Your social life as an adult is very much what you make it. Go do things that seem interesting even if you feel you'd rather stay home. Chat with people when you're there. A huge component of modern loneliness is that we're able to stay entertained and with a crude social life without seeing others irl, but it's often not actually sufficient. So go get involved in something hobbies, activism, whatever events look interesting at the time. And remember that the things you do now are the memories and stories you'll have when you're old.

Get a vasectomy

Don't send dickpics. You never know when they'll show up on a leak.

Break stuff and figure things out, take chances and have fun. You've got time. You'll figure it out.

The right age for playing video games is after 30. before that, there s better to do

Do not break the weekend safety brief.

• Do NOT add to the population.
• Do NOT subtract from the population
• Do NOT end up in the newspaper, hospital or jail.
• • IF you do end up in jail, establish dominance quickly.

Money is very easy to spend, but Money is so very hard to make. Be cautious with your money

don't make a kid

wisdom is often wasted on the elderly. youth is fleeting as are most the mistakes you will make in life at this point.

the following advice is fitting unless you're doing either of these two things:

1. making babies
2. taking a life (especially your own)

Live the three truths

1. you will always make mistakes
2. you will always hurt those you love
3. you will always have regrets.

the older you get the harder it is to recover from these truths. Live your life to your requirements. By the time you're closing in on your 30s, you should start to settle down and find yourself a quiet place to build your life for when you're in your 50s or 60s.

in your 30s seek out happiness and contentment. this will be your foundation to accept your regrets and mistakes. own the mistakes you made along the way, accept them like you would a bruise or blemish on your body. in time they will heal, if only you accept them and move on.

in your 40s harvest your happiness and contentment. accept there are things you cannot do not because you haven't or couldn't but because you shouldn't.

in your 50s store your happiness and contentment with the knowledge that nobody can take it from you, it's yours and yours alone.

60+ feed your soul from your stores, using the memories you made along the way. depending on the life you have led, share in new memories with those around you. celebrate their successes as your successes.

if you're lucky you will build lasting relationships along the way and will have many fond memories. you will inevitability have bad memories as well, but such is life.

personally I lost every single friend I have ever had. I never really recovered from it and now I have no friends. It's one of many regrets, but I never let it spoil my happiness and contentment. I find fulfillment by other means like hobbies, crafting, and family.

I never wanted to be married or have kids, but it feels as if what you think is important today changes by tomorrow. don't fight it, because you'll only be fighting yourself.

life is full of surprises, learn to roll with the punches and adapt to the world. if you don't, life will fucking kill you.

You spent 18 years learning to navigate a gated world. You will do just as much learning in the next 18 navigating a newly ungated one.

Think about the sort of kindness you would want to treat a younger version of yourself as he fumbled through that learning. Practice treating your new "young" self with that kindness today. It will pay dividends.

The more discipline you can have without letting small lapses and setbacks get to you the better off you'll be in the future. Don't get set on something (job, relationship, philosophy) until you really know who you are and what you want, and explore WIDELY. Be honest and direct in your communication and you'll have less drama, the trash will take itself out. Find mentors, don't let them run your life. Use your body like a diesel truck.

Put a lot of thought into your college major. Pick the hardest one you can actually do. Take it easy on the substances, especially stimulants and depressants (yes, this 100% includes alcohol). Exercise regularly, sports are ideal because they're also social so you're getting two birds stoned at once. If you don't like flossing, buy a water flosser. Don't have kids until you're in a stable relationship and you both have good jobs. Get used to living on 90% of your salary, the difference in terms of stress between slightly under-spending and slightly over-spending is enormous.

Some of the other comments touch on it, but usually mixed with other items, so let me reiterate. Your metabolism is going to slowly wane. Keep an eye on your weight and reduce your calorie intake now. It’s really easy to think “meh, so I’m 10 extra pounds, I can easily lose that later” but by later you will be 15 extra pounds. If you’re gaining muscle, that’s one thing, but keep yourself from gaining fat as much as you can.

Believe in yourself, especially if no one else does

If it's wet and ain't yours, really think about it before you touch it.

Bring a towel.

Be a goldfish.

There's probably only one play on this quarter. Don't look back and think "what if..."

When I was in high school, I wanted to go to a couple specific unis. Being rejected was one of the best paths ever. I went to community college, made lots of friends, had amazing professors, took part in lots of programs where I made long term friends who even stuck with me to transferring to my current uni. I took a bunch of fun classes there that allowed me to get the skills I need to land the internship I have.

So my advice is, as a you guy, you have lots of time so test the waters, experience stuff, have fun, and you'll enjoy whatever it is you end up in.

Don't be that one guy who has to finish college in 4 years and then figure out that school didn't teach you anything and you can't find a job. You never took fun classes, joined programs, join clubs.

Know thyself.

What irritates you the most in others are probably unconscious parts of yourself you supressed.

You can see a trend in these replies and it's not a good one.

Being responsible is always beneficial. Sometimes you don't get/feel those benefits, but everyone is grateful when their bus arrives on time :) Just don't forget to being responsible with yourself too.

Specific advice like "save your money" and "enjoy your money while youre young" and "focus on education" and "forget education get a job fast" are all too nuanced and will likely get ignored anyway.

This "song" pretty much covers the important stuff.

If you don't know yet learn a second language. Chinese seems the most useful nowadays.

Stick to your principles & rule of law like flies on shit

If you male, you can get male pattern baldness in this age, but you can stop baldness by taking finasteride.

Im probably not wise enough to give advice, but in general I think it's while you are young that taking big risks is more worth the trade offs.

Im talking risks like career wise or investment wise, business wise, etc.