Adults Share What Their Younger Selves Would Be Most Excited About In Their Current Lives

Adults Share What Their Younger Selves Would Be Most Excited About In Their Current Lives
[rebelmouse-image 18344978 is_animated_gif=_So much of life is daydreaming, hoping and planning for the future... for the "Who" we can all become. We see ourselves on our own private yachts, strolling casually through our palatial mansions or winning the Nobel Prize or (fingers crossed) curing cancer. It makes you wonder sometimes when you reach a certain stage of life what our younger "daydreamer" self would be thrilled to know about what we've done. _
Redditor __Plastic_Bagsasked "What would the child version of you be most excited to hear about you now?"
WAY TO START THE FIRE.
I was doing road work, (cutting loops) and we needed to dry the road off, so I had a flame thrower just blasting the road on the highway. I think 8 year old me would have loved to know that flame thrower operation was in the future.
ADULTING IS LIKE WILLY WONKA.
[rebelmouse-image 18344979 is_animated_gif=I can buy candy whenever the HECK I want.
ICE CREAM MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING!
[rebelmouse-image 18344980 is_animated_gif=That I ended up owning and operating my own ice cream shop!
THE STARS ARE POSSIBLE....
[rebelmouse-image 18344981 is_animated_gif=Child-me would be a bit disappointed that I'm not an astronaut, but he'd still be pretty excited to know that I work for NASA.
ONCE IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY...
[rebelmouse-image 18344983 is_animated_gif=Remember sitting in that chair in Mann's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood blvd watching Star Wars ep4 during your first visit to the USA?
We eventually move to the USA, and you get a gf whom you take to see a movie at the same screening room, and your name scrolls up in the credits on that screen at the end.
WORKOUT GOALS... CHECK!
[rebelmouse-image 18360607 is_animated_gif=That I'm not fat anymore.
MEDICAL ENHANCEMENTS ARE LIFE ALTERING.
[rebelmouse-image 18977265 is_animated_gif=How little blood you need to test your blood sugar. I was diagnosed in 1990, left the hospital with a top of the line glucose meter, and you would not believe the amount of blood we'd have to pull from my tiny fingers. It took a solid two mins (maybe 90 seconds) to get a result.
Five seconds and a tiny drop of blood? Six year old me would've been hype!
ACADEMY AWARDS NEXT STOP!
[rebelmouse-image 18977266 is_animated_gif=By a couple of freak coincidences I've ended up working on a web series with one of his favorite actors. He'd be pretty stoked about that... hell I'm pretty stoked about it!
IT'S ALL THE LITTLE THINGS.
[rebelmouse-image 18977267 is_animated_gif=I no longer have to live at home. When I go to sleep, the people in my house are careful not to make loud noises to wake me up. I can have 3 meals a day, and I can have fruit!
I'm not from a bad home per se, they just believed that children should follow adults' way of life. So no breakfast and no fruit/ 10 am snacks to school. Bed time is 9 but the tv will be on blast until 11/12 because children should adapt. On Saturdays we eat at 9 am en then 9 pm. I remember begging for something in between. And now, I make it my priority to have 9 hours of sleep, 3 square meals, snacks in between.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
[rebelmouse-image 18352395 is_animated_gif=Hey little buddy, you know how you're always squirmy around throw up? You know how you get worried about seeing blood? Well now you are an ER nurse and you see gross things every single day and it doesn't bother you at all!
Oh, and years of working in the back of an ambulance made it so you don't get carsick anymore.
PAIN IS BEAUTY.
[rebelmouse-image 18977268 is_animated_gif=The braces worked and I can now close my mouth without any problem. ????
AND AROUND THE WORLD WE GO!
[rebelmouse-image 18977270 is_animated_gif=I went to Paris when I was in 2nd Grade and ever since then, I've wanted to live in Europe. I even studied International Business hoping it would make me more desirable to be abroad, it doesn't. Anyways, 20 years later and I have lived in Europe for 3 years now, the first in Spain and the last two in Germany. I get 30 days vacation a year, with a nice salary and can travel quite a bit. I've now been to 17 countries in Europe. Living my dream.
NEVER STOP BELIEVING.
[rebelmouse-image 18349588 is_animated_gif=I'm in the process of arranging to work at the research institution I've wanted to work at since I was five.
I have struggled with poverty, homelessness, abuse, and depression, but I'm still alive and I'm going to do science. Little me wouldn't understand all the bad bits, but she'd be damn excited by the good.
I'M FREE TO BE ME AND I LIKE IT!!
[rebelmouse-image 18977271 is_animated_gif=That I can travel to any country I want, any time I want. And go to a shop and buy any everyday item I want, any time I want. Fresh fruit in the middle of winter. Shoes. Books. Laundry detergent.
I grew up in what was then the Soviet Union. "The West", i.e. the first world, was almost a fairy tale. It only existed in books and movies and I wasn't sure if it was actually real. And now I am living in it.
BEING "YOU" MAKES YOU SUCCESSFUL ENOUGH!
[rebelmouse-image 18977272 is_animated_gif=Serious answer here, but the fact that I have a flat screen TV, a girl who loves me (I was a weird kid), and am not obese anymore would make young me pretty stoked to hear.
OH THE PLACES YOU'LL GO...
[rebelmouse-image 18977274 is_animated_gif=The child me was helplessly stuck in rural Canada with nothing to do and nowhere to go, and she read a lot about other exciting places in the world that she couldn't even imagine having the chance to see (my family does not travel, and couldn't have afforded to at the time even if they'd wanted to). Now I've been to every continent except Antarctica, I travel all the time (in fact, as I write this, I'm killing time waiting for a bus to Amsterdam), and I've seen most of the cool places I read about as a child and wanted to see. I wish I could go back and tell my frustrated former self that she's not going to be trapped and bored forever and that things were actually going to get pretty awesome.
LOVE WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY.
[rebelmouse-image 18977275 is_animated_gif=That girl you had a wicked crush on? You'll meet up again in 15 years, and she is going to be the love of your life.
COME FLY WITH ME!
[rebelmouse-image 18977276 is_animated_gif=That I get to stay up really late and get paid to take care of airplanes! Six year old me would have CRAPPED himself with glee if I told him that.
THE DEMONS NEVER WON!! :)
[rebelmouse-image 18977277 is_animated_gif=You are in near complete control over your emotions and in complete control over your actions. You did it, man. You learned how to control bipolar. That monster you have inside can't hurt us or anyone we care about ever again. You will not be alone and afraid of your emotions forever. You will eventually make friends and will finally get off of all those pills that make you so numb and cold. You may not be a normal 3rd grader, but normal is boring anyways! It's the different things that make life so interesting. Lastly, you are a good person. Don't ever forget that. No matter what you feel or what you think, you are a kind, intelligent and warm hearted child. You are not a monster, ok?
People Are Roasting Trump Over His Mind-Numbing Observation About The Wetness Of Water 😂
Donald Trump thanked the first responders who came to the aid of victims of Hurricane Florence. The storm devastated portions of North Carolina, dumping massive amounts of rain and damaging millions of dollars in property. Many natural areas were destroyed, some farmers lost everything and more than a few people have been left homeless. The first responders after this massive storm were literal life savers, and Trump was absolutely right to thank them. Unfortunately, the sentiment of his message was lost for many people because he didn't seem to put any effort or preparation into what he was saying. Then, in the middle of his off-the-cuff message, he confused everyone by talking about the wetness of water.
As Trump described the storm and the importance of first responders he told the world:
This is a tough hurricane, one of the wettest we've ever seen from the standpoint of water. Rarely have we had an experience like it and it certainly is not good.
The Tweet went out in the middle of the day on Tuesday, September 18th. At the time of this article, it hasn't even been up for 24 hours and already has over 13,000 comments. Many of them pointed out how Trump didn't even seem to try...
and how asinine his description was.
We don't know if Trump will continue to address the public by releasing these kinds of videos, or if they will continue to be as unrehearsed as this one is. We assure you, if they are, Twitter will have plenty to say about it.
H/T: Huffington Post, Twitter
Macaulay Culkin Is Having Fans Vote On What He Should Legally Change His Name To—And The Options Are Bizarre 😮
Have you ever wanted to help your favorite celebrity reach their potential by giving them a new name? Fans of Macaulay Culkin will be able to do just that, as he's allowing them to vote and pick his new middle name.
The choices are beyond strange.
Thanks for having me @jimmyfallon @FallonTonight !!! I'll let you know how the name change works out! https://t.co/iIkTC8OyXH— Macaulay Culkin (@Macaulay Culkin) 1543452222.0
In a segment on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Culkin announced his desire to change his middle name to something else. He allowed people to submit names for the last month, and narrowed those down to the top five.
Some of the suggestions were interesting, to say the least.
@DevonESawa Weird. I'm about to change my middle name. Any good suggestion? Go to https://t.co/BYXGIWJK3g— Macaulay Culkin (@Macaulay Culkin) 1540529059.0
@IncredibleCulk @FallonTonight @jimmyfallon It should be "Culkin, Macaulay" as a middle name. Will be read as: Mac… https://t.co/xRo5AiR8jd— carmineenimrac (@carmineenimrac) 1543469371.0
@IncredibleCulk @jimmyfallon @FallonTonight How did you miss "Macaulay Skulking Culkin"?!— Caleb DAVIS (@Caleb DAVIS) 1543487990.0
@ComicBook @IncredibleCulk Pls add Cacaulay Mulkin as an option— Matt Michler 🌹 (@Matt Michler 🌹) 1543603411.0
@ComicBook @IncredibleCulk Kevin! Obviously.— Andrew 🐼 🐝 (@Andrew 🐼 🐝) 1543603516.0
The official choices: Shark Week, The McRib Is Back, Kieran (submitted by his famous younger brother), Macaulay Culkin, and Publicity Stunt. That last one was suggested by Culkin's girlfriend, actress Brenda Song, and gives away the game.
Fans are still excited to vote for his new name.
@IncredibleCulk @jimmyfallon @FallonTonight Macaulay “Shark Week” Culkin has a nice ring to it.🐰 Vote on… https://t.co/AS5ce275jl— Shark Week (@Shark Week) 1543526453.0
The moment of joy that hopefully comes to us all during the day just transpired for me and funny enough, it took le… https://t.co/stOVPePmpy— Sia Brooks (@Sia Brooks) 1543606608.0
Macaulay Culkin Needs A New Middle Name https://t.co/HO9ZMUM1O1 via @bunnyearsweb @IncredibleCulk I voted for "Kier… https://t.co/jnVAa6NTlp— Stetson (@Stetson) 1543815411.0
I voted for @IncredibleCulk new middle name, what did you do today?— Catalina F 🇨🇱 (@Catalina F 🇨🇱) 1543801274.0
@IncredibleCulk @jimmyfallon @FallonTonight I like Keiran— Melissa (@Melissa) 1543517677.0
McAuley Culkin is allowing fans to vote on what is legal middle name should be, two of the final 5 is “Macauley Cul… https://t.co/KUPTU0HnKR— YOUAREDEAD (@YOUAREDEAD) 1543620499.0
@IncredibleCulk @jimmyfallon @FallonTonight Just for you to know, I voted Macaulay Culkin!— 🍀 Maria (@🍀 Maria) 1543495868.0
This is all a publicity stunt to drive traffic to Culkin's website, Bunny Ears, launched earlier this year in March. The site bills itself as a lifestyle and holistic health brand, similar to Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop. However, the articles are jokes or satirical.
Good luck finding the site if you tried to go there right after the Fallon segment.
@IncredibleCulk @jimmyfallon Look at the bunny ears website now after @jimmyfallon voted on @IncredibleCulk middle… https://t.co/PFAwxsRB8E— Charles John Kelly (@Charles John Kelly) 1543485190.0
With articles like "A Tour Guide Of The Places Where Men Have Dumped Me" in their 'Travel Guides' section, or "Meditative Things White People Can Do While Black People Attempt To Explain White Privilege" under 'Spiritual Wellness,' it's difficult to imagine the site is wanting for traffic.
Time will tell what Culkin's new middle name will be, but as of this writing, it's looking like he'll be known as Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin. Which is a shame, because Macaulay Shark Week Culkin had such a nice ring to it.
H/T: Huffington Post, Bunny Ears
Time-Lapse Video Shows What A Rocket Launch Looks Like From Outer Space—And It's Dazzling 😮
We've all seen videos of rockets launching from the ground, but what does the event look like from space?
European Astronaut Alexander Gerst, on board the International Space Station, managed to capture time-lapse footage of the Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft flying through Earth's atmosphere on its way to delivering supplies to ISS.
Very few people will ever have the chance to see an event like this in person.
Russian Rocket Launch Seen by Space Station - Amazing Time-Lapse Videoyoutu.be
Gerst created the video by setting up a camera to take regular photos through the wrap-around Cupola window of the station, which resulted in a video roughly 16 times faster than real life. Watching the rocket launch in person took 16 minutes but, in Gerst's video, the launch, stage one re-entry, and escape from the atmosphere all occur within one minute.
@_TheSeaning @Space_Station That's awesome!— Scott Waby (@Scott Waby) 1542898886.0
The rocket in the video, known as Progress 71, was on its way to delivering 5,652 pounds of supplies to ISS. The next flight, pushed back to December 3 after a sensor malfunction resulted in the cancellation of an October 11 liftoff, will bring replacement personnel for NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev. Both have been in orbit since June).
If all goes according to plan, the Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques will take off from the steppes of Kazakhs… https://t.co/o0LpNWTsJQ— CTV Vancouver (@CTV Vancouver) 1543800600.0
People online were amazed by the footage from space.
@_TheSeaning @Space_Station Seán, thank you for this. THIS is easily one of THE most mesmerising, and exquisitely s… https://t.co/a440XaOEX6— Nathanial_LB - نثنيال (@Nathanial_LB - نثنيال) 1542915054.0
@_TheSeaning @jasonrdavis @Space_Station SO COOOOL— Justin Foley (@Justin Foley) 1542908365.0
@_TheSeaning @Space_Station wow. just...wow. this is incredible— Sarafina Nance (@Sarafina Nance) 1542918245.0
I hardly think I need to hyperbolize this at all, because it’s simply so freaking cool: Time-lapse video of a rocke… https://t.co/lx32324AWv— Phil Plait (@Phil Plait) 1542989889.0
@BadAstronomer I watched this 5 times with my jaw on the floor... And then made everyone around the Thanksgiving ta… https://t.co/iMbSm8nvIO— Marc Leatham (@Marc Leatham) 1542990342.0
@BadAstronomer @LongDogSecurity https://t.co/Yv3YZQI9Oe— MO News DAilY (@MO News DAilY) 1543001454.0
@BadAstronomer I think that’s the most beautiful photo of Earth I’ve ever seen— Ben Migliore (@Ben Migliore) 1543092741.0
@freak1ngawesome Reverse of shooting star— Shivani Jadeja (@Shivani Jadeja) 1543667552.0
@AntonioParis What an inspiring way to begin my day! Thank you! 💫🚀✌🏻— Heather Call-Me-Elf-One-More-Time Hartley (@Heather Call-Me-Elf-One-More-Time Hartley) 1543492212.0
Videos like these are a nice reminder that space truly is the final frontier! If ISS is looking for a soundtrack to put behind their video, we have an idea:
Star Trek: The Next Generation Intro HDyoutu.be
Arkansas High School Suspends Student Paper For Publishing 'Disruptive' Investigation Into Shady Football Transfers
Halle Roberts is the editor-in-chief of the Har-Ber Herald, the school newspaper for Springdale High School in Arkansas. The 17-year-old student was suspended after she wrote an investigative piece criticizing the transfer of five football players to a rival school.
Players are not allowed to be transferred to a different school because they would like to play for a different team. They are allowed to transfer only for academic reasons. So Roberts got to digging. Her paper filed FOIA requests and received official information from the Arkansas Activities Association saying that the students were transferred for academic reasons. However, the students themselves said otherwise.
Roberts quoted one student in her paper saying:
"We just want to go over there because we have a better chance of getting scholarships and playing at D1."
Another student told Roberts:
"I just feel like it's better for my future to go out there and get college looks."
Soon after the report was published, the superintendent of the district, Jim Rollins, asked the teacher advisor for the school paper, Karla Sprague, to take the story down. She obliged.
Rollins wrote a letter stating that the piece was:
"intentionally negative, demeaning, derogatory, hurtful and potentially harmful to the students addressed in those articles."
Roberts, undeterred, is still working on a new edition of the story that includes the school's censorship.
Mike Hiestand of the Student Press Law Center had this to say:
"School officials at this point seem to me to have completely thrown up their hands and said, ‘we’re not going to l… https://t.co/PgVYFlVAlM— Amber Jamieson (@Amber Jamieson) 1543687827.0
And Halle Roberts, who dreams of being an ESPN reporter, stated:
“They are like ‘well you raised an uproar, we’re going to try and silence you,’” said Halle Roberts, 17, the editor… https://t.co/6dKFeF0so4— Amber Jamieson (@Amber Jamieson) 1543690272.0
People were impressed with Roberts.
@hallecole21 @BuzzFeedNews I'm so proud of you! You're not just fighting for yourself, you're fighting for student… https://t.co/hjVIvzstZ1— 🌺Lisa Daily is writing⛱ (@🌺Lisa Daily is writing⛱) 1543718652.0
@hallecole21 @BuzzFeedNews I shared your story on my Facebook page and am so proud of you kids for telling the stor… https://t.co/9gekpHSwey— Derryl Trujillo (@Derryl Trujillo) 1543694164.0
@hallecole21 @BuzzFeedNews Keep up the fight Halle!!— Katie Maner (@Katie Maner) 1543762811.0
Some had harsh words for the school's administration.
@BuzzFeedNews @KatinaParon The principal and the superintendent should be fired, not the teacher. And the students… https://t.co/AfE6JTmowp— Jody Beck (@Jody Beck) 1543754569.0
@ambiej @BuzzFeedNews Abuse of power by the school administration— Lovehersports50 (@Lovehersports50) 1543686742.0
@ambiej Hey @sdaleschools School board members. Why are you allowing Arkansas Har-Ber High School Principal Paul Gr… https://t.co/8pdT0St1FO— Nancy Levine (@Nancy Levine) 1543693785.0
And most had high praise for Roberts and the other student journalists working on this piece.
A great example of investigate student journalism, and why it needs more recognition. https://t.co/s4MBLn0HiN— Gabija Gataveckaitė (@Gabija Gataveckaitė) 1543692451.0
Much to appreciate about @ambiej’s reporting on this Arkansas school district’s effort to suppress a high school pa… https://t.co/fIk5vTaWCZ— Pat Berry (@Pat Berry) 1543688372.0
High school students do real journalism, school district immediately tries to shut them down, despite state law gua… https://t.co/HqOgXTv1bl— Jeff Amy (@Jeff Amy) 1543692270.0
Oh this is the good stuff. I love this editor. Great work. Stand for journalists. https://t.co/QlrTTzrqs8— Scott Lewis (@Scott Lewis) 1543693549.0
And Halle Roberts herself closed by saying:
thank you so much. #freedomofthepress https://t.co/LsjWT7nycD— halle roberts (@halle roberts) 1543685392.0
Fight on, Halle!