How would a younger "you" view your current self?

[Naeras]

"Okay, so you're studying cool stuff, have an awesome girlfriend and a lot of friends, but YOU'RE NOT TRUE METAL ANYMORE AND YOU OWN MORE CONSOLES THAN JUST NINTENDO. Also, you're obviously a dick since you're getting a girlfriend because nice guys don't get ladies. EVIL /sob"

..okay, scratch the last part. I'd probably only complain about my different taste in music and video games, otherwise I'd probably think I'd done pretty great.

 

[Dig21]

I guess I'd be all psyched to show him his future, give him the rundown on everything that's happened from his age onward, then take a dramatic pause expecting his bewilderment only to get something like "OMG, so you're telling me that you're like all grown up and you're not even in the NBA yet? What are you, like an inch taller than me at most? LOL, you can't even dunk yet, I'm like months away from dunking..."

At which point he'd realize that I AM him, lock himself in a room and cry over his Allen Iverson posters. After a week or so he'd get it together, and get more excited about his future self

"Wow, I'll actually grow a goatee! Oh, I can't wait... Can I touch it?"

"Hey, when did you start playing bass? And an electric guitar?! OMG, play Linkin Park songs for me!!!"

"Hey, you got game, big me! Granted, don't get too cocky, I mean, no one can call himself a basketball player until he can dunk, but you're ok. Show me that double crossover again! Then buy me ice-cream!"

"Damn, your girl is hot! You hittin that?"
"Not that it's any of your business, you nosy brat, but yeah, I am "hittin" that. Btw, I'm really sorry it won't workout with that girl/crush/whatever of yours."
"Screw her, man, just promise me you'll marry this one..."

"Wait a second, is that... AN XBOX 360?!!"

Last words he'd ever say. That video game-blinded bastard wouldn't ever get back to the past. I wonder what that paradox would do to the world, though...

 

[winginson]

*Assuming mid-teens me*
"Whoah, you are like so rich. Look at that motorbike! How did university go?"
"I failed to get in"
"What the in the bloody hell? Well at least you have more friends and are better at talking to girls than me..... you're not are you? Damn."

My younger self would like what I have, but not what I've done. He would hate that I didn't go to univetsity (being really good at school gave me the strength to resist the bullying), he would like that I'm less intriverted but hate I'm can't do anything with it and he would hate my sense of how hopeless and directionless my future seems to me.

The little bastard would be right to though.

 

[Akytalusia]

from the perspective of a self younger than my static period, he would be too young to comprehend the situation. from the perspective of a time post self awareness, as a static entity, it wouldn't be much different from the image we see in the mirror in any case.

 

[thewanderer41]

*EDIT* Double Post

 

[thewanderer41]

Younger to older: "I'm sorry for convincing me I'm useless. We really did end up that way"

Does no one else refer to their current and past self as 'we'?

 

[Brainplant]

My younger self would probably say what most people say to me.

"Lose the beard!"

 

[Jamieson 90]

I will be twenty two in a few month so there isn't that much room for my younger self. But I do think I have changed in the last ten years. Tens years ago saw my eleven year old self entering high school (UK here) with dyslexia and hardly literate, in fact my parents were extemely worried that I wouldn't be able to cope and the school authority had even suggested taking me out of mainstream education.

So my eleven year old self would be pretty pleased with how things turned out. He might be disapointed that I didn't make many friends in school since it was full of scumy chavs, but pleased to know it got better at college, and that he will pass his GCSE's, get his A-level's and then get a degree at University in Histroy and Sociology. Actually very pleased doesn't describe it, more like over the moon considering I used to have zero self esteem with my confidence at rock bottom. So yeah we'd get along well. Probably ask to let my inner child out more which I do on occasion but he can't have everything now can he?

Probably go like this:

Younger: So you're me right?

Me: Yep.

Youner: Can you read and write now?

Me: Yep pretty good at it now too, just graduated from uni like a few days ago.

Younger: Really? That's like awe-som!

Me: I know this is me (shows picture of graduation ceremony).

Younger: You look good, but hey do you still like pokemon?

Me: Err see 'bout that.

Younger: Oh my god you don't! You traitor! What about laserquest?

Me: Errr....

Younger: NOOOOOOOO!

 

[lacktheknack]

He'd be SO RELIEVED that I'm no longer an ultra-shy friendless moper with no emotional stability. He'd probably break down and cry, actually.

He'd be a bit disappointed that I still don't have a girlfriend, though. He'll get it when he gets older.

 

[namhorFnodroG]

Let's... Go back in time shall we?

DOODELY DOODLEY DOO

Young me: I'm kinda lonely since I'm quite shy ;C

Old me: Lonely? But you're really social and happy n stuff in the future!

Young me: I am? What my bad Pc? Have you upgraded it a bit maybe?

Old me: I got a completly new one, perfect for gaming. you're gonna play like a god on it.

Young me: What about _______?

That's problaby exactly how the entire conversation should have gone.

 

[Secret world leader (shhh)]

Past: "Right, you're 16. Do you have a girlfriend yet?"

"Well, no but you see-"

Past: "You sicken me..."

LATER

"So yeah, i'm bisexual"

Younger than 14/15 me: "A what? no! You can't like girls AND boys!"
14/15 year old me: "THANK FUCK!"

LATER

Past: "WHADDYA MEAN ALL THIS BULLSHIT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH WILL MAKE ME A BETTER PERSON IN THE FUTURE!?"

"Without that experience you never-"

Past: "NO! FUUUUUUUUUCK YOU ASSHOLE!"

LATER

Past: "You kissed a girl yet?"

"Yeah, it was ok I guess."

Past: "Holy shit...dude...woah...dude...like, woah...dude...nice..."

"It wasn't like you're imagining, it was very quick, kinda fun though."

Past: "So it wasn't like..."

"no."

Past: "aww :'("

LATER

"YOU'VE PLAYED ASSASSIN'S CREED!?!?"

"Yeah, it's pretty decent."

"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!"

"second one's better though"

THERE'S A SECO- HOLY SHIT!"

"There's five now."

"OH MY GOD! I'M NOT GOING BACK! NEVER!"

 

[soren7550]

Depending on what younger self I'd be talking to. Either way, I'd:

- Be surprised that I'm not dead yet (I long held the belief that I'd die before I turned 20)
- Be shocked that I have a steady relationship
- Amazed at the fact that I have a place with a view of the Manhattan skyline (hell, that one still amazes me, but then again, so doe the above.)
- Be amazed that I've met several people from the internet in person (Woo! Two so far!)
- Dumbstruck that I now have short hair (for 19 years my hair has been around butt length, now it varies from chin length to shoulder length [depending on when I get a haircut])

But I wouldn't be surprised with the fact that:

- My family has effectively shunned me
- The lack of employment
- Still skinny as shit
- I have small boobies
- My hair is still all frizzy and curly

Capatcha: bigger in Texas
Hmmm... maybe I am. Hey, if anyone knows of a Church of Soren in Texas, let me know.

 

[Kanatatsu]

My younger self would be stunned by my level of personal and professional success, but may feel I've sold out just a bit.

 

[WolfCross]

'Son, i am disappoint'

 

[Ghonzor]

Personally, the straight-A kid would probably punch me in the face. And then we could both talk about how sad we are. It would at least be comforting to the old me to know that I stopped being so damn introverted (though not by much) and the fact that I had to grow up fairly early as a kid managed to make me a somewhat better person. Sadly, little me did martial arts for the better part of a decade, and the aforementioned punch would probably hurt.

I would also probably be surprised at my ability to grow a decent (only decent) beard.

 

[Khazoth]

How the heck should I know? I hate kids, especially that little prick.

 

[an annoyed writer]

The kid would probably be yelling at me for not having a mansion or working game design yet, although they'd be amazed that I've walked out of two car crashes and survived the pains of seven kindey stones.

 

[Elgnirp100]

My younger self would probably call me all sorts of annoying names and then wonder why I didn't fly into a Hulk-style rage and attack him.

Yeah, I used to be like that. I got better.