10/22/15
so no?
Cracking Nudist Location
  10/22/15
Yeah, "proud" is probably too much. He'd be somew...
Thriller lodge
  10/22/15
ljl no. my high school self would call me a fucking sellout...
racy address wagecucks
  10/22/15
Your high school self seems like a dood who knows how to get...
Onyx histrionic lay feces
  10/22/15
Absolutely not
cocky red round eye
  10/22/15
Por que?
Onyx histrionic lay feces
  10/22/15
lol fuck no. i had ambition but not targeted towards anythin...
sooty domesticated center mad cow disease
  10/22/15
would be impressed with wife and hot girls I do nasty shit w...
motley saffron station
  10/22/15
doubt it. but i am certainly ashamed of that guy
coiffed office
  10/22/15
I hear you brother.
Onyx histrionic lay feces
  10/22/15
...
Transparent whorehouse
  10/22/15
Sure, hitting a world series home run and graduating form a ...
Exciting Temple Nibblets
  10/22/15
he would be shocked that instead of becoming a scientist or ...
180 dysfunction regret
  10/22/15
Yes, but that says more about how lame I was in high school ...
Blue beady-eyed market
  10/22/15
bro, what the hell happened to your moniker, this is disappo...
180 dysfunction regret
  10/22/15
Was in an anti-boomer rage the other day
Blue beady-eyed market
  10/22/15
Yes but for all of the wrong reasons.
amber anal indian lodge
  10/22/15
My HS would be absolutely astounded I managed to claw my way...
learning disabled cheese-eating internal respiration
  10/22/15
...
Transparent whorehouse
  10/22/15
I was a druggie idiot in high school so yes
aphrodisiac school cafeteria partner
  10/22/15
Yea, would be impressed that I moved out of ARE country and ...
Mauve abode mexican
  10/22/15
lmao. i'm fucking pathetic and my HS self would know that.
Vivacious toilet seat
  10/22/15
he would think i am the second coming of JBD, which i am, of...
fragrant underhanded gaping
  10/22/15
Educationally, yes. Professionally, probably. Number o...
Vigorous church
  10/22/15
he'd enjoy talking to me but he'd be shaken up, no doubt.
useless razzle-dazzle rehab
  10/23/15
Interesting question. I don't think he'd be proud insomuc...
Stirring native
  10/23/15
Probably not, my high school self thought it would be awesom...
dull mediation
  10/23/15
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Hairraiser space degenerate
  10/23/15


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Date: October 22nd, 2015 12:58 PM
Author: Onyx histrionic lay feces



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021716)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 12:59 PM
Author: cyan senate scourge upon the earth

close call but no. have done better personally/socially since HS but fallen short professionally.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021721)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:11 PM
Author: Onyx histrionic lay feces

Are you happy/fulfilled though?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021788)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:37 PM
Author: cyan senate scourge upon the earth

not really

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021970)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:54 PM
Author: Transparent whorehouse

What do you do professionally that you're bummed about?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022083)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:52 PM
Author: Self-absorbed Pearly Theater Stage

Similar, but a good part of this is due to my naive HS view of how easy it is to maek it and live a balling lifestyle

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022065)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:20 PM
Author: Onyx histrionic lay feces

Fundamentally, my issue is that I viewed success, happiness, and money, etc as fungible goals when in reality, some are means whereas others should be ends. I'm not confused now but it's challenging to walk it back given life's constraints.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022237)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 12:59 PM
Author: sick claret messiness

I don't know. I think so, I've done better in law than I would have imagined as a 16 year old, but at 16 I would have never dreamed that I'd be an attorney, if that makes sense. This was not what I wanted to do when I was younger.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021723)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:00 PM
Author: Deranged hell

My HS self would view my job harshly and think of me as a sell out.

However, he wouldn't be able to focus on that because he would see the chick I am currently banging and he would forget everything else and agree that I had indeed MADE IT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021726)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:03 PM
Author: sick claret messiness

My high school self would be impressed with my wife, and would be impressed with the sick amount of beer I drink.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021744)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:10 PM
Author: Deranged hell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021784)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:02 PM
Author: Thriller lodge

My high school self would also be impressed with the amount of money I make and confused about why I don't have nicer clothes or drive a better car.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022136)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:36 PM
Author: White pea-brained pervert

this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022323)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 4:31 PM
Author: sick claret messiness

HS self would not understand - if you explained it a thousand times - how this much gross income turns into that much money in your pocket.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29023040)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:21 PM
Author: Thriller lodge

My high school self would be disgusted to learn that msrp for a civic or corolla is almost 20k and that a Camry or Accord is over 20k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024064)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:00 PM
Author: aromatic sticky stage codepig

no. he would 100% killself if he didn't believe I would be 100x better than I am right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021731)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:01 PM
Author: Very Tactful Useless Brakes

LOL NO

even my UG self would be totally ashamed of myself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021734)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:02 PM
Author: Angry orange heaven cuck

Yes. I was lucky to start out with low expectations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021741)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:04 PM
Author: Electric bawdyhouse blood rage

"how's the camp?"

'camp?'

"you went to college to do environmental science and be a park ranger, how'd it go? you should be a head ranger somewhere now. how is it?"

'i'm a lawyer'

"DAFUCKYOUDOING?!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021752)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:07 PM
Author: zombie-like slimy kitchen half-breed

I think he would be initially non-plussed but if we sat down and talked for a while about my life he would think it is pretty cool.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021762)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:09 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Hominid Field

in some ways, but overall no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021776)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:13 PM
Author: Onyx histrionic lay feces

I'll answer my own question. HS self would be proud to know how far I've "made it" but will be sad to learn that I'm fking miserable and actually feel like a failure because of the sacrifices I had to make to get here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021808)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:35 PM
Author: sick claret messiness

My HS self would have had a hard time, looking at the sacrifices, thinking that it was worth it. And when I say my HS self, I really mean right now self.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021955)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:15 PM
Author: Onyx histrionic lay feces

CR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022205)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:14 PM
Author: Concupiscible Deep Locus Jap

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021815)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:14 PM
Author: Onyx histrionic lay feces

Please elaborate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021817)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 2:18 AM
Author: Concupiscible Deep Locus Jap

Pick any reasonably normal measure of success (money, sex, love, family, friends, happiness, etc.). HS me would have expected more.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29026813)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:37 PM
Author: Spectacular Grizzly Site

he'd probably say "eh, well, OK."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021964)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:40 PM
Author: curious psychic

Be all like "YNY OFS!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021984)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:41 PM
Author: Jade Medicated Immigrant

No, which is funny because I'm not particularly ashamed of where I am. It's mostly that HS me was substantially more obsessed with preftige and money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29021991)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:53 PM
Author: Cracking Nudist Location

my high school self thought one of my teachers making $70k was making bank, so probably

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022071)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:55 PM
Author: Transparent whorehouse

As my like 15/16 year old high school self I would be disgusted. From then on I'd just be ambivalent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022086)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 1:55 PM
Author: Bonkers multi-colored property

myself as a 9th grader didn't think much beyond just going to college somewhere so yes

junior/senior definitely not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022090)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:01 PM
Author: Thriller lodge

I think he'd be OK with it. If I got 60 seconds to explain I could convince him that this is far better than other very likely alternatives. He'd get the decision to go to law school, though my current self would mainly serve as an illustration of why it was the fundamental error. But e.g. if he saw me back in years 2-3 of biglaw or my two years immediately post biglaw he'd probably killself on the spot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022130)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:15 PM
Author: Cracking Nudist Location

so no?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022208)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:30 PM
Author: Thriller lodge

Yeah, "proud" is probably too much. He'd be somewhat relieved and something better than ashamed or disappointed--more like vaguely content with the outcome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022299)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:21 PM
Author: racy address wagecucks

ljl no. my high school self would call me a fucking sellout corporate piece of trash and then pay off some apes to beat the shit out of me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022244)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:22 PM
Author: Onyx histrionic lay feces

Your high school self seems like a dood who knows how to get things done...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022250)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:24 PM
Author: cocky red round eye

Absolutely not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022259)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:27 PM
Author: Onyx histrionic lay feces

Por que?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022274)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 2:37 PM
Author: sooty domesticated center mad cow disease

lol fuck no. i had ambition but not targeted towards anything so i got lost.

i'm also uptight and humorless today which would come as a major disappointment to HS me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022329)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:14 PM
Author: motley saffron station

would be impressed with wife and hot girls I do nasty shit with but would be confused why i'm so miserable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022546)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:16 PM
Author: coiffed office

doubt it. but i am certainly ashamed of that guy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022556)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 4:46 PM
Author: Onyx histrionic lay feces

I hear you brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29023125)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:31 PM
Author: Transparent whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022644)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:39 PM
Author: Exciting Temple Nibblets

Sure, hitting a world series home run and graduating form a T14 law school looks great to an 18 year old kid. But now I laugh.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022688)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 3:44 PM
Author: 180 dysfunction regret

he would be shocked that instead of becoming a scientist or engineer, I entered a "profession" that requires no particular talent or education (well, there are hoops you have to jump through, but you hardly learn anything useful)

then I would have to explain to him that college-level STEM involves a process known as "weeding out." lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29022726)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:22 PM
Author: Blue beady-eyed market

Yes, but that says more about how lame I was in high school than anything else

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024071)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:24 PM
Author: 180 dysfunction regret

bro, what the hell happened to your moniker, this is disappointing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024079)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:25 PM
Author: Blue beady-eyed market

Was in an anti-boomer rage the other day



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024087)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:23 PM
Author: amber anal indian lodge

Yes but for all of the wrong reasons.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024076)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:27 PM
Author: learning disabled cheese-eating internal respiration

My HS would be absolutely astounded I managed to claw my way out of the hole I created for myself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024096)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:29 PM
Author: Transparent whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024105)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 7:27 PM
Author: aphrodisiac school cafeteria partner

I was a druggie idiot in high school so yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024098)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 8:00 PM
Author: Mauve abode mexican

Yea, would be impressed that I moved out of ARE country and make six figures. Would think my number made me some huge player. Would think how our family turned out kind of sucks though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024308)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 8:01 PM
Author: Vivacious toilet seat

lmao. i'm fucking pathetic and my HS self would know that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29024320)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 9:38 PM
Author: fragrant underhanded gaping

he would think i am the second coming of JBD, which i am, of course.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29025098)



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Date: October 22nd, 2015 11:26 PM
Author: Vigorous church

Educationally, yes.

Professionally, probably.

Number of chicks I have fucked, probably.

Friends, yes.

Living in ARE Country, probably a little disappointed.

GF, probably ok with it.

Family relationships, yes.

Different kinds of drugs I have done, disappointed. I was really interested in weird psychedelics in high school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29025894)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 1:57 AM
Author: useless razzle-dazzle rehab

he'd enjoy talking to me but he'd be shaken up, no doubt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29026788)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 2:12 AM
Author: Stirring native

Interesting question.

I don't think he'd be proud insomuch as satisfied. I remember thinking back then that I'd have to work hard IRL post college and if I did things would be fine, and yep, that's what happened.

What's more interesting to me is observing who else from my class flamed out or did much better than expected. Lesson learned, don't make too many assumptions in high school.

The one thing I didn't fully understand in high school was how much weight you carry in adulthood. Responsibilities, family, career, they all take their toll. Bitching about studying for exams is nothing in comparison.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29026806)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 3:08 AM
Author: dull mediation

Probably not, my high school self thought it would be awesome to travel the world as a freelance photographer or international flight attendant. I had the aspirations of an 11 year old

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29026868)



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Date: October 23rd, 2015 9:08 AM
Author: Hairraiser space degenerate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3024137&forum_id=2#29027323)