Has anyone ever wondered where they would be right now had they made a different decision or hungout with a different group of people? I am not saying this to imagine a better or worse life today; it is just simply thought provoking how certain decisions or events in life shaped who you are. Because I hungout with the friends I hungout with, I was who I was. Because I moved a few years back, I am who I am.
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Interesting post, i think we’ve all thought about it. Some decisions i can look back on and say how i think taking that job and moving to ______ would have been a mistake – even though it fell through on some bullshit and i was pissed as hell at the time.
But since you brought it up i wouldn’t mind your thoughts on this. I once dabbled in the drug land pretty good. I could easily see how it could have become a true problem. Same with the drug sales, i dabbled though i was wise enough to know that i couldn’t cut it, first as a user myself and second b/c i’m too private i didn’t trust anyone that i didn’t trust to know i was moving product. (some other shit too but i’ll get to the point). Ultimately i broke some ties and and for the most part stopped using. But now i visit a SP, didn’t do that when i was gettin high
I do. I almost entered military service at 18, but was rejected for medical reasons. Knowing who I am now, when I look back at what almost was, it makes me shudder. I think things worked out much better the way they have. I DESPISE authority, and would most likely have gone AWOL.
I guess that’s a part of the Butterfly Effect (and another reason why I think we have no free will)
I don’t think decisions shaped my life, it was more events I think. I’m sure some of the people on here emphasis, but some of the shit that happened to me just couldn’t possibly have happened. It’s just too surreal to have happened.
I’ve mentioned implanted memories before, and that we could have come into existence yesterday as a simulation on some little kid in the futures supercomputer with everyone just being given random memories. I think it’s a possiblity at least.