Unicorn Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 It's October 30, 1975 and . . . hmmmm. First, I'd go outside and run and play and do gymnastics, because I could again! Other than that, quite honestly, even though it was sheer hell to live through some times, I wouldn't do anything different. I like how my life has turned out at this point, and I wouldn't want to risk jeopardizing it by changing anything. Except that yeah, I would try to invest in the internet or Microsoft - I remember back in the early 90's thinking "this internet thing is really going to take off." And thinking in the last couple of years "I should have put money in to that. I just knew it!" Other than that . . . I'd do it all again!
metadigital Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Regrets, I've had a few ... But then again, too few to mention ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Child of Flame Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 12th birthday? Does it really have to be twelve? I think I'd rather throw myself under a truck than go through my teenage years over again. Well, let's see... that would make it 1987 and I'd be in grade 6 at the Casablanca American School in Morocco. Gods. *shudder* Well, first I'd change my entire wardrobe, because my fashion sense was horrible even for the 80s. Then I'd probably get to work on writing Harry Potter before JK Rowling got a chance to. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow, you're old! I would crawl into my bed, and mourn the fact that I would not grow past 5', or even have my voice change until the year '04. Staying in highschool rather than playing hookie and catchup later would probably be a good choice too.
Kor Qel Droma Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Lets see, when I was twelve the year was ( counts on fingers) '85. The first thing I would do is go into the basement and start bagging up all of the comics that my mother sold in a garage sale when I was fifteen. I'd keep all of my action figures in their cases, as well. After that, I'd try to help out some of my friends who died needlessly, consequences be damned. And i'd tatoo things on myself a la Memento, like 'stay away from girls named Jenny'... Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie.
Musopticon? Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 You. Out of this part of the forums, right now. Protect your sanity. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
11XHooah Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 If I were 12 again, I would probably throw myself under a truck as well. I wouldn't want to go through all that sh*t again. I'm happy where I am But, if this really did happen, I would probably work on trying to prevent 9/11. Maybe get onto one of the planes that was hijacked and try to stop them. On the years leading up to 2001, I would work out like all hell so I could go onto the plane and kick the crap out of those b*stards. But then again, you would have to bring up the question of whether or not changing the past would be a wise decision. Perhaps all things happen for a reason, and even the most atrocious events must be left to occur. But even so, I would not let something like that happen if I could. War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. --John Stewart Mill-- "Victory was for those willing to fight and die. Intellectuals could theorize until they sucked their thumbs right off their hands, but in the real world, power still flowed from the barrel of a gun.....you could send in your bleeding-heart do-gooders, you could hold hands and pray and sing hootenanny songs and invoke the great gods CNN and BBC, but the only way to finally open the roads to the big-eyed babies was to show up with more guns." --Black Hawk Down-- MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=44500195
Darth Flatus Posted June 22, 2005 Posted June 22, 2005 Yeah stop 9/11 like some teen kid could do that. It would be a waste of time. I know the main thing i'd do, buy to let in the late 90's and just reap the reward of capital appreciation. I would also not watch spawn, hellboy or any martin lawrence film or Vampires or Barbershop or Blade trinity or matrix revolutions.
Calax Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 hide under a table until i turned 19 again. I was picked on alot. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Oerwinde Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 I'd get my parents to pull out all my inheritance money and invest it in microsoft, then pull it all out right before the anti-trust suit. I'd make bets on all the major sporting events up until this point, etc. Pretty much I'd use my knowledge of the future to make myself horribly rich. I'd also tell the Canucks not to play Todd Bertuzzi at the end of that Colorado game. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
213374U Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 I'd change my hairstyle. You don't know how hard it is to have your hair fall into line after 16 years of the same hairdo. - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
6 Foot Invisible Rabbit Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 If I was twelve I would put all my paper route money in Electronic Arts when they first started to trade on NASDAQ. Harvey
mkreku Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 If I was twelve again it would mean it was the year 1985 again. I would tell my father, who've always trusted me 100%, to go and stop the shooting of Olof Palme (in 1986). I'd spend a lot more time with my grandfather now that I know what will (would?) happen to him. I'd probably use my allowance to buy some Nokia stock (back when Nokia only made tires..). I'd probably play a lot of Trivial Pursuit just to amaze my friends. And I would finally hit on Ulrika Larsson, something I regret to this day for never having the guts to do. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
11XHooah Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 And I would finally hit on Ulrika Larsson, something I regret to this day for never having the guts to do. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You know what, I think that is another thing that I would do. Modify my love life up until this point. Hit on the girls that I should have, and stay away from the girls that I should have stayed away from in the first place. War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. --John Stewart Mill-- "Victory was for those willing to fight and die. Intellectuals could theorize until they sucked their thumbs right off their hands, but in the real world, power still flowed from the barrel of a gun.....you could send in your bleeding-heart do-gooders, you could hold hands and pray and sing hootenanny songs and invoke the great gods CNN and BBC, but the only way to finally open the roads to the big-eyed babies was to show up with more guns." --Black Hawk Down-- MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=44500195
Universal Soldier Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 You are all forgeting one thing..... You are 12yrs old it is illegal to bet
Reveilled Posted June 23, 2005 Author Posted June 23, 2005 Yeah stop 9/11 like some teen kid could do that. It would be a waste of time. I know the main thing i'd do, buy to let in the late 90's and just reap the reward of capital appreciation. I would also not watch spawn, hellboy or any martin lawrence film or Vampires or Barbershop or Blade trinity or matrix revolutions. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You never know. If you've managed to predict the future accurately on several occasions, people might take your knowledge of the event more seriously. And even if the FBI don't listen to you, maybe if you shout about it loud enough, the terrorists might hear and call it off. In fact, just get a few members of your cult to go to the Airports and a) find the terrorists and make sure they don't get on the planes (either by convincing them that their plan is known about and has been foiled, or by killing them) b) phone in a bomb threat, thus grounding the planes or c) get them to try to get on the planes with actual weapons (as opposed to box cutters) and then claim they are planning on carrying out a terrorist attack when stopped, and give the FBI (who sure as hell would be listening now) details on the terrorist attack as if they themselves were planning on doing it. Alternatively, phone in bomb threats to the WTC and Pentagon a half hour or so before the attacks. It might not stop the attack, but it should minimise the damage. One thing I would definitely do if I was 12 again, however, and far more important than a terrorist attack, would be to ensure that my porn stash was well hidden enough that my mother wouldn't find it. Yikes, that was embarrassing. Hawk! Eggplant! AWAKEN!
Reveilled Posted June 23, 2005 Author Posted June 23, 2005 You are all forgeting one thing..... You are 12yrs old it is illegal to bet <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's not really such a problem, though. Simply convince an adult of your knowledge of the future, and get them to place the bet. Hawk! Eggplant! AWAKEN!
Darth Flatus Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 You are assuming of course that anyone would believe a ranting scottish boy.
DemonKing Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 I would murder my religious zealot of a mother so I didn't have to go through puberty feeling guilty every time I touched a girl or having to endure a "family meeting" every time a girl rang me at home.
kirottu Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 I would murder my religious zealot of a mother so I didn't have to go through puberty feeling guilty every time I touched a girl or having to endure a "family meeting" every time a girl rang me at home. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You could have tried: "Mom, either I touch myself or girls..." This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Darth Flatus Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 more impactful would be "Mom, either I touch boys or girls"
Ewen Brown Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 i make tons of cash off gambling, buy bis, and flood them with money so they can make some decent rpgs instead of die in a terrible way and everyone here suffers not having kotor2 edit: oh yeah, and ramza would worship me like a god, mwuhahahahahaha Winterwind
DemonKing Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 You could have tried: "Mom, either I touch myself or girls..." <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Never felt guilty about the first one. It was just a bit weird in retrospect. I just wanted to do what any teenage boy wanted, but Mum was a very strict "no sex before marriage" kind of woman who lived in morbid fear of the shame that would fall on her if I fathered a bastard. Hence I actually used to feel physically sick with guilt when I tried to do normal teenage things - probably because she was a pretty good mum up to that stage of my life. She's chilled out a bit now, but seeing as I had to break the ice for the rest of the kids (I have an elder brother but he was school chess champion, so no girl would touch him), life was pretty tough there for a while.
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