Middle-aged+ members of AnandTech, you're asked to give a speech to young adults....

[KDOG]

Can I use my fists?

 

[sdifox]

My one time boss had this advice for me.

1. Don't get married.
2. If you get married don't have kids.


I wish I listened

 

[alfa147x]

My one time boss had this advice for me.

1. Don't get married.
2. If you get married don't have kids.


I wish I listened

Holy shit! YOU have kids... wtf

 

[WT]

Missing the option 'Stay off my lawn !!!'

 

[sdifox]

Holy shit! YOU have kids... wtf

Kid, singular... You understand I was born in 1970 right?

 

[alfa147x]

Kid, singular... You understand I was born in 1970 right?

Dude I thought you were BoomerD old...

 

[sdifox]

Dude I thought you were BoomerD old...

I don't know how old he is. I think he is older than me. I don't know if he has kids.

 

[alfa147x]

I don't know how old he is. I think he is older than me. I don't know if he has kids.

Birthdate:
10 November 1775

 

[sdifox]

Birthdate:
10 November 1775

I see we found Dracula.

 

[ultimatebob]

My advice would be not to lease a fancy German sports car that you can't really afford, and don't buy a condominium at the top of the housing market.

Scratch that... don't buy a condominium, period.

 

[rasczak]

I'd say enjoy life and everything it brings.

 

[dank69]

I think you meant 'more time partying' and that would get my vote.

 

[BoomerD]

Birthdate:
10 November 1775

Semper Fi!

However, I'm not too far from 60...I enlisted and went to Vietnam in 1970.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Semper Fi!

However, I'm not too far from 60...I enlisted and went to Vietnam in 1970.

I was born in 1970.

 

[satyajitmenon]

Hookers n blow

 

[KGB]

Remember this:

Money (wealth) is one of the least valuable things in life.

 

[TridenT]

Wait to get married. Do not get married before 28 if you must.

But that's only out of the poll options. I think saying eat better and stuff is total shit to kids. They won't listen at all. Waiting to get married is more likely to be heard.

Remember this:

Money (wealth) is one of the least valuable things in life.

But it gets you lots of hookers & blow! And women! And better health! And... well, everything.

 

[James Bond]

Wait to get married. Do not get married before 28 if you must.

But that's only out of the poll options. I think saying eat better and stuff is total shit to kids. They won't listen at all. Waiting to get married is more likely to be heard.



But it gets you lots of hookers & blow! And women! And better health! And... well, everything.

You're like 18. Why are you giving advice?

 

[JS80]

"You are nothing. You are nobody. Act as such."

 

[soulcougher73]

Id say none of those. But if i HAD to only pic one or id be shot in the head id go with "Have more sex and be more promiscuous before marriage/wait to get married". But id probably go more along the lines of personal responsibility and start investing in 401k and IRAs etc ASAP. Compounding FTW

 

[hanoverphist]

last nite at my twins 8thh grade promotion thing the HS principal gave a pretty good talk to the kids. he ended it with "and listen to your parents!" which got cheers from all over the room hehe.

 

[sdifox]

You're like 18. Why are you giving advice?

I doubt he is mentally 18 yet.

 

[SamQuint]

Wear sunscreen.



Oh and I was born in 1970 as well...

 

[Jaepheth]

Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see.

But shut-up and listen anyway.

 

[Kadarin]

Fight Club should be good for a few of these:

This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.

Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place.

You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.

On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.