What would you tell your younger self if you had the chance?

[Pudding]

You’re out wandering in an old research institution and you spot a light on down the hallway. Naturally, you go to investigate. There’s an old mad scientist tinkering with what appears to be a 1920’s telephone.

“Why, hello there,” says the mad scientist. “I’ve got a machine that’ll let you talk to yourself back when you were younger and more clueless than you are now.”

“Will it let me talk to myself in the future? Can I get stock tips?”

“NO! MAGICAL TIME TRAVELING TALKY MACHINES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!” says the mad scientist. (Actually, it does work that way. Our mad scientist friend just wants to spare you from finding out the humiliating way in which the human race will be wiped out by Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners in 2009...whoops.)

So, anyway, you’ve got the chance to tell younger!you about all of the stuff you wish you’d known.

I’d tell the Puddinglet to lighten up a bit; things are a lot better if you can laugh about them. Be a little less shy. Then I’d tell her to stick to her guns about which middle school she wants to go to; she’s right about not wanting to go to everyone else’s first choice. Also, I’d tell her to ditch the big glasses with the purple plastic frames--yes, they’re comfortable, Puddinglet, but they make us look like a rather odd cartoon character.

What would you say to ickle!you if you got the chance?

[Twinkle]

I'd tell myself not to get involved with certain people, certain men, to start festival classes far, far sooner and to NEVER EVER quit Ballet! *nods*

[May]

I would tell myself not to go out with certain people, stay in contact with friends, and take college classes seriously.

[kentieness]

I would tell her to not got involved with a particular girl. Just do not talk to her. Ever. That'd pretty much solve most of the problems in her teen years

[Bangel]

I wouldn't tell them anything... I'm the person that I am today because of the stupid things I did when I was younger, and I like the person I am today.

[Skynetmain]

I'd tell myself to exercise more, eat better, and do my dang Algebra II homework the first time I take the class so I can get to calc before I get to college.

[Shoyru_Lover]

I'd tell myself to eat more vitamin c!

[Christopher]

I'd tell myself to eat more vitamin c!

Eating vitamins tablets is bad for you, make him eat fruit.

Anyway, the olde stock thing sounds good, but I'd do it in a way not to alter continuity by having him not know what he's doing so that I invest in stock, and have him mail a letter not to be sent until past the date I made the call detailing my profits

[Caesara]

I don't know what I'd say. I half agree with Dawn in that I like myself the way I am, and I like my life right now, but there's always that what if..

[Asthaloth]

Well short of telling myself the Lottery numbers from a couple weeks ago, or sending myself some major Scientific discovery so that I might discover it at the age of, say, 17 (Albeit a minor three years ago) or possibly just find some way of messing with Mankinds evolution.

But I sincerely imagine those would be against the nature and spirit of this machine (If I cant take lottery results from the future, I imagine I cant send currents ones back? Or atleast, he wont let me )

So I imagine it would go something along the lines of;
"Fight back, you do actually have the strength to stop them"
Only learnt that lesson some, two, three weeks ago, and I could have certainly done knowing it a long time before that.
Oh. And also "You're better liked than you realise. Be nice to them"
I'll know what it means.

[SpiraLethe]

"不要难过. 不要慌. 加油!"

[Anoohilator]

Do Music Coursework properly, take my Arabic GCSE, and generally live differently.

[Harmonize]

I'd tell myself Im doing an ok job.

[Kugetsu]

"What's up dude?"

"Sup dude"

"Looking good"

"You too"

"We should hang out sometime..."

"Tru dat"

Other than that? I'd have to have plenty of time, because I'd have a lot of advice to give.

Countless things to do, countless not to do, can't really narrow it down in this post.

[TDG]

"Hi, I'm you from the future. Just think, in a few years time, you'll be given an amazing opportunity to change the world, but you won't. You'll have an entire mindblank and wind up repeating this conversation to a disbelieving version of your past self."

"Watch Planet of the Apes very carefully. Trust me, you'll need it"

"He lies, magical time travelling phones do work that way"

"Don't watch the second two Matrixes. Seriously, it'll just ruin the first one for you."