im not 19

bruh what

Look op you have to realize how hilarious it is that you are speaking so authoritatively about something that, by your own admission, you didn’t do

But I get it

No matter how much we tell you it’s not a big deal, because you “missed out” it has reified itself with an importance that we categorically can’t relate to. I have a Virgin friend who is similarly doomer.

Only once you do it can you realize it’s not all that — the paradox of disillusionment

But a part of me feels like you want to blackpill. In ten years you will be able to realize being 25 was awesome, and being 35 is too late to go to wine bar and have tasteful banter with gf. Then when you’re 45, you’ll realize thirtysomething life was the real peak. Is that what you want?

it doesnt feel as good

bro hasnt heard of the flirty thirties

Need you to remake that thread one more time OP

Ngl op spitting

Eceryone saying OP is wrong and something is wrong with him probably experienced all those things, yall don't know how it feels to miss out on these experiences

couple my old friends stressed as hell looking unwell, Not really doing much, A lotta bullshit all they tell themselves, We all stress. We all busy, Always lit, you can't miss me, Needa shop glasses because after shot glasses, Every one looks like an enemy

Op brainwashed

S***ain’t that serious my man

Like is so f***ing garbage after uni man, was just chilling workin part time, doing essays, having random weekdays free, winter/midterm breaks etc, was cool. now it's a soul crushing 9-5, 2 day weekend with sunday just like a pre monday, life is f***ing garbage, if you think it's bad now wait till you get to 28 (my age). it's all downhill.

Everyone roasting OP but he isn't wrong. For the majority of people, life is only downhill for them after their early 20s

bro is going back to back on horrible threads

Literally right after looking at this thread, I'm recommended this on youtube. Algorithm is crazy

At the same time he doesn’t know what it’s like to not “miss out,” and if he did, he’d realize it’s not a big deal

But ofc if he could realize it he wouldn’t have to. Life…

this guy a loser

Idk where to start, but um...I live in a rural conservative area which for one is pretty...only nice thing I can really say outside of being the cocoon to my development as an adult. That being said, there's not much oppritunity out here outside of either this mega church that's borderline a cult or like....outside s***.

So anyway, I dropped out at 21 because I basically used up all my grant money and was on academic probation (which most of it was me not caring/ditching class to get high, though I kinda also mentally checked out when my mom got cancer the second year of college so yea), so I figured since I don't care, lemme work. Around this time, I actually quit doing cocaine as much as I used too bc of a breakup and being self aware of myself, so things was cool until I was forced to resign at my job which caused a sense of resentment.

Eventually, I got a better job that paid more, but that first check was way more than I expected, so I said "fuck it" and started drinking/doing coke every other weekend, which at first wasn't "bad" because I knew my limits, but eventually it hit me that until I "go back to school" that was going to be my life, just working, partying,and b****es since I also was a "late bloomer" (which is bs tbh but ok) so I unintentionally internalized that going forward and when the pandemic happened and that unemployment/stimulus hit, it was over. Long story short, my addiction came to light and with the support of my fam/job, went to rehab and actually have been almost 2 years clean of coke, have been hit or miss with drinking but at this point I'm staying clean from that too.

I didn't mean to type all of this, I guess because I figured it would make my "point" clear, but you know seeing someone who actually had the discipline/privilege to finish college all the way at a young age for them to be like "ok, it's over for me" because no it's not. There are people who are 30/40/50 JUST getting their life started because of a variety of factors and it kinda came off as a lack of appreciation for what life actually has to offer, because there is way more than what OP listed and even though I have a long way to go to where I wanna "be" (right now my "dream" job is cooking at a veterans home, inshallah, because it would provide the stability I desire at this stage in my life, though ofc I know I want to go back to school once I settle into that), that's gonna be so cool.

TL;DR I'm 25 with no degree mostly because of bad decisions/I WISH I had my degree to provide the stability I crave so I can pursue what life has to offer as opposed to just working in the service industry indefinitely, but instead of seeing half full about it, I'm actively finding new things such as photography, music production, rollerskating, and trying to pursue my religion further. All I can really say is life doesn't end until death, and I hope OP can smell the flowers and appreciate the routine while he got it, ya feel?

damn, marshall mathers.

I’m 25 livin alone in West Virginia it’s a great time lol it’s all what u make of it

His loss

I would be bummed out about missing out on any stretch of my life, not just my "youth"

Enjoy the years you have available to you and don't waste them looking back

OP just having his quarter life crisis. We all been (or will be) there

There's still a lot of p**** being thrown around in the mid 20s OP, go get some

Also, life post college >>>

Having money and stability beats the wild wild west that college life was.