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04 November 2010

What would your 16-year-old self say to you?

post by: It's Raining Florence Henderson at: 15:13 | 37 comments

ouwe zak

posted by jouke 04 November | 15:19

I guess I put my answer in the wrong place.

posted by JanetLand 04 November | 15:22

I don't think one needs to know Dutch to guess at the portent of what jouke16 said to me.

posted by jouke 04 November | 15:24

"OMG at least take off your house slippers before you go out to check the mail, old man!"

posted by BoringPostcards 04 November | 15:27

IRFH16: Have we met somewhere before? You look kind of familiar. You wanna hit?

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 04 November | 15:34

You're still alive?

posted by doctor_negative 04 November | 15:36

OH MY GOD LOOK AT YOU, did you just give up or what?

... oh, happy, huh? What's that feel like?

posted by Elsa 04 November | 15:36

:( any thoughts about this are kinda a downer

lol I think my thoughts mirror what Elsa said in terms of my 16 year old self being surprised at my relative mediocrity while me telling my 16 year old self we chillin' out here, working, building, content

posted by Firas 04 November | 15:39

"Holy shit", exclaims 16 year old Deborah.

And then my 43 year old self would tell my 16 year old self that if I don't want to end up like this (indicates 43 year old self) she better shut the fuck up and listen and do as I say.

posted by deborah 04 November | 15:48

*snort* You're still a loser. What, did you think you would actually change or something like that?!

posted by Melismata 04 November | 15:49

Don't miss me.

posted by Hugh Janus 04 November | 15:57

I can't believe you smoke!

You're really a Liberal?

You still look good in leggings. I'm glad they never went out of style. But where are your leg warmers?

posted by rainbaby 04 November | 16:08

Nice record collection.

posted by filthy light thief 04 November | 16:20

Far out!

posted by Obscure Reference 04 November | 16:47

wow... it really doesn't get better, does it?

posted by DarkForest 04 November | 17:22

IRFH!!! YAYYYYY!!! Have missed you.

Also, to answer the question:
1. Finally we figured out a solution for the impossible curly hair! But thats a helluva lotta gray!
2. Huzzah! No zits. What are those liney things on our face, though?
3. We own an Australian Shepherd? Not a collie? For real?
4. I can't believe we vote for Democrats now.

posted by bearwife 04 November | 17:46

*waves*

I'm not really here, though. This is actually me from 3 years ago.

posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson 04 November | 17:59

Whoa, are you really me? The clothes, the makeup, the confidence - stuff I want but don't have. It's cool that we figure it all out eventually.

posted by unsurprising 04 November | 18:31

You fucking survived! I can't believe you fucking lived!

posted by Ardiril 04 November | 18:38

Wow! Who would have thought? NICE GOING!

posted by Kangaroo 04 November | 18:45

I'm impatient, but I think you've done alright for yourself. But try to get it together soonish, please.

posted by Eideteker 04 November | 19:04

When did my voice finally change?

posted by oneswellfoop 04 November | 19:58

My 16 year old self would say "You turned out just how I'd hoped. Over educated and you work all the time." My 21 year old self would call me a fucking capitalist douchebag sellout.

posted by Twiggy 04 November | 20:23

I love these threads!

posted by deborah 04 November | 21:04

You took 16 years to get a BS degree? WTF?

posted by octothorpe 04 November | 21:12

"Holy shit. Really?!"

posted by gaspode 04 November | 22:36

1) Thanks for going to Père Lachaise for me. That was cool.

2) Can you go to the bottle shop for me, and buy me some beer?

posted by pompomtom 05 November | 00:31

"Macs? Really?"

He'd probably be disappointed that I wear a suit and tie a lot, even if it goes with the territory.

posted by gc 05 November | 03:21

You don't know! I don't even care if you were me. You still don't understand what I'm going through!

Holy crap! You're still alive and relatively happy? How did you manage that when all of our dreams didn't pan out?

(Jeezus, you couldn't pay me enough to be a teenager again. And now, my son is 13 and my daughter is 12. Yikes!)

posted by lilywing13 05 November | 04:56

16 yr old dodgy: So, how's my art career going?
dodgy today: Sit down son, I've got some bad news....

posted by dodgygeezer 05 November | 06:40

"I'll stop worrying about nuclear war, I guess."

posted by Joe Beese 05 November | 07:04

Followed by...

"How did you get a woman to like you?"

posted by Joe Beese 05 November | 07:07

"Wait, you've done what? And that? And you live in New York City? Okay, Brooklyn, geez... you don't have to get so pedantic. And you're seeing a therapist? And what did you just say about mom and dad?"

"Wow... we don't have a lot of friends who live near us, do we?"

posted by TrishaLynn 05 November | 07:30

You got married? You? And you have kids? Noway!

posted by ramix 05 November | 12:44

Cool!

posted by mrmoonpie 05 November | 16:45

Really??? This is how it turns out???

posted by theora55 05 November | 17:11

"Your handcuffs sure are shiny! Is that real gold plate?" followed in short order by "How many blocks from Haight street? Three! Can I come and live in your guest room?"

My 16 year old self would be awed and perplexed that he had gotten the answers *so wrong* on those career preference exams he recently been given. It turns out I really do enjoy going to the same job every day.

posted by Triode 06 November | 00:24

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