• Kraiden@piefed.social
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    23 hours ago

    Jesus, it does now! I was an absolute douche when I was younger! Why would you say this to people!? starts hyperventilating

    • AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      It’s okay — the positive of this is that cringing at your past self shows how much you’ve grown.

      And if you think about the people holding those fragmented memories of an older you, well it’s pretty likely that they’ll have grown too, and would also be cringing had they stumbled across this post as you had.

      When I think about the people I used to know who will have grown in the time since I knew them, it makes me sad that I wasn’t there to see that growth, but I also feel warm and I wish them well.

      • Zarobi@aussie.zone
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        20 hours ago

        The way I see it is that if you weren’t at least a bit of a jerk then you wouldn’t know what being a jerk even is and why you don’t want to be one

        • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world
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          15 hours ago

          Nah some people definitely get it without the lesson, usually by witnessing example or having parents