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Topic: What sage advice would you give to someone younger than you? :)
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Venus
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posted June 11, 2012 01:42 AM
  
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Originally posted by carl:
No offense, but no. So cliche but honestly, humans are visual creatures (not just humans either) and outer apperearance counts for something and sometimes quite a bit.But no, in a second way too, as beauty is in the beholder and some people choose to focus on external (according to how their eye choose to see beauty). Beauty is subjective and some choose to only focus on outer beauty and it does not make them wrong or right persay. Yes, someone who is beautiful outside and rotten inside too, sucks. But, outer beauty can not be ignored or played down as an important overall factor, especially from an evolutionary perspective.
Sorry man but you're wrong. physical beauty and inner beauty are not independent of each other, haven’t you ever thought a person was unattractive the first time you met them and then a while later after you get to know them you find them quite endearing?? i actually fell for a person i thought at first sight was definitely "not my type".. physical beauty is not merely a list of physical traits of which you either have or don’t have, beauty is what you sense when you look at someone/something/somewhere and if that person is void of the true "content" of a beautiful soul than honestly you won’t perceive them as beautiful for too long..
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Mysticknowflake
Moderator Posts: 751
From: PA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted June 11, 2012 02:14 AM
Never Regret ANYTHING! IP: Logged |
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Knowflake Posts: 7158
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posted June 11, 2012 12:24 PM
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Originally posted by Mysticknowflake:
Never Regret ANYTHING!
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Knowflake Posts: 7158
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posted June 11, 2012 12:25 PM
"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do."
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AcousticGod
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 11, 2012 01:48 PM
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More and more....i realize how grateful I am...to have not grown up a rich kid.
 Regarding Carl's post about looks, it's not really that easy. The one pervasive thing about looks is that they're only marginally under your control. If you look good, it's a matter of genetics, which you didn't choose. That said, sure you want to be attracted to the one you're with, but when the looks go, you've got to have someone you enjoy hanging out with. Attractive young women aren't likely to always be after you. At some point you have to reconcile attitudes about looks with the values you have about people. IP: Logged |
Hera
Moderator Posts: 4502
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Registered: Sep 2010
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posted June 11, 2012 03:45 PM
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mirage29
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Registered: May 2012
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posted June 11, 2012 04:10 PM
from song, Carole King lyrics "Beautiful"...'You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart. Then people gonna treat you better, you're gonna find (yes you will) that you're beautiful as you feel.'
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from Disney Movie (2002) "The Country Bears"... 'You can be different but STILL fit in'
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from animated movie (1998) "Mulan"... 'A flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest flower of all.' 'Be true to your Heart and you have all you need to make it through.' --------
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Country_Bears
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Aquacheeka
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From: Toronto
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted June 11, 2012 05:27 PM
Don't worry, it gets better.IP: Logged |
Mblake81
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posted June 11, 2012 06:20 PM
Find a place you can be alone, stay there.IP: Logged |
PixieJane
Knowflake Posts: 1069
From: CA
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted June 11, 2012 06:58 PM
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Originally posted by Mysticknowflake:
Never Regret ANYTHING!
Could you give some examples of what you mean, please? Like many teens, my imagination is very dark and I'm sure what I imagined "not regretting" wasn't what you had in mind.  IP: Logged |
PixieJane
Knowflake Posts: 1069
From: CA
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted June 11, 2012 07:03 PM
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Originally posted by Aquacheeka:
Don't worry, it gets better.
This. If I'd believed that my adult life was going to get worse then I would have killed myself, literally. I did very strongly consider suicide when I was 16 but what stayed my hand is that I'd be 18 in less than 2 years and then I'd be free...and I was. Some of my most depressing dreams I've had as an adult are where I'm a kid again, and I'm glad the older I get the less I have those unpleasant dreams. Luckily I didn't have access to the internet back then. If I'd read a bunch of boomer drivel all too common on the web on how easy it is to be a kid and our life will come to suck so much worse after then I think I'd have made a very different decision about killing myself at 16. But I didn't, so I figured like would get better as an adult, and it did.  IP: Logged |
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Knowflake Posts: 7158
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posted June 11, 2012 11:00 PM
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Originally posted by Mblake81:
Find a place you can be alone, stay there.
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Knowflake Posts: 7158
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posted June 11, 2012 11:05 PM
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Originally posted by PixieJane:
This. If I'd believed that my adult life was going to get worse then I would have killed myself, literally. Luckily I didn't have access to the internet back then. If I'd read a bunch of boomer drivel all too common on the web on how easy it is to be a kid and our life will come to suck so much worse after then I think I'd have made a very different decision about killing myself at 16. But I didn't, so I figured like would get better as an adult, and it did.
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Delilah
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posted June 12, 2012 08:52 PM
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Originally posted by RunAroundScreaming:
Xodian. LOL!Delilah, what did you mean by the 10 years from now thing? Im confused. thanks
My friends at that time got into a lot of trouble with authority figures and some had children before and soon after graduation. If I had been allowed to do anything that I wanted who knows where I would be now, not that I wanted to do everything they did. I'm just really glad that I was able to have fun in college, wasn't restricted from leaving the state or country, or had children before I was emotionally capable to handle the responsibility. IP: Logged |
Desiring Shadows
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From: UNITED STATES, BABY
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted June 13, 2012 12:53 AM
Maaaaybe don't recommend that last one. lol.Found these on a website:
1.Never try to baptize a cat. 2.Never do pranks at a police station. 3.Beware of cafeteria food when it looks like it's moving. 4.Never tell your mom her diet's not working. 5.Never trust a dog to watch your food. IP: Logged |
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