Mine:
- Learn a second language and keep up with the language your parents speak. You will regret being a brat about not wanting to speak this language especially as your family members pass.
- The only opinions about you that really matter are from the people you respect and who respect you back
- Being a kind humble person, who leads their political convictions with curiosity and not self righteousness is important. As that one person said: “I am no hero and neither are you.”
- Don’t throw out your old media (mix cds, tapes, records, photos, zinee, etc) because you think they’re embarrassing. They either will not be embarrassing later or they will become expensive and you can tell them for mad bucks.
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Do more drugs. Have more sex. The world is going to burn anyways.
Take
Care
Of
Your
TEETH
This. So much this. The dental industry is a racket, costs way more than it has any right to, and it been separate from health insurance is a joke.
But, if your teeth are bad enough, they can kill you. So take care of them.
I’m struggling with my teeth every day.
Let me tell you about some fun I’ve had twice now:
Some of a tooth snaps off. You go to the dentist, “Yep, that needs to come out.” You schedule an appointment with a dental surgeon. On that day, what’s left of the tooth is torn out of your face, and a titanium drywall anchor dusted with cadaver bone is forced into the hole. You spend a couple months with a titanium cap sticking out of where your tooth used to be. Once it’s healed enough, you go back to the dentist and the titanium cap comes out and they bolt a fake tooth to the implanted anchor, which hurts a part of your body that has never felt sensation before so it feels like it’s 3 feet behind your head. And now one of your teeth is ceramic, weirdly numb, and food can get stuck under it.
Others in here have said “brush your teeth” but one of mine broke because resorption. The tooth hollowed itself out from the inside, for no apparent reason. So, don’t randomly lose the tooth lottery either.
It’s okay to acknowledge that some advice given to you by older folks of Lemmy is questionable and of limited value!
But then what if this the questionable advice? Now I’m stuck in a loop!
Try to create more and consume less. Volunteer in meat space.
I do not take my own advice.
dont get red pilled
So…get blue pilled?
Hell yeah, Valium rocks
Or neither. Just don’t play the game at all.
In this context “taking the red pill” would mean to accept all that alt right discourse; and “taking the blue pill” would be to keep yourself ignorant to it.
But both assume the alt right discourse is true and moral; it’s neither, it’s immorality built upon bullshit. The whole metaphor of “red pill, blue pill” is only there to distract you from the fact it’s selling you a false dichotomy backed up by irrationality.
In this context “taking the red pill” would mean to accept all that alt right discourse; and “taking the blue pill” would be to keep yourself ignorant to it.
How do you know that? There wasn’t any context given.
The alt right aren’t the only ones who use that terminology. You can get redpilled on all sorts of stuff. All it means is that you’ve woken up to the reality outside the mainstream, whatever you think that is. Walking outside of Plato’s cave and all that jazz. In the last few years I’ve been getting redpilled on socialism, for example.
In my opinion, the alt right didn’t just take the blue pill: they chugged the whole damn bottle.
I haven’t heard anyone use “being redpilled” in any context that wasn’t related to alt-right, racist or misogynistic ideologies and so I would be wary of anyone using that phrase in a positive context.
Do you even know what that reference is from? The alt right didn’t invent it.
Yeah I know what it references, but I’ve just never seen anyone talk about “getting redpilled” on anything good and I think if anyone tried to, I’d distrust them and avoid them.
How do you know that? There wasn’t any context given.
We’re in the internet. In the internet “taking the red pill” usually conveys “accepting that alt right discourse as true”. It’s conventionalised here. We’re also in a federation of social media sites where your typical user is left-wing, and talks a lot about politics, further reinforcing the above.
So yes, there is context. And all other interpretations of their utterance (like referring to some actual red pill but never mentioning which; or a referential joke, but not sharing the reference) sound silly in contrast.
[From your other comment] Do you even know what that reference is from? The alt right didn’t invent it.
Origin (Matrix) doesn’t dictate current meaning.
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Take care of your teeth. Floss daily.
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Strengthen your core. Lower back pain in your 30’s is a bitch.
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If you believe the current financial system will still exist in the next 30 years, start investing early. A little amount here and there builds up if you start early.
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Don’t eat yellow snow.
Always cut the cards and smile when you lose.
Wear sunscreen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI
Sunscreen has chemicals, so I only use it when swimming or at the beach.
I usually have thin long sleeves and a hat to protect from the sun.
Younger like age? Or younger like newer to the platform?
For the latter, it’s "this isn’t Instagram, be yourself and don’t worry about what others think. Also, hide vote weights and sort by new (at least in comments). Don’t let others sway your opinion of a post or comment. Make up your own mind. Lemmy doesn’t have a Karma system. Be conservative with your downvotes, but don’t be afraid to use them if someone is rude or off-topic. Be generous with upvotes, but also be willing to block on a moment’s notice — browse /all in the feed, see all the wacky new communities, and block the ones you have no interest in.
For age? Don’t stress what you don’t need to. I’m not religious, but you can use the serenity prayer (grant me the courage to accept what I can’t change and the wisdom to know the difference… there’s another part but you get the idea). Leave for work/school/appointments early and let the crazy people cut you off. Give them space. Remember that the morgue is full of people who had the right of way. Show respect and treat people decently until they show you otherwise. Don’t be afraid to love, your friends, a lover, a few lovers along the way, your family, let them all know you care. And work stops at the door. If you see your boss outside of work, they’re just another person. Don’t disrespect them, but also don’t kiss their ass. You might have to do that at work, but smile and use their first name. If they say something, remind them that we are not our jobs, we are individuals first. (Or maybe don’t see people outside of work you aren’t friendly with, since you do have to work with them. Know when to call situations like that.)
Those are all things I wished I have learnt when I was younger:
- Always ask yourself, “do I know this?”. If you don’t know, do not act as if you did.
- Keep the distinction between how things are and how things should be crystal clear. Wishful thinking only causes harm.
- Some people are best avoided. More on that later.
- You will fuck it up, because you’re only human. Be kind with yourself and learn with your own mistakes.
- Have moral principles and stick to them. They don’t need to be the same as mine, or of anyone else; but do have something to guide your actions and judgement.
On #3, I feel like it’s best to avoid people who:
- insist after you told them a clear “no”.
- keep fucking things up, and evoke in their own defence “but I thought that…” or “trust me” or “I had good intentions”.
- accuse you based on their assumptions. (You’re responsible for what you do/say; you are not responsible for shit the others make up based on what you did/said.)
- oversimplify complex matters.
Probably more. Point is, though, not everyone is a plus in your life.
Don’t work too hard, don’t worry about finding a job you love to do, love your life, be able do your work without it affecting you very much.
Don’t listen to any politician, they are all liars, even the one you think is different.
Meet your neighbors, join a local group of any kind, find community in real life and proximal to you, not just online.
Don’t listen to internet influences, they’re all out to harm you.
Do crazy shit in your 20’s. It’s harder to do crazy shit when you’re older.
crazy shit like what owo
Move around, date around, try new, weird things. Don’t settle down yet. You can do that in your 30’s, it’ll be fine.
Enjoy the nightlife, it’ll be harder to stay awake for it later, (though don’t fool yourself into thinking fun and nightlife ends when you’re 30)
Try different jobs, industries. Travel.
Meet your neighbors, join a local group of any kind, find community in real life and proximal to you, not just online.
To add to that (it’s great advice BTW): when shit hits the fan, neighbours are usually more helpful than far away relatives.
What you see, hear or read is not what people think.
Please stay in shape.
You don’t need to be a body builder, having a bit of a belly is fine, just make sure to stay somewhat active.
I am trying to get rid of 20 or so kilos, and at 38 it sure as fuck ain’t easy.
It would have been way better to simply not accumulate that weight in the first place.
