Aug 17, 2026, 5:50 AMWould your 15-year-old self think you're cool if they saw you today?
- Aug 17, 2026, 5:50 AM
Replies
IronskiNachtflug@glasgow.socialAug 17, 2026, 6:05 AM@g0rb
Yes, because it sees exactly some things it always wanted and not been allowed to do and have.No, because it thinks "Damn! What a lost, lazy and lone dude. 🤔"
OdradekOdradek@chaos.socialAug 17, 2026, 6:12 AM@g0rb if I could tell my 15yo self one thing it is: don't send messenges that violate causality!!!
- Aug 17, 2026, 6:16 AM
@Odradek I think I would tell my 15 year old self: "It will be rough, it will be complicated, but you will be prepared and you will survive it. And then you will be doing stuff that you couldn't have imagined in your wildest dreams. You will be fine but never forget to be grateful."
Aug 17, 2026, 6:13 AM@g0rb I'd say they'd be a bit confused :'D
While professionally I achieved a lot in the direction 15yo me went for, more than they'd perhaps even anticipated... I now actually can look in the mirror and recognize myself. And like what I see. That's definitely something to be proud of, but 15yo me wouldn't have deemed that to be possible /at all/. Tbf, I think the time I'm least "proud" of is exactly the time from 7th grade on where I shut down everything due to puberty hitting me very uncomfortably. So an even younger myself would hopefully get inspired to get on puberty blockers and follow the life they should've followed.
- Aug 17, 2026, 6:39 AM
@ljrk my 15-year-old would think of you as an pretty cool person, same as I think of you today.
- Aug 17, 2026, 9:49 AM
@g0rb Awww, thank you!! <3
I'm always... surprised isn't the right word, but whatever... that so many friendly and kind people are in my fedi bubble, thank you for being here too!
Vronimus Geisterschlossvronimus_ironimus@chaos.socialAug 17, 2026, 6:24 AM@g0rb I don't feel cool, but I think my 15 year old self would be impressed by the bands I know and that I still go to concerts and festivals. Also I'm still alive what I think is cool (but my 15 year old self would probably not? I don't know?)
Sofasophiasofasophia@fairmove.netAug 17, 2026, 6:26 AM@g0rb
Whatever ‚cool‘ means … 🙃
David Nelsondmnelson@mastodon.socialAug 17, 2026, 6:33 AM@g0rb My 15-year-old self was easily impressed.
Aroop Roelofsfinlaydag33k@social.linux.pizzaAug 17, 2026, 7:04 AM@g0rb 15y/o me would be impressed by how much I've learned over the years, tune and drive fast cars and now drive a semi-truck for a living...
Tho chances are, he'd also be even more depressed and probably "shutdown -P 0" himself because things that depressed him already, defo only got worse.
Aug 17, 2026, 7:17 AM@g0rb Kudos to those other 50 %. You did well!
(I know what I'd have to do. But meh. Meh, uff and hmm.)
Aug 17, 2026, 7:34 AM@g0rb
It's a late development but for the last 6 years I do stuff that my teenage self always wanted to do but never was able to, due to missing knowledge, equipment, time and money. And honestly, when I do those things, I imagine my teenage self loosing his goddamn shit about it while cheering hard for me. And this feels so satisfying!- Aug 17, 2026, 7:48 AM
@momo same. The last 12 months in my life have been so crazy good, my 15-year-old-self would be so hyped for the future.
Aug 17, 2026, 7:50 AM@g0rb nope, but that's fine, that version of me was very much still in a "must try to fit in as best as possible by any means necessary" phase
as tumblr-esque as it sounds, 17-y-o me had a bit of a "wait a minute..." moment w.r.t what kind of person he wanted to be when he played Life Is Strange
- Aug 17, 2026, 7:56 AM
@lhp Yeah, Life is Strange really can have an influence. Made me also question a lot of my decision in life when I played it.
Aug 17, 2026, 10:44 AM@g0rb my first impulse was yes. But then I thought again and, aeh noooo.