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mine is that people in general are bad and terrible and my ideal life would be as a hermit with very little interaction with anyone except my animals and plants and no impact from people or governments and never reading the news.

when i was young, i was optimistic about the future of the human race but reality has bitch-smacked my inner child and taught me the truth and it keeps getting confirmed the older and older I get.

so what lessons have you learned as you've gotten older?

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[โ€“] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now I am more aware of my own ignorance. I thought I knew a lot, and that I had figured life out. Now I am more humble and aware of my own limitations

The more you learn about a subject the more you understand how little you know about it.