yeah, "you're going to survive to your 43rd birthday at least" would be more accurate. I'm not going to survive indefinitely . . .
― the tune was space, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link
i'm kind of excited about turning 30
― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
I'm incredibly excited about it
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
I'm gonna have a big party and be unwary of alcohol
i'll probably just go to work that day and come home
― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
still
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
STOP BEING A DICK
― Daphnis Celesta, Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
sorry
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Daphnis Celesta, Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
Fas was an Irish welfare education program that has been replaced over the last year.
Fas courses are kinda rubbish tho, Stevolende. I've done two and I've found them worthless although I suppose they kept me occupied at the time.
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Saturday, 30 August 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link
Can't think of any advice that would have changed my decisions. To my ~25-year-old self I would have said that drinking is not the path to social acceptance that you seem to think it is.
― slip jig (seandalai), Sunday, 31 August 2014 01:36 (nine years ago) link
that house you're both kind of meh about but it's cheap and you can probably sell it in a few years
DON'T
BUY
IT
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 31 August 2014 01:38 (nine years ago) link
treesh do u have any advice for your 13 yr old self
I would tell him to start posting to ilx. I'm sure he'd be a big hit.
― the dickering of salm on race (Treeship), Sunday, 31 August 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
freaky trigger kroo wdve loved u aye, but then who wdnt, ur treeship bringer of polite curiosity
― imago, Sunday, 31 August 2014 07:04 (nine years ago) link
-You are more financially flush than you realise, if only you'd run a better budget. Start saving for a deposit. If you think you cant afford a flat now you should see how it gets in 10 years.
- DONT start smoking. You think its an occasional enjoyment you're not hooked on right now. It will sneak up on you. And cig prices are about to double.
- dont let your friend L move in as a flatmate. It did nothing but destroy a good friendship.
― the Bronski Review (Trayce), Sunday, 31 August 2014 07:27 (nine years ago) link
value yourself higher
― Fizzles, Sunday, 31 August 2014 10:50 (nine years ago) link
Read more poetry. Have a crack @ Finnegans Wake *shakes and slaps 30 year old self*/look at what thoughts of you have reduced me to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0GW0Vnr9Yc
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 31 August 2014 11:09 (nine years ago) link
Never, ever drink pints at lunch.
― fields of salmon, Sunday, 31 August 2014 11:42 (nine years ago) link
it was only a couple of years ago that i turned 30, but i'd tell myself to be more committed to things and appreciate that they're worth the effort. even if i've gotta fake it a little.
― charlie h, Sunday, 31 August 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
Firearms and martial arts training.
― Opus Gai (I M Losted), Monday, 1 September 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
Also if you have to choose between a windowless apartment 2 blocks from your workplace and one in a high rise with a lake view...take the windowless option.
― Opus Gai (I M Losted), Monday, 1 September 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Every single time you do the Internet Hardman thing, you will regret it, a lot. Be nice or be quiet.
― dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 22:26 (eight years ago) link
tbh nothing is gonna get better
― This is for my new ringpiece, so please only serious answers (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:02 (eight years ago) link
you're fine, be who you are, just don't shit where you eat unless you're absolutely ready to eat somewhere else, keep shitting on the internet though because who cares.
― e-bouquet (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
Kill yourself.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link
:\
― ian, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:29 (eight years ago) link
I'm sensing a pattern here. are you planning to kill yourself any time soon, emil.y?
― Aimless, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
I hope not
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:55 (eight years ago) link
I would hope not, too. I know she's been close to the end of her patience in living with her depression at times in the past. it sounds like she's in a bad way atm.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:57 (eight years ago) link
it does , and i dont think you being so blunt there will help matters
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Wednesday, 8 July 2015 23:58 (eight years ago) link
clearly you meant no harm but it came across insensitive dude
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
it came across insensitive dude
she just posted three times in a few minutes that the best advice she could give herself at any age would be to kill herself.
my asking her can't be worse than her thinking it, imo. it's pretty hard to talk about it with anyone, if you won't say what you're thinking.
but, maybe you have more training and experience with this than I do. I will defer to your judgment, if that is true.
― Aimless, Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:04 (eight years ago) link
I do not.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:06 (eight years ago) link
work on that left foot, its not to late to get a contract at galaxh
― irl lol (darraghmac), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:26 (eight years ago) link
xp
Well, then let's both hope emil.y is ok, unless we hear otherwise. If she's not, let's try to give her whatever help we can.
― Aimless, Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
galaxh?
― Aimless, Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
i tried to message her on fb before we posted here but no reply/went offline. Hope she's ok too. If anyone is close to her I hope they can chat with her.
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 9 July 2015 00:33 (eight years ago) link
Remember everybody's name and all the email addresses of people you work with. Store em away somewhere, start building a techie network of locals
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Friday, 29 January 2016 00:11 (eight years ago) link
- Don't dwell on what you should have done when you were 30
― lute bro (brimstead), Friday, 29 January 2016 04:03 (eight years ago) link
Don't be snobby about JavaScript.
― just another country (snoball), Saturday, 28 September 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
Find a community centre and take a few courses. Dressmaking would have been good though I wouldn't have had the set up to really capitalise on it.Find a decent place to live. & don't settle for bad housing. Place Iwound up in at the tiime wasa jerry built conversion weith no sound proofing.
Develop some skills.
Woun dup moving across the country and then going to University a couple of years later.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 28 September 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
Funny that the original post and the most recent thread bump mention computer programming. I turned 31 this past May and the best advice I have for my 1-year-younger self is to take coding courses so that you'll have employable skills in 2019.
― ed.b, Saturday, 28 September 2019 23:59 (four years ago) link
The advice i gave 30 year old me 5 years ago still stands ... Oakland real estate circa 2004 was so cheap compared to now
― gazpacho with plenty of coombesin (sarahell), Sunday, 29 September 2019 02:24 (four years ago) link
Have a good time, all the time
― calstars, Sunday, 29 September 2019 02:38 (four years ago) link
that's my philosophy calstars
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 September 2019 05:27 (four years ago) link
I don't think it's possible to have a good time, all the time.
My advice to myself would be:
Have the nerve to keep going and play your role, despite the imposter syndrome, the paralysis of fear and uncertainty, and the inevitable fuck ups. Life is surprising - some of the things you think you'll enjoy, you end up hating, and some disasters turn out to be positive overall. Experience it in all its variety - and don't get too obsessed on any one event and try not to end up embittered.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 29 September 2019 10:35 (four years ago) link
that ever-present awful feeling is depression, you should probably get that checked out
― Is it true the star Beetle Juice is going to explode in 2012 (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
cosign. also ADHD is a thing, you have it, and you need to get it diagnosed.
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:27 (four years ago) link
also enjoy the footy. Fergie retires soon and then it'll be years of mediocrity.
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:28 (four years ago) link
don't wait another 6 years to get married. she's a keeper
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 29 September 2019 12:29 (four years ago) link
alas its too late for any of us to get on the REPS4 wagon dan
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Sunday, 29 September 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
Whole lotta platitudes itt
― calstars, Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:17 (four years ago) link
Don't ever get on social media.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
Thirty year olds have unlimited access to a massive buffet of all the platitudes they can eat. The problem is knowing which ones will best apply to their own situation, in order to avoid the stress, pain and heartaches that are headed their way.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive)
actually this is the best one, i'd do that one
― Calpico Girlfriend (rushomancy), Sunday, 29 September 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
I’m 30 right now but I don’t need any advice
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Sunday, 29 September 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
Yeah. Like on the links and some old timer tries to correct my swing and I’m like F off you clown
― calstars, Sunday, 29 September 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
― Dan S, Sunday, 29 September 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
I’m 30 now and I guess I wish I were a little more forward-looking with my dating life but other than that I’m doing my best, man
― k3vin k., Monday, 30 September 2019 03:01 (four years ago) link