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thenewgreen · 4352 days ago · link · · parent · post: Lil's Book of Questions: What Do You Know Now that Your 20-Year-Old Self Did Not Know?
"A flashlight", I like that. What do I know now? The old saying "everyone puts on their pants the same way", comes to mind. Bill Clinton poops, so does the Dalai Lama, they're just humans. I used to put people up on pedestals when I was 20, professors, employers, politicians, artists and now everyone that I meet, I do so on even ground. Another thing that I've recently realized is that as a young man I would often discuss topics I already knew a lot about when in a social setting. This made me feel smart, proud and important. Now I would much prefer to talk about a topic I know little about with someone else that knew a lot. It's far more interesting to ask questions than to answer them imo.