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Modelworks

Lifer
Feb 22, 2007
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1. Taking out a loan on a home I had already paid off
2. Not taking better advantage of the time I had at college - partying is fun but you will hate yourself later.
 

ichy

Diamond Member
Oct 5, 2006
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Not changing my e-mail password when I knew that my then-girlfriend was snooping. Ugh...
 

CRXican

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Jun 9, 2004
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My biggest: Not trying to get pussy in high school. Apparently all the girls were putting out.
And yes, asking for sex from every girl in school would have given me a perv reputation, but since graduating high school I have not seen any of those people face-to-face in 13 years.
But the memory of poon would have lasted a lifetime.

amen
 
Nov 29, 2006
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Biggest regrets of my life:

1 - paying for pretty much ALL FUCKING expenses for my POS ex gf
2 - not leaving her when I wanted to back in the summer of 2008. She took a knife and threatened to kill herself, I felt so sorry that I tried to stick it out with this useless, ungrateful POS bitch
3 - believing all her fucking manipulative and self serving lies

fucking bitch. a lot of the reasons shes so fucked up arent really her fault, but i really should have been more like myself (selfish, watched out for myself, my future, and my own back) instead of getting fucked over.

Damn that voodoo punani.
 

Muse

Lifer
Jul 11, 2001
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buying an external (parallel port) ZIP drive when they came out. what a fucking waste.
True that. I have 2 zip drives (internal IDE), still, several discs too. What a waste of money. I got next to no utility out of them. Gotta get rid of that junk. They were a lot of trouble, too. The technical issues were legendary. The cost to me was not only ~$100/drive, but the hours of time dealing with the problems they had. :\

I seldom regret purchases, I do my homework. But the Iomega zip drives didn't really deliver in retrospect. Better technology made them obsolete very quickly. I guess it wasn't really my fault. I needed what they had to offer, for a brief time (6 months?). Well, I probably didn't really need that.
 
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Saint Nick

Lifer
Jan 21, 2005
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1) Dating a psycho for 1.5 years
2) Not being more social in high school/part of college
3) Majoring in MIS
4) Not going out of state for college
5) Going to college with a girlfriend (lolwat)
6) Not drinking until I was 20
7) Playing CS a fuckload in high school
8) Not learning the guitar sooner

I'm only 23 so my list of regrets is very focused.
 

Perknose

Forum Director & Omnipotent Overlord
Forum Director
Oct 9, 1999
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My biggest egret:

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Exterous

Super Moderator
Jun 20, 2006
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My biggest regret is being horrible at keeping in touch. Made and lost touch with a ton of good friends

I am not sure about college major. I learned a lot and it taught me some great habits but I am not working in the field. I am not sure if the two balance out or not...
 

Miramonti

Lifer
Aug 26, 2000
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My regrets are like my baseball card and stamp collections I had as a kid.

I refuse to part with them and as a result will probably take them to my grave.
 

Sumguy

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Jun 2, 2007
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Should have really stood up for myself more while growing up.

Don't really have the tolerance to put up with peoples shit anymore. Imagine my surprise when I discovered what little it takes to make someone back down.
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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Should have really stood up for myself more while growing up.

Don't really have the tolerance to put up with peoples shit anymore. Imagine my surprise when I discovered what little it takes to make someone back down.

I was 19 and in the Navy when I learned this lesson.
Shame.
Had I done it in grade school I probably would be a much different person.