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

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Puce heaven
  10/22/15
close call but no. have done better personally/socially sin...
flushed theatre
  10/22/15
Are you happy/fulfilled though?
Puce heaven
  10/22/15
not really
flushed theatre
  10/22/15
What do you do professionally that you're bummed about?
thriller salmon idea he suggested
  10/22/15
Similar, but a good part of this is due to my naive HS view ...
beta new version
  10/22/15
Fundamentally, my issue is that I viewed success, happiness,...
Puce heaven
  10/22/15
I don't know. I think so, I've done better in law than I wo...
razzle-dazzle center volcanic crater
  10/22/15
My HS self would view my job harshly and think of me as a se...
Cerebral spot filthpig
  10/22/15
My high school self would be impressed with my wife, and wou...
razzle-dazzle center volcanic crater
  10/22/15
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Cerebral spot filthpig
  10/22/15
My high school self would also be impressed with the amount ...
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  10/22/15
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HS self would not understand - if you explained it a thousan...
razzle-dazzle center volcanic crater
  10/22/15
My high school self would be disgusted to learn that msrp fo...
provocative black woman parlor
  10/22/15
no. he would 100% killself if he didn't believe I would be 1...
aromatic maniacal locale
  10/22/15
LOL NO even my UG self would be totally ashamed of myself
irradiated sanctuary sandwich
  10/22/15
Yes. I was lucky to start out with low expectations.
Umber rebellious mother
  10/22/15
"how's the camp?" 'camp?' "you went to ...
flatulent area
  10/22/15
I think he would be initially non-plussed but if we sat down...
pearly stage gunner
  10/22/15
in some ways, but overall no.
Bateful green dragon pit
  10/22/15
I'll answer my own question. HS self would be proud to know...
Puce heaven
  10/22/15
My HS self would have had a hard time, looking at the sacrif...
razzle-dazzle center volcanic crater
  10/22/15
CR
Puce heaven
  10/22/15
No
black sickened abode jewess
  10/22/15
Please elaborate.
Puce heaven
  10/22/15
Pick any reasonably normal measure of success (money, sex, l...
black sickened abode jewess
  10/23/15
he'd probably say "eh, well, OK."
Concupiscible aquamarine den
  10/22/15
Be all like "YNY OFS!"
Plum free-loading university
  10/22/15
No, which is funny because I'm not particularly ashamed of w...
histrionic fishy institution
  10/22/15
my high school self thought one of my teachers making $70k w...
Outnumbered Theater Patrolman
  10/22/15
As my like 15/16 year old high school self I would be disgus...
thriller salmon idea he suggested
  10/22/15
myself as a 9th grader didn't think much beyond just going t...
Wild lime field ladyboy
  10/22/15
I think he'd be OK with it. If I got 60 seconds to explain ...
provocative black woman parlor
  10/22/15
so no?
Outnumbered Theater Patrolman
  10/22/15
Yeah, "proud" is probably too much. He'd be somew...
provocative black woman parlor
  10/22/15
ljl no. my high school self would call me a fucking sellout...
Hairraiser multi-billionaire
  10/22/15
Your high school self seems like a dood who knows how to get...
Puce heaven
  10/22/15
Absolutely not
coiffed vivacious private investor set
  10/22/15
Por que?
Puce heaven
  10/22/15
lol fuck no. i had ambition but not targeted towards anythin...
Burgundy stock car
  10/22/15
would be impressed with wife and hot girls I do nasty shit w...
Primrose persian toaster
  10/22/15
doubt it. but i am certainly ashamed of that guy
mint nursing home feces
  10/22/15
I hear you brother.
Puce heaven
  10/22/15
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thriller salmon idea he suggested
  10/22/15
Sure, hitting a world series home run and graduating form a ...
wonderful splenetic halford
  10/22/15
he would be shocked that instead of becoming a scientist or ...
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  10/22/15
Yes, but that says more about how lame I was in high school ...
Razzmatazz purple gas station liquid oxygen
  10/22/15
bro, what the hell happened to your moniker, this is disappo...
Swashbuckling gay whorehouse cuckold
  10/22/15
Was in an anti-boomer rage the other day
Razzmatazz purple gas station liquid oxygen
  10/22/15
Yes but for all of the wrong reasons.
demanding striped hyena legend
  10/22/15
My HS would be absolutely astounded I managed to claw my way...
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  10/22/15
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thriller salmon idea he suggested
  10/22/15
I was a druggie idiot in high school so yes
Adventurous sienna bawdyhouse ratface
  10/22/15
Yea, would be impressed that I moved out of ARE country and ...
Fighting location international law enforcement agency
  10/22/15
lmao. i'm fucking pathetic and my HS self would know that.
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  10/22/15
he would think i am the second coming of JBD, which i am, of...
clear slimy rehab potus
  10/22/15
Educationally, yes. Professionally, probably. Number o...
Beady-eyed magical blood rage lettuce
  10/22/15
he'd enjoy talking to me but he'd be shaken up, no doubt.
Aphrodisiac Stag Film
  10/23/15
Interesting question. I don't think he'd be proud insomuc...
lascivious dun organic girlfriend
  10/23/15
Probably not, my high school self thought it would be awesom...
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  10/23/15
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  10/23/15


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Date: October 22nd, 2015 12:58 PM
Author: Puce heaven



(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: flushed theatre

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: Puce heaven

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: flushed theatre

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: thriller salmon idea he suggested

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: beta new version

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: Puce heaven

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: razzle-dazzle center volcanic crater

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: Cerebral spot filthpig

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: razzle-dazzle center volcanic crater

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: Cerebral spot filthpig



(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: provocative black woman parlor

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: azure church building water buffalo

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: razzle-dazzle center volcanic crater

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: provocative black woman parlor

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 maniacal locale

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: irradiated sanctuary sandwich

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: Umber rebellious mother

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: flatulent area

"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: pearly stage gunner

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: Bateful green dragon pit

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: Puce heaven

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: razzle-dazzle center volcanic crater

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: Puce heaven

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: black sickened abode jewess

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: Puce heaven

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: black sickened abode jewess

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: Concupiscible aquamarine den

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: Plum free-loading university

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: histrionic fishy institution

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: Outnumbered Theater Patrolman

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: thriller salmon idea he suggested

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: Wild lime field ladyboy

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: provocative black woman parlor

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: Outnumbered Theater Patrolman

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: provocative black woman parlor

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: Hairraiser multi-billionaire

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: Puce heaven

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: coiffed vivacious private investor set

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: Puce heaven

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: Burgundy stock car

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: Primrose persian toaster

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: mint nursing home feces

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: Puce heaven

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: thriller salmon idea he suggested



(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: wonderful splenetic halford

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: Swashbuckling gay whorehouse cuckold

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: Razzmatazz purple gas station liquid oxygen

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: Swashbuckling gay whorehouse cuckold

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: Razzmatazz purple gas station liquid oxygen

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: demanding striped hyena legend

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: charismatic navy legal warrant ticket booth

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: thriller salmon idea he suggested



(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: Adventurous sienna bawdyhouse ratface

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: Fighting location international law enforcement agency

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: zombie-like violent theater stage foreskin

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: clear slimy rehab potus

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: Beady-eyed magical blood rage lettuce

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: Aphrodisiac Stag Film

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: lascivious dun organic girlfriend

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: motley topaz boistinker meetinghouse

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: Electric kitchen circlehead



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