Would you do it all over again?

CatchOmega said:
So let's say you're walking down a spooky trail and some big ol' magic bitch jumps out from the bushes and offers you a chance for a life do over...

Now, in this do over... you're able to take all the knowledge and memories you have now, and transport back to your 16 year old self (in whatever year that is). You can even bring a small journal with notes relating to anything you want. Whether it's reminders to correct past mistakes on certain dates or keeping tallies on sport scores throughout history... whatever you want.

You've got the ability to change the course of time. You could save people's lives, say goodbye to loved ones, right your wrongs, invest in the stock market, invent things, strategically create relationships... you just have to live with whatever possible outcomes your changes create.

Are you a depressed loner who takes this opportunity in a heart beat?

Are you content with your current life and wouldn't risk the possibility of altering it?

Maybe you're happy with your life, you love your family, but feel confident that you could do it over and end up in the same spot just with a hell of a lot more money in the bank?


This big ol' magic bitch is impatient so you must make your decision quickly.
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I need to see a resume for "Big ol' Magic Bitch" before I commit.
 
I didn't go through the OP, but yes I'd do everything over, even though things are great.
 
I would do it. To maintain my understanding of things with all those extra years to add to it.. that would be worth possibly missing a few of the opportunities that were granted to me this time around.
 
Oh, hell yeah, and the only thing I would change is to make a sherdog account in 1997 called prophet. I would give the outcomes of all pride/ufc fights like 1 minute before it starts. That and I'd buy a shit ton of Apple and MS stocks. And gamble on all the Super Bowls.
 
i'm posting on sherdog at this moment. why the fuck would i wanna change anything?
 
mushishi said:
Oh, hell yeah, and the only thing I would change is to make a sherdog account in 1997 called prophet. I would give the outcomes of all pride/ufc fights like 1 minute before it starts. That and I'd buy a shit ton of Apple and MS stocks. And gamble on all the Super Bowls.
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hmm, kind of what I would do as well, Sir. We would be rich pimps, like Hugh Heffner, but 16 years old. I would get 6 different hoes a night, just like Willie D!
 
Arkridge said:
I don't know many people that would pass that kind of opportunity up, including myself.
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I wouldn't do it and you might be surprised at how many wouldn't. For example I have kids, kids that might never be born if I go back. How could I rationalize that?
 
Definitely. Just going back to high school for 2 years with no responsibilities and have a ball? Spending more time with loved ones that have passed and the ability to prevent some deaths? At the very worst at least jot down some power-ball numbers in that journal and no family or friends would have to worry about money again.
 
MusterX said:
I wouldn't do it and you might be surprised at how many wouldn't. For example I have kids, kids that might never be born if I go back. How could I rationalize that?
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But what if you get better kids?

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CatchOmega said:
So let's say you're walking down a spooky trail and some big ol' magic bitch jumps out from the bushes and offers you a chance for a life do over...

Now, in this do over... you're able to take all the knowledge and memories you have now, and transport back to your 16 year old self (in whatever year that is). You can even bring a small journal with notes relating to anything you want. Whether it's reminders to correct past mistakes on certain dates or keeping tallies on sport scores throughout history... whatever you want.

You've got the ability to change the course of time. You could save people's lives, say goodbye to loved ones, right your wrongs, invest in the stock market, invent things, strategically create relationships... you just have to live with whatever possible outcomes your changes create.

Are you a depressed loner who takes this opportunity in a heart beat?

Are you content with your current life and wouldn't risk the possibility of altering it?

Maybe you're happy with your life, you love your family, but feel confident that you could do it over and end up in the same spot just with a hell of a lot more money in the bank?


This big ol' magic bitch is impatient so you must make your decision quickly.
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I would only for my high school years so I could correct all the mistakes I made. And get laid more.
 
I'd use my knowledge of the future to become to ruler of the world of course I'd go back. You could literally become a billionaire And save 1000s of lives with your cashola
 
Skip Reming said:
why not just off Obama and save our country from getting to the point where trump is a serious candidate?
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Yes because it's his fault not the wackos you identify with. . . Also that's a little treasonish don't ha think?
 
It would be pretty cool to go back to 16 with all the knowledge you have now. It would be cool to have taken football more seriously and studied my ass off, played football at a good school, on a full ride scholarship.

The thing is though, it's not like I have no regrets but I've had a pretty interesting life, been all over the world, made some money, lived in different cultures and made a shitloadnof friends. Most people don't get to do that.

I wonder how it would feel to be an ex college star athlete whose making millions but knowing what you missed out on.

I mean if you took all of your knowledge back with you, surely you would regret certain things even if you were improving son areas.
 
Or I suppose you could go all the way through and do things very similarly but then win the powerball after reliving 15 years of you're life....hat would be cool too.
 
Jellis31 said:
Definitely. Just going back to high school for 2 years with no responsibilities and have a ball? Spending more time with loved ones that have passed and the ability to prevent some deaths? At the very worst at least jot down some power-ball numbers in that journal and no family or friends would have to worry about money again.
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No responsibilities in high school? I think of the pressure from being a varsity swimmer all 4 years, prepping for SAT's/ACT's, higher math classes in general and all that went with being the first person in my family (extended included) to attend college and the thought of reliving all of that freaks me out.

I don't know that I'd be able to prevent my mom from killing herself and if I did I wonder if I'd have been visiting her in a mental institution instead. If I came into more disposable income at a younger age I'd have likely developed a drug habit that would have killed me before I wised up. Even going back with the wisdom I have now, if certain things still happened despite my efforts to prevent them, I'd probably fuck things up worse for myself as I've always been an addictive personality.

I feel lucky to have made it this far without ever going to prison or dying so I doubt I'd roll the dice on going through it all again (as appealing as it sounds on the surface.)
 
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