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

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Hateful field
  10/22/15
close call but no. have done better personally/socially sin...
Wonderful Volcanic Crater
  10/22/15
Are you happy/fulfilled though?
Hateful field
  10/22/15
not really
Wonderful Volcanic Crater
  10/22/15
What do you do professionally that you're bummed about?
Avocado Pungent Twinkling Uncleanness Prole
  10/22/15
Similar, but a good part of this is due to my naive HS view ...
rebellious keepsake machete goyim
  10/22/15
Fundamentally, my issue is that I viewed success, happiness,...
Hateful field
  10/22/15
I don't know. I think so, I've done better in law than I wo...
drunken umber legend jew
  10/22/15
My HS self would view my job harshly and think of me as a se...
medicated legal warrant
  10/22/15
My high school self would be impressed with my wife, and wou...
drunken umber legend jew
  10/22/15
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medicated legal warrant
  10/22/15
My high school self would also be impressed with the amount ...
cerebral indian lodge
  10/22/15
this
house-broken corner
  10/22/15
HS self would not understand - if you explained it a thousan...
drunken umber legend jew
  10/22/15
My high school self would be disgusted to learn that msrp fo...
cerebral indian lodge
  10/22/15
no. he would 100% killself if he didn't believe I would be 1...
Saffron Menage Toaster
  10/22/15
LOL NO even my UG self would be totally ashamed of myself
Provocative forum
  10/22/15
Yes. I was lucky to start out with low expectations.
Snowy thriller trailer park
  10/22/15
"how's the camp?" 'camp?' "you went to ...
Chest-beating site
  10/22/15
I think he would be initially non-plussed but if we sat down...
Lilac 180 theater stage cuckoldry
  10/22/15
in some ways, but overall no.
low-t iridescent native
  10/22/15
I'll answer my own question. HS self would be proud to know...
Hateful field
  10/22/15
My HS self would have had a hard time, looking at the sacrif...
drunken umber legend jew
  10/22/15
CR
Hateful field
  10/22/15
No
learning disabled appetizing associate
  10/22/15
Please elaborate.
Hateful field
  10/22/15
Pick any reasonably normal measure of success (money, sex, l...
learning disabled appetizing associate
  10/23/15
he'd probably say "eh, well, OK."
supple milky crackhouse
  10/22/15
Be all like "YNY OFS!"
anal scourge upon the earth dilemma
  10/22/15
No, which is funny because I'm not particularly ashamed of w...
lake exciting principal's office
  10/22/15
my high school self thought one of my teachers making $70k w...
Sooty stag film headpube
  10/22/15
As my like 15/16 year old high school self I would be disgus...
Avocado Pungent Twinkling Uncleanness Prole
  10/22/15
myself as a 9th grader didn't think much beyond just going t...
opaque disgusting lodge
  10/22/15
I think he'd be OK with it. If I got 60 seconds to explain ...
cerebral indian lodge
  10/22/15
so no?
Sooty stag film headpube
  10/22/15
Yeah, "proud" is probably too much. He'd be somew...
cerebral indian lodge
  10/22/15
ljl no. my high school self would call me a fucking sellout...
internet-worthy slap-happy station trust fund
  10/22/15
Your high school self seems like a dood who knows how to get...
Hateful field
  10/22/15
Absolutely not
Racy Wine Step-uncle's House
  10/22/15
Por que?
Hateful field
  10/22/15
lol fuck no. i had ambition but not targeted towards anythin...
fuchsia aromatic nursing home
  10/22/15
would be impressed with wife and hot girls I do nasty shit w...
Gold soul-stirring public bath
  10/22/15
doubt it. but i am certainly ashamed of that guy
Bipolar Laser Beams
  10/22/15
I hear you brother.
Hateful field
  10/22/15
...
Avocado Pungent Twinkling Uncleanness Prole
  10/22/15
Sure, hitting a world series home run and graduating form a ...
dun french chef
  10/22/15
he would be shocked that instead of becoming a scientist or ...
Primrose passionate organic girlfriend bawdyhouse
  10/22/15
Yes, but that says more about how lame I was in high school ...
fantasy-prone heady rehab coldplay fan
  10/22/15
bro, what the hell happened to your moniker, this is disappo...
Primrose passionate organic girlfriend bawdyhouse
  10/22/15
Was in an anti-boomer rage the other day
fantasy-prone heady rehab coldplay fan
  10/22/15
Yes but for all of the wrong reasons.
Bright Karate Area
  10/22/15
My HS would be absolutely astounded I managed to claw my way...
Mustard national
  10/22/15
...
Avocado Pungent Twinkling Uncleanness Prole
  10/22/15
I was a druggie idiot in high school so yes
underhanded swashbuckling abode deer antler
  10/22/15
Yea, would be impressed that I moved out of ARE country and ...
odious autistic background story
  10/22/15
lmao. i'm fucking pathetic and my HS self would know that.
Fragrant school
  10/22/15
he would think i am the second coming of JBD, which i am, of...
Comical Maize University
  10/22/15
Educationally, yes. Professionally, probably. Number o...
Violent Razzle-dazzle Community Account
  10/22/15
he'd enjoy talking to me but he'd be shaken up, no doubt.
arousing center ape
  10/23/15
Interesting question. I don't think he'd be proud insomuc...
sepia stead place of business
  10/23/15
Probably not, my high school self thought it would be awesom...
awkward striped hyena
  10/23/15
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deep pearly wagecucks
  10/23/15


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Date: October 22nd, 2015 12:58 PM
Author: Hateful field



(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: Wonderful Volcanic Crater

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: Hateful field

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: Wonderful Volcanic Crater

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: Avocado Pungent Twinkling Uncleanness Prole

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: rebellious keepsake machete goyim

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: Hateful field

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: drunken umber legend jew

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: medicated legal warrant

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: drunken umber legend jew

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: medicated legal warrant



(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: cerebral indian 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: house-broken corner

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: drunken umber legend jew

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: cerebral indian 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: Saffron Menage Toaster

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: Provocative forum

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: Snowy thriller trailer park

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: Chest-beating site

"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: Lilac 180 theater stage cuckoldry

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: low-t iridescent native

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: Hateful field

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: drunken umber legend jew

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: Hateful field

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: learning disabled appetizing associate

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: Hateful field

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: learning disabled appetizing associate

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: supple milky crackhouse

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: anal scourge upon the earth dilemma

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: lake exciting principal's office

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: Sooty stag film headpube

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: Avocado Pungent Twinkling Uncleanness Prole

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: opaque disgusting lodge

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: cerebral indian 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: Sooty stag film headpube

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: cerebral indian 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: internet-worthy slap-happy station trust fund

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: Hateful field

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: Racy Wine Step-uncle's House

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: Hateful field

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: fuchsia aromatic nursing home

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: Gold soul-stirring public bath

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: Bipolar Laser Beams

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: Hateful field

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: Avocado Pungent Twinkling Uncleanness Prole



(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: dun french chef

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: Primrose passionate organic girlfriend bawdyhouse

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: fantasy-prone heady rehab coldplay fan

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: Primrose passionate organic girlfriend bawdyhouse

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: fantasy-prone heady rehab coldplay fan

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: Bright Karate Area

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: Mustard national

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: Avocado Pungent Twinkling Uncleanness Prole



(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: underhanded swashbuckling abode deer antler

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: odious autistic background story

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: Fragrant school

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: Comical Maize University

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: Violent Razzle-dazzle Community Account

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: arousing center ape

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: sepia stead place of business

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: awkward striped hyena

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: deep pearly wagecucks



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